The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-18
MIDNIGHT BURIAL,

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THE LAST OF POOR "UNroRruNATrn
DEATH OF A WHITE NYMPH IN NEGRO
| BAGNIo--A SAD HIsTORY--A CHRISTIAN
| MINISTER INDEED.
While the greater part of the misery
and ruin evolved from the late war will
ever remain mystery, IL Is not unfre-
quently that we fall upon bits of individua
history, which serve to Illustrate with al
most unerring certainty, the severity,
misfor,unes and lmrdships to which count
less thousands were subjected during the
struggle, aud which the lapse Of time has
failed to eradicate. The story of
CORA sTACY's
life is Il case in point. Born in Obion
county, Tennessee, few miles distant
from Union City, of well-to-do and intel
| ligent parents, she attained womanhood
and social position under circumstances
denied to the many and less favored of her
sex. She had received the superficial fe-
male education of the period possessed a
pleasing, IL not beautiful face; good flg-
ure, and an easy, digniaed department;
surrounded by money, doting parents, q
pleasant home, and the admirers which
ever follow in the wake of all these, it was,
indeed, strange freak of fate which
blasted the possessor Of them rs with a
breath, and plunged her headlong in a
career of dissipation and shame. During
the
FALL AND WINTER OF 1864,
and indeed for over two years previous, the
federal troops occupied all the country
along the line of the Mobile and Ohio
railroad. between Humboldt, Tenn, and
Columbus, Ky. Cora's parents were
staunch union people, ard Of course their
home was favorite resort for the officers
Of the troops stationed Whereabouts.
Between Cora and one Of the frequent
visitors Of this class-one who wore the
"eaglcs" of the army upon his Shout
ders an acquaintance was formed
which soon ripened into intimacy. 1t
was the old, old story over again. Low
ing not wisely, but too we'll confding
where there was no return; trusting only
in him, who finally accomplished her
ruin. After time the troops were as
signed to another post, and the gay Loths-
rio left never, during her stay there, to re-
turn. Filled with remorse and shame
hoping against hope to again meet him
whom she held above nll things, she
fed from home, and after a frutless
search for him over the country,
LANDED IN CAIRO,
in the spring of 1867, and entered the most
fashionable as we'll rs the most notorious
bagnio in the city at that time "A
few years of this life Of dissipation
and shame soon did its work.
About three months ago she de-
veloped an incurablc case of consump-
tion-was driven from her abode for lack Of
money and of friends, and was compelled
to seek a refuge in the very vilest sink
of iniquity, kept by an old negro wench,
whose name is synonymous with all that
is wicked in our midst. During her sick
ness, however, the facts of her condition
and the circumstances Of her life reached
the ears of
ONE OF OUR MINISTERS,
whose efforts in alleviating the! suffering
Of her dying days, proclaim him worthy
exponent Of genuine Christianity indeed.
Out Of his own pocket, and with the aid Of
some friends to whom he made the facts
known, he daily supplied her wants, and
gave such spiritual consolation as the oc-
casion called for, rendering thus the last
remnant of her life, the one green spot
she had known for years. On Thursday
morning last she died, when her body was
taken in charge Of by number of the
demi-monde, for the purpose OF
MIDNIGHT BURIAL.
Why this time was selected for the funeral
we are not able to divine, but that it was
is an unden,ablc fact. TT Q remains were
placed in coffin, escorted to the had
pm. train by body of demireps and
thence conveyed to Villa Ridge. 1t will
be remembered that on Thursday night
last the -ain, about midnight, poured down
in torrents In the midst of this, the god
less escort, with the remains, left the train,
and scrambled up the hills as best they
might, to the burying ground. Into the
grave the remains were hurriedly shufiied
and covered with earth, without n christian
soul to utter last prayer or say an omen
| for the unfortunate Cora