Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-07-28
DELAWARE, OHIO, JULY 28, 1866.

other battles, but Notwithstanding all the
dangers to which he was exposed, Lieu
tenant Dresser returned in safety, when
his time of service expired.
He re-entered College, but had not long
pursued his studies, when Colonel Bart
lett pressed upon him Captainey in a
three years regiment he was raising
Young Dresser saw that if he went, he
could raise company, and thus add in
this important extent to the force battling
with rebellion. His patriotism could not
resist the temptation, so he went. He
distinguished himself greatly, and would
no doubt had he been spared, been soon
promoted to higher position. But thus
it was not to be; he was called to lay his
life sacrifice on the altar of his country
On the day when the mine was fired, he
was in the thickest of the fight, with
dauntless bravery he climbed the ramparts
of the beleagured citadel and was in the
act Of calling to his men to follow, when a
minnie ball struck him and he was instant
ly killed
How many missing sOns-the bravest
and the best-are absent from the paren-
tai freside, never to return. Our next
neighbor lost his eldest son in the battle
of the Wilderness the father of the
family In that pretty cottage on the hill
side yonder, sleeps In soldier s grave
Our host has but three sons, and two of
them have been fighting for our liberties
The second one, ofWhom mention has not
hitherto been made, after three years of
faithful service was permitted to return
in safety to his father house.
But the struggle is now over. The des-
perate cohorts of rebellion have been
driven back and dispersed, and the su-
preme authority of the national govern
ment established. The price of nations
redemption has been paid and the nation
is free.
Yesterday was the Sabbath. 1t dawned
bright and beautiful; the dew drops hung
like pearls from every bush and tree,
while Sabbath stiffness, interrupted on
ly by the sweet song of the birds-per-
vaded the scene. We had two mile
drive to church. As we descended the
elevated ridge on which our house stood,
we could not but notice the reflection of
the little clouds on the hills across the
valley, making patches of shadow on the
bright ground of sunshine-thus forming
alternately light zrrfA-shade We had an
excellent sermon on Goodness is profta-
BILE for the life that now is.
During the intermission we sauntered
into the graveyard perhaps already as
largely populated as the town to which it
belongs.
At one side, separated from the rest of
the graveyard by a beautiful hedge is
the plot of Judge Sedgewick, one of the
early settlers whose daughter, Miss Cath
crime SedgWick, was well known to readers
of fiction twenty-five Years ago as the au-
thor of Hope Leslie, and other admira-
BILE stories.
In the center of the plot is monument
to theJudge and his WIFE A circular path
surrounds this monument, from which
radiates six other paths dividing the
ground into a section for each of then
children. A large number are already
inferred in each of these sections.
A rustic stone cross, very admirable
| imitation of wood, marks one Of these
graves. It bears the simple inscription
"Our Helen" At the foot of the grave
| is very well executed stone dog, with his
eyes resting on the little mound, probably
the model of one who was oace a favorite
with her who sleeps beneath.
Near by is plain marble slab, to the
memory of a colored servant of the fam
| lily, with the following very beautiful in
| scription: elizabeth Freeman, known
| by the name of Mumbet Died Decem,
| ber %, 1929. Her supposed age was 80
She was born slave and remained {
slave nearly thirty years. She could nei
/ ther read nor write; but IN her OWL
| sphere, she had nc superior or equal
! She neither wasted time nor property
/ She never violated a trust, or failed tC
/ perform duty. In every situation of do
/ nestle trial, she was the most eficien
helper and tenderest friend. Good moth
er, farewell y
This colored woman was remarkable
character A very interesting account O
her, from the pen of Miss Catharin'
Sedgewick, appeared not long since II
one of the local papers.
To day the weather is as near perfec
tion as anything this side of Eden. Thi
afternoon our host proposed ride t.
| Lenox. He has a pair Of fine colts, kint
and gentle, but full of life. The roads 0
Stockbridge are of the smOothest ant
finest kind; so we dashed along over thei
even surface with great rapidity. TIL
fields, last year brown and bare, wer
now covered with their richest verdure.-
The sky above us was of the most beau
tiful hue, with few feecy clouds hoatin
here and there. That pretty sheet Q
water, Lake Makeenac, was sparkling i
the summer sunshine and rejecting on it
fair bosom the color of the sky above.
And now as [ pen these lines, at tn
close of this lovely day, with the childre
playing on the grass and among the bush
es. one of the little ones runs up ito m'
saying, "Papa, isn't it nice to be at Stock
bridge?' And her papa answers "Yes. .
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