Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1865-01-18

1 Grand Master would receive nothing for
/ her passaye-;hc Captain of the steamer
Oh which 81 e embarked for New Orleans,
no sooner deciphered /; than he gave her
! the best state room he had, and when she
/ reached the Crescent City, she had two
! hrndrrd and ninety dollars left of h:.r
! three hundred She there waited OF the
General il command of the station, with
lie letter of the Secretary of State, who
Immediately instructed the Colonel in
command of the forwarding troops to sre
! that she had free passage 10 Vera Cruz
| by the first steamer BY all the officers
/ she was treated with the greatest polite
IL, SIS and dclicacy, for they were all Ma
sons and felt bound to her by ties as
| strong and delicate as those which bind
| "A brother to sister and reioiced in The
| opportunity offered them of e,incn" the
! benign and noble principles Of the craft.
! Alter passage Of five days she reached
! Vera Cruz, and having a letter from the
{ commaudant at New Orleans to the
| American Governor she sent it to him.
enclosing the talismanic card she received
from the Granl Master at Washington.
at the hotel and offered her transporta-
ton to the city of Mexico by a train that
would start the next morning The Colo
mel who commanded the train, kindly
took her in charge and offered her every
facility and comfort on her journey, pr"vi
dtd her with Il carriage where tlIe country
was level. and with mules and paianquiIis
over the mountains.
Within ninety miles of the city, they
were overtaken by detachment of dra-
gocns cscor!ing government official 10
TIE General in cnmman1 Anxious 10
get Oh faster, she asked permission of the I
Co!o:.el To join The detachment, and /
thUnYL informed OF the lanLor and fatigue {
OF riding all day OH horseback she WAS /
willing to brave all, that size might scorer !
see her son. The Colonel then provided /
her with feet and gentle Mexican pony .
and she assumed her place with the troops, .
escorted by the officers, and never tatigned .
till the towers of Mexico were in sight.
She reached the city on the second days /
battle, and in the heat Of the battle, at
tempted to enter the gates An officer |
instantly seized the bride and told her she !
must wait until the city was taken.
OH sir" she exclaimed, - cannot !
wait one hour in sight of the city that /
holds my son prisoner-l must see him, !
sir"
The city must first be taken, madame
he again replied, with much emphasis,
becoming excited
Il cannot wait SIR" she replied, ''my
son, NAV be ill-dyinS in chains-in a
duneeon-one hours delay may remove
him from me. Oh. L must go to hIm- /
l will enter the city
Madame" said the officer, "you
cannot reacl. it bat by crossing the battle ,
field-vou will surely be killed.
SIR sand the ltdy, - / lave not
Travelled from Virginia to tlc gates Of the
city 10 fear to enter them-.hanks for
vour kindurss-a Thousand heartfelt /
thanks for vnu and the officers who have
been SO KIND fn me. / shall a!wavs re-
member these officers with the most grate-
fuI feelings of my hcart-but don't detain
me longer. Ionder Is a cate that leads
10 the city. | will enter it in search of ,
my dear boy.
And on she sped, bnt ere she reached
the gate ano!her officer rode up by her
side and admonished her of danger and
imprudrnce.
:. Sir" she replied, " this is no time to
talk of prudence and fear my son, my
only son. is "a prisoner In chains. am
told that Santa Anna is in the midst OF
vour alimmering group. l will seek him
and in his hand place the talismanic card
which | bear-he is a Mason, aud will
certainly heed me-
oWar destroys all brotherhood" sail
the officer who was not Il Mason. She
made him no reply, but watching her a
moment. struck her pony and d..Tted
acr,ss The field of death. At that mo
ment the masked battery that moved
dawn oue-hat of the Palmetto regiment,
o,,ened-yet right across the cory field she
was seen salloping on her white pony,
avoiding the retreating platoons 10y semi
c;r,le around their fank-the next mo-
-oout she was seen coursing over the
,,,o,pl in the rear of the battery III 'uii
,Jav Hundreds seeing her stopped, forget
81 of The storm of iron balls that h"wiet
around them, an apparltion. Al! "Xpcct-
cJ her to fall every moment, but on she
went with fearless air.
..That womans love for her son has
made her Wild" said thu officer WHO at
ten,,,ted to arrest her flight
8 She will surely be killed." exclaimed
smother.