The Worthington advance., 1882-08-24
Personal O1.tl I,y4DeTsOslCI,

Col. Ludington, quartermaster, depart
ment Of the Platte, has been transferred to
Fort Leavenworth, department of the Mis-
souri,, to take effect Oct. l; and Maj. J. V.
Furey, depot 1uartermaste Omaha, voes to
ter, at St. Louis, will probably succeed Col.
Ludington: 1t is reported that Gen. How.
ard is making strong effort to be transferred
to the department of the Columbia instead
Of the Plate.
About two o'clock. Wednesday morning,
at his residence in Atlanta, Ga, Senator Hill
was found to be rapidly. sinking. His
breathing was with difficulty. He conti,l-
ucd to sleep, however, and at few minutes
after six his death occurred without = strug-
hours before Senator Hills death, it was evil
dent the end was near. Soon after daybrcak
his family were summoned to his bedside and
persons: Mrs. Hill, u. H. Hill, Jr.,
and wife, DR.. r. d. Ridley and wife, Senator
Hills daughter, his son, Chas. d. Hill two
ncphews OF the senator, aud DR.. Wright, the
attending surgeon. Four hours before Sel,-
ator Hills death he made sign for hypod-
ernlic injection of morphine, which was
administered. He appeared to be awake
NIAo COAoCAOuo cSVCAAA o1AVSs Out COuIN uOk
speak. At G:l5 he was apparently awake.
when he closed his eyes gently and died
without even tremor. Funeral Friday.
Benjamin Harvey Hill was born in Jas
per county, Ca, Sept. II, 1928 and has al
ways been Georgian. He was broad,
stout man, with a kindly judicial look about
him, and with large hi gh head whose in
te!!ectuaIity was strongly marked. MIR.
Hill was lawyer devoted to his pro fessiol..
He did not go into politics until 1851, hav-
ing refused many calls to public lie prcvi-
Gus to that time for the sake OF his profes-
sion. He ran as Union candidate for the
legislature that year and was elected. In
1854 he was defeated by GS votes only, but
w2s afterward sent to the legislature
again. He was good deal of whig polti-
caily, and opposed the secession of Georgia
with immense vigOr.
He went with his state, however. and be-
came member Of the confederate senate,
became first leader ofthe opposition to JET
tcrson Davis, and afterwards strong SUP
porter. 1t was i'll the latter capacity that lie
participated in the famous debate in which
Yancey, who had just returned from an rn-
successful expedition to England, also en-
lie, and then threw nh inkstand at him, hit
ting him in the face. Mr.. Hill
opposed the reconstruction acts as
u humiliation Of the south. He
was not, however, thoroughly trusted by
the Georgians on account Of the old leaven
Of Wliggcry in his ideas, until being elected
to congress in 1875, he made his famous
speeches in debate with Blaine and Others.
lie had been candidate for United States
senator in 1875, when Gordon was elected
Hills fiery speeches set at rest feeling cur
rent i'll Georgia that he was not good DEM
ocrat, and was even liable at any time to
come out and declare for Grant and the re-
publican cause.
There is touching pathos in the dying be-
quest of the late G. X. Warren, the victim
Of the Five Forks misunderstanding that he
should be buried in civilians clothing and
that there should be no military display.
John f. Bradford, well-known hotel
! manager, and lieutenant III the signal corps
| during the war, died at Providence
Col. J. G. Mathcr Of Watertown, Me-:
York, owner of large tracts of land near
Fort Smelling, Minn., died on Monday
last
Election returns from all but five counties
n Kentucky give Henry Oem.), for appel
late clerk, ~, 600 majority.