Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-02-11
Ghoite Miss;1tellllaag. y
A True Story.
.'. by BAYARD TAYLOR.

ton of neculiar character was held In
small village near Jena. 1t was az occasion
Of an entirely local nature, and might nave
nassed over nnobserved and unknown to al,
ercept the immediate vicinity, but for its
connection with the battle which nifty years
and one day before, annihilated the power
of Prussia. An account OF 1t, however,
was published in most of the Herman news
papers, and this circumstance, the sequei W
the story arm about to relate, was ptousno W.
on. AT the time the celebration TOOK COZ paace pese
| was residing at Gotha, not more than MY
miles from the spot, and recsiyed tna % SUI -
It. am sorry his name and that Of the
village have escaped my memory. All oth-
or rarticuiars made too, deep an impression
anon me to be easily forgotten ~, lyco.
We must FIRST go back to the l3th OF Oc-
tober. 1906. 7. On that day the windy up
isnds Northeast of Jena Witnessed the priei
hut terrible combat which resulted In the
tr;umnhant entry Of the French army into
Rerl;n' eleven days afterward-durl
which tims Prussia had lost 10000 men, 90
Standards and 600 cannon. a portion Of the
French army was encamped on the pait'e-
field. or ouartered in the villages aropnd;iL:
Tbs poor inhabitants,o overwhelmed py .ias
sudden avalanche of war upon thelr qu,e'
fields--where, for a hundred years OF aole'
they had reaped their haryests IN peaiLe;
submitted in helpless apathy whhe 'tS,a tho
houses and barns were, plgndereo uy tm hnt
lavless soldiery. The battle was over oQy
there was no lull in the blast Of rum
Throuyh the clouds of cannon smoke when
| settled into the bosom of the deep valleys,
AS the raw October evening came on were
, heard ip all directions, shrleks OF iear' yehs
of rage or triumph, and cries OF pain OF
Davoust-the Butcher Of Hamburg" as
Y the Germans called himTtook up ms quar-
ters for the night in one Of the most com
: Portable and convenient houses which c9uiu
he found in the field of slaughter here
/, he ranidlv issued orders for the dlsposlti99!!
= of the forces under his command, gave al
rections for the morrow and received repor,t'
from his adiutants He had taken his CLOAK
r. and was about retiring into an lsner cnanl
ber for repose, when an officer, entered. -
! Pardon me, General, he SAID, ou' 'nSb, Th,
is case which requires attention. m'
German canalhe must be taught 10 respIo
he us. Ten soldiers of Company ol vn'
Fourth Infantry, who qusrTtsrea .nsuSih uN hav,
y, ~ been driven away by the people, and two Q
% tbrss % Of them are severely injured Z.
pc Dayoust's cold eye glittered, ana r hl
sr- moustache curled like the lip OF amastl1
MS he turned and halted moment at the aoe
ny of. tha bedroom. Send lieutenant an
ert twenty men to the village, pick out ten
by the vagabonds and shoot them down W
!se !Se The br;ef, order. Where, is, Waldorf
Of sdded, turniue to one Of those useful cT
;nd ;nS atures who are always willing to act az gpla
dc. and interpreters for the enemy IN tneir 2"
my land, - H. y, !, Waldo,
~ which lies near the head OF small sai'
to the left; Middle Waldorf i on the ON osn
' aide of the hill, and Lower Waidori aoo
l haif an hours distance beyond. ,,:,,
-, The marshal, not caring to annoy hins'
- by more minute inquiries went 70 u1u'
nds ten men were shot, that was sufncleht.
BIT, hE The next morning, at sunrise, Lieutena
the Iamotte with twenty men, marched o'
the the the trampled hills to seek Waldorf. NW
E 'si soi a disagreeable business, and the sooner
man was over the better. On reaching rlo
ses yes. which overlooked the intersection OF Two
used three valleys, more than one village was
aved lille through the cold fog now beglnnihs
Aka. Aka rise. OH est Waldor3?" inquired the
io's fcer of the man whom he had impressed
been the way. "Das," answered the man.
80 ober Waldorf" pointing to village on
your left. "E', aoant" And in fifteen minu
:. here re more the Frenchmen marched into 'he
/ my ' Hating in an open space between
h er the church and the two prlnncipal peer nuu
rough the officer summoned the lnhaol'aniio niro
I wss sSs gether. The whole, village was anH
ai- awake, for few had slept during '.e ~ y
~ an Their ears we're still stunned by the u
n ,.l, the dsrs of vesterday, and visions OF burr
me- and nillsge still danced before their eye
one A. ~ commend of the Lieutenant,
:, nd and soldiers seized all the male inhapltants,
nown forcibly placed them in line oeiore
nah The women and children waited near 10
j, ac- ribls anxiety, for ne ;pne 4nders.ooI
faith words that were spoken, and these, oml
% nols MA nrensrations led them to imagine the "
lyman, Az this iuncture, the son OF the VI
ds !, as as nastor appeared upon the scene. ne
set BE- Young man of twenty, who vas sluu
you, theoiogy' 'in order to become hls tsther
deaf death oessor, and fortunately had some k9ow' W
better: of Erspeh. ID The appearance OF I!
.se ~ Se4 without the cries and entreahe Y IN
ssbomr l rifed people, told him that ms ne,p
',sme,i' snSsi wanted. he immediately aoolessYu ~
of lie self to Lieutenant Lamolte, anu Dees'
.asping >At.I an ordered to punish this VII
s oNE. answered the latter, ''for your treatmne
',.,.,, onr soldiers last night. The marshal
Malone, 1.i ten ten Of YOU must be shot. The only
~ that / can do is, to allow you to dral
JoHa' among yourselves or to point out thos
,em. cerned in the outrage" s.io,l.'
e,. aBut," continued the young map, !,
i7od General has been ,misinformed NO I
,s.'sp soldiers have visited our village peior
I,lm We have truly been in great fear ana 2
n, el the whole night; but the valley IS dee
nt IT. the village is partly concealed from Y
nsI the woods on the side. There are "a a
aalt villages Of Middle and Lower W,
M i. on which lie further down the .open, va
'1sIa, You can soon satisfy yourself, SIR, Tn
b. ID, village is entirely ,ipnocent and
@, you not 70 shed shed The b blood 0f our ma
EET. p'SF6ere p'SfF6 is no time for Investigation
.jauiio the officer. ~ ! was ordered TO- pro
'gG Waldorf, and j am guided 1hlther.
4 ANS wait till you make your choice q g
.'stJI to be saer i6eed, but have no aatnori'
xxroxs ,ota U0II - .cldo q $50 q 3
r,iIT D'I 'fBy this time the people had flesrn
oi,gs fate in store. tor them. The women
w. y! and appealing gestures crowded arc,
ywss,S y lsi,s IN Officer begging him TO spare theirn
ecisly and sonsIthe men stood sllent, wit,