The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-01

gifted Mrs. Bateman's husband ~ b,
added finishing with a prolonged
whistle.
E "Then you're well pleased that yoI
dii not become her husband, becaus,
she would have overshadowed you? Il
that it?'
al believe 50. Though confess tha
it did warm the ice around my bache
lor's heart to meet her once more. You'C
never think, only for the newspapers
that she was the least bit strong.
minded. She has two rosy daughters
aud a cultivated and intelligent son, and
she shines in society as a literary dia.
mond Of the purest water. But, to be
the husband Of famous woman, John
Faugh! 1 never could stand hatg'
"And so, rather than be mated with a
brilliant woman whom you so dearly
love that even her marriage TO another
has not CONCEALED your heart, you pre-
fer the life Of a childless bachelor, en- ?''
81 do"
"Are you happy, General ?"
mo; nor never expect TO be. This
life is nothing but hollow mockery,
after ALL"
"As I have so discovered all along.
And that is why you needn't talk to me
Of rank or reuown. All want is obliv-
ion"
(which you're likely to get, old boy,
If you let the gray-coa have q good
square shot at you. III were you, rich,
handsome and comfortable as you have
become, with legislative houors aud
such degree of statesmanlike fame
upon my head as rests upon yours, you
wouldn't catch me setting myself up as
a target for the rebels to shoot at. I'd
rather legislate than fight, any day"
"But there's excitement in it, Gen
eral. Aud, as for death, let It come;
am ready"
Ex-senator Ingieton excused himself
from further parley with his time hon
ored friend, and returned to his post or
duty.
After many harassing delays, after
many bloody encounters upon the field,
in some Of which the Union soldiers
were victorious, aud in others the vic
Tins of defeat, the plan Of operations,
under directions from Washington, un-
derwent an entire change. The coucili-
atory tactics Of the Government having
failed to quell the rebellion, and the
ninety days grace after Issuing the
emancipation proclamation being ex-
pired, it was determined to pursue ouly
an aggressive policy thereafter, as the
surest way to compel a speedy aud
permanent cessation Of hostilities.
Time passed on, aud the attempted
seizure of Fredericksburg had come next
in order. The northern bank Of the
river which flows in front Of Fredricks-
burg commands the southern shore.
which is an open plain running back
for mile orso, where it rises in sue
cessiou Of heights which command the
plains to the river. The enemy occu-
pied these heights aud had them strongly
fortified. Their batteries extended in
circle from Port Royal to a point six
miles above Fredericksburg. But, why
linger to describe the terrible conflict TO
which that level plain and those COM
manding bills yet bear eloquent but
horrible witness? Let US turn 10 loAth-
lug from the sickening scene Of fratri-
eidal strife, and lift our hearts in prayer
that the angel Of Peace may henceforth
dwell upon the earth, subduing by her
magic presence the turbulent passions
Of the sons Of women, and settling by 4
the counsels Of Wisdom the misunder- /
of conflicting sections, till
finally, in all the land, there shall no
more exist the possibility Of repeating
The horrors Of the late civil war.
The Federal army, after heavy loss,
was Withdrawn 70 the northern bank OF
The river under cover Of the merciful
night bringing away their wounded,
among them being John Ingleton, who
had very nearly met the death he longed
or. a gun-sbOt wound had pierced his
breast, and the poisoned lead was tester
ng in his flesh, making bis life as pre-
,arious as burdensome. He was sent
back to Washington, in company with
thousands Of other soldiers, to recover or
lie, with almost every chance in favor
of his death.
But John Ingleton did not die His
mission had not been com pleted,
and it was not his time to die. But. In
The long interval that he remained an
Invalid, be had much time for rehec.
ion, and he brooded constantly overthe
revelation Of General Bateman in re-
gard to the mental and physical condi-
tion Of the suffering wife Of Peter Tubbs.
81 will write to her % be said, at last.
Surely shall violate no code Of law or
ethics If address her as q friend.u
The Winter had passed away. and the
balmy April wind came through the
open window Of the hospital aud famed
the forehead Of the convalescent soldier
with its welcome breath, that seemed
freighted with tidings Of The far Pacific
shore.
The hospital, which for months had
been the scene Of suffering and death
such suffering as would have rendered
life unendurable in every case save only
for the minisirations or the Sisters Of
Mercy who fingered daily beside the
beds Of the wounded-the hospital that
for many weary months had been my