American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1851-1863, 1861-09-14
Female EeFGisRi.

Female HeF0isRi.
Instances of heroism in women have
occasionally occurred in modern times
resembling somewhat that Of the ancient
Amazons. But there are eras and coun-
tries in which t!,eir wsrlike spirit appear
ed with particular lustrs: such were The
displays it made in the fifteenth and six
teenth centuries in Hungary, and in the
islands of the Archipelago and Meiiter-
ranean, when they were invaded by the
Turks. Among the stirring instances Of
Amazonian conduct in modern ladies may
be mentioned that of Jane of BelleVille.
widow Of II. de Gibson, who was be-
headed on suspicion Of carrying on a
a correspondence with England and the
Count de Montford. The lady, filed
with grief for the death of her husband,
and exasperated at the i'll treatment
which she considered him to have re-
ceyed sent off her son secretly 10 Lon
don, and when her apprehensions were
removed with respect to him, she sold
her Jewels. and fitted ont three ships and
put to sea, to revenge the death Of her
husband upon all the French whom she
should meet. This new corsair made
several degcents upon Normandy, where
she stormed many of the castles and
the sordia inhabitants were spectators
more than once, while their villages were
in blaze, of ons of the finest women in
Europe, with a sword in one hand and a
torch in the other, urging the carnage,
and cycling with pleasure all the horrors
Of war. DR.. Petit has given it as his
opinion that there is a great difficulty in
governing the women, even at present,
though they are unafmed and nnprac-
sidered subject of regret that the race
of Amazons has ceased to exist.
"PLAY1NG THE Devil. "A few weeks
ago, the quiet town of Corfu was startled
one night by the appearance of his sa-
tanic majesty. Men fled in all directions,
women tainted and children cried, but
there the devil was, and nobody dared
go near him. The superstitious Greeks
attributed his arrival either as conse-
quence of the comet, or else as the be-
ginning of the end of the world But it
was a hoax and carried too far, for some
women became dangerously i'll, and it IS
said one died Of fright. The police were
ordered to take him, and succeeded in
surrounding him, on which he blew FIRE
from his mouth and the police vanished
in every direction. The officers of the
garrison watched in the streets for
him, but he kept out of the way till they
had retired. This went on for three or
four nights when he disappeared, and at
the same time an officer of The navy,
who had been turned out of the service
for misconduct and who was waiting at
I Corfu for passage home. left the island
in a steamer. There is now very ht.ie
4 oouol tnat ne feIsonattu iLS uesh, a.
least. he is suspected of it. The .'gtt
up" was capitalize usual horns and
tail, and an apparatus on his feet by
which he was enabled to increase his
heightto seven feet. and diminish It again
TO his ordinary stature.
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i PAYINa Orr THE CoSERDERArE TrooPs
The Lynehburg Virginian. of the q
says @
/ We understand that the Virginia troop:
at Manassas-aId perhaps all others
are to be paid of By the Confederate gov.
eminent for services rendered from tbs
beginning 70 The 3fsf dit.