k.nins; a-id from that day his popularity na a
man, ns a Jude, a a horo, nnd ns a politician,
went on rapidly nnd brilliantly increasing 1 ill it
ocliptcd all the nldent nnd most powerful paint's.
Within thu first year of hispiiiiirrntinn he became
a cuinliihtu for the governor's chnir, and notwith-
mwiiiing ins onieresi opposition, i.c wus elected
bv nine-tenths of the number of votes pollml.
.11 ll.e end ul his term It canvassed for Cone less
and agtin swept the state like a hurricane. 11a'
continued lo serve with suceess in thu supreme
Miinrili .f tho nation mit'l die period of lhe wtr
won .ncxica 11 then resigned, hurried home to
Arkansas, tnd rnist-d a regiment of volunteer cav
alry, with which he made ull possible dispatch to
m.,-ir ,, IIVIIOU.
l lio writer or the present sketch raw him on
his lint of march to coalesce with tho grand ar
my of orcupnliou, and never will he buret tho
evening passed by the light of his hospitable
ramp tire, on Red River, within the bniitt or
Texas. The prophecy of hit farewell words
rings itill in my ears with mmirftil distinctness.
