Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1864-02-11

the BRmI-oentennlh anniversary ". $780,"
event deserved q special celebration. w.
--, Of Leipzig, (formerly the pastor
soul was invited TO be with them. He came
he would have come from the ends OF the
eartb--and after solemn religious service
in the church, proceeded 10 the very spot on
which he stood and faced tho French mus
kets. there related to the children and grand
children of those he had saved, the nara
tive which have here given in less moving
and eloouent words. Those who were pres
ent described the scene as singularly impress
siye and affecting. The three old men sat
near him as he spoke and the emotions OF
that hour of trial we're 90 viyidly reproduced
| in their minds, that, at the close, they
laughed and wept as they had done on the
same day fifty, years before .sa4, 20
In conclusion, the speaker referred to the
officer whose humane stratagem had saVeq
their lives. Since that day., SAID he, 1
have never heard of him. did not even
learn his name; but he is ever remembered
in my prayers. Most probably he dlsd 2
soldiers death on one OF the many neias OF
slaughter which intes<ened between Jena
and Waterloo; but if he should be hVieg,
it would cheer my last days on eartn II
could reach him with single word OF grati-
tude."
In the same year there lived-and, no
doubt, still is livng--in Lyons, an inValid
and pepsioned captaiL of the Napoleonic
wars. After life of vicissitudes, ne found
himself in his old age, alone, forgotten
poor. Men no better and braver than hel
had achieved distinction by some lucky
, chance; fortune had come to others, ano
! others had begotten children to cheer anc
: yitalze their declining days. Him the worlc
had nassed by. and for years he had beef
|. living quiet, silent, pinched life, by th'
! aid Of his scanty pension. His daily reser
! was cafe, where he could see and read tn
principal European journals, and .perhap
4 measure the changed politics Of the pres
= ent time by the experience of his past lite
e One day in November, 1856, he entere'
;, the cafe as usual, took his accustomed sea
as he was wont to do, and picked up. tn
y nearest paper. 1t happened to be the Augs
!, burg AHgemetne Zeitung; but be had spen
some years in Germany, and understood tn
t. language tolerably. His attention was a
10 tracted by otter dated jena: Jena
,e he thinks, Il was there too; what IS goln
N on there now?" He reads little tarthe
to Celebration at Waldorf, Waldorf! IL
" name is familiar; where have heard II
ID Ashe continues his perusal the old captain
1t excitement, so unusual circumstance
,r. tracts the atL6ntiOH vi an .Iio o'hS, ''
ID of the cafe. "Grand Dieu, Davoust-
er Waldorf-the ten men--the pastors sor
Did ever dream of this thing, or IS IN
of the same? ?" Forgotten fer years and yea
yu -effaced by hundred .other military a
tn yentures-overlaid and lost in the crowd'
re stores of a soldiers memory--the scene can
AS to light again.. The pastor S son stu Ave
iii still remembered and thanked the preser'
nv Of his native village! Many long ,ye
~ had passed since such glow warmed
,r's chambers of the old mans heart
ner That evening he wrote to DIR.
IAN Leipzig. He was i'll, and but a few mon
ca distant from his last hour, but the soldie
IN. letter seemed like Providentlal answer
an. his prayers, and Frightening the flicker
vii close of his life. A manly and affection
the correspondence was carried. on between
to two while the latter lived: The circu
NV stance became public, and the deed was
be fcially recognized in way most natter
will to the pride of Captain Lamotte.
inst Grand Duke of SAKE Weimer and the n
,tU of Saxony conferred upon him the orc
i m of their respective houses, which were
mic lowed soon after by the cross OF the leg
or's of honor from Louis Napoleon, and an
amt crease of his pension, which assured hin
,ffer case and comfort the rest OF his lire.
God translation of the doctors narrative publ
nose ed in the French papers, drew attenuo
1our him. and he was no longer neglected
,on- nuenter of the cafe. He was known,
ride honored. even without his three otoets
20. q Cast thy bread upon the waters
,ung thou sh alt find it after many DAYS.