Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-02-09
VOL. g. NO. l57.
DAILY V!RGINIAN.
Story of the Kidnapping of one Of Prince A
berts Ancestors.
ny THOMAS CARLYLE.

taxable pen of Carlyle, entitled 1.-THE Prnzen.
rnuh-a Glimpse of Saxon History" in which
that gifted writer plays some of the strangest
froaks he has yet attempted with his mother
tongue For some fow pages the "initated" will
but dlmy discern his intent but with two or
three readings he will see il. Mr.. CARLYLE has
been holiday making in Germany, and in tho
course OF his dllgent examination of .'historicl
lumber rooms and "cinder heaps has met with
n document wherein is recorded u certain advon-
turo which befel ancestor of tho present Prince
Consort OF England. The young gentleman
who will one day lit is hoped, but not till after
many yenrs) be King of England is thirteenth
in direct descent from Ernst the Pous, who.
when boy, was stolen from his mother. A
fighting Captain Kunz Won kanfunger was 1--WE
aro cutting the story very shorD banished the
country, and went away growing vengeance on
tho Electors flesh and blood. On tho 9Th of
July, Iil5, the Elector took journey to Leiplc,
leaving the Eleoress and two princes behind at
Altonbnrg. kunz hear of it resolves upon n
dire revenge, which Mr.. Carlyle thus describes
Towards midnight, namely, on the 9TH of July,
ll53, kunz, with II party of thirty men, his two
MIsnlan sqoires among them, well. mounted and
armed, silently approaches the rendezvous under
the Castle Of Altenburg; softly announces him
self, by whow or visiting or some concerted sig
| nal audible in the stiffness of the ambrosial
night. Cook Sohwalbe is awake; Cook Schwalbe
answers signal, filings him down II line, fixes his
|
and select few more, mounts aolt; leaving the
rest below, 10 be yigilant, to seize tho doors es
pecially, when once we are masters of them from
within.
Kunz, who had once been head chamberlain
! here, knows every room and passage of this royal
! Castle; probably his Misnians also know it, or "A
good denl Of it, from Of old They first lock all
| the servants doors; lock the Eleotress's door;
! walk then into tho room whore the two Princes
! sleep, in charge of their ancient governess, u
| feeble old lady, who can give no hindrance =
! they seize the two Princes, boys of twelve and
| fourteen; descend with them, by the great stair
case, into the court of tho Castle, successfully
SO far or rather, not quite successfully, but
with mistake to mend. They find, when in the
court of the castle, that here indeed is Prince
Ernst, the oldest boy, but that instead Of Prince
Albert we have brought his bedfellow, n young
Count Barby, of no to u.s.
This WINS Mosen the Misans mistake stupid
Moscn, kunz himself runs nloft again; finds
now the roal Albert, who had hi himself below
| the bed; descends with the real Albert. ITO
! horse now, Ia horse, my men, without delay! !"
! These noises had awakened the Electrcss; to
what terrors and emotions Gun fancy. Find
| ing her door boed, but learning gradually what
! Is toward, she speaks or shrirhs, from tho win
dow, passionate prayer, in tho name of earth
and heaven, not to take her children from her.
"Nhatsoeyer your demands are, ! will them
granted only leave my children i''-"Sorrv we
cannot. high Indy" thought kunz, md rode ra-
! pdy away for all the castle is now gclsng
awake, and locks viii Not keep every one long
| imprisoned in his room.
kunz, forth again into the ambrosal night, di-
| ylcs his party into two, one Prince with each;
| Kun2 himself leading tlf one, Mosen to lead the
| other. They are to ride by two different roads
towards bohemia, that if one misuck, there may.
still be another to make terms. Kunz himself,
with the little Albert he has got on hand, (no tmc
to change princes at presently takes the moro
| northorly road and both dive into the woods
Not moment TO be lost for already the alarm
bell is cut at Atenburg servant having
burst his door, and got clutch of it the result
of which will be manifold
Results first eoald not fail. The half drunk
servants Who are out at supper, come tumbling
home; listen open-mouthed, ten 90 tumbling
baCk into the little town, and awaken its alarm
bell which awakens, in the usual Progression
all others whatsoever; so that SaXony at large,
to the remotest villngc from all its belfros. big
and little. ~ ringing madv nnd all day kunz, at
every thin pnee of, the forest, hears ding dong
OF doom pronounced against him, and plunges
OBVIOUSLY forward all the more intently.
a hot day, and dreadful ride through wastes
and intricate mountain woods; with the alarm
bell, and shadow of the gallows, dogging one all
the day. Here, however, we are now within an
hour of the bohemian border;-chperily, my men,
through these wild woods and hills The young
Prince, boy of twelve, declares himself dying
of thirst. kunz, not without pity, not without
anxiety on that head, bids his men ride on all
but himself and two squires shall ride on, get
everything ready at Isenburg, wither we and
his young highness will soon follow.
kunz encourages the Prince; dismounts, he
and his squires, to gather him some bilberries.
Kunz is busy in that search, when black figure
staggers in upon the scene;a grimy kohier name-
ly, (collier, charcoal -burner) with long poking-
ole(what he calls Schurbaum) in his hand gri
my collier. just awakened from his after dinner
nap; somewhat astonished to find visitors in these
solitudes. "How, what Who is the young gen.
tleman! What my Herren pleased to be do
ing here!' inquired the collier. "Pooh, youth
who has rnn away from his relation; who has fall
len thirsty do you know where bberries are!
No! Then why not walk on your way, my grim
one!n -
The grim has heard ringing of alarm bells all
day is not quite in haste TO 60: kunz, whiring
round to make him go caught in the bushes by
the spurs falls fiat on his face; the Prince whis-
pers eagerly, Il am Prince Albert. and am stolen!'
--Whew- e,-One of the squires aims q blow
at the Prince, it is said; perhaps it at the
collier; only the collier wards with poking pole,
strikes tiereely with his poking- pole, fells down
the squire, beabors Kunz himself. And behold.
the Golfers wife comes runningon the scene.and
with her shrieks brings body of other colliers
upon it kuns is evidently done He surpnders.
with his squires and Prince; is led. by this black
body guard, armed with axes, shovels, poking.
poles, to the neighboring monastery of Grunhan
(Groen Grove) and is there safe warded under
lock and key.
The afternoon of July 9Th. l455; what a day
for him and for others-I remark with certainty,
that dusty riders. in rather unusual numbers, and
of miscellaneous equipment, are also entering
London City, far away, this very evening; con-
stitutional parliament having to take seat at