$6 VOL. I. GOLDSBORO', N. C.T TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1852. i0. o3 t REPUBLICAN AND PATRIOT, ' I'V3LISirED EVERT TUESDAY MOUXEfG. BT GULICK & RICHARDSON. Terms of Scascaorior. Two Ditlars per year in advance ; if uot paid strictly in advance, two dollars aad fifty cent? ; and throe dollars if payment be delayed loader than six months. Ad7ertis::o. Advertisements will be inserted at the rate of one dollar per square of fifteen lines or le?3, for tha firit inaertion, and twenty five ceata for each succeed ing ineruon. Advertisements shrtuli be marked with the num ber of insertions de-ire-i.otherwi-KJthny will be continued until ordered out and charged accordingly. Favorable contracts will be made with adverti serabv the year. Court Order? and Judicial Advertisements will be charged thirty-three and one third per cent, higher than the foregoing rate?. f:'xT All Letters and Cmm-.mication3 on bu5"ine?? con nect ii with thn e.-4.i;jluhzn9nt, raii be addressed to the Proprietors, pist-pild, in order to secure attention. Commission and Forwarding Merchant, AND General Agent. "VXlHtlNGTOX. X. C. TTovernber, 1851. . ' 28 tf. Sash, Blinds, and Doors, MANUFACTURED BT ALOXZO J. WILLIS, , k AT NEW-BERNE, N. C, For less CA3II than at any other place in the .State. L. & . B. Whit field, agents at White Hall. All orders punctually attended to. Xov. IS, 1S51. 6m. I. DISOSVAY, DRUGS, MEDICINES, Paints, Oils, Dyo-Stuffs, PERFUMERY, ft LASS, PUTTY, fcc, Ac, N 7 BERNE, K. . "EXCHANGE RESTAURANT, tiiomasb'howle, JUarlcet Street. fcio doors below the Commercial OJjice, and oppc- site the Market House, K WILMINGTON, N. C. ALSO fp Good Board and comfortable lodging. Sept. 25th, 1831. 20-ly. LEWIS & WM. B. WHITFIELD, DEALERS IN GROCERIES, HARDWARE, STAPLE AND PRODUCE IiOUGIIT AND SOLD. WHITE HALL, N. C. v Apr. 3, ly TEALE2 IX . GROCERIES, HARDWARE, STAPLE AND Fancy Goods. - rilODU'JE BOUGHT AND SOLD. SNOW HILL, Apr. 3, ly CHADBOUHN & HOOPER, GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, AND FORWARDING AGENTS, NORTH WATER STREET, vTLMI2IST0ff, N. C. Sept. 1, 1S"1. 17 ly. c. sirszis, MANUFACTURER. AXI) DEALER IX iLvTS, CAPS, UMBRELLAS, . And Walking Canes of every Description, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, Forth, Side Market Street, WILMINGTON, N. C, N. B. Country Merchants supplied at Ncvr York wholesale prices. Oct. '24, ly JOSEPH II. FLANXER, General Commission Merchant, WILMINGTON, X. C. Liberal cash advances make on consignments for tale or shipment. Ap.-2'J ly WILKINSON & E3LER, CASn DEALERS IX Confectionary, Fruits, ATuts, Toys, Fancy Articles, Perfumery, Soaps, Sejars, &c, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, Market Street, WILMINGTON, N. C. Mr. 13, ly WASHINGTON & LaFAI ETTE " HOTEL,' DAVID THALLY, Proprietor. OPPOSITE CAPE FEAR BANE, Front Street, . WILMINGTON", N. C. Mr. 13, 1 j. rr. cosinsorr, III rORIER AND DEALER IX Hardware, Iron, Stoves, Nails, &c, Front-sl-, 3 doors South of Market Street, WILMINGTON, N. C. Apr. 3, ly Dissolution. rPHE '"co-partnership heretofore existing between Charles H. Harper and Oliver Marphrey, under ihe firmof Harper &. Murphrey, is this day dissolv ed. Charles II. Harper will settle the business of the firm. CHARLES H HARPER. OLIVER MURPHREY. Snowhill, flfov. 28th, 1851 31 6w. CAST Ploughs, Corn Shelters, Straw Cutters, Iron, Steel, Plough Points, Spun Cotton and Molasses, j ust received by WASHINGTON & ANDREWS. Goldsboro, December 10th, 1851.51 tf. GIL AND VARNISH. Linseed Oil, raw and boiled. Porpoise, Train, Neats Foot, "Winter .Strained, Olive, fcc, &c. Coach, Japan, Furniture, .Leather and Grate Yarnish, for sale by I.DISOSTTAY. WAITS ASD RLACK LEAD, French Ochre and Venetian Ked, together with a general ssortoient of articles in this line, f r s ile by L DISOSWAY. aMIOMPSONIAN MEDICINES. A coraplsie as sertment, just received and for sale at DISOSWAY'S. - 'ftrlrtrns, Sept 18th, 1S51; 19 NEW MILLINERY GOODS. Falhlmportations- "RS. McDONALD will bo glad to see her friends at heir old stand, where she is now exhibiting tor sale, a large assortment 01 aiuunery Goods, of the latest styles and best materials, sui ted to Fall and Winter, which have been selected with great care. Orders executed with neatness and dispatch. Dresses and Cardinals made. Bleaching and press ing done in the best style at short notice. New-Berne, Not. 13th, 51. 