Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-03-28

look Into the mouth OF the cannon ana
discovered that the ball had not went
out at all. The inventor said that this
would happen sometimes, especially. il
you didn't put brick over the touch
hole when you fred the gun, The
Government was so we'll pleased with
this explanation, that it ordered forty
of the guns on the spot, at two hundred
thousand dollars apiece, The guns to
be furnished as soon as the war is over,
A ROMANCE OF THE RICHMOND To-
e BACCO FACTORY. 1zz 90
Corporal Merrill, one of the prisoners
recently. returned from Richmond, is
publishing series Of interesting
sketches in the Rochester Express, de-
scriptiye of the evexperiene eess and~adven-
lures of the Union prisoners. In one
of these he relates the following bit of
romance:
l have before stated that some of the
private soldiers, from the upper rooms,
were employed in the officers quarters,
a service which they gladly accepted as
affording them superior rations. Among
them was Corporal Nh, of New
York, a young man of wealthy paren-
tage Of attractive manners, good intel
lectual endowments-and withals.hand-
some as Apollo ,.a
At the request of some of the officers
he was occasionally permitted to visit
the lower floor, and upon one occasion
was permitted to leave the prison on
parole, for the purpose of purchasing
supplies. While thus passing through
one of the main thoroughfares, Nh
was accosted by little girl, who pre-
sented him with a bouquet, at the same
time pointing to a young lady on the
opposite side of the street, as the donor
The Corporal acknowledged the gift
with a polite bow, and proceeded upon
his mission. The lady, apparently fas-
cinated, followed him at distance, to
the prison, and as he entered it, she re-
ciprocated his bow, and walked leisurely
away.
For some inexplicable cause the Cor
poral was not again permitted to 60 out
and negro-I should have mentioned
that quite number (servants) were in
the prison-was dispatched in his stead
The negro had not proceeded far, when
he was met by the young lady referred
to, and the sequel to the interview was
in package with which dhe
returned to the officers quarters, and
delivered to Corporal Nh. It was
found to contain a neio suat of clothes
and upon one garment wars pinned 5
small card, neatly inscribed with The
name of his benefactress ess
seg.a sonly this, and nothing more j.,
Corporal Nh Instantly addressed
himself to the. task of epistolary coinpo
sition, in which he gracefully y uckn knowl
led ged1 The receipt Of the gift, and ex
.pressed his heartful thanks This wa;
delivered by the negro ons the dayzfol
lowing, and he returned with a. packagi
containing a. number of pocket hand
, kerchiefs, socks and shirts!
= AS in the first instance, the only com
munication which accompanied the gif
was the donors card. Ehe Corpora
again acknowledged his obligations b,
a polite note, which was duly Delivers
through the same medium.
Thenceforth the Corporal was in dali,
receipt of the choicest dainties, and +,
regular epistolary correspondence wa
carried on until the day of his. release
which occurred on the third of January
A matrimonial engagement had beer
made during. the interval, with the un
derstanding that the parties would NEE
in Baltimore on the 1st of March next
I have. omitted to state that the Cor
poral had been sent back to the OLE
quarters, but having ascertained tina
| his fair inan,orata daily promenadet
within view of the officers quarters, b.
obtained employment as cook, ant
was thereafter lnfaifingly at his post tt
reoiprocate the loving smiles of his be
| trothed.sss ~e6s IS saxs&sss AsBE. =
She had sent him her daguerreotype
which he frequently exhibited to me-
1t was lovely image, and one tha
would have required no collateral" in
ducement to carry captive the mos
frigid and lethargic fancy. Il learnee
that she was of wealthy family, and 0
as good blood as was to be found anon,
the F. +. VS.. and her letters, I was as
sured, evinced thatsshe was no less in
telligent and refined. a ss So. 3
When the glad tidings of our releas
came, the name of Corporal M
was found in the list. The intelligence
was quickly conveyed to his yearninl
admirer. We saw nothing of her, how
ever, as we marched through the street
of Richmond, though the Corporal
longing vision was strained at every an
innate object. go
But when halt was ordered, fin
carriage, driven by 6 negro, suddcnl
made its. appearance, and halted.a shor
distance from cur ranks. A lady de
scended-thcre was brief but earnes
colloquy among the Confederate officer
Of our guard and the next moment th
enraptured twain Corporal Nh an
his afianced) were face to face A fe'
words, the first they had exchanged i
person, were exchanged in subdued, ye
melting tones; their faceswere for me
ment lighted, as with fame-the en-
gagement was sacredly renewed-ther
was fervent, thrilling pressure of thei
hands, and they separated.
A circumstance is connected with tn
daguerreotype above referred to, whic
deserves a passing notice. Before
left the prison, the picture was take
from the case, and small slip. of pape
closely written, and addressed to Gene
raj Mcclellan, was deposited therein
and the daguerreotype then replaced
1t was safely delivered to the con
mander chief, meeting of the Cab
} net was called, and the day followiu
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