The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-08-11
CoNJuGAL AFFECTION.

Among the many striking examples of re"
male tenderness, affection, and constancy,
which modern times have furnished, the
following is worthy Of record MIR. Weiss,
who was town surgeon of ofNeumarkt, prompt
ed by that ardent patriotism which infam-
ed the bosoms of the PrussianE OF all ranks
at the commencement of the conflict Ill
| 1912, exchanged that post fer the post 9f
surgeon to the Ncumarkt l.andwehr. The
corps formed part Of the force employed in
the Siege of Glogau. In the execution ofth
duties of his office, he caught the epidemic
fever. No sooner did his wife receive the
account of his situation, than she Immediate
! " FASTENED to him from Ncumarkt. She
| found her husband in the height OF typhus
and nsensiblc, in cottage at Nosswit1, near
Glogau. Scarcely h; i she begun the office
of nurse, when sortic made Con the 10th
November, 1889 by the garrison of Gle
gau threw the whole neighbourhood and
that village in particular, into the utmost
CONSERVATION. All its inhabitants betook
themselves to flight. She alone was left,
with her apparently expiring husband, III
the cottage, against which the hottest fire OF
the enemy's artillery was directed, proba-
bly, because it was distinguished from the
other houses by tiled roof.-5evcral
grenatles breaking through the roof, set the
floor on fire. Having carefully covered
up her patient. and as it were buried him
in the bed clothes, She ran out for u pail OF
water, extinguished the fire, and again di-
rcctctl her attention to the beloved object OF
her anxiety. She found him, to her great JOY,
in profuse perspilation, but the inccssant
shower OF balls rendered her abode more
and more dangerous. 4 twelve FOUNDER
r b.I .1f I, l,tct NH hnt
without doing him the slightest injury
Resolved, to die with him, she lay down by
his side, and thus awaited their common
fate.-Noon arrived, and this time the Prus-
slams had driven back the enemy into their for
tress. She was earnestly entreated to provide
for her safety, as it was impossible to tell
whetherthe enemy might notattempta fresh
sortie. She, however, scorncd every idea
OF removing to place of security herself,
unless she could save her husband also; and
though the removal of the patient was deem
ed impracticable she nevertheless determ-
incd on this hazardous and only way Of en-
suring safety.
Having tied his hands and legs, to prevent
him from moving and taking cold, she laid
him, closely wrapped up with bed and bed
ding, in cart covered with boards, i'll which
she took her stand, and looked at him eve
~ minute. She slowly pursued her course
towards Schmarsau, bat scarcely had she
left Nosswitz, when the besieged began to
fire from the fortress in that direction
The balls few thickly about the cart, and
the affrighted lad who drove, took shelter,
sometimes under it, and sometimes under
the horses She was fortunate enough to
,,e this danger without injury, md ar
rived with her patient at Schmarsaue eywhich
was already TIN onged with wounded, and
applied for lodging at the first cottage.
The mistress of the house, whose husband
had,slied of nervous fever, fell OH her like
fury, turned the horses heads, and pro-