Litchfield enquirer., 1862-03-13
THE QUEENS OF woMANHooD.

! THE QUEENS OF woMANHOoD.
 The queens of womanheOd wear no golden crowns; no surroundings of royal magnihcence testify to the rank of their nobility neither arc they corresponding secretaries for political con ventions or leaders of fashion in circles of court ly corruption. Man placed a crown upon the head of sensual Cleopard, but God ennobles Fio- frence Nightingale, and gives the world, through her, an evidence of himself. Her lineage flows back to the stars. se k,siysl 2.
 How many queens history ignores i. Hsv much royalty, unrecognized by the. world, and only holding its court in few manly hsarts.- When the Italian patriots, released from lpng confinement in Italian prisons. arrived in Eng land. an act of heroism was performed by young English girl which fully entities her to weaf'on her brow the true crown of womanhood.- s.s | The Italians, seated in carriages, were passing l through the streets. Alsng tho way, with un- covered heads, and giving loud cheers, crowded l the people. Among them was the young girl, scantily dressed and possibly her hands harden ed with labor for her daily bread, but ali the more royal for that. Her true woman's heart was moved by the sight of those noble men, who has sacrifed their property and jeopardized their lives for the cause of freedom. She had but single copper coin in her possession, but, rushing | through the crowd, she made her way to . car. riage containing number of the patriots, and thrust upon them her mite. M. I Need say that one of those noble men from that time wore the coin next to his heart, ttea- suring it as a sacred inheritance Iknow of,no act of bestowment more sublime, except that of the poor widow who gave her two mites for the cause of Jesus Christ. |aia
 "And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the Urea. sury and many that were rich cast in much And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make farthing- And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verify say unto you that this poor widow hath cast more in than all they which have cast into the treasury. For all they did cast in of their abundance but she, of her want, did cast in all that she had even all her living" A young girl, at the age whom the world ap- pears full of sunny light and fragrant beauty, came one day to the studio of an American art ist, leading by the hand her young brother. The boy wished to become an artist and his sister, believing in him and for him; as all true women do for those whom they love. devoted part of her slender income for his support. .sIazs The little art-student had within him the gem of genius, and kindly fostered, it grew and blos- 1 somed, and now to-day, bears the rich fruit of true art How little we hear of the heroic deeds of everyday life, which women are constantly en- acting upon the vast field of Immunity. Webe- hold the pageantry of the worlds show, and ran after and bow down our republican heads before the train.
 A political trickster speaks in Washington, and the electric wires tap upon the brains of New York swift fingers array the harranguein type; faster than the swiftess fingers, steam prints it on the paper, and in the early morning steam-engine drags it out of the great city and throws it broadcast through the country, at the rate of forty miles per hour .. A woman speaks through deed of heroisIn, and we think that she has wandered from the sphere chosen for her from her childhood-a sphere of sluggish reception. The good deeds of many royal. queen are only remembered when we glance at her name inscribed apon her tombstone, and then the purity of her life fows up like glorious presence e' s7s2s
 Let us crown the queens of the womanhood whenever and wherever we find them, and so en- noble them by manly recognition that their names will become treasures of thought and noble action. Through them our lives will be. come pure, and we shall be repaid more than Q hundred fold. Upon the worlds fields these queens of womanhood will bud and blossom and sweeten all the air with the perfume of their goodness. sTsi
 DEATH OF LIEUT.. SrrLMAH AND Cor. RUSSELL. The New Haven Journal contains -E letter
 
 gives graphic description of the battle at Roa- noke Island. We quote the following short ex- tract
 You have no conception of the deadly whizof bullets, or of the peculiar breath of grape and shrapnell l An iron rain, Q leaden hail, were on every side. l was looking at Lieut.. Stillman.-- A ball entered his lungs; he gasped and fclll-- Two sergeants and three privstes carried him c the ambulance. There be died. -.
 Three boat howitzers at our left had been ia use early in the morning, but now were idle, awaiting time of greater need. In front of them part of our right wing was posted. In the rear was the balance of the regiment. We formed two lines of battle opposite and parallel to the redoubt. One after another, other regi. ments were marched into the woods on our right and left, but we kept our position. We were ordered to lie down under the bushes and stop firing. Down the boys piled themselves, and sought cover of bogs, stumps and whatever else furnished protection for us. Col Russell for . long time refused to lie down. The Lieut. Col. of the D'Epinuel Zouaves got out then with him effect of his own shot. He had rifle.) By the efforts of our Lieut.. Colonel, this man was got out of the way at last, but not until the exact range of our Colonel had been obtained by the enemy. A ball whizzed close to him Capt. Colt called out" Colonel, that was meant for you-lie down-do lie downP The Colonel stood quietly looking at the battery, evidently watching for the appearance of our troops on the flank of the enemy. Again Colt entreated him to lie down, and this time successfully He had been thus covered for few minutes when shot came lower than usual. It entered our Col. onel's shoulder and pierced him to the heart.- It was to him an instantaneous death. His body was carried to the rear and we lay still, ~ ~~ ~
 SHARpsHooTERs' DUEL--A distinguished duel occurred on the battle field of Fort Donel- son, between one of Colonel Birge's sharpshoot- CTS and crack shot inside the enemy's fortif- cations.
 The federalist was stationed on a hill adioin- ing the intrenchments, and ct an early hour in the morning, the secession foe placed bis rife on parapet and fired ball through the Unionists hat. The sharpshooter returned his fire, receiv- ed second shot, aud sent another; and from that time until o'clock in the afternoon the two continued to discharge their pieces without in- turing one another.
 Both fired accurately, but both aeoncealed l their persons as much as possible, and endeav- bring to deceive each other by putting their hats ! on their ramrods, and thrusting their coats from | behind the Qualifications or the trees. Whatever was exposed almost invariably received bullet, l bnt the two were so wary and skillful that it seemed they might fire till doomsday without danger to either. About the hour have men, tioned, however, the rebel, forgetful of prudence thrust his head over the breastworks, thinking, DO doubt, as his enemy had not fired for i've minutes, that he might be dead, The move ment was fatal. His head yyas mt exnosed fiya