Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1850-08-22
THE WIFE or KoSUrH.

Al the time when all was lost TO the
Hungarians and each had 10 seek his own
safety IN fligt Governor Kossuth and his
lady, who had accompanied her husband
throughout the war, thought it beat 10
seperate, in order that one Of them If pos
sible might save their life for the sake Of
their cildren, who had been left under the
the protection Of their grandmother. The
Governor determined TO remain with his
brave officers still with him, and 10 share
their fate. Madame X. informed her hus-
band and female friend, the wife Of an
officer where she would endeavor to seek
safety; and as every moment was precious
this delicate lady quickly clothed herself
as. a beggar; her husband gave her his
signet ring, and the seal ofthe Government
OF Hungary, that these might be pass
port for her in the event OF her meeting
with those who were friendly to their
cause" Without any clothes except those
on her back she commenced her sad and
fatiguing journey on foot. She traveedll
long experiencing all kinds of hardship.,
priyations and dangers. When stopped
by the Austrian or Russian guards, she
feigned extreme old age and said she was
in search Of little grandson who had got
lost in the war; SO they let her pass, little
knowing the value of the prize they had
in their bloody hands!
Thus she continued on,untii she reached
an extensive pasture country, uninhabited
except by herdsmen almost as void Of in
tellect as the herds they guarded. Here
she sought and found a resting place
These poor serfs made her fresh bed of
straw, covered her with their cleanest
sheep skins and fed her with their brown
bread and here she remained three
months, during which time the winter
cold came on, and having but little cover
ing, you may easily conceive how intense
! " she must have suffered. Gov. Kos
| suth had sent for his children that he might
take leave of them and give them his last
blessing; they were brought TO him by his
mother and again taken 10 their home
The Austrian executioner (Haynau) had
long since commenced his blody work.
Kossuth and those with him fled toward
the Turkish frontier to the fortress of
| Widden.
We cannot enumera.e all the sufferings
losses and anguish experienced by these
unfortunate men during their flight most
ofthem however, reached Widden. They
were no sooner there, than their first
thoughts were Of madame Kossuth, and
her friend, the wife of the officer to whom
she had communicated the place Of her in
tended concealment, determined 10 seek
and find her, if she was still alive
She set out on her weary journey, habited
in similar guise as that Of Madame Kos
su,h-as beggar--and thus she passed
the soldiers and guards of the enemy, un-
ill she reached the hiding place Of her
who had been the companion of her youth
and happier days; and now they were TO
encounter new dangers.
The herdsmen built them little cart,
and gave them horse, as Madam Kos.
suth, worn out by anxiety, privations and
sufferings was no longer able TO walk !;
the roads had now become almost impassa-
BILE, narrow and slippery OIL the sides of the
mountains one false step would have
plunged them down into an almost bottom
less abyss but the gallows in their rear
and their husbands before them, hope
gave them courage and onward they went.
We know not what length of time they
occupied in their journey but as it was
in winter, and they had often to conceal
themselves in clefts of rocks and over
hanging mountains from the scouts Of the
enemy, it must have been long and weary
one, and when discovered, they passed
for beggars, and asked for bread from their
bloodthirsty foes.
They ultimately reached the town of
Be]gr ade, where they expected to find
their husbands, and termination Of their
suffeIings.
| Imagine then their feelings of disappoint-
ment, when they learned that not q Hun
garian was :here-all had been removed
TO Shumla. What was now 10 be done
They were worn out, and could proceed
no further. Hope even had forsaken
them. No husbands to embrace, no
friends 10 welcome them. They decided
to throw themselves upon the humanity Of
the Sandman consul they knocked at his
door, which was opened by the consul
himself. Two beggar women stood before
him. the pictures of misery and woe. He
asked them what they wanted. They an
swered, Food and shelter" He re-
quested them TO come i'm. Then The Off
GERS lady introduced him 10 Madame
Kossuth, wife Of the President Of Hunga-
ry. He could not believe II until she took
from her bosom the signet ring and seal of
the Government of Hungary. What fol-
lowed can easily he conjectured they
were received and treated according TO
their rank by the kind hearted consul:
and after they were sufficiently rested, he
made known their case TO The Prince Of
Servia, who sent them his carriage and
four, with an escort TO take them 10
Shumla. The weather was terribly cold,
and the roads as bad as they could be; but
| they ultimately arrived in safety.
GREELY says Of Samuel }. Rayard, the
present Locofoco editor Of the New York
Globe that he was formerly Whig--and
that good Wing ought TO make a good
| Locofoco, and have some Of the bes, oil the
material left over.
CDR Parr,' said young student once to
the old lineui.t, ''let's you and / write a
book" VERY well, replied the doctor,
'put in all that know, and all that you
don't know, and wen make a big one. :"