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which measures were adopted to tender the volunteers a public dinner in a beautiful grove west of the University, on Saturday, October 9. On that day and in this form, a hearty, thrice-hearty welcome was tendered the " Boone Volunteers," who had encountered the perils of war and endured the privations of camp and march. Escorted to the grounds by Gen. Joseph Persinger's troop of horse (these and the procession being under the orders of the marshal of the day, David M. Hickman), the volunteers took position in front of the speaker's stand, and were addressed by Dr. John R. Atkinson. James P. Flem- ing, who did gallant services at Bracito and Sacramento, re- sponded.
W. B. Royall, second lieutenant, has been in the United States army ever since, and is now lieutenant-colonel of the Third Cavalry, U. S. A. (See subsequent pages of this history. )
STATE LUNATIC ASYLUM.
In February, 1847, the Legislature passed an act providing for the location of an asylum for the insane in one of the following central counties : Boone, Callaway, Cole, Moniteau, Cooper, Saline, Chariton and Howard. The following gentlemen were elected commissioners : James M. Hughes, of Clay ; J. W. McElhiney, of St. Charles ; Robert E. Acock, of Polk, whose duty it was to meet on the first Monday in April ensuing, and proceed to the several counties to which the location was confined, examine their advantages and receive their donations, and then locate the institution. Boone and Calla- way were the only counties which manifested any especial solicitude on the subject, Cole proposing only a donation of 100 acres of land and Cooper only $900 in cash. The commission met at Booneville on Tuesday, 14, 1847, and decided to locate the asylum at Fulton, Callaway county having subsidized the largest sum in money and land. Callaway's subscription : Cash, $11,494; land, 500 acres ($3,000) ; total, $14,494. Boone's subscription : Cash, $10,212.
This was a sore defeat to the people of Boone County -to them and their posterity an irretrievable loss. It was a great victory for the people of Callaway, and one which in every respect is priceless. . Boone, for the lack of less than $5,000, lost a State institution whose financial advantages, added to those accruing from the University, would have been worth millions. But the people of Boone County at the time this struggle was made had not fairly recovered from the
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burden of the $117,000 subscribed a few years before to secure the University. Hence their failure to secure the Lunatic Asylum.
" THE GLOBE,"' THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC PAPER IN BOONE.
On the 22d April, 1847, the first number of the Columbia Globe - William A. Verbryke, publisher; Thomas P. Giles, editor - was issued in Columbia. This was the first Democratic newspaper pub- lished in Boone County.
RELIGIOUS REVIVALS.
In December, 1847, Rev. Dr. Nathan H. Hall, of Lexington, Ky., commenced a series of revival meetings in the Presbyterian Church in Columbia, and soon after a series of meetings were commenced in the Christian Church by Elders T. M. Allen and Marcus Wills, of Boone County, and Elder Henry Thomas, of Monroe. Both continued with great interest for several weeks.
SONS OF TEMPERANCE CELEBRATION.
On Wednesday, August 23, 1848, the Sons of Temperance of Co- lumbia, joined by numerous representatives from neighboring counties, had a grand celebration and Bible presentation in Columbia. At three o'clock P. M., a procession was formed under the superintendence of M. S. Matthews and William C. Shields, marshals of the day. The members of the Masonic fraternity participated in the ceremonies of the occasion, turned out in large numbers, and, attired in the regalia of their order were assigned the front rank in the procession. Al- ' though Rockwell's circus was performing at the same hour, the chapel of the University where the banner presentation occurred was filled to its utmost capacity, there being present the largest assembly ever congregated in the building. W. F. Switzler, Worthy Patriarch and F. Nutt, Worthy Associate, presiding. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Roberts, of Methodist Church, after which Mrs. Margaret Prewitt and Francis A. Provines were introduced, who, on behalf of the young ladies of Columbia, and in beautiful and appropriate addresses, presented an ele- . gant banner (painted by Col. S. A. Young) to the Boone Division. William Bentley responded.
Mrs. Ann Eliza Bryan was then introduced, who, in the name of the married ladies of Columbia, and in an address commendable for the richness and beauty of its language and chasteness of its senti-
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ments, presented the division the chart of life here and hereafter, God's best gift to man - the Bible.
