Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1853-09-15

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of victory but he had suffered child to
tie his hands, and when be had struggled
to free himself he heard cry of Shame
shame p that awoke him from his uneasy
slumber with the cold sweat upon his brow
and his tender wife sumbering peacefully
by his side, her white and delicate arm
clasplng his painting chest
When tie morning dawned and the day
called him to its duties, it found him
strangely altered man The caresses of
his wife seemed loathesome to him-he
could not bear her presence, but sought
every opportunity of stunning her But
once during that day did he speak to her
The poor creature could not bear his cold
ness. and her heart overlooking with feel
lngs that became insupportable, she seized
his hands and looking earnestly in his
face while her eyes glistened with tears
she exclaimed
''Oh, George why do you behave so
coldly 1t is killing me, George-you
must speak to me, or I shall die p
He pressed her to his bosom for mo-
ment; and then, looking earnestly in her
eyes said
MARY, you have disgraced me l can
never look man in the face again l'
She spoke not, but returned his glance
with proud eye, and suddenly quitting
the room, she left her husband wondering
at the strangeness of her behavior Her
absence was but for moment. and re
turning, she placed in the hands of George
the gun aud knapsack with which he had
accoutred himself the previous night
There. George, return to the camp
Tell General Washington that the wife
gives her heart for the cause of her coun-
try. If every American gave as much,
we should be in9incible Go God bless
you this is my sacrifice You will bid
me farewell-you will now speak 70 me
you will look as you used to do ! That is
some happiness. Oh, | could not bear
your displeasure"
Need we say how the heart of the young
patriot leaped with exceeding joy, and how
he pressed the yielding form of his beau
tlful wife to his bosom Shall we describe
the tender parting and atfectionate fare
we'll or shall we cover with the veil of
silence scenes SO sacred We prefer
that the Imagination of the reader should
supply scene that description cannot do
justice to
George Madden was once more enlisted
in the ranks of his countrymen, where he
was received with applause
At this period Philadelphia was occu-
pied by the British under General Howe.
who, annoyed al some forts on the Della
ware, detached portion of the royal ar
my to reduce them. Washington improv-
ed this opportunity to attack the remain
der of the British army encamped at Ger
mantown. The attack vas made on the
4th of October, and was maintained on the
part of the Americans with great severity
but they were eventually repulsed with
twice the loss Of the enemy, owing to the
inexperience Of part of the troops and the
presence of a thick fog which embarrassed
their movement 1t was ascertained that
the American loss amounted to two hund-
red killed. six hundred wounded and about
four hundred prisoners.
Bat how Jared George Madden How
fought the new recruit
An old mana survivor of the ranks
told US that he fought with the ferocity of
a tiger, and that just previous to the com
mencement of the attack, 4 young strip
ling presented himself 20 the officers and
requested to be placed side by side with
quest was granted-for no time was al
lowed for questions or considerations
and he was placed by the side of Madden
who only noticed him with look of ap-
proval as the troops wheeled into line
He fought bravely and well-foot to foot,
sometime-breast to breast Bat in vain
the contest-useiess the struggle His
tory tells of the disastrous struggle and
how, like the waves of the ocean the brave
troops Of Washington, under their heroic
leader, gathered and broke, again aud
again, upon the resisting forces of. the en-
emy, but without effect. only to meet de
feat and death Night shrouded the vic
tory of our oppressors, and hung gloomy
and thick over the camp of our despond- !
ing but not 4isheartened countrymen.
But the early light Of the succeeding
day beamed upon a spectacle of worse hor-
ror. There lay heaps Of the dead, the
wounded aud the dying But little
apart from the rest, upon green mound. (
stained only with their own blood. lay two
forms clasped in the faithful embrace of
death. The elder and more manly form
of the two was recognized as that of Mad
den, the other the fair volunteer of the
preceding day They we're locked in
last embrace, and in trying to part them,
it was discovered that the slender and del
icate form was that of a woman !
The hearts of the veterans grew big
as they gazed upon this melancholy spec
tacle, aud they forebore to part them, but
they placed them, locked in each others
arms, in the same grave, and as the earth
was thrown over them, no sacred rite was
performed. but the tears of brave soldiers
were sufficient pleaders at the bar of Heav
en-, aud their sad thoughts an appropriate
funeral prayer for the sweet rest and per-
petual happiness of two such rare spirits
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