Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-02-04

tanoous worsbip Of Vaughan, as the dues &c
'tdchtrd Of the occasion. .5...
Tell them" said Vaughan, we'll pleas
ed, that will take them all to Cape
Palmas.n ,..-,e, l.. .,re..es.i rf yiI1,f
This did not answer so well. Cape Pal
mas was practically as far from the homes
of most of them as New Orleans or Rio
Janeiro was; that is, they would be eternally
separated from home there. And their 10.
terpreters, as we could understand, instantly
said, "Ah, non Iodimds," and began TO pro-
pose Infinite other expedients III most vol
liable language Vaughan was rather dis
appointed at the result of his liberality, and
asked Nolan eagerly what they said The
drops stood on poor Nolan white forehead,
as be hushed the men down, and said -
- He says, Not Palmas. He says, Take
us home, take US to our own house, take US
to our. own picksninnies and our own wo.
men, He says he has an old father and
mother, who will die, if they do not see him.
And this one says he left bis people all sick,
and padded down to Fernando to beg the
white doctor to come and help them, and
that these devils caught him in the bay just
In sight of home, and that be has never
seen nybody from home since then. And
this one says choked out Nolan, that he
has not heard word from his home in six
months, while he has been locked up in an
internal barracoon."
Vaughan always said he grew gray him
self while Nolan struggled through this in
depreciation. /, who did not understand
anything of the passion involved in it, saw
that the very elements were melting with
fervent heat, and that something was to pay
somewhere. Even the negroes themselves
stopped bowling, as they saw Nolan agony,
and Vaughans almost equal agony OF sym.
pathy. As quick as he could get words, he
| said.- 1a'- F..' .'1
Tell them yes. yes, yes; tell them they
shall 90 to the Mountains of the Moon, il
the Great White Desert, they shall go
home!"
And after some fashion Nolan said so.-
And then they all fell to kissing him again,
and wanted to rub his nose with theirs.
But he could not stand it long; and get.
ting Vaughan to say he might 60 back, he
beckoned me down into our boat As we
lay back in the stern sheets and the men
gave way, he said to me,-''Youngster, le,
that show you what it is to be without a
family. without home, and without coun
| try. And if you are ever tempted to say q
word or to do thing that shall put bar
between you and your family, your home,
and your country, pray God in His mercy
to take you that instant home to His own
heaven. Stick by your family, boy; forget
you have a SELF while you do everything
for them. Think of your home, boy; write
and send, and talk about it. Let it be near
er and nearer to your thoughts, the farther
you have to travel from it; and rush back to
it, when you are free, as that poor black
slave is doing now. And for your country
4 boy" and the words ratified in his throat
"and for that fag," and he pointed to the
ship, never dream dream but of serving
her as she bids you, though the service car
ry you through thousand hells No mat
| ter what happens to you, no matter who
! fatters you or who abuses you, never look
at another fag never let night pass bu,
you pray God to bless that flag. Remem-
ber, boy, that behind all these men you have
to do with, behind officers, and government,
and people even, there is the Country Her.
sell, your Country, and that you belong to
Her as you belong to your own mother
Stand by Her, boy, as you would stand by
your mother, if those devils there had goI
hold Of her to-day!"
! 1 was frightened to death by his calm
hard passion; but | blundered out, that
would, by all that was holy, and that l hat
never thought Of doing anything else. I'll,
hardly seemed to hear me- but he did, al
most in whisper, say,-"Oh, if anybod,
had said SO to me when was Of your age!'
l think it was this half.con6dence of his
which never abused, for never told thi
story till now, which afterward made u
great friends. He was very kind to me. :
Often he sat up, OF even got up, at night t,
walk the deck with me, when it was m,
watch. He explained to me great deal O
J my mathematics, and owe to him my tast
) for mathematics. He lent me books, an,
, helped me about my reading. He never Al
! luded so directly to his story again; but from
one and another officer have learned, il
. thirty years, what / am telling When W
parted from him in st. Thomas harbor, a
0 the end of our cruise, was more sorry tha
9 l can tell. ! was very glad to meet hit
t again in 1880; and later in life, when
Q thought had some influence in Washing
q ton. moved heaven and earth to have hif
! discharged. But it was like getting ghos
5 out of prison. They pretended there wa
; no such man, and never was such man.
!, They will say SO at the Department nowl-
Q Perhaps they do not know. 1t will not b
+ the first thing in the service of which th
y Department appears to know nothingl
u There isl story that Nolan met Burr one
on one of our vessels, when q party ,
d Americans came on board 10 the Mediterr
d mean. But this believe to be lie; or ratl
er, it is a myth, ben aoudto, involving tr
o uendous blowing-up with which he sun
D. Burr,--asking him how he liked to efwitl
It out country" But it is clear, from Burr
g life, that nothing of the sort could have ha,
70 pened; and Imention this only as an illn
,f tration OF the stories which get aigoir
y where there is the least mystery at bolton
ID So poor Philip Nolan had his wish fulf
ed | know but one fate more dreadful:
9, is the fate reserved for those men who cha
re- have one day to exile themselves from the
L. country because they have attempted b,
IN ruin, and shall have at the same time TO 6,
s the prosperity and honor to which she ris
D; when she has rid herself of them and the
BE- iniquities.. :. tfhe wish Of poor Nolan, as '
Z" all learned to call him, not because his tpa
at ishment was too great, but because his r
rs pentance was so clear, was precisely Il
in wish of every Bragg and Bsaaregard wi
r broke soldiers oath two years ago, and
of every Maury and Barron who broke So
IL rak Lnnxy bou nf,an .tln., :.