Mr. George C. Pratt receiving the Bible on behalf of the order re- sponded.
These ceremonies over, Mr. John F. Williams (now insurance com- missioner ) proceeded to address the assembled concourse in exposition and defence of the nature and objects of the Sons of Temperance.
The benediction was then pronounced by Rev. Mr. Hart, of the Presbyterian Church, and the exercises closed.
A ROBBERY.
On Monday night, August 28, 1848, the residence of Lewis Hume, near Providence, was entered, and a small hair trunk containing $500 or $600, principally in gold and silver, was stolen. Mr. Hume and family were in the house at the time and, hearing the noise made by the robber as he left the room, Mr. Hume made pursuit but with no success.
GENERAL TAYLOR ELECTED - COLUMBIA IN A BLAZE.
On Monday night, November 20, 1848 the Whigs of Columbia cele- brated the election of General Taylor to the Presidency by a general illumination, displays of torches and transparencies and a monster meeting at the Court House, which was addressed by S. A. Young, J. S. Rollins and W. F. Switzler.
COLUMBIA FEMALE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE.
In November and December, 1849, new and remarkable interest sprang up in Columbia on the subject of establishing a Collegiate In- stitute in that place for the education of young ladies. It originated in a proposition made by Samuel Hatch and H. H. White, of Har- rodsburg, Ky., to remove to Columbia, and, on certain conditions, to take charge of a Female College of the highest grade. Dr. Hatch was present and attended all the meetings held on the subject, which were numerous, and by intercourse with our people and explanations of his designs, excited great interest on the subject. Several public meetings were had, whose deliberations were participated in by Dr. Wm. Jewell, Warren Woodson, Moss Prewitt, Jas. S. Rollins, R. L. Todd, James B. Boyce, Eld. T. M. Allen, S. A. Young, Eld. D. P. Henderson, R. S. Thomas, R. C. Branham, Dr. T. R. H. Smith, W.
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W. Hudson, A. W. Turner, Eld. S. S. Church, A. O. Forshey, W. F. Switzler and others.
The several meetings resulted in the report of two plans from a se- lect committee, widely different from each other, these differences finally resulting in an adjournment sine die of the last meeting, and an apparent abandonment of the whole scheme. It was not, how- ever, fruitless of results, for, out of the deliberations and discussions, Christian Female College and Stephens (Baptist ) Female College were evolved.
THE BIG SLEET.
In December, 1848, a sleet occurred which had no parallel in the history of the country. Trees, even of the largest class, were almost literally stripped of branches, rendering the roads in many places impassable. Trees without number were borne to the ground and broken off by the insupportable mass of ice upon them. Shade and ornamental trees were greatly damaged and many orchards were ruined.
CALIFORNIA GOLD FEVER.
The discovery of gold in California in 1849 greatly excited the peo- ple all over the West, and of course the people of Boone county caught the infection. Early in the spring of that year, but larger numbers of them during 1850, abandoned their homes and business - some of them, alas ! never to return - for the gold fields of the new Eldorado. During the month of April the emigrants from this county took up the line of march in wagons and on horseback for their toilsome journey to the Pacific. So far as we have been able to learn, the following are their names : -
Francis T. Russell, R. E. Lusk, Dan'l Grosse, Jerre Orear, Dr. W. B. Lenoir, M. Boyle, Thos. A. Russell, David Guitar, Wm. T. Russell, John Chadwick, Wm. B. Royall, T. A. Garth, Samuel Ken- non, A. N. Wilhite, Madison D. "Stone, Eli Pulliam, Lawrence Roch- ford, Rev. Francis Hart, John W. Carter, M. P. Wills, Jr., G. W. Nichols, James M. Wilcox, W. J. Hitt, Nathaniel Torbitt, W. G. Tuttle, - -Elliott, A. E. West. Arch. Goin, W. H. Stone, Samuel R. Tuttle, Thos. A. Sims, Hugh T. Plant, Jas. B. Furnish, James M. Wright, David R. Doyle, Dr. John B. Isbell, G. L. Russell, John M. Willis, Moss P. Foffe, Thomas Orear, John Scott, Chas. R. Thomas, Harris, Samuel D. Lamme, Andrew Trumbaugh, Benj. T. Orear, Lemuel Noble, Thos. J. O'Neal, Wm. Bentley, John H.
