The Home Advocate. (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 13, 1869 Page: 4 of 4
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Remember now thy Creator in the ]Days of thy Youth, while the .Evil Days Draw not nigli.
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F. jrT Pntillo, Editor.
JEFFERSON:
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Terrible Disaster!
SATURDAY, FEB. 13, 18(59.
We request Ministers of the Gos-
pel and Teachers to act as our agents,
and assist lis in getting the Advocate
into every family,
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Military Arrests.—Dr. J. M. Frith,
Dr. J. A. Richardson, John C. Murphy,
Jr., M. D. Taylor, Henry Stealcy, and
John Vines, have been arrested.
Our readers will be edified by the ar-
ticle on our first page on 11 Gentleness
—Amiability," from the pen of a ready
writer, as well as eloquent speaker, Dr.
R. S. T. It will not be hard for those
who havo listened to his searching dis-
courses to guess the name for which the
initials stand. A lighted caudic must
be seen. We hope to hear from the
Doctor again soon.
In behalf of the Proprietor, as well
as ourself, we return heartfelt thanks to
our cotemporaries of the press in gen-
eral for their very cordial reception and
commendation of the Home Advocate.
So llattering are many of the notices
that their appearance in our columns
would lay us liable to the charge of in-
delicacy, if not excessive vanity. At
the same time we assure our friends that
we are not Insensible to their kind words
and well-wishes, but by them arc greatly
encouraged.
The " Citizen " who appears
ia this week's issue has an eye to the
public good, and a pen for its advo-
cacy. We hope to hear from him
often. The evils complained of are
by no means imaginary. We mild-
ly adverted to them a few numbers
1 ack. But if kind words and gentle
hints will do no good, the virtue of
stones must be tried. Last Sunday
it was difficult to give ear to the
preacher, for the chopping of wood
immediately in front of the Church,
just across the street.
A bachelor friend of ours re-
lates a strange coincidence. When
the moon was in an eclipse a short
time ago and he was gazing intently
upon it, a sudden emotion of poetry
seized him, and he began making
rhymes, lie wishes to know if this
is whatis commonly meant by being
" moon-struck."
Children of the West is the title
of a neat and instructive little
Monthly, published at Mt. Lebanon,
La., by W. F. Wells. Subscription
Fifty Cents per annum. We will
gladly order this paper for any who
may desire it. Sec advertisement.
A specimen copy can be seen at this
office.
The children's page has not yet
been done up exactly to our notion.
The press of news and original matter
of a diflfcrent kind has crowded out
much of our interesting reading
matter for children, but they may
e xpect it next week.
Burning of the IWittie Stephen*:
SIXTY-ONE LIVES LOST.
The Dixie arrived yesterday eve-
ning, bringing the survivors of the
ill-fated Mittie Stephens, which was
burned, at 12 o'clock, Thursday night,
two miles below Swanson's landing.
There was the smell of lire on the
hurricane deck, which was reported
to the pilot. The bell tapped for the
Captain. The fire was soon dis-
covered in a pile of hay on the lar-
board side, forward. Several buckets
of water were thrown upon it in-
stantly, but the flames still mounted
upward, and spread so rapjjtlly that
all hope of extinction was given up.
The boat was turned to shore, and
the passengers aroused. Confusion
reigned. The passengers and crew
were driven aft by the flames, so
that while the boat grounded in shal-
low water but a few feet from shore,
they must leap into deep water or be
consumed by the flames. With many
it was only a choice between the
means of destruction—the decision
of a moment. Some leaped over-
board, while others sank down in
despair to be devoured by the flames.
One young lady passenger begged
her protector to throw her overboard.
His heart failed him, and they re-
mained together till enveloped by the
flames, when he rushed from her and
escaped. Families were sundered—
the husband perishing in the attempt
to save wife and children. We learn
that the engineers, and many of the
crew perished at thnir post.
The survivors, of course, escaped
in destitute condition, but have been
kindly cared for, by our citizens, and
we hope they will all receive such
assistance and attention as they
need.
We have heaid no complaint of
carelessness urged against the offi-
cers or crew of the boat.
Mr. Jacobs, seeing the boat on fire
from the opposite side of the lake,
sent his batteau, and rendered great
service in rescuing those struggling
for life in the water.
The following is a list of the lost
and saved, as far as known.
LOST.
Crew.—Geo. Reimer, 1st Clerk; Chas.
Weir, 1st Engineer; Thos, Mulligan, 2d
do; M. McGill, Striker; Peter Fisher,
Jas. Gardner, and John Bateese, colored
firemen.
Passengers.—Mrs. Jackson and three
children, one unknown lady from Grand
Eeore, W. A. Broadwell of N. Orleans,
Mr. J. C. Christian, Mr. Boynkin, Mr.
Ash, Mr. New.
Deck Passengers.—James Johnson,
Nancy Bradford and child. Win. Morris,
Amanda Morris, Martha William*, Hen-
ry Ashley, Sidney Ashley, Robert Phil-
lips, Jno. A. Phillips, James Phillips,
Martha A. Phillips, Alexander Phillips.
