The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1874-11-28
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Died.,

Died.
On his plantation in this parish, at
4 o'clock p. n, on Saturday, October
cath, 1874, Of Acute Armenia, Capt
b. A. Tslrett, aged 81 years.
Capt. Terrett was one Of the most
promising young men Of our st"te,
Young, educated, the very soul OF
honor. Life>was opening for INN
with all of its bright and luring hopes
when death came to his door. On.
RING bis last aud fatal illness amidst
his s1 snabsipgs and the distress Of his
family nervous, weak and postrated
IN III death. bed, came the blood
hounds Of Marshal Packard, to sum-
mon him to their bastile-~his house
VAS surrounded and the sanctity Of
bis death chamber invaded by them.
Thus he died a virtual prisoner to
tho U. s. deputy MARSHAL, preferipg
to return his noble soul to the great
God who gave it, leaving his body to
earthly changes and the darkness Of
the tomb. The parish and State have
sustained an irreparable loss in his
death, and to his hereaved family We
tender eur heartfelt sympathy.
We clip the shove from the Peoples
Vindicator, q paper published in the
town aud parish Of Natcl'itoches, in
the State Of Louisiana, and edited by
James H. Cosgrove, whs, with many
other citizens, is BOW suffering arrest
and imprisonment by order OF tho
above mentioned D. s. Marshal Pack
ard, who is also chairman of the Re-
publican Executive Committee Of the
State. Thus passed away in man.
hoods early prime Our very dear and
intimate friend Bardett Ashton Ter
re,t. The family was originally from
Fairfax county, Virginia, aud were
possessed Of . decided military turn
of mind, most ;of the male members
having been officers in the regular
service. Three Of his fathers broth
ers fell upon te battle fields Of Mex
leo, fighting for that flag which to his
dying eyes was only the emblem Of
oppression and tyranny. Fort Ter
rett, which may still be seen upon
any of our maps, sitqated about $50
miles east Of the Rio Graude, was
named in honor of one of these. The
father Of Capt. Tsrrett was also an
officer Of tho regular army, and was
stationed at one time at old Camp
Salubsitv, about three miles from the
town Of 'Natchitoches, where he mar-
ried.s He was killed by the acci(en-
tai discharge Of his pistol when dis
mounting from ,his horse.
Gen. Zach. Taylor, attesward the
hero Of Beana Vista, and president
ofthe United States, was also station
ed there at this time, together with
Gen. Tw,gg, Gen Pope, Gen. Don
Carlos Buell., Capt. Charley May and
many others since known to fame.
Gen Ulysses s. Grant, then Capt.
Grant, was there for some time and
is still we'll remembered by many of
the old citi1ens. The subject Of this
sketch was . cadet at West Point,
when tho ArSt gun VAS fred &C Fort
Sumpter, and left with tho other
Southern students tojoin the Confede.
,nta army. He woe in the battle nf
Shiloh, where he received a severe
wound In the arm. On his return to
duty he was promoted to the rank Of
Captain, aud Aervel as q staff officer
autil the close ofthA war, since which
time he has been engaged in agricnl-
ture and literary pursuits. He was
endowed by nature with a superb
physique aad drtellectual powers far
above medi0erity. About five u hrs
ago he,msried . niece Of Gen. PA.
Morse, who was on the supreme bench
of California. during the admiuistra-
ton Of Franklin Pierce, ind is now
U. s. Consmissioner in Louisiana,
and Of bic brother Isaac Morse, a dis
tinguishAd aaWyer in New Hampshire.
Little did the writer of this think
when he attended him on that happy
0eGSle13 u sth4s capacity Of grooms-
aah that his eas destined to 90
sadt ending. Little did We ima-
glue that il 8 fine Of profound peace
he was ia. die q prisoner in his own
hsase, sqrrppnded, by Federal bay
oneh, h ssr1er tint the detestable
Kellogg lsurpation might be upheld
and t6atTths etufsed party With the
people % alphabetically condemned at
The Selot ex On Nsyenber-2A, might
be retained il power. Heaven grant
that such scenes &C. this may never
more be fepested in any portion of
our country. The good people If tho
North have at last awakened to q full
stnss Of these 1t6S4 10, mud the days
Of Graptism and carpet-bag recon-
structien arc numbered. Tsptos Week.
u Record. ! 4bW 81 49, !" ji@
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Or IET1REsr TO A1A.-Tle Con-
tennial Calendar, dated July let,
1874 COED for ono hundred years, and
. monthly almanac, embracing eigh-
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