27-tf. DAGUERREOTYPE PORTRAITS. rPIlE undersigned would respectfully inform the citizens of New-Berne, and the public generally, that he has completed his New Gallery? where he is prepared to take pictures of a superior style, and at lower rates than has ever been taken in this place. He pledges himself to take true copies of the original, and warrants to give satis faction or no charge. COPIES OF DAGUERREOTYPES OR - ' IVTirf ntare Paintings taken and enlarged. Having the largest sized Ca mera and the best stock, he leels satisfied that he can please any who will favor him with a call. Pictures ot Children taken from one year old and upwards. Gallery on the east side of Craven street, four doors south of the Bank of the State, and adjoining his Jewelry Stcre. Entrance, passage door. Ladies and Gentlemen please cull and examine specimens. E. FERGUSON. New-Berne. April 14th, 1S51. 1 tf NEW-BERNE AND NEW VORK LINE OF PACKETS. WILL run regularly in line between this port and the port of New Yorkifsufficientinduce meuts otfer, after the 15ch November next. Schr- RHODE ISLAND, 900 barrels capacity, twe years old. Capt. Fairchild, will leave hire on or about loth November. Schr. CONNECTICUT, 1200 barrels capacity, three years old. Capt. S. Fairchild, will leave on or about 25th November. Schr. FRANCES A. GODWIN. 1500 barrels capacity 2 years old, Capt. Carlisle, on or about 5th of De cember. Country Distillers and others who ship regularly by this line shall have the preference over other shippers. For charter, freight or passage apply to RICHARD N. TAYLOR, Old county wharf ew-Bcrne, Oct. 22nd, 1S50. ly aszoziui: bishop, CABINET MAKER, UNDERTAKER, MIDDLE STREET, A FEW DOORS SOUTH OF THE COURT-HOUSE. KEEPS constantly on hand an assortment of Fur niture. Mahogany, Cherry, Walnut, Poplar, White and Yellow Pine Lumber. Repairing of ev ery description executed at the shortest notice by Mk. Piiaraoii Lewis, a well known and experienced workman SASH AND BLINDS MADE TO ORDER. Unlcrta!tilt. Having a new rmd splen did Hearse, with an assortment of appropriate Trimmings, no pains will be spared in giving to the dead a decent interment. Terms mod-irate. New-Berne, July 5th, 1851. 9 ly. Inspector's Notice. THE Subscriber at the last Term of the County Court, having been appointed an Inspector of NAVAL STORES, would respectfully inform the public that he will at all times be ready to serve them in that capacity ' He would also suggest, that having been engaged for many years in making the article himself, and having it made, he is sufficiently qualified for his office, and will be grateful to those who may em ploy him. He can always be found either at the Republican, now the New-Berne Job Printing Of iioe, or at George W". Taylor's Store. JOSEPH R. FRANKLIN. New-Berne, June 30th, 1851. 8 tf. A RARE CHANCE FOB, A GOOD INVESTMENT IS now offered by the subscriber, who wishes to dispose of his well known House and Lot in New-Berne, 2S2 an I 2S3, Broad Street. Tho Lot is occupied as a Boarding House and Store. There is also a house occupied as a sleep ing" house with 8 commodious rooms. Also, a Cart-house and stables, well calculated to accommodate forty Carts and Horses. Any person wishing ro purchase will do well to call soon and examine for themselves. L. B. HUGGINS. New-Berne, November 26th, 1-51. 29 tf. NOTICE. TglllE regular convocations of Eureka Chapter, JL No. 7, of R. A. Masons, will be held on the fiiM Wednesday Evening in each month, at early candle-light, until further notice is given.' R. A. M, 238 1, E. R. STANLY, Sec' v. Newberne, Sept. 11th, 1S51. 18-Cm. " ' )TICE. , ON Jlonday, the 19th day of January next, at the late residence of Francis L. Castex, dee'd., in the Town of Golds boro', will bo sold the perishable Eroperty of said dee'd.; consisting of Household and kitchen Furniture. Also, on the same ,day, at the Court-house door, in said Town of Goldboro', sev eral Lots, some improved, and some nnimproved ; also, the lot and improvements in the Town of Waynesborough, whereon the said Francis L. Cas tex formerly lived ; also, a Small part of a lot in said Town of "Waynesborough unimproved. Six month credit will be given ; Notes and ap proved security required. WM. K LANE, Adm'r. Dec 3rd, 1851. - . 30 6w NOTICE. THE subscriber, having at November Term of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1851. held rtIle County of Wayne, taken out letters of Adminitration upon the estate of Frances L. Castex dee'd, her,fby gives general notice to all persons indebteti d dee'd, to settle the same without delay, M ipdulgenee cannot be given, and all those havin'caiin3.against said deceased, to present them duly auwrticirted within the time prescribed by law, or this notice will be plead in bar of their re covery. - "WM. K. LANE, Administrator of Francis L. Castex, dee'd. - Dec 3rd, 1851. , 6w : FOR COUNTY TRUSTEE. . Messrs. Robinson fc GuJick : You will please' announce me as a candidate for the Office of Coun ty Trustee at the election to beheld byhe Magis trates of Wayne at the next February term of the Court. THOMAS EDWARDS. Wayni county, Not. 18, 1931. 