Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1847-08-18

Bu car'ain, " there no chance q o..
tanning The leave a. absence I
'Atc yoJ mad wasiho rcpls l.eav.
o. absence, The very day before ,aliag he
Gcli
never though, OF that .ai r,errc $500
We are then on The pom, Of taking the
h'li AM Mt sseh umc suppose leave ).
never gi.,nl
LIS never n'L,l
IL - quite ush. 1T never should be AK
81 l. would have the appearance Of COW
afdicc Wcli,,h, WA o.! pros; 30 ans
move lNlllify au1 81 on wfhoui it
'Anl You vii 10 well rfpl.si ID, cap.
Tain
Tho nor, d,y the twelfth regimen, cn,cr
al t'csmany, onj shc noil Pare po.ois
deserted
Three months after when ~. ,wolhh
res im,ut. having roap,d IA the fed OF bat
tie 40 atuniln, har,es, ol glory. was ma
king IS tlnmphAl entry INTO S.rastarc
picfrc Pfois was icnomniously drace,i
back 10 his corps ~ brigade OF gems sc
Gfni,S \ count marital Is Immediately
called Pierre Poiois y accused Of having
y
imcn, WI. nbou, TO mec, tho enemy face to
hcs The couu presented singular spec
'IAcl, On the one 5 T. s,OoI louh the nc
cusct who cri,i--
Pierre phois. YOU are one o;tho tra,osi
men "a tic afmy, YOU, on those breas, the
s,at OF honor iirefs. YOU who have never
incurred ,nbcr pgnsbmoul OF even cen.
sure iiQm your Clhc,is, you could hot
have qIN,i your qufu,d 1t al.
most on the eve Of blilc--w,hout somc
powerful motive 10 imp,l YOU Tins mo
i've ,he count d,manIs Of you iJr It wod
gladly have a. IN IT. pOwcr---ll no, TO acqui
YOU, " hlch 4 perhaps oDgh, hot 10 10 OF
dcslte--ai least TO recommend you 10 the
cmrcrots mercy
On the other eide stood The accused who
answered, ] have deserted wghou, any
toasou. without any motive DO no, re-
, pcnl, II 1t were to do again, Would DO II.
again. observe death pass sen.
| tcnco
! Aud thru came Witnesses who drpOsed
-"Pierrc piols IS dcscr,cr, we know IT
: IS fact bu, we DO nol believe IT. And
others avcffcI, "Picrrc phoss IS mad The
couf, cannot condemn a mndman lie mus,
be sentenced then, no. TO death bu, 10 the
! lunalic asy lum.
This las, alternative had nearly been
dopi.d Tor there was no, QUO person N the
| court who dli no, consider the dcscr,on
/ Of Pierre l'iols NJ one ol those singular oc
currcncos beyond the range OF humln pos
slbilrics, which While every one IS force !
to lint rs fact, no one can necoun, for,
( or comprehend The accused however,
! pleaded guilty most positively. and was
! most perlnacious in his demand for the JUS,
penalty OF the law to be Inflicted upon him
lie so boldly md icar,ssly nvowei hls
crime, Continually repeating thl, he dii
not rccrc, II, ,ha, nj length, bis trmncss,
assumed the character OF a bravado and
/ lc6 no room for clcmcncy Sentence Of
death was therefore pronounced.
PIERRE Piois heard his sentence real
with the most steady unlinchin- gaze -
/ They warmly urged him to plead for mer
cy, bui he refused A. every one guessed
,ha, n, the bottom Of ,his afllir there was
some strange mystery. Il was determined
that the execution Of Pierre should be- de
lsyoI lie was carried back to the militia
rs prison, aud il was announced 20 HIN
that as mark Of special hvor. be ha-
three DAYS gwen him to press for pardon
lie shrugged his shoulders anl maze n,
reply
Ia The middle Of ,ha, night on whicl
was to dawn The day Gsii ioT his cxccu
ton, the door of Pieifc's dungeon ,urnoS
solly on IT'S hinges, nni n suballorn office
advanced TO the sidc Of the camp bed II
which tic condemned was Tranquility sleep
ing, oud after gazing on him some tint
IN sioncc aNohc him.
licrro opened hls eyes md stating a
hou, h,m. sliI--'lhe hour lhcn, has q
las, come
NO. Picrrc' ror,ci The officer, 'ni
no, vt The hour Lui 1t VII soon come
And wha, do you want with me IN,
I lhenl'
spoa thou no, know mo, Pierre y
malcr--l hnoA lA,c well saw Tire a
Aus.crlnz and hravcly is thou bear ,hy
e sali From lhl' tay. Pierre, ! have lad
Z recarl iar thee no 'cs' warm 'tau 'ncou
= Nc,'rflay On my arrival NJ Slfa,bufg,
2, learned ihy ci.mc and ihy clndsmnato'
have prevailed "a iho saolcr. who rs u
. lanon al mine 90 allow me 90 sec lhcc an
now tho, ! have come | would say % iho
: P.euc IL is ofrn "a thought 20 q m
q about 20 &c. that 3D. has nora incHi ncl
him 10 whom hem ,hi opsn BIS h'af' on
en'rus, wIth some sa.sri commission 20 8
: charge whom g., shoals b. 10 more