The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-08-15
WAYNESBURG, PA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST Is 1866

| .'"o'' "''' WIN ~" y 20 '''y hall open
ed, said in German, What do YOU
want ?
Give the man something to eat at
once, said Castanos, when he heard the
result of the first experiment, 'and let
him go. He Is not Frenchman. How
could he have been so tar master OF him,
self The thing is impossibc,'
But though Leckinski was supplied
with food, he was detained prisoner
The next morning he was taken to a spot
where he could see the mutilated CORPSE
OF the Freuchman, who had been cruellv
massacred by the reasan,ry OF Truxillo,
and he was threatened with the same
death. But the noble youth had promis
ed not to flil,anG not word, not an ac.
cent, not a gesture or look BETRAYED
blm.
Leckinski, when taken back to the
prison. hailed 1t with sort ofjoy for
twelve hours he had had nothing but
gibbits aud death, in its most horr,d
forms, before his eyes, exhibited to him
by men with the look and the passions
OF demons. He slept, however, after
the harrasslng excitement Of the day, and
sonndly, too when, IN the midst of his
deep and dcathlike sumbers, the door
opened gently, some one drew near his
couch, and the same voice whisI cred in
iu his ear
Arise and come with me. We wish
to save your lie. Your horse is ,eady.'
And the brave young man, hastily
awakened by the words, ',ce rish to stve
your lie, come,' answered, still in GER
ma"-'what do you want ??
Castanos, when he heard of this ex,
pertinent and its result, said that the
Russian was a noble youny man, he saw
the true state of the case.
The next morning., eally, four men
came TO take him before sort of court,
martial composed OF officers of Casta>
moss staff. During the walk, they ut
tered the most horrible threats against
him but true to his determination, he
pretended not to understand them.
When he came before his judges he
seemed to gather what was going on
from the arrangements of the tribunal
and not from what he beard said around
him, and he asked in German where his
interpreter was ? lie was sent for and
the examination commenced.
1t turned at first upon the motive of
his journey from Madrid to Lisbon. He
answered by showing his dispatches to
Admiral Slnayin and his passport. Spite
OF the preSence.and vehement assertions
OF the peasant, he persisted in the same
story, and did not contradict himself
once.
ASK him., said Che presiding officer
at last, ii he loves the Spamards, as he
is not Frenchman ?
The Interpreter put the question,
Certainly said Leckinski, 1 like the
Spanish nation | esteem it tor its nIble
character; wish our two nations were
friends
Colonel, said the interpreter to tho
president, thc prisoner says lie hates us
because we make our war like banditti,
that he despises U.s. and that his only re,
grct is that he cannot unite the whole
nation as one man, to end this odious
war at single blow
While he was saying this the eyes OF
the whole tribunal were atten,lvely
watching the slightest movement Of the
prisoner cou'itenance, III oruer 10 see |
what effect the interpreters treachery
would have upon him, But Leckinski
had expected 10 be put to the test IN (
some way, and he was determined to
battle all their attempts.
'ienllemen,' said Castanos, lit seems
to me that this young man cannot be
suspected, the peasant must be deceived.
The prisoner may pursue his journey;
and when he reflects on the hazard of
oui position, he will find the severity we
have been obliged 10 use excusable.
Leckinski's arms and dispatches were
returned, he received free pass, and
thus this noble youth came victorious
out oftho severest trial that the human
spirit can be put to.
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SOLDIERS OF lSl2.-One day last week,
five Of the old veterans of 1912 accldens
tally met at the public house of Mr.. viii.
liam Rphnv in Jamestown who wara