2S tf. NEW FALL AT WINTER GOODS, rpHE subscribers, having just received their stoefc X of SPRING and SUMMER GOODS, invite the attention of their customers and the public generally, to an examination of them. Their stock consists of DRY GOODS, OF EVERT VARIETY JL$T 6TTLE, Hats, Boots and Shoes, OF EVERY STYLE AND FHICE. . Bo7inets Groceries, Hardware, Crockery, Paints, Oils, Sfc, fyc, and in fact, almost every article usually called for in a retail Store. They invite the community to call and examine their stock before they purchase, feeling confident it will be to their advantage to do so. They take pleasure in exhibiting their Goods do not grumble if they don't purchase after examining them. They will give the highest Market prices for pro duce, and sell as low as any other establishment in the place for CASH, or good responsible Credit. ' GREGORY & GRISWOLD. . Goldsboro', October 24, 1851. 1 tf NEVVGOODS! NEWGOODS! Edmnndsoa & Borden, ARE now receiving and opening at t heir store on the corner of John and Walnut streets, a large stock of FALL AND WINTER GOODS, consisting of a variety of every kind of Goods suit ed to this market. Their stock consists of Groceries and Hard-ware, BOOTS & SHOES, HATS, BONNETS, AND UMBRELLAS, leady-made Clothing-, tc., S:c , all of which will be sold at the Lowest Prices. Buyers will find it to their interest to call and ex amine their stock before purchasing elsewhere. f-Edmundson & borden take this occasion to ret urn thanks to their customers generally, for the patronage heretofore bestowed upon them, and so licit a continuance of their favor. Goldsboro', October 21, 185. I tf Ererettsville Female Academy. THIS Institution will be continued under the su perintendence of the Rev. Mr. Smyth, assisted by co n potent Teachers in all the branches requisite for a finished education. The next session will commence on the 1st of Jan uary, 1852. The Academy is furnished with Philosophical, Chemical and Astronomical apparatus. . Two or three boarders inaddition to those already engaged can be accommodated in the family of the Principal; but board can be procured on very rea sonable terms in families of the highest respectabili ty in the village. For terms, &c, application may be made to John Everitt, sq., Treasurer, or Rev. J. Jones Smyth, Principal. Everettsville, Wayne Co., N. C. Dec. 10, 1851. 31 3m NEW HOTEL,. 'pHE subscriber respectfully announces to th& public, that he has opened that large and Commodious Hotel in Goldsboro1, on the East side of the Rail Road, for the accom modation of the travelling public, generally, as well as for local custom. The House has been neatly fitted up the Beds and Furniture entirely new The Table and Bar will be furnished with the best the markets can produce. Dinner and Breakfast will be ready on the arrival of the Rail Road Trains. A large addition is now being erected, which when complete, will make it one of the Largest, and most pleasant establishments, to be found on the great Northern and Southern Majl Route. It is the best point in the State for mail facilities, the Post Office being kept at the Hotel, and situated immediately at the crossing of the great Northern and Southern, and Eastern and Western mail routes. He hopes to merit, and expects to receive a full share of patronage. JAMES GRISWOLD. Goldsboro', April 21, i 851 1 tf The Hail Road Hotel, GOLDSBORO', N. C. THIS House, situated on the lFcsfside of the Rail ' Road, so favorably known to the Public, con tinues to be kept open for their entertainment. Additions and improvements have been recently completed, which render this House, in point of comlort and appearance, interior to none on the great Northern and Southern Mail Route. The STAGE OFFICE of the Raleigh and New Berne Mail Routes, is kept at this House. ,The Proprietress, while returning thanks for the liberal patronage heretofore bestowed, hopes that her increased efforts to administer to the comfort of her guests, will meet with a' continuation of their patronage. On the West side of the Rail Road. Breakfast and Dinner ready for the Passengers on the arrival of the Cars. M. A. BORDEN. Goldsboro,' N. C. Ma 14, 1851. 