Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1847-08-25

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} From L,n,rt'ne. history u the 1rani,is.
The M,rscillaise preserves notes Of the
song Of glory, and shrink Of death glor'-
Gus rs the one, and funeral like ns the OH
er, II assures the county while it makes
the cixcn turn pal,.r TIL. - It's history
There was hen Young officer, IN The
garrison nj S,rasbutg. NAMED Rouge, DE-
l.sle Tie was born a. t.nnslc Spnicf, IN
the Jala, that country Of revere and ,n"f
gvas mountainous coun'rics always orc.-
Tbs young man loved wnr Ikea soldier
the Revolution like a thinker tie
charmed with bis verses md music. Me
slow dull garrison lf'. Mech IA request
OF his two fold ,alcn, ne museum and poet
he VISITED the house of Di'rick an Asa
tan p,lrlo, (M,re Of S,rashontp) on ln,,.
mate Terms Ibaticks wife aud young
daughters shared IN he patriotic feelings
for the Revolution was advancing 'owaids
the frontiers. lnst AS the affections OF the
body always commoncc al The rxtrcmllirs
They were very partial 10 the Young 9th
Ger, and inspired his poetry and his muse.
They executed the first OF his ideas h,id'y
developed conhianl,s Of he ,arli,H Il CHS
OF ms genus
!. was IN tho winter Of 1892 mi there
wns u scarcity IN S,rnsburg The house
Of D,cluck was poor aud the table hum.
Bile, bu, there was al~aysa welcome for
Rougd de Isle. The young officer was
there from morning al night, Ike the son
or brother OF the family Oue day, there
VAS only some coaisc bread and slices Of
ham on the table. Dicuick looking with
calm sadness a, De Isle said 10 him, -
"Plen,y Is no, seen q, our faHs, tu, WIN,
matters It II tn,husiam Is no, waning Il our
civic E,cs and oon'ng. IN our soldiers
heats have sill lch bottle Of wine in
my cellar Bring it," he added, allross-
sing one Of his daughters, "anl We will
drink 10 liberty and our country S,ras
burg IS shortly TO have q pa,riouc ccrcrno.
nv. and DE Lislc must be inspired by these
last drops TO produce enc Of those hymns
which convey to soul OF The people the 60
lhusiasm which suggested It
The Young girls applaud'd, fdch'd the
wine, filled the glasses THEIR old hlher
Vlh ku' NOuUb DllAi'l uiiAii Wv WIN "''
exhausted |, was minigt, and very cold
De Lslc was n dtoamcr, be hear was
moved his ad heated The cold seized On
: him, and he was Staggering to his lonely
chamber, ondcavoring. By degrees to find
inspiration N the palpin'ions OF hls cillz'n
heart and on his small slavIcor1, now
composing the mir before The words. and
now the words before the air combined
lh,m so intimately 10 his mind, ,lnt he
could never tell which was 6's, produced,
the slr OF the words, so impossible dil he
find II to separate the poetry from the mu'
SIC and Tho feeling from the impression -
Tie sung everything wrote nothing
Overcome by this divine inspiration hi'
! head fell sleeping on the instrument, and
be did no, awake,l daylight The song
! of,he over nigh, relurnol TO his memor,
S with difficulty, Ike the recollection OF q
! dream lie wfot. II down and then ran tc
. derrick. lie found him IN his garden
His wife and daughters had not yd risrn
. Dicrck aroused them, called together
some irlouds ne fond ne himself Of music
! and capable Of ,vecu'ing DcLslo, com
, position D.c,nca's ,lJcs, daughter nc
companlol them Rousa san. a, ID,
ffN verse all couulenanc,s tutnod Jalc, a
the second tears flowed al,ho lns cn,husi
, asm burst forth
, The hymn OF the country was junl =
, Alas 1t wa.slso destined 20 ho the hymn
1 Of tcrror The unfortunate brfick wen
few months afterwards 70 the srsh
p olI Of the sound Of tie notes proincsi a. h''
"a oan l'''iir from ihe Lear % ts 'l'he
and voice d hls daughters
The new song cfecu'rl some dlfs NJ
forwards a, slrasbufc ncN from cts 'oefy
IN every public o'chc.n N,r'cl.l,s q
d1pifd ITO be sung A. the open ~ AMI 80
tnss Of The Clubs IT, NafsriI'ls,pfc1.
al over Fnu-c. hy 'aging D every
whct, IN ,'eu way N.su-" ihe name o.
y. Nqrseii'ais~ u l.,l's oii OF 'her ar0y
ai,, ni.rehgeuse. sl1rn'd a. ihc 'f.ri e
!, her son voice, wroloio hin ,hp, w hn
, o. TINS R-soi1uoupfy hymn sung ~ biui
Of bugants who nre iraVcrsin- france az
with which our name .. mingled -
L;e himself prescribed a,a royal''' h~a .
q and sbot iefcd q. u sounded on hr rsis
=. whllo escaping by some Of the wsd pa,'c
Of the Alps What do lhey call ,ha' hymn
!, s,sci be Of h, guide 'The Nn'.s lla'se,
replied the p~sssnt |, VA, thus he learn
The name o. hs own work The ara
TUNED araios III. hand 'hs, forged Th'
Re'oisnon. lnsane, no longer reeogaife'
"a own voice