The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1851-05-08


seven years of age; and all were told if they
acknowledged they were the children of the
Governor, they would be imprisoned by the
Austrians, and never see their parents again
So that when an Austrian officer traced them to
the house of General g., he was at a loss to
know which Of the children were those of Gen
eral c., and which those of NJ. Kossuth; and
approaching the eldest of the latter, he said
$50, my little man, you are the son of the
Governor" To which the youth rephed:-''I
am not Sir" His frmness surprised end vexed
the officer, who was certain, from the statement
of their betrayer, that those before him were
the Iong-lost treasures of his ambitious search.
He now endeavored TO frighten the children,
and drawing pistol, directed it to the breast
of the boy and said that if he did not at once
acknowledge that he was the son of Kossuth,
he would put ball through his heart. Young
Louis-who, it is said shows himself, now in
exile at Kutayieh much of the character of his
in a tone equally firm - tell
you, Sir, I am not the son of Kossuth" The
officer, bafIled by the chiId's simplicity of man
ner and apparent SINCERITY, was divested of his
convictions, and led 10 believe that he had been
imposed upon.
But before Madame L could get near
them other agents Of the Austrian Government
had been more successful, and the three children
had been carried off in secret to Pesth, near the
clutches OF the butcher Haynau. The mother
and sister of NJ. Kossuth had also been captured,
and placed in strict confinement. 1t may be
here mentioned in this little narrative of the
suferings and deliverance of the relatives of
Louis Kossuth, that Madame L, on finding
where and how his children were situated, found
out her own maid-seryant, and so succeeded as
10 have her engaged at Pesth their nurse
This person never left them until the moment
of their deliverance from their Austrian jailors
was arrived. After thus having provided for
the welfare of the children of NJ. Kossuth,
Madame l. renewed her search for their
destitute, suffering mother.
Finding no trace of her, Madame l. de-
tcrmined to follow the fugitves, and if she
reached Widdin, to ascertain from VI. Kossuth
himself where his poor wife had gone, and then
return in search of her. Continuing in the
disguise Of beggar, sometimes on foot, at 9th
ers in farmer 5 cart, this heroic woman reached
the frontiers Of Hungary, and crossing them,
entered the fortified and walled town of Widdin,
where the late Governor of Hungary, and his
brave unfortunate companions then were. en-
ioying the hospitality Of the Sultan of Turkey
Madame l. applied to VI. Kossuth. but not
being known to him personally, and the Austrian
General having set so high price on the cap
ture Of his wife, he at first regarded her as an
Austrian spy. Having, however, soon found her
son, who had followed the Governor into Turkey,
he readily convinced VI. Kossuth of the identity
of his mother All the information which NJ
Kossuth could give her was, that there was
lady in Hungary in whose house he believed his
wife would seek a refuge; and if she was not
still there, this lady would most probably know
where she was.
The Governor now furnished Madame =
with letter TO this lady, and another with his
own signet-ring for his wife, which would be ev-
dence Of her fidelity. 1t is not here necessary
to follow Madame L on her toilsome journ-
ey. Devoted to the philanthropic work which
she had undertaken, she wandered over the
sandy steppes Of Hungary, until she succeeded
in reaching the little town in which the lady re-
sided, and delivered to her NJ Kossuth's letter.
This she read and Immediately burned it, not
daring even to allow it TO exist in her posses
sion. This lady informed Madame l. that
the wife of Governor Kossuth had left her resi-
dence in the guise of a mendicant and intended
assuming the name of Maria F-n that she
was to feign herself to be the widow of a soldier
who had fallen in battle, and that, if possible
she would go to the very centre Of Hungary, in
those vast pasture-lands, where she hoped no
one would seek after her.
With this information, Diadu1ne L again
resumed her journey She feigned to be an aged
Grandmother, whose grandson was missing,
and that she was in search of him. Sine made
many narrow escapes while passing guards,
soldiers and SPIES until at length she reached
the plains before mentioned. She went from
house to house, as if in search of her grandson
but in reality TO find one who would answer the
description given her of poor Maria F-n.-
At length in a cabin she heard that name men
toned, and on inquiry who and what that person
was, learned that she was the widow of Hun
garian soldier who had fallen in battle, and that
she had child who was with its grandparents,
They then described her person, but added that
she had suffered SO much from illness and grief
that she was greatly changed Before she
came here" said the speaker, ssshe worked for
her bread, even when i'll; but after her arrival,
ia hoo