that evening, where he was to join his regiment. After riding all night he arrived just at daylight at Clinton, and rode right up the main street, when he found to his surprise, not Gen. Tuttle's army, but a townful of rebel soldiers. He took in the situation in a flash, and when the officer in command of the Confederate force stepped out to accost him, he saluted the officer and said that Gen. Grant was marching on Clinton; that upon leaving Jackson the citizens of that place had fired upon some of the Union soldiers who had been left behind, and in consequence the army were very much enraged, and Gen. Grant had sent him ahead to warn the people of Clinton to remove from the town with their women and children and valuables. The officer thanked him kindly for the information, and he was allowed to proceed on through the town, but as soon as out of sight of the rebel guard, he made a hasty circuit around the town and rejoined his command the same evening. In the Fall of 1862, five companies of the 8th Wisconsin were sent to Town Creek, with instructions to take the fort there, thus opening the way by railroad from Tuscambia, Ala., to Murfreesboro, Tenn. Believing there was danger of the command falling into an bush, the officer in command called for a volunteer to go ahead as a scout. Carroll, yet a mere boy, stepped for'ward and was sent ahead. After am traveling nearly all day without seeing anyone, friend or foe, he came in sight of the fort just about sundown. After making a careful reconnoisance he came to the conclusion that the fort had been abandoned by the rebels, and he thereupon scaled the outer works and entered the fort and took possession. While sitting upon top of the outer wall, keeping a sharp lookout for whatever might happen, the skirmish line of his command came in sight, and seeing him upon the walls of the fort, mistook him for one of the supposed rebel garrison, and were about to open fire when it was discovered that "Tom" had taken the fort all alone. story was told of him at a Grand Army of the Republic reunion some years ago, and brought out the remark, "Well, I was only a brat of a boy, then, and didn't consider it much to take a fort." This Always of a brave and daring disposition, he was the ringleader in many an army exploit, but there is one incident told of him by his old comrades that always makes “Tom" wince. At the time when the Chicago Times was making its cowardly attack upon the government, and calling the Union soldiers "Lincoln's hirelings, large numbers of that sheet were shipped to Memphis and other Southern cities. The boys, who were at Germantown, organized a committee, of which "Tom" was leader, and when the offensive sheet arrived by train, they entered the car, threw out about a ton of Times and made a bon- The At the battles before Vicksburg, Mr. Carroll was severely wounded in the arm, and was sent to the military hospital at Keokuk, Ia. The ladies of the place were very attentive to the wounded, bringing delicacies to tempt the appetite of the sick, fruit and flowers, and books and papers to read. Among these patriotic women was Annie J. Frazier, then a school girl at Keokuk, in whom the wounded soldier took more than a passing interest, and when the war was over, in 1865, he returned to Keokuk, married her, and settled in the town of Salem, Ia., where he engaged in the lumber business, having in the meantime spent about a year at the Commercial College at Keokuk as student and teacher. Here he became a member of the M. E. Church, to which he still belongs. It had always been his ambition to become a lawyer, but his lack of college education, which he had been led to believe a prerequisite to success and eminence in the law, held him back, although he had always been a great student, and all through the war had carried his books with him, reading history and jurisprudence. At Salem he soon came to be looked upon as one of the most enterprising citizens of that town. He found time, often until late at night, to continue his studies. About 1871 he entered as a law student under Judge Leroy G. Palmer (a brother of Gen. John M. Palmer, of Illinois), at Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Judge Palmer was a distinguished lawyer, and an active and influential leader of the Democratic party of Iowa. He took a warm interest in his student, and a strong attachment gew up between them. In 1872 Mr. Carroll was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court of Iowa. He at once entered into active practice, and became one of the leading advocates of that section of Iowa. It was through his efforts largely that the Keokuk & Northern Railroad, now part of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, was built, and Salem given railroad connection with the outside world. He also built the first public hall or theatre in Salem, and at his own risk procured an opera company to open the house with a week's engagement. The people appreciated his enterprise, and the house was packed every night. While in Salem he was a member of the city council eight years, also president of the school board, and received other evidences of the esteem in which he was held by his neighbors, and when, on account of failing health, caused by too close application to business, he left Salem, the people turned out en masse, held a public meeting at the City Hall, passed resolutions of the most complimentary and affectionate character, and with the city band, escorted him to the train which was to take him to the Pacific. A mere circumstance took him to Tacoma, where he had some legal business to attend to for an old client, and being so well pleased with the climate, he decided to locate there, which he did in the February following. He was at once recognized as an able lawyer, and participated in most of the legal battles of those days, being equally effective in the Village Justice Court or the Supreme Court of the United States. In 1886 Mr. Carroll was elected City Attorney of Tacoma. When