Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-09-15

news OF the birth OF daughter had reached
him on our forward march, of his happy
home, his old mother-of all the ties, in short
that bound him to life.
w hllst speaking, severed the sinews that {
still retained bis shattered arm, and bound it
up as best might. He still despaired and
moaned, but suffered me to do as I would |
He was like an infant in NY hands-that man
who IN the hour of battle was lik lion to |
courage But long suffering, and the sudden !
shock--occurring e, when we seemed on the !
very verge of safety-had overcome his forti-
tude. With Paufs help, got him upon my |
horse, The poor brute was in no case to car
ry double, so L walked and led it, though at |
that time could hardly hobble
ut is all useless, my dear DOCTOR" Previle |
said; this is my last day; I feel that, Far |
better shoot me, or leave me by the roadside, |
than risk your life for my sake.''
took no heed but tried to cheer him. Those |
unclean beasts, the Cossacks, were lowering
around US as usual, and at times the bullets !
fell pretty thick. Not quarter of an hour
had elapsed since set Previle on my horse.
when shot struck his right eye--no, enter
ing the head, but gancing across the globe.
| and completely destroying his sight. Well.
sir, then there occurred physiological phe-
nomena which [ have never been able salts
factorily to account for. This man, whom
/ the loss Of an arm had reduced to despair.
seemed to derive fresh courage from the loss
! of an eye. At any rate from that moment he
complained no more of his fate, resumed his
usual manly tone, and bore up like hero.
Paul was lucky enough to catch riderless
horse, which [ mounted The worst was
over, and We soon got respite. Without
troubling you with details, and incredible as
| 1t may seem to you, my poor friend escaped
with life, althoug h with limb and an eye the
less.
There must have been a great many ex-
traordlnary escapes from that campaign,
, remarked.
! Innumerable. There was a seargent of
dragons former comrade of my servants,
who for many days marched beside me and
! Paul. He received severe wound There
were still some vehicles with US at that tiule,
and We got him place in one of them, and
! made him as comfortable as we could. The
following night We stopped at a town. In
the morning as We were about to march, the
p. Cossacks came down. There was great con
fusion; several baggage carts were captured
! IN the streets, and some of the wounded were
abandoned in the houses where they had pas
sed the night Amongst these was Sergeant
Fritz, Not many houses in the town were in
good condition-most of them had beer burn
ed and Knocked to pieces by the soldiers
The house in which Fritz lay was of the
most comfortable in the place; on which ac
count it had been converted into temporary
hospital. Well, the Russians came in, bro't
in their wounded, and turned out our poor
fellows, to make room for them. Some who
could not move quick enough, were brutality
pitched out Of low window into garden be-
hind tue house, there to perish miserably. -
n w n fhpSn In InE Ef al
crawl, he made his way round the garden,
seeking egress, He reached gate commu-
nicating with another garden. 1t was locked
and pain and weakness, forbade him climbin z
over He sat close to the gate propped up
against it, looking wistfully through the bars
at the windows ola house and at the cheerful
glow of fire, when he was perceived by q
young girl. She came out and opened the
gate and helped him into the house. Her
father was German clockmaker, long set
tied in Russia, and Fritz, Swiss, spoke Ger
| man we'll. The kind people put him to bed,
: hid his uniform, and tended him like son
When, in the following spring, his health was
restored, and he would have left them, the
German proposed to him to remain and assist
him in his trade He accepted the offer, ma
] ried the Germans daughter, and remained il
/ Russia until his father-in-law's death, wher
he was taken with longing TO revisit his ma
tive mountains, and returned to Switzerland
f with his family. [ met him since at Paris
e and he told me his story. But although hi
D escape was narrow and romantic enough
0 there must have been others much more re-
e markaLle. Most of the prisoners made by the
a Russians, and who survived severe cold ant
| harsh treatment, were sent to Moscow to Ia
: Dor at building the city. When the fin
d season came some of them managed to escape
S and make their way III various disguises, ant
= through countless adventures, back to thei
own country" .. .......f-
" have set down but the most striking por
II tions of our conversatioD--or rather of tn
doctors narrative, since 1 did nothing bu
o listen, and occasionally, by question re
is mark, direct his communicativeness into th
u channel 1 wished it to take. We were no,
n near Orleans.
I 1.-The letter | was reading, when we starte
e said my companion, and which has brougt
1T back to my memory all that have told go
at risk perhaps. of wearying you, he ad
l. ded, with slight bow and smile, and a hot
s. of other circumstances to me, of thrilling an
I everlasting interest is from General PrevIllt
|. who lives IL the south of France, but who b;
come unexpectedly to Orleans to pass mont
e, with me. That is his way. He lives happ
&c ly with married daughter; but now and the
the desire to see an old comrade, and to fgl
re old battles over again, comes so strongly u,
W ION him that he has bis valse packed at a
X hours notice, and takes me by surprise L
knows we'll that the Generals Room. al
at en- affectionate reception always await him.
ne received his letter--full of referencesto o
as times-yesterday evening, and am now hu
or rving back to Orleans to see him. We
be likely he may be waiting for me at the st
a. ton; and youxill see that for man "