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Bryan, T. W. Sampson, James P. Fleming, George Winn, E. A. Wills, David Crockett, - -- Redmond, Wm. Y. Hitt, Marion Lowry, Thos. B. Hitt, Amos Marney, Sr., Amos Marney, Jr., James Pollard, Martin Oldham, William Goin, Edwin Curd, - - Taylor, Joseph Doyle, Wm. Spiers, James Wiseman, Jr., Wm. Whitley, Joshua Mar- tin, Elijah Stephens, Price P. Taffe, Campbell St. John, Geo. W. Scott, Larkin Richardson, - Harrel, William Broaddus, John Stemmons, James Turner, H. Wheeler, Powhatan Woodson, Samuel Bentley, Marcus Pollard, James Hill, Julius Dunn, James Winn, Marion Richardson, Dr. Wm. Schooling, Jeptha Baker, Thomas Cald- well, R. E. Scott, William Moade, Thomas Turner, Johnson Osborn, Alexander Black, Barney Woods, Mr. Hayden, Henry Stemmons, M. Stemmons, J. Stemmons, Jr., John S. Wilhite, Wm. F. Wilhite, Lewis H. Harl, Willis March, Andrew N. Wilhite, G. F. Wilhite, Jas. F. Wilhite, Jas. A. McQuitty, S. S. Eliott, William Wilhite ( son of Joel Wilhite ), Smith Wilhite, Mr. Grant, T. Baker, Wm. Dunn, J. J. Winn, H. Hulen, Mr. McGhee, Harrison Booth, Edward Booth, David Booth, Elijah Booth, Jr., Mr. Timberlake, Wm. Gaw, Milton Ogen, Green Hays, James Lowry, Jr., Mr. Parsons ( of Rocheport), Garland Harris, Jonathan Barton, Sr., Jonathan Barton, Jr., John Barton, Joshua Barton, Robert Barton, Fleming Hatten, Henry H. Wilker- son, John Corlew, Wm Corlew, Bartlett Gentry.
Doubtless there were many others, but we have not been able to ob- tain their names.
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CHAPTER IX.
FROM 1850 TO 1860.
California Gold Fever, Continued - Hickman's Ferry across the North Platte - List of Cali- fornia Emigrants - An untimely Snow - Explosion in J. L. Stephens' Store - Plank Road from Columbia to Providence -Exports of Rocheport in 1851 - Fat Bullocks - Monroe and Boone Counties Contesting - North Missouri Railroad -The Subscription of Boone County - What a Mistake Cost Callaway and Howard - Daring Attempt at Rape -Negro Hung by a Mob - One Student of the University Kills another - The Drought of 1854 - Selby's new Hotel - Monster Kansas Meeting - Premonitions of the coming Storm - E. K. Klampus Vietus-Thespian Hall Columbia - New County Jail - Daily Mail to Jeffer- son City - Boone County Troops for Kansas - Trial, Conviction and Execution of John Chapman for Murder - R. C. Branham Lost in Galveston Bay - Joe Robinson, a Negro Man, Executed for the Murder of James T. Points - Drunken Riot in Rocheport - Citi- zens' Meeting- Soldiers of the War of 1812 in Boone - County Clerk's Safe Blown Open - Largest Taxpayers in 1858 and 1881 - Columbia Library Association - Prices of Negroes Hired and Sold in 1859-Town Clock.
ELECTION RETURNS FROM 1850 TO 1860.
* Those thus marked were elected.
AUGUST 10TH, 1850.
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS.
*John G. Miller .. 919 | John Miller.
106
James S. Green. 586
SENATOR. *Sam'l A. Young. 719 | Jas. M. Gordon ... 827 Total .. 1,546 REPRESENTATIVES IN LEGISLATURE.
*Absalom Hicks 900
*L. W. Robinson 906
*S. B. Hatton ....
894
A. O. Forshey ...
824
N. W. McClelland 361
L. D. Tipton. ...
115
SHERIFF.
