The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-04-20


as % liuls tcHp,le waS hIgIy drsrablu lor boIh
men mud hpfHfs,
Tie eyes Of lliu Counties Helene hogail-Iu
be- dangerous fDr niei bat upon earth llin rOl-
dief has 30 abiding quarters, on iLgthird
upfnlug wis o irnr ~ my eye, ! pressed
Sl------ 10 ny broral, kissod lne check ui
hia wife and lnH sister, lho lnllor plurhiug q
rose bud for ne ~ keepsake, my trumpDer
sounded 10 borse, md away we duFied,
Wboa ueN' they m6ot, y Is undofdintreul
circumstances
We had-As We 90 ofen have lhd--h soii-
Gus engagement with tit- A1Fsa4ay- IA lLIcll
there were,o both sidas,al least ten or twelve
thousand men IA the 1re, On llis OCCASION
the enemy again had numerous and excel
lent light cavalry, aud had lho skill 10 employ
IL on the ground favorable iur himself so thhl
u1r IHfHtTtry rst-'''-'1y si...-..ssa-
most violent attacks, aud hnd lhe greatest
difficulty to ward thom oil
Two rquadfonr IA particular, of very we'll
orgugiz,d aud equipped d0Hpois Distinguish
|odlhomselyes toy lhcir furious charges On lhc
/ Crolian inlaulry baunlions, bnd COULD at last
/ not he compelled lo retreat lat hy several
discharges Of grape, which made dreadful
havoc ln their ranks.
| Tho leader of This corps, man Of tall olc,
. gnut figure, ~ the rich dress uf a ruagnntc,
mounted on a superb, spirited gruy stallion,
which lac mnnagod with great dsSlorlIy, was
| indolalignblo ~ always rulying his men, aud
/ leading them bnck against our infantry. lie
| gnlopcd 10 iio with ~ much nnconccn,
us II the balls whlzing around him were
/ but snow balls, continually "sUrishlng his
glsioning blade.
4lhc figure Of the rider seemed To be- we'll
/ known tu ne; but c6iId not Distinguish hi,
/ features, as we were drawn up IN rear Of our
column Of infantry nt The distance of some
hundred PAGES from HIM
/ Iwirr he had escaped, unhult, he fifc Of
our ininutyi when, ~ have already mcu-
toned, -oine gone, which had meAHN li.le
como up, began ~ FIRE with grape, Tie b. ,ii,-
cd not To heed llc first discharge; for I saw
iiIi, strii hrirk uitd animated ~ ever, eallap
ing about NJ the head Of his men, TIE see.
oud must have bcgu directed hclicriur when
I Ilc suukc cleared OIL, could perceive hgrsc
aud-tidcr on the grouud..
Al ilo saino moment Wc received th, -ig.
uul Tor chafEing, rte fankSuf' urr -tuirrtty
suddenly opened, To let us pps- through, and
We advanced ni iull gnllup upon lhc cucuA I.
horse. These NJ fret retired pfecipiiatrlt,
/ to get beyond the range of our cannon; lhuu
4 iullcd, und drove W. back; WC did the same
Z lay theHH Huil r.o wo went on, an az length, ms
. IT. IL usual ia Hungary, the Nhplr dissolved
into single conibats, IN which rniI h eugnE-
cd hand to hand with man.
IL was nearly dark when, with my lroop,
sninu OF ~h"H, Wcr. Killed, Others aJ,cruly
wounded reached the main body. Scuicc.
ly hud Wo uusdddlud aud, tired to death, |
. was about 10 suolch mysclfby thu watch
y tire, fed with tie fiNi ol houses which had
been pulled down, hhcn an infantry soldier,
appointed To liosIseul duty, came TO inform
inr ihnt an Liiiccr of she insurgents, danger
uHsiy wounded aud t'ten prisoner having
heard nay name, wished ia speak io me.
I In spite rtWrlfiuoss, immediately follow
od my guide tu ihc hurdle shed, which was
liyod up for an hospital. Dismal was the
] p,arancc ofths dark, tiS place, scauliiy
/ liGdcd hi The hand-iunIoUs OF the surgeons
and attendants, Vh,s with tlicir blood strip.
ped slocvcs tucked up high. aud with aprons
equally bloody, ,-Aato L,,-t3y engaged. The
wuuHued iuy CtuvU ~ one H0OtIcf upon dir.
~ straw, which ia places was quite wet aud
slippery from rhc blood upon II. Loud sighS,
. muuus, groous, gnnshug ul teeth, mingled
latunca will cufsrg, rIIrtIu- -buhrtt,ir',,-po pol-
i-h, Hungarian, German aud trhtpu.augu1.
gcs I was obliged to rally courage, lest
I should be scared back
IN the liwlhcst corner Of the lunC building,
tli .rrif. laltlir iYt,,it,,rA ,ti.,ter
who wished Ia speak to Hc. How was /
shocked when 'hc light of the attendants
.lluicrulslln nlon LIS IAcG-a -aili- -IErognIz1d
CuuAt- ST.
On uur narclr through Crolin to N,cunn,
had passed tNo days at his mansion; had
sucn him in the society of Two charming
Nomcu--hls " wife and his sister IN the iull
enjoyment of happiness nud now, in what
state was / doomed ia ind HIM! Si------,
n Magyar to the inmost 6hro ofhis heart had
irIriurri then that la should mp
arms inr KossulhGul thus TO meet him again
was not at all prepared.
Knecling by the side ofuy pnlc ifitnd.
whose noble counlcuanco bore the evidNll
Impress of speedy death, gruspcd his col'N
hand and asked in what way could be SER
vicable ~ him. "'fhanl, you for coming, hfc
.tapIicd, in voice scurccly audible. Ond fis
effort maniesty caused hu srcat rain-"l
heard that YOU, Asro here, ana i sent for you.
nm dymg-my chest IS shattered. When
am dead, take the pocket book out of my
uniform, and scud it to my wife, who lives nj
H.: IL contnins my will aud other pa
pcrs."
Here tie made n long pGilsc, during which
strove to cheer linn.
"Don't talk thus-'tis of no use we rort
ns friends-I have fought for Ny corniry-
YOU nro faithful 10 your colorr.'
| pressed his hand in silence.
"Nhere is your sister Helene p | at length
asked.
"With the army he answorcI--"shc is
fighting for Hungary"
fl was now considerable time before ST
- could utter word. ile mooned
gently; aud rogimental surgeon, who came
TO us, significantly madeHhe sign ofthe cross
with his finger
At length, after full hour, hc suddenly
rnised himself and said
uSo-uow its nll,over--salnle Marie tihe
nnmc orhis wifcl-Ainrle " and wth thar ho