1 tf TAKEN UP. WAS taken up and committed to jail, on the 6th of last September, as a runaway, a ne gro woman named Joanna who says she belongs to Washington Hooks, of Tennessee. Said Joanna is about 22 years old, over common size light completion, and about 5 feet 6 inches high She formerly belonged to Mrs. Exumof this County. " 1 The owner is requested to come forward pay charges and take her away or she will be deilt with as the law directs. OLLIN COOR, Sheriff. Wayne county, 15th Nov. 1S51. 28 tf. TO THE PUBLIC. TTTERE taken from my stables on the night of VV the 11th instmy MARE and BUGGY, since which tine I have not heard of them. The Mare is a bay color, and the buggy nearly new, the har ness has brass monntings. All persons are cautioned against trading for any of the property, and any information respesting them will be thankfully received and suitably re warded. JOHN HOOKS. Nahunta, N. O, Sept. 25, '51. 20-if. $100 REWABD. THE subscriber will give the above reward for the arrest of, and confinement in any Jail in this State so t he can get them, his two negro men. Bob amTCurtis, whom he purchased of G. Ll Kornegay of this County ; or he will give Fifty Dollars for either of them on the above conditions. These fellews were in the woods when he bo iht them, and are supposed to be still lurking about in the Country, especially in their old neighborhood. GEO. A. DUDLEY. Goldsboro. Oct 1851. 24 tf HANDS! HANDS!! THE undersigned wishes to hire 200 hands to work 6n the North Carolina Rail Road be tween Goldsboro' and Raleigh. Application may be made to Xeesre. Gregory fc Griswold, at Goldsbo ro', or Duncan Ferguson, Rockv Mount. - - JOHN G McRAE. De& 10th, 32 tw. AUTHENTIC NARATIYE OF THE ES- ? CAPE OF MADAME KOSSUTH. J- Daring the month of August, 1848, the President Governor of Hungary, Louis Kossuth, with the principal officeis of his provisional government, were in the forti fied town of Arad, on the river Maroseh. Between that plac and the town of Zaga din, on the Tisch, in the ricinily of Arad Gorgey, with the Hungarian troops under his command, lay encamped ; jphile behind him, towards the Tisch, was the Kussian army of reserve, under Paskiewitch. Dem binsku with his men.besieged Temeswar, and ne had already carried its third wall. Be tween him and the Tjsch lay the united Austro Russian forces. The army of Bern had been defeated at Hermanstad by the Russian Genpral Luders, and he had fl-d with a small band of faithful followers to ward Temeswar. With this position of the combatants, the plan of Dembinski was to unite(with Gor g'ey, near Arad, and then to attack the Rus sian forces. Before this was effected, news reached him of the capitulation of Gorgy. and that the Governor, Al. Kossuth, had been compelled to forsake Arad. and retire to the town of Vilagos. Before leaving Arad the Governor separated from his wile and child ren, and their parting cene is said to have been one' of the most touching nature. Un der the circumstances of the moment, it was a subject of even more than doubt whether they would ever meet again on earth. It was only when a young Hungarian noble man, named Ashbot, now in exile in Kuta yah with M. Kossuth, solemnly swore to his wife that he would never leave her husband, that Madame Kossuth consented to be sep arated from him, and seek safety in flight. The children were confined to the care of a private secretary of the Governor, and this individual subsequently delivered them up to the tender mercies of Haynau, for the purpose of securing his own pardon, and safety. The children set out before their mother, and the latter, in her flight, en deavored to keep at least so near to them as to hear now and then of their safety. Madame Kossuth sought out a brother of hers, residing in the town ol Vilagos, and he is now imprisoned in tho fortress of Comorn, with many others of the unfortunate Hun garian patriots, for eighteen years, on ac count of the succor which he then gave to his sister. Leaving him, she next went in search of her children, and wandered to a peslay or farm house, of Boeksak, bslonging to a relative. There she fell ill of a typhus fever, which nearly ended her lite ; and when so far recovered as to be able again to travel, she continued her jcurney m search ol her children. She soon learned that they had been given up by their protector to the Aus trian General Haynau, and taken to Pesih. Her own safety depended wholly upon the fidelity of the Hungarian peasants, and on their attachment to her husband. Now, having