Daily Republican., 1878-11-11

n -. III - 80 . So
+ !, kST EDITION,
r. fRAHGER THAN EIGriON
"A - Try oGa Wilmington Bsy's
"a ve-He runs away from
q I'd JOINS the Arsmy-ne II
1t ~ tn he Kiiled-Aner an
"a fourteen Years he turns
at o1 esaA Is0use--A Recital ef
g a3S kibIe TreaaIness. ! a,ss
n Ato@ w yeal 1868 there lived on
II ttS bf the Brsndywine near Du-
{ P6nt b gder works, a family known
u akN66&aE. The family consisted Of a
u ni0tk9S 1ild i've children. The father,
Kefxu6 36pan, who was the foreman
Iii sof fh0 ~ ling establishment Of Du-
'hr Ponts i MINI, with sixteen Others, was
killed III ihe great explosion which o.
r., curr6 N eburary OF the above men
pnt Tk1 S(k6r by his industry had man
''a axsS y Emulate little wealth which
y, npol Sath was divided between
I'M ~ - Of the family, the chill.
'~'drG1,4 q Ftipn to be kept In trust In
p'thjs &s1 = III Mr.. Henry DUPONT until
an thx. .6lIil [ren became OF age.P The sup.
w post Il iamily now dsvolved upon
a. the(F n 1IS1orts. The Oldest Of the
" '',hi1 e. ~ boy about sixteen years
II was there mainstay. The
~ IA Of fourteen summers, was
sar1l hal. The rest we're girls, ,all
aft< kas Of a restless spirit, fond
h1fh00dsIEs. His only desire appeared
Pde but and mingle with that
pNyE 1h extended beyond the lin
Il 3bwn horizon. That desire
Wfsed 13er the restraint which his
Id 61S S&a threw around him grew,
TI,.ttltk 1ast II became an absorb
do ~ nhSxI6(. He must go
rus 1YJf txespring day morning, Mich
"A 1fIFSf BY the emotions Of his ma
ufa~6 6tDfslsOm the house. II was just
!, ftesS olIlIfom the government for more
~" ~, .r0op1 3lSn the pulse Of the nation
: :" iittaE n1d throbbed, in its patriotic
!, ateiIv IND " hen every soul was stir
- I'd st0 t6sery depths. Enlistment
~ 6QjHS ~ in every city, town and
'Siliies t& ie north. The very air|
arr nbn1yi the spirit fthe hour re-
nj ch0s4 fiie Managing drumbeats thro lgh
v very pH4&fng hamlet and buried
ieir@iu1i notes into the heart of
, Mlt toilfk 3Ilers In the most distant
,rna aAldx
lc5 AHxS 8S1 low, sweet lotus s-strains
npi ,mx pA 6tealipg up the valley of
erdi,e l&h yNlne, they fell upon the ear
rel TIN INT Nith a strange snticing mel
onlly. IN I2derstood. Ho knew upon
lat suaxIz5s in Wilmington the en-
,u ,tm6n& h1& begun. "Othsrs had gone
:. i'd wht xnlant .he,' lie thought.
ID, gain thkt Mint distant sound came TO
q saxs Ltappcared to call to him.
~ HSXS<ildI He hesitated. He thought
" ihis ykxQkter. Could he leave herr
~ .ain fk1k jpund came up from tae val
WITH II tfeater vehelnence. He was
hst. He rushed into the house and told
II smottsr that he was going to- Will
ington " get employment; that he
lg 1is .eping Az drive for a gentleman
y y, smsd PbiIib Plunkett. 80 N, ~
:, He carne " Wilmington with com
N.nion, Ihe recruiting otfre was at
hea lifd xnd fkrket sire cts. Michael an d
=, friend d6ered themselves, were ac-
: pied, Snd IN very short time both
!, to ,re, witla s(hers, rapidly journeying /.
, Days ilApssd into weeks aud the
e 90. ,thef I'd the absence Of her son.
. hs fsi eeks ffSx6 3sto months and months
: ;, 10 yssf6s Until at last with eyes tired
:" A, wntcisink; and heart borne down
Nth M y49SDings, the mother folded
,c''" hanl1 &d went to rest.
's 81 ThS el{l N Brother dying, the sisters
,.a r6 lSlt M heir own resources. They |
~ d ssttle ~ Wilmington in the mean
/ and iss aj1 fe they waited.
Also D00aSi04xiIy word would be received |
n,s ,ns thS nlle1boG one; but it being so in
on limits 4 tiy served to keep alive that
stiE agueS Su6GDat." A short time ago one
e' the foof dIo1ers was taken down with
-, Jon6uudf Dn, and she was soon at
in IT. The fan1Fal obsequies were barely
Dr. belcSoE QUother sister was called,
rooHi now N That family Of seven, but
u to "a . remain Nary and Maggie, who re
1t su'e " thens6elvss at No. 6l4 West
p& ,hth Gte@ff.
-Ore hey sttll continue their long weary
Bate e'iting. I6slast heard of their brother
prn' re-. sthre9Y Yedxp ago when gentleman
Ior.ei ID MGw D1l6ens informed them that
dur, was IN 0p1vsrsation with man who
an !" Nv M&he51 and who had been in
linz ,ing ned w nfiehael that che had OBJ
n :n led ! bsSthRs steward or ship and
'o''' hs wae mot going to return to
n, vlminrt0u 2htil he had made some
hat W&s the last word received un-
Saturday last when q lady who
,w MIchaeL came to them with a
IN IsnG0 t6l9Y In which was pictured
-. Sat ir bE01 lichael, sick unto death
m0s kbarously treated in the
r Zine tal of Key West.
q Cd J, JSarin1 Hhe strange termination to
I'd ab0x&s leporter of the REPUBLICAN,
the y, "a up0n the sisters, and was made
II Sn lAtntsd "a th4 following which ap-
nile r0ds tM MI Boston Pilot:
r,,n ~ ago one Michael Noon.
.ts' 4. steN the British barque Mary
Ell, ,,wea f(ved as patient into the
tsdE9tal9 larine Hospital, at Key
dnIr 4, F!qSl While his money last