_/‘i.
‘ who titay stand in iiectf of his proft-ssionnl ser-
’ M. D. lVz'lliina7ztic. Ct.
SERIES.
lrubnshea Every Wedflesllay M0|'llil|t'§s 11)’ JAMES REED, -Fro 33 TW0 Donilts Per Annum in lvance. Ofce I }y’s D ‘V
. H. ,
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NORWALK. "CT. VVEDN3:‘,SDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1844.
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NUMBER 222-NEW
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.Acco.‘.ii‘.t.~'iian BY THE CASH 'l‘0 l.\'SURk2 i.\'.~"i-;it'i'io.\=
JOB PRINTING,
or ALL Kixos,
I-Ixcenited at the Gazette Oflice.
iblellétag
A Large Stock of Dry Goods!
JAS. MALLORY 80 CO.
, AVING iti cotitetnplzitiott, a tfliilltgtt in
their business. would offer to the public
their entire stock of Dry Goods. c-omprisin,t_t a
large atrtl superior ti.-sortinctit of It‘artt:_y and
Staple (z‘.;ods, at a trifling advance front cost,
for ('flSIl.
"I'lte_y woultlsay to those who ni:iy be in want
nl'gouds._ suited to the present and approat.'li-
itg seasoris, that we have oti hand every ar-
ticle tlrit tiiay he called for. and that, if :i-y
are desirous of buying Dry Gootls, at their
own prices, the opportunity is now ziflnrrlr-tl
them. \Ve‘ll engage tltat any eitlltng on us.
with tltc expectation of buy-irtg c/reap, shall not
go away disappoitited.
\Ve have just received in addition tootir
litriner stock. at very large sissorttitertt of'1\'e\v
Good.-t. amoitg'_ \\‘IIIf_'l] we mention the follow-
ing articles, viz:
Salli/tells Ca».-sirnercs.
‘- Beat.-er Clot/Ls, Brorlrltilr///1.5
V¢;‘.s(in.gs.
Fla/rtricls. Bertt:ei'tacrr.s, Brtngz/;i) Carri.
'I'ic/sings, Linen and Cotton. I)i:27:t’7s. Al-
ymccas, C/I-ll..‘.'ar(S,1llII.\‘/1.7!. rlc Lanes, 1l.fc'ri'
7i.0ls, B0m.btt.::iItt:s, mtrl Gittg/trt/Its.
Also, splendid lot of Silks ofevery style. and
in fact altiiost evyry thing else in the way of
Dry Gootls.
ll0=‘il.-IS l3AS'l‘0N, Sllrgcollll and
ltlechanieal Dentist, rt».-,~.ectt‘tt:l_v
irifornrs the t2Ilt7.t‘.lIS of Norwulk. that he has
taken an Ollicc in the ripper roont of Curtis‘ new
lrniltliiig, opposite the store of Jam:-S l\_Ittllor_v 65
Co. where he will be happy to ntte-_nd upon those
vices. All kinds of teeth itist‘rlL‘d in the best
tnantier, either single or in sets; fillin~_t done
with gold ; decays.-tl portions removed: ir~rgu-
Iiir tecth rcmidied.
Dr E. is recently from the city of N. Y.
where he has been in the przielice ofltis profes-
sion for the last ten years. No pains have been
spared in perfecting hititself in its various de-
parttriettts. Particular attention will be given
to corrt-.t.~t the irregular g.\VIll of melt in chil-
-dren and young persons, which with proper
4-reatnicnt may he math: even and beautiful.
Careful parents will give this subject the cottsid
eratinn it deservrs.
References.-—Rev. Edwin Ilall. Rev. J.J.
Woolsey. Rev. S B S Bissell. Hon Clark Bis-
sell, Georgc St John. Alfred Mallory. \-Vtrt. K.
Lewis, George Meeker, George Hoyt, 2d. \Vm.
(I. Street, 8 E Grunian, C J Gruman, George
Marviti. Andrew 'I‘n:ney, Capt \V J Merritt,
all of Norwalla; Sullivan Moulton. \Vcstport.
Terms reasonable, and all operations war-
ranted.
. f_. |\l‘a
-3 tl\,'t\hT\t‘-.
g .-—--v.;‘-,4
1. . ,.- ‘n:- . - --
HE subscriber would I’eS[)8(‘Iflllly inform
his friends and the ptiblic, that he has re-
moved to the west side of, the Bridge, at the
stand lately occupied by R. S. Pennoyer, and
haviogpnrcliased his stock itt trade, is now
ready to furnish the public with the best assort-
ment of articles in his line ever tilfered itt this
pn,“-ke[,....§nch as saddles, Brtdles, Ilarrtesscs.
'I‘rur.tks, Valises. Carpet I5’-tgs, Mut'titt<.'=ll68-
Hal-ters and Collars. Also. a superior assort-
ment of Catrr.iage and Riding \Vhips.