*J. B. Douglass .. 791 James Arnold ... 460
Caleb Fenton .. ..
342
Total 1,598
AUGUST 2D, 1852.
GOVERNOR. Jas. Winston .... 1,145 | *Sterling Price .. 694
Total. 1,841
LIEUT. - GOVERNOR.
Andrew King ... 1,139 | *Wilson Brown ..
683
Total. 1,821 REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS.
*Jno. G. Miller. . 1,154 | Jas. S. Green ..
706
Total. 1,860 REPRESENTATIVES IN LEGISLATURE.
*Jas. M. Gordon.1,118 *D. H. Hickman.1,079 *Stephen Wil- L. W. Robinson .. 880 hite .... 978 S. W . Hatton .... 671
Dr. McClelland .. 537 ..
SHERIFF.
*J. B. Douglass .. 1,543 |
AUGUST 9TH, 1854.
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS.
*Gilchrist Por- ter. .1,217 -
Tully R. Cornick 917
Total. ... 2,134 REPRESENTATIVES IN LEGISLATURE.
*Jas. S. Rollins .. 1,175 |*Odon Guitar ..... 1,182 P. H. McBride. . 934 |A. O. Forshey .... 931
SHERIFF.
John M. Samuel. 621
Geo. L. Hickam. 531
*Jeremiah Orear 666
Zadoc Riggs.
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Total.
.2,195
376
AUGUST 4TH, 1856.
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS.
*T. L. Anderson.1,220 | B. F. Richmond .. 997
Total
.2,217
GOVERNOR.
Robt. C. Ewing. . 1,198
*Trusten Polk
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982
Thos. Benton .. ..
85
Total ..
.2,263
LIEUT. - GOVERNOR.
Wm. Newland .. . 1,213 |*Hancock Jackson 995
Jolın W. Kelly .. 42
Total.
.2,250
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ELECTION RETURNS - Continued.
SENATOR.
AUGUST 5TH, 1858.
Jno. W. Henry ... 1,189 | *L. W. Robinson.1,029 Total .. .. 2,218
REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS.
*T. L. Anderson.1,356 | J. B. Henderson 481
REPRESENTATIVES IN LEGISLATURE.
Total. .. 1,837 REPRESENTATIVES IN LEGISLATURE.
*Wm.F.Switzler.1,157 | *J. B. Douglass .. 1,196 L. B. Searcy ..... 1,064 | Geo. W. Miller ... 1,039
*Odon Guitar .... 1,265 *James Harris .. 1,262 A. G. Newman ... 1,238 Jas. R. Shields .. 1,085
*Jeremiah Orear .... 1,214
SHERIFF. Stephen Petty ... 1,016
SHERIFF.
*J. M. Samuel ... 1,565 | James W. Ryan ... 860
Total. .2,233
Total.
2,225
1850- Population of Boone County
14,979.
Increased and remarkable interest was felt during the spring of 1850 in the California gold mines, and the emigration to that country from Boone and other counties in Missouri was one of the marvel- lous events of the period. Nothing else was thought or talked of, and all classes and conditions of the people were excited by hopes of obtaining sudden riches in the newly discovered mines. Thousands and tens of thousands of the people of Missouri, and at least a half- thousand from Boone County, crossed the plains, with the expectation of reaping, with little trouble and little labor, a rich harvest on the golden shores of the Pacific.
The large emigration developed a new enterprise, namely, the es- tablishment of a ferry across the North Platte River. For this pur- pose David H. Hickman & Co., of this county, with teams, wagons and laborers, went to the North Platte, 730 miles from St. Joseph ; and at large expense, built ferry boats, capable of transporting across. that stream the immense caravans whose point of destination was the gold mines of California. It was pecuniarily a hazardous undertaking, but Hickman & Co. made more money out of it than three-fourths of the emigrants realized from the gold mines. They crossed several hundred teams each day, at $7.50 per team.
CALIFORNIA EMIGRANTS.
The following list, alpabetically arranged, embraces the names, as far as known to us, of all the Boone County emigrants to California in 1850. No doubt there were others whose names we were unable to obtain : -
A .- H. C. Anderson, James Austin, Dr. John M. Angel, John Armstrong, Cain Acton, James Atkinson, Henry Asberry.