no other object in view than her own safety, without friends better "off than herself, she soon became reduced to a state of complete destitution. In disguise, she wandered over the most miserable part ol Hungary. She even, as a means of safe ty, as well as support, sought for service as a servant, and by telling that she was a poor woman, who had just been discharged from a public hospital which, indeed, she very much resembled was so fortunate as to find employment m the family of a humble car penter, in the town of Orash Haya, who lit tle thought he was served by the lady of Louis Kossuth, the late Governor of Hun gary. Everywhere notices were xpnsed in the streets, offering forty thousand florins for her capture, and proclaiming death as the punishment of the person who should dare to harbor or conceal her from the authoriiies v Among the persons who fled with M. Kos suth before the overwhelming number of his enemies, was an elderly lady, whom it is ne cessary to designate as Madame L . and who. from being unable to ride as fast and as long as those who were stronger and younger than herselfj s'oon became exhausted, and was left behind. She had a son, a Major in the Hungarian army, near the person of the Governor, and both the son and the mother were warmly attached to his interests. Mad ame L , when unable to proceed longer with the fugitives, in order to reach a place of safety in the dominions of the Sultan of Turkey, determined to remain-in Hungary, and devote herself to the finding of Mad ame Kossuth, and restoring her to her hus band. For this benevolent purpose, Madame L diso-uhed herself as a beggar : and after a lonir and weary journey, oitener on tj&1 than in any conveyance, she crossed the . i i r r-...l n I rvast sandy plains of Southern Hungary and, at length, reached the place in which lvos suth's children were, but could hear nothing jof the mother. -, She learned that the children had been sent, sron after their mother had lost sight of them, to the house of Gen. G , now in the service of the Sultan in Syria, to be kept with his own three children hoping that they would thus be screened from those who sought after them. The eldest, named Lou is, after his father, was seven years of age; and all were told that if they acknowledg ed they were the c ildren rf the Governor, they would be imprisoned by the Austrians, and never see their parents again. So that when an Austrian ofii:er traced them to the house of Gen. G -, he was at a loss to know which of the children were those of Ocn.-G , and which those of M. Kos suth;" and, appioaching ihe eldest of the latter, he said " So, my little man, you are the son of the Governor ?" To which the youth replied " I am not sir." His firmness surprised and vexed the offi 2er. who was certain, fro.n the statement of .their betrayer, that these before him were the lost treasures ot his ambitious searcn. He now endeavored to frighten the children, and, drawing a pistol, directed it to the breast of the boy, and said that if he did not at once acknowledge that he was the son of Kossuth, he would pat & ball through hi heart. Young Louss who, it is said, shows him self now in ex le at Kutayah. much of the character of his father replied, in a tone equally firm " I tell you, sir, lam nottheson of Kossuth." The officer, baffled by the child's simpli city of mann r and arparent sincerity, was dives'eJ of hi-5 convictions, and led to believe that he had been imposed upon. But before Madame L could get near. them, other Agents of the Austrian Govern ment had ben more succesful, and the three children La; been carried off in secret to Pcsth, nar the clutches of the butcher Hay nau The mother and sister of M Kossuth had also been captured, and placed in strict confinement. It may be here mentioned, in this iit'Ie narrative of the sufferings and de liverance of the relatives of Louis Kossuth, that Madame L , on finding where and how her children nrere situated, found out her own maid-servant, and so succeeded as to have h -.r engaged at Pesth as th ir nurse. This p ison never left them until the rnomnt of their final deliverance from their Austrian jailors was arrived. After thus having pro vided for the welfare of the child. en of M Kossuth.Madame L lenewed her'search for their desti'ute and suffering mother. Finding no trace of her, Madame L- determined to follow the fuitivr-?, and if she reached Widdin, to ascertain trom M. Kos suth himself, where his poor wife had gone, and then return in search ot her. Cntin uingin the disguise of a