The gazette. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1798-1799, 1798-12-17

two grand chiid En-, to ieek ihcltsr IN cellar or
The houle which hou'c ihared The fame un-
tor unare iste with he reH, vas foon Pillaged
and i5t 80 hro-that ihe herfll had heI lome
lule way intD the county, and Lad retired
from the ddrger 81 the enemy, in hopes that, IN
cafe at diicovery, her age might iecure her
from that fate which her grand children, two
young women in the bloom Of life, might 9th
,iwif- be e2poled to-lhat thtir father, who
was a notary Of the placg, with his wife, had
reiolved on Aaying with the'ch!ldgen in their
concesdE5ent. .
Whcn NY I'm returned with the folders the
old woman hewed rs the ipot where We ihoUld
f-arch tor the devoted family. We had not
been long at work among The ruins, when we
broke into the cellar whther.4he family had He'd
I1ete a fcsne prcfntcd ii,lf, that would have
turned monarch's heart fromthe ielltde Of
var, which briogs iueh detoI2.ign and horror
in its coarl..
Clafped in each others arms lay two }eau,i
lul filters, with their father ana mother by tseir
Gde, fufocated by the I'm ke while rh= %
woman, with horrid yeiis was bsw4iling th-igi,
Of her uafoytunale children. Aiai-S III bodies,
and frantic with grief Ny I'm ,t5od uuiing
over this m ianchoiy ip-aacls.
l Iohcied him To dePattj 1 urged him 10
withdraw from 70 affecting a icene. Sternly
did he return his eyes on nc, and feemed pet
ri6ad % lie fpot. In vain did reaion on the
necedary ctnfcquences Of war; that il was no
premeditatcd cruelty, bat one Of diofe cafual-
misfortuncs that even the civil traniaaions Of
life are often chequerel with.
Where is your Iealon, your maohood, my
y n 4 IN 4 II III
womaniih feelings For flame !! for flame
All men in the courfe Of their lives mua make
up their minds to calamities like thef-. Away
Your countTymen will ridicule your want Of
frmnefs and the laurels which you have hith-
erto acquitted, viii only ferve TO point you
out as more onfpicuups inRance Of efeminacy.
| took him By the arm to draw him gently
fom this dilreiing fight, when he flung him
ielf away from me, and exclaimed, pointing 70
the youngett Of the girls, whole tongue, from
the convulGve gaps OF death. hung from her
mouth, Behold this unparalleled butchery of
my countrymen Will not the wrath Of heaven
revenge this outrage on humanity Cruel, cru
el PIudians YOU are bloody, indeed Accur(-
cd protection Hell has only invented thee
From this moment allure thee. VIII not
return to thefe blood hounds will'hy 70 the
deierts forever, and hide my face from luch IN
humanity !" with " fec there my father"
pointing again % thc dead bodies, and bura
Into flood Of tears.
Itrequired tome force to bear him from this
calamitous icene and 70 Groog was the in.
lreiion, that a fixed acknowledgement entire
poEelion Of him and Guch was he extreme
delicacy and tenderness Of lis feelings thar I
was defined to fec his beloved child feized
with violent fever, and 10 hear him. in the pr
roxfEs Ct hs Gitemper, rave in the wLdeR,
yer mot pathetic language Of this event.
Some h,tle time before he expired, he had
T mmoned ore OF the young women in 10 bis
Wife, and aarted up in bed, curling the war
which had fnitched her away from him, lie fix
CO his eyes gha0iy upon ms, which | readily
tranlated INTO a remembrance for Being the au,
thor Of his unhappy mal2dy, fell back into a
iWO3u, from which he never recovered"