Saddle and harness 'I‘liITin]ili,t_t,S of all kinds,
SadtIlt=.r's Silk, and a general assortment of
articles ttsually called for in establislintents of
this kind. '
Also. a good assortment of Elastic, and \Vcbb
Braces of his own manufacture, made for
durabilt°t}/ as well as convenience.
The above articles, the undersigned pledges
himself 5,0 sell. as low as they cart be fotirid
elsewhere. The patronage of the public is
respectfully solicited.
N. B. The strictest attention paid to all kinds
of repairing. Wrr.1.rAM B. SWAN.
, NOl\\'itlI{. Decrmher 1', I843.
' EN 1‘.-IL stu',gei'y.——A. Hill, Dental
_ Surgeon, offers his services to the public
in every departmentof Dental Stirgerv.
Otfiee as heretofore. in Burrall’s Buildings.
Refercncss-—J A. l\’I’L0t1tt- 31- D 3 it” G’?-f-’,'
Iry, M. D‘;' I-Ion. T. 3. Butler; Hon. Br-.n_].
nsaacs: I{r-.v.'Dr Mead; Rev Edwin Hall: REV
G N. Stnith.Norwalk. NcheminbPcrry,l\I.D.
liitlgq/ielrl. R. B. Bottsf'ord.M, D. Dan,bu'r_t/.
I\{f.l’IONt‘lIR.fI(l£z0I'S Colchestcr. Wm VVitter.
I 1IJ’fLEl§’Y'.——6 doz Razors of a superior
\ I quality. :30 dog Pocket Knives, fine and
low priced,__just received and for sale by
:4: S'I‘.-\TE of Noah Olmsteazl, late of Nor-
‘AT :3 Court of Probate Iiolden at Norwnlk.
witlntt and for the (Ii.strit'l of i\'ottvalk,
on the 27th day of.Iann.-try, A. I). I8-1-I: Upon
the petition of Joseph \V. Iloxt of the City.
Cttltttlyt and State of New York. I_ittt'il‘(lI.‘JI)
_(.loly appointt-tl at-cortlirtg to the laws of
the State of New York.) of Charles L. Iloyt
and Joseph W. Ilt.-yr,-Jr. both of the said
city of New York. lninors lHi'.lLl' the age
of twenty one years. showing to this court
lllnl said minors own certairi real estate lying
in said Noswalk. and tle-sr.:ril,-ed as follows to wit;
one tract of land r-ttrittiittirtg two roods, l)tilllltl‘:ll
i'\’ortlr by Zalinon Lyon .'indClt:trlott Lockwootl;
Eztst lay lsrncl Lockwood itntl Ili;_tli.tay. south
ltv Edwin Lot.-litvootl and west by llt‘IfS of
Stepltr-ti St. John, dt-t-cast-tl: also one other
tract of land C()ll'1liItI||}_’ about seven acres
l)trlll‘lllt’(I north by Stephen Sntith, east and wrst
IN’ Jttlllt I):tr!tIt'li. tltitl south by 'l‘ltu]n:)5 Berrie-
tlittl. tiritl prttyirtg for lilicrty to S(_‘ll the saint-,
as per petition on filo will appear: ()rtltrt.-tl
that the I.)Slll day ol I\I-'1N.'llfl(‘.\‘l.ill9 o'clot-k.
l‘-tr-"tttttttl be rtssiztictl for a lit-tiring on Said
petition, or the Probate Oflitrc in said i\'orwalk.
‘ttttl said petitioner was tlirectt-.d to give notice-
|lN.‘rt'ol'. by publishing this order in a iie\\spa-
prrr. printed itt Ntirtvrilk. three Vlt'(’iiS snrrces
sivt-ly. at least six \\ cc-ks before said day of
ibslgtiiiitrtil.
D
Gizotzct-: A. D.-\\'I~2."1""R'l‘. Judge.
I-IE Conrr of Prolmie for the District of
Notwzillt, hath lttititcd and allowed (5
months frottt the date lit-rt~ol' for the creditors of
the «state of S'1'F.]‘IIl‘Z.'\‘ F. ;\lii.i.s. lute ol'Nor~
walk. tleccasztd, to cxlziltit lllt ir claints for set-
IlCl7lt'lll. Those who neg-'et:t to ttt‘<'>t'n| their
accounts, properly attestrtl. within said time.
will he d.,b;irrctl a recotrt-.rv. All pt‘rStmS iti-
(It'l)l(‘(l to said estate. are rcqtiested 10 ltlulie
itittiicdiate [tfl_\'tll(‘l’ll to
CUl‘.'l‘l‘3 Pi-zck. Adtrtiitistrator.
