Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1885-06-27

John Nixon, on the night of the oil.
of January, 1870, growing out The
unfortunate complication, to need lis
repetition here. | will take occasion
to adj however, that upon the even
ing of the very night Of his death, ,he
accompanied ne from his Office to
McsslS. 4. T. Griswold Il Co.'S, and
handed me Col. Jones watch, stating,
during our walk, that lie Regretted
TIE turn of affairs, and requeStcd'me
t. persuade Col. Jones to Let the mat
ter drop. Upon reaching Baton
Rough the next morning, [ was
shocked to hear Of his untimcly end.
We shall now proceed to the next
part If this appalling narrative. On
the Sth of February, on the upward
bound trip of the steamboat St. .Marys,
en- route for Camden, Ark, upon
reaching Trinity, | received a letter
from Mr.. William Jones, stating that
his father would go down with us,
and t. save room for him; and that
he, the writer, would go down us far
rs Prairie landing Cor ride with us
lit being about thirty miles around,
and only six across the bendl. | had
neglected to mention the engagement
of cotton for shipment on the down
trip, from his fathers place, which
was customary at that time, and at
that season of the year. Upon the
down t..p, on the l4th day Of Feb
ruary, tier leaving Trinity, in the
forenoon, the boat was hailed, and
landed ut Gen. Liddells, who came
aboard, taking passage for New Or
leans. just below his place. at the
Ashland plantation, lie had the boat
to land for one or two half barrels Of
pccans, and requested me to mark
them for him, AS he WAS sending
them to his little children ut school,
which | did. Returning to the
officer of the boat, the General (for
whom | entertained the greatest
respect and most kindly feelinss( and
myself engaged in conversation. He
appeared very much depressed, and
told ne at the time that he felt very
much perpleXed, and not at all well,
asking after each Of my parents, with
whom he had lifetime knowledge
and association: asking particularly,
though, about Gen. Robert j. Barrow.
my uncle, if he was in the city, and
remarked that he wanted to see him
especially, stating i'll pretty much
these words: Il intend
TO HAVE SATISFACTION"
saying, at the same time placing his
hand upon my shoulder, Barrow
| know that YOU are n friend Of the
Jones; that man hasn't treated me
right, but were to meet YOU in
crowd with gun on your shOuidcl
with apparent excitcmenD l would
not hurt hair upon your head, sir"
/ replied i'll a quiet and passive
manner, "Why, General, there is no
occasion for your speaking in that
way; you know full well that Iwould
never engage iii anything against you
for any one" He said that he knew
that During this time the boat had
reached and landed at Mr.. Jacob
CARROTS place for cotton. Mr.. Gar
rett came on board, and coming up
TO where the General and myself
were talking, entered into lively
conversation, and had me to repeat
for the Generals benefit a joke that 1
used to tell on him about having IL
vited his brother-in-law to share his
room, and pay half the hire of the
room, when in charging the half, he
was made to pay the entire bill, this
appeared to amuse the General, as
"old Uncle Jake, as the boys famil-
iarly called him, was an original Cas-
toner. While standing there, the
three aS described, young Cuthbert
Built Jones, then scarcely II years
old, and perfect STRIPPING, came
forward with great eagerness, to
shake hands with me, and in doing SO
inclined his head in polite recogni-
tion of my friend; not having the
faintest idea who my companion was
| am told it is common courtesy III
Germany, where he had spent the
previous three years.. Mr. Garrc.;
seeing the attitude, took the young
man by the arm and withdrew him,
without, however, giving cause for
comment. This seemed to irritate
the General very much: his whole
nature was changed in an instant
A man of a grave and naughty
bearing. whose heart was filled with
the kindest and most noblest sentl-
ments, seemed exasperated i'll a