Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1859-02-11

WILLIAM H. PREscoTT-We announced yesterday,
the death of this eminent The Boston Herald thus
briefly sketches his history: rT
Mr.. Prescott was born in Salem, in 1890, and was
grandson Of COL Prescott who commanded the Amer-
can troops at the battle of Bunker Hill. His family
moved to this CITY when he was twelve years DID, and In
1911 he entered Harvard College, and graduated there
in 1874 with an intention to devote himself to the law
Shortly after leaving college, accident deprived him
of the sight of one of bis eyes, The other became
much weakened by the increased labor thrown upon
it that he obliged to give up his professional studies
He visited Europe to obtain the aid of celebrated Occu
lists and partially recovered the of his single eye 1t
then that he resolved to devote himself historical
researches and he spent ten years in preparing himself
His first work was Ferdinand and Isabella" which
appeared in 1888, and published simultaneously in
Boston and London.
This work was received with unhesitating applause
both sides of the Atlantic and has since passed thro
several editions and has been translated into German
Italian, French and Spanish His next work, the
" Conquest of Mexico published in 843 and this
was followed, in l847 by his =" Conquest of Peru
These works were received with h0nors even more bril-
liant than the first and the historian elected mem
Der of the French Institute, having previously been adj
mltted to several of the distinguished academies of Eu
rope. Mr. Prescott subsequently published volume OF
his msceanies consisting of his reviews essays, &c.
The first two volumes of his History Of Phillip H.,
appeared in 1855 since which he has been engaged
Robertson's History of Charles the Fifth
year. He has left widow, two sons, and daughter
who, we believe, is the wife of Dr. Francis Wyman
ORGANIZED RAILROAD OBsTRUCToRs-Robert w
Ulmer and Daniel Hubbard, are trial at Vienna In
diana for placing distractions on the Jacksonville Raj
Road. The Louisville Courier says that Ulmer confess
ed that he has been engaged in this way for the last or
years. and that he placed four ties on the road ear
on Saturday night last, in such that if the
train had struck it, it would have every to pie
ces and killed every passenger and employee on the
train.
The other man, Daniel Hubbard, was caught placing
stick of wood the road for the purpose of selling
ginger cakes and whskey to the passengers who NIGH
be detained by the accident which he had evidently done
before, for the same purpose, Che being depot keeper
Venna) Hubbard discovered at the time he was put
ting the stick that TWO watching him, anC
that prevented his foul design. Hubbards object wa
to have the mail robbed at the same time.
constitution and bylaws, regulating the association
and to which their names we're appended, founC
among their effects, and introduced testimony agains
them According to that cCunterleitng, stealing Sc
were virtues and the crime of perjury with its member
bounden duty. Before joiring each member com
PEELED to take the following oath &c do soemnly swear
in the presence Of the Great Jehovah, that Will neve
divuge any of the secrets of this ORDER under penalty
instant DEATH