Norwalk, Jan. 22. I54-I. 5
T a Court or Prolmtr-. l'lt)l(lf’n at Norwalk.
within and for the tlistric-t of Nttrwrtllt, on
the 30th day ’ol’.lartti-'iry. IS-I-‘I; upon the peli-
rinn 0| S;_]niu(-I P, I{.’Illtllr.‘, (II. \Vlllttll, ill said
district, _.t_voardian of ltlntily Jes-‘up. of \-\t'iln,n_
in said district, zi minor under the itgt: oftwcnty
one yez|l's,Sl‘l0\‘s'Ill,‘; to this Court. that said tiiinor
owns a certain piece of latitl lying itt said
Norwzilk, in quantity fll)(ll! two acrts, bound.
ed as’ follows. to wit; oti the north bv
lighway. East and West by Charles O. Jr.-sh
sttp, and on the south by Richard Camp.
l ____c_
- -—l
1t"ro/n the Nair) York Raver. 5
Courtship of Capt. Mites Stuaittlish.
A TRUE HISTORICAL RO.\I.=\I\'CE.
Br MOSES mur.i.E:~'s, 1762.
About this ratlicr singular pooduction, a word or
two seems necessary. \Vlietlier it be really a genti-
iiie antique, or inore inodcrn iinitatioit, is it question
for critics to discuss. We can only throw sttcliliglit
upon it as we happen to possess, and sttch as the
document bears upon the face ofit.
In order to zisccrtttiii wlicther the ballad was fourt-
ded iii truth, we have turned to some old New Eng-
land Cliroiiicles, and find that the whole story is his
toricatly titre to the letter.-—Capt. Miles S-tandisli
did COEIIJ over in the .\’I.ty-llnwer, an.l his .vil'e’s iiain
was Rose.-—Mi'. John Alden and Mr. \Villiaiii M til-
lins were anioiig the itttttiber that caiiie over in the
same vessel. Mr. \Villi'.iin Mullins had it daugliter
tvltosc itaiiie was l’i'i.-cilla, and the main incident ac‘
cording to the clironicles, actitttllyocctiirctl precisely
as related in the poem.
B A L L A D.
Miles Standi.-zli in the May-f'io\ver came,
Across the sturitr_v tvrtve,
Aiitl in that little band was none
More generous or brave.
Midst cold I)ecetiibci".s sleet and snow
Orr Plyiiiouth rock they land;
\Vc:ik were IIll.‘iI' liziitrls, hitt .-ttroiig their Iicarts,
That piotts pilgriin band.
Oh, sad it was in their poor liitts,
To limit‘ the storm wind blow;
And terrible at iiiid-night hour,
\'VIicii ycll’d the savage foe.
And when the savage, grim and dire,
llis bloody work licgan,
For it cliainpioii brave, I have been told.
Miles Standisli was the man.
But Oh, his heart was made to bow t
I-Vitli grief and pain l'ttll low,
For sicltiiess on the pilgrim hand
Now dealt it dreudftil blow.
In .'ti'nts ofdcatli so fast tltey fell,
Tlioy sc:ii'ce were buried,
And his dear wife whose name was Rose
\Vas laid aniong the dead. ,
Ilis sorrow was not lottd httt deep,
For lter he did beiiiouii,
And such keen aiigtiisli wrung ltis heart,
IIe could not live alone.
Then to John Alden he did speak;
John Alden was his l'i'ieiid:
and praying for liberty to sell the same, as
per petition on file. will appgar; ordered that
the 2S‘ll day of M arch next. at 9 o‘(:lock, fore
noon, be :is~‘igrit-tl for a hearing ofsaitl petition.
at the l"robntt-. (.’)lI‘lCP.Il) stiitl Norwalk, and
said pctitiotrnr was directed i: give ittiliue
tltercnfliy polilisltirtg this oruer in :2 new spaper
printed at t\'orwnlk. three wr-r-ks SllCCt‘$SIVt'ly.
at least six weeks before said day iil'ri.=..-‘igriineiit.
3i5 Fiwitcr: A. Dwi-:.~1=oit'i-, .lml;_m.
TIIE Court of Probztte for lli(‘. District of
Norwalk lititli limited and allowed six
montlt from the date hereof, for -he err-rlitors of
Ill!‘ estrite of \\'lLl.l.-\h‘I LUCK VVOOD, latr-
ol'Norwaik. (If‘Ct‘f)Sf,‘(I. to c-xihit their claims for
st.-tilt-mt-nt. Tltose who rir=,t_tlect to prr-sent their
accounts. ptoperly attested, willtin said time
will he debarrctl a recovery. All persons in-
debted to said estate. are requested to make
imtnediatc payiiiettt to
WM S. Lorzinvoon, Administrator.
Nnrwalk. Jan. 20, I3-I-I. 4
IlI‘l Snltscrihcrs. appointed by the Court
of I’rol,tatc for the District of Norwalk.
Commissioners to receive. exaiiiine and
atljtist the t-luitns of the creditors of the lis-
tatc of L Y M A I3 Pt 0 ‘.V N. of Norwalk
ass gned in trust for the benefit of his crrditors.
her by give notice that we will attend to the
duties ofonr stiitl zippointnient, at the Dwelling
House ofsuitl Lynian Brown in said Norwalk.
on the first Mtrrrtltiys of March and .\l:i_v next.
