The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1890-10-15
sLIGHTs AND SHADOWS OF THE OLD
CAMP FIRES"
: By ONE OF THE "OLp VETS. y

WAS Der6 WITHOUT bn0 CouutcTSiBu ho
should mark time till the Corporal comes.
Quick time, march i'-,Sol1ier on guard
to Gen. Nelson.
General Lyon was standing in the bat
tie Of Springfield, Mo-, where bullets flew
thickest. just after his favorlte horse
was shot from under him, some Of his Of
ficers interposed aud begged that he would
retire from the spot and seek one less ex-
posed. Scarcely raising his eyes from the
enemy, he said, SIT is well enough that
stand here. / am satisfied. Forward
men, will lead you" Two minutes af
terward he lay dead on the field, killed by
rife ball through the breast, just above
the heart.
While Sherman was marching through
Georgia, Union soldier noticed an old
woman standing 10 the door of house,
uttering frantic appeals for help. On in
quiring of the old woman what was wrong,
she pointed to a burning cotton-gin and
exclaimed, "Put it out 5; you 'uns are
burnin' me child |" On asking where the
child was, he succeeded in learning that
it was in the burning clubhouse. Away
he went to rescue the child, when he met
ten-year old boy, who, badly singed, is
sued forth from the fiery furnace. Re.
turning to the house he made inquiry why
the boy was there, when the old woman
exclaimed, "Well," said she, ''we inns
hured that you 'uns killed all the little
boys, to keep them from growing up to
fight We, and we hid EN-"
Shortly after the arrival of certain
Union regiment, in the suburbs of Mar
tiusburg, Virginia, the squad messing in
one of the tents near dwelling, were lis
teners to most beautiful music, and one
night when gathered together, the voice
struck up again. 'By iove," said one,
'this is agonizlng. can't stand it, She
must be discovered. One of the num-
Der crept on tip-toe toward the dwelling.
Softly raising his head, he peeped within.
The room was full of music. He seemed
to grow blind for moment. Loi prone
upon the kitchen floor sat the mysterious
songstress--an ebony-hued negress, scourt
ing the tin kettles. The soldiers limbs
sank beneath him, and the discovered
songstress looking up, said, $50 way
dar, won't ye, or I'll shy de frying pan
out O. de winder." The soldier left--but
not TO dream, perchance.
Ex-President Hayes in a speech at Of
tawa, 0hi,, not long since, said ''Some
say our soldiers cost us more than any
other nations ever did. English history
shows that the conqueror gave the SOL
diers, or at least the officers, the whole
country. What would have been thought
If the conquering soldiers of '65 had been
given the whole United States We
want no charity bnt justice and our rights,
and the nation can afford to give it to us.
In the Summer OF 1851, regiment of
light infantry from the vicinity of Norway,
Maine, were encamped in Washington for
e few days. Two of the men were dis
| satisfied with their fare and they conceived
the impudent idea OF foraging on the Presi-
dents rations. They proceeded directly to
the Presidents house, without ceremony
went into the broad kitchen, bowling to a
tall man on their passage, and carefully
selecting what they thought would Ego
round, made the following speech to the
cook. ''Look here, we've sworn to sup
| port the government. For three days
we've done it on salt junk, now II you
would spare US little of this 1t would
put the thing along amazingly" 1t is
needless to say that the boys had an album
dance that day. aas3 a.f a saf
The Prayer Of the a0icked. During
the war, Union man at Shelbyvlle,
while In attendance at the Methodist
church at that place, heard prayer offer
ed from the pulpit by the officiating minis
ter In which occurred a sentence some
what as follows 80 Lord, as nation
free and independent, look down upon us
in mercy and loving kindness and hold
us within the hollow Of thy hand amidst
all our desolation and sorrow. Let the
rays of heavens light smile upon our
fields and the dews OF beneficent mercy
be shed upon our valleys. Let the rain
descend to beautify the earth and to swell
the rivers of waters but, o Lord, do not
raise the Cumberland sufficient to bring
upon us the damnable Yankee gun boats. y
Capt. s. /. Mckinley, of Mitchell coun-
ty, Iowa, is man with physical history
that may be termed unequaled. He was
a soldier of the late war. When he en-
listed no scar or blemish disfgured his
| person. He received his first wound at
| kirksville, Mo-, being shot In the head.
He got another head wound at Fort Glib
son. During the battle of Champion Hills,
a shell exploded over him, one piece
crushing his face near the right nostril
and lodging In his throat, and another
unfolding itself in bis brain. After ly-
ing on the field thirty-six hours, be was
| picked up and attended to, an iron band
being placed around his skull to keep 1t
together. On recovering, he Joined the
Red River expedition and at Shaggy
Point he was shot in the arm. At the
Battle OF Winchester, he got ball In the
hip. He ended his career as a wound
getter at Fisher Hill with two bullet
holes in the hip and broken thigh
"Uncle Sam" then concluded that Capt.
Mckinley had done enough for his coun-
try, and discharged him, ION account OF
wounds received In action" Since the
war tllis badly shattered veteran has bad
one hundred and eleven pieces of bone
taken from his body, eigbty-seven being
taken from his head alone. Yet TO the