Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1866-10-26

and lifting the strange animal upon it, the,
proceeded on ther way.-When they reachct
the camp they found half the soldiers up
waiting to find out why the gun was fired.
Lights were brought, and the body place,
upon the ground The dog skin was re
moved, and within was found a Prussiar
/ drummer. He was a small fellow, thougl
/ apparently some twenty years Of age; bu
he was dead Pierre's ball having touched
his heart, or somewhere very near it Iii
I pockets were oyerhauled, and in one Of then
was found cypher, but no one could max,
anything out. The colonel took It, and di
rected that the body should be placed out %
sight Tor burial on the morrow.
But this was not the end. About loul
o'clock, Just before daylight, another gur
was fired on the same post where Pierre haC
been, and this time a man was shot who wa:
trying to make his escape from the camp
lie was shot through the head. When the
body was brought into camp, it was found
to be that Of a Blvarian trooper who had
been suspected Of treachcry, though no prod
had been found against him. On has person
was found the key to the cyqhcr which bad
hcen taken from tic person Of tie Prussiau
drummer and nov that tie colonel had
them both, he could translate the mystic
scroll. 1t proved TO be "a direction to the
BaYarian to lay bis plans for keeping as near
to Napoleon's person as possible, after he
should enter Berlin, and then wait for fur
ther orders
The mystery was explained Tie B-yar-
ian had contriyed to call the great dog away
from the regiment and delivered hIm up to
the enemy, and his skin was 10 be made the
cover FOR spy to enter The camp under.
And the SPY would bayc got IN, too, but for
the sIortiye orders Of the colonel. and the
willfully faithful obedience Of Pierre san
coin.
On the next day, Pierre was promoted 10
the rank of sergeant, and the Emperor said
to him as be bcstowncd the boon-"lf You
only make as faithful an officer as You have
proved yourself faithful as sentinel, can
ask 10 more.
How SOLDIER SAVED MS Co1TcN.-Ihe
y. Y. Post publishes an extract from let
ter written by gentleman, during tie war
commander Of a Massachusetts, battery and
now cultiyatirg large Ulantati n upon one
Of the Sea Islard- near Saynnah, and this
year is Lis first ezI IcIioncc IL cotton planting.
He writes:
.' You know that we had magnificent stand
Of cotton. and our prospects for a large crop
were all We could ask. Well, you cannot ina
CINE ny horror. when / supposed we were past
all danger, az the sudden appearance Of William,
cur negro oyerseer. last Monday night, in the
fchoolroom where l was teaching the negroes
He stared and stammorod as il he had seen q
ghost.
90 Speak cut, william SAID what's the
matter5'
At last he found voris Massa R.but,
massa Robert, de caterpillar come now, for
sure
.s For "a moment I was fr -,hlcss, and it
seemed as if ny feet were glued TO the floor. l
was demoralized as | never was under fire. All
the painful work and trouble, all our hard
earned means, were to be lost just as W. we're
about TO reap success it vas awful | @; Cuce
dismissed the school, and gave myself mp 10
several hours ol solid thinking. They we're the
ugliest moments Of ms life, but l came cut of
the struggle with . firm determination that II
the vaImints got cur cotton they would have 10
fight for It. By daylight next morning I hal
every hand On the Ilacc-s-me fifty, mou, wo-
men and chi.ireu-out IL that par; oftLe fields
where the insects lad appeared.
- These r4Iiing wretcAcs have peculiar idea
OF tactics They advance in solid column, send
ing forward few, If any, skirmishCrs So I
formed my force across the fields, parallel to
and in front Of their head Of column. mysslf
taking the right Of the line Of battle, and then
We went into a hand-to-Land fight kilpatrick's
charges were nothing TO il We slaughtered
them one by one, right and left, and SO fought
them, working through to the end Of the field.
Then We turned, and worked back 10 cur start
ing point. All the while the negroes were NUT
tering and grumbling :" 'Tis 10 use 10 tempt
ter kill en-, "Massa Seyton nChher tort sich
ting as KILN caterpill,' and so on. But
watched them, TO see that they were thorough IN
their work, and kept them at it until nightfal
." Next morning, at daylight, We were at
work again. The cool nights OF this season ofthe
year were in cur favor, for these creatures work
best in the warm weather. found had stop
ped their advance, and they had been so quick
" attacked that they had no time to entreneh
vet their numbers had doubled during the night
To add to my discomfort the negroes complained
more than ever, and Mr.. 4. and Ir. W, old
planters. came over and kindly informed me
that 1 was wasting time might as well fight
the Winds : let them fill up and get fat But
l told them knew my gait and pitched into
Mr.. Caterpillar all that day. When night came
the ground was thickly strewn with the carcasses
Of the slain. The next day, and the next,
continued the same tactics, until there was not
one Of the little sooun1rels to be seen. As near
as l can estimate-and you know the uncer-
tainty Of all calculations after an engagement,
we must have killed more than one hundred
thousand. II was desperate contest, but we
have won the victory with only such injury to
the cotton as arises from the bruising Of the
leaves by my little army
- The result of this affair justi6es me in say
ing that the cotton may be saved from the ca
terpillar, if you work with a will and begin IN
time. | reckon that cur four days work has
saved US $4,000.
=. These insects have paid their respects to
Mr.. A. and DR.. W, and other plantations,
with what damage | have not learned l have
been too busy picking to leave the place
What has been done, can be done again ; and
We suppose no energetic cotton planter VIII
hereafter let the caterpillar march unorposed
over his fields