beggar, ometimcs on foot, at others in a farmer's cart, this he roic woman reached the frontiers ofHungary, and, ciossiug them, entered the fonified and wallrd town of Widdin, where the late Go vernor of Hungary and his brave unforiu nate companions were enjoying the protec tion and hospitality of the Sulian of Turkey. Madame L applied to M. Kossuth, but not being known :o hi:n personally, and the Austrian General having set so high a price on the capture of his wife, heat first regard ed her in the light of an Austrian spy. Hav inj, however, soon hound her son, who had followed the Governor into Turkey, he readi ly convinced M. Koisuth of the identity of his mother. All the information which M. Kossuth could give her was, that there'was a lady in Hungary in whose house he be lieved his wife would seek a rtfuge ; and if she was. not still there, this lady would most probably know where she was. The Governor now furnished Mad.nme L with a letter to this lady, and another with his own S'gnet ting for his wife, which would be evidence of her fidelity. It is not here necessary to follow Mad ime L on her toilsome journey. Devoied to the phi lanthropic woik which she had undertaken, she wandered over the sandy steppes of Hungary, until she succeeded in reaching the little town in which the lady resided, arid delivered to her M. Kossuth's letter. This she read, and immediately burned it, not daring even to allow it to exist in her pos session. The lady informed Madame L that the wife of Governor Kossuth had left her residence in the guise of a mendicant, and intended assuming the name of Maria F n; that she was to feign herself to be the widow of a sold er who had fallen in battle, and that if possible, she would go lo the very centre of Hungary, in those vast pastuie lands where she hoped no one would seek after her. With this information, Madame L a tram resumed tier journey, brie ieigned to be an aged grandmother, whose grandson was missing, and that she was in search of him. She made many narrow escapes whiie passing guards, soldiers, and spies ; at length he reached the plains before mentioned. She went from house to house, as if in search of her grandson, but in reality to find one who would answer the description given of poor Maria F- n. At length, in a cabin.she heard that name mentioned, and on inquiry who and what that person was, learned that she was the widow of a Hungarian soldier who had fallon in battle, and that she had a child, who was with its grand parents. 1 hey then described her person, but added that she had suffered so much from illness and grief that she was greatly changed. 'Before she came here," said the speaker, 'she worked for her bread, even when ill, but after her arrival, she became too much indis posed to labor, on account of which they sent to the Sisters of Charily for a physician, who came, bled and blistered her; when she was able to go, she had bten conveyed to the in stitution of the Sisters, where she then was." Madame L , feeling that the poor suf ferer must be none other than the object of her seirch, exp'essed a desire to visit her. At the Sisters of Charity, Madame L had much difficulty in procuring access to Maria, and the latter was as much opposed to receivmgher. At length Madame L told the Sisters to inform her that she had a message for her from her husband, who was not dead, as she had supposed, and that she would soon convince her, if she would permit her to enter. Poor Maria, between fear and hope,- gave her consent, and Madame L -was allowed to see her. Madame L handed her the letter of Governor Kossuth. She recognized at once the wri ting; kissed it; pressed it to her heart; devoured its contents, and then destroyed it immediately. Soon a story was made up between the two females; they told the Sis ters of Charity that Maria's husband "still lived," and that she would rejoin him. A little wagon was procured ; and these two interesting women set out on their escape from the enemies of their country. Il is not known by what route the ladies reached the capital of Hungary ; but it is certain that, supposing their presence would not be suspected at Pesth, they heroically pro ceeded to that city, then in possession of Genera! Haynau. It has since then become a source of pr'de to both of them, that they, safe in their disguise, passed that celebrated military " butcher" in the streets of Pesth Among the letters with which this lady was charged by ihe xiles of Widdin, was one for the lamented martyr of Hungary, Count Casitnir Bath i any, then