The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1855-02-14

The sun shone on, the green OF the earth
Iis.lrred not leaf, Dell dld not toll nor dld
sign escape from the lips OF one human beng,
1 anu yes me splrlt oI the loVellest OF women
passed away.
Az Inc,nrsr - r,,,, R,,,a, .rr,a
~ nroy;s;ons n ,ha - pa.,o1na
;,st nre,aus - ;s n.nt.a -,
ben,p 4 Il ssyaraly XII III ~ ~ had
tbe;r II ~ which haa s sl,
ta;nod al ,esort T. The
here tory friends were ID he found WAS totally
cut off. The prosecuting Americans had
fenced them in as with a wall Of vengeance.
which could not be passed. famine had com
mencedit unnerying power, sickness was null
Etiplied among the so}diery, fever, attended with
its deliriums ,rayed from couch to couch. Water,
water was the incessant cry.s And although the
Hudson on one side of the camp poured along
its silent waters, and the rapid stream of Fish
creek roared sweetly ii the ears Of the sick and
despondino forces, vet it was impossible to
snatch a drop from those dreadfullv guarded
waters. a hundred bullets were sure to pierce
whoever made the attempt, soon as they
stopped to touch the silver current But such.
were the cries for water, by the sick and dying,
that their women, moved by pity, were made
superior to the dreadful crisis Imagining that
the Americans would not, from feelingsof gal
lantrv, shoot female, snatched hastily their
pals, and ran to the shores to try what the
event might be. Their opinions Of the enemy
as it proved, with respect to their persons, was
correctly formed, but their pals were doomed
to harder fate, for while they could not find
it in their hearts to spill the blood Of defence
Hess females, they were sure to riddle their
pals as they hung from their hands, SO that
| little OF no water could be procured.
T., tb;s danm. . f.itbfnl vifa who nod
left her native country for love Of her husband,
who was one of the unfortunate Hessians sold
by his government to the king Of England at
a certain sum ahead, to foht in cause. the
merits of which he knew nothing, this woman,
as she moved from couch to couch, listening to
the means of the sick for water. suddenly re-
solved 81 will try. perhaps T NAV succeed to
brno l;tt]e.u Her husband tried to dissuade
III hit She persisted her svmnathies we're
strone for as ! Kind and con,fortinao anoel she
made +. her business to hover over the diseased
and wounded Of her countrymen Z the Hessians)
! ali the While. she had been in the atmy. she
sprang along tie adventurous path that led to
the dreaded shore, her husband following close
as far as he dared, already she stood at the
brink in full view Of the guns on the other side,
/ for moment she cast an imploring glance that
| way. and then to heaven for protection, her
aters , strneeale , - clear az shore and
raaeh iha dae,7ig sbadad han1r fLad marked
har 80 ao;tatad ;,. dan,oanar rban hall aimed at
M ber na;l 1T struel as she lad stooned ove, the
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ton ,vbla h i, ,essed on ber d;na
tho last l;ss If fp,yant > afract;nn .9e9',S,.S
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lhe sl'ein .. lllis illah was siespecteu' nov a 9
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nei POI anu III f. viz 4,'u e'.s
VI tilG ~ Iiidi AStr+s.i, tllC
talneer.
1thas h;tbarto haan @ttbe onin;an of n,anv IL 1t
either the entire draft of the famous Ordinance
Of Isl o. at'least of 5ba provision for .the a..
clusiion Of slavery from the North Western
Territory was he work Of Mr. Jefferson The
hon. Geo. i. Curtis has.addressed a long com
munication to the Boston Advertiser Il which
! lie nraves conclusivelv that MI jefferson had
no no AGENCY n drawina t mn IN and that Mr.Na-
. than Dane was its sole author. Three wears
nrevions to tLe nassaoe Of tie ordnance M.
i Jefferson offered ! resolution Il CONGRESS- to
evclude slavery from tbe North Western Ter
ritorysand # is for this reason that its author
shin has been attributed to him: but his reso-
luton was not to take an effect until the wear
1900 sixteen Years after. and beiino merely an
could have been repealed at the request Of any
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