, 1863-11-21
A Romance Of the war.

CA plOoeou hCl Joy az nCeihS tiiS OOF0IuOI,
at the same time imprinting kiss upon his
forehead
''BIadam, said he, "to what am 1 iindebt-
ed for this unexpected salutation 2"1
"Sir, do you not know me? .igIL
tTake chair" said the Governor; at the
same time extending one of the handsomest
in the parlor.
"Shortly after the battle of Antietam you
were upon that bloody field p said she to the
Governor.
~ was, replied the Governor.
"You administered to the wants of the
wounded and the dying"
'4t was my duty, as feeling man.
''You did your duty we'll Heaven alone
will reward you sir, for in this life there is
no reward adequately expressive Of the mer-
it due you You, sir, impaired consolation
and revived the hopes Of dying soldier of
the twenty-eight Ohio He was badly
wounded in the arm you lifted him into
an ambulance, and, the blood dripping from
him, stained your hands and your clothing
That was as dear to me as life ITSELF"
GA husband?" said the Governor "No
sir"
/" A brother, perhaps ?" "No sir" l@
A father ?" "No, sir"
/" A son ?" f" No, sir" o.@
GA lover?" " No, sir" ..9 1u.-n
f" If not husband father, brother, son,
or lover, who, then could it be?" said the
Governor, at length breaking the silence
"ths is an enigma to me. Please explain
more about the gallant soldier of Ohio.
"Wel, sir, that soldier gave you ring
G. ID. D. were the letters engraved on the
interior He told you to wear it, and care
fully have you done So"
The Governor pulled the ring off, and sure
enough the letters were there.
'@The finger that used to wear that ring
will never wearit any more The hand is
dead, but the soldier still lives" ''
The Governor was now more interested
than ever. ''l
WE'LL madame" said he, "tell me all
about IT, Is this ring yours Was it given
to you by soldier whom you loved ?" DOS
q I loved him as loved my life; but he
never returned that love. He had more
love for his country than for me | honor
him for it. The soldier who placed that
little ring upon your finger stands before
you" So saying, the strange lady arose
from her chair, and stood before the Cover
nor N.A-
The scene that now ensued we leave to the
Imagination Of the reader A happy hour
passed The girl who had thus introduced
herself was Cathariue E. Davidson, of Shelf
field, Ohio. She was engaged to be mar
ried but her future husband responded TO
the call of the President, and she followed
him by joining another regiment. He was
killed in the same battle where she fell
wounded She is alone in the world her
father and mother having departed this life
years ago She was the soldier OF the 2Sth
Ohio who had placed the ring upon the fin
ger Of Governor Curtin, for the kind atten-
tion given her upon the bloody fed Of An
tietam
The right arm had been amputated about
half way between the elbow and the shoul-
der. The interview finally ended, aud hav-
ing at last seen her benefactor she bade him
and his friends adieu, taking with her an or
der, bearing the bold signature of A. G.
Curtin, for one Of Palmer's patent arms
The Rock smitten in Horeb.
Mr. Hurter, of the Syria mission, sending
tothe Missionary House a copy of the follow
ing letter written by him to one of the pro
fession at Andover, expresses much conf
dence that "this is the identical rock from
whence flowed the stream which queuched
the thirst Of the thousands Of Israeli" and
says "future travellers will confirm this opin-
ion.
BEIRUT, Syria May 23, 1868.
Having recently returned from a visit to
Mount Sinai thought you would be inter-
ested in the discovery of a spring of water
under the east side of Mount Horeb, which |
cannot learn has been noticed by any traveller
who has written on Sinai, but which is SO
striking that had it been seen, it would GER
tainy have been mentioned. 10 coming to-
wards Mount Horeb we took the road fol-
lowed by DR.. Robinson, by Wady-er Rahah.
on page 80 Of the first volume Of his Re
searches, he says "On the left of Horeb,
deep and narrow valley runs up southeast,
between lofty walls Of rock, as if in contin-
uation Of the southeast corner Of the plain.
In this valley, at the distance of nearly a
mile from the plain, stands the convent
On the east side of this valley, and atits en-
trance is small hill separated from the
mountain by road about one hundred feet
across, which travellers follow in going to the
convent from Wady esSheikh, while those
going to the covent from Wady -er-Rahah pass
on the west side of the hill. On the south
side is the camping ground, and in getting
to it we made a short circuit Of five minutes
ride to avoid a precipitous bank. On arriv-
ing at our camping-ground we requested
our cameleers, before dispensing to their
homes, to Eli our barrels with water. They
said they would take two of them to spring
where was a areservoir, into which they would
place them. They pointed out to us the di-
recton, on the west side ofthe valley, under
Horeb, and we perceived few trees at that
place. Towards evening, told my party
that I would go and see whether they had
filed and sunk the barrels in the pool The
direction of the spring was straight across the
valley from the camping-ground. After leaT-