The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-02-26

d nander, and Grisceli enjoyed h
e, iirst triumph.
o. Snch, however, are the sentimen
d cherished in the French army; an
H. The young Corsiean was soon to |
b engaged in anotheraffair, which sti
4 more strikingly Illustrated ii
. strange usages prevailing anon
le French soldiers.
+ The regiment was transferred I
Is Lyons, " here the troops found qua
D. ters principally in the populeus sui
!, urbs and here GriscelliE !. ono
Q more engaged in ese efthtS fiie.
affairs recorded in the a., S,EV
d army. He owed this to- 70 Z sl
}, as fencing master qfns frNs6S 81
II which he had been s,,.rv coNs
5 The cause of the tc tci,s-ery' CutfS
was, as psuai, sin tie housckecP
$ aanr A private ate. So S,zsfpfeed to tbs
returned one "a ney. s g'Se e1pd 1lslrdT-S;:'s SGs.
1 blood, and upon eng questione
}, stated that seven e0rporals of tn
: Thirtieth regiment had fallen upo
E him at a cafe in the suburbs an
S cruelty maltreated him. The office
a was justly indignant but he chose t
consider the outrage as one whic
: concerned the whole regiment, an,
; proclaimed aloud that if no one els
: would take up the challenge, he him
: self would lay aside his officer
, sword and fight the Corporals. On
young Corsican no sooner heard thi
, than he protested that the men o
, his company would not permit this
but that in twenty-four hours hi.
servant should be avenged.
In pursuance of his plan, Griscell
on the following day took the insult
ed man and two others with him tC
the cafe where the outrage had taken
place. Soon the corporals of the
other regiment arrived, put theil
swords aside and began to play bill
lizards. When they perceived the
young soldiers, tsey aSied out: "Ah
ah ! the Sixtieth regiment sends us
fresh meat this eyenlsga' and imme-
dIately they were overwhelmed by q
hailstOrm of chairs, tables and bench
es. As they had parted with their
arms, and could not get at them,
nothing was left them but flight and
when the police arrived all was quiet
again. In the evening the barracks
of the two regiments were in an up
roar, and the whole city was full OF
the widest reports.
The next day Griscelli was sum
moned before the Colonel of his reg.
irhent, who informed him, to his sur
prise, but also TO his great joy, that
a duel had been arranged between
the two regiments. he was ordered
to selec. seven fencing masters, and
to meet the same number of men
chosen by the Thirtieth regiment at
six o'clock on the next morning, near
one of the outlying forts
At the appointed hour fourteen
young men met therG all young and
powerful. a.,d resdg, .aay. burning,
20 kill each btbsr. lTic two .6.nceTs
who were sent in command of the
detachments saluttd each other ard
then drew aside. Griscelli and the
first fencing master of the hostile
regiment were nov ordered to com
mence the duel.
The combat was short; the Cor
sican was infinitely the better man
Of the two, and alter few passes
his adversary exposed himself
Griscelli simply held his foil straight
before him, and the unfortunate man
ran upon it, killing himself instantly.
Another corporal at once took his
place, but he was Probably somewhat
awed by the sad fate # his prede-
cessor, and fought cautiously, almost
timidly. The duel iecame a mere
repetition of attacks and backings
out, and both of tie combatants
showed signs of fatitue. Suddenly
another Corsican paced himself,
with drawn sworc in his hand,
behind the timid nan, preventing
him thus from retreiting before his
enemy's attack. Giscelll immedi-
ately fell upon him with redoubled
energy, and woundedhim severely in
the shoulder. A thih corporal took
his place; but the Cfsican's friends
thought he had dole enough, and
called out that he sh,uld be relieved |
by one of their owl number. The
officers consulted and came to the
conclusion that he nnst continue to
fight till he was wonded or killed.
skilled them" ered the exasper-
ated Corsican, and ell with uncon-
trollable fury uponhis astonished
adversary. He wa wounded, but
the sight of his oms blood but in
creased his exciteuent, and in the
next moment he ptrced his enemy
through and throgh. They both
fell, one upon the other, and when
the bystanders raied-them, the blood
spouted from thl murdered mans
lips and fell in holshowers upon the
Corsican. This 6mpleted his mad
ness; the sense otfatigue alter hav
ing fought three times, the groans
of the wounded mn, the sight of two
slain adversarIe--aHsi 5e gain of his
own wounds ali cShisned TO eycit,S
him to such a nitct.r me cfleo' REQ
wiping the blood fem us laoe'
bring another MAJ Tie pu'cner Is
feadyt' ,,
of the horrible affal, ana came 10
make an end to the murder. lhe
Corsican's wound was dressed and
he mt to he'd. whre his friends
watched over him sith tender care.
The report of his bloody exploit
spread like wildfire and his room
was crowded with soldiers OF all
ranks who came TO wish him joy.
Such is the code of bonor IN the army.
At four O'Clock the Colonel OF bis
regiment sent him a gratuity of a
hundred francs and the stripes OF al
sergeant. Other officers invited him
to dinner, and wherever he appeared
on the parade ground or in the city,
he was quickly surrounded by
crowds, who looked at him Win
curiosity not unmixed with simira-
tion. The man who had killed three
adversaries in cold stood in fhe space
of half an hour was here, aud the
whole garrison wasreadyto worship
him.
Among the most cage TO congrat-
ulate him was formT Captain oil
gens-d' armes, who gwc him dinners
and suppers :. and wien he fouud out
.,.l NC from Corsica. the native