The Russellville Democrat., 1883-05-10

attempting the rescue Of his brotha.
in law il found alive, or the res,
Of his body il dead, he mounted l
horse and under whip and sr ~
dashed into the country alone ~
hot pursuit of his fallen conrad
He found his, friend and relaf".
dead aud horribly mutilated. RAJ
hands were cut off, his feet amnuta.
ed, his head severed from his hods
and his heart cut ont, and. az I'll
sequently learned from an old sonss
the heart was divided into sevo,a,
parts and distributed among a.
youth of the band, with the 9ssn'
ancc that the one who could svsi
low the largest slice of the WIN.
mans heart, wonld be Acknowledge
superior as a Brave"
The venerable Capt James Ma,
familiar to your readers as the stn,
dy contestant of case in the lTaitoa
States court for the past twentv.o5a
years, was then at Galens in con,
mand of q steamer from Plttsbnra
and on his downward trip stonned
at Rock Island, where the family ~
the lamented St. Vrain was located
took them and their furniture ~
board of his boat and landed Them
with their friends at Cape Girardean
without a cent of charge. y
Gen. Jones was one of the seconds
in the Cllley and Graves duel. Ue
was an unwilling participant IN that
unfortunate and lamentable affair
His best efforts were put forth IN
prevent the duel before the parties
reached the battle ground and these
efforts were renewed after each fire
until poor Cilley fell mortally wound.
ed. Henry A. Wise, who was Graves
second, insisted on continuing the
fire until one or the other should
fall. On the first fire Cilley dis.
charged his gun in the ground and
on the second fire determined not IN
be outdone in gallantry, Graves dX
the same thing. On the third fire
Cillcy fell, pierced with Graves
bullet, and died IN few minutes.
In the midst of the war, when
general alarm peryaded the minds of
the people and the better feelings Of
the Northern masses were stifed
with the hot blood of bigotry and
| prejudice, Gen. Jones was seized and
incarcerated in Fort LAFAYETTE and
kept there for sixty four days. The
excuse for this act on the part of the
Secretary of State was an intercept
ed letter from Gen. Jones to Jefier.
son Davis, in which it was charged
that he sympathized with the con
federate president and his cause
The General denies that his letter
was susceptible of any such inter
probation, but protests that he was
as loyal to the Union as any man il
the north. In the earlier history o
the government, and during his Ions
career in Congress, ne and JEFF Davis
were warm personal friends, and
although, as confidential agent o
this government to a foreign court
it was an act Of thoughtless indis
erection to institute a correspond
ence with its chief enemy in opel
revolt against its laws, the Genera
protests that it was simply friendl,
letter condoling over the fatal stel
the confederate president had taken
Be this as it may, the war is over
the Union restored and sufficien
length of time has elapsed to obft
crate the prejudices and cause us t,
forget the mistakes Of the past. w
are one nation in the unity OF states
we are one people in language, hab
its and education and should be on
in interest, affection and devotion +
country. Let us therefore treasur
the early services and virtues of th
aged pioneer and throw the broa
mantle Of charity over his foibles,
there be any to remember.
OLD SETTLER.
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