The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-29
The Late Col. Thomas II. Murray.

NANAHACHlE, Sept, ~ Editor HER.
AID. "A hasty note from my friend and
fellow warrior, Col. $. c. Mitchell, an.
nounces the death Of this noble man
ana gallant gentleman, whose name
heads this article. lie died at McKin-
noy, September %, 1851. This sad news
brings sorrow TO many hearts, and to
none more than to this writer. Col. Mitch
ell adds, zone by one they are leaving
u.s. Col. Murray was Lieutenant-Coi-
ohel OF the Eleventh Regiment of Mis-
sour volunteer infantry in the brigade
which had the honor to command,
During the last months of tho war he
was IN sole command of tho regiment,
Col. Burns being absent from sickness.
IL was time that tried
mems souls, Many who had
stood gallantly in the fercest battles
talterod then, but amongst the very
truest stood Thomas ii. Murray. In
Missouri, in the antc-bellum DAYS, he
was known "a Il stauuch and influential
JeIIersonlan Democrat, and edited, with
signal ability, the Missouri Democrat.
Doubtless Col. PiOutS knows more of his
political history about those times than
/. lie, IKE most of US, Joined his for
tunes with Southern effort for indie
pendence in his young manhood. saw
MN III the camp, ON the march, in the
neat OF battle, in the social circle, He
was gentleman without ruproach
wherever one met him.
| can mover forget that Gierco dav when
in the binding hail of death we as
saultod Graveyard Hill, at Helena. Col.
rom Murray was u leader in that awful
charSc,and when we swept the hill clear
ol IT'S defenders he stood there, tho i'm
personation of courage.
lcmomher with pleasure hours spent
NJ my headquarters; at evening, when
the pale moon looked down on the on
campmcnt aud he talked of the future,
so lull OF high hope-talkod of men on
whom the future must rely. loved him
IN LIE; love him, holict now
mat he is dead. He was incaaahle of n
mean act; ho honored integrity. The
man who claimed Col. Thomas III. Muir
ray for friendlwas concious ola gift that
no wave of adversely could deprive him
or lie was. your friend behind your
back as we'll as when by your side.
lhat splendid achievement, the re-
union ut Mckinney, had many great
men and able visitors TO enjoy the Texas
hospitality, so beautifully spread, but
amongst the greatest there the ease,
sell poiSe, the Courtly greeting
Of my friend and fellow sol,
der was pre-emiHeHt fact, towering
above all the eloquent speech and noble
sentiment of those DAYS.
1t was wonder to me, and to thou-
sands, how one man could manage SO
vast an undertaking, and yet never lose
temper or bo in hurry.
lie Is gone from uS. No moro will he
greet his friends with that warmth of
cordlality SO characteristic of him. The
reunion next year will wear pail of
grief for the departed soldier, friend
and tellOw-citiaen. But what is
our grief to that of the widow
and of the children who mourn n nus
band and father! write at 3 O'clock
y. m, while the funeral cortcgo moves
ANA bears to the sepulchre the beloved
ueNu' Around my gable SoughS
the summer wind and above.
tho clouds thick and heavy
Grape tho sky. Nature seems to 6e
Keeping tryst as the soldier, tho citizen,
the father, the husband, followed Inv
companions and loved ones is borne To
tue grave. From altar We drop over his
luWly hed the tear of affection and SYM
mthN' aud arising from the posture OF
lnourners and looking out on life with its
grand and incomprehensibl posi- bill
ties, | add:
"Such souls,
Whose sudden visitntions dazc the world
IhhlSh Ike lightning, hut they leave behind
A!\olce that In the distance far away,
MakcnS the slumbering ages.
l., NJ. LKwIs.