The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-10-30

Tie sergeant shlls he spoke bad con
liasel 9Th lerribls conrossFs 70 "Trip
he general 90 he belt. his coat and hls
sndsr garments. lie sent On:
Tees suhslsers. iske nysslf. bore lhs
nans aG Ggs5ensd. ne Ssse born IN The
ssas h0ssl--he sas ny brOli G"
Spine ii he indomnshle htuEsss ihe
general ronld nol refrain IRON shuddsElns
q be listened 70 Ihls fsnfgl seeOssiion,
30 sloqeenl n 10 eslm SIM liei;y. 80 pss-
slenisss 10 il Esngelei brssiig. AZ lcr
SolOwioys. she hsd looked on ~ bret si'h
sIgDe wonder, enable 10 ennPrehTnd ,hs
scsne thai passed before hes; bul Hhsn
she $50 ne g,n,rsl deprived Of hts
sword. hrs unil"Im torn aSsy, bis Torn
exposed, Ihsn che began 10 eeheslre Ihe
puTose oI his assistants and 10 uadsIstsnd
That he xas doomed % receive The dsgrI'
ding psni.hRenl he bal % ef'en esssrd
10 bsinIiIcled. Seized with hostbr sae
rnse 10 her feet, slssped her haads 10 sus.
pllcsnen. and shrieked aloud n terror AID
despair.
Ivan, The surgeon-msjor, had a. this
moment sload meiionless sid sllehi; tut
he eohlj not usi.l me anguish q her he
loved. lie forgot The slsIn eaeifmrns Of
| The troops. the hoEelsssnsss Of his ihIsr-
| ference. aud ulsde step i"TwaTd; but The
loud ring NJ II a muskst VS. heard. lssu
threw up HE arms, turned on lie heel
eonsulsiEsIy aud fell 10 tie gr"Und .
corpse. The bul;ss had pierced bis heart.
| A gigantic soldier stepped iron tbs
ranks. hlIsd The hady and b"re II 10 the
xiudow where Solos iosa slood; hs ihTss
/ i! Of her fret and said, nightingale. ibis
belongs 10 you
White as msIble Solowiosa gazed up
on the corpse Of her lover, ben. TO- lard
il, wiped the bluoty forehead with her
handkerchief, gave one terrible cay snd
Tell hfsless by lie side.
! Meantime General L-sff bad been
bound TO gun csrrisge. dragged through
| The ranks and scourged wuh rode. the tor
ture OF which was but The beginning oI
his punishment. lie had scarcely tsaeh'
ed The extremity Of The lius when voice
exclaimed To the ovens
The unhsppy general, though bali dead
With agony. heard these words. and sne~
their horrid meaning. A hundred oIcss
repeated To the ovens
A moral psltness overspresd his Tea.
lures; bis courage gave way. he grUansd
and begged for mercy. But the hurrshs
of the bstalllon drowned his voice and
Sergeant GuenedofF. approaching hin
once more. replied. Il too begged f"'
mercy when my brother fell dying unds'
The blows you ordered 49,
We will not pursue the hideous details
Of The scene that followed. only adding
that general L-sff and the superior
officers of the battalion. shut up in ,hs
evans which the ,eng,ful soldiers tool
care TO beat slowly, we're literally baked
alise. >
expiaiion shooId Sc ifse . Ifeiii.hdfpbb .pSlg
, ings were borne 10 the Emperor, aud eigh
dsvs afterwards several baiisllons of az
. tllery marched through the princIps
streets OF the ancient Russian capital; tley
bad been preceded BY q msjnr genera
who lad won f,r himself in the Polish
campaign the title Of The Warsaw execu.
,ionsr. ops Of his aids Appeared 81 the
barracks Of The muiineers and ordered
them TO parade the next morning, in a.
tlgue dress and without their weapons,
IN The email square a, the western end OF
the city. They replied BY their in,sris-
bic karracho. (eood, put on their long
grey coats and their round cape. and oiled
their monslaches as for an ordinary field
day; then pale, silent with White lips, but
keeping periec, order in their ranks. the
Esserssd the city between triple files oil
Cossscks. followed by the terrified and
mournful gaze Of the inhab tsn,s. On
their srrissl in he square they posted
themselves in solid columns, noiseie.s and
without confusion.
The drums bes,--the bells of the
churches peaIed forth q solemn cIsng-
and batteries Of cannon, planted in the
avenues that led into lhe square. opened
upon them deadly FIRE oil grape shot.
Each discharge was succeeded by shout.
by . mu!ii'udInous grosn, with shich
~ete mingled The wild songs Of those vito
prided themselves on dying Ike men u no
kne~ no fear. Three hours The Ere vas
KEEP, up; and when al it's close the e,e.u-
TONERS 81 This awful sentence taversed
the place through lake OF bland. they
found but five shon The grape .ho, had
not reached; among ,liess we'e the ser
gesnt Guedenof. They all persisted IN
der The murderous blows OF the knou,.
The sergeant maintained hts firmneas and
composure to the end Stretched on the
fatal plank. he seemed unconscious Of tie
lash iba, tore his bleeding flesh. and al.
dressing The ekecG'ione:, roolly ,sked IL
his allotted number of blows ould soon
be completed. They are finished no a.
said The exeruti"ner. IS, much The BET.
ter replied Cue deaofI, Tor | am very
hungry.