The Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1850-1852, 1851-09-25

mother
She learned that the children lail
been sent, soon after tie mother lost
sigh, Of them. 80 the house Of Gen. C..
now ~ the service of the Sultan in Sy.
ria, to l.. kept with his own three chh.
dren, hoping that they wnulI 'hus be
screened from those who sought after
them. The eldest, namci Lou.. after
his father, Was seven year. of age /. anI
all were told thu, IL they acknowledged
they ~erc he children of the Governor.
ihey would he imprisoned hy The Aus
trans. ard never see their parent. again.
SO that when an Austrian oil Ger traced
them to the house u Gen. G -------. hc
WAS al "A loss 10 know which uf The clnl-
dren were those of Gen =, and
which those OF N kos.uth and au.
proaching the eldest Of the latter, he
.aid -" So my lntle man. you are the
son Of the Governor II
To Which the youth replied / am
not -ir -
III, fi-innc.i .urp-i,rd and vcxed the
officer, who was certain, from the state.
mcnt o. their betratei, that those before
him were the lon..lo,t treasure Of hi.
ambitious search. He now enlrat urrd
10 Irigh,en the children. and. drawin. Il
pistol, directed IL to the breas, os tie
boy, and said ila, if he did not n, once
acknowledge tba; he MAS the son of
Kos,nlh, he would pa, bali through
his heart. ioung Louis-whn. it i.
said, shows himself now in exile at
ku,ay yich much OF the character of his
father replied in Il tone equally firm:
Il tell YOU, sir, ] am not the son Of
k0-suth,'
The officer, baii-d by the child's sim
pliri'y OF manner and apparent sincerity.
was !iNc,ied Of his convictions, and led
to believe that As had been imposed up
Oh.
But before Madame L. could
grt near them, other agents of Austrian
Government had been more successful.
and the three children had been carried
Off il secret to pe-t!, near the clu,che.
Of the butcher iIaynau. The mother
and sister of VI. kos.uth had also been
captured and placed in strict coninc-
m"ni. 1t may be here mentioned, in
this little narrative of tie suffering, and
d"livcrancc Of the relatives of Loui,
kossuih. that Madame -, on find.
ing where and how his children were
situated, found out her own maid.serv
t,I L..
oa2@d at Pcsth aS their nurse. Thi.
! persDn never left them until the mo-
mtni ol their final dei,crancc from the
Austrian jallurs arrived. After thu,
having provided for the welfare of the
children, MADAME l. renewed her
search for their destitute, suffering
mother.
Finding no trace Of her, Madame l.
determined ;o follow the fugiliNr>. and if
81. reached Wid!in, t. a,certin from
VI. kps,uth himself, whore his poor wife
had gone, and ,hen return in search uf
her, CoHinuln. III the disguise Of "a
bcgga~, sometimes on foot, at others in
a farmer cart, tbs heroic " oman reach
ed the frontier. ol Hungary. and cross
ing them entered Tie fortified and wall
cd town OF Widdlu, where the late Gov.
ctnor of Hungary, and his brave and
unfortunate companions then were. en-
jOying the protection and Hospitality o.
tho Sultan uI Turkey. Madame l.
applied to NJ. KossGth. but not being
known to him personally y, and the Au,
: trian General lu.n. set so HIGH pric,
Oh the capture Of his wife, he at frs, re.
gsrdel her in the ligh, Of an Austria,
SPY. HaviHg, however, soon found hel
son, who had followed the Governor
into Turkey, he readily convinced Mr
Ko>snlh OF the identity Of his mother
Al the information which Mr.. kossu,l
could give her vas, that there was
lady in Hungary in whose house he be
| lirvcd his wlfc would seek refuge anC
ii She was no, still there, his lady woul,
most probably know whcre sh. was.
The Governor how furnished Mullm,
l. with a letter to ilis lady. an,
!, another with !i, own ,i.nr,.ring FIR hi
wife. which would be evidence Of hci
, fidelity. Ii is not here necessary t,
, follow Malame l. on her folsom,
/, journey Devoted lo the rh.!anlhropj
/. work which -hc had undertaken, sh,
wandered over the sandy stcppes o
. Hungary, until she succeeded ia reach
ing the hgtle town in which the lad
4, reside /, and delivered To her NJ H.,
#, .uih'. letter. This ,i.c read an immc
:. da'rly burned 1t, not daring even t
J.. TO ALLOW II To exist in her possession
O This Lady Informed Madame l.
!. that The wife of Governor koisu;h la
Ief, her residence in the gI;,e Of i mer
dican, anj intended assuring the nam
!. Of Maria t'----n that she was 10 ,cg
hrr,c 10 the widow Of soldier vii
!. had li,l-n IN battle ard that, if pos,ibl
a.. ,he w,n,d 90 into the very center
So Iiiuaa"y, IN those va, pasture land
~ where Size Aopel no one would seek u
:. ter her.
ia WlI, ,li, Information, Madame L.
gf again resumed her J'4rncy. Shr r. .,
lc ed lp br a. A.rt sra1lmp'ler. wAy'
q. Iraul,pn was missing, ana { a, ,hr ~.
'r 10 search Of h,m. size had many narrp
lu r,capc, wA'.e pa~'p. guard, solItc
&C. and -Wc. until -! !eu.h he tearh'
r- .hr isiH' brfYT, neH'jpnrl Sac Uc
i fgotn Lol.r t0 house Is + in s-ar0'.