The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1852-02-12

Baron Dash being at that tune an Austrian
Minister.
s'He is quite we'll" said the Professor.
''And his wife?" pursued the other 81 re-
member meeting her at Rome; they were just
married, and she was a most delightful person.
She created sensation, no doubt, when she MAS
received 1T ycur court?''
.She was not received at all :" said the Pro-
fessor.
How was that?" asked many voices.
because she is not born"
Not born" is the customary mode of igno-
ring (if may use slang word of this time) the
existence Of the vulgar, among the noble Vien-
nese. At the present moment, the family Of q
Minister, or of any of the generals who have
saved the throne, may be excluded from society
on this pretense. Two recent exceptions have
been made in favor of the wives of two of the
most important people in the empire. They were
Invited TO the court-balis; but were there trea-
ted so scurvily by the born ladies, that these
unborn women visited them only once.
What is to be done by these poor mobiles
shut out from commerce, law, and physic
Diplomacy is voted low; unless they get the
countries, is low; unless a nobleman should en-
ter it with certain prospect of a cardinals hat
or bishopric. The best bishoprics in the world
(meaning, of course, the most luxurious) are
Austrian. The revenues of the Primete of
Hungary said to be worth the comfortable
trife of sixty thousand pounds year.
But there remains for these wretched mobiles,
ana tn iu6a nd
this is the army. To the army, it may be said,
the whole body of the Austrian nobility belongs.
The more fortunate, that is to say, the highest
in rank, add to their commissions places about
the court. Cherished titles are acquired in this
way; and lady may insist on being seriously
addressed in polite Austrian society assay for
example, Frau-ober-consistorial-ho Directornn
In the army, of course, under such system,
we see Heutenants with the hair gone from their
their chins. A young of family may get q
captaincy in three months, while his neighbor
without patronage, might not get if he lived for
ever Commissions are not sold in Austria as
they are in England, but the Ministry Of War
knows how to respond to proper influence. In
army of five hundred thousand vacancies, it
is needless to say constantly occur. The lad
who is named cornet in Hungary, is presently
lieutenant of regimentin in Italy, and by-andb by
a captain in Croatia. After that, be may awake
some morning, major, with the place of aid-de-
camp to the Emperor; and to such boy, with
friends to back him, the army is decidedly good
profession. The inferior officers are miserably
paid, ensign having little more than thirty
pounds year. captain, however, is we'll.
paid in allowances, if not in money; while a
colonel has forage for twelve horses, and very
good contingencies besides. Again, there are
to be considered other very important differences
between pay in the Austrian and pay in the
English army. An Austrian live upon his
pay His simple uniform is not costly; he is
free from mess expense, and may dine for six
pence at the tavern favored by his comrades
Not being allowed at any time to lay aside his
Uniform, he can not run up long tailor's bill:
and, being admitted to the best society, he need
not spend much money on amusement. Besides,
does not the state accord to him the privilege of
going to the theatre for twopence?
The poorer officers in the Austrian service are
so unreasonable and ill-conditoned, that they
oio Ao' IL 5Sh0iai PiCaoou ny tueSc advantages
being given to men, who may possibly be well
born, but who have certainly not been long born :;
and in many places combinations have been
made to resist the unfair system of promotion.
a young captain sent down to command gray
boards, with q lively sense Of their own claims
on the vacancy, is and then required to
fight, one after the other, the whole series of
senior lieutenants. This causes a juvenile cap
tain occasionally to shirk the visit to his regi-
ment, and effect prompt exchange.
Some part of the last-named difficulty is over
officers who have regiment at all. Where
there are no men to murmur, the business Of
promotion is carried on with perfect comfort.
In spite of all this, there is much to be said
to the credit and honor of the innumerable
throng of people forming the Austrian army.
1t is excellently appointed and well-disci-
plined multitude. The gallantry of its soldiers
and the skill and experience of many of its
highest officers, must be freely admitted. Then,
too, the great number of mobiles classed within
it has at least had the good effect of creating
a high standard Of artifc.a honor The fellow
feeling among Austrian soldiers is also great;
those of the same rank accost each other with
yersation; and the common word for an old
companion in arms is duty -brnder."
Duels are FREQUENT but not often fatal or even