The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-12-23

"a
scripts who hated all Yankees - who
were, 10 the words Of an emacisted
French soldier Of . New Hampshire Ar
tlllery regiment, "comme les chusseurs
heureaN1 desirer un COUP" Poor with,
cred beings! How beautiful it locked to
the eye Of the soul to see its sisters TEN
anted in those frail houses, ready at almost
any ume to crumble, blessing those who
Iao done them good, and uttering not a
sineie word against those who had iniur-
% sneln; christianity was in them. pure
and undefiled; and we felt ashamed f 20
ourselves even that there shonla .ho noen
far ' soo; niappy North who feign to tremble
800 0oI Ia oruer when our brave soldiers
come nome victorious from the wars :"
Oould such an army, PRODUCING sucbJ
nien, ever endanger the liberty or the co.
clai well being of a country they had suf.
Tered to save? To that question tbero
came within US as we gazed on the meeL
worn faces, the parched lips, and utter
weary, heart-breaking helplessness, an in
dignant and Tdecisive-No! Some, when
questioned whether they would like to
punish their brute-captOrs, would answer
that their jailors ought to be punished.
and that if God should ever spare them tn r
stand on the battlefield again tbey wonld
try to redress their wrongs. Against
whoms would be asked. The rebel SOL
dlers? On, no! but againt Capt Writ.
and Lieutenant Barrett, and other petty
tyrants, and against the conscripts. They
asked, in their whole-heartedness. that
none bat toe guilty should suffer. In this
spirit they live; in this spirit many nave
died and many will die.
The Ladies of Franklin, Tenn
Their Heroism ON the Battle.
Field.
From the louisville journal.
During the terrible battle at Franklin.
tennessee, on Thursday evening, the ladies
ofFranklln exhibited courage and noble
ness of heart worthy of the danes of
Sparta. The shell were bursting all around
the town and shrieking through the streets;
the all was .freigLted with sulphurous
odorS, and over all the clouds of smoke
hung like heavy pail the rifle-balls were
distinguishing more fast than the hail
OF a summer storm, yet the ladies shrank
no5 In fear, nor added a wall to the roar
OF the terrible storm; but they sailed
ioYlh from the houses, regardless Of dan
ger, and became kind, ministerins an
gels to the wounded and the dying. In
the hour.ot suffering and death all were
brothers, and no distinction was made be-
tween the Federal and Confederate soldier.
Frustrated by wounds, stained with blood,
suffering deeply, and struggling in the az.
onles of death, all were men, all were
bound to earth by the common ties of hu-
mainly, and the dying were fastening to
that " bourne from which 10 traveller re-
turns In the hour when the thoughts
were turned to heaven, all were brothers,
errlng children of one Great Father, The
ladies nobly braved the storm, bowed in
Kindness over the wounded, bleeding forms,
dressed their shattered limbs, bathed their
parched lips, and soothed them, with
words of gentleness and love. Theirs was
holy mission, and the soldiers will ever
bear them in kind remembrance. The
hour made them strong, and to the wound
ed sufferers they became ministering an
gels, indeed
Here the head of soldier WAS raised and.
as be felt the soft touch of woman's
hand upon his brow, the lips moved, while
the eyes arew CLASSY, and he family muir
INJURED words of love-names dear in the
far-off northern home. There lay the con-
federate soldier, his warm blood dyeing
the plain, and, as the form of woman bent
over him, and bathed his lips and temples,
to his fading eyesight the face was that of
an angel, and, as the pulse beat more fee
bly,, the mind wandered to tie brightness
of his sunny home, and with the names
mother, sister," fondly whispered, the
head dropped lifeless, aud the limbs grew
cod in death. zig ..r..- ~..
1t. was strange, wild scene for the form
OF woman-the air heavy with the thun-
deis OF battle, the clash of arms, and
fierce shout of men, and blood and car
mage reigning on every side. 1t was no
time for timid hearts, and the ladies of
Franklin ne"vsd themselves to meet the
exigencies of the hour. Honor to them;
their names will ever be green in the MEM
DRY of the soldier, and for the work of
mercy and goodness the angels in heaven
will make them their sisters when they are
done with time and earth. ..., ..., 49,.