Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-07-24
POrtnEe Counts--Ravenna DemO'


Portage Counts---Raveuna Democrat
fE. Items.
The fires in the Ravenna Glass Works
were stopped some days ago for repairs.
The Works will be put in full blast again
about the 10th of August
Henry D. W. Dewey, son Of Colonel
Lauren Dewey, Of Mt Pleasant Iowa
grandson of DR.. J. DeWolf, of Ravenna,
received a wound in the siege before Wick
burg, causing one Of his legs to be ampu-
tated. He was a member Of Company E,
I'D Ills, V. L #A
W. Gridley, son Of VIM. Gridley, of Frank
lin Mills, member Of tbe 6th o. vi, Ess
seriously wounded in the knee at the bat
tle Of Gettysburg. His father was in Ra-
vienna on Monday, on his way TO Gettys-
Gurg, to bring his son home.
. From letter written by Lieutenant R.
g. Day, dated Tullahoma, July 9Th, to his
father, H L. Day, we learn that two mem-
'bersof Cotter's Battery, Albert HOlcomb
and Y. Clark, were either taken prison
ers or bushWhacked" on the 1st instant.
Lieutenant Day writes that Major COtter
has been ordered to report to Major General
ter says COttsr's battery is all right
The Democrat gives an account Of the
funeral obsequies of Colonel A S. Hall,
whose body was brought from Murfrees-
toro' for interment in his native town,
CSarlestown. The body arrived at Rsvenna
at 9P. N. on Thursday last The citizens
Of Ravenna turned out in large numbers.
A procession was formed at the C. & P.
railroad depot which escorted the remains
out Of town, led by a martial band with
mufied drums The following gentlemen
Of Ravenna acted as pail bearers Colonel
b. W. Bristol, Captain H. G. Ranney,
Captain John Terry, Captain J. C. Beatty,
Captain J. D. King, Sergeant F. A. Shaw.
As the funeral eOrtege passed through the
village, all the places of business we're
closed, the flags at the Democrat office and
II. L. Days, Phoenix Block, were display
ed at half mast. The village church bells,
in solemn requiem toIling, announced the
sad mission Of the hour. t .zs7 e
Arriving at Charlstown appropriate reIi-
gious exercises were had Hon. o. P.
Brown, of Ravenna, pronounced funeral
oration. His remarks we're well adapted
to the time, place and subject. ar.1
Judge Hoffman, private Secretary of
Governor Tod, made few remarks, as
also did Rev. T W Drowning. The Dem
oerat concludes its account thus
"After singing another anthem, Go to
thy rest in peace, and soft be thy repose,
the congregation formed and marched to
the cemetery. There, in the sunset hour
the earthly tabernacle Of the yeung, the
brave, the gloriously dead, was deposited
in the grave. There, in the solemn state
illness Of inanimate nature, reposes the
once vigorous, gallant devoted soldier.
He sleeps Well-for him the long, dark
journey to the realms Of the hereafter is
all passed. Many who stood abOut that
grave in the holiness Of its rural refine
ment, have heard the clay rattle upon the
cofins Of other brave ones-hsve learned
in some degree TO suffer and be strong
yet in that circle, few if any could repress
the sentiment, that in the rapid flight Of
time, with the duties and responsibilities
Of life upon them, that their hearts
"- though stout and brave
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