The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-08-13

I.Nh NiNHf ~ WOW. |"i 'ifNiiN' I'll '' ~
.lnY m8lh sumai n as,iIm
40. dlneulif nf feillnf I'H fnnmHni .niI
lanfht nor'niri nn IuH. lfnt ~ iie lltI
rffs dfntIHl election uHru Hu cf Council
zee waSnIr on ii6 ''u4,ss %
iheif rand date. unc o'l nIInd pfeHbhertin
Itflthaf thrrH wHs Ono Ehn WIul I rnrfY 600
whole luiuu, viff Cod ING Confederate
! ~ once - hls orpuucnl ilul That God
usnornl hoss, un b6lng inifuluc' Il, said
| HAT many hrsitHttl tu fymmihIfI
| win ar laso perll IN r'u l'lI..,,.,
Tor t.1r some old confederate would
feeling nGseAisiing LHiwtun IN. sections.
i TO- rrfr TUl tp the remark Of General
] Grant, who said ina II The difference
| between The No tl aud the south bad boon
other. this would have hee0 trt'
l tied long ago, and illustrntius
| his aubIect hy ptreOual Incident
La Georgia warfare, A battery
hud been hard pressed and Il
/ became necessary 10 abandon the
burst fris done, each soldier sought his
own SAFE, ., The general states that hc IAN
| h.s itst, bat "a la GCurHlan Ouirun HIN,
| On coming lpN sully tho tat man .+N lh,
| lhc general following, As soon Oh the iat
! soldier got the mud out OF
| his mouth he begged the
General, whom he supposed 10 hc Nanlgco
soldier mot o. shoe, mat he thought they
! could compromise,
] Asa proof OF the bravery ana power Of
| The Outhurn ,rOOps lo sustain an attack Of
| supeTluUs number lac referred tot q battle
! ut Auiiet-m On speaking Of the treatment
o' each side iows rda prisoners. Aeryierrtd
| tu the numb r of men engage ON csch side,
showing u death roll OF 5000 moro Couiyd-
urrtes Regarding the MISS
reports OF kllitdan cartarcd made by a
Nuuhgrn commando ne, gave me
I hls death bed asked hl' comiule 10
read the scriptures 20 INN, lie aid so,
reading the story Ci Sampson who
| KILLED 50 many o! his GHgmins with
! tho Jaw bore Of "a government
I mule The dying man told him 10 stop,
saying he must be- reading . report OF a
army, and MT the Bible.
lie spoke with pride Of how his com.
maud had borne the heat ANA hrunt OF
many battle without a murmur, II being
! said that Texans understood the war 10
mean ignt, and light VITA them meant 10
| kin.
lie closed with a grand culogy on south'
Thc speech wa, strong and rorclhle, ana
made a lasting Impression upon hi' large
audience,
The generals father, =. T. Ross, Is also
he e. lie was one OF Inc very nr 81
"a 1919. IA rty grand and II great grand
children have him ASIAN houCrCd ancestor.
~ THE AFrEENoON,
Interesting speeches We're maze bg General
John 5. Grimth, Judge j. X Milan, OF
Hopkins county, and Major John Richard
son, OF lie Sbulg,
EN-Confcdora c Alabamlaus, North Car
uiiniRns, LuulsianianS, IeuGCSSrturS and
ArkanSiaus organized and " il meet with
the several hrigadus In Their annu1l re-
unions,
Ihe iollOSing resolutions was offered by
| Judbc T. y Perkins, seconded by Colonel
W. &. Jones In neat speech expressive OF
| the sentiment OF the South, and endorsed
by the assembly OF CN-Conlcderatc Yeier'
ans unanimously:
Resolved, That we, the surviving mem
bcrs OF Ross, Ector,s and Gr"nbury'a brit
gades, the eNenth Iek,
ex. Confcdcrat and eN-Union troops
numbering over 500 men IN this our an
nual reunion, held nj Greenyilc,
Texas, DO express our deep and heartfelt
| regret at the sad news of the death of that
| lliustrloIs soldier, pat lot and statesman,
a.. = Grant. whose remains now lie IN
state Ia tha city OF New York, and be IL
Resolved, That Wa tender "a tho
| hogrt-bruSon widow and ths family OF
! tho dccsas Oh hero, in tina the sad hour
ut theic Bereavement our siucere sY M
patby and heartfelt coudo!Gnco: and
be IL
| Resolved, That this resolution be tee
| gruphCd the family Of General Grant by
| .he president of this association.
| signed GES. l. :. Ross,
II. NJ Cook,
&. y BNE on,
H.. T.. LEAGUE,
r. Z. HAWKINS,
-. UPrlI w. ROVE,
j G. MILLER,
Resolutions of THINKS 10 the people OF
! GrccuVilic and Hunt county for their gen.
crosby ard hospitality were p sscd'
| The brigutes preset resolved 10 hoId
| their next annual NEE ing at Tyler, Inc
| last Wednesday in Au. ust, continuing tao
days.
Judge II L. oaguc, p esldent
| II. hildrc-s, II q. Dial, Il r. Hawkins
q, Il W. a. Ray, Vice preside ITS
Il +. step ems, trrE urtr
In Ector's: g. i kilgorc, president.
j. +. Estes, j. +. DCug,as yice-p,esi-
dents.
II, II. Henderson, secretary.
Il. ii Hopson, banner pr@-eryer.
Among the well kn wn sitting soIGiers
are j. l., ware aud W R'T!gosett, OF Hope
! Arkansas.
The Gro Wd to-day was estimated at nearly
! | 800 an notwithstanding their numbeys
| there were few disturbances of 0nf kind,
much to the credit OF the officers and THAR
| deputies.
Yesterday, while crossing q gully on his
way to the reunion grounds, In an open
hack, Captsin Stout, the aged pioneer, was
! thrown uuj of the vehicle upon his
b used No bones were broken, but the
! old nero Is quite sore fiCm the effects OF
hts fall.