Deck Crew.—Wm. Murphy, Joseph
Ganes, Andrew Gallighan, Tlios. Ryan,
Pat Riley, Nat Buchanan. Wm. Buch-
anan, Jim Hill, Henry Ilieks, Peter En-
gine, and six not known.
CABiN C'rew.—Varissa Baptist, pan-
tryman. Napoleon Washington, Texas
tender, Chas. Bedford, John Smith,
Dennis Williams, cabin boys, Robert
Franklin, 2d Porter. G. W. ilughes, 1st
cook. Chas. Crane, baker, Ann Collins,
chambermaid.
SAVED.
Crew.—H. Kellogg, captain; T. II.
Iletherton, clerk; Geo. Klein, clerk;
John Poland, mate; Peter Sutherland
aud Wm.Swain, Pilots; Joe Lodwick,
Jos. West, steersmen; B. II. Covert,
steward: W. R. Guy an, Barkeeper:
Samuel Wilcox, striker, Sam Under-
wood watclihian; Pliil Hill, Carpenter;
John Wilson, porter; Ed. Chaplin, bar-
ber; Wm. Adams, Nat Adley. Peter
Beck. Toney Foster, Geo. Wm. Hughes
and thirteen others,
PassengeiiS.—Olc Bjirke, S. J. John-
son, J. B. Seuzeman, A. McRae, W. F.
Cobb, a. Pace, G. W. Peterson. George
L. Cagle, G. A. Williams, Elizabeth
Johnson, Mary Johnson, Anu Ashley,
Bculali Ashley.
Our Help.
We listened to a very interesting
and instructive sermon on last Sab-
bath by Rev. N. P. Modrall, pastor
of the C. P. Church at this place,
from the tlxt, " Give us help from
trouble ; for vain is the help of
man," found both in the GOth and
108 th Psalms. Though there was
but a very small congregation on
account of the exceedingly inclem-
ent, weather, the subject was pre-
sented with as much pathos and
force as if the house had been full.
We feel constrained to attempt a re-
production of some of the leading
thoughts, asking pardon of the
preacher for the liberty we take un-
asked, and especially for the injus-
tice done him in this very meagre
and imperfect outline:
" Although affliction cometh not
forth of the dust, neither doth
trouble spring out of the ground;
yet man is born unto trouble, as the
sparks fly upward." We have trou-
ble on every hand—around us, be-
neath our feet, over our heads; and
sometimes they seem to fall in tor-
rents from the very heavens. There
appears to be no escape from them.
They are many in childhood, more
in manhood, and multiply in old age.
In poverty, in wealth; in sickness,
in health; in every condition and
state of life troubles beset our path-
way. They lie down with us upon
our beds at night; they rise up with
us in the morning; they go with us
to our daily toil, sit with us at our
tables, and even pursue us into the
holy sanctuary.
The prime cause of all our troubles
is within ourselves. God is right-*—
his ways are right, lie has a place
for everything, and everything in
its place. He made man upright,
and put him in his right position.
But he soon got out of his place,
and thus became in conflict with ev-
erything that is right. Lie is alto-
gether wrong, and his ways are like
himself. He sees wrong, he feels
wrong, he thinks wrong, he does
wrong continually. And because he
is thus transverse to every right
way, righteousness and truth them-
selves appear to him in a distorted
attitude. The heart of man is a
fountain of trouble because a foun-
tain of iniquity. 1 have taught total
depravity of human nature as a
scriptural doctrine; I thought I be-
lieved it. But of late I am persuad-
ed that I had not apprehended half
the truth. Now it fixes itself on my
mind with all the force of demon-
stration. Truly " the heart is deceit-
ful above all things, and desperately
wicked; who can know it?" Naught
but the plummet of infinite Mercy
can fathom it.
The forebodings of an evil con-
science are a source of trouble. We
suffer a great deal more from antici-
pation than from actual infliction.
A guilty conscience cannot rest. It
recognizes the certainty of punish-
ment for sin. And thus also the pe-
nal sanctions of God's law become a
source of trouble. The punishment
for transgression must come. It is
sometimes inflicted in this life. Sin
is punished in this world1 as well as
in the next, while virtue is also often
rewarded in this world. Man can
not violate the law of his being
without suffering the penalty. This
principal liolds true of the physical,
mental, and moral world. But they
greatly err, and wrest the scriptures,
who teach that in this life only is
sin punished. There will be a reck-
oning and an awful retribution lor
sin in the world to come. Here is a
great source of trouble to evil-doers,
in whom there is a " certain fearful
looking for of judgment and fiery i dent is never expressed.
The simple truth is that these pro-
nouns are simply relatives, referring
to an indefinite antecedent, or else
they are indefinite pronouns. It is a
peculiarity of tohat that its anteee-
indignation." But it is a grave mis-
take, into which many good people
fall, to suppose that every affliction
is a punishment for some sm. Not
so. Much tiiat the good suffer in
this life is the necessary discipline
exercised over them by a kind Fa-
ther. "As a father pitieth his chil-
dren, so the Lord pitieth them that
fear him"; and "whom he lovetli
he chasteneth."
