The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-02-16
THE LATE CAPTAIN HAMILTON
AN HUMBLE Tribute TO HIS MEMORY BY
ONE WHO KNEW HIN LONG AND
ALWAYS AS A FRIEND.
Correspondence Of the Cairo Bulletin.

Although a full fortnight has passed
since the big-souled Capt. Bill Hambleton
was laid away to his eternal rest, who that
knew him as the writer knew Him and as
all you of Cairo and Mound City knew him,
yet feels the pangs Of his deep regrets as
suaged, or has found words ittingly ex-
pressive OF the sorrow that possessed his
soul when the announcement went forth
that the true-hearted friend, the good citl-
Zen and genial companion had joined the
silent majority. You and and all of us
felt as true a heart as ever throbbed in a
human breast had been stilled and that 10
the going out of the light Of his genial and
generous soul a shadow had fallen upon US
that time and change might never fully dis;
pei Southern Illinois is not lacking in men
learned in the law, in pulpit orators of dis
tinction, in educators of ability nor in bu-
siness men Of great shrewdness, energy and
integrity; but can you, or any OF you, lay
your hands upon the man among them over
whose loss your hearts would swell with q
greater sorrow than which is felt for the
lamented Hambletoni Men of finer and
more thorough mental culture you have;
men who, in the accumulation of worldly
goods, were more successful; men who
from pulpit or rostrum kept themselves
more prominently before tire public, but
not one, in any pursuit or profession, who
held warmer place in the hearts Of The
people than did Captain Hsmbleton. As
steambont-man and boat builder he be-
came universally known among the thou
sands who people the banks OF your great
rivers between Cincinnati, st. Louis and
New Orleans, and had he been known III
no other than these relations in life, lac
would still have deserved the tribute TO his
memory that was shown in the halt-mast
flags that sorrowfully hoated above the
shipping at your wharves when the sad
tldings of his death reached you But
although just, upright and contentious in
business, it was in the social relations Of
life that Captain Hambeton "shone re
spelndent.' His friendships were strong
and enduring, his generous nature Ignoring
causes Tor arrangement that would have
moved Others TO quick resentment,
and the broad mantle OF his
charity covering acts and omissions
that would quickly have moved
the less forgiwng to hatred and enmity
He knew everybody, for everybody he had
ready recognition and kind and friendly
word; and for those whom he made his
companions he had an exhaustless fund Of
sterling wit and humor that quickly re-
sponded to every draft that was made open
it, Racy anecdotes, pointed jokes, orginsl
retorts were always at his command, and
his faculty of adapting them to the de
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in thousand for Setting the table in a
roar"
OF the lamented Captains quarter of a
century among you; Of the great industrial
enterprise he 50 skillfuly prosecuted, of
his unimpeechabe personal integrity; of
the generosity of his nature aud of his
worth as a citizen that so endeared him to
all who knew him, you have already spoken
in terms Of deserved praise and enlogy.
Warmly endorsing all that has been writ
ten in that regard, and numbering myself
among the great multitude who are now
proud to hold him in memory as a friend,
| am very truly and sincerity,
NJ. B. II.
High water has again cut the St. LOUIS