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Show GEN. SIGEL'S LAST DAYS. In 1 letter nf recent date -Oct. 1 trots lira. Krans Hlpel to Mrs. K. May-olckuilllnian May-olckuilllnian of this clly. a lire long frlestof the family, she describes tho di'Clieng days of l.er Illustrious bus banilai follows: "Ai)uu know, during tho past few yean ho had liocome ipillo w. nk and foci's, but was not 111. nor did lo- suffer suf-fer IT pain; It wn. a Kiadunl wasting aj of Ills Kirouctii and energy. shift , ( ,,, ;,, P;iii: ,, il.il. 1,-1 ll,'( the t, e, tually a, tin- and strenuous life at had I, si. When, for tho lack of stri 0 ,: 1 li . ho was in, able to follow nla n iHtonicd literary und olher In-tclltttiial In-tclltttiial piirsullK. ho droipe, thclll one h one, app ueiitly without n giet. l.aiii, ho would und awhile, then lllltkr n till.-. V bill he seemed to enjof most was when I would talk to Li on all sorts of subjects, ills runcurrent toplca. and busy myself ahoKhitn. Ho wa supremely happy wh'H our ilnughlo- l.ella was with blfn. One of iik always accompanied bilnsi his dully walks. W in a ho nos b'Oai blo to take tho-o, wo went dnv-11 dnv-11 s mil 1, im 'Hi enjoyed iho pint miniii, r so mnci for Hie vi, .11 it v- of our lir,,n Is voijlio.iuiltut. ' hr months he was uiialdo to lake anv till ll,lil,l Hour! ,1,1 1, still tho end 'a, no all to,, suddenly; wo I, fid HOI JlOIO'llt l,f U lietoiO. Ilo fell asleep so gently, softly. The laat words I understood him to a were: 'Mamma. II was well; all lias been for the best.' and then he left lis. "It was well that the universal sympathy sym-pathy extended to u In our urn-averment earned our I iinigbts away from ourselves so that I hardly know how Iho lime has pressed. "---Washington I'ost. Cen. Meade'a Headquarter. .f-tSlt- ',;. t 'i I V, 1 " 'V ' ' '. f'" i In this iinpioieotioo.s llttlo house the I ri,iiimnn,:,'i' of tho I'nliiii army at ;,-n wbuti; pbiiinod the grcrt battle which pra. tu ally ended tho ?iopoa of I the I'olile.leialeH. |