Our help from trouble is in God,
who alone can purify the heart and
clear the conscience, lie also en-
ables us to see the benefit of afflic-
tions, giving us scriptural views of
their, use. They wean us from the
world, destroy selfishness, and pre-
pare us for sympathizing with the
unfortunate of our race. Sympathy
is itself a fountain of happiness; for
if we " weep with them that weep,"
we will be prepared also to "rejoice
with them that do rejoice," being re-
leased together with them with
whom we were bound. lie that has
no sympathy can hardly be said to
have a moral being. He that has it
most is most happy; for he that
would bless others can not fail to re-
ceive himself a blessing.
Agitation, trouble, is also a divine-
ly appointed means of purification.
But in the midst of the storm we
are apt to forget that Nature is thus
cleansing her garments of all impu-
rity, and making happy her children.
As it is in the physical world, so it
is in the moral. As wine in a state
of fermentation casts up all impuri-
ties to the surface to be thrown off,
so the Commotions of society bring
to view the dregs and offscourings of
the earth, which the Lord will finally
skim oil' and cast away, leaving the
upright in heart as the pure wine.
If agitation purifies, let it come, till
the world is shaken from center to
circumference.
What.
What,, as a relative pronoun, has
greatly puzzled grammarians. Near-
ly all we have examined, call it
a "Double" or "Compound Kela-
tivc," for the reason, they say, that
it performs a double office, being
equivalent to " that which " or " the
thing which." Thus they make it
" include the antecedent." Take
for example, the sentence,
1 know what you saw.
It is taught by nearly all the
text books that what is a compound
relative pronoun, and is the object of
know and saw at the same time.
This is not so. It is the ob-
ject only of saw. The object of
know is the sentence, " what you
saw." But what difference is there
in construction between what and
whom in such a sentence as,
I know whom you saw.
If whatis considered a compound,
so is whom, being the object of two
predicates at the same time. But
that it is not, will appear by a change
of the sentence, so as to make the
relative a subject of the auxiliary
sentence.
I know who saw you.
Ilere, who can not be the object of
know, and the subject of saw, for
then it would be in two cases at
once, which is absurd. Besides who
cannot be in the objective case.
By a parity of reasoning, we would
have compound nouns, adverbs Arc ,
by position. For instance, in the
eentauee, *
I read the book you gave me.
Book would be compound by
position, being the object of read and J
gave at the same time. But the
pr.oper construction is to make it the
object of read, and consider a relative
pronoun understood, referring to
book, as the object of gave. The ||
whole difficulty is overcome when ;
we consider that sometimes the an- I
tecedent and sometimes the relative V*
is omitted in composition, and that
some of the words commonly called
relative pronouns, are often indef-
inite and will not admit of ante-
cedents.
One more example for analogy. •;
1 know when you ea'iie. .jt
Must we call when a compound ad- j
verb modifying know and came at the |
same time ? Certainly so, if what is a
compound relative in the preceding
example. But in reality it is but a J
simple conjunction, or adverbial con-
junction, introducing the auxiliary
adverbial sentence, " you came."
In office it is a connective, and not , j
an adverb ; and therefore it is wrong
to call it a conjunctive adverb.
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Corporalis Coinc-it-at-its!
Yesterday evening we were riding
out on very urgent business on the
Daingerfield road. About two miles
and a half out wo saw a squad of
soldiers, just ahead of us stop and
invest a little grocery. As we were
passing by, the coporal in command
halted us, demanded our name, resi-
rreat
dence, destination, and asked a
many other questions, ( of
ti
impor-
tance to himself we suppose ) but
concerning men, places, and things " J
of which we proved to know much
less than himself. But some how or
other, though we did not know much,
the young man seemed to take a
liking to us, and we agreed to go onM *
together, though it occasioned con-
siderable delay and inconvenience to
ourself, who was in no little hurry.
He also invited two or three of his
men to accompany us, while the rest
remained. As we went on, part of
what wo did't know, he found 'out ^ *
from a colored youth on the wayside.
He stopped to see Mr. K. with whom
he seemed to have important busi-
ness, but unfortunately he was ab-
sent, and his wife could not tell |>
when he would return. The next in-
dividual of consequence whom we
met, was a mounted son of destiny
( of rather dark complexion ) whom. •> *
the corporal honored with a private
interview. In a few minutes the
darkey fell into line and we jour-
neyed on. At the four mile branch,
where the roads fork, said corporal B.:
" Which road do yqu travel?"
Said we, " It was our purpose to
take the right, if it's all the same
with you ?"
'•Certainly," said he, " thank you
for your courtesy."
" Not at all," replied we, and so ,
we went on our way "rcjoicing, to
the right, while he and the rest of
his company took the left.
Query—Who were the prisoners— T
the corporal and his men, or wc and
the darkey?
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Patillo, F. J. The Home Advocate. (Jefferson, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 4, Ed. 1 Saturday, February 13, 1869, newspaper, February 13, 1869; Jefferson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth235529/m1/4/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.