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B. - Sam'l W. Berry, Mac Brink, Wm. T. Berry, Thos. Barns, Benj. Barns, Hubbard Barns, George Bradford, Jas. J. Boyce, Stephen Bedford, Jr., W. C. Bugg, Dr. James H. Bennett, Geo. Bright, R. E. Bondurant, Wm. H. Booker, Jesse Bugg, Franklin Burnett, John M. Black, Madison Bradley, Dr. J. L .. Buster, Lee Burruss, Nimrod Bishop, John Barkwell, Dr. John Baley, Robt. Baley, Wm. Breyman, Jos. G. Berry, John Bysfield, Wm. Beazley, Jefferson Bentley, Elijah Brink, Lawrence Bass, Albert Barnett, John Booth, Peter Booth, Carr Booth, James Benedict, Greenbery Baker, L. G. Berry, R. C. F. Boyce, Wm. B. Bast, Elijah Byers, George Boon, Abram Barns, Jacob T. Bruner, Robert Bur- nett, James Bell, William Brown.
C .- T. H. Cox, Montgomery Cowden, Richard Carter, W. A. Carter, Mac Culbert, John Carlisle, Wm. Clarkson, John Clarkson, James T. and Sanford Connerly, Thomas Cald- well, Nelson Carter, John Corbitt, Ogel, Charles and Wm. Campbell, Merit Cave, Dudley and Franklin Clark, Wm. Carpenter, Thomas Chandler, - Chapman, A. J. Challass, Milton Crews, - Clatweller, Sam'l and James Caldwell, Dr. W. F. Cartmill, H. R. C. Cowden, - Coons, W. H. Crosswhite, Elza Coats, Nath. Cromwell, Jas. Crosswhite.
D. - John Dickinson, - Dooley, Alex. Duncan, Martin Duncan, J. M. Doneghee, James M. Downey, Sindney Dunham, M. Durnhill, Henry Douglass, S. M. Duley.
E. - James Eastin, Green Edwards, Moss Easley, Wm. Evans, A. Evans, Thos. Evans, John Ewing, George Elliot.
.F. - James Fulkerson, Andrew Fenton, W. H. Fawcett, Thos. Farthing, John Fortner, Wary Fortner, Charles Finley, Columbus Finley, Sherrad Faddis, Wiley Ferguson, Joseph Fowler.
G. - James Grant, John M. Gordon, Wm. J. Gordon, Henry Gatewood, Odon Guitar, Reuben Gosling, Robert Galloway, James and Sidney Gentry, Joseph Graves, W. H. Gar- rett, David Gordon (son of G. W. Gordon), James Gibson.
H. - Thomas, David, William and James Hulen, B. B. Hunter, Levi Hern, S. Hart, Cicero Houston, John Hall, Geo. Hersh, Dr. Thos. J. Hardin, Robt. Hamilton, Staunton Hume, L. B. Hunt, Durret Hubbard, John Hubbard, Wm. Hickanı, John Hadden, James Hern, Harrison Hawkins, J. Harvey Hill, Birch Hunt, Hensley Hudson, John Harris, John and Sidney Hopper, Thos. Hancock, Rice and Madison Hern, Geo. Hickam, William Holmes, M. N. Heaston, Geo. Hubbard, Ambrose Hulen, Harvey Haun, R. Hudson, C. Hatten, Wm. Hughes, James Hesser, - Harris, Joseph Harris, T. B. Hulen, W. Hunter, John and Hiram Hickam, Sam'l and James Hunter, Clifton Hensley, Ben Hill, Robert Hubbard, James Hardy, James E. Hicks.
J. - Thomas Jackson, Slocum Jackson, James, Thomas and Harrison Jones, Greenberry Johnson, Jas. E. Johnson. Thos. Jefferson, Isaac Johnson, F. M. Johnson.
K .- W. D. Kelso, Geo. W. Kimbrough, Sr., Geo. W. Kimbrough, Jr., Robt. Kim- brough, John Kimbrough, John W. Kimbrough, Alex. and Thomas Keene, Charles King, Henry Kite, Ric'd Keene, Isaac Kuykendall, George N. King.
