Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-11-15


man WHO fought on either side that
day. Her name, as yet. has not !.
been given. WheE it is known, it
will be honored widely. The Gar
could not do more fitting ACT than
bestow it upon the regiment which
she led with such devotion. His
army has regiments by :he score
that are called after princes and
grand dukes. But tlis Lady uf the
Fearless heart will be worth more
as a memory to Russian. soldiers
than all the scions OF the House Of
Romanoff. =,
II courage is Of no sex, female
bravery is of no nation. The Turks
haye heroine TO be pio.d of, as
well as the Russians. At The bat
tie of Zizil Tepe, on Ang. 25,
when Muckhtar Pasba drove Gen
eral Melikotf before him, au Otto
man detachment, which carried the
fate of the day in its hands, start
ed from camp at 3 O'Clock in the
morning to surprise the enemy on
Zlzil T-pe. The movement was
headed 10y body of irregular cav.
airy under command Of Fatima,
the daughter Of an Arab sheik-
Success crowned her enterprise
Her horsemen reached the Rus
sian front unrecognized. Even
after they were seen, the Muscovite
officer hesitated TO fire upon them,
not through feeling of chivalry,
but because Fatima had given him
the proper watchword, which the
Turks in some way had managed
to obtain. The affair. though hot
while it lasted, was over in ten
minutes. The Mussulmen won
the hill and with it the battle. But
Fatima lay dead before the cap.
tured lines, killed by a random
bullet. She was, however, more
fortunate than her Russian sister
in gallantry, for she fell at the head
of her men aud on the field of
victory. Nor is this Arab maiden
the only woman whose valor has
frightened the arms of Turkey in
the present war. Last December
the Sultan conferred the order of
the Medjilie, of the third class,
upon Cherite Kahauum, an Otto
man lady of Lnbinje, for the great
bravery which she displayed during
the seige of that town by the
Montenegrins. Gherife Khanum
was the first, aud, so far as We
know, she remains the only woman
ever decorat in Turkey. Fatina.
no douot, if she had lived, would
have had chance of obtaining Z
the riband OF the Medjidie. Yet
she would not have been sure Of
the distinction. for Turkish lady
and an Arab maiden are very diff
ferent persons in the eyes Of the
Padisbah. .s
While on the subject we are tempt
r ed TO cite another example of female
heroism, though it occurred ten years
, ago and has nothing to do with feats
+ of arms. A book whichwas published
, in Italy recently by Jealous Catho-
lie gentleman, the Marquis de Segur,
tells a story of unshrinking devotion
which matches anything that we have
i related above. When the Pope lay
e on bed of sickness in .--"S6, Mile
e Leautartl, lady of Marsei;les deter
' mined to save tue Pontitf7s life by OF;
5 fering her own rs sacrifice IN it'
p stead. Before doing so, she askeg
. permission of the Pope. Pho None
! heard her request, and, after long 81
lcnce, placed his hand on her head
> and said, "Go my daughter, and dc
}, what the Spirit of God has suggested
= to you!" Next day the lady received
n the consecrated wafer, and gave eX
c preston to her ferveut desire to die
e She was Immediately seized with +;
a sharp pain, and expired three days af
: forwards. When the Pope was toiC
of her death he exclaimed, $50 soor
accepted" The Marquis de Segul
}, expresses his conviction that Mile
LeautarTs devotion was the cause o
y the prolon cation of the life of Pic
c Mono. We give this story as W.
e found it. IT is translate ed by the Lon
q don Times from the Roman CORES
= pondence of the Journal des Debats
y II it be true, it is but another proof o
what Milton wrote: peace hath heI
s victories no less renowned than war.