The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-07-25
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4 "My memory is not quite so vivid as il
r years past, yet ] can now sit down in tn
r shades of night and spread out all my DO,
D and manhood's life like great chart
with marks and records of my wanderings
and upon calmly scrutinizing that chart 0
memory's tablets ] can most solemniy say
f every storm that has overtaken me, every
| cloud that has oyershadowed me, has re
suited from some act committed by myself
which at the time did not meet my con
! sclentious approval.
t An orphan at an early age / was thrown
: on the world pennvless and friendless, YET
with great energy ] educated myself ano
rose to eminence in the profession OF medl.
/ cine. have written many books ano
; great quantities of minor essays on al
conceivable subjects. have brought uE
political secession and inaugurated the
, greatest war of modern times. yet de-
, clare the real pleasure of my life is now
founded on the knowledge of small kind
nesses done to the needy and in adversely
the principles of morality and humanity.
GEO. w. L. Buckley, NC.
BRISTOL, Tenn, Dec. IA, 1862"
General Cor Dr. Buckley has been sent
to the Military prison at Louisville, where
his case will be attended to. What could
have induced him to come here with such
evidences of his completely with the rebel
lion about his person, we can not imagine.
I-Ne'o albany Ledger, 18th.
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j ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE-LovE, SEP
ARAT1oN, AND REUNIoN.-Two estates in
the Genesee Valley, New York, joined each
other, between the hereditary proprietors
of which long-standing and bitter feud
existed. Each had an only child; the one,
Alice, blue-eyed, golden haired, rosy
checked daughter, full of fun. and affection;
the other, Henry, bright, honest, intelli-
gent, and handsome boy, a year or two
older than the girl, and these two loved;
tenderly loved each other. From early
youth they had been dear friends and
close companions, despite their parents
natural hatred, and orders Of the contrary.
They mastered the ..rudiments of learning,
beneath the roof of the same little red
school-house; plucked flowers together in
the green meadows, and berries in the pas.
lures; the same sylvan hooks and silent
grottos We're shared by both together; and,
indeed, they grew up asking and seeking
no other companionship than their own;
and would it be strange if they did not
love? They did; and one moonlight night,
years ago, lin the grove at the end of the
vale,' they pledged their hearts and their
hands, only waited for few more seasons
to roll around, and the consent of their
parents, to be united in the holy bans of
matrimony. But that consent was never
obtained. The father of Henry threatened
to disinherit and disown him IF he presis-
rying the girl; while her father swore
vengeance on both, if the engagement was
not Immediately and forever broken Off
Heartsick and thoroughly disguised with
this turn Of affairs, Henry determined to
quit forever the old homestead, the cher
ished scenes of his youthful sports and
pleasures, his hearts idol and all, and
seek comparative tranquility of mind, and
perhaps a fortune, amid the auriferous
rocks, rivers and mountains Of California.
With sacred pledges on both sides to cor
respond frequently, and to remain true to
each other, the young man sailed from his
native shores. This was the last
they saw or heard of each other for long
years. Each wrote often, but there were
interested parties who saw that the letters
of neither party were received, and, at last,
both ceased, with sorrowful forebodings, to
write at all, AT last a rumor reached
Alice that Henry was dead, and that his
remains lay buried beneath the sod of a
mountain slope in California. Then the
young girls heart sunk within her breast;
the blow was too terrible, and for months
she lowered over the brink Of the grave
She recovered, however, but the sparkle
had left her eye, and the bloom had faded
from her cheek; sorrow and gloom settled
down over her like a great, black pail,
which no tender love nor soothing words
could remove or dispel. After she had
partially recovered from many weary
months of despair and grief. her hand was
sought in marriage by a worthy young
man of the neighborhood, and at the ur-
gent solicitation Of her parents, that hand
was given. But what mockery! She
frankly told her future husband that her
heart could never be his; that twas placed
in the possession of another years ago; that
she would try to make him dutiful wife,
but to love him she never could. He was
satisfied with this, and they were married,
The young husband and unhappy bride
Immediately started for the great West,
and, in due time, reached and settled IN
this county. But the husbands. career
here was destined to be short one, A few
months only elapsed ere he fell prey to
the malarious fevers of the country, and he
was followed to his last resting place by
his weeping wife and the few friends hehad
made during his short sojourn here. He
left ample property for the support OF his
widow, and she determined to remain in
her newly made home. In the meantime
the great rebellion had broken out, and, as
sood as the news reached the shores Of the
Pacific among the first to drop every thing
and start for the scene Of the conflict, was
: our hero, Henry. Arriving at New York,
he, without visiting his old home, enlisted in
, a CITY regiment, and in a few days was en-
barKed for the field of deadly strife. For two
years he helped fight the battles of liberty
and only short time since, in a terribly
bloody and stoutly contested battle field
he received a desperate wound, which sent
him to the hospital, and nearly deprived
:, him of his life. For life he cared but little
it had but few charms for him now, and
had not had for years. Soon after entering
the hospital he formed the acquaintance o.
, a wounded soldier from this county, who
, occupied the cot next to his, and very soon
an intimacy sprang up between then
! which has ripened into strong and last
= ing friendship. Being both permanently
disabled, few weeks ago they each OBJ
tanned an honorable discharge from the
service, and soon prepared to leave. Al
;, ter good deal of coaxing, Henry was in
duced to accept the invitation of his com
, rade to visit his home in Illinois.
And now comes the closing scene of on
= story-a story repeated to US last Saturday
:, by one of our most reliable citizens.
= Only lew evenings since, young MAJ
started for a solitary stroll through the lit
. tie village in this county, which, shall, TO
. the present be nameless. He had not gone
far on a retired street when he discovered
in the cleaning, a female figure, in sabl
apparel, approaching him, the sight o