Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1851-07-09
A "REMINISCENCES OF KOSSUTH.
[ From late Sketches of the Magyars, &c.. by Vor
Kornl


warriors who surrounded the bending form
of Kossu,h, when he pronounced his fare-
well words in The barracks of Shumla-who-
ever bcheld the hot tears coursIug down the
cheeks of his bearded Honveds, when Kos
suth bade them "lasos,' adieu-wIll, have
been reminded by the incident Of the "Old
Guard" who retained their answering de-
volion to Napoleon to the very latest mo-
ment. Tha, moving scene so often repre-
sen,ed in pictures-"Nap apoleon's Farewell
to his Fai,hful''-was on the 18Th of Feb
rusry, 1850, rehearsed before my eyes IN
living colors.
They hung in silence on his every word,
that the echo Of those well beloved and IN
spring tones nigh. long linger in their
souls. Nor did Kossu.h forge, to gaze long
and inenlly with his steamlng eyes upon
the coun,enance Of each brave comrade there,
TO fix the features on his memory. Profound
ly agi,ated as he was, with trembling voice
he spake these words:
"Bro,bers the first hard necessity Of my
life, for me, was ,ha, to which ! was sub
jected when constrained to abandon my ma
tive soil and my noble nation the second
meets me to-day, when behold myself OBJ
liged to bid long farewell to you, glorious
remnants Of the brave Hungarian army, and
compelled by force to depart from Europe
to place where the grave yearns for me.
"Ye are still strong and eflicient-ye are
still permitted by fate to bear arms for our
fatherland, and to struggle for lis freedom
boon no longer granted TO me, for feel
my strength failing me with everyday.
yield 10 the unal,erabIe decree Of destiny,
and see myself doomed to the same sad 10,
Of exile which was me.ed ou. 10 my prede-
cessor Rokoezy.
"Bro,hers ye are We. young enough to
see our faherland in the glory Of her restor-
alton 10 freedom. Should ye be so blest as
to witness this, swear to me ,ha. ye will
not leave my Bones to moulder in q foreign
soil, in the land of the barbarian! This ye
will promise me, and this am convinced
ye will fulfill"
Here Count Ladsaus Way, with uncov-
cred head, stepped up to Kossulh, and said
aloud, in q strong and manly voice:
"Grea. man! who s,andes. there pure and
.po,less before the eyes Of the world-thou
whom the Hungarian nation honors to-day
as it honored thee when it chose thee for
it's regent-,hou wilt, thou shalt, thou must
ipe : Not thy bones, bu! thy living self,
will we bear back in triumph to our father
land This we swear by Almighty Godl"
And all barred their heads while they up.
lifted their hands to take the oath, and SOL
emnly repeated, ''Eskuzunk!"- swear it,
kossu,h kissed and embraced those who
stood nearest to him. All pressed towards
him TO grasp his hand and bathe it with tears.
The Old Hussars stove once more TO press
the hem Of his mantle TO their lips. The
whole group was heart-rendering to look
upon and even the Turks-and this is say
ing much-were moved to tears at the sight.
The train then repaired to Count Caslmia
Ba,hyan, to bid him also heartfelt fare well.
The Coun, left many beautiful reflections
of his noble soul in the remembrance Of the
emigration.
kosen,h mounted his horse, and was
borne away. That brilIian. star Of the fir
mameD, Of Hungary, from which the nation
had received lis greatest light, gradually dis
appeared, until il could no longer be seen
in the whole circui, Of the horizon. The
waves Of the Black Sea once more gave back
a reflection Of its splendor and long mig h,
closed in upon that too brief day.
SoJoURNER TRUsH.-This is the very
expressive name of a colored woman who
made speech a, the Women's Convention
a, Akron, Ohio. A condensation of said
speech is going the rounds Of the papers,
and there are certainly, in it, one or two
newly-pu. and mos, suggestive ideas:
"She said she had done as much work as
any man there She had heard much about
the equality of the sexes, but would not ar
que ,ha. question:. All she could say was.
if she bad a pint of intellect, and man a
quart, wha. reason was there why we should
no. have our pin. .fuH2. [Roars Of laugh
teri She said she could no, read, but she
could hear. She bad heard the Bible read
and was told that Eve caused the fall ol
man. Well, if woman upse. the world, do
give her chance to set it right side up a.
gain. She learned also from The meav Cos
pei that man had nothing TO do acith bring
ing Jesus into The avorld, for God acas his
father, but ,Ooman avas his mother. Jesus
respected woman, and never turned her
away. By womsn's influence the dead was
raised for when Lazarus died, Martha and
Mary, full of faith aud love, came to Jesus
and besought him 10 raise their brother To
life. He did not turn them away, but Jesus
wept,' and Lazarus came forth. But the
women are coming up, blessed be God. and
a few of the men are coming up with .hem
but they have heavy bur.hen to bear, for
the slaves and the women look to them for
redemption"
| Why is dancing like new milk Be.
! cause it strengthens the calves.