The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1851-08-13


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Within few days after this walk The doors were
thrown omen between the rooms, ana was allowed
all the privileges which the other prisoners mad These
,ye,a moi "a Iii oppressyey great In the morning al
o'clock the provost reused Us Up anu we we're permitted
The other rooms This was great enjoyment as gave
rs an opportunity OF talking with Our comrades in mis-
fortune, and getting now ana men fragment OF news
luckily had funds with me, was permitted 10 order my
coffee aud kipte (ros) from tavern close by The
OF those in The prison had been stripped OF everything,
and obliged now TO live the government allow.
ance-eght krutSers, or about s,I cents a day With
this they must entirely support themselves. After an
hour or TWO OF this we were shut up Tor the rest OF the
day. I'LL our walk IN the afternoon. aud then again for
The night.
had determined from the first that as there was the
chance OF long Imprisonment, the FIRST object tor
TO preserve my health. Accordingly, took all the exer
else possible, and avoided much could falling into
gloomy thoughts was allowed, too 10 order wine and
ru for my dinners and to The use OF this pure beautiful
light wine OF the HuDgaTlans. with careful Diet
cbe as much as anything my continued good health IN
such miserable quarters. This wine, which was purer
and better than any light wine which could possibly be
procured in county, was asionishingy cheap. We
paid, prison, for hall bottle, only four krezes,
Qhree cens,) and the time has been, they said, when
such wine could be bought for two cents bottle
Gradually, however, more and more began to sink
down into This dull monolonous lie For part OF the
day, In such confinement, a man can occupy himself,
without difficulty. IN his own thoughts But after this
becomes inexpfessiby wearisome At first, had EN-
ployed the HonUed-or rather he took It on hlmse--o
do servants duties, giving him in return kreWSers Tor
wine and " sclndpps" But after while was glad 10
do anything 10 Wear away the hours, and could well
understand the accounts had heard of intellectual men
such places spending days in feeding spiders or killing
flee
No one can imagine what death-Hke life such life
is To day and goes like yesterday, and you
know tomorrow will only be another similar. You
spend full half day the bed aud the happest
ments are in dreams Every new event Is a pleasure
strange gendarme in the prison, new prisoner, the
arrival of the Generals carriage in the court, sight oil
soldiers exercising, all used to give the greatest de-
light. Then there was such complete separation and
cutting of from the whole world Rumors reached us in
prison OF the Russians occupying Srbenburgen, and the
march Of the Ausrians and Prussians into France
We shouted with Joy when heard il, and talked and
wondered but beyond that heard word aud, for al
we knew TO the contrary Europe might be IN one full
ness in that tomb How eagerly, too, did all approach
window in the gaDgway the only one in the prison
which was not boarded There were some beautiful
fresh vine-hills without. and glimpse OF free green
fields 1t was like breath of liberty 10 60 there and
breathe the sweet fresh air from the hills,
used often 10 slip by the sentinel and go 10 one win
dow, which but few knew of. II commanded view oil
the windows OF fellow prisoner, whose fate had deeply
interested me. The unfortunate young lady-a
countess-fTom of the first families OF Hungary--a
family long Distinguished in its historyhe TeekI. She
had been arrested a short time before was similar
charge OF being in correspondence with the Hungarian
emg ration, and beside with Mazzni. The arrest had
made great noise in Hungary, and had often heard of it,
How little had thought OF sharing the prison
with her /! One of her friends supposed in the
conspiracy had told OF thiS WINDOW. made
many attempts to communicate with her, hoping to be
able TO assist her when without but somehow could
catch her eye She used often TO to the win
dow to tend the few plants she had there 10 gaze
ongagly out on the distant landscapes. Poor lady II
seemed TO me she patr every day. II was very sad
SO young and beauiul-wiih wonderful accomplish.
ments and noble heart, it said She confined
to two small, miserable rooms, allowed no attendance
scarcely, and with one or two old grammars for books
there she fingered through the long days. her, be
sides, from window, in her walk the little garden
with the provost This walk and conversation with the
provost for an hour her only society and amusement
through the twenty-four hours. could see from her
whole manner and bearing there. that 1t was true wha
said OF her-that she q woman OF heroic spirit
not in the least broken by her misfortune There
very old woman allowed 10 attend her IN the garden some
times, and could that with all her dignity, she
helped The old servant much more than the old seryan
her.
At first she used to have lively young girl running b,
her slde-a maid servant OF extraordinary genius,
accused of being engaged in the plot with herself
though only tusiue years old But afterwards, very
cruelty they separated and the child confined
By herself in the city The auditor said of the little girl
after the trial, Is horrible! she contaminated from
The uery root and core" Or. in other words, young
she was, she was a thorough republican, and a down
right hater OF tyranny
had good information of what was going on, and
learned that the defence OF The her trial
most heroic and patriotic She met the abuse and Gun
ming of the auditor with spirit and dignity which ever
abashed him And know that in private she expressed
herself ready to go through with any length OF mprlson
ment, If she could only help her unhappy country
Whether she guilty or not. do not know bu
from my own experience with Austrian courts, SHOULD
think not in the least improbable she was another vic
tim to their internal system. She often inquired ate
the fate OF he American strangely arrested in the
midst OF Hungary but we never succeeded in exchan
ging word.
] am free, thank God But She poor lady. and many
another, even as gifted and noble, still there behind
those iron bars look ing sadly the pleasant field.
and the hills OF the land for whose sake they have los
all in vain.
As before said, OF my first efforts in inprison.
ment were TO the obtaining OF paper and ink. at length
succeeded, and by hiding them under certain board in
the flooring, and by writing late at night, enabled
al last To finish several letters By good luck prisoner
freed that lime, and carried them out in the lining
OF his pantaoons, agreeing TO depoe them IN the posi-
Office never expected they would reach their destina
ton; but appears they did, all OF them. One writ
ten to Trend IN Hungary under disguised name, and
" opened would not have seemed suspicious,
aided by friends in Vienna, whose were accord.
ingly given. The other MIR Sch warz our consul
IN Vienna, calling for aid to utmost need
and detailing the particulars OF my imprisonment did
not dare TO write 10 Mr.. MeCurdy, his name would
attract suspicion. McCutdy, soon he heard Of the
event. acted most manfuly and spedy, wor,bly of the
representative OF great nation whose rights had been
10 me violated. His vigorous appeals 10 The ministry
together with the unexpected presence Of two OF our
ships-o war in Trieste, which gave a most peculiar
edge TO his words probably saved my liberty, If not my
life
When the whole correspondence in this affair is pub
shed, am persuaded that MIR. McCurdy's most terse
manui notes TO the Austrian ministry. demanding with.
out threats, but in manner not 10 be mistaken, the
" freedom of the American citizen" will meet with the
unqualified appreciation OF our people.
without man there, and a genuine american,
should have been lying yet that dull dismal prison. or
perhaps would have been suddenly disposed OF by a