Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1851-08-04
MISC ELLANEOUS.

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and characteristic sketch Of military life
Never before have weseen the utter hatred
a Pole bears the Russian Emperor so pow
erfuily Illustrates:
Although the war with Denmark was
a purely German affair, and hence allowed
no foreign officer in the army, as a general
rule, still few Poles and Hungarians were
received as volunteers. There was an old
Pole, whom | knew as non commissions
ed infantry officer in the spring Of 1850
He was singular phenomcnon, to be sure,
exciting Il lively interest as soon as | saw
him. His appearance was not Halle re-
markable His long, silver-grey beard and
moustachcs hung down from his thin, sharp
featured face, from which flashed pair OF
fiery blue eyes The skin Of his face, as
bright and brown as leather, was dried up
and wrinkled, showing that he had got his
looks from many an exposure to the burn
ing sun, and many bivuac in storm and
rain. A fiightiul scar extended from his
forehead, with dark red stripe over his
nose to the corner of lis mouth, dividing
his face into two oblique parts. His fore
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Of muscles and sinews, dry, withered, yet
at tie same time, vigorous ard ellstlc.-
He limped little with the left footTn con
sequence Of wound, and the middle finger
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vcre shot bv him
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,r os,,5,e,nn, s;lnrcn AI,houob ~ snol,5
the German lnngrage toIera6lv wcII bn,
with .f,ro;gn accom- he would never ,ro.
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apv ono ovcr sccn tbc sligbres, s1,;lo nm L;s
face At the iol,as aro,,pd Tho b;vroc fro
ForLonrs lonr IL vonId N brood;ng ovo,
tbc bIayc Of the watcb fire. so that + II had
mot becn for tbe fash of his evc, which look.
ed ort unon the pigbt he rigbt have bccn
tatep far = dead biock of stone Nor d;l
bc toUz apv more freely with his Polish
comrades. wben he banpened 70 fallin Min
thcm. He drank no brandy. cat bpt li,tle
mcot. and lived for the most bar, ON beans.
stronc coffee ;cbbcnrenarrj far hinsclr
and bread
The soldiers and even the officers had a
kind IF dread or the Gloomy corporal. and
althonehthev esteemed admirable quail
Ties rs 4 soldier tbcy did not cotton 10 him
yerv frcelv For myself was STRONGLY
drawn toward The dark man. whose iron n
stranotb Of character was EXPRESSED n ls
whole nnnearance and had often tried
without much success. to have a talk with
him
Oae 1av the conpapv IN which he was
a cornoraI had a pretty smart skirmish on
the ontposts with the Danes. IN which rhey
bcrnn TO fire with some light field pieces.
As the enemy was retiring a random sho,
was fired fam 4 distance. ane the bail tool,
off bo,b tbe cornorarslegs below the knee
He fell bleelino 70 the Ground with this
terrible wound. and was taken off bv Liz
corrodc sensclcss
Then rnornipo, \ so1dier came to ,ne
with \ reonast that would 70 tothe voun-
ded man. who was lylng in a neiqhborina
farmhouse. as he wished to speak to me
On III wav. III snraeon of thc ba,,allior
told me hat The corporal would die within
two hours AI,bonrh il was barely noss;.
liz IL srst thnt ~ n5ioht have becn saved
bv amputa,inp both leos. he decidedly re.
f,sed H. coneent dec1aP;ner tbnt II thc am.
pn,ar;on We're performed be would tcar
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cor,linclv oiven nm. and modification had
alread1 .ef I, wb;cb yonlJ cousc Ill deatl
in few hours without main
The woundcd man lsv covered with q
blanket On the GOOD straw bed in the clear
room of farmhouse. Sneedv death stood
written on his pale features, vet he seemed
to be free from pain. With a pretty firm
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