he entered upon the duties of the office he found a city government powerless to act, several hundred men who had been employed in street improvements clamoring for their pay, while large land owners, refused to pay the street tax, claiming that under the charter, the city had no authority to make the levy. In this claim they were supported by eminent. legal talent, but Mr. Carroll thought the law under which the city attempted to to act was constitutional. He therefore fought the matter out in the Supreme Court of the Territory, which eventually sustained his opinion. Seventy miles of streets were made and over one hundred and fifty miles of sidewalk built in consequence, and other important improvements made. Although the city was largely Republican, Mr. Carroll was three times elected City Attorney on the Democratic ticket. In November, 1885, the anti-Chinese movement culminated in the removal of all the Chinese from Tacoma. Fifty-three prominent citizens of Tacoma and other towns in the same (Pierce) county, including the Mayor of Tacoma, two members of the city council, the Probate Judge of the county, and the President of the Young Men's Christian Association of Tacoma, were indicted by the United States grand jury, sitting at Vancouver, on the Columbia River, one hundred and sixty miles from Tacoma, for participation in the expulsion of the Chinese. They were taken from Tacoma to Vancouver by United States troops. Mr. Carroll was employed by the indicted citizens to defend them. He started for Vancouver, but was not allowed to accompany the prisoners. He reached. there in time to raise points which led the court to adjourn until the United States Attorney could communicate with the Attorney-General at Washington, and which finally resulted in the dismissal of the indictments against his clients. This case brought him into especial prominence as a shrewd and able lawyer; for the whole Puget Sound country was in a state of high excitement over the Chinese question and the prosecutions that arose out of it. Mr. Carroll took an active part in the settlement of the Chinese problem by Congressional legislation. He co-operated with the Governor of the Territory (now United States Senator W. C. Squire) and others in impressing upon the authorities at Washington City the extreme importance of providing for the total exclusion of a class of contract-laborers who had excited such strong antipathy on the whole Pacific coast. The exclusion act was the outcome of the representations made to Congress. Mr. Carroll has held successively all the offices in the I. O. O. F. and the Encampment, and also all the offices in the G. A. R., being commander of the Post in 1887, at the time of the memorable Grand Army excursion to the Pacific coast, when they entertained Gen. Alger and his party, Gen. Sherman, and many other noted soldiers. When Cleveland became President there were several aspirants for the office of Governor of the Territory. A number of business men of Tacoma called upon Mr. Carroll with a blank petition for his appointment, to ask him if he would take the office. He Isaid he would consider the matter until the next day, but that evening was called out of town on business, being away several days. On his return he found the people had taken him up and had sent to the President a petition of 3,000 freeholders, asking for his appointment as Governor. In the meantime Eugene Semple had been proposed for the office, and the President intimated that unless the Democrats of the Territory would unite upon some one, he should appoint Mr. King of Georgia. Upon receiving this information, Mr. Carroll went to Col. M. Kaufman, of the Democratic Territorial Committee, and together they sent a telegram to the President, in which Mr. Carroll formally withdrew his name, and recommended that Governor Semple be appointed, and within forty-eight hours the appointment was made. One of Mr. Carroll's latest official honors was his appointment, at the hands of Governor Semple, as Commissioner of Washington Territory to the Centennial Celebration of the Adoption of the Federal Constitution, held in Philadelphia, in February, 1887. Like many others of the pioneers of Tacoma, Mr. Carroll purchased. largely of the lands upon which the present city is built, which together with a large law practice, has made him a man of comfortable fortune. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll have been blessed with three children, Frank S., Arthur T., and Maude, two of whom are now living. Arthur, the youngest boy, while on a visit to Iowa with his parents, in the Summer MAGAZINE OF WESTERN HISTORY. of 1889, died of pneumonia, at the age of fourteen years. Mr. Carroll is of a liberal disposition, and popular with rich and poor alike. He thoroughly appreciates the pleasures which his success in life visited, with his family, nearly all now enables him to enjoy. He has places of interest in his native land. In the recent Democratic State Convention of Washington, held at Seattle, Mr. Carroll received yet another evidence of the high estimation in which he is held, being nominated for Congress by acclamation. VERSIONS OF THE BIBLE.* HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE MORE IMPORTANT VERSIONS AND EDITIONS. 1556. XIV. AN edition of the Psalter was printed at Geneva, by Stephens, and Hans de Laet published at Antwerp an edition of the Bible in Dutch. The publications of the latter were continued by his son, who was associated with Salmasius, and put in circulation many valuable works, some of which formed a portion of the series issued by the Elzevirs of Leyden. The Elzevirs were Dutch printers celebrated for the accuracy and beauty of their typography. The first eminent printer of the family was Lewis, or Lodewijk, who lived at Leyden, and died in 1617, leaving four sons, Matthew, Lewis, Gilles, and Bonaventure, all of whom were publishers. The business was continued by Abraham, a son of Matthew, * Copyrighted, 1889, by Charles W. Darling. |