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THE TIRO LES E°.

HOFFEK.

1111AallAPOICAL ACCOUNT 01 ANDIRRAS HOFTRII.
Ms: •RAVI' AND lageria pMIHAND►K OF THIS

TY iOLESC.

Andreas Hoffer la dintoit-Pi of Sand, thy princi-
pal toasts in the valley of PAllet.f, and, trona the
place .11 his residence, has received the appellation
of Smidoirth, which is AS much as. to say, the Mu-
keeper of Send. He ia thirty-eight years of age,
tall and robust, anti has from his youth worn a
iu.ig award. according to the custom of that part of
the country.
His religions deportment, his virtuous example,
the uncommon acuteness and depth or his under.
donating, liar a man who ;las not enjoyed the ad-
vantages of a liberal education, together with his
modemy sod integrity, rattly procured him the
...teem of all the inhabitants of his
I-2valley, about
.
,ttuta iii among whom he was lippOillted
_to nil an Mike which nearly answers to that of a
irvinastrate. or country fustier. in this situation lie
*taloned, in the highest degree. the•love and re-
of hi. ceimitrymen. %Vl...never the danger of
hostile ineursioifti threatened his native laud, I hiller
*la always at the head of the brave inhabitants of
his valley, as then conrinauder ; mod in all the ac-
tions that took place, lie Mgaidised himself equally
his irouragr and sagacity. He us, besides, VIC-
-4.0.61.1.11 pep/ alive best riflemen in the Tyrol ; and
in 'very engagement, whether lie be on foot or on
bor....bark, be is sure to carry with him his favourite
%velum.
Hiler, as a man who loved and esteemed reli-
goes,. his country. its laws, and the privileges °b-
eamed by victory, perceived Mut too clearly that his
already impoverished clammy could mot ptmibly
%.ist under the yoke of .Fratice and Bavaria. and
repaired three times to Vimitia, to the Emperor of
Austria, and the Princes Charles and John, to seek
to ascertain whether Austria was not
again disposed to go to war with its tyrants ; in
hopes that. on 'hi. 'amnion, the oppressed Tyro-
lese, who were still warmly attached to the House
of Austria, might be able to shake off the yoke.
Neither were (Leer hope* entirely disappointed: he
returned, and waited with anxiety for the corn-
metitement of a new war. The long-expected day
at length approaChed ; and Hoffer, with two of hie
must intimate friends and cornpattious in arms.
concerted a plea for attacking the French and Hdl•
curia,, trOOps, who then occupied the country. It
teArred, that the sigma fur a general attack on
tile corny. amounting iu slumber to 27,0041, should
lie given, by saw-dust thrown tutu the lain, the
principal river, which runs through • great part of
rite ...misery of Tyrol. In all the places along Alie
lon, where there were persons to whom the secret
had been confided, the meaning of the saw-dud
was perfectly .understood : they instantly hastened
to ring the alarm-bells, in order to collect the in-
hatsitaiits of the districts and rallies situated at a
realer distance Irons the lan, to form them into
and to attack and cut in pieces the enemy,
wherever ke mop/eared. Complete rumen, crow lied
this heroic enterprise.
Ia this sffair, as well as in several other victories
and engageineuts, especially that near Inuspruck,
w torsi the enemy sna.ained a total defeat ; and also
11w taking of Trent, of which the brave Imperial
Colonel, Count von Leiningen, would not have been
able to make himself master, without the assistance
of Huffer and his companion's in arms; the latter ac-
gain d the confidence of his countrymen in such a
degree. that he was out only acknowledged as Crain-
oimilasit of Pasteur, at he am then called and sub.
eeilaird himself, but as the Commander-sit-Chief of
the whole country.
Hoffer keeps his head-quarters in the centre of
I't rail ; pod, accordiug to circumstaneei, occasion-
sly dismisses has colorist-leo to their Molars ; coon-
deist that, wlom Ma has occasion for them, they will
return at the *hilliest notice. He efwaye losestens
with them. wherever the dhuger is most presstag,
to oppose, *IA, as usual. to conquer the enemy.
la short, not a single eimageniesit in which Hotter
lass commanded, has yet terminated to the dissid-
vaicage of the Tyrolre ; and he seems destined
Sly Prot Attlee to check the destructive career of a
lgoial-thirsty euesay.
Had not Hoffer's achievements exhibited him to
C., world as a character worthy of admiration, still
t• P gold medal of bonour. and the cross of the
wile'. of Maria Theresa, conferred un him by His
'ii ijesty the Emperor of Austria, at different pe-
riods, wortirl sofficsently attest his merits ; es thine
h tttttt unable donne-titan are given only to such 's,
bate particularly signalized themselves. or rim-
tiered eminent services to the state.