The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1852-01-14
Escape Of Madame Kossuth.
AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE.

}, During the month of August, 1848, III.
present Governor of Hungary, Loui.
Kossuth, with the principal officers of hi
provisional government, were in the for
tilted town Of Arad, on the river Maroseh
Between that place and the town of Re.
gadian, on The Tisch in the vicinity O
Arad. Georgey, with the Hungarian
troops under his command, lay enoampsd
while behind him, towards Tho Tisch, was
tho Russian army of reserve. under Pas
kiewich. Dembinski, with his mon be.
sieged Temeswar, and he had already car.
ried its third wall Between him and the
Tischlay the united Austro- Russian forces
The army Of Bem had been defeated al
Hermanstadt by the Russian General, Ld.
ders, and he had fled with a small band
Of faithful fellows towards Temsswar.
With this position of the combatants
the plan Of Dsmbinski was to unite with
Georgey, near Arad; and then attack the
Russian forces. Before this was effected
news reached him of the capituation Of
Georgey and that the Governor NJ. Kos.
suth, had been compelled to forsaks Arad,
and retire to the town Of Villages.
Before leaving Arad, the Governor sep
arated from his wife and children, and
their parting scene is said to have been
one of the most touching nature. Under
the circumstances OF tho moment, it was
a subject OF even more than doubt whether
they would over meet again on earth. 1t
was only when young Hungarian noble.
man named Ashbot, now in exile in Ku-
tayiah with NJ. Kossuth, solemnly swore 70
his wife that he would mover leave her hus-
band, that Madame Kossuth consented to
DO separated from him, and seek safety in
flight. The children were confided to the
care of private secretary of the Govern
or, and this individual subsequently de.
livered them up to laynau, for the pur.
pose Of securing his own pardon and
safety. The children set out before their
mother; and the latter in her flight, endea-
vored 10 keep at least so near them as to
hear now and then Of their safety.
Madame Kossuth sought out brother
Of hers residing in the town of Villages,
and he is now imprisoned in tho fortress
Of Comorus with many other Hungarian
patriots, for eighteen years, on account OF
the succor which he then gave to his sis.
ter. Leaving him, she next went in search
Of her children. and wandered to peetra
or farm house, of Boeksak, belonging to
relative. There she fell i'll of typhus
fever, which nearly ended her life: and
when so far recovered as to be again able
to travel. she continued her journey in
search Of her children. She soon learned
that they had been given up by their pro-
tector to the Austrian General Haynau,
and taken to Pesth Her own safety de.
pended upon the fidelity Of the Hunga.
ran peasants, and on their attachment to
her husband.
Now, having no other subject in view
than her own safety, without friends better
off than herself. she soon became reduc.
ed to a state Of complete desitution. In
disguise, she wandered over the most mis-
cradle part OF Hungary. She even as
means of safety, as well as support, sought
for service as servant, and by telling
that she was poor woman who had Just
been discharged from a public hospital
which indeed. she very much resembled-
was so very fortunate as to find employ
msnt in the family of humble carpenter
in the town of Crash Hava, who little
thought he was served by the lady of Louis
Kossuth the late Governor Of Hungary.
Everywhere notices were posted in the
streets offering forty thousand forms for
the capture, and proclaiming death as the
punishment Of the person who should dare
to harbor or conceal her from tho authori-
ties.
Among the persons who fled with M.
Kossuth, before the overwhelming number
Of his enemies, was an elderly lady, whom
it was necessary to designate as Madame
l., and who from being unable to ride
as fast or as long as those who were
stronger and younger than herself, soon
became exhausted and was-leit behind.
She had son, a Major in the Hungarian
army, near the person Of the Governor
and both the son and mother were warmly
attached to his interests. Madame L,
when unable to proceed longer with the
fugitives, in order to reach place Of safety
in the dominions Of the Sultan OF Turkey,
determined to remain in Hungary, and de.
vote herself to the finding of Madame
Kossuth, and restoring her to her hus.
band.
For this benevolent purpose Madame
L.. disguised herself as beggsr;
and after along and weary journey, oftener
on foot than in any conveyance she cros-
sed the vast sandy plains of Southern
Hungary, at length reached the place in
which Kossuth's children were, but could
hear nothing Of their mother.
She learned that the children had been
sent soon after their mother had lost sight
Of them, to the house of General C.,
now in the service Of the Sultan OF Syra.
to be kept with his own three children,
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