The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-06-24

A sas , few DAYS uiarT dc ne~rs ~
nnena KI~aa-she TeEy - sasaa Inc mall
hssseks The OfiriE IL - eae killsd and
wosssra--e acre sszird in slse 0fiee
rrslsns nTer the nsules with sad eEEiOsl-
tv. seessae MI flose with which ne were
ef "a familiar. Mckee ne remembered
well-a dashiag daring artillery 0fianeF;
he Vas IN tie thid when ne knew him.
Bsu he married. lsii the servire. engaged
in business. aud n the opening 81 the war
resumed ihe epaulris - csaaael Of > hen
tBeky Volunteer Regiment BEaEe -.
Low none drawer Ell IN that bloody Ecid.
We we're sarrSwfuily enough engaged
by these Iheaghis. when = yOuEg wemaa
entered the Office. When We saw young.
we mean uHieF thirty. She had small
Rirl by the hsnd-a beauiilh liltie erea-
Iure. sbaui Glsree wears old. Both mother
and child. ll0r such no one r0nld doubt u
be their relationship gh0 observed their
leslures.l were dressed Eilh extreme neat
ness. though al me lhIle elegsBcies 81 de-
cOratina were bestowed upon the child.
We had Just looked over lhe top Of the
paper 10 note these particulars, when. ha-
wing been directed 10 u by the CLERK, she
came forward 10 our desk
We handed her chair, and while We
endeavOred as well as We could 10 sOolhe
her very apparrhi agitation. we we've some
what al = lnss 10 account for its existence.
Afler Few minutes conversation. We
discovered the reason in the fac; that she
Vas a relative Of a soldier in Captain
- company Of artillery. This
corps had been engaged, and. We remem-
bcred, had suffered severely. She had
been informed that the list Of killed aud
wounded had arrived. and she called 10
hear some intelligence OF his fate.
She wished Us 10 read over tie names.
We again took up the paper and pro-
ceedea 10 comply with her request. We
shall never ioreet the expression Of that
wOman's feature as We read. Her agony
was terrible. She was not handsome /;
but her face became CHASTITY pale, aud her
eyes looked unu,ienble despair as she fix
ed them upon the child. who was pIayin,
with newspaper and laughing Ioyeusi,
in It's needless Innocence. Her lips wer'
colorles.. the pespiraiioa started ON hel
forehead, and, as she lifted her hands .,
wipe the large drops away, we could sc,
il trembling as though plI>ied.
The preseniimenl OF evil had alread,
almost broken her heart, and we knew tina
the relative must be rrry near one.
She had avoided giving us her name
and, as soon as we found the list, appalling
~ long, which comprised the casualtie,
Of the designated corps. we began 10 read
We did not know when we would reach
the fatal name, il at all, aud al each indiSi'
dual We looked lnquiringly IN the woman's
face. She said nothing. however, for some
time, and we began TO hope that the namt
was not down, when we read
Sdck a scream! n wasahe wall Of :
broken heart. Only one-and then still
as death. That cry was ringing in on
ears for month. We immediaIely Tat
towards her. but she arose from her chair
molloned US her thanks. and without :
word left the Office. We had read to he
the announcement Of her husbands death
We did not do much service in the offic,
that day.
The next morning. happening down or
the wharf, we saw The woman and hel
lhde girl going on board the Cincinnati
packet She recognised rs, aud we spoke
10 her. She was crushed completely
She had grown 20 years older in as many
hours. She informed us that she had re.
tlded with her husband in New York
that she was originally from the West
and. on his corps being orrlersd To Mexi
70. she determined 10 repair to her friends
and await the conclusion OF the war. She
had head Of the battle, and knew thai
Capt. --s battery was engaged. and,
on her arrival in Pnlsburg. had been iii.
rectcd TO the Journal Office for further in.
formation. She arrived the very morning
after the receipt of the list of killed and
wounded.
We babe her goodbye. She continued
her route to her girlhood's home. now de.
solsie, as was all the world 10 her; and
we to our daily business, sadder man in-
deed.
The little incident recorded above was
recalled TO our mind on Saturday. BY read
ing IN Western paper the notice Of the
death of " Mrs. Sarah -. widow of
John -, a soldier killed in the bat
tle Of Ruena VISTA ...-
II was our acquaintance-there could
lie no mistake. She had grieyed herself
10 death for her husband. ~.- re.
PsftsLurg JoD nal
r-~s---~-~-yN,.N~-
war.--in some remarks an tie sub
Jecs "i one Of the greatest scourges of the
human race, celebrated writer says:
I'll people had never seen War kim