The mountain Democrat., 1863-11-07

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Turk cry out, AN infidel has escaped /;
let US 60 in quest of himY Others re-
piled, He could not have gone into the
marsh l know not how long they re-
mained, but heard no more l tainted
from the loss of blood, and continued in
sensible for several hours; for when re-
covered my faculties the sun was already
high.
was immersed in the marsh up to my
hips; my hair stood on end when re-
collected the occurrence of the night, and
the goth of August was one Of my first
thoughts. | rcckoned eight sabre cuts
on my arms, breast and back, none OF
which were dangerous. AS the nights in
summer are cool in that country, wore
a very thick pelisse, which had deadened
the blows. Nevertheless, l was very
weak. The Turks had long since depart
ed. | heard from time to time hegroans
of the wounded horses-as to the men,
the Turks had disposed Of them.
Immediately deterDined to extricate
myself from the place in which | then
was; and in an hour | succeeded. The
track which had before made served to
direct me. Although a war against the
Turks blunts all sensibility, felt an emo
ton Of horror, all alone as | was, when |
looked out from among the reeds. ad-
vanced, the field of carnage met my eye,
but how can describe my terror on feel
ing myself suddenly seized by the arm
| beheld an Arnaut, six feet high, who,
doubtless, had returned to see if there
was not still something worth picking up.
Was ever hope more cruelty disappoint-
ed? | addressed him in the Turkish Ian
guage: Take my money, my watch, my
uniform, but do not kill me- p
An these belong to me, said he. and
your head into the bargain lie imme-
diately took off the chin-cloth Of my hus-
sar cap, and then my cravat. l was un-
armed and, consequently, could not de.
fend myself; at the least motion he would
have plunged his cutlass into my breast.
clasped him round the body in a sup
plcating manner, while he was engaged
in laying my neck bare. Take pity on
me = said | to him; my family is rich I;
make me your prisoner; you shall have q
large ransom Il should have to wait
too long replied he; be quiet, that
may cut Off your head" He had already
taken out the pin of my shirt. |, how
ever, still clung to him; he did not oppose
it, doubtless, because he con6ded in his
strength and arms, and also from a slight
fe cling Of pity, which in truth could not
outweigh the hope of a ducat. AS he
pulled out my pin, felt something hard
in his girdle-it was an iron hammer
He again repeated, BE quietn and these
would probably have been the last words
| should have heard, had not the horror
of such death impelled me to snatch the
hammer; he did not observe it; he al
ready held my head with one hand and
his cut!ass in the other, when, by sud-
den motion, | disengaged myself, and
without losing an instant, struck at his
face with the hammer. with all my force.
The blow took effect; the Arnaut stag
gered-I repeated it, and he fell, at the
same time dropping his weapon. need
not observe that seized it, and plunged
il into his body.
now FASTENED towards our advanced
posts, whose arms | saw glittering in the
sun. The men fled before me as from a
spectre The same day was seized with
a violent fever and conveyed to the hos
pital In six weeks | recovered and re.
turned to the army. On my arrival, the
Gipsy brought me her Tokay wine; and
| learned from others that, during my
absence, several precise predictions which
she had made had been verified, which
procured her consultations and iegacies.
This was very extraordinary.
Some time afterwards we were Joined
by two soldiers Of the enemy, Christians
from Servia, who had been employed in
the baggage department and had deserted
to avoid punishment for some fault As
soon as they saw our fortune teller they
recognized her, and declared that she Of
ten came at night to the Turkish camp
to apprise the enemy of our movements.
This information greatly astonished US,
as this woman had often rendered US i'm
portant services, and we even admin ed
the address with which she executed the
most dangerous commissions. The de-
sertcrs, nevertheless, persisted in their
story, and added that they had several
times been present when she described
our position to the Turks, discovered to
them our plans, and urged them to make
attacks, which had in reality taken place.
A Turkish cipher served her for a pass
port. This convincing evidence being
found upon her, she was sentenced to
| death as q spy. Previous TO her execu-
ton, interrogated her respecting the
prediction she had made respecting me
She confessed that, by being spy to
both parties, she had procured a double
profit, as she had often learned what was
in contemplation on either side; that
those who secretly consulted her respect
ing their future fortunes had confided ma
ny secrets to her, and that she was under
some obligations to chance. AS to what
concerned me particularly, she had Sc
lected me to make a'striking example, for
the purpose of establishing her reputa-
tion as a fortune. teller, by predicting so
long beforehand the term of my life
At the approach Of the period, she had
excited the enemy to attack the picket OF
our regiment on the night of the 20th Of
August. From a conversation she had
with our officers, she learned that two
were to precede me; she sold to the one
adulterated wine, which made him sick
as to the other, at the very moment he
was about to set out, she approached as
if to sell him something, and contrived to
introduce piece Of burning sponge into
one of the nostrils of his horse.
True TO THE LETTER.-Hon. George S.
Hillard, of Boston, in a recent letter, says
if the war is to be diverted from the pur-
pose declared in the Crittenden resou-
tions, "for the purpose of conquest or
subjugation, or overthrowing or interfer.
ing with the rights or established institu-
tions of the States" then the party at