Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-01-13
ORITUARIES.

For some time reports have reached Berkshire that
Capt ORLoRF NORTON prisoner, murdered, or
deal of anxiety for his safety At last the worst fears
of his friends confirmed and it is known that he is
after Price's retreat from Missouri himself and
three others attacked by bushwhaekers and bru
tally murdered. His remains are yet undiscovered,
although every effort has been made to recover them
His mother and sister had just arrived Kansas,
where they expected to meet him after long separa
tion. Their first letter home said ttOTlo following
Price; he has wound in the hand, but keeps the
die. We expect him in few days" Then came the
of his horrible death, and that widowed mother
bows beneath the self same rod that has stricken
many mothers in unhappy land. His sister writes
ut seems too bad alter his long ana severe service to
by hands of the of all Gods creatures
his body, be buried by traitors in unknown
grave in that accursed Southern soil.''
He a native of Berkshire, Delaware county o
He spent years in California; returned and with
his brother Missouri in the spring of 1851
swept over state at that time, refuee i'll
Leroy, CoGy county, Kansas What he was those tat
knew him know and those that do not it will not hto.
est to know. D.
From tho Border (Kansas) Sentinel
CAPTAIN oRLoFF NoRToN.-We learn, from Col. Jenni
sons General Order that Orion Norton was murdered
by bushwhackers on the return march from the Ar
kansas This, to US, is sad news. Had he fallen amid
the din of battle though should still mourn his loss
there would have been the consong reflection that he
other brave soldiers do confronting honor
able enemy. he murdered by the sIealthy
bushwhacher, who has only the passions of the bar
barian. We have known him long and we'll, and ever
found him endowed with one of those noble souls,
pable of no meanness, and Overfowing with good
Generous and Just with himself he equally with
others Kind and genial his manners, he was re-
spected and honnred by all who knew him. During
the contest, through all Ofwhich had Just passed
behaved bravely, and won honors fit Il warriors
brow. Like many others of the young warriors
nation his name is inscribed upon honor's roll there
main forever He enlisted in the service as a uri-
vate tho organization of the 18th Vol and by
his ability and gentemanly conduct, fairly his DO
siton Of Captain in Company H. OF the 15th Cav.
OF his early life, know nothing, his characters
tic modesty forbade him divulging his early history
even to these with whom he best acquainted He
young, but had mind evenly ba lanced and well
cultivated of decidedly literary turn. Had he lived
ne would have been one of the pillars of the state
Thus, by the rising hope young Com
mOnwealth, snatched from As yet his remains
hands will gather together his sacred dust and de-
Gently lnurn it.
''Soldier, rest thy wariare's oer:
Sleep the sleep that knows breaking;
Dream of batte-felds more,
DAYS of danger, nights OF waking.
''Soldier, rest thy is run;
No you'll see the rising sun
No at dawnng to assalI ye,
Bugles there shall sound Tevellie, :"
Died-Of Typhoid fever Dec. TO- 1864, in Nashville,
Tenn Dr. NJ DoTY. LIST Assistant Surgeon OF the I74th
Regiment o. V. |.
Deceased, prior to his entering the army was
practising physician of Olive reen, this county He
was successful physician, loyal citizen, and we
shall believe toue christian, whose reward be now
reapng. ID. l. JONES.