The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1878-08-15

fall.
Joan. a.d Peter. and Robert. and Pauls
John nay I'm wisdom and goodness increase,
Peter rejoice in infnite peace.
Robert may learn that truths Of the Lord
Are moro in the spirit and less in the word,
And Paul may be blest with holier birth
Than the passions Of man had allowed him on
earth,
John, and Peter. and Robert, and Paul,
God In his wisdom created them all.
Visited ny A GHOST.
a RR0naioe Made In Life Kept After
DeasA-W what the spiPis SAID.
Prom the Baltimore American.
did you ever see . ghsstr
sNo.'
did You ever see any one who had
esen . ghost'
Il can't say that ever did, the re.
peeter replied.
Whereupon the gentleman said that
In the person Of one of the officers Of
the City Government could be seen
one who had once had . veritable in
tsrvisw with spirit from the other
world. The reporter visited the gen.
tIeman.
sYes, SIR he said to the reporter,
ST Is the truth. did once see ghost
or have An interview with . spirit. At
least. Lthink did. may.have been
dreaming don't know. But it was
. most remarkable, . most inexplica.
BILE dream-what You might call
prophetic dream, that was fulfilled in
every detail in most extraordinary
manner. And don't think it was o
dream.
sit was at the time Of the war. !
was on the Confederate eide in the
war, soldier in the First Maryland
Cavalry. In the same company with
mo was gentleman from California,
whom You may call Copleston. I'd
rather you would not publish his real
name. He was . splendid fellow, and
before long we became very intimate,
and gradually grew 10 be most de-
voted friends. He was the brsvest of
mon, but at the same time unusually
warm hearted and aff1ctionste, and
our affection for each other was some-
thing unusual among men.
: Zone day. We were together in .
pretty hot fight near Greenland Gap,
Hardy County, Va, during General
VIM. E. Jones' raid, and, as we had
NO artillery with US, our regiment
was dismounted and detailed to storm
. church in which . body of the ene-
my had intrenched themselves. 1t
was nasty piece of work, and the
prospects were slim of getting back
alive. As we went 1t it Copleston
turned to me and said, Look here,
old fellow, let's promise each other
that if one of US is killed without
chance to say goodbye, he will come
back to see the other, If sach . thing
IL possible I understood him and
promised. We got of this time with.
out much damage, but it was under
stood between ne that the agreement
was lasting.
Not long after this we were sepa.
rated. He was sent of with detail
for scouting work upon the Mississip-
pi, and before he got back was cap.
pured BY Averill at MoorAeld, after
the Chambersburg raid. They sent
mo to Camp Chase, near Columbus,
Ohio, and here I lay for long time,
with some fifteen or twenty thousand
other prisoners, hearing little or moth
ing Of our men on the other side of
the Potomac, and then only from the
now prisoners when they were
brought into camp. or Copleston we
heard nothing at all.
sIn Camp Chase we lived In big
barracks, about 300 men in barrack.
In the one in which was most of the
men were Aarylanders of our old
command. We slept in hunks around
the room, and the room was heated
by three big stoves. One night was
sitting by the stove nearest the door,
thinking. It was late, and all the 9TH
ers were in their hunks asleep. I sat
there alone for some time. looking at
the fire and lost in thought. Sudden
ly felt impelled TO look up, and there
just in front Of me, on the other side
of the stove and between 1t and the
door, stood Copleston.
Were you alarmed ct all p
mo, was not alarmed, only great.
ly surprised. There was nothing to
alarm. 1t was only Copleston, dressed
In the same grey suit and black felt
hat. thought, of course, at tho IN
slant, that somehow he had been cap
tured and brought . prisoner to the
camp, and had only just learned
where / was. l exclaimed. why,
Copleston, whom were you brought
In 2 and tried to rise mp and shake
hands with him. / could not move.
'Coppleston looked at me sadly for
. moment and then said, No, was
not brought here don't you remem-
b0 our agreement7
sGseat heavensY = / exclaimed were
you-r
.Ya 10 said, Il was killed to-day