The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1850-09-14

N"lrn VINO huHW what urE were about got
Austrian money
A. came out upon ihe torrarr aqain, /
saw group ofstah oaiccn pointing to a black
mass, which, ~ great distance was marh-
ing zap FROM the north western horizon ia clear
sunshine. Il was the Corps Of General Ruii-
ger, which according tn The written agree
mout of that General with C,urgoy was march
ing 10 I-imnud ia order N receive the sur
render of our army. ,Iuat thcn an officer
cam' out ofthc castle The dark mass wa,
poutgl out iu him. "Gynrlemuu said hr
"do not deceive yourselves; the capitua-
unn l. made At discretion" As may easily
he ruUrrivrri tiriT rrrurrs, which wiz -'trirp--
cd was made by the express direction OF Cor
gcy, caused great agitation among us all,
md being 4preal abroad with lightning quick
ness iu the army also, 4 quito youthful Col
oncl who slood behind me, nil loud enough
20 be- heard hy many "Npw the betrayal +,
complrtc. tlis announcement I. made at the
very moment when IL Z, Thought impossible
for u- to draw back" \ tear Of anger spar
klcd In the cyc Of lltr Colonel, while the hy-
standcr. uttered low but terrific imprccations.
Gorgey had threatened those grumhliug aud
opposing with death. liut for this that morn
ing hour would have produced other and un-
expected SCENES Nothing was needed but q
giflcd aud rcsplutc leader who know how "a
inspire the armv spark of enthusiasm
thrown among them, and they would have
yonturcd struggle Of life and death with the
Russians,
In this continuous succession ofcVciting and
surprising scenes, the hours of the forenoon
rapidly passed away, In tho town rnr- life
wns almost in danger, The Ilon,cds who
filled the streets, discharged their guns a. it
aud swapping IKE Ife Frc orsKirmishers. Or
der against this from Gorgcy were Of no a
vail, for the soldiers no longer recognized him
~ their commander To puni.hIhcu would
have been more dangcrou, for him than for
the offenders. While the high staff officer
still ivlt the weight orthc commanding Cen
erals authority, the common soldier had lost
with his respect all his fear of the very man
whom few day previously hc adorcd
About r;-nr, the immense line of the ar
my brgan 30 movo toward I-imaud In our
carriagts We Joined the endless train Of ychi-
clcs of all kinds, from the elegant harouchc
ofthe General, 10 the two-whcclrd donkey
cart of the market women. do not think I
r,aggcratc when say that 1000 carriages.
+ (of course douut include Tho ammunition
wagons followed the army. All these were
haraina and rann.na over each o,hcr ,horc
/ M, q. much croVdiu- and Wgl1g forward ~
Iifit were to Sec mcrr, comedy. and not To
complete melancholy aud decisive cata,tro-
/ pho. il was an unusually hot day mon aud
horses were rccovorci~wi,h dust aud >vcat.and
now and thcn every thing become invisible ia
fthick clouds ofdu-t -'Ih, troop marched III
gloom and silence never saw Hungarian
soldiers 50 .criou. and dowuca-r cy,n ON re-
/ treats allcr lost battles, or when we had been
( long without eating there still tcmaincd a
truce Of gaicty. The majority were then an.
imatcd 10y hope for bcttcr times, but new no
hope remained
I The IIussars especially attracted our attcp.
ton. Not few of them, observed. were 50
deeply lost in their thoughts that they I'D
not tako the least notice of what was gunt
on around them. But If a carriage, with higl
officers or ladi,.- passed loo close IN thcmthc,
looked up toEivc vent To bitter curse -
soon learned what was the cause of th1 il
feeling of the men against the superior ofh
trrrS. \ FEW days after the capitulaticn At
old lIussar of the Nicholas regiment, said I,
me: If the staff officers and the commandant
of hattalions and regiments had said to Cor.
gcy, I'VE will fight for the iathcrlaud II
lf.it4s sf '.',' e--trt,rrrrrrf rur-Uru1 and hIv
nothing to do with capitulation,' we woul,
all have made an uproar and chosen a lcadc
Bi-oay, We would have sent the cursed Rus
slams packing. IL is shame So to sell an,
bctray an army of 30, 600 men, the best son
of the Magyar"
Abott o'clock we saw again that dark
ness which, in the morning. had given occa
sion to so many bittcrNsayings Now W
were nearer thrm, f'vyuryi tiru rriiii truot
drawn up in front of a wood, were the in
mcnsc brigadcs of cavalry and infantry. Tn
=, place in which We were, presented the 70
lowing aspect On the lcft stretched out
: broad plain ON whose horizon lay Arad; q
sihe right, the valley was shut in by modcrat
hills, the last outposts Of the Transylvan
Carpathians On one of them behind u
stood IN picturesque majesty, the ruined Bur
v of Villages, one of the few Hungarian oastl,
> built on hills. Immediately in front was
= iarge mill, with but few ont buildings, ar
beyond the village Of Zsimahd. Directly o
positc to US hcyond the brunk-rtir army Iol
- up its position in three diyisions; in the fr'
: the cavalry. in the second. the powerful ira
IT of artillery, 14o pieces Of all caIibres and
il nally, in a third, the infantry. I say nothil
= about the deeds and the merits of the variu
hattalions; they are too we'll known and ha'
h often been spoken Of In face of the ILu
n, garian army stood the Russians, tttuIr rsvat
r in front. For the last time we now hea