.-it one o’clock in the aliernoon of each ofsaid
daxs.
Said Court has limited and allowed six
ntontlis from the date liereof. for the exhibition
of clttitos against said estate.
- II.\t\'i-‘nun CAIl1‘l-IR.
Drtrtius S. Aritiss,
Now Canaan. Dec. 7. IS-‘I3.
g Comm.
E thesubscrihers. ap_nointed by the Court
of Probate for the district of Ntif\\alI{
cotrimissioners to receive, examine, and adjust
tltc claims of the creditors of the estate of
Roswrtll Balls,
of VI-’tlton, in said district, who has assigned
in trust his Estate, ft)!" the l)ef‘r8I’iI til. Iris (:l’ctl~
itors, hereby give notice that no will meet on
the bitsiness ofottr appoiittrticttt at the dwelling
house of Joseph P. Fitch, irt said \Vilton, on
the third Mondays of Maircli and July nt*.\’l, at
one n’clock, in the afternoon of (‘{I('lI of said
clays. Said Court has liniitt-d at:d—.'—illowcd six
rnottths frotn the dine hereof, for the exhibition
ofclainis against said t.-sta e.
F.rtA:-.t'i‘us STUIIGI-ZS,
Josrzrii P. FITCH,
\Viltnn, .IallUilf_y 18, 18-14.
Com niis—
sinners.
District of Nttrtorl/r, ss.
Plt0BA'l‘E COURT. Feb. 2d, A. D. IS-I-I.
walk. itt said district deccasetl: Ordered,
That the A'.Il1)IliiSll'al0l’S on said Estate, exhibit
their Administration account to this Cotirt for
atljttstntent and final settlr-r1ien:. at the Probate
Office in said Norwztlk, mi the 20th day of
Febrtiary, A. D. ISI4. at 9 o'clock, forenoon;
and that all persons interested in said estate,
may be notified thereof.’ said administrators will
cause this order to be published in a newspaper
printed in Farilicld county, and put a copy
tltereol‘ on the signpost nearest the last resi-
dence of said. deceased. in said Norwalk. at
least twelve days before said 20ih day of Feb-
ruary. GEORGE A. .DAVBl*.’POl{'l'. Judge.
FOR Sale or to Let.-—'I‘lte
well known homestead, formerly oc-
cupied by \lVray Selleck, situated
' on the old stage road from Norwalla
to I).trien. a short dislattce west of the steam-
boat landing. It consistsof a gnntl two story
Dwelling House, and other out buildings, Willi
about two acres of first rate meadow land, a
large garden, and a never failing well fo water.
Those wislting to purchase will do well ttrcall
soon. Terms made easy. For furtlitrr particu-
lars enquire oftlie subscr_ihr=r on the premises.
' \VpOL5.l£Y BRADLEY.
Norwalk, Jan. 26, 184-1. *3:5
W C S'ritt=:i:'r.
And s:iid, ‘frieitd Joliii, tiiito my wish
I pray the now attend.
My lteiii't is sad, ’tis very and,
My poor wife Rose has gone,
And in this wild and savage land
I cannot live alone.
To Mr. \Villiaui Mullens, then.
I wish you would re iair, ,,
To see iflte will gi\'e"Iiie leave,
'I‘o wed his datiglttcr fair.’
Priscilla‘ was this dattglitt:r’t-t name;
Couiely and fair was she,
And kind of heart she was witlial,
As any maid could be.
John Alden, to oblige his friend,
SiI‘ilIgIltL\':ly to Mullins went,
Arid told his errand like a main,
And asked for his consent.
Now Mitlleiis was a sire
Quite rational and kind,
And such consent would never give,
Against his diutglitei"s mind.
Ile told John Alden if his child
Should liciiicliii’d that way,
And Captain Staiidisli was her choice,
He had no more to say.
Ilc then called in his daugliter dear,
And sti'aiglit\va_v did retire,
Tlutt she might with more freedom spciik
In absence of her sire.
John Alden had it bright blue eye,
And was it haiidsoine man,
And when he .spoke,ti pleasant look
O"cr all his fetttttres run.
IIe rose, and in at courteous way
Ilis erraiid did declare,
And said, ‘fair ni:tid what word shall I
To Captain Slialtllsll bear 1‘
\\"arin DIIISIICS glowed upon the cheeks
Of that fair iiiaideii then;
At first she turiicd away her eyes,
Then looked at John again:
And then, with dowiicast, modest inieit,
She said with treuibling tone,
‘Now pritliee. John, why dost thou not
Speak for thyself alone?’
Deep red then grew John Alden’s face ;
llc bade the maid good bye:
But well she read before he went,
'l‘lie langttage ofhis eye.
