Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1841-01-21
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Tn the IN OF Ovtob e. lSi2. the first CORPS haN-
ing received ortos 10 ova"uStO MIooN, arrived at y
NiainJaroslaI cit TIt IA tine u participate Ina the glo-
nous battle Z ven b Pancy r a., N a he head ftiv
ioiIth corps agdins; X 'b.lia IA. aij,-icranp of Mar
slol Cavuusi. crssing the line o. battle 10 carry an
orie, was struck b. Il bullet al leil among the Jead.
On ihc evening Vi that brilliant da,. cr the ltilc
io .vn o. Aiis jso laNe'y. nf 90 being repeatedly IA.
K N and r tikeu, was finally secured in our power.
Marshal DaNousi was Surveying tae feli o. b,ttls,
when. ,ijionly, a man rovered with hlJAl. raisn.
hiinSelfffpm a hsaP of liieless budiss. with daniculiy
gave uileraucS 10 The 64iowiIg words-Ah. well,
NV cunradcs vii you leave me 10 die withou, .ue.
eori" IL was Kjh,linski. who. In the general cunfu.
zion. IL was slppo-ej. hal hllci into the h1nL, OF q
enemy. 4 1t CT h hastily prepared. and he is soon
clistdei 10 the care o. hs surgeons; bui, alas, he, Who
CONES u inspect ihe wound. tIs exchanged with tho
Marshal a look of IN ,uspicioas in,eliigence;-lhe
wound soi a aJst seriogs nature. Now tossing a sec
ond tune ihe uae of MS senses, Riailihski pressed. in
: ga ct a hast adicu, the hand extended 10 hun 10y hs
ilGslrious chief
The next diy orders were received by the Marshal
90 quii the route Of K,ionga, and proceed toward
Wilma. which had been chosen as a place OF siiciy.
This m ivCmcnI was already execuief. when the mes.
sengvT sent 10 learn the state OF K,hi,Inskis health,
announced to the NJ ,rshtl tiat, h!siiying oil pseLic.
I Gus lac was sill alive. Proceoling Immediately 10
a company ot gr n ,dicrs, Soldiers. sad he Marshal.
"ny sid.de camp. kpbii.nski. has had The thigh ear.
ried away by a ballet Pole, he ought not to fall
iaio the power ufthe Russians. cnniids q v n; 10
n" nun " AAaiu u u NbNE biiaicI. IIesenllN. No.
6lnsk'. borleou a litter TO The centre ofthe conpa.
$ NY, followed he retogade movement of he army.
e Some diysirlusPrcl, and The retreat. commensel
> IN good order, begun, IN cUnssqucuce OF tie in,ei.s.
y ~ OF ineCsSanicold, To pres,n nj a lrighiiul asueet urds.
j organization aud Misery.
IA The g]renliiers marched slowly on their wpy
someiimrs filling ia with wrecks Of The army in thc
y greatest disir,s'. und going through. m he space of a
Z, 10" days--aag, a few hnu sill the phasrs of war.
Thus three weeks uf struggling and pain passed. du-
z mig which many of incln ell yicfimz "A rulI a.I 49,.
ger. yet they sill repulscd ~ an outrage the pnv.r
% The generous Pvie, vhn. seeing the end OF 50 mlny
II heroic saeriicrs, with joined hands. earnestly en,rpa.
9 ted them that they would abandon him ON In, ROM.
"Coloael X jbIinsk," sad an cd g. sioiral hnr,emsn
"dead or alive we shall take you back-iti is the on,,r
OF The mstshal, who has confdcd YOU to our honor the
rssi 10 the grace OF God" Ia a few DAYS, Lo WIN
ihns gave uiIsrsnce 10 hi- determination ruso the 9Th
time frem that numbness which had poyrd fatal Tn
y many oihis comrades during one Of til sse dreadful
nights of Disaster AMI affection, such as has meyer bocn
ensraNen on the pages OF history.
Atlengih. towards the cI0so of a long and drenrv
lay, there anse ia the misty hori ron In The distance
a curtain ofhouses; II was Willn. the land OF prom,se.
1 with is dellcAcies - ardenry desir.d--a shelter. n
liItie straw, TO lie upon, and bread 10 eat. A cry of
icy now terminated the coumge of fVo heroes, Who
supPpried the litter upoa which rcPoses the wounded
and nearly exhausted kOhilinski. vain hope, Ibis Inst
effort has deprived them of strength; ihree perish An
"a sight o! tho suburbS-thc other iwu move q few steus
b. --;hcn, one only, one alone contends with The mn
h. chalned elements! Unable now 10 support the be
- nunnhed body OF his chief, he dracs him--he crawl,
10 with hiA,--a moment OF silence-a cry Of yictnn.
re Wilma.
IN Arrived wihhis chnrSe at the head quarters OF
lie MlrshIl Davousi, with pride he caused him in he in
I'd formed that the company Of eronadiers. in which ho
IS hal conhdcJ Col h ,hlInsLi. having accomplished
Their missinn. claimed the honor ofbciug pc, scented to
he hun. Audience was immediately granted, tle Mar
IA ahai being ignorant oftIe disastrous consequences VI
ST. his order.
ed Where is my aid ~de-campl" nnIiou.ly eng uirsc
ir the Marshal,
N al hani," promptly replied the grenadier.
70 And he cumpanyi" continued Il.e Marshal.
IL Behold It Dei1rc YOU"
u. "I aktd for the COMPANY"
II have responded, hook here
81 "Bnt, thy cumndcsl'
"Buried-bcGcaih the snou!"
q, The Marshal threw himself iuIn the nrrs or tina
q. soldier, whose name, nevertheless. history has niicd
l, 10 record. Twenty five years after, Marshal Davorst
20 REQUIRED sill u Iha Remembrance of .hs day, % tie
nj most brilliant Of hs N Whole hfc.