Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-11-05
From Giaham's Magazine.
THE POLISH MOT II L r

HE PUL y NJ U ii l. IL.
I,was q peorpeous bridal. Tho old hall Of IN,
palace was lit up with thousand lights, ant
crowded With all tho wealth, beauty and rank o
Poland The apartment biazed with the Jewel
of its occupants. Princes with their proud danes
high officers Of state mobiles whose d"tnains wee
IN extent with kingdoms, and lordly beauties be
meath whose gaze all bent IN alteration, had ga
,hcred Mt that magnificent festival To do honor &c
the bridal Of tho fair daughter Of their host. And
loveliesi among the lovely was tho BRIDE Tai
and ma iestic III every movement, with queen
Iy brow and a face such might have been tina
Of the mother Of the gods, she moved through the
splendid apartment the theme Of every admiring
tongue Nor less remarkable was her husband
Warsaw bcheld noble trend her palaces more
Iordlv in his benring than the Count ReschIiky.
The fire Of a hundred warrior ancestors burned in
his eve Tho fame Of his high lineage, Of his ex-
tended POSSESSIONS Of his feats in arms, followed
his footsteps wherever he went. In manly bcau-
" the court of Poland had no rival to the Count,
in jesiic loveliness the realm furnished no equal
10 his bride. And now, as they stood together 10
tina, proud old hall, surrounded by all that WIS
bic and beautiful in tho land, the peerless beauty
of tho Countess and the princcly bearing of her
husband shone pre-emlncn'
Never had Warsaw seen such festival. AL!
that the most boundess wealth, and all that a
taste the most rastiJous co"id DO add .h
splendor of the occasion hid been done, and the
quests one and all, bore testimony OF the success
Of prnceIy entertainer The air was iadened
win incense, flowers bloomed around, unseen mu-
sic filled tho hall with harmony and statues and
carvings Of rare device met the eye at every turn
II Aladdin had been there he would not have ask
ed iha, his enchanted palace should excel in mag
nIficenco Inc one before him. NO visionary, IN
his widest dream could Imagine aught more
beautiful And through this uurlvatled hall the
Count and his bride moved, conscious that all this
splendor was oked for their honor, feeling tina
no, heart in all the vast assembly but envied
their exalted lot. AT every step congraiuniion
met them until they turned away SICK with adu-
Iarlon What wondor that the rose grew still
deeper on the check of the bride, 'ha, her eyes
flashed With brgh ter brIaucy. or thai her STEP
became queenly? Could augh, mortal wholly re
sat tho inioylca,ion OF that hour!
Years have elapsed That fair young bride had
become n mother; but time had passed over hei
without destroying one ltnenment OF her males
tic beauty But the scene had changed from tina
through which she moved on her bridal night
There were longer around her wealth and
snlendor and beauty. the latery of the proud, The
envy of the fair. She sa, alone-aione with he
two children, lovely girl OF sixteen, anG
the other "a smiling boy, whose birth years before
had thrilled her husbands heart with extasy, fill
cd a province with rej,icipgs. But now that hus
band was away from her side, the province lay
smoking around her. Her own proud home, where
since her marriage she had spent the hapPIes
hours Of her life, had been sacked and gwen to
the flames, and she now sat leaning against the
shattered p,rapet, with her face buried In her
hands and tho bitter tear of mothers anguish
rolling down her checks. AT her feet, leaning on
her for succor, and clasplng her hand, sat her
daughter; while her boy, too young "a yet TO be
conscious Of the misery around hun, smiled as he
played with the Iewelled cross depending from
bis mothers neck a broken sword, dsmoun,-
ed cannon, and shattered staff of a lance, at the
feet Of the group betnkened that the vassals OF
h,,i ll,1 hor ~
rapine without deadly struggle; and indeed OF
the hundreds of hearts which beat there, but the
day before, only those of the mother and her two
children had escaped captivity and death. Part
Of the palace was yet IN flames while. the plain
beyond, village threw its lurid conlag5a,ion a
round Who that had seen that mother on her
bridal night could have foreto'd tina, her after life
would reveal scene like this!
The Polish war for independence had broken
out Among the foremost of the patriotic band
which periled all for their country, was the Count
Reschifky. His sword had been unshe athed at
the outbreak of the conflict his fortune had been
poured the first ;nto the Golfers of the state
From his own estates ne had raised and equipped
rs gallant band ever followed lord TO the tent,
cd field. And for a short space the war seemed
TO prosper. But then came the reverse. From
countless legions, headed bv the fierce Sawarrow.
into Poland, and smoking fields and slaughtered
armies. soon told that the day Of hope for that
iu-fa'e] land over. Yet a few noble
spirits, among whom the Count foremost,
still held out for their country, fighting every
foot Of ground, and though re,rea,Ing before the