The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-02-13

II was a considerable time before ST.
could utter word He moaned gently; and a re.
gimental surgeon, who came to us, significantly
made the sign Of the cross with his finger
AT length after full hour, nc suddenly raised
himself and said, SO tits all over; salute Ma
rie (the of his wfe) )-Mariep and with that he
stretched himself out, his eye-strings broke, and
his spirit fed"
The tragedy concludes with the fate of the lovely
sister Of his host, who, like many Polish victim
OF the fair SEX had braved danger in her countrys
cause
Satisfied on this point, set out, with my two
attendants ON my return to the watch fire, the tall
fiamc OF which fared up cheeringly before us;
when, the moon shining tolerably bright, we per
ceyed human figure lying at the foot Of a tree
eve went nearer--it was woman, dressed as a
man, in the costume of Hungarian magnate; the
long hair which fell her shoulders betrayed her
sex. My scrassans turned her round; and by the
pale moenbeams recognised Helene. the lovely
sister of my friend St. indispensable anguish
thrilled me at that moment, and was we'll nigh
throwing myself upon the corpse
"Forcibly mastering my spirits, / ordered my
men to carry the body to the fire. There we ex-
amined it more closely, and with extreme anxiety
left Of rcviving her. Vain hope! it was several
hours since her spirit had departed; the ball of one
of our riflemen had gone through her heart. From
the small red wound the blood was still oozing in
single drops; which carefully caught in my hand
kerchief, to be preserved a relic.
"My only consolation that the deceased
could not have suffered long; that she must have
expired the very moment che was struck Those
pure, noble, still wondrous beautiful features-on
her brow dwelt peace and compoeure, and the lips
almost smiled There she lay as if in TRANQUIL
sumbcr; and yet those eyes were never more to
open-those lips never to utter noble senti
ments or words of kindness.
MY hussars were visibly affected, and thought
IT pity that one 30 young and beautiful should
die SO early. Many of them who had been with
me on our first march through Hungary, for two
days together at St--'s mansion, Instantly re-
cognised Helene, and doubly lamentcd her death,
because she had shown such kindness to them
1--WE thawcd by fire the ground not far from a
maple tree, and were employed nearly the whole
night in digging large deep grave with our hand
bills and swords By the time the first rays of dawn
appeared, we had finished; huzzar, who could do
carpenters work, having meanwhile made simple
cross out of the stems of two young white naples
"The corpse, in full uniform--the kopack with
plume of glistening heron's feathers on the head,
the light Turkish sabre BY her sde-was then care
fully wrapped in a clean, large blanket, which we
had with US, and so deposited in the grave which
we filled up again with earth. Then, regardless of
caution, had full salute fired with pistols over
the grave. have preserved small gold ring and
a lock of her hair for a memorial. When our mel
ancholy business was finished, we moved off after
the enemy, who retreated rather hastily.
'.The tempestuous feelings that filled my heart /
not able to describe. Helene had as subse-
quenty learned, served aid de-camp to her ma
ternal uncle, who commanded considerable Mag
var corps, and was shot, when acting in that ca
pacity, by our soldiers in the above mentioned
action