Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1877 — A Confederate's Kindness Remembered. [ARTICLE]

A Confederate's Kindness Remembered.

(Raleigh News.) J In one of the hotly contested fights in Virginia during the war, a Federal offiioer fell wounded in front of the Confederate breastworks. While lying there wounded ana crying piteously for water, a Confederate soldier (James Moore, of Burke county, N. C.) declared his intention of supplying him with drink. The bullets were filing thick from both sides, and Moure’s friends endeavoured to dissuade him, from such a hazardous enterprise. Despite remonstrance and danger, however, Mooie leaped the breastwork. canteen in hand, reached his wounded enemy and gave hin adrink. The Federal officer under a sense of gratitude for the timely service, took out his gold watch and offered it to his benefactor, but it was refused. The officer then asked the name of the man who had braved such danger to succor him, the name was given, and Moore returned unhurt to his position behind the embankment. They saw nothing more of each other. Moore was subsequently wounded and lost a limb in one of the engagements in Virginia, and returned to his home in Burke county. A few days ago he received a communication from the Federal soldier to whom he had given the “cup of cold water” on the occasion alluded to, anuouncing that he had settled on him the sum of SIO,OOO, to be paid in four equal annual instalments of $2,500 each. Investigation has established the fact that there is no mistake or deception in the matter. By different nations, every day of the week is set apart for public worship.—Sunday by the Christians, Monday by the Greeks, Tuesday by the Persians, Wednesday by the Assyrians, Thursday by the Egypt nins, Friday by the Turks and Saturday by the Jews. “Twenty thousand Democratic majority” is. old Ben Wade’s estimate of the result of the next election in Ohio. Some of his friends attempted to reason with him on the impolicy of such a prediction. “It’s no use,” retorted Ben, “there are to many ostriches In the Republican party alrealy.” The first locomotive ever seen west of the Fox river, Illinois, made its appearance on the Galena and Chicago railroad on the 12th of July, 1851. Who can tell how many miles of railroad have been put in operation, west of Fox river since tneu? Dr. Franklin used to say that rich widows were the only article of sec-ond-hand goods that always sold at prime cost.