Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-10-10

like a torrent across lower Hungary, an
: in the early part Of June appeared be
fore the capital Of Austria. At the vieV
of the fires Of the Turkish camps whicl
occupied both sides of the Danube thu
emperor Of Austria was filed with con
~sternation, and, yielding to the entrea
ties Of his generals, quilted Vienna with
the empress and fed first to LintE, and
thence with great precipitation to Pas
saw. The city at that time was in q very
bad state of defense, and it wa impOssi-
BILE long to have WithstoOd the formida'
bic hosts BY which it was encompassed.
Upon the first news Of the siege, John
Sobieski, the illustrious and pious king Of
Poland, forgetting the ingratitude Of the
emperor toward him, and thinking only
of the common cause of Christendom, de-
termined to march without delay to the
relief of the besiegsd city. Accordingly, at
the head of "a, 900 chosen men, he march
ed with all possible expedition towards
Austria. Joined by the Duke Of Lor-
rain, near 0llerburn, he crossed the Dan
abe al Zaia, led his army through mar
row passes which the enemy might easily
have guarded, gained the mountains near
Vienna and seized upon the castle of
ClAremburg, which commands the whole
eouotry. His army encsmped On these
mountains on the morning Of the llth of
September, and his troops rested the
whole Of that day that they might be the
better prepared for action on the follow
ing. The interval was chiefly occupied
in exercises OF devotion. Early on the
morning Of the 18th, Sobieski and the
Duke of Lorrain heard mass in St.
Leopold's chapel, at which the good
king served in person. During the time
Of the holy sacrifice, be held his
arm stretched out in the form of a cross,
except when it wal necessary to employ
them in waiting oR the priest. He re-
eeived the holy communion, and after
mass, PROSTATE before the altar, he re-
ceived the solemn blessing, which the
priest bestowed upon him and bis whole
army. Then rising up, be said aloud:
Let Us now march to meet the enemy
with entire confidence in the protection
Of heaven, under the patronage of the
Blessed Virgin" Having made a proper
disposition of his army, be descended
with impetuosity upon the Turks. The
outposts yielded one after another to the
superior vslor Of the Poles, and at noon
Sobieski was prepared to fall upon the
camp Of the Grand Vizier. Mustapha,
the meantime, making a jest of the
assault, was drinking coffee ia his tent
his two o n and the Cham of Tar.
tary. While his troops on the outside of
The camp were being routed and cut to
he kept about him 49, 900 men,
to be, as it were, spectators Of the COM
BAT, and awaited in a state Of insen.
the approach Of the Polish
king. A mistaken confidence, or
rather the interposition Of heaven,
him and concealed him from
the danger By which be was surrounded
but the sight Of the standards of Sobi-
eski. nov almost upon his very tent,
aroused him to a sense Of his position.
BE now passed from the extre me of pre-
sumption to that Of terror and conster-
nation. His courage forssok him, and
be fed with the speed Of the wind. The
whole Turkish army was terror-stricken
and followed the vizier with the utmost
precipitation and confusion, leaving the
camp With its immense wealth and
treasures in the hands Of the Polish
monarch. The costly standard of Ma
honst, which va erected in the middle
the camp, near the tents Of the yizier,
was sent TO Rome as a present to Pope
Innocent TX. Besides their tents, stand.
ards and camp furniture, the Turks left
behind them one hundred and eighty
pieces Of heavy ordnance. Sobieski
Immediately after the victory entered
The city, and. proceeding TO the cathe.
iral, returned thanks to God for the
brilliant success that had attended bis
irms, and Joined 10 the TIE Deum sung
IN The occasion.