The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-05-03
THE DAILY EMPIRE.
.8 H. II. ROBINSON, o.s
PUBLISHER AND PROPRIETOR.
Confession and Death of an Army
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't.#.a ~ Chaplain.
M. nj. Pomeroy, the editor of the La
crosse (Nis.,) Democrdt gives the follow
ing death-bed scene, which he was called
to visit in his recent visit to Chicago:
The Reverend Henry Clannard, an ex-
army chaplain who left off expounding
Bible and recruiting for the Saviour, and
BY indorsing tile nigger and abolitionism
became an army chaplain in one of the Wis
cOnsin regiments, passed fromlife to home
| beyond a blessed Immortality, the other
| day, and thus shuilled OF his mortal coil.
| A physician had called on him two or
three times day for month, doctoring
him for an ague brought on while stealing
cotton in Arkansas while with General Cur
tis. On learning that the ex-minister and
ex-chaplain would hardly live the night
out, we called with the physician.
| In n little wooden-looking room not over
twelve feet square, in an obscure boarding
house in Chicago, we found the invalid.
The room was bare of furniture except a
poor bed, little dirty vash-stand, two
wood-bottom chairs, an old trunk, pine
table, on which was spread newspaper on
which lay an old Bible q pair of old snuff
ers, some pill boxes, and such stuff. The
dying man was propped up in bed, while
q faithful negro woman sat on the foot of
the bed. AS we entered, he rallied a little
and asked the doctor who he had brought
with him. On being told that it was ''Brick"
Pomeroy, he sank back, closed his eyes,
rallied u little and said: "Perhaps it is
as well. He might as well know 1t as any
| one.'i YHI Hi fslt lr "
! And he proceeded to make his dying
statement which were in these words, as
we took them down in our memorandum
book as the physician requested:
MY name is Henry -Glannard. | am
forty -one years old.s lam Methodist min
ister-at least was one. was once hap
py and eontented, and loved Christ, my
Master, with all the zeal Christian ever
had. AT last grew cold In religion, sell
fish and envious of the good fortune of
others. 4 wanted to make money and to
have some fun. had no particular edu-
cation, so / thought | would be Republic
can politician. began by preaching pol
Il tiles from the pulpit, and praying for the
4 negro. 1t puid me in money, but lost in
/ fluence at the Throne OF Grace. But did
not care for that, II could only have in
fiuenee with the Republican, party. for
\ got Christ and became Interested in the
4 negro. / had influence with few mem
bers of my church, and talked politics tO
them. / was paid by oifice-scekers to in
fluence Christians. Sometimes have made
as high as fifteen dollars at an election for
my influence with Christians.
SAT last found politics paid better than
religion, and worked for the chaplaincy
of regiment and got it. Then ] let re-
ligion go, and went to war. There wrote
letters home, denouncing Democrats as
Copperheads. And / stole cotton, and sill
ver-ware, and pictures and books, and
dresses for my wife ndsisters, and horses
and mules for my brothers, and piano for
the Governor who gave me my commits
sion, and gold watch for my Captain, and
lot of household furniture to send to my
, Colonel. And robbed the soldiers of jelly
, and such stuff, sent to them to use while in
in hospital, and had my share of goods
stolen from sanitary fairs, and made lots of
money. Pleae give me little piece Of
, that pounde9ice."
The physician gave it to him, when he
contnuedy
I ''But fas not happy. | drank whisky
: with the boys when away from home, and
D indulpedin some excesses not worth mem
tioning, and laid up quite pile of money
And was taken sick while ont stealing
5 cotton from n plantation where widow
! lady lled. / had coaXed her niggers to run
! away and they are all dead. When the
7 war Ras ended | came home to Wisconsin,
{ but could not stay there. So came to
4 Chicago and grew sick. And l have to
) die. y have called on Christi have
t prlyel to God, but somehow can not get
( relief for my soul. The door of mercy
4 seems shut against me, forsOok religion
!, for ,oIitics, and now God has forsaken me.
!. Ipay TO my Savior, but he don't hear me-
q dix to this faithful negro woman--she
says, yes, .nlassa = and that is all | can get
K oit of her. know | can't live long; |
eel that \ am dying. / feel certain that |
s lam going to he'll. Please give me little
+ piece more of the ice before l go. / want
Il these things written down, as a warning to
Others who forget Christ for politics.
feel that the negro can't saye-that Christ
won't save me. | was unfaithful TO my re-
ligion, and am forgotten, i was faithful to
Z the negro but, alas the negro can't help
me where | want help-ht, can't ease my
7 guilty soul. am going 10 heal. and know
: it. i expect to meet many persons there
who forget religion for politics. | do not
o expect to see you again, in this world or
Q the next; but want this confession print
y NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ed.
ll--piece--of-of-of !"
And thus died the Reverend Henry Clan
nard. ,r rr. ort
ALamb Carried off by an Eagle.
: The Monongahela Republican, Of the 10Th,
!; says;
: son Friday last some farmers engaged In
y plOwing on the farm of Squire shannon in
q FalloWlield township, this county, witnes-
Is sed scene somewhat strange TO this neck
!, of woods. In an adjoining field some ewes
Z and lambs were quietly grazing, and while
the attention of the plowman waS directed
10 them by remarks of some one In the
crowd, large American Eagle WIS seen to
sWeeD down. and seiZing a Week-Old lamb.