Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-02-26

| morning. IL ne0 Eblnou 0uH1s LAG Hisu' .
and when they swoke norther was blow
ing, and their blankets were in the water.
A few hours rowing brought them along
side Of the war schooner lnVincible, Cap
tain William Brown. Through his spe, &
I ing trumpet Brown inquired, "Wbat
neWs?" "When told hiD, his men,"
says Calder, "literally lifted US on board,
and in the midst OF the widest excite
ment Brown took { e his hat and gave us
three cheers, and threw 1t as fsr as he
could into the bay he then shouted to
his men, Turn loose Long Tom After
three discharges, he suddenly stopped and
said: Hold on, boys, or old Hawkins
| (she senior commodore will put me in
irons again." Declining to wait for any
thing to eat, they were treated to the best
/ liquor on the ship. They entered the Cap
tain's gig, and with tour s.slwart seamen
| started for the ha1bor The independence,
the flagship Of Commodore Hawkins,
Wss anchored between them and the
landing. As they approached the ship,
Commodore Hawkins, with his glass,
recognized Franklin and Calder, and be-
gan eagerly hsiling for the news. When
they were sufficiently near to be under
stood, a scene of excitement ensued
oeggaring descriptions; and now 1t sprea1
from vessel to vessel, reached groups on
the land, and the welkin rang with shout
af ;er shout, until the people were hoarse.
Hawkins fred thirteen guns. We sup
pose this was for the old thirteen colo
MES, as Hawkins had been in the United
States navy. When the Commodore
learned that they had been fasting for
twepty-fsur hours, he had a sumptuous
dinner prepared, snd the party did
not need much urging to stay and
p.rtake OF the hospitallies of the old
salt. They were staying little too long,
and finally Hawkins limited that they had
better 60 ashore Snd report to the Presi-
dent.
President Burnet was great sticklel
for official preregative, was little unified
that everybody on the island should have
heard the glorious news before be was
officially notified of the battle and its re-
suit; and when the party reached the
Presidents Emarquee they were received
as Calder says, with stately courtesy
which OF first we did not understand
, thinking little more cordially ana les:
, formality would have suited the case ant
! the messengers. This, however ICON
| tinues our narrstive), gradually subsidized
] and the President, before the interview
, closed, treated us with sthat agrace ant
J genial courtesy for which, Throughout
! life, he WAS ever distinguished"
) Most of the families Of refugees Wer'
B, already on the schooner Flash, Captain
+ FaIyel, ready to sail for New Orleans ant
e had orders to sail that morning, IS SantI
Anna WGs expected every day at IN
( island. The Captain declined to attemp
= to cross the bar until there was chang
T Of wind; and, while waiting, the messen
e ger arrived with the news. The tw
e soldiers who accompanied the part
found their families and Calder found tn
obiect OF his most anxious solicitude.
After changing his clothes, Capital
Calder was strolling, unknown, anon
the men eagerly talking yer the achieve
mems of the 2lst, when he he5rd sue
complimentary remarks as these: "Whai
the whole MIX can army defeated an
Santa Arns l.soner! No, gentlemen
l. those fellows ~; scoundrels and deserI
[, ers. 1t is too u story and they ougf
: TO be tekeg II ustody at once"
- Captain c.. tE was for fifty years
4 uss fal and. Hdoored citizen Of Tex:
IL HAVING participated in all the stirrin
q events III the early history Of Texas;
e haent writer, possessed with splend1
], msmory and pleasing style, he has COT
lie lributed many interesting and ysluao
. sketches to our early history. He was
y member of the Texas Veteran Societ
II and died at his old home In Richmon
i FJrt Bend county, on the 28th Of Angus
" 1885.
Iy The venerable and beloved old Tex
10 veteran, Colonel Charles DeMorse, edit
b. and proprietor of the Standard, Clarke
5. vile, Tex, says in an editorial, on Il
RS receipt Of the news that Captain Cald
IS was dead:
n "ANoTHER GoNK-oNLY FEW MORE
of CO."
ii, s'RIcHMoND, Aug 31.-Captaln K.
Calder, an old Texas veteran, was burl
I'D here Saturday last"
to These three lines record the departu
E. of one of the truest men OF the old Tex
Mt. Of the DAYS of the Rep1blic-one VI
aided in ushering into being the brig
n star, destined in future to be more br
re liant than any other OF the galaxy consi
nd tutiug the uuion Of states. Captain CAlo
re came into Texas with bis father and 81
OF tied in Brazoria Just before the battle
nd Velasco. He was not in that Ds
he Ito, but Wss in Fspnin's first compa
I'D organized at Brsz ria, but was not
ng Fsnnin's command when massacfeu
or Goliad. Captain Calder commanded
he company at San JAcinto, and was the i:
lily surviving captain of those actually e
,lt gagged in that battle. We first saw 4
when he and Ben Franklin (afterWs
for district iudge) started from the bat
NJ field in q skin to report the bEttle
ner President Burnet, then AZ Galveston
Is, and Franklin in buckskin coats 8
rst breeches, first came on DO!
led the schooner OF war, Independent
the of which we were an officer,
the offended Burnett because he had not d
sp- reuorted to him. After this he was She
pile Of Brsz )ria during the famous MoG
hat Edwards contests with Dart, and
on: swindled by Edwards out OF about s5e
the fees and responsibilities undertak
oat while in charge of the imported Africa
Irty ss everybody else was swindled who d.
and with Edwards. Subsequently he mo
om- to Richmond, in Fort Bend county,
m became 8 member OF the Legislat
be- from that county; after that
his county judge. With 10
urg ness fer reading, he was q man
he'd much intelligence and shreWd resso1
get capacity, and was an e1emplar OF
lere best class of old Texans, 'inhexioly q
and est, not merely in his actions, but In
hey train of thought; outspoken, honor
for and capable of warm attachments.
Il, q vss q landmark of the old Texas. T.
ems. are few like him left. He leaves 8
,nd. and some children. A son OF his mar
d OF q daughter of General M. B. Lamar
st 1t the LAST wife, who was Miss Josep