The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-11-10

oRsINIS ESCAPE

d,a castle OF San tIlorgio, III Mahtua,
ftaly II almost too wonderful to be be
NOD An account of il iscontained
IN n recently published narrative OF
the prisoners adventures. Orsin, as
Ia caIl known, was arrested and ina
nrisoned about eighteen months--we
tIin,, for the fourth time since l84f--
.n account Of troubles engendered by
b;s known revolutionary tcndencles.-
V.tyihtatanding the castle OF San
,iioraia vas believed to be the safest
rrison in Austria, he resolved TO at-
,.mn,t an escape, and having by stud
led conduct gained the confidence ol
his iailors. he succeeded in procuring,
from his friends who visited him, a
email saw. He says:
Having thus iar paved the way, /
commenced saving through one OF the
Iars nearest the wall. The position
IN which was obliged 10 stand-on
tiD-toe, on the top rail Of the chair
increased the difficulty otthe operation
As was obliged to make the same
movement with my feet rs with my
han Is. in order to keep my balance
Nv saw was excellent; but after hay-
ING used il a couple OF hours or SO il
prew blunt-partly because ! was not
used IA handling tools, aud also from
the use of water, which adopted to
prevent noise However, in four days,
had cat through the first box bat
from having uscl the saw without a
handle, holding il at either end in my
hand il broke in two. and | then set
nv wits 70 work tomake n handle for
the others
II sawed away some wood from nn-
drrneath the table, and dividing tin
II two portions, fastened one with
wax either side oi the saw, only leay-
lgg sufficient of the latter to cut
through tbe iron BARN order to re-
new il with a fresh piece when the
frat should be worn out Having
broken aud destroyed ali the strings
otmv wearing apparel, lprocured some
tape under pretence otrepairing them.
waxing Il well, ] bound il tightly
rgnnd the two pieces oi wood at the
end ofthe saw, and backwards and
forwards from one to tbs other BY
these means. 1 manufactured m excel
lent handle, and the saw no longer
bent or moved about. In order 10
close the bars after they were cut
through. / made a cement OF wax and
turut bread crumbs the color OF iron.
Nevertheless my work made but
slow progress. At every moment /
lad to stop and clean my saw, and as
often 10 listen to any noise without
Some davs ! could not work at all for
iear Of interruption. and often | was
obliged 10 dcsJst on account Of the ter
Hblc fatigue, and the pain arising
rom the distension of the muscles. .--
Often my feet and right hand We're
tenumbed Il could scarcely write my
own name. According to the posi-
tionof the bars depended the difficulty
ofcutting through them-while work.
ug at the highest ! so wounded my
elbow by pressing it against the side,
that could hardly lean on it alone.
AT ttimes, despite the calmnessa and
conragc with which ! nerved myself,
my patience was nearly exhausted;
20 prostrated was my physical
strength that have sunk on the bed
utterly hopeless Of completing my de-
sign. Then II was that the thought
ofmy country, ofmy children, return
ed to my aid. must behold my lit
tie ones again--must once more com.
bat for my tatherland!- and, fired
with the thought, sprung to my chair
and labored with redoublcd zeal, say
ing to myself. Onward! onwardl
couragel (araatG uruati! carragi0i
each time | felt my energy flag
Ia spite OF the vigilance OF his
keepers, Orsni finished his saving of
the outer as well as the inner grating
ofthe window, and also removed some
bricks to enlarge the aperture. The
window was about a hundred feet
from the ground. A cord was made
by stripping the sheets and towels
which he had latterly possessed, and.
after several abortive attempts, be
made the perilous descent on the night
Of the 29th of March.
When had descended about cigh-
ty four feet, felt my strength giving
way the tension OF the muscles OF
the arms was too painful for endur
ance again lelt about with my
feet, and soon discovered q white mar
BE cornice, which surrounded the
castle: but while | stroye 70 rest my
right foot upon it, and the cord slip.
ped from between my legs, and, after
making several attempts to recover it,
looked below, and, tancying myself
not more than six feet from the gronnd
J stretched out my arms and let my
self drop in such q way that my feet
should first touch the ground, but that
lshould ia Il on all four5. This calcu-
lation was the work of a second but
what q time elapsed before / reached
the ground ! shudder now TO recall
had fallen twenty feet, There was q
quantity OF mud and broken pieces OF
brick and cement at The bottom Of the
tosse, and against this ] struck my
knees and then my feet. The blow
was tremendous. turned around
almost mechanically, and for few
moments lost all consciousness"
At length, recovering from the eff
'""Ia Of his fall, he succeeded in sur
mounting every obstacle with the ey-
cePtion Of the ditch beyond the outer
wall While lying there, wounded
and exhausted, two peasants passed,
and, recognizing his situation at a
glance, helped him up by means OF a
cord, and assisted him to place OF