Delaware State journal and statesman., 1863-10-27
WHOSE FArnER WAS nEY

After the butle of Gettysburg Union soldier
was found IN secluded spot On the field where,
wounded he had nd himself down to die. la
his hands tightly clnsped, was m Nmbrotype
cOnta lining the portraits Of three small children,
and upon this picture his eyes, set in death,
rested. The last object upon which tic dying
father looked wus the image Of his children, aud
MS he silently gaze1 upon them his soul passed
away How t0nching how solemn What pen
can describe the emotions Of this patriot f,ther
Ms he gazed upcn these children, so soon to be
made orphans Wounded and alone, the din of
battle still sounding in his ears he lies down to
die. His last thoughts and prayers are for his
family. lie has finished his work on earth; his
last tattlc has been fought he has freely gwen
his life to his country; and now, while his life
blood is ebbing, he claspsin his hands the image
Of his children, and, commencing them to the
tod Of the fathcrcss, rests his last lingering
look upon them.
When, after tie battle, the deal were being
buried ths sojer was thus found. The ambro-
type was taken from his embrace, aud has since
been sent to Philadelphia torreeogniou. Nothing
else was found npon his person by which he
might be identified. His grave has been marked
however. so that If by any means this nmbrotyre
will lend 10 his recognition he can be dsinterred.
This picture is now in the possession Of DR..
lOurns, No. ll0i Spring Garden street, phla-
dclphia, who can be called upon or addressed in
reference to it. The children, two boys aud a
girl, are apparently, nine, seven and five years
of age, the boys being respectively the oldest
and youngest Of three. The youngest boy is
sitting in Il high chair, and on each side of him
are his brother and sister. The oldest boys
jacket is made from the same material as his
sisters dress. These are the most promnent
features of the group. 1t is earnestly desired
that the family OF the dead hero may come into
possession Of this picture. OF what nestimablc
value will it be to these children, proving, as it
does, that the last thoughts of their father was
for them, and them only.
REBEL TERMS OF PEAcE.-The Richmond
Enquirer, OF the 18th Instant in mn editorial
upon Peace says;
"Saye on our own terms, we can accept no
peace whatever md must fight till doomsday
rather than yield an iola OF them and our terms
are:
"Recoguiton by the enemy of the indepen-
dence Of the confederate States
"Withdrawal of Yankee forces from every foot
Of confederate ground, including Kentucky and
| Missouri.
"Withdrawal Of Yankee soldiers from Mary-
land until that State shall decide, by free vote
whether She shall remain in the old Union, or
ask admission into the confederacy,
"Consent on the part of the Federal govern
meni to give up tho confCderacy its proportion
Of the navy it stood ut the time Of secession
or 70 pay for the aauie.
"Yielding up all pretcntions on the part of
the Federal government to that portion Of the
old territories which lies west of the confederate
States
can equitable settlement, ,son the basis of our
absolute independence and equal rights, of ali
accounts of the public debts and public lands,
and Of the advantages ACQUIRING from foreign
treaties.
"These provisions, we apprehend, comprise
the minimum Of what We must require before we
lay down our arms. That is to say the north
must yield all, we nothing. The whole preten-
sion Of that country to prevent by force the
separation Of the States must be abandoned
which will be equivalent to an avowal that our
euemies were wrong from the first; and of
COURSE as they waged eauseess and wicked
war upon US, they ought, in strict justice, to be
required, according TO usage in such cases to
reimburse to us the whole of our expenses and
losses in the course Of that war. Whether this
last proviso is to be insisted upon or not certain
we are that we cannot have any peace at MI
until We shall he in a position not only to d.
mand and exact, but also enforce and collect tho
treasure for our own reimbursement out of the
wealthy cities in the enemy's country In other
words, unless we can destroy or scatter their
armies, and break up their government, we can
have no peace, aud ii we can do that, then We
can, and ought, not only to extort from them
our own full terms, and ample acknowledge
ment Of their wrong, but also n handsome
idemnity Tor the trouble and expense caused to
usby their crime"