Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-09-05

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Al Irieh slslI knesn; . ma
ii'e slIG1c<S ffylts u TTsssSsts GslIege, DaB-
lin, but sto, ousng 10 tbs s,iapsaatea FOR.
tunes 81 hts sneient family, expairia.ed bins-
self sssns yfars since, And entered tie Turk
lab afsy, wrote 3 letter ~ rather jnnrnal,
addressed u friend about year since, Of
which the folforing issan extract. = IL may
asi6sc g stats that Ne was engaged in The
Tnrkish campaign 10 Asia. and during 8 ss-
we're eng igemcnt was wounded on the
Heights Of Basch Kadik Lar. After ilsriug
deserib d the horrors Of the f.Id and bis
narrow fescapes IN two or three skirmishes,
be gave the detaii4 Of his su.fsrings for day
md two nights, during which be lay exposed
among the siain and wonndrd on the field Of
battle. The story of the manner Of his es-
cape from plus.derrrs or carp followers II
means 81 q revolving pistol, is SO curious
that we make no apology for extracting d
somewbat lengthy passsgr. We commence
tho NARRATIVES about the middle of the jour
nall eg s.'q s3,.. Sc = ~ s. ss's So S
"All had long been silent, save OCCASION
ally groan from some poor creature, wound
ed like me-, perhaps dying, and the bowling
OF wolves from the forest skirting the field
OF bstiie-a pretty sort of wake for n
decent Christian Turk, and worse by dis
timers. can tell you, my dear - than
Pat Iiaulagan's grandmother's screeches the
night We catered her cabin on the moor the
day after that famous anipe shooting, when
they laid HIM out, AS they said, $50 dacent,
wild the plate on hrs chest the spalpefn.'--
Well, to turn from this depression, Ifelt how
fortunate it Was lay go near the middle of
the p!ain---a sort of centre dish, you Gee
since otherwise would have been eaten by
some savage beas. or other, before any one
would have been likely to inquire into the
precise geological nature Of my decease. ! e, {
knew very we'll the next morning would
be rescued, as ] could see that the Russians
were retiring, their FIRE being all out this
night, ana had just said to myself Jack,
1t is all right, yeu will be easy and CON-
Portable with your limb elegantly bandaged
to-morrow, and actually tried to whistle
iThe Bells of Shannon,' sRor~ o 'Morc,' and
one or two other tunes, TO keeg up my spir-
itsa Itwa rather q future both in exec,l-
ton and intention will own. And now for
q description which our old friend Charley
Lever nigh. do justice to- 3 80, n " :, s. -.
Onnileafiess tree near me sat six or eeyen
huge birds Of prey, gorged with their hor.
rible repas'. L knew they were not likely TO
touch me while Iremained iying-I cannot
add lively; sbnt suddenly saw a figure fit
ting to and fro, like the ghost of nay Aunt
49, 20 - and occasionally STOPPING, as if en-.
gagged in some Office Of mercy, and thereby
now and then lost among the broken groups
Of men. horses, &C., heaped upon the plain,
and now and then emerging into the bright
Il nf tho Is ~ M
| hind the clouds that occasionally obscured
| the terrible landscape. what ISL n said. /.
| Presently ISbecandc aware of the exist
ence of four or Eve other figures similarly
employed. At one time l thought they were
women, and the priests administering conso-
lation and aid. thought of the Spanish
stories poor Major Atkins used totell u.s.
knew there were monks5in Asia, thought
| could not tell whera these came FROM
| Then NIL kinds Of strange thoughts of ghosts
and vampires, the very creations of the
country was in, suggested themselvestomy
imagination. gnzed until could gaze no
longer Mt their forms, which seemed hardly
| to approach nearer, and ut. length fell back,
contemplating siivery halo round the moon,
which put me in mind of the Cove Of Cork
and Lucy Al, the darling. a'
/ might have continued thus about half nm
hour, when sound caused me to turn around
and heheld sight hat filled me with hor-
/ ror. A figure like one of the witches in
Macbeth was stopping over and graphing
with the wounded Russian General, who lay
/. some ten PAGES distant from me. could
hear every breath and movement of the pair
] assthe veteran strugg! ed with his fendish as
sailant. There was fearful stiffness about
the deed for the victim uttered ,notaa word,
probably in disdain of his fate. At length
he succeeded IN holding off her skinny and
ensanguined arms, and while doing so utter
] ed n few words in Russian, which Icould not
understand. Finding her tpsk difficult she
gave a hiss like a serpent, and presently a
male confederate, looking like Burke or Hare
/ clothed for en AIDE phia melodrama, such MS
have seen in London, stole to her assist.
ance and deliberately passed a long knife in
1 to. the bosomi4of the hapless Russian. ]
1 heard tho sound of it, and the low deer
groan that followed. Vainly had endeav.
ored to shout, in order toIscare these fends
from their prey-my tongue. Glove to the
roof of my mouth. Twas Ike one under q
/ nightmare. Suddenly the moon Owed be-
neatha cloud. When, it came out again, the
spoilers of the field of death had finished
i plundering the Russian General, whose white
A hair, !ivid features and startling eye balls
could plainly see, and were engaged in divi.
ding or securing the booty. .sss@. .g, .srs5s,
The glitterlng eyes Of the wrinklcd Zinga.
4 RI, for such she was, then turned upon me
1t was evident from their expression that my
4 turn was at hand. A tumult of thoughts
|agitated my, breast. e. To die;thus after cs-
! Gaping with life from the events of the week
1t WIS horrible, Already felt tho clutch OF
those. bird-l fingers ut my throat. AL
1 ready fancied that butcher-like knife, red
from a hundred murders, and warm from the
old generals side, slowly passing into my
breast. could offer no. resistance. My
left arm was broken my 5aucie twisted
my strength utterly gone. raised myself
partly up, as with hideous elaboration the
pair cautiously approached, one on each side.
What would | have given ut that moment to
be heading a sforlorn hope;' to be strug.
Cling with the breakers as when lately
wrecked on the stormy Caspian; be stand.
ing opposite the best saw-handle shot inthe
county Of Galway to be hobbling over my
fathers claret; in my grandfather's house
with the black-guard attorney who ruined
us all to be listening to the umistakable re.
fusal to marry me. to the only girl ever
loved, or to be arrested by dirty tailor on
the eve of steeple chase, in which was
the favorite gentleman rider. Don't fancy
that l thought Of all those things at thai
time, though never thought SO much in q
year as ! did in those few moments. ss
| The ugly Jewish features of the man ap.
preached me with the fascination of SER
pent. | twisted myself round to meet the
still more fendish glance Of the woman
They neared me. The clutch of the hap r.
already at my throat. The knife Of the man
is appraised. Suddenly the cords of speech
were loosened and acknowledgements like
q horse in the agony Of the battle field,
shall never forget the sound of nv own
voice in that unearthly cry. The monsters
drew back, but it was only to look at each
other and indulge in a chuckle of ehastly
merriment. At that instant i thought of
something with my right hand drew forth
my Colts revolver. remembered distinct.
y. during the instant it took to pluck it forth,
all the Incidents of the two days previous
each time | had fred it, and that there
were two charges left when l was shot down
from my horse To snatch it forth-to cock
Tito level ito null the tripper-was the