The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1826-11-07

ofliciously filed my canteen with brandy,
on learning INV denomination 70 pass the
NIGHT in the open dir. " You will find i of
use Harry" said he; it win keep your
heart warm in the cool lodging you have
chosen" now hoped it might warm an
other heart, which death seemed nearly to
have chilled. started up and the poor
woman with difficulty suppressed scream
of surprise at my appearance. /, howev-
er, presently dissipated her fears, by offer
ing all the assistance in my power. AS
sistance2'' repeated she, :" from yom, who
are English; but have heard that you
are brave " And you shall find" said |,
''that we are generous; ifit is not too late,
will conduct your husband to the French
camp the distance is not more than three
miles" She thanked me by her looks:
for words were denied her; and with the
help of the brandy, we restored the unfor-
tunate Pierre sufficiently to make him UNI
derstand our intention.
Yet his reduced strength, and the over
towering influence of his Joy at finding
himself likely to be restored to liberty, for
some time deprived him of the power of
making the necessary effort. His step even
with my assistance, was faltering and slow,
and, enfeebled by suffering, he was forced
I frequently to step, from faintness and fa-
tigue. During these intervals, the distress
of his affectionate wife was extreme {; eve-
ny sound that met her ear, she fancied the
soldiers in persrit; every moment she fea-
red her husband was about to breathe his
last; and sometimes kneeling beside him,
with claspcd hands, and streaming eyes rai-
sed to heaven, she offered up silent prayer,
and sometimes, bending over him with dis
tracted anxiety, she believed his cold FORE
head with her tears. I was not ashamed
of those that started to my eyes at the at
fccting scene, nor could L mistake the fee
lings that agitated my heart, as | listened
to her tale. She had encountered many
dangers in seeking her husbands place of
confinement: for he had been wounded
and taken prisoner in the last action but
she could not endure the idea of never be-
holding him again. She had hoped, she
said, that, under her care, he might rccov-
err she had traced the route of the Eng
lish with difficulty, sometimes following
tho creaking of the wheels of their artille-
ry and baggage wagons, and sometimes
guided only by the information she could
gain from the stragglers from either army.
At last, after innumerable difficulties, she
had discovered his prison, and by we'll
concerted stratagem, (for what cannot at
lection do y procured his release but the
exertion had been too much for him, for
his wounds were not yet closed, and she
feared that even now his escape was inn
possible. mot entirely So" said 1, and
again lent my supporting arm to the fee
BILE Pierre, who, invigorated by her exam
Pile, exerted all his remaining strength.
The feelings of my heart had already led
me beyond my duty, bnt I felt no repug-
nance at the act for it was restoring a
fellow creature to liberty, though an enc
my; and though this might be considered
crime in the military code, yet was
conscious it was none in that of humanity.
Indeed, l was assured it was not so !: for
when on their reaching the French out
posts, parted with Pierre and his wife,
and received their fearful thanks, and the
blessing of an enemy, / turned to the spot
and marched off as satisfied with myself as
if had been made general officer.
During the whole war, not an incident
occurred that gave me so much pleasure.
Every one knows that success crowned our
arms, and found, by experience, that con-
quest gives not so much real delight to the
heart as one trifling instance of exerted HUI
manity. often thought of Pierre amidst
these scenes-oftcn wished to know his
fate-but was not grati6ed till the period at
| which our victorious army occupied Paris,
when saw Pierre, with the characteristic
versatility of a Frenchman, mounting the
white cockade, at one of the festivals that
celebrated the second restoration of Louis
XVIII"
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From Flnt's " Ten Years in the valley Of the
Mississippi"
Earthquake in Neao MadIrid in 1912.
From all accounts, corrected one by an
other, and compared by the very imperfect
narratives which were published, infer
that the shock of these earthquakes in the
Immediate vicinity of the. centre Of their
force must have equalled in their terrible
heavings of the earth, any thing Of the
kind that has been recorded. do not be-
lieve that the public have ever yet had any
adequate idea of the violence of the con-
cussions. We are accustomed to measure
this by the buildings overturned, and the
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