Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1854-11-08

bies, you would say that il is like nothing S
much as the after cabin Of Grayesend steam
er on summer Sunday afternoon. There i
just such row of tables on each side; jus
such low roof; just such a thick palpable air
uncertrin light, and noisy, steamy crowd o
occupants. The place is intolerable in itself
but fall-to upon the steaning block of bake,
veal which is set before you; clear your throa
OF the tobacco-smoke by mighty draughts 0
the pale yellow wine which is its proper ac
compartment finally, fill a deep -bowled meer
schaum with Three Kings tobacco, creating
for yourself your own private and exclusive
atmosphere, and you begin to feel the situa-
ton. The temperature of mine hosts cellar
aids Imagination greatly in recalling the idea
of the old bakehouse, and there comes over
you, after while, q sense of sitting that
| Ilixes with the nightmare, usually constitu-
ting in this place an after-supper nap. In the
waking lethargy that succeeds, you feel as il
jostled in dark vaults by a mob of frantic
Turks, labouring heavily to get breath, and
sucking in foul water for air.
Possibly when fully awakened, you begin to
consider that the Turks Cellar is not the most
healfhful place of recreation to be in; and
cieaving the dense smoke, you ascend into
sunlight Perhaps you stroll to some place
where the air is better, but which may still
have story quite as exciting as the catastro-
phe of the imperial bakehouse; perhaps to
Bertholdsdorf; pretty little market town
with tall-steepled church, and half ruined
battlement, situated on the hill slope about
six miles to the south of Vienna 1t forms a
pretty summer days ramble. It's chrOnicIer
is the worthy Marktrichter, or Town-iustice,
Jacob Trinksgeld and his unvarnished story.
freely translated, runs thus -
'sWhen the Turkish army, two hundred
thousand strong without their allies, raised
the siege of Raab, the retreating host of rcb-
els and Tartars were sent to overrun the whole
of Austria below the Ems on this side of the
Danube, and to waste it with fire and sword =
This was done. On the ninth of July, detach-
ed troops of Spahis and Tartars appeared be-
fore the walls of Bertholdsdorf, but were beat
en- back by our armed citizens. These attacks
were repeated on the tenth and twelfth, and
also repulsed but as at this time the enemy
met with determined resistance from the ci-
ty of Vienna, which they had invested, they
gathered in increased force about our devoted
town, and on the fifteenth OF July attacked us
with such fury on every side, that, seeing it
was no longer possible to hold out against
them, partly from their great numbers, and
partly from our failing of powder; and more |
over, seeing that they had already set fire to |
the town in several places, we we're compelled |
to seek shelter with our goods and chattIes in |
the church and fortress, neither of which were
as yet touched by the flames.
''On the sixteenth, the town itself being |
then in ashes, there came soldier dressed in |
the Turkish costume, save that he wore the |
leather jerkin of German horseman, into
the high-street, and waving white cloth. he |
called out in the Hungarian language, to those |
of US who were in the fortress, that if we |
would ask for grace, both we and ours should |
be protected, and a safe conduct fsalva quar-
tia) givento US that should be our future de-
fence. Thereupon we held honest COUNSEL to-
gether, citizens and neighbors then present.
and in the meantime gave reply. Translated al.
so into Hungarian, that if we should agree
thereto, we would set up a white flag upon the
tower as sign of our submission. Early ON
the morning of the nineteenth of July, there
came a Pacha from the camp at Vienna, at
the head of q great army, and with him the !
same Tnrk who had on the previous dav made
the proposal to u.s. And the Pacha sat him
self down upon red carpet spread on the
bare ground, close by the house of Herr
Streninger, till we should agree to his terms.
1t was five O'Clock in the morning before we
could make up our minds
''Then, when we were all willing to surren
der, our enemies demanded, in the first place.
that two of our men should march out of tbe
fortress as hostages, and that two Turks should
lake their places with us and that maiden.
With loose streaming heir, and a wreath upon
Ter forhead, should bring forth the KEY of the
own, seeing that this place had never till then
)een taken by an enemy. Further, they de-
handed six thousand florins ransom from us
which, however, We bated to four thousand.
landing to them two thousand forms at once.
lpon three dishes, with the request that the
should be allowed to stand over till
he forthcoming day of John the Baptist. AS i
oon as this money had been paid over to
hem, the Pacha called such of our faithful
arrison as were in the church to come and ar
ange themselves in the square, that he might
ee how MANY safe conducts were required
ut, as each armed man came to the door. his
lusket was torn out of his hand, and such as
esisted were dragged by the hair of the head
nto the square by the Turks, and told that
hey would need no weapons, seeing that to
hose who sought for mercy, the passes would