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


bury showed him the room. | con-
tinued lnv work. During this time
the boat had rounded ont from
''Eutaw,' CARROTS Landing, and
with some difficulty, as she was
heavily loaded with cotton, and the
wind blowing very heavily but from
the port side. The boat backed
/ down stream, against the wind, To
make the next landing only :; short
! distance below; yet it was not with
ont some dclaI in reaching. When
the whistle was blown as the signal
/ for landing, walked out of the Office
/ upon the guard next TO Elmv land
ing, Col. Jones place. Standing
there tor :. few moments, until We
were nearly abreast of The landing
| SAW Col. Jones, Mr., Garrett and
/ the two Younger Messrs. Jones, quite
Il number of negroes, | suppose fifty
or more as it WAS Sunday. The boat
! had backed her stern nearly into ;he
bank at the proper place for landing
when the wind suddenly changed,
blowing quarterly from the bank and
up stream. | returned to the Office
{ Dinner WIS gong at tlli,time The
boat having over one hundred pas
sen@crs, every table was occupied.
In returning tOthe Office, cncouu-
tered Gen. Liddcll, Judge Maibury
and Col. Morrison standing in the
-aiooG III a group. | remarked,
"Gcntlelnen, if you Will take dinner
now, L will have places fixed for YOU
at the officers table" TO which Gcn.
Liddell replied: "No, not now; /
will see this thing out first" ]
entered the Office rang for the porter,
and told him to have three places ar
ranged at the foot Of the table for
those gentlemen, pointing to the
three III question; being fully under
the impression, from the nlanner III
which
THE ENGINES WE'RE WORKING
that Captain L. c. sweeney, who was
in command, had determined to 90
on down the river. Ipaid ho par
ticular attention to the movements
of these gentlemen, but i'll few
minutes afterward I heard Judge
Marbury say, "Well We have left
the Jones, let us 90 to dinner %
They then approached the bar, im-
modiately to my left, but in front of
me, not L suppose more than fifteen
feet distant. l then called to the
porter and told him to attend the
gentlemen, and with his partner, rs
they were friends of mine. They
were seated i'll this order Il think;
Judge Marbury was seated at the
foot, looking to the front of the boat;
Col Morrison to his right, on the
corner: Gen. Lidlell to the right of
Col. Morrison, toward the front; and
directly i'll front Of Inc where ny seat
was at the desk III the Office. / AN
positive about the position that Gen.
Liddell occupied. Being at the time
busily engaged, and having no furth
Ell concern, still under the belief that
we had gone on down the river. | was
startled at the report of the sharp
crack Of a pistol. in looking up the
first object that met my eyes ives the
body of Gen Liddell half rising, half
falling, in an instant falling back
wards with his right hand extended
upwards, holding a pistol. 1t ex-
plodel. In the dismav and surprise
at the first report, and seeing the
General falling,and together with the
general confusion, my attention had
not been drawn away from him until
his pistol fired, when, following the
direction of his pistol, | saw Col.
Charles Jones turn and looked back
over his left shoulder, at the cabin
gangway, and Immediately under the
spot where the ball from the gener-
ais pistol struck, cutting through the
cabin, rebounding in an oblique line,
lodging in the bulkhead across the
cabin, having passed directly over
the head of IA lady seated at the
table. Col Jones passed out of the
cabin. Gen. Liddell had fallen back
from the table and his chair, and
pulled again to fire; his pistol snap
ped; he had not life enough to pull
again. 1t was ut this moment that
saw the two young men on the op-
posite side of the table,
WILLIAM IN ADVANCE
Of Cu,hbeart. this time they both fired.
and think twice, each in qnick succession.
rose from my seat and exclaimed to them
with the full power Of my voice. Cd d-n
it, why DO you shoot man that is dead that
way:" This seemed TO arouse then to
sense Of he atTocions act William Malke0