L. - Claiborn F. Laforce, Rich'd H. Lawson, John Lampton, Joshua (Cap.) Lampton, Rich'd Leonard, Ambrose Lythe, Jacob and Geo. Langston, Wm. Laforce, James Lang- ston, James and Franklin Lowry, Perry Lynes, Slater Lenoir, M. J. Lamme, James Little, Benj. Lane, R. Lowry, John H. Lynch, Kirtley Lynch, Sam'l Leopard, Jesse Lanham.
M. - Isaac B. Monday, William Miller, Cornelius Maupin, Job Marsh, Orvil McCready, Ed. McCutchen, B. McAlester, Jas. McClintock, - McMickle, Joseph McDaniel, John, Robert and Tyre Martin, Nathan Martin, Jr., James Melloway, Wallace Maxwell, - McGowen, Sam'l H. McMillin, - Maupin,' Wm. Mead, Ab. Marsh, David McQuitty, Jr., David McQuitty, Sr., David McBride, Wm. Monroe, Moses, Wm. and Geo. Maupin, Jos. Masterson, W. K. McPherson, Geo. D. Mourning, Thos. M. Maupin, John C. Maupin, M. W. Maupin.
N .- B. F. Nichols, Lemuel Northcutt, Elvin J. Nichols, Amos Nichols, Geo. Nelson, John Northcutt, Elman Nash, Wm. Norris, Dr. J. M. Nye.
0 .- B. F. Orear, Wm. Orear, J. Belt Orear, Robt. Orear.
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P. - Young A. Purcell, Hiram Philips, Jr., Augustine Philips, James Pigg, Thos. Pra- ther, Thos. Parker, Thomas C. Philips, Thos. Palmer, John G. and Robt. R. Provines, Josiah W. Parker, Henry Parsons, Bloomfield Philips, Dr. W. J. Philips, Mitchel Pulliam, Wm. Pulliam, James B. Persinger, Stephen Pettis, Quincy Pitcher, C. C. Payne, Dr. James H. Parker, Geo. C. Pratt, Thomas and Jas. E. Palmer, Preston Philips, A. J. Pipes, Anderson Payne, John Pace, Burden Palmer, Jesse D. Patton, Richard Paine, James Pendleton.
R. - Elcanah C. Reed, - Redderford, - Redderford, John P. Royall, Orace Ridg- way, Dr. Alonzo Richardson, James Richardson, Jr., David Richardson, Wesley Rice, John and Thos. Rochford, F. T. Russell, John M. Robards, Thos. Roleson, Thos. Roberts, Finley . Roberts, John Reed, James Ryan, Wm. Ryan. W. Riley, John Ridgway, Elijah Rogers, Wm. Reyburn, James, Zadoc and John Riggs, Sam'l Rowland, Thos. Rowland, W. W. Row- land, G. W. Roland, Ewing Rowland, W. F: Roberts, Charles T. Reed, Wm. Riggs, Robt. Rodey, Thos. Rollins, T. J. Roberts, A. W. Rutherford, J. D. Rutherford, Jackson L. Russell.
S. - Alex., Wharton and Rice Schooler, J. C. Sprinkle, Caleb S. Stone, Frank. Stivers, John Slocumb, Robt. C. Slocumb, Shackleford, Z. Spiers, James and Charles Starke, John and James Smith, Alfred Slack, Philip J. Self, Brown Searcy, Sam'l B., R. M., W. R. and J. A. Spence, James Smith, John and J. H. Stephens, W Smith, W. South, Newman Suttle, Varner Skinner, Thos. and Rice Short,, Franklin Seymour, Jas. H. Shock, Charles, James and John Sinclair, James Skeene, Hezekiah Speaks, John Senate, Elias and Robert Smalley, George Smith, from the country, Dempsey Sapington, Stephen S. Strow, Wilford Stephens, William Stephens.
T. - Jas. B. Tucker, Jef., Thos. and Ben. Turner, Sam'l Tuttle, R. C. and John Threl- keld, Gab. Turner, - Tucker, Thos. S. and Wm. Tuttle, Dr. E. C. Taylor, Abram N. Turner, Ric'h Tuck, Mordecai Turner, J. R. Tiffee, Jesse and James Turner, Enoch and Silas Tipton, Wm. True, James M. True, Joseph Turner.
