Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-10-20

The letter had told the truth. A few
days afserward, / was called upou BY th,
executor of Mr.. Ravenwood, who read m,
The will, which after being proved and &C
cepted at the Probate Courts put me II
possession Of the vast estate Of Pau
Ravenwood. r ...........
! removed with Hugh to Gyve Cottage
for the place was very dear to me, from
the association clinging around it; and
here l have lived ever since. ON
wealthy but / make no use of my income
for myself-other than for our cecessitis,
it oil goes To- the poor seamstresses whom
! can seek out from the neisbboring vii
lagos. ,,
l. am an old woman now, and il will moi
be long ere my noble Hugh enters into
the ownership Of the patrimony bequeath'
ed him by his mothers lover. . ..
And this is all my little history, reader
>>s>~---
what General Taylor said at Busna
Vista.
A correspondent of the New York Her
aid, referring to correction made BY
that paper Of certain statements reported
to have been made by General Taylor a,
Buena Vista, thus refers to another chap
ter in the history Of that memorable bat
tie: .....
Now, as l have little respect for his
torical accuracy in such matters, l will
take the liberty Of correcting another mis-
take which has been made in regard to
Old Zach, and by which he is made the
author Of . dispatch he never wrote.
relate the circumstance ss it was told BY
a person who was present, and the Ian
guage which was really used. Before the
battle Of Buena Vista, when Taylor's gal
liant little army was surrounded BY force
five or six times its number, and its utter
snnihilstion appeared certain-at least to
those who knew nothing Of tho material
of which it was made up--Genersl Santa
Anna sent one Of his staff to summon the
old veteran to surrender, and to represen,
to him the folly Of entering upon conAic,
that must end in the utter defeat Of the
Americans. The summons to surrender
was reported to Colonel Bliss who, when
be had translated 1t to Old Zach, asked
what reply he should make.
"Tell him." said the General, in his
usual prompt and emphatic manner, tell
him to go to hell"
Col. Bliss asked him if he should ,end
that reply.
"Let me see. Mop replied the old
man, say Id see him id first
Colonel Bliss, who was thoroughly post.
ed up in the etiquette Of the camp, there's
upon wrote the dispatch which had been
credited to the commander, and which
was to the effect that the summons had
been duly received and that Gen. Taylor
declined acceding thereto.
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NorHING BUT LABoRER.-Bradley q
Home Gazette has a sketch which rebukes
an expression which perhaps some of our
readers may have thoughtlessly used.
In passing along the streets we saw q
group of people congregating round q
PROSTATE man.
"What is the ma.ter?' We inquired.
"A man sun struck
"Who is he p
Nothing but laborer.'
Nothing but a laborer!" A poor
wife, sick and weary, watches every passer
on the street, strains her ear to catch eve.
~ football, and hopes in vain that each
will prove to be the sunshine Of her care
worn and hard working life.
/" Nothing but a laborer but little
children cluster round their mothers knee,
ask in disappointed tones why don,
father come 2 s5rs
Nothing but u laborer"-bnt the baby
lays down its only toy, and claps her
hands At each football, growing, Papa,
papaP ft- ..4Hafs t.a
"No.hing but a laborer'-but a. the
night falls dark, those with anxious faces,
clasped hands, and suspended breath, ea-
gerly watch for the coming Of him whose
voice is forever hushed, who will never
again whisper words of love to the wife
who has worn out her life in toll for him
whose strong arms lie still aud nerveless,
never again TO raise the growing babe,
who in her sweet sleep murmurs his loved
name.
Mark the agony Of these faces, - the
messenger Of woe approaches the door,
Hear the cry Of anguish the poor widow
gives. aud see her fall fainting to tn,
floor; listen to the children's sobs, and
hesr the taby's cry mingle with theirs as
the wall Of grief wakes her from her
sleep. See the despair tha. falls on oil AZ
the corpse is borne in at the door where
his coming was 50 nnxiously looked for
and when the widow, turning from al
consolation, calls, in heart breaking nc.
cents, on the dear loved name, and i'm
plores him 10 look up, to speak once more
to her. when the children kneeling near
her, call in vain for mothers or fathers
care, then say if you can. "Nothing but q
laborer." ..a ..a.7z ..se