New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-02-09

| eoagulated with blood, and twice had it been
| washed in the snow that now rose high around
| tile feet of our ehamping and impatient horses;
| and now the fifth torturer approached, but still
tile compressed lips and eiammy tongue Of the
proud Frenchman refused to implore mercy His
head was bowed down on his breast, his body
hung pendant from the cords that encircled his
swollen and livid wrists his back from neck 70
Wilst was one mass Of lacerated flesh, on which
| the fcathery snowdakes were melting; for the
| agony he endured must have been like unto .
stream OF motion lead pouring over him, but no
gfoan, no entreaty escaped him, and still the
oarbarous punishment proceeded
have remarked that there is.no event too
horrible or too sad to be without q little Of the
ridiculous init, and this was discernable here
one trumpeter, who appeared to have more
hsimanity, or perhaps less skill than his prede-
| easscI 81 and did not exert himself sufficiently,
was 1undly beaten by the rattan of the trum-
peS- ajor, while the latter was castigated by the
| Provost Mareschal, who, In turn for remissness
Of duty, received sundry blows from the speak
ing trumpet Of the Baron: so they were all lay
ing soundly on each other for time.ss assS
$ Morbleur said the Frenchman viii J 91fn
smile, .'twas quite in the Dutch taste thaSA AsW
"The Provost Marescllal continued to maxk
the time with the 1istless apathy Of an aut0EsA-
ton; the smoke curled from his meerschaum,
the drum continued to tap-tap-tap, until it
seemed to sound like thunder to my strained
ears, for every sense was painfully excited All
count had long been lost, but when several hum
dred lashes had been given, Van Wandenberg
| and half his Dutchman were asleep in their
saddles.
| " 1t was now showing thick and fast, but still
| this hideous dream continued, and still the
| securing went on. 81 Hsaa4 "a .asMul zslegg
| AT last the altered sound of the lash and
the terrible aspect of the victim, who, after CIV
| ing one or two convulsive shudders, threw back
I m -.
caused the trumpeter to recede pace or two,
and throw down his CORY scourge, for some lin
gering sentiment Of humanity, which even the
Dutch discipline of King William had not ex-
| tnguished, made him respect when dead the
man whom he had dishonored when alive.
.sThe young Frenehman was dead Vi ;fg
| g exclamation Of disgust and indignation
| that escaped me woke up the Baron, who after
drinking deeply from great pewter flask Of
skiedam that hung at his saddlebow, muttered
schefns several times, rubbed his eyes, and then
beloved through his trumpet to bind up the
| other prisoner. Human endurance could stand
this no more, and though deemed the offer
vain, | proposed TO give hundred English
giineas as reason eA' i''f
SO Ach Gott said the greedy Hollander i'm
mediately becoming interested !; bot we're you
get 20 mosh guilder., .555s III -s,.-s.f -5-.,.s.,
s.TTsOh, readily, Mynheer Baron replied,
drawing forth my pocket book, I have here
! D1liS Oh Ills 0fdce Lne luke OF MarlD0f0u4M6
paymaster and on the Bank Of Amsterdam for
much more than that-'Fsss ;i isssa 5,s ~
sss Bot Icannet ledaf de brinsoner for 10 lit
tle-hunder pounds-dat yer small-zay two
stsI If one is not enough, Mynheer Baron, I
will refer to the decision Of his grace the cap
tain-general' 9l&ses :a7 = rae saas
| sAch, der tuyyel will you 2 said the Dutch
man, with savage CLEAN in his little eyes,
| which showed that he quite understood my hint;
veil, me won't quarrel vid you, glib me de bills
and de schelm is yours 5al5 .si
ssResolving, nevertheless, to lay the whole af-
| fair before Marlborough, the moment reached
our trenches at Aire, gave bill for the re-
quired sum, and approaching the other French
man, requested him to keep beside me; but he
seemed too much confused by grief, and scelds
and horror to comprehend what l said. Pr
fellow his whole soul and sympathies seemed
absorbed in the mangled corpse Of his brother,
which was now unbound from the halter, nnd
lay half sunk among new fallen snow. While
he stopped over it, and hastily, but tenderly, pro-
ceeded to draw the half lf-frozen clothing upon
the stiffened form, the orders of Van Wanden-
berg we're heard hoarse1y through his speaking
trumpet, as they rang over the desolate plain,
and his troopers wheeled back from circle into
line--from line into open column Of troops, and
} | thereafter the torches were exhnguished and
the march begun. Slowly and solemnly the
dragons glided away into the darkness, each
with pyramid of snow rising from the steeple
crown, and ample brims Of his broad beaver
hat. M'eess F9fSa ,VAis'7s .@SF2 sa seS9'
g It was now almost midnight; the red moon
q had waned, the snow storm was increasing, and
J there were and the young Frenchman, with
! his brothers corpse, left together on the wids
y plain, without place to shelter us % 91 'ss7
5 Proceed Monsieur, said the Frenchman
"a as the narrator paused; v for am well awar
II that your story ends not there s,i-- AZ
'Itdoes not-you seem interested; butt hav
Ee little more to relate, save that dsmounted an
II assisted the poor Frenchman to raise the bed
y from the snow, and to tie it across the saddle
Is my horse; taking the bride in one hand, IsuF
ported him with the other, and thus we Pre-
i ceeded to the nearest town.
+ To Armentieres on the Lys,' exclaimed th
/ Frenchman, seizing the hands of the Major o
= = the latter paused again; to Armentieres, te
miles west Of Lisle, and there You left them, al
9 ter adding to your generosity by bestowing sui
J ticient to inter his brother in the Protestan
Z Church of that town, and to convey himself t
his native France Oh! Monsieur, am tina
n Frenchman, and here, from my heart, from m
: soul. thank you,' and half kneeling, the stran
u ger, kissed the hand of the Major. -
IL Conclusion to-taor7Vic.
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