Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-05-26

Resolred, That the members Of the
Sioux City 2er have learned With pro
found sorrow The death Of o. H. Reynolds,
worthy and esteemed brother.
ResolUed, That We mourn his loss .
the early extinction Of q mind eminently
fitted BY learning, industry and natasai
power, to honor and elevate our profession
and attain distnctioa in oil the depart
menss Of jsrisptudeaee. ~
: Resolssd, That " re1ail with gratitude
and admiration his character - man
and citizen, his many private virtues, un-
swerving integrity. warm affections, manly
fortitude, generous and noble impulses
which gave such charming purity and in
terest to his life and conversation and
make his death personal afliction-a
private grief to us.
Resolred, That we tender our heartfelt
sympathy to the family and friends of the
deceased in their great and sudden
bereavment.
On notion, the resolutions were unani-
mously adopted.
A. W. HUBBARD, Chairman.
JoHx P. ALLISON, Secretary.
We are permitted to make the following
extracts from letter from ]. JEwETT
Wilcox to PATRICK RoBB, giving the par
ticulars of the sad fate of O. II. REY-
SoLDs. The letter will be read with
melancholy interest by the friends of the
deceased: .1t...
ST.. Louis, May 18th, 1859.
P. RoBB, Esq.-Dear .Sr.-You have
probably heard before this tina. poor
9sard to 2hss4 lis, Taah!aa so SSshDg
of interest TO you and his many friends in
Sioux City, is the reason now write you
My family were SO anxious to hear from
him that in my absence they wrote to The
proprietor Of the hotel to which he wa.
carried. The letter reached there few
hours only after his death, and wa
answered in person, by his brother in law
Mr.. Hawlcy of Augusta, Illinois. HI
passed through here last week on his way
home in charge Of the body. Mr.. II
called at my home and gave the full par
ticuars Of bis death. He says that Rey-
nolds was about retiring to his room tina
night, which was at the after part of tn,
boat, when Mr.. Stewart (since dead
spoke to him in the social hall, and Will,
conversing with him the explosion occur
ed. He came down among the rubbish
and in extricating himself he was mos
horribly burned-in fact his hands wer
burnt of to mere crisp, and had he hav
lived they would never have been Of an,
use. There was time they thought h,
would get we'll, but alas, it was not so or
dered. Although suffering the most in
tense pain he was calm and peaceful H
E wished 10 be told whether lie was to liv
or die, and when he was informed that N,
mortal power could save him. he was per
fect'y resigned and willing, although h.
r sid it was n ~" hard fate t. die 50 young
Poor fellow. lie settled all his bushes
matters with Mr.. H., and sent q messag
to bis sister and betrothed in Mississippi
; He frequently, before his death, expresses
much regret that so many of the ladie
, were drowned and so many persons wer
killed. His death was perfectly quiet an
easy, and he was conscious to the last. A
I said above, his remains passed throug
here in charge OF Mr.. Hawley for Angus
, ia. Illinois, where his sister resides. who
r almost heart broken, at the truly dreadfr
disaster.
Truly yours, ......
j. JEWETT WILCOX,