Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-11-20

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the general Of his belt, his coat and his
under garments. He went on:
| That suballern. like myself, bore the
| mans Of Guedenof; we were born in The
same hovei-he was nv BROTHER. '-.t p
Spite of his ndomilable frmness. the
general could not refrain from shudder-
mig rs he listened to this fearful accusa-
ton. so eloquent III lis calm simplicity. so
I,assinnlrss in lis vengeful brevi,v. As
for Solowiova, she had looked on at first
with vague wonder, unable 10 conpre.
bend The scene that passed before her;
bur when she saw The general deprived OF
Ills sword, his uniform torn away. his
farm exposed. she then began 10 conceive
the purpose of his assallanis. and to I'M
derstand that he was doomed To receive
The degrading punishment he had so.oi,en
caused TO be inflicted Seized with hor
r"r she arose to her feet. clasped her
hands in supplication, and shrieked aloud
in terror and despair.
Ivan. the surgeon major, had ill this
moment stood motiunless and silent;
bul he could moi resis, The anguish Of
uSi uC ip'Vd. 1WSot tIO SlCtu ca.
element of the troops. the hnpelessness
of his Interference, and made step for
ward; but the loud ringing of a muske,
was heard. Ivan threw up his arms, turn
ed on heels convnlsively and fell to the
ground corpse. The bule. had pierced
his heart
gigantic soldier stepped forward
from tIa rants lifto1 tho hnI. ,pI hnra
II To the window where Solowiova stood;
he threw i, al her feet and said. 'Nightin.
gale, this belongs TO YOU
Wine as marble Salowiova gazed upon
the corpse Of her lover, bent toward it,
wiped the bloody forehead with her hand
kerche,f, gave forth one terrible cry, and
fell liIeless bv It's side.
Meantime General left had been
bound To gun carriage. dragged through
the ranks and scourged with rods, the
torture Of which was but The beginning of
his punishment. He had scarcely reach
ed The extremity of the line. when voice
exclaimed, ITO the ovensr
The unhappy General. though half
dead with agony. heard these words. and
knew their horrld meaning 4 hundred
voices repeated. 10 the ovens!'
A mortal plleness overspread his fea
lures: his courage gave way, he groaned
and begged for mercy. But the hurrahs
of the battalion drowned his voice. and
Sergeant Guedenhoff. approaching him
once more. replied:
too begged for mercy when my broth
er fell dying under the blows you order
ed
We will no, pursue the hdeous details
of the scene that followed, only adding
that General L--etf and the superior
officers of the battalion. shut up in the
ovens which the vengelul soldiers took
care to hea, slowly. were literally baked
alive.
The crime presented irighsful origin.
ally aud II was deemed meet that its eX
pIalon should be likewise The ,adings
were horne la the Emperor and eight
days afIerward several ba.ialinns of ar
ulrry marched through The streets of the
ancIen, Russian capitol, they had been pre-
coded hy mllrr general who had won
for himself IN The Polish campaign the
iltle ot the " arsaw eXcnnoner. One Of his
alis appeared al the barracks of the NUT
uneers and ordered them to parade the
next morning IN iaugne dress and with
out their weapons. IN The small square al
the western end of The CITY. They repll-
ed by their invarlable kracho. good.
put IN their long grey coats and their
round caps, and oiled their mouslaches
as tor an ordinary field day; then pale.
silent and with white lips. but keeping
perfect order IN their ranks. they raver>ed
The city between triple files Of Cossacks.
followed by the terrified and mournful gaze
OF the inhabitants. On their arrival in
square they posted themselves in sclid
columns, noiselessly and without, confu-
SION.
The drums beat-lhe bells of the
churches pealed forth a solemn clang-
and batteries of cannon, planted in the
avenues tina, led into the square, opened
upon them deadly fire Of grape shot.
Each discharge was succeeded by shout,
by mulliiudlnous groan, with which
were mingled the wild songs Of those
who psided themselves on dying like men
who knew no fear. Three hours The fire
was kept up. and when al its close the
execulioners of this awful sentence irav-
ersed The place through lake Of blood,
they found bu. five whom the crap shot
had not reached; among these was the
sergean, Guedenof. They all nerisl,ed
under the murderous blows Of the knou,.
he sergeant mainland his firmness and
composure 10 the end. Stretched on the
fatal plank, he seemed unconscious Of the
lash thai tore his bleeding flesh, address.
ing The eXecuioner, cnolly asked it his
allotted number of blows would soon be
completed. They are flushed now
said The execn,i,iier. 80 much the bet
ter, replied Guedenof' 'for | am very
hungry H gftn
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