The Shasta courier., 1863-10-24

DEATH OF CAPTAIN HESRY c. MorFETr, OF THE
EIGHTH MIssouRl.-The announcement of the
death of this gallant officer (which took place
at Chicago, on Saturday, the 18th ultmo), will
be receiEei with heartfelt sorrow by his nu-
meFous friends, in civil as well as military life.
while making charge, at the head of his COM
pany, upon ths rebel works. The wound was
probed on the battlefield. by the surgeon of
his regiment, but the ball could not be found.
other wounded, to come to this city, and, on
his arrival, be elected 10 take quarters at the
Sisters Hospital, where he remained under the
kind ministrations of the inmates Of that in
the best medical talent in the city. Numerous
efforts were made TO End tie ball, blt in vain.
About the FIRST of June be started for his home
in Batavia, New York, intending to stop at the
residence of a friend in Chicago, to pay long
promised visit. few days after his arrival
there, the wound got worse. Medical advice
was called in, and, after due deliberation, in
cisions were made, and the ball extracted, as
was reported at the time in this paper. Great
hopes were entertained of his recovery, and
Captain Moffett himself was full of thankful
ness in the prospect of speedy restoration to
health and being able to join in that service to
which he Was SO much attached. He was Wis
tied by relapse, however-the wound became
a secondary consideration. That dread of the
soldier, diarrhea, which had afflicted him at
times during his illness, came upon him with
greater violence, and his system, weakened by
prolonged sickness, vas unable to withstand its
inroads he died an Saturday last, at the resi-
dence of ". Robbins, in Chicago. His mother
and brother wese with him during the last few
days Of his life, and, together with the friends
who showed him the true kindness and love
which he deserved, closed his ewes in the
sleep which knows no waking" and laid him
beneath the green sod which covers not a
braver or more generous heart Captain Mof-
felt was born in Batavia, New York, about the
year 1886, and was printer by profession. In
pursuit of adventure he went to California,
where he was engaged in the mines foEa time,
and afterwards, in connection with Judge
Hinckley, published n paper in Shasta, in that
State. About year before the rebellion broke
out, he returned home, and thence to this city.
where he worked at his trade in this office un-
til the rebellion broke out when he was among
the first TO volunteer in the service of his coun-
try On the organization of the Eighth Mis-
souri,, he was elected Second Lieutenant of
Company B, of that regiment and was with it
in all the engagements in which it participated,
and, in the language of ere of his compatriots
in reference to him, "proyed himself 10 be the
brayest of the brave" lie rose successfully to
the ranks of First Lieutenant and Captain, and,
but for the unfortunate wound which caused
his death. would undoubtedly have risen still
higher in rank, for all acknowledge his ability
as an officer and none stood higher with those
who were able to reward true merit and cour-
age. In conversation with the gallant General
Morgan L. Smith, but few days ago, speaking
of Captain Moffett, the General remarked to
the writer Of this, {" a braver or better man
than Moffett never lived."-St. Louis Repudh-
can, SEPT Esd