Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-04-22
MARY, THE MURDEREss.

When party Of the Morbihan rebel
led, during "the hundred days." it i.
known that there was a serious engage
ment near Auray, between the insur
gents and the Blues. This was only 9
specimen of civil war, a fac simile of '93
Nevertheless, the officer was SO san
culinary as to leave some hundreds o.
men weltering in their blood, among the
rank weeds that grew in gullies of the
field. 1t was in such places that nearly
all the dead bodies were found, and as
was remarked with most "ferocious
simplicity" by the mayor of the place,
appointed to clear thesfeld of battle, "it
had the appearance of the consequences
Of general pardon of brave men, who
had gone to sleep in their cups" Alas
few of those sleepers ever awoke.
The next day after the battle, wo-
man was going to the field with her
! sickle on her arm. As she went along
the path, she looked with curiosity on all
sides. Around her the trees were pierre
ed with balls. the bushes were broken
and the earth trodden down. At short
distances, the path was strewn with but
tons, with hair, with shoulder knots
twisted from the wearer, cartridge paper
pieces Of Bretons' hats pierced with shot
or bayonets, and puddles of congealed
blood. Every thing indicated that Sc
we're battle had recently been fought ir
this place. AS to the dead bodies, they
had all disappeared. The peasants had
gone in the night to bury them, and the
women had traversed the field Of battle
with wallets on their shoulders, stripping
and praying for their dead enemies. i
was even said that rich booty had beer
thus obtained by some of them, and twas
readily believed what the young wo
man spoken of above, was thinking
about, had any one marked her peculiar
air, and the careful attention with which
her eye scrutlnized every thicket on bott
sides of the way. She had reached
rather wider place, quite marshy, witt
tufts Of high grass, and she began to hur
nv her steps, as if she renounced al
hopes of booty, when she saw bunci
of high flags shaking-a slight clashins
of iron was heard-the point of a bay
onet appeared, and then bloody figure
slowly and painfully rose up.
The young woman stopped short
She did not make the least noise, bu
grasped strongly the handle Of the sickle
Meantime, the groans Of the man AM
a few words pronounced in the provin
cial dialect Of Brittany, induced her 7
approach. She went a few steps on tn
grass. The wounded man had succeed
ed in raising himself on his knees, sur
porting himself thus by leaning on hi
inusket, and the girl saw his blu
Jacket, furnished with old fashioned but
tons, that he was sailor--many CON
panies Of which had been formed j
ARRAY. She again hesitated; but b
implored her to approach, assuring he
that he would do her no harm, that b
could not move, as one leg was dreat
fully broken by a ball. Thus encour'
ged, the girl approached a few steps.
What do you want = asked she.
Are any Of the Blues here?'
sThe Blues have gone.
.Gonel How long since
Ever since yesterday =.
Ii CAM be possible r cried the sailo
sWere we moi the strongest Z
The girl made no answer. She :
Misunderstanding as if she had not hea
tfe question. She, however, told a falls
hood. for The Blues were at Auray.
The sailor again questioned her, a.
she replied in manner to induce hl
10 believe that he was abandoned, Al
without hope of aid. Severely wouu
cd the previous evening, whilst skirml'