Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-11-16


One had mother In far away New England
and hia lashes lay wet on bic cheeka as he spoke
of her.
"She loves her country, and has given three
sons for liz defense," he said; and 10 pride OF
sucn mother, his heart beat quicker, and sent
the flushing blood to his pale face ~ will moi
tell her how badly am hurt" he continued
'she shall only know of your kindness, deaI
ladJ My fret letter will tell her that"
Happy mother, to have brave and loyal sone
In tme like thia!" answered Mrs G
her voice losing its firm tones, and sinking to a
cad expression.
haye you no son to give to your country ~
aeked the lair haired STRIPPING, whose head had
rested, few hours before, against her boeom
while the knife and probe we're making him sici
with agony
II will call you my son. was replied, after
brief silence. Mrs. G.'s voice wss in lower
key, but calm and steady. She seemed to have
encountered strong wave of feeling, that
made all the timbers IN her vessel Of lie ahud-
der; but the stroke had proved harmless, and
she was herself again. "And you are my sona
also" she added, almost proudly as she looked
upoc the other. "Worthy sons, will give you
q mothers care" '....
There entered at this moment two men,
carrying litter, Oh which man was lying A
surgeon and nurse were in attendance The
large room was full of beds, and on one of these
the maj, who moaned in low paintiye voice
was placed Mira. c. did not stir from
where che sat by the young soldier. Scenes
like this were of almost daily occurrence, and did
not disturb the order Of duties OF the institu-
tion.
"a wounded REBEL" said the nurse, who
came 10 with the litter. She crossed the room
then moved back again She did not know
what thrill of pain her brief sentence had
awakened.
A wounded rebel! The very bullet that
shattered the bone, ami rent the sensiti 70 flesh
OF the loyal youth over whose couch che sat,
might have been sent on lie cruel mission by
his hahds. Ye. was he now brought in, care
tally TO be ministered to in suffering, and saved
perhsps from death This was the very thought
that flashed through the mind OF MTe. 6,
as the thrill OF pain viii ;h the announcement
occaeioned wen. trembling away into still-
ness.
The mosns Of the wounded man had coon
died away. He had first betn taken to the
surgeons apaI tments, and after the Abstraction
OF bali, the passage Of which had been more
painful than dangerous, removed under the
charge OF nurse, to the room where he now
rested.
Mrs. &c intercst in the three young men,
who we're now especially under her charge,
found no abatement, but rather increase. In
brief conversation with each Of them, che gath.
cred little facts and incidents and sentiments
that expressed the quality Of their lives, of a
character etill further to interest her feelings.
Each had been tenderly cared for in early
years, aud each was loyal as W. ell to all home
memories as to the country he had gone forth
10 serve, bearing bic life 10 his hands
IL was nearly an hour after the wounded
rebel was brought 10, when nurse, crossing
from distant part, where he lay, came to Mrs.
q, who Was assisting the surgeon to
dress the shattered limb of one of the young
men under her care, and STOPPING down, said to
her, with suppressed agitation:
1T is your son, madam~
"Who7 where2" The color went out of Mrs.
'G--'s face.
"The man who was last brought in"
"My SOM"
eyes ms'am He says he is your con-
Won't you come over to him 10 wante
you"
Mrs. c. caught her breath with a gasp,
but, gaining self possession, she answered with
calm elcquence of tone that was full of b. ero-
ism, "These are my sons"
For an instant she looked proudly from face
to face of the three wounded soldiers, and then
bent over the task In which she was engaged
Her hand showed no tremor, as che wound the
long bandages about the tender limb, and in
every minutia obeyed the surgeons direction.
When the painful work was done, she wiped
from the sufferers pale forehead the clammy
sweat that covered it., and laid her hand softly
upon his temples, smoothing back the damp
hair. No mothers hand had in It a tepderer
touch.
For minute the surgeon drew her aside, and
they stood in earnest conversation; then be
moved away, and Mrs. G. resumed her
place. Not long afterward, the rebel soldier
who had been brought in was carried out again,
the men who brought in the latter almost touch
ing Mrs. C as they passed But she did
not stir or look around. One, two, three hours,
and she was still In the hospital; but her loyal,
heroic heart had taken up burden that no true
mothers heart had strength to bear. The sur.
geon, who eomprehsnded the case, was watch.
higher with intense Interest.
He saw, with eyes that could read signs
which others might not understand, the gradu-
al failing OF power to sustain herself in this
sell imposed ordeal, and more than once Offer
ed gentle remonstrances, which she failed to
heed. But all things yield, when pressure ia In
excess of strength. Three hours after her
wounded rebel son had been removed, by her
order, with nurse in attendance, to the house
be had dishonored, Mrs. c. was carried
thitheT insensible, having swoonsd from ex.
haustion of vital power in the unnatural con-
hct OF mind to which she had been subjected.
On the day after, she was absent from the
hospital; but on the third day she came In
again, psler, and to some eyes sadder, and again
mnlstered with loving care to the sons OF her
adoption,
Our homely prose has failed to give In ft.
ting words this true and touching incident
worthy to be enshrined by some true poet in
deafness numbers II ehouid not perish. Who
will set it in the jewels Of sopg7
The Triumph OF the AboIitl0nists In
old Federal MassachuseIss.
No Democrat that we have seen appears in
the least distressed by the fact that Massachu-
setts is an exception to the list OF States which
went Democratic at the late elections. From
her antecedents 1t was to be expected. She
opposed JEFFERSON, and she opposed JACK SON.
Since the Revolutionary war she has never
been right in her politics. She has an uncon.
trolable propensity to take the wrong side
The Milwaukee Ne,os thus reviews her action
It says:
ABOLITION MAesACHUsETrs.-Our Republican
contemporaries boast over the Abolition triumph
| In Massachusetts. They may take her. She
| baa hr1n Ouab aua for Oh.