Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-05-14
.Trem the New York Trihnnr. April ao1
WHAT BEEOHER SAW IN THE
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The Rev. IT. w. Beecher, who has been I
absent from home for two weeks. returned
on Wednesday, and presided at the prayer
meeting in Plymouth Church on Friday .
evening. lie had been out To Indianano- 1
lis. and, we understand, returned Nv the /
way of E6ymia. sitr.a .F ~ i'ai
: In the course of some remarks, Mr. |
Beecher said that he had lived to see an /
age of heroes. If such things as now hap
pened every day had been recorded in the !
days Of Epaminondas, every schoolboy
would glow with enthusiasm in readiug |
them. While he was in Indiana, ali old |
man, ninety-two years Of age who had |
fought in lSf2, aud in Indim wars, came
to Camp Morton, and insisted upon going
with the volunteers. Ito show the young
men how to fight" Another. sixty.fve !
years old, with hair and flowing beard
white as snow, implorcd permission to Join,
but being refused, went toa barbcr's shop,
had his beard cropped, and his hair and
beard dyed, and again applied for admis-
sion. Not being detected, he was received.
and being asked his age replied "riS5og
30 ~ A man on horseback. watching the
camp, said to the crowd near him: IF /
could only dispose of my wife and child
ren, I'd 90 in minute" A man who
knew him stepped up and said "l'll take
care of them" Hold my horse,r cried
the other, and with one bound he was in
the camp, and volunteer. A party of
young men rode several miles 1--WE forget
how many to enlist, and went to the Gov
ernor's house. lie sent them away three
times saying he could take no more. At
last they surrounded his door, and told him
they would stand there taihe took them IN
TO tie army. The Governor had to give
in. ra a4 L3,HT ID
-Four hundred kentuckians crossed ov-
er, almost in a body and enlisted for the
Stars and Stripes. They could not get
chance to serve the good cause at home,
and were determined to find way to fight
for the Union. A wealthy planter in Ten
nessee sent four of his sons for the same
purpose. Those arc the genuine Union
men of the South.
One poor fellow from Kentucky came
over alone and enlisted at Madison A
crowd Of friends were shaking hands with
other volunteers whom they knew, but he
being a stranger, remained unnoticcd. He
burst into tears and exclaimed, There's
no one to bid God bless me ~ Instantly
hundred men rushed at him and bore him
up in their arms, while the whole multi
tude shouted forth their blessings upon the
noble hearted patriot s
Mr.. Bceckar said that he might multiply
instances all night The most delicate
seemed most heroic lie had asked a
yourg lady, apparently fragile and shrink
ing, whether any Of her three brothers
were going. She lit up like fire--"Every
one of them I'd have them shot if they
didn't! It's all a man is good for now?"
was her vehement reply. .r3 \
In conclusion, Mr.. Beecher said that
while he went heart and soul into this war.
he never felt Jess bitterness toward the
South taan now--never more sorry for
them. The last thing he wished to see
was servile Instruction He prayed to
God to avert it, and trusted that slavery
might be blOtted out peacefully. And he
especially deprecated all mobs at the North
He had seen the teeth of mob set toward
him, and it always looked to him like a
brindled wolf When it looked the other
way, it was not bit handsomcr. M !
An elderly lady, at the close of the
meeting, said that she was about to start
for WashigtOn as nurse, her services
having been accepted She was warmly
greeted, Mr.. Beccher said he was making
up list of nurses for hon, service, as
most of the sick would be forwarded to
New York The meeting then closed.
Henry B. Beechcr, the eldest son of the
Rev. IL, W. Bceeher, and Dlr. Scovillc, who,
it is understood, is sOn.in-law in prospect
i've of Mr.. Beecher, have both enlisted in
the 18th Regiment of this State. aaa
Over one hundred members of Plymouth
Church and congregation have enlisted for
the war. Ten 80 together in Company CSI
4th Regiment A member of the church
has engaged to furnish every ono going
from the church with revOlyers, up to the
number of 200. le ianaJ oAi
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