Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1853-01-20

MS own three children, hoping that they would
thus be screened from those who sought after
them The eldest, named Louis, after his faith
he, was seven years of age; and all were told
that it 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
tbem to the house of General G., he was
at loss to know which of the children were
those OF General c., and when which
those of M. Koss,th and approaching the
eldest OF the latter, he said -''S So. my little
man. you are the son of the Governor?" TO
which the youth replied, :" | am not, SIR" His
firmness vexed the officer, who was certain from
the statement of their betraycr, that those be-
fore him were the long lost treasure Of his am.
bilious search. He now endeavored to riqhten
thechildren. and drawing pistol, Aireciedlt to
the breast Of the bay, and said that If he did not
at once acknowledge that hs was the son OF
kossulh, he would put ball through his heart.
Young Louis-who, 1t is said, shows himself,
now in exile at Kutayich much of the character
of his father-reped in a tone equally firm: " |
am not the son of Kossuth." The officer, baffi ID
by the child's simplicity of manner and appar-
ent sincerity, was dvested of his convictions
and led to believe that he had been imposed up
on.
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 10 Pesth, near The
clutches Of the butcher Haynau. The neither
and sister of M. Kossuth had also been captured,
and placed in strict confinement 1t may be
here mentioned, IN this little narrative Of the
sufferings and deliverance of the relatives Of
Louis Kossuth, that Madame l., on find
ing where and how his children were situated,
found out her own maidservant, aud so succeed.
ed as to have her engaged at Pesth as their
nurse. This person never left them until the
moment of their final deiverance from their
Austrian iailors had arrived. After thus having
provided for the welfare of the children of NJ.
Kossulh, Madame L--renewed her search
for The suffering mother.
Finding no trace of her, Madame r.
determined to follow the fugitives, and if she
reached Widdin, TO ascertain from M. Kossuth
himself where his poor wife had gone, and then
return in search of her Continuing in the dis
guise of'a beggar, sometimes on foot, at others
in farmers cart. this heroic woman reached
the frontiers Of Hungary, and crossed them, en-
tered the fortified and walled town of Widdin,
where the late Governor of Hungary, and his
brave unfortunate companions then we're, enjoy
ing the prc,ectioa aud hospitality of the sSulian
OF Turkey. Madame L--apped to nj
Kossuth, but not being known TO hun personally
and the Austrian General having set so high q
price on the capture Of his wife, he at first re.
garded her in the light, of an Austrian spy
Having, however, soon found her son. who hat
followed the Governor into Turkey, he readily
convinced NJ Kossuh of the identity of hl'
mother. All the information which Kossu'f
could give her was, that there was lady il
would seek refuge ) and if she was rot still!
there, this lady most probably know where sht
was.
The Governor now furnished Madame L.
with letter TO this lady, and another with hi
own sgnet-nng for his wife, which would b,
evidence Of her fidelity. II is not here neccssar,
to follow Madame L-on her toilsome Jour
ncy. Devoted to the phiIhnthropic work whicl
she had undertaken, she wandered over TIT
sandy sleeps Of Hungary, until she succeeded II
reaching the little town in which the lady resided
and delivered to her M Kossnlh's letter. Thi
she read and Immediately burned it, not DARN,
even to allow it to exist in her possession. Thi
lady informed Madame L-that the wifi
of Governor Kossutll had left her residence il
the guise of nendcant, and intended assum
ing the name OF Maria F-n; that she wa
to ieign herself to be the widow of soldie
who had fallen in batlle and that if possible
she would go to the very centre of Hungary, il
those vast pasture lands where she hoped no on
would seek after her.
With this information Madame L-agai
resumed her journey. She feignedto be an age
grandmother whose grandson was missing, an
chat she was in search Of him. She made man.
narrow escapes while passing guards, soldier
. and spies until at lenght she reached the plain
before mentioned She went from house t
, house, as it in search of her grandson, but !
reality to find one who answer the descr iptl0
} given her of poor Maria F---n. AT length |
u cabin she heard that name mentioned, and o
inquiry who and what that person was learne
that she was widow of a Hungarian soldit
who had fallen in battle, and that she had
child who was with its grandparents. The
then described her person, but added that sh
r had suffered so much from illness and gre
that sho was greatly changed. Before sh
came here" said the speaker " she worked for III
: bread, even when i'll; but after her arrival, st
!, become too much indsposed to labor, OIL accoul
y, of which they sent to the Sisters of Charity #
3 physician, who came, bicd, and bllstered her
and when she was able to go, she had bee
: conveyed to the institution of the Sisters wher
{. she then was" Madame L., feeling col
: vinced that the poor sufferer must be none oth'
b than the object of her search, expressed d.
:, sire to visit her.
/, AT the Sisters Of Charity, Madame L----
. had much difficulty in procuring access to Mi
: ria, and the latter was as much opposed to RI
2 ccylng her AT length Madame - tol
r the Sisters to inform her that she had messag
for her from her husband, and that she w'ul
: soon convince her, if she would permit her
Q enter. Poor Maria, between fear and hope, CAV
v her consent. and Madame L--handed HI
# The letter of Governor Kossuth She recognized
at once, the hand writing; kissed III; pressed 1t