V. - Wm. H. Victor, J. D. Vanhorn, John Vanlandingham, James D. Vance.
W. - Harvey Wright, A. B. Weldon, James Wainscott, John Warnock, William H. Wright, Wm. E. Wilson, H. H. Wilkerson, Geo. S. Waters, J. W. Wright, Allen White, Wesley Wright, W. P. Wright, Joseph Wright, Wm. White, John Wade, John J. Weir, James Wilcoxon, Hern Williams, Peter J. and Alex. Wright, R. P. Waters, William Wells, Sampson and James M. Wilhite, William and James Wirt, W. W. Wigham, George Woodson, Joseph and Wm. Waters, Harris Wilkerson, Wm. Wiley, L. Withers, Walter W. Wilson, Wm. Williams, John E. Willis, Thomas West, William Williams, Isam Williams, John William, Moses Wilhite.
DEATHS AMONG EMIGRANTS.
Several of these emigrants died en route, and a large number after their arrival in California. ' We note the following, which, of course, is very incomplete :
Franklin Wilhite, son of Rev. Fielding Wilhite, at Angel's Creek, Cal., December 24, 1849; Charles Starke, September 6, 1850; William Starke, October 30, 1850; John Hudson Barclay, August 23, 1850; John W. Nichols, Samuel R. Tuttle; Dr. James H. Bennett, at Hangtown, Cal., October 8, 1850, aged 53; Thomas Cox, October 3, 1850; Madison McGowan; Haydon Lanter, washed overboard in a storm at sea on his return; Joseph Scorn, John T. Mitchel, October 30, 1850; James D. Wood, of cholera, at Fleet River Ferry, July 2, 1850; at Court House Rock, 85 miles east of Fort Laramie, of cholera, Mrs. M. J. Lamme, daughter of Thomas C. Maupin; Dr. J. M. Nye, Owen Hern, Dr. Jewell Furnish, Alexander Wright, William W. Rowland, Thomas B. Ridgway, Joseph Turner, Rowland McKinzie, Rev. John M. Black, James P. Wilcoxson, Richard Paine, D. C. Champion.
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The Columbia Statesman had a correspondent with the emigrant train, Mr. William R. Rothwell, afterwards a distinguished Baptist minister, , and now (1882) President of William Jewell College at. Liberty, Mo.
AN UNTIMELY SNOW.
The spring of 1850 was unusually inclement and backward, greatly to the regret of the California emigrants. There was a heavy fall of snow in Boone County on Sunday, April 14, which remained on the ground till the next day, when it vanished.
EXPLOSION IN J. L. STEPHENS' STORE.
About 11 o'clock A. M., on Saturday, October 5, 1850, the people- of Columbia and surrounding country were shocked by a terrific explosion, no one for a time knowing the cause of it or its exact. locality. Soon, however, it was ascertained that Mr. J. L. Stephens' large new brick store-room was in ruins; that the catastrophe was occasioned by the explosion of gunpowder, and that one person was certainly killed and many others seriously injured.
The store was a heap of ruins, and it was some time before it could be ascertained with certainty who were among the killed and injured. The accident occurred in this way : Mr. Stephens was in receipt of a large stock of goods, which were laying about the floor in boxes un- opened. They had reached him during the past few days. Two. kegs of powder composed a part of the stock. These were received the night previous, and were placed in the lobby near the counter,. and some ten feet from the front door. On the morning of the catas- trophe, one of the kegs was discovered to be in bad order - that is, it was seen even through the sacking that powder had leaked from the sides or bottom on to the floor. Yet the quantity was small, but to. prevent accident the sound keg was placed by one of the clerks on. top of the unsound one- the intention being very soon to remove both to a shed back of the store where the powder of the establish- ment was kept. Mr. Josiah M. Short came in the store smoking a. cigar, and while standing near the two kegs fire dropped from the cigar (as is supposed), on the loose powder on the floor, the quan- tity not being larger than a gun load, and instantly the house was in ruins.
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