Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1855-08-30

away in useless conversation. Once more,
J wish to save you from en- ignominious
death. and from the tortures Of the knout-
do you not wish it y
BILE is our attachment 10 life, ,ha, the author
Of oil my misfortune. stood before me. end
that was abou. to owe honor, life, and IL
berty to so gres, miscreant. sOh speak,
speak-Monsieur Fogel'
"The msj or then told me must pretend
TO be i'll. and then to die. 'Apd after your
resurrection, odded he, you mus. take the
name of vour elder brother, who fell at the
baule Of Borrodino.'
"'Tha, would be forgery said |.
"'Nay,' said the major, you will still
bear The name Of your father and your fami-
ly. II you play your part well-and you
can easily do sol will provide for you, as
soon as you shall have assumed your elder
brothers. name, and trust me, your lot shall
not be an Unenviable one!'
There is an old proverb that says, "a
drowning man will catch al the blade Of
razor.' ! was that man, aud consented to
every Thing.
81 now complained Of my health, and
pretended 10 be i'll, and a doctor was CALI
ed, who prescribed several medicines with
sly smile. ] next asked for priest, who
came and heard me confess, and declared,
like the doctor, ,ha. was in grea. danger
Doctor, priest, and jailer, had all been brib-
ed. In short, ] had not to play the par, Of
being dead for long time before they
brough. coffin, in which they laid me, and
transported me 10 the chapel, from whence
the major effected my escape during the
night. The next day it was with a secre,
satisfaction that ! witnessed my own fune-
raj from Me- jor Fogel's window.
"'You ere now saved said the major,
embracing me, but it remains for me to ac-
quit my self Of the promise made you
heart! This same man, who had commit
ted two murders for The sake of wealth, ac-
tualy wep. as he pressed me to his heart.
"Ths mex, day The major gave me fifty
thousand roubles, and married me 10 julia,
the late coun,ess's ward. week after, my
wife and ! set off for Besssrabia, where we
resided for several years. Having heard Of
Major Fogel's death, could not resist the
wish to behold my native place once more;
and came back 10 Radnmysi, where pur-
chased some domains with the full inten-
| lion Of ending my days in that district"
Such were the revelations msde by the
prisoner, which he signed, and then confirm
ed by the oath required by the law, to the
effect that he had said nothing bu, the truth.
Julia Krynewiesks, now Madame Kryns-
zloh, confirmed her husbands confessions.
By most providenlial chance, the gar
dener, who had seen the mso examining
The boat on the morning Of the day when
Count Edmond was drowned, was still 10
be found in Pendlz, while the retired officer
who had sold the vicious horse to she mojor,
was still living in Mozyr.
As 10 the four fuDctionaries who had
signed the coun;ess's mock will, they had
all been banished to Siberia for being guilty
Of pecula,ion, and Of robbing The imperial
treasury. ]. was not clearly ascer,ained
whether or no they still lived in TobolskI,
bu, any way, being degraded characters,
their testimony would no, have been Of the
slighes. value.
Major FogeI's immense fortune had been
spent by his heirs, who were in state OF
complete penury, the sad and inevitable fate
Of those who are e..rched by The spoils Of
crime.
The tribunal acquitted NJ. Krynszlofi, bu.
ordered him to resume the name Of Joachim.
| The sentence re .insta,ed him entirely in his
property, and in all the honors and digni.
ties that he enjoyed.
! The tribunal Of Kow confirmed this judg-
men,, bu. old Joachim Krynszlof, received
so great q shock from the whole sf1air, that
he died three weeks after this full acqu.ial,
leaving his eyed widow inconsolable for his
loss, and his three daughters married 10
three wealthy and honorable Inhabitants OF
Bessaraba.