David Smith Cowles

    A HERO AT REST.---Colonel DANIEL S. COWLES
of Hudson, New York, (brother of Judge EDWARD
P. COWLES,) was killed in the assault at Port
Hudson, on the 27th ultime. He commanded the
One-hundred-and-twenty-eighth Regiment of New
York Voluneers, made up in good part of the hardy
young farmers of Columbia county, many of them
men of wealth and high social position. Colonel
Cowles was himself wealthy, stood at the head of
the bar of Columbia county, was a widower, about
forty years old, of fine physical development, being
over six feet high. He went into the war as a matter
of patriotic duty, telling his friends that he did not
expect to survive it, but considering many such lives
a cheap sacrifice for the preservation of such a
country as ours. From a private letter just received
from Major FOSTER, of the regiment, we gather that
he died as the true soldier would wish to die, leading
up his men to the enemy's works. He was killed by
a bayonet thrust in the groin, and lived about an hour
after he received the wound. He was carried a short
distance to the rear by Sergeant BELL, who sup-
ported him in his arms until he died. He was every
inch a soldier, cool in council, brave in battle, polite
in his intercourse with others, and happy in all his
relations. His last words were:--"Tell my mother
I died with my face to the enemy. Lord Jesus re-
ceive my spirit." It is expected that his remains will
arrive here shortly, and will be taken to Hudson for
burial.