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A HARD CASE.Mr. French, a Virginia volunteer from near Marietta, on fats way home through the bUek swamp, after his discharge at Fort Meigs-, became so-ry t «7 'mvcrely indisposed. Uis companions helped him aiong for several miles, and concluding ne ipust die. piled up si few brush to keep him out of the water, and left him to his fate, promising to send for him Irons the next hou«e tv miles distant; this promise thev forgot to bear in remcmbranoc,* u Tand passed on. The poor sick man lay in this deplorable situation, struggling with disease, and anticipating death with unusual accompwnyments, lor I wo davs and two nights—Sic wasw *»found by some Pennsylvania troops who, like the good Samaritan, car t ied him to the next house. A IV.w d. ys ago he passed thro’ this town in ■m advanced stale of convalescence.Zones. Ex/treat.
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Alexandria Gazette Commercial and Political

Alexandria, Virginia, US

Fri, May 21, 1813

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