The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1864-02-24
In eopcluaion. the spIsSkef rrf.rraa % ,ha

In conclusion, the spsSksf rsf.rred 10 The
officer, whose humane stratagem had saved
thoir lives. "Since that day." said he, ~
have never heard Of him. did not even
| learn his name but he is ever remembered
in my prayers. Most probably he died a
soldiers death on one Of the many fields of
slaughter, which intervenod between Jena
and Waterloo but if lie should DO iSing,
it would cheer my last days on earth if
could reach him With q single word Of graf.
| itudc."
In tho Same year there livod-and, no
! doubt still is living--in Lyons an invalid
and ponsioned captain of the Napoloonic
wars. Alter life of vicissitude, he found
himself in his old age, alone forgotten,
poor, Men no better and Drawer than he.
had achieved distinction by some lucky
chance fortune had como TO others, and
others had begotten children to cheer and
vitalizc their declining days. Him the
world had passed by, aud for years he had
been living quiet, client, pinched lifo by
the aid of hia stGnty pension. His daily
resort was cafe, where lie could SEQ and
read the principal European journals, and
perhaps measure the changed politics of
the present time by the experience Of his
past life
One day in November, 1856, ho entered
the cafe as usual, took his accustomed seat
as he was wont to do, and picked up tho
nearest paper. IL happened to be the Aug
burg AHegeDeiHe Zeitung; but no had
spent some years In Germany and under
stood tho language tolerably. His atten-
tion was attracted by letter dated Jena.
Jena !" ho thinks, II was there too what
is going ON there now?' Ite reads Il little
farther. Celebration at Waldorf Wal
dort! the name is familiar where have |
heard itW As he continues his pcrtisal, tho
old captains excitcments so unusual circum-
stance attracts the attention of all the 9TH
er hdbitueS of the cafe. Grand Dieu, Da-
voust--W Waldorf-the ten men--the pas.
tors son! Did ever dream of this thing,
or is this the same?" Forgotten for years
and ycars-ciiaced by hundred other
military adventures overlaid and lost in
tho crowded stores of a soldiers memory
the scene came to light again. The pas
tors son still lived, still remembered and
thanked the preserver of his native vllagel
Many a long year passed since such glow
warmed tho chambers of the old mans
h, art.
That evening lie wrote to Or. -, in
Leipzig. lie was i'll, and but few months
distant from his last hour, but the soldiers
letter seemed like Providental answer 10
his prayers, and Frightening the Pickering
close of his life. A manly and aff5ctionate
correspondence was carried on between the
two while tho latter lived. The crcum-
stance became public, and the deed was off.
cially recognized in way most fiattering to
the price of Captain Lamotte. The grand
Duke of SAKE Weimer and the King of Sax
ony conferred upon him the orders of their
respective houses, which were followed
soon after by the cross of tho legion of
honor from Louis Napoleon, and an increase
of his pension, which assured him of ease
and comfort the rest of his life. A transla-
ton of the doctors narrative, published in
tho French papers drew attention to him, and
hc was no longer neglected frequenter Of
} the cafe. lie was known and honored, even
without his three orders.
Cast thy bread upon the waters, and
thou shalt find it after many days"