Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1869-05-07
Mr.. Cough and his Mother.

In one of his addresses, in Exeter Hall,
John B. Cough said:
After a speech in Boston, a short time ago
a lady came to me and said, "My father is
dead, but he was always collecting curiosities
and he has happened to light on your moth
er's Bible in Bristol" r+.
I had resided there twenty-five years ago,
and pleased was I to hear the Bible was
found. | had it sent me by Express. There
were the names: "Jane Gilbert" that was
my mothers name before marriage, .'born
August 18th, 1776;" John Cough, a pres
ont from his mother, on his leaving England
for America" John Cough. born Au-
gust 22nd, 1878" l held my Bible in my
hand. I remembered how I had seen that
mother with her lips white with hunger, and
recollected how she took her iron trimmed
spectacles from her eyes-to wipe away the
tears as she turned page after page. l saw
her marks-"Whcn the poor and needy seek
water and there is none, and their tongue
faileth for thirst, then I the Lord will help
them, [ the God of Israel will not forsake
them;' with hundreds Of passages more like
that, all blessed promises, marked in that
book. That mothers Bible brought her his
tory before me. There remains no token to
mark her resting place no hearse and
mourners followed her to the grave she was
followed by myself ana sister alone, and
without a prayer she was consigned to the
dust. But she left her children the legacy,
of a mothers prayer, and the Lord God AL
mighty as the executor of her last will and
testament and though that poor little body
of a schoolmistress has gone before, and her
spirit has taken its flight to its eternal home,
| stand before you tonight to declare that
if | have ever done aught of good, what /
am and what | have done, by the grace Of
God. has been through the influence of that,
Mother.
From Milledgeville, Georgia, we get the
sketch below of a remarkable family;
A MILITARY FAM1LY.-The Capersi ffamli-
ly Of the Southland we believe it is exclGG-
sively a Southern family-made a remarlIa-
BILE fighting record during the late war
From the album Of a friend we send you the
following, as embracing the members of this
family who were soldiers under the red cross
ed banner Of Dixie in the Confederate army
Two brigadier generals, one colonel Of artil-
lery, one lieutenant colonel Of artillery, two
colonies Of cavalry, one major of artillery,
one lieutenant colonel Of cavalry, four. cap
tains Of cavalry, three captains Of infantry,
three sergeants. two chaplains,' three surge
ons, fourteen privates-making a total of
thirty-seyen. r
These were without exception brothers,
uncles or cousins. Nine were killed in bat
tie, three died of wounds, two died of dis
ease, thirteen were wounded more than once,
seven wounded once, and only three came
through safe. Eleven of the officers were
promoted for gallantry on the field of battle.
&C. I. L.
One of the Confederate Generals of this
is now an Episcopal minister at Green
vile, S. G.. This recalls an incident at Ok
ford, Miss. Gen. s., of the stlate so-called,"
preached his ordination sermon there as an
Episcopal minister on the same day that
Gen. L., Of the Baptist Church addressed
his Baptist brethren. A wag remarked that
the two Generals were the representatives
Of the army and navy Of the late Confeder-
ate states-the Baptist brother representing
the navy! ge- aaa 19s 4.
WE'LL ALL MEET AGAIN I THE MoRNING.-
Such was the exclamation Of a dying child,
as the red rays Of the summer streamed
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