New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-20

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Inc G,eat Duke Constantine once passed through
,.,,rrage s.I Wa. .t4nd.ac before re door mass
lave .,,tre.eed hin a. vas Nou.- active boy OF
ee.cn,ecn. and saw Aim whisper something 20 ~
1.,.s. ,eich .le latter wTOte down 20 ms poc4ei
to- Tho uox- n.rht our house was attacked oi
co.ere and I'D ~pitc OF all our resistance. 20 Wiil'1
,,,, Either VAS severely handled. / Vas bound ana
soueq!ed away 10 the barracks Of the iopfil iniahy
peoment ~ Warsaw No attention was pad TO my
,,r.ppe> and vas Deaf with club tI cOnid nofd
a. stand Twas then thrown into q dark cellar. hti
dead Hiia hunger and thirst and there Kept III was
courlotclv humb.cd and agreed 70 become drum
~ as, e.hcr couuIanod and even threatened 20
.nreal 20 the Grand Duke What good did It all DO
t5 e q, last told that II he Gid not mold hs tong no.
he would ~ locked up. thus served two years 40 Il
drummer ~ the fourth regiment, until september
IS3O whcp We drove the Russians ont OF WafSa"
IIuzza that was great night AM the lace OF lAH
diving man here lighted up at the recoAecuoh'l =
there beat to the charge, until the top OF nv Wuh
broke N. then took musket and med on the i'ls-
san officers, as long any of them were n sighE'
Two DAYS after. / went home on leave Of absence
rejoicing IN the prospect Of again seeing my iaiAef
NV good mother and my darling Nara. Bu, when /
turrcd the corner Of the wood, behind winch lay Inc
red root of our house, did not see It, but only
rushed madly 10 the spot where saw my father al
most hewn in pieces BY sabre strokes, hanging from
tree. likewise my mother. and 10Y Maria fell
senseiess to the ground The plying nelgnbors TOOK
nc no and carried me INTO one OF their houses.
Law there for many days IN a raging fever when !
came 10 myself, they told me that the CossacAS had
slam my father and mother and after doing violence
70 Maria. had killed her and burned the house Wheni
heard TINS [ wept ul could weep 10 more, and rom
that day ] have not wept nor laughed. From The
grave OF my parents and my beloved took this bag
Of earth. 10 bear it always on my breast. sWofe
bv their bones that 50 long God lent life and
strength to my ann, TO fight against the soldiers OF
the Czar and TO give no quarter to officer or Cossack
have faithfully Kept The oath to tins day continued
the old Pole, with expression OF deep satisfaction
As soon as l recovered. went back to my fourth
regiment and many Russian officer and many
Cossack have shot down, or thrust through wlththe
bavonct IL was my only delight to know that they
fell by my hand. Al one time. fell ia with TIE adj
iutan, Of the Grand Duke Constantine who Was with
hn. when was first seen 10y the latter lie was
under guard and bound He begged me to save MS
life saving that ne had wife and children at home,
and would give me a thousand ducats # would re-
lease him first let him beg and whine, and then
thrust my bayonet through his heart. was choerod
ND when ms blood spouted into my face In tins
had finger Of the left hand shot off. and got
slight wound from lance in my side When II was
an over with Poland, went TO France with several
of my comrades We hoped that the French would
90 to war with the Gar and help us TO recover
Poland There was plenty Of fine words, but
nothing came Of IT, and at last / joined the
foreign legion in Agiers Here We were kept pretty
busy. Bedouin gave me the wound in the face,
and anerward had chance of reScuing French
Colonel from the enemy, for which received the
cross Of the legion of honor The one which was
given to my father by the Emperor was certainly of
greater value. We were at length sent 10y King
Louis Philippe 10 Spain. IN order TO aid Queen Maria
Christina against Don Carlos. Aiter ! heard that
the.C gar was friend of Don Carlos, and had aided
him with money / shot down ms officers with far
more satisfaction. When the legion. which was al
most used nm finally roinr,oA 80 r.,..i,o. DE- was my
sixth wear of service. and although might have be
come an officer, was unwilling TO remain IN 1t any
longer was TOO anxious once more tonight Win
the Russians l at last reached the Caucasus at
Tschoischcnzcn. by the way of Constannople, after
an sorts of hardships and perlls Was thrown INTO
prison. treated as slave. and not allowed 10 fight
against the MuscoyiteS. But they saw at length that
was tote trusted, and that hated the enemy worse
than they did. They accordingly provided me with
arms and permitted me TO 60 INTO the service. Wy
highest oy, since | left Poland. Was TO see once
more the columns of the Czr and to oc able to pick
of his officers For I'VE years thus fought IN the
Caucasus, and many Russian officer and many
Cossack got one OF my bullets in their body.
AT length was shot IN the left foot. was disabled
from marching and WAS taken prisoner. The Rus
slams wished FIRST to heal my wound l was then TO
take hundred blows with the knout, and 10 be ban
,shed for life to the mines Of siberia because had
Pol lac {
pro,tv well again | was confined in a tower, which
Law on the Black Sea wished to see Il could not
get hold OF a boat, as | swan wei from boy when
/ baihed IN the Nl>tula Al all events preferred
drowning to beng knoued by the Russians Fortune
favored me- and found on The strand an mloadcd
fishing boat With,a drunken Cossdck asleep IN Il.
easily bound HIM hand and foot. threw HIM overheard
and sailed out INTO the For three DAYS / wan
dered about eating nothing ia the whole time bat al
old dead FISH which was in the bottom OF ;he boat. |
Was almost starved, when was taken up 0y Turk
ISL >mugglcr, which brought female slaves to Con-
staniinople The Turks treated me as &c slave. and
sold me IN smyrna To a rich man, who put me d>
servant INTO ms stables Amer some months ran
away from him. allowed myself 10 be made a MuSSul-
man, WAS received among the soldiers and thus be-
came free from slavery. | did not give up the hope
that the sultan would again 20 to war vltht the Gar
and that | should be able to do some good. | had
been several years in the Turkish service when one
dan Polish officer. who was also IN the service, told
me to get ready as there would be more work IN
Poland. l was greatly roJoiccd 10 hear this. and
travelled with two of my countumen with great dan
ger and difficulty through Bukowna TO Galhcia-
Here met with rich nobleman. whose hun,smen ana
servants helped 10 drill, every day praying TO God
that might yet live 10 Poland again great and free
Finally IN the spring OF 1916. We came to blows with
AuStuS, bat without much effect, and after a few bat
ties, the Imperial troops conquered was taken pris-
to run the gauntlet FIVE times both WAYS
through FIVE hundred men, until my bloody flesh hung