Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-03-19

year 1854, d planter living near Hous-
tim, IN Tsxss, was inspired for adveu-
ts,re by the current stories of wonder
full gold findings At Pixies Peak, and
importuned from his wife her eot,sefht
to his departure. While ostensiiiblv.
thrifty, the plantation was really ep D
numbered by debt; and sofHs new iai finp
ancial departsre scthed necessary for.
its redemption. Perhaps this Wis the.
final reason inducing MIS-. BIZ Bosers
assentsgLAt any rate, The planter start
ed for the distant mining country, af
ter taxing the family means SEVERELY
for his outfit, withthe hope OF finding
enough Of the precions. ore to return sia
: year ositw0assa rich, msn. Nesrlv
always desperate game fof Fchances
gold-digging is a particularly perilous
hazard for the adventurer Of mature
years who stakes the very home of his
flesh and blood upon it. Du Bose
! was not successful in it. His letters
from the Peak told If continued disap.
pointnent and hardship, though ever
expressive Of . determination to fight
the battle vet longer. What time his
patient and devoted wife, snd an infant
son, born q year before the amateur
minersideparture, knew manly denixls
at home in the exigenties of tho en- :,
barrassed estate, and could only re
spond to the dissouraging messages of
the husband aud father with love. and
prayer. b5aasbta9 id b gis sa0i'3sfa
I Such Was The story, told in mitch q
interrupted correspondence back and
fourth, until the memorable tunult and
disruption of war.in 1861 cut of all
postal communication whatever be
tween the warning sections Of the ma
ton. Before that time Mrs. Du Bose
had been obligedto sell the uulucky
plantation :nA remove with her little
boy toithe neighhorhood Of some of
her relatives in New Orleans: and
when hostilities began the mother and
chilli were guests Of Mrs. Jennings, .
7 sister Of the former, in the Crescent
| City. Borne down BY her sorrows and
| the public anxieties IF the time, the
poor lady die,i soon after the battla of
Sumter, and the young orphan fell to
the charge Of his aunt. sd' ni il
And now this boy becomes the. hero
Of the tale. Left chiefly to his own
resources after his mothers death, the
little fellow passed much Of his time in
the streets and thus, when the national
forces occapied New Orleans, becai me
y familiar of various barracks. One
day Colonel Vance, OF the Forty-sev
enty Indiana, whose quarters h. had
infested for nearly week, was induced
by his handsome face and neglected
appearance to question him Of his his
tory As his childish replies suggest
ed no definite ides Of goo,l home,
bot did reveal his orphanage, he WA
taken straightway to the Hooaier Off
GERS kind heart, as a waif worth saving.
III short the Colonel's imperfect under
standing Of his circumstances, and his
own juvenile eagerness to 20 with the
soldiers, resulted in his summary adop.
ton as son Of the regiment Alinos,
Immediately thereafter the gallant In
dianians were ordered Northward and
took their protege with them; and |
from thenceforth to the end Of the war
the little Sonthron rode black pony
beside his Colonel's charger, aud had
q thorough baptism of fire. !
With that same ending of the war
game back the misguided miner OF
Pike* Peak, who, while cast off from
sll hope Of Southern return or home
letters by wars wall Of lame, had wan.
dered to California and there made the
longsought fortune In New Orleans
they told him of his wifes death and
his sous disappearance. WHITTIER In.
nd had eohe none could say - he had
left his auntis house one day to look at
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the Yankee soldiers and never return.
ed. AS may be imagined, this intelli
gence filed the selfaccusing mans cup |
of grief But he could not believe the |
missing boy was dead. In the New
Orleans and. other newspapers he adver
tised large rewards for the return or
news Of his s:raying child, and visited |
all his own and his late wif4's relatives
and friends throughout the South for
tidings or counsel Numerous impos
tors answered the advertisement; but
when put to the test of question as to
the family names, DO, were found
wanting. Disguised al these attempt
ed imposition, as well as disheartened
otherwise, Mr.. Du Bose at last disap.
peared agaia going back TO California
t was SUPPOSED land tho scarvl, rest.
Ga. s7ss aSss hEst ~ si.st ''ssas-.s's
I'm the meautims the loet heir, upon
the resumption Of peace went home
with hissC Colonel TO the lstters home
in Portland, Jay County, Ind, sandssubt
seouentl Y. when l,3e~yYastasn friends