No IDittlCI' what the laiiguage said,
\Vliicli in that eye was l‘iIl.i--
In one short month Priscilla was
John Altiei'i’s loving wife.
MDISCELLANY.
THE FOI~‘.GE’I‘-ME NOT.
The Flower for a 1VIotIter’s Grave.
Trartslalcdflorit the French for the U. S. Gaz.
In 1809, there was in the I2th regiment
oftht: line, then in garrison at Strasburg, :1
Sergeant. of the name of Pierre Pitois, who
was one Oflllzll portion of IN” savage, half
civilized Burgognizi, known by the name of
Morvan.
Pierre was it brave man according to his
own acceptation of the world; and as it was
usually said in the reginient, he was as tough
as’le.-athcr. He was always the first and the
last in a skirmish; he was Said to love only
two things——lhe stitell of powder, and the
hissing of bulls. Those who had seen hint
on the field of battle—-his eyes fltshing. his
moustache bristling, and his nostrils dilated,
and throwing himself into the thickest of the
fight-—were wont to say that carriage was a
fancy ball for Pierre.
Now, one fine day our friend Pierre took
it into his head to address 11 letter to his
Colonel, asking leave of absence, to go and
lalfe care of his old mother. who was drin-
gargttsly sick; he added that his father was
about ‘?8 years old, and paralytic, could af-
ford no %ISSI:l.«'lIlC8 to the old lady. I-Ie protu-
ised to return as soon as the health of_ his
rrintlier should be restored.
The Colonel replied to. Pierre Pitois. that
the regiment expected every moment to re-
‘i. teive orders to
tire for triy good news.
'l’ttois or-.si:it1 151).
‘audacious boldness that he proclaimed his
join the army. and conse-
l,,cntly there was no hope of dismissal or
tgitve of absence.
l
and gazed round ;—-ah, said he, the hour has
come--very we-ll——,
Y ' ’ . -
l\0. Pierre, answered the sub-ofliccr II is
,i,iPterrt.- Pitois in tde no complaint. -not yet the hotir, but it will soon strike.
§A Iurttiight passed away and the Colonel
ltttceivetl anotlter letter.
.:Pit-rre announced to his Colonel that his
,'|9l_lier had died, without the satisfaction of
I ',vtng seen her son. She had (lr_‘Si|'t(I, as a
and tender mother, to bestotv tipori hitn
yr dying blessing. ‘Pit-rre this time solic
ted leave of absence for a riionth. He pro
ltssed himself unable to explain the ntotive
ll’, his earn:--st solicitude to obtain his leave
tfgtibscnve--“it was a family secret” Brit
mos’. earnt-stly SlIPPiIC:‘tl.".‘(I his Colonel
tut to refuse.
‘_i'I'lie second letter of Pierre was as unsuc-
t sslul as the first. The Captain of the
plot‘ old sol-lit-r i'ett:arke-I to hitii —"'I’be
(Ill nei It is rt’t'ei\'t(I your letter; he is st r-y
iii the dearth of your old mother, but licc:in-
my grant you the favor that you sec-l., as
t0htorrot\- the regiruent will quit Strasbtirg.”
Ah! the I'D;-__Yllltt‘I1l quits SII'~|$DllI'gI And
't\"t'ere is it going. ifyoti phase .7
To AlJ5ll‘I~I. \Ve are goitig to visit Vi-
enia, my brave Pitois. \Ve are going to
light with the Austrians. 'l‘lte-re‘: some
corifort iti that, isn’t there’! That. is where
wt,tire going. my brave fellow.
Pierre Pitois inztde no answer. I-la
tfituie-.‘l to be plunged into a deep reverie.——
re Ctipttiu took him by the hand and
sh ok liitii soundly. What’s the matter .7
A“e you deal to day .7 Itell _vou, that within
:1 let-k, you are to have the pl:-asure of
flghtirtg the Austrians, and you do not thank
«(fl
Surely, you do not hear me.
Yes, I did captain. I unlerstood you
ptrrfcctly. I thank you heartily for your
iinft.-lligenco, which is really good II:‘\'S.
V flow now .7
-,R-ally captniri there is no means of ob-
taining this leave of absence.
t,Are you fl‘:il'l,~_I)tt‘l’l‘t‘.'f A leave ofabsence
or; the eve of marching!
\_l didn’t think of that. \Ve iirethen going
tojjoin the unity. At such a ft.Of!l€t'll. tlttry
do not grant leave of absence.
Tliey dou’t as/c leave of absence at such a
time.
Tli:tt’s right. They do not ask it. It
would look cotvrtrrlly. Very wt-ll,I wont
ask it again. lgive it all up.
'l‘li.tt’s right, my fine follow.
