The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1865-03-17

on her journey, providing her with n
carriage where the country was level
and with mules and palanquins over
the mountains.
Within ninety miles OF the city,
they were ovcrtaken by detachment
Of dragoons escorting a government
official to the General in command. -
Anxious to get on faster, she asked
permission to join the detatachment,
and. though informed Of the danger
and fatigue OF riding all iav on horse
hack. she WIS willing to brave all
that shc might sooner see her son -
The Colonel then provided her with
feet anil gentle Mexic1n pony, and
she assumed her place with the trooDs
escorted hv the officers, AMI never e.
tiguel till the towers of Mexico were
in sight
She reached the city on tho second
DAVIS battle, and in the heat of tn
battle attempted to enter the @ toe
An officer instantly seize the brill,
nf,1 told bar oi,0 must waie Until ths
CITY was taken.
'Oh! sir.' she exclaimed, ~ can
not wait one hour in sight of the city
that holds iny son aprisoner--I mus
see him. sir"
"rhe city must first be taken, md
am he again replied, with much
emphasis, becoming excited.
II cnnot witt, sir she replied ;
"my son may he ill-lying in chains
In a dungeon; one hours DELAY
may remove him from me. Oh!
must 20 to him--I will enter the
CITY"
"AIalam," said the officer, "you
cannot reach il but by crossing the
the battle feld--you will surely be
killed"
Sir" said the laly, II have not
Travelled from Virginia to the gates
of the city to fear to enter them
thanks 10 vour kinlness-i thors,n.l
hoart felt thanks to ror aud the 9th
cr Off ers who have been 50 kind to
mo. / shall always remember these
oil with tic most grateful feel.
ings of my heart: but don't detnin
me longer. Yonler is q gate that
leads to the city. will enter it in
search OF my dear boy!
And on she sp: |. bit ere she reach.
cd the gate another officer rode ur
and admonished her of danger and
imprudence.
"Sir," she replied, "tms is no time
to talk Of prudence and fear--my
son, my only son, is a prisoner il
chains. I ain toll that Santa Anna
is in the midst Of yon glinmering e
group. l will seek him and in his
hand place the lalismanic card whic!
| bear--he is Il Mason, and will Ger
tainly heel me-
WAR dc. troys all brotherhood,
said the officer, wlo wl'nD, I Mis)h.
She made no reply, but Watching hin
. moment struck her pony and darte,
across the field OF death. At that
moment the masked battery t'a
moved down one half OF the Pal
mclto regiment, opeaed-.-yct righ'
across the CORY field she was see
galloping on her white pony, avoid
ing the p,atooas by semi circle
aroinl their litul-tle nest mDnelt
she was seen coursing over thG
ground in the rear, the bIttery in ful
play. Hundreds seeing her stopped
torgetful OF the storm Of iron balls
that howell around them, aud g glzej
upon her as though it were an appar
itiOI
THAT woman's love FOR her so1
has made her wild said the oIlcel
who attempted to arrest her flight.
"She will surely be killed." sait
another.
"A mothers love is stronger thar
tie pains of DEATH exclaimed sol
der.
The God Of battles will protrc
her" sail Tenuessc"an. "She viii
reach Santa Anna safe and soun u,
Il roach
The soldier was rigbt--she Wen
over the ticll OF death and reached
Santa Anna unhurt He received her
politely, and when she told him hel
crranl and presented her talismauiC
card
Madame" said he, II am a Ma
son, and know the ohlgttions Of tho
Order in peace anl in war. Whcl
your son was taken prisoner he NOR
tally wounded my maternal nephew
who is now dead, bat he shall he re
stOrcl, for | will not refuse your re
quest in the face of the letters 70,
bear"
lie Immediately gave her an cscor
to the city, with an order to restor,
her son To hor arms. The order WI,
promptly obeyed, aud that very day,
rs he promised, she embraced he
long lost son.
SO much for mothers love, anC
so much for the protecting arm an
noble s. mpathetic heart which Ma
sons ever extend to lovely, helpless
women. Oh if widowhood lie tho
doom Of women, who would not be (
Moson's widow Who would not b,
Il Mason's wife, mother, daughter o
sister in the hour of peril and need
CoRRECT ToUR ERRoRE.-Peopl,
say they shell peas, when they un
shell them; that they husk corn
when they unhusk it; that they dus
the furniture, when they undust it, oI
take the dust from it; that they silir
cali when they unskin it; that they
scale fishes, when they unscalc them
that they dress chickens, when they
nnlress thnm We hnYe hpnrn mnnA