Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1856-05-06

russian army lay encamped before the town
very much as this one now lies. It becam,
necessary that something should be learned re-
sPccting the deiences of the place. a3d > boId
reckless man offered to make his wav into tIc
city lie did 50. Under the cover of night he
made his way under the wall along the bed Of
an old water-eourse the iron bars of which Lad
become rusted off. He looked about some, gain
ed much information, and was bent on eaipini,
more, when he was met by the commander Of
the place And what do you suppose became
of that spy 81
+" He was hung of course" said the captain.
Nc, not hung"
What-ah, shot"
No, not shot"
:" What dGne with him 81
Hark !-sh Do you not hear the movement
of feet ?'
The party had now reached thick copse of
cedars which made out upon the hill side in ?
POINT, and to tlis point they had come The
moon shone fnll upon them, and the moment
they passed these cedars, they would be in sight
of the cncamped army.
You asked me what became of that spy, -
said the old man, as they waited by the copse.
They did not know lie was spy When he
found he was detected, he confessed his nation
ality at once, and professed TO have purposely
fed from the Russians But this was not the
best of it,"
All"
No he wished to return Immediately to his
own camp, and to that end he offered to deliver
up very important thing to them if they woud
accompany him. And now who do Won think
that spy was 2"
Who was it p asked the captain.
But guess"
We cannot"
Would you believe me, if / were TO tell Won
that it was the emperor himself"
Impossible :"
But it is true"
"Who? What emperor ?"
Nicholas p
As the man thus spoke, he darted back and
let the long robe fall from his shoulders. and
tearing away the white hair and beard with one
hand, and thrusting them into his bosom. lie
drew hls ponderous sword with the other The
moon shone full in his face-the form was bent
no more but erect, tail, stout, pc -erful il tow
'-O-t' "'4N '4-I DAOtto bitdSl pore q single
flashing star
Nicholas !" burst from the Turkish captain's
lips, as his reason came back to him. :" At him
0, my men, if VIC can but"
His voice was lost in the loud, thunder-Iikc
call Of The Russian emperor, who heard the re-
ilef-guard approaching. With his back against
the wood, the lion held the Turks at bay min
ute, and then a host Of Russian soldiers came
bounding through the thic1et They recognized
their master in moment
Let not man of them escape :" pronounced
Nicholas, as he struck the Turkish captain to
the ground with the flat of his swcrd
There were twenty eight men IN the guard.
and tie Turks were captured before they could
faIrjy recover from the shock of the astounding
truth that had burst upon them. The emperor
then picked Up his dark robe, end led the wav
down 10 the camp, where the twelve prisoners
were placed under faithful guard, two of them
only being wounded. And not one of all those
guardsmen knew that their emperor had been
that night within the walls CT the enemy.
The feelings of Hussin Pasha, and of the I'M
PetGous Hemen, may lie imagined, when they
came to learn the astounding truth-whcn they
knew that tie emperor Nicholas, their most
fearful enemy, had been absolutely within
their simple grasp, and they had not even known
that he was RUSSIAN SPY