Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1851-11-13
INDIANA STATE SENTINEL.
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Our readers will doubtless remember that soon after
the occurrence Of The scourging Of Madame Maderspach,
under Austrian Authority, we made mention Of a dis
graceful Iact In these columns. Mr.. Charles l.. Brace
the American traveller in Hungary, who was not long
since Imprisoned 10y the Austrians on suspicion OF his be-
lag u SPY, bat who is now at large again, is a regular
and most interesting correspondent OF the Philadelphia
BulietlH- la a recent letter from Pesth, he gives the
history OF that diabolical outrage upon Madame Nader
spach. He says:
Among the other victims Of this horrible tyranny
there still lives in Pesth, the lady who was scourged by
the Austrian soldiers-Madam Maderspach. l have
met several who has seen her, and the account they give
oil the adaIr IS as follows, and, l suppose, Is substanti-
ally correct.
So was a lady of fortune and rank, residing in sieb-
~enburgen, the South eastern part OF Hungary. Her hns.
band was an officer IN the Hungarian army, and she her.
sell, naturally sympathised with his party, and il is said
frequently entertained BEN and the officers under him
in a very hospitable manner This had exasperated the
Au>trlaa, and when at length, they occupied that part
oil Hungary, they were quite ready Ior any s~eSerletles
against her.
Unfortunately for her, her peasants made some cele-
braIon al the time, and burned (she claimed, without
her knowledge the Emperor Francis in elLgy she
was AZ once seized, and, at the command of the AnstIl.
an officer, made Ito run the guantlet,' or "GcSSeaiGIy
as they call it. | gained some acquaintance with the
Austrian punishment while in the Gros Wardien prison,
as il was applied 10 all the thieves and deseriers of the
regiment every Saturday afternoon. The custom is,
usually, to call out three hundred men, who form two
rows. one hundred and fifty on a side Each man Is TO
be provided with a tough, timber stick. The criminal:
hardy. strong man, commonly Is stripped TO the waIsi,
and made t, walk leisurely through AT the beat of the
drum. II any one in the line neglccts TO lay on, as hard
rs he can, he gets 'ive-and. twenty" himself. Ii Is
gene ally calculated that a strong man, sent through
this Lane four times, il he has strength enough TO get
TO The end, will die within four hours.
This was M-dame Maderspachs punishment, though
with generous consideration to her sex; tho ." run " was
probably limited 10 once!
The effect on the proud, high-born lady was to drive
her into insanity. The news OF such a public, brutal iu-
dignity upon his vile, so effected the husband that he
shot himself through the brain And, to entirely hush
up the matter, the only survivor, a young son, was draft
ed into the Austrian army in Italy as a common soldier,
where he is still. The whole deed seems to have come.
IL Rot directly from HaJnGE, at least from the general
orders.
The poor lady lives still in pesth, in a half crazcd
condition. 1t is said, after Haynau's. tremendous Aagel-
lation by the London Brewers, some one sent her a pa
per, containing an account OF 1t and that she kept II
for days in her bosom, wet with her tears!
Thanks TO God that we are permitted to hope for a
day OF r%etibuliOn and righteous reckoning between
the people and their tyrants, and when it comes. let not
kings and aristocrats and their supporters wondor or
complain il they are paid back in their own coin.