Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-10-11
A SMART CHAPLAIN.


The Washington correspondent of the
Chicago Tribune writes:
Last night was Whera the people do
congregate, at Willard's, and I found
man who was looking for the correspon-
dent of the Chicago Tribune. He had
something too rich to keep, and he
proceeded to point out a quiet looking
gentleman sitting at distance talking,
Ewho had nothing of the John Bull about
him; to plum pudding no 'auteur nor
haspirate; and said he, ethat man is one
| of the chaplains of our army, western
minister; he has been rooming with me;
and all at once [ missed him, and now
he turns up, and by accident I learned
to-day that he has been playing English
man at Richmond, whore, by letters to
an Englishman, who told me of him, he
has been introduced to Gov. Leteher
and took ride with him, and by the
Governor was introduced to Beauregard
and Davis and dined with them, and had
al most as much attention as Russell of
the London Times.
He had private quarters assigned him
by Beauregard, and preached to the
Rebel soldiers at Richmond, at Norfolk,
and at Manassas Gap. s.av
/ stood cycling the bold man, who was
az heroic as Hale, the spy in the Reyo-
luton, and while thinking l would like
to know his story about the Rebel force,
my informant went to have chat with
him, and perhaps | may get it yet. If
SO, you shall have it. General Scott
doubtless has the whole of it, and will
act upon it. I call that working as we'll
as praying, in the chaplain, and did I
suppose he had not genius enough to act
some other character, if needed within
the enemys lines, l would not now re.
port his confidence game, lest his occu-
patton be gone. These Southrons, who
affect to know so much of English his
tory and Englishmen, and who have
been toadying so low to the correspon-
dent of the Thunderer, have been well
sold by plain minister, who has never
seen the house where Shakespeare was
born, nor snuffed the ever fragrant
Thames! egs - -a4 r...4= s{zgey3
An Incident Of the War. tad!
Last evening as your correspondent
was walking out from Fortless Monroe,
a woman was observed carefully advance
ing, step by step, across the bridge from
the encampments toward the fort. A
moment served to convince me that she
either was or was pretendinsto be blind.
The former proved to be the case. As
1 approached she inquired how far she
was from the fort, to which she was GO
ing, and then, in answer to my ques-
tions, revealed to me her story. She
was from New York, and had an only
SON in one of the regiments encamFed
on the outposts Though blind, to use
her own words, she had accomplished
the whole journey from New York, and
had just been out to the camp to @see'
her son. On her arm was an empty
basket in which she had borne the little
delicacies which the occasion and a
mothers love would suggest. She had
had a guide, but his pass would not
permit him to accompany her further
than the further end of the. bridge; SO
that she was left, blind and alone, to lind
her way in she twilight back to the fort,
a distance of more than mile Pres
emily a couple of privates, going in the
same direction, approached. presented
her case to them, and one of them read
lily and respectfully offered his arm to
the devoted mother, and they passedon.
God bless the widow and the widows
son!-Lctter from Fortress Monroe. ss6