The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-10-09
The Execution ofthe Hungarian Generals

The Execution OF the Hungarian Generals.
The following painful scene at the execution
the Hungarian Generals, after the treason Of
Georgev, is drawn by NJ. Schlesngcr, in his
War in Hungary:
On the 9th of October 194o, thirteen generals
and staff officers were executed. -Four of these
heroic men met their end at daybreak, TIE COM
mutation Of their sentence to powder and lead
cXcnptinG them from the anguish Of witnessing
the death ofthcir companions in arms. Amongst
the rest was Ernest Kiss. His brother had be-
come insane after Gcorrov treacherv: his cous-
in had fallen, second Iconidas, in the defence
of the Rohcnthuim Pass; he himself the rich
est landed proprietor in the Banat, whose hospit-
able castle was all the wear round filed with
Austrian cavaliers and officers was. on the 9th
Of October, sentenced to death by tho Austrian
Court Marshall. on which sat many of the former
p0rtakers Of his hospitality. Ills friends at
Vienna had irtcrccdcd to save his lfr but in
vain He died painful death: tho Austrian
soldiers who ordered to carry the sentence
into effect, and who for whole year had faced
the IRE OF the Hungarian artillery, trrlnbIcd he
fore their drfrncrlrss victim: three separate vol
levs were fred before Kiss fell-his death strug-
Giles lasted full ten minutes. The report ofthc
| firing hearcd in tho castle, where those Off
GERS sentenced to be hung were preparing. for
| death. Poltrnhrrg had been in Il profound sleep,
and started, as he told the Austrian officer, by the
first voll"y, he had Jumped out ofhrd. The un-
! happy man had been dreaming that II" was in
face Of the enemy, and hcarrd the firing of
alarm signals at his outposts--it was the sum
mons from the grave.
| At o'clock in the m0ronG the condemned
officers were led to the place Of execution. Old
| Aulich died frsl: he was most advanced in years,
and the court martial scclncd thus to respect the
natural privilege of agc. Distinguished by his
zeal and efforts in the cause Of his country, more
| than by the success which attended them, Aulich
was inferior to many of his comrades in point of
talent: but in brightness and strength OF charac-
| ter none surpassed him. Count lcmingcn was
! the third in succession, and the Youngest. An
opportunity had been offered him late Oh the pre-
ccdng evening" escaping by flight but he would
not separate lis fate FROM that OF his brotherin-
| law, who was a prisoner in the fortress His
YOUTH perhaps, inspired him with desire of
| giving to his elder companions in sorrow around
him an example Of heroic stoicsm in death; and,
on reaching the place ofexecutnn he exclaimed,
with melancholy humor, ''They ought at least
to have treated US to Ireakfast!' One Of the
guard Of soldiers compassonatcly handed him
his wine flask. "1hank, you, my friend, said
the general, 81 want no wine to give
| courage-bring me g lass of water He then
wrote on his knee, with pencil the following
| farewell words to bis brother-n-law:
"'The shots which this morning laid my poor
comrades low, still reaound in my cars and be-
fore me hangs the body of Aulich on the gallows.
In this solemn moment, when must prepare to
appear before my Creator, once more protest
against the charges of cruelty at the taking of
Buda, " hich an Infamous slandcrer has raised
| against me. On the contrary, have on all oc-
cnsions protected the Austrian prisoners |
commend to you my poor Liska and my two
children. ! die for a cause which always appear
ed to me Just and holy. If in happier days my
friends ever desire to avenge my death, let them
reflect, that humanity is the best political Wis
dom. AS for .. -.
Here the hangman Interrupted him: it was
time to die Torok, Lahner, Pottenberg, Macy
Sander, Knezck, died one after the other.
Vecsey was the last; perhaps they wished, by this
ninc-fold aggravation Of his torments, to make
him suffer for the destruction caused by his can
non at Temasvar. Dmianich preceded him.
The usual dark color of his large features was
heightened by rage and impatience. His view
point of his heavy sabre; this was the star which
he had followed throughout life; but now he saw
whittier it had conducted him, and impatiently
he exclaimed, when limping up to the gallows,
"Why is it that ], who have always been fore
most to face the emmy fire, must here be the
last?" The deliberate slowness of the work Of
butchery seemed to dlsconcert him more than the
approach of death, which he had defed in d
hundred battles. This terrible scene lasted from
six until nine o'clock
Frederic VII Of Denmark, it seems, has mar
ried maniua maker. He hns already had two
wives, from each Of whom has been divorsed
"There Is something rotten in the state Of Den.