Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-01-09

also badly wounded, were being
conveyed across the Potomac in m
ambulance drawn by mules, when
near the middle Of the pontoonbridge
the mules took fright and ran on
precipitating them in the river, and
they both narrowly escaped drown.
| ing.
On reaching Msrtinsburg on the
retreat, Lieutenant Wilson had to
snccumb to the pain and suffering
caased by his wound, and fortu.
natsly for MIN he fell into the kind
and gentle hands Of Mrs. Martha
Hunter, near relative of Judge
j. Parran Crane. Upon her pledg-
ing to the enemy that he would be
returned to them upon his recove-
ry, she was permitted to take him
to her hospitable home, where he
was tenderly nursed and cared for
until claimed by the Federal troops
and carried to Fort McHenry. How
truly and forcibly must have come
to him those beautiful lines Of Scott
when that noble lady appeared to
him as he lay bleeding and suffer-
ing, near unto death, far from kim
dred and friends
"oh, woman in our hour OF ease,
Uncertain, coy and hard 10 please,
And variable as the shade
By the Light quivering aspen made;
When pain and anguish wiring the brow.
ministering angel thou -
His heart was always poured out in
fullest gratitude for Mrs. Hunter,
to whom he often said that he was
solely indebted for his recovery.
After being held as a prisoner in
Fort McHenry and at Point Look
out in this county for some time,
on his exchange, he was found in
capable Of active service, and was
assigned to post duty, where he
continued until the conclusion of
the war.
Returning to Leonardtown, he
resumed the practice Of the law.
was subsequently elected clerk to
the County Commissioners, and af-
ter his removal from that position.
devoted himself with renewed ener-
gy to his profession. At later
date he sought the nomination of
his party for the office of States
Attorney, but was defeated in con-
vention by close vote. lie after
wards became the nominee for the
Legislature, and was beaten by his
Republican opponent, greatly re-
ducing the usual Republican ma
jority.
The success he attained at the
Bar and his reputation as an advo-
cate are known to you all, and as
it has beer my melancholy pleasure
on a former occasion to speak of
his triumphs in this "Forum of
Justice" / shall not here further
refer to them.
He died in Baltimore city, after
a short illness, on the oath of June,
1888, in the prime of his life, in
the vigor of his manhood and in
the full tide of his usefulness and
success. There is a melancholy
consolation, however, in the fact
that he lived to see and proudly feel
that he had not fought and bled in
vain. Since it is truly said that
Peace has its victories
No less renowned than war"
then, indeed, has the noble South
achieved hers in all that pertains
to an intelligent, independent aud
chivalrous people, and her brothers
at the North must coEcede to her a
development of her resources to
such an extent as to enable her to
throw of the yoke of dependence
and become, as she has. a free, an
Independent and happy people.
Her cities have increased in splen-
dor; manufacturing establishments ts
of all kinds have sprung Gp all
around her and are prospering;
great institutions dedicated to char
ity and benevolence have been and
are being reared as monuments of
her fostering care, and she has be-
come so rich in her charms that the
traveller loves to linger in her sun
nv CLINE, whilst with her noble peo-
pie, the thought Of establishing O
government separate and distinct
from her Northern brothers, has
long since forever passed away, and
her people and their people have
come together in stronger bonds to
uphold and defend the flag of our