The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-08-29

herited the chivalry and noble bearing which
was so distinctive feature of the men who
laid the foundations of this mighty republic.
In his childhood he breathed the spirit of
freedom that wrested this magnificent empire
from the grasp of Mexico His father was
one Of the central figures of that historic
period, and from him Colonel Jack
inherited many of the traits that
were SO distinguishing feature
in his after career, Strongly ayerse TO public
life he never became prominent in p litici,
prefering the honors of his profession to
those Of public station. lie ut one time filled
very acceptsbly the position of county judge
of Galveston county, and at the state conven'
ton which assembled IN this city to elect
delegates TO the national Democratic conven-
ton he was chosen as one of the delegates of
the state.at-lage During the war he was on
the staff of General A. 5, Johnston, and after
his death he was successfully on the staff of
Generals Polk, Joseph Z. Johnston and Hood,
bravely bearing his part in the memorable
struggle that fuanly ended in defeat. He
accepts the result, and in the subsequent
scenes of strife and discords that followed as
the concomiiants Of the fratricdal view, his
voice and course WAS for peace and harmony.
The following eloquent passage from the
Evening Journals obituary, lines out the
man and the appreciation 10 which he was
| held; Possessed of brilliant intellect,
which was polished by familiarity with all
the purer and higher thoughts that have
been left as legaces to the world by men of
letters, and being an orator whose silver
tongue was armed by nature to proclaim in
burning words the feelings Of his heart and
the convictions Of his mind, his counsel has
left an impress upon the state that time can
not etface. His death is universally regarded
as a public calamity, but there is a place
where the poignant pangs it has occasioned
will rankle and burn with terrors that cannot
be described. In the family circle where he
was most loved and his virtues best known
there is vacant place that can never be
filed. Tender hands may Irvine immortelles
about the grave in which he sleeps, and train
the daisies that will bloom aud blossom above
him to guard with cesseless viglls his unend-
| that are bleeding and breaking over the loss
in an editorial in the issue of the 25lh, gives
publicity to q rumor that has been current
here for some time that Prof. M. G. Quinn,
was not drowned in the bay of Pelican Spit,
as reported and generally believed at the
time it occurred. Some three or four weeks
after, the professor was reported to have
been seen in San Antonio. 1t being deli
cate subject the reporters here by
quasi agreement, out Of consideration for
Mrs. Quinn, who is very ..estimable
lady, and was terribly depressed at the tragic
death of her husband, decided not to give
currency to the rnmors then in vogue. 1t
will now be probcd to the bottom, and if the
investigations are nottoo indicate for publ
cation the readers of the HERALD will have
another chapter of the "death dodge" as
played at Galveston. Minot, of
the schooner L. d. Sudbury, states that he
has carefully sounded the channel across
Arkansas Pass, and in no place did he find
more than nine feet. This is one of the
good effects of the storm, as it is doubtless
owing to the waves that were produced that
caused this favorable result. Large quaint.
ties of freight, as well as material for the
further construction of the Gulf, Colorado u
Santa Fe, are going forward daily. --Gail B..
johnson, of the Houston Pos, was in the
city Wednesday.