Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-04-07

were, therefore, but imperfecty understood; Ro-
sen and myself were looked upon as foreigners, and
unfortunat ety. upon foreigners the French soldiers
had begun toIook with suspicion. They believed,
and perhaps not enormously, that their allies,
pecially the Germans, silently rcoiced at the mis-
fortunes in wkich the Emperor and his army were
involved, D'Erlhofcn, adroitly avainS himself of
this feeling, called out in French:
..Thcsc arc German traitors.-the paid spies of
the Emperor of Russia
These words produced fearful effect! The
French soldies, easily excited, and of quick tam
perament. instantly set about attacking us, thus
pointed out to their vengeance. Rage had 30 COM
pcely takon possession Of mr. faculties by this time,
that would not surrender, but Capt. Roscn, en-
deavored tc restrain me.
"Do not attempt violence; might do mis-
chef.- said he. "LarlIsh win not desert US in this
dilemma; unon him we must rely
! / stood upon the defensive, nevertheless, and
CONTINUED to express my indignation in gestures of
defiance, and execrations.
1--WE are your prisoners, sir" said Roscn, AL
dressing D'Erlhoien; eve shall demanda speedy
inquiry into this extraordinary accusation. Weare
officers of the Grand Duke Of Badcn's army-Baron
Lasush is our commandsr;he will know how to
protect us-I request that you instantly make him
acquainted with our srrest"
With reluctance gave up my sword to the gen
d'arms, who, by the order of D'ErIhofen, led US
into the building. The substern officer would
have put us into the guarl room near the door,
where the magazine guard was stationed, but Arm
helm interposcd
.No. they are criminals who have forfeited their
lives. They must be put under close confinement;
let it be in one of the dungeons near the fortress"
Captain Roscn, fear We have been very fool
sh in dcliv ering up our weapons, in not instant
Iy cutting down both these wretches of commissa
ries,'' said /, as We were wa king to prison
"Who knows if Larush viii ever Learn what has
become of us until too late for interference, for
these villains are base enough to do anything to
crafty their cowarliy selves
Rosen seemed to he struck with the truth of this
remark. His own generous nature would not al
low him hastily to ascribs so great malice even to
such an enemy as ID 'Erlhofcn. But he recollcctcd
that no one more than 'Erlhofcn had more need
thought Of the proposals that had been made by
this wretch to his s.scr-whch had caused the be-
aforementioned duel between ihem-;hat these Will
aims would not hesitate TO seek the vilest means
of revenge. He cast /, look at the sergeant of the
gen d'arms who accompanied us at the head OF
three men.
"You arc soldicr7' said Rosen to the man;
'lier in arm,-,housh charged viii, crimc-a IA
vor?''
"Noae That nv drty does not Forbid said the
kind hearted sergeant.
awe arc innocent We arc the victims of a ma
licious plot. II our Colonel, B,ron Larusi does
not hear of our arrest. we are lost. Give me your
word that you will let him know itl''
Certainly will, if my orders are not agains,
it,,
ale will well rccompense YOU for it. Accept o
my thanks in advances" said Roscn in his graft
tu,lc us he wis about to transfer his purse to the
sergeant. But the man drew back pace seeming
ly hurt.
s.No bribery" said he, touching the cross on hi,
breast; al shall do My duty friend, but a sol
dier; away, with your money. How can this helpu,
herel We have plenty and to spare of this use
less and corruptibe trash7''
You arc a man of honor Let us at least shak,
hands in token Of friendship and good fatl," sal,
Rosen offering his hand.
The sergeant silently but honestly took hold = o
the proffered hand and shook it warmly, with no,
of his head
of o,1 of oil ~ bo
at the same time opening door bound with iron
!, We descended fight of stairs, at the bottom Q
which we turned into IA pis sage on the right hand
and approached second door which the scrgear
unlocked. We entered our dismal prison, and tn
door instantly closed uron 1t was damn
cold vauls-a small round hole, about the size of
!, mans head, was the only aperature for light an
ventilation.
"What an accursed place." exclaimed I-"col
!, as ice itself, and wet besides. The chamber
!, Death. Only see: the walls are covered with Il
= pcsry of half frozen vapor thick ones inge
. Bah. the smell oft is poison. Are we left I
mike our bed upon the naked Hoorl Not plac
). to lie down, or materials for sleeping. It's me-
: cy of Heaven we hare our coaks; or we shoul
:, .'Ihope we shall be set at liberty before tn:
time,' said Roscn, striving to convey an exprel
. sion ofhopc. An hour, aid yet azsecond clapsce
We waited in vain to be called before our Judge
The coldness in the damp vault seemed to incrcas
!, every moment. Round about, the walls wer
covered with fine crystals of icc and the floor va
even here and there covered with snow, as I'll
!, wind had driven il in through the barred windo,
Our ~eariness induced us to lie down upon II
stone floor; but the cold soen forced MS to rise
gain Only in the constant exercise of wakn
could we defend ourselves against the torpdity
cold. Our hands and feet were already bcnumbe,
thus passed hour after hour; tbegan 10 grow dar
Rosen momentariy became more uneasy; whilst
could have dashed out my brains against the irol
bound door for vexation at being caught so nicel
81 fear" said Rosen at last, "Lsrusla docs no
:, know what has become of us. Otherwise we shou
ere this have heard from him.
"I'mc appears long TO us my friend. in this cage
7 said /. ave hare only been few hours in Il,
N place. Who knows what tedious proceedings mu
III be gone through, before he can get at ss7''
. Roscn was silent: Grief seemed to press hcayi