The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1867-01-05
EMPORIA. KANSAS. SATURDAY.. JANUARY 5. 1867.

il abe had been bending over him ever
since he fell.
Worn and broken-hearted, che poor
woman sat down by her husbands side,
and tried TO Strengthen herself for the
task of soothing and comforting his last
hours-for she knew too well tha: he
could not live. Nineteen long hours she
had searched for him, and COW to fad
him tbusil fcs gaasft il sn.ta
Few comforts could be found in that
hospital though the attendants, seeing her
distress, evidently meant to tleat her kind
ly. Up to this time the wounded man
had lain in the warden's room; but on
next morning. which was Wednesday, he
was removed to B more airy apartment.
The operation of trepanniug was then
performed on his head, though with lit
lie hope of permanent beuefit When
this MAS over, and the burden u pom the
brain vas thus relieved, the suffered look
ed up and repeated:
"When I can read my title clear w
To mansions in the skies,
y I'lbid farewell to every fear. -
And wipe my weeping eyes- s
Here weakness prevented him, and lie
whispered to his wife, You finish it. -
He slept good deal, but seemed al
ways conscious of bis wife's presence,
frequently putting up his restless hand
to touch her face, and remind himself, in
his, blindness, of her loved features.--
When he talked, it was of his unfinished
work, his convictions of the justice of the
cause in which be fell, bis anxieties for
his vile left alone in a cruel world, and
of his enemies and murderers, always for.
giyingly, as if they knew not what they
did. AT different times, too. he spoke
of the riot, relating facts and incidents
as l have set them down. }eA
1t afhicted him much to leave his wife
penpiiess. He had q little money in his
pocket when he came to the Convention;
but that, with the gold studs on his hos,
ON. had been plundered by some of the
rufians who took part in mutilating his
person., e-IsE e = r zt Is i 81.
Thus ne fingered until the sixth day
after his injury. When the morning Of
Sunday, August 5. came, he remembered
that be had an appointment to exchange
pulpits with a coiored brother In the city,
and said:
Emma. We mast send word to brother
Miles that l can't come. don't feel
quite we'll enough to preach"
As time went on his mind began to
wander, and he fancied himself In his
owa pulpit. He invoked the Divine bless
ing, hegaVe out a hymn aud sang, wound :
ed and suffering as he was; his wife, who
wept as she thought of the melody of his
6Ee voice, joining him at his request,
half ehoked by her tears. Then he pray
ed with her, sang again, and pteached.
taking for hisstext, ''Out of the abundance
of the heart the mouth speaketh" After
these exercises he expressed bis wish to
close with the Lords Supper, and imme
diaLely bsgan the beautiful ceremony.
His wife, anxious to crafty him, skilfuliy
aided, with such meagre conVenieuces as
we're at hand, to carry out his touching
fancy. He partook with her of what seem
ed to him the symbolic bread and wine.
1--WE both drink from the same cup, EN-
ma, said be. Another hymn, benedic
ton, and the sufferer began to grow weak,
as it, indeed, his work was done.
Il am going now. Emma" he whis-
pered. ''I'm sorry you can't come With
me. In the Fall you'll come"
Then there were no more connected
sentences, but incoherent syllables of
prayer, and whispers of sanity hope.
"In the vale-the yale-home yonder-
good-by," and at 6 o'clock that Sabbath
evening" the gentle-spirited Horton fell
asleep In Jesus. ~
Thus persisted martyr to freedom and
equal rights, as sincere and pure man
as God ever welcomed through great
tribuiation" to the immortal pleasures OF
his presence.
To the tender consideration of her
friends, never go Dumerous-as now, and
TO the merciful consolation of Almighty
God, who never Pitied her as he now
pines her, We commend the weeping wild
ow, End pray that she may long live to
share the honor of he: martyred husband s
fame WGtehman and Reflector.