The next (lay the l.‘2th regiment of the
line trntert-d G:-rtnanv. The next d:t_vPict'rc
‘Three months after that
while the l‘.?.th regiment of the line, after
hiwlng gntli.-rt.-d an ample harvest of glory.
rvL‘ts'.'nal.*in";;' a triumphant entry into Stras
burg, Pierre Pitois was ignotniniously
dragged to his corps by El brigade of gens
d'artites. Soon afterward a council of war
was ZISSt'llllJlt’[I, and Pierre Pitois was ac-
Cused of h .virtg drsertt-d at the moment
when his regitnerit was to meet the enemy
face to" face.
The council of war presented a singular
spectacle. On one side there was in prose-
cutor who re.tds as follows:
Pierre Pitois, you, one of the brztvtst
soldiers ofthe army; ‘the stars of the legion
of honor’; you, who hive never receivt-(I
wither ptitiislirnt-.nt or reproach from your
stipei'ioi's; you have (It’5t‘l'l.E3(I your rvgiritent
——-ttlr-sertetl it almost no lie eve of battle——
and that without the inrluceme-nt of any cott-
sitlerable ntotive. \\’hatevi=r motive 3""’t
rnn_v have had, however, the council demands;
to know it; for they would be happy to be
able--not to acquit you—(for they neitlier
might nor wish to do t/rat.) at lt‘35l. to recurri-
ntvnd you to the kind consideration of the
Emperor.
Oat the other side the accused replied:
I deserted without any canse—without
any motive-—:tntl I do not regret it. If it
was to do agztitt, I would do it again. I
ll3t\'t.‘- deserved death. Let me be condentned.
Some WIlnt‘S$f‘S came forward, who said,
Pierre Pitois did desert. lVe know it, but
we do not know liotv to believe it. Others
szi-l Pierre Pitois is rlt-range-d. The council
will not condemn an fnstne man. It is not
be sent.
Very little argument was necessary to in-
duce the council to adopt tlte l:tst recom-
tnendattion; for there was not one of them
who did not consider the desertion of Pierre
l
to death btit to the hospital, that he ought tol
And what do you want with me? ,
Pierre, you do not know me, while I
know you well. I saw you at Austerlitz -
and you bore your Self like a brave man.——
Pruitt [Ital (I-‘ly, Pierre, I have felt for you a
lively and sine.--re ("Slet‘m. II ippening to
arrive at Strasbtirg yesterday, I learned
_both your crime and your St'[)lt'DC8. As the
.l"}lt‘_t‘ is a relative, I obtairtr-d of liitn per-
mission to come in to see and speak to you
I’lt-‘rte. The man about to die often regrets
that he has not with him some friend to
whom he tituy Opcri his heart, and impose
upon him some sacred duty to be discharged.
I’ic‘t‘I'e. if you consent, I will be that friend.
'l'htt‘tl< ye, comrade, said Pierre gruflly.
Have you nothing to say to me .7
Nothing.
What, not one I-&I>l'e\\'t‘lI to your sweet-
lte:tr't—_vcur poor sister?
Swcetlit-art and sister! I never had either.
For your father?
I /Lire no father.
tlIt‘LI in my arms.
For your mother .7
For my mother, solid Pierre, and his voice
lIlldt’l'\\'t'llI ti dc.-ipland sudden clt.-urge. For
my ntotlier! t\ll,'C'0I’I'll‘il(lt‘, do not utter that
uzinie. I assure you I never‘ heard it-—-I
t'lHvt.‘l' whisper it in my lit':‘ttt—\\'il.l1OUl being
moved to tears, and at this tnomen', it seems
to nit’, if I should speak of her—-
Well, wliat? ,
I should weep, and to weep is unnianly;
to we.-t-p, continued he with increased earn-
esltiess. when I have only a few hours to
live, would be votvstrdly.
You are too severe, comrade; I have,
tharik God, as much cotirage as any man,
and yet I sl.ould not be asliunied to weep in
speakirig of my mother.
You, said Pierre, seizing etirnrstly thi-
hand ofthe under officer, you are it man.
you are a soldier, and vou would not blush
to weep. ’ .
In thinking oftny mother? No ccrtainlv l
not; she is so good,lsht- loves uie so llillcli,‘
and I love her so much, too.
She loves you .7 You loveher .7—-Oh, than
——llten I will roll you every thing. My
soul is ftill, it must have vent. and however
S’.l'ill')g'€ it may appear‘ to you in the senti-
ments which animate nie,_vou will lungh
at the-rn—I am sure you will not, Listbn
then, for Wlltll I am about to sety to you is
most true. Man is happy at the mom:-m of
death, if there is some heart to ‘which he
may open his own. You will hear me
kindly, and you will not laugh at me .7 Ilill
you’!
