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HAH J!sw^Ay., Dea.»,pi.;•'* BditoI^Timk^ tenth has beeaiwoir■«»HR•i**midst, and we have been called upon to meet the rider oF the “pale horse.'* Not on the- batth-fitW, When tbepassions Were aroused, and the chance of retaliation was at lnhd'. aod where^th# djashing of armelftgfe ihtfiner feeling^, by deadening tbp sensibilityand rendering the mind and heart tndif** ■ * ■* • i V l »%', ■ • */i } »l *ferent, ip a great degree, alike to danger and t^^eath; h«t we. pye been called to wknesp the straggle , between death andi « • ■ • • i • I • • • . » * I 1 # , ’ . ,hie victim, in the tented fieldrip the ab-pence of nearly all. the .softening'ioflu-Unoes that surround the death bed at borne.' V . J* M:,. '* '» U *-'•••. • ;•We .have been robbed of one of our com*. - •-•rTRon ;trades, one of our atrodg young warriora, on Wbom we bad rested our confidence in the day of battM—one whose q,uiet steadiness of purpose was indicated oy his daily demeanor. We feel and mourn for the loss of Jonathan John. -He died ati ’ • • / . *'/ » * i ’ * * *about 5 o'clock. P.M.. of the 23d inst.,of9 9 . * ' f • i'-li % • , u il » i t i! •pneumonia, combined perhaps ..with other affections .of the lungs. He gave evidence that the event was not uolooked forby himself, for at, twenty*four hours previous to his death, he suffered -greatlyfrom a difficulty. o,f breathing, but made no unmanly complaints. . He could not converse for waul of breath: but in a fewT*-- . / - 9 • • • * • - Idisconnected words, aignified hi^ wishes to his comrades, who watched around his pallet.. During the last twenty-four hours of his illness he was closely attended by.atwo of his messmates—Willi am .Jordan, and Jamas Patterson, and myself—rand after we bad prepared the body for a soldier’s grave, w* were pleased t°- learn that through the exertions of - opr excellent Captain, and the Quartermaster of the regiment, arrangements had been made for»sending the corpse home for burial, in the midst of his friends and the soenes of his boyhood's home. Yours,A. J. Wright.. .**m circNew 0 who haabout inot be? »or aboi difficulspecial A RJvilla, 1 destroy ascendNahhvior saferA Seaome of Aflklrs la Missouri.A telegram from St. Louis, dated Dec.■ v’ , 6 » .27^ gives the following resume of military operations in Missouri, obtained from reliable'sources within the past two weeks:jThe TJpioo aggny captured twenty-five hundred rebels, including about- seventycommissioned officers, twelve hundred. *horses and mules, elven hundred stand ofa WhiI. • -elry rement.repairia numlfoundmainta• A*his hoiAplt; _ *Commvoluntmg veBra*MayAndMayAmiin Mi* nous tMagofiriost i; Moj Northniond,tributiCailery h regula dayanight iTmbeen i21, IfferredW. Isold b« good a we had more. Horse I I__
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Connersville Weekly Times
Connersville, Indiana, US
Thu, Jan 02, 1862
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