The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-10-05
A MODERN HeroInc.

2 A brilliant lady who writes to the Til
bune from Paris over The signature Of an
tfeVoir," expresses very naturally The force
Of habit in kiss, by describing an en-
brace she received from woman in mas
culine attire, the famous Madame Brtlon,
of tho Hotel dos lnyalides. She saws, al
feela blush creeping TO my cheeks MS she
kisses me and holds me IN her cordial en-
brace, SO much arc we in The habit of be.
licying that man walks in coat and panta-
looms. If there is f'safety in numbers" !"
however, Gas we are assured Of there be-
ing, in kiss-dom) the lady is safe enough;
for, In Che same letter she says "Fhe Hotel
Fdes Invalides embraces what would COM
pose quite and American village" But
this Madame Bfulon is iadeed a'eelebrily.
OF sucha heroine en- pension Il is well to
repeat tie history: s, &
"Madame Brnlon, though eighty-three
years of age, retains all the yivacity Of
youthful expression, and assures us she
felt no faculty missing but that TO guide
well her feet, the right leg having become
more refractory than the wounded one.
"She wears the uniform Of the Invalides,
and since her first adoption of military
dress, has never left it but once, aud that
for a moments amusement to her grand
children, when she assumed female attire.
But the children, instead of being amused,
burst into tears, and begged theirgrandpa-
ma to go back again TO her soldiers clothes.
During the reign Of the first Napoleon
she was recommended by the Governor Of
tho lnvalidesas 'one having herself worthy,
by qualities considered above her sex, to
participate in the recompense created for
the brave But the honor of decorating
this remarkable woman was reserved for
Napoleon, President of the Republic
Madame Brulon lives now not only the
unique military female Invalid. but the
unique female member of the Society ofthe
French Legion of Honor. Her nomination
was announced in the Monittur of the 10Th
August, 1851, at the head Of long list
of others, without any allusion to her sex,
thus:
"oavalier-Brulon-( Angellquo Marie
Joseph Second Licutenant-seyen years
.seryice--seyen campaigns--three wounds
several times distinguished, particularly
in Corsica in defending a fort against the
English Fifth Prairial---year second,
(17s4.D
CAT the age ofseventcen shewas wife,
at eighteen mother, at twenty widow.
Her husband fell at Ajaccio, in Corsica
three days after learned his fate,' says
Madame Brulon; 4 took the uniform OF
his regiment, and demanded permission to
ayenge his death. Two brothers had fallen
in active service; our father had died on
the field fbattle---nly heart, head and
hand burned to send destruction to the En-
glish and the rebel Oorsicans, and my tes-
timonials tell how well fulfilled my VOWS.
"Her hair, once raven, is now white as
snow, except some late newcomers which
have assumed their youthful hue. Her
voice has the tone and vigor ola command
er's. Her eye is like the eagles Her hand
|is.feminine, which she gestures with mas
culine energy. Her attitudes; salutations,
styles of expression, all combine to make
you believe she IS really what she seems.
Her testimonials proves her to have been
always woman Of the severest principles,
the purest manners, the most unsullied rep
utation. Herreply to trifling familiarity
was: L am a woman; but command
men,
"Shc was adored as the divinity of her
regiment, and cherished as the palladium
Of its safety. Her virtues and her valor
stand undimmed beside those of the Maid
of Orleans"