I hear you, Pierre; the dying man can
excite no feeling butcommiseratiort and sym-
pathy. ‘
You must know then,said Pierre, that
from the hotir of my birth, there was never
but one person whom I really loved. and
that was my mother; but /rcr, lter I di-.l love
with all my mind and my strength——ncver
man loved human being asl loved hor.-—-
Wlieu I was a mere child, we contprelit Il(It_'d
each other’s looks. To my heart, she was
.m_vs«-ll; and to her heart, I was l)<'l‘Se'lf. I
Il'li1Ve lI:ICI neithr-r lover nor ini.~:t.rt_-'ss, not
even a friend; my mother was every thing
tome. At length, when I was drafted to
the army-tvht-n I was told that I must quit
her, I was in despitir, and declart-tl tliatet-on
though \’i0lr-l'l(.‘tf be used, I would not be
SCpai‘Z1l(‘(l from my m0l.llt"l‘. Yet with one
word she who was it holy and courageous
wotitztii, changed all my resolutions.
Two months ago he
Pl+?fl't', added she, you are a good son,
and thank God for it, but the duties ofti son
are not all those which :1 titan has to dis-
charge; t-very Cillzt-‘H owes /lirizsrzv to the
cotinI.r_y. She calls you-—obt-y! You are
to be a soldier: front this moment your life
is no longer your o\vn——it is _vourcouutry’s-
If her interest claims that life, do not he-si
late. If God should will you to die before
me, I should, indeed, weep away every tear
ofmy I'll‘-‘III; but I should say, ‘The Lord
gave, and the Lord iaketh away, blessed he
the name of the Lord.’ ‘Go t/re/r. ifg/ou love
me. do your duty.’
Oh, the words of that saint! I hear them
yet sounding in my cars. Now the duty of
a soldier is to obey everywhere and always.
Pitois as one of those singular movements of
comprehend, but which all SOmt'lItt)£‘S see.
Meantittie the accused showed himst-If so
simple, so logical in his perseverence in de-
manding a sentent:e—it was with such an
crirrte—repeating incessantly that “he did
not repent of it”—that he did not even re-
gret it-—-tlie firmness with which he demon-
strated it, appenrerl so iitticb like bravado,
that it was impossible to exhibit the desired
clemency, and lie was accordingly condemn-
ed to death.
When this sentence was read to Pierre,
he did not even frown. He was earnestly
besought to ask for pardon. He refused it
positively.
As everyone imagined there must be
some mystery at the bottom of all this, it
was resolved to postpone the execution of
Pierre Pitois for some time. The prisoner
was re-conveyed to the military prison, and
informed that, as a special favor to him, he
would be allowed seventy-tt.vo hours to pre-
sent his petition for pardon. Pierre shrug-
ged up his shoulders but made no other
answer. About the middle of the night
preceding the day fixed on for the execution,
the door of Pierre’s cell turned softly on its
hinges; asub-oflicer of the young guard
advanced to the side of the bed on which
the prisoner lay, and after having contem-
plated him for some time he awakened him.
the hurnttn mind,4\\-hich it is impossible to,
‘The oor dear woman!
P
,Evervtvbere and always I have obeyed. It»,
lis therefore, to go right ahead, through!
,ew-ry peril, witltotit hesitation and without
*refle-ction; and right ahead have Ignne,
through every peril, without htrsitation, and
without reflection. Those who saw me
rnarcbing steadily forward with balls flying
about me, exclaimed, ‘There goes one who
is truly brave.’ They ought rather to have
said-, ‘There goes one that loves his mother.’
One day it happened that I received a let-
tcr,‘ informing me that my mother was sick.
I desired to go and
see her, Iasked leave of absence—it was
not granted. I recalled her last words, “If
you love me do your, d-utg/.” and [was re-
signed. Soon after I heard that she, my
tiiother was dead. Then m_v brain» turned.
At any price, at all hazards, I determined to
return to the country. Wlience sprang this
ardent, this impetuous longing to visit the
place where my mother had just died? I
will confess to you the cause. Since you
have it mother: since you love her: since
she loved you: you can comprehend me.-
We peasants of the Morvan are simple and
credulous rrien. VVe have neither the in-
instruction nor the science that is found in
cities, but we have our beliefir, which you of
the city call superstitions. Of what conse-
quence is it whether they be called one or
the other .7 We have them, and skillful, in-
deed, must be he who can tear them frorri
our soul. Now one of the beliefs which we
first flower that blows upon a newly sodded
grave. 80 great a virtue, that he who gathers
it can never forget the dead, or be forgotten.
of them. Dear and cliarmiitrr beliefl With
that thought, death has nothing to excite a‘
fear; for death, without forgetlulness, is
nothing riiore than a mild sleep-—it is only
a repose after long fatigues. '
And that flower! I desired earnestly to
see it spring up, I wished to gather it, and so
I left the camp. After ten days’ steady,
painful walking. I reached my mother’s
grave. The earth seemed to be freshly
heap:-d up. No flower had appeared. I
waited—-six weeks rolled away ; then, in the
first dawn of a beautiful day, I saw expan-
tied a little {lower of azure blue. It was one
of those flowers which the people or
the city cull 'M_vosott-s, but which the coun-
try lulks call ‘For-gt-t-me not.’
