Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1862-08-20
rbs fast Moments Of General MccOok.

Tbs last Moments Of General MecoOk.
CAPT. BURT gives some particulars OF the
death Of Gen. 8IeCooz He was passing from
below the State line of Tennessee to Decherd,
and being unweIl he was riding III an ambu-
lance, about mile in front of hts brigade
When the ambulance was fred upon by BUSH
whackers, and the news as carried back,
several companies dashed forward, headed by
Caprtain Burt When they arrived at Petty's
farm house, Drs. Gordon and Boyce both
pronounced the wound q fatal one. He was
then vomiting blood.
+ He was cool and calm to the last, but SUI
fered greatly, giving Captain Burt and others
an account of the assassination. While on
the road, Gen. McCook met man in ra-
vi2e, and asked him il he knew a good place
to eneamp. The man told him there was
plenty of water on the hill beyond, and seem
ed anxious to hurry him on.
Arriving at the top Of the hill 3 shot was
fired without effect. As soon as Gen. Nc
Cook heard the shot, he told John (his color
ed servanD to turn back; that the bush
whaekerS were upon them. They started
back at full speed, General McCook leaning
on his knees and assisting the driver. In the
fight number Of shots were fred. Eleven
holes were found in the wagon, McCook re-
ceiving a single ball Before the fatal shot
was fred, rebel cavalryman ordered the
wagon to halt, leveling the pistol across the
horn Of the saddle Gen. McCook told the
driver to stop, which the driver was in the
act Of doing, when the cavalryman ordered
a halt a second time, accompanying the order
with discharge of his pistol, the ball pierre
ing the Generals side Capt Brooke, Of Nc
Cooks staff, implored the cavalrymau not to
shoot, assuring him the wagon was occupied
by sick man. Another bushwhacker rode
up with cooked pistol, bat McCOok told
him it was no use to shoot; that he was IA
tally wounded already.
Capt. Brooke then conveyed McCook to
Petty's house.
Recovering from a paroxysm, Gen. Nc
Cook said to Capt. Burt: Andy, the prob
lem of life will soon be solved for men In
reply to Father Betty, if he had any message
to his brother AIeck he said "Tell him and
the rest have tried to live as a man, and die
attempting to do my duty" To Capt Burt
he said: 9" My good boy, may your life be
longer and to a better purpose than mine. ="
Father Betty, the brigade wagon-master, was
with him in his last moments Clasping his
hand in the death struggle, he said to him ;
Il an done with life; yes, this ends it all.
You and part now, but the loss of ten
thousand such lives as yours and mine would
be nothing. if their sacrifice would bnt save
such government as ours"
Before his death Gen. McCook sent for Col.
Vandever who drew up his will. In bis viii
he directed that two fayorite horses should be
given to his brothers, Aleck and Daniel, and
the remainder of his property to his mother
1t is known to Captain Burt and others of
McCooL's staff, that the General was deliber-
ately assassinated. The sutler of the 9th
Ohio heard the bushwhaGkers arrange the
plan for the assassination, but had no oppor-
tunity to communicate the information to
McCook-ZanesvilJs Courier.
P T, BARNUM has given $500, and the
Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Co. $5,-
900, to aid recruiting in Bridgeport
PRENTICE, of the Louisville Journal, thinks
that Fort Darling would be the most appro-
pirate place for the confinement of the au-
dacious female traitors still at large in the
country.
A MONITOR FOR BosToN HARBoR,-TEe
Board of Alderman have voted 100000 for
the construction Of an iron-clad Monitor for
Boston harbor.
TIE LATEST ExrrD1ESr.-A grocer in Sprig-
field dues up sugar in ten cent packages, and
uses it for change.
Isaac n. ARNOLD, member of Congress