In gathering it, I shed tears of delight, for
it seemed to me as ilthis little flower was the
soul oftriy mother; that she had felt my
presence, and under the form of this flower,
she had returned to cfler herself to iiie.——
Nothing retained me in the country, for my
farther soon followed my mother to the grave
and I had gethered tiny precious flower, and
what tnore did I need .7
I l't'IlIt'l'l|I)eI'(.‘(l my mother's counsels, ‘do
your duty ;’ so I_inquired for the gens-d’nrms
and said to them ‘I am a desertcr, arrest me.’
Now I am going to die, and if, as you
have assured me, I have a friend in you, I
shall die without a regret, for you will per-
form for me the service that I expect front
you. The flower which I went to gather
from the grave at the peril of my life, is here
—here, in this little bundle which is suspen-
ded over my heart. Promise me that you
will see that no one separates it from me.
It is the link that unites me to my mother,
and if I thought that would be broken, I
should die like a coward. You do solemnly
promise to perform what I ask ofyott .7’
‘I do promise it.’
‘Oh, your hand; let me press it upon my
heart. Oh, how good you are to me: how,
how I love you ; and if God, by his omnipo-
tence, should restore me again to life, that
life would I CODSt'CII3Ilf to you.’
The friends separated.
The itextday, when the people had con-
gregated at the place designated for the exe-
cution. and just the -.-:§;;.;- ;...; read the
fatal sentence, there was heard a noise at at.
distance, and then loud cries ran along the
ranks of the army, ‘The Emperor—-it is the
E.tnperor—-long live the Emperor.’
He rode up, and disiitounted front his
horse. Then, with his sboi't‘rtrpid steps, he
\.\'11lI{t(I directly to the pi'isoner.- ‘Pierre-,’
said he, - I
Pirre looked at the Emperor and he seem-
ed to be ntaking an rflort to speak, but he
was struck with an immovable stupor.
-Pierre,’ continued the Emperor, ‘recol-
lect your own words last night. ‘God has
again restored thee to life.’ Consecrate that
life not to me but to France. She is a good.
noble mot/ier; love her as thou didstthy oth-
er mother.’ '
The Em,-ieror withdrew amidst deafening
clamors of affection.
art , 2 at: it
Some years ttfterwartls, Pierre, who had
becorne a captain in the Old Guard, fell on
the baltlt.‘ field of" Waterloo, and in the ago-
ny of death he collected his whole mortal
energies and shouted, with a firm voice,
Long live the Emperor! Long live France I
God bless my motht-r I’
‘Who hath redness of eyes .7’ This inter-
rogattve portion of divine scripture is forci-
bly illustrated by an anecdote, related with
most efll-alive dryness by a friend of ours,
An elderly gentleman, accustomed to “in-
dulge,” eritcred the barroom ofan innin the
pleasant city of H on the Hudson,
where sat a grave Friend toasting his toes
by the fire. Lifting a pair of green specta-
cles upon his forehead, rubbing his enflam-
ed eyes, and calling for a hot brandy toddy,
be seated himself by the grate; and he
did so, he remarked to Uncle Bi-oadbi-im
that ‘his eyes were getting weaker and weak-
er, and that even speciacl- s didn't seem to do
’em any good.’ I’ll tell thee friend,’ rt-join’d
the Quaker, ‘what I think. I think if thee
was to wear l/i._r/ spectacles oz-er tlzg, mouth for
it few-months, thy eyes would get sound
again I’ The ‘complainant’ did not even re-
turn thanks for this medical counsel, but
sipped his toddy in silence, and soon after
left the room. ‘uttering never a word.’
Ah 17i(Iian's Irrg°c7zuil_t/._,—_-:A Spaniard
having stolen a horse from an Indian. the
latrer convicted him ofthe offence by a very
ingeriious plan. He complained to ‘a Judge,
Kb” had ‘he Spaniard. ‘together with the
orse, brought before him. The prisoner
swore that the horse belonged to him, and
that he had always had it, so that the judge
did not find himself in a position to convict.
[file was even about to return the horse to
him, when the Indian said, ‘If you will at.
lotv me, I will prove thatthe animal belongs
to me.’ Immediately he pulled ofl'his cloak
and covering the horse’s head, asked the
Spaniard of which eye it was blind,the Span-
iard was much embarrassed at the question,
but nevertheless, not to delay the ‘court, he
replied at hazard that it was the right eye,_
The Indian, uncovering the head, exclaimed
‘The horse is not blind either of the right
")'°_°" 0! the if-‘ll-’ _ The judge immediately
decided tbavfhe animal was his.
The people owe a debt to Martin Van Bu.
fen. Says the New York Plebian. ‘Exactly
so,’ replies Dawson of the Rochester Demo.
Ctat ‘they paid the firsl installment in 1840,
The last will be cancelled in 1844.’
The late King of Holland left a fortune
of sixty-five millions of dollars.
Pierre Pitois stretched wide open his -eyes
most firmly hold is that which attributes to the
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