confined in a prison of the city, waiting tho cruel fate to which th u butcher" subjected him. When it w a decided that he should bs lgnominiously put to death by ihe hangman's rope, that excel lent and mild Hungarian patriot endeavored to put an end to his own existence with a razor; but, Unfortunately, not eucceeding, Haynau dragged his mutilated and bleeding body from the pf ison, and ended his life on the gallows. The letter which Madame L nad !ur mm was irom his brother who had escaped into Turkey wjthJVI. Kos suth ; and she had the satisfacliofxcaus irg it, through the venality of hisv jailors, to be placod in the hands of the suffererf to whom it was no little source of .rnnu.1ai;nn to know that his brother lived in safety. Madame L had a relative in Hun- . ..I.- 1. . T i . jaiy wuu iiau uuu uteu voinpromisei in ihcf war; so this person anangd to meet these ladies ot a given place.and in the charucter of a merchant travel with them. After they had left the pasture ground?, he .passed, as the husband of " Maria," and the elder fe male as his aunt At night they stopped at a village and were suspected, on account of the females occupying the bed, whde hei slept at the door. They started early in the rrorning, the "husband" remained be hind, to learn something more 'of the suspi cionsto which their conduct had given rise He again overtook them, as they stopped to feed their horse, and bade them to be great ly on their guard. In the evening, while the two ladies were siting together in a miserable cold room . the face of poor Maria so muffled ns to con ceal her features, and induct the" belief that she was suffering irom her teeth, both ap pearing much as persons in gr at poverty, overcome by her afflictions Maia had a nervous attack, and talked and laughed so loud 'that her voice was. recognized . by an Austrian officer, who hoppeued to be in the house. This person sent a servant to ask them to come into his morn, where there was a file. Madame L. inquired the name of tho good gentleman" who had the kindness to invito them to his loom, and when she heard it. Maria recognized in him a deadly enemy of her husband. While they we re planning a means of evading him, the officer came him self into their apartmen. Immediately aiis ing, they made an humble couitesy, in so awkward a manner as ro divest hiin of all suspicion. Madame L- : spoke and thanked him again and again for his kind ness, but added that such poor creatures asT they, were not fit to g- into his room. So soon as the officer retired Maria. had anolK or ntfolr rhih nrmils-J nnvi.il .. 1 .. 1 I ed them had he been piesent. Madame. L. implored her to be composed, or they: would be lost. V Stai ting again, they wero hot molested until the evening, when they we re appre hended and conducted by-two policemen be fore a magistrate. There the former spoke of them as suspicious characters ; but they were not told of what they were suspected. While the examination was going on, Mad ame L slipped a bank r.ote into tho hand cf the superior of the- two policemen. This bribe quite changed the affair; tho men became their friends.: excited the pity of the magistrate in their favor, and they were allowed to depart. Thus they went on from station to s ation, uml they reached the frontiers of Hungary, near the Danube. They entered the littl town of Sau bin, and atkuj permission of the head of the police to pass over the river to Belgrade. This was refused, until they said they wished to go there for a certain medicine for a dauch ter 'who was ill, and they would leave thTir passp.nts as a security. He then gave his consent and they crossed the Danube, and entered the dominions of the Sultan of Tur key. It was night when they entered Belgrade. They knocked at the door of the Sardinian Consul, who had recently been stationed in that frontier town by his king, whose wholo heart sympathized in the Hungarian cause, and who bad formed a friendly alliance. with M. Kossuth for the freedom of Italy and Hungary. Tie Consul had been ad vised by M. Kossuth, that two Amnio would probably seek his protection : but not snowing inem, ue inquired what they wish ed of him ? Madame L replied, " lodg ing and bread." He invited them m ; and Madamo L introduced him to Madame Kossuth, the lady of the late Governor of Hungary. It will readily be perceived that the Con sul could scaicely believe that these two mis erable beings were the persons they repre sented themselves to be. Madame Kossuth convinced him by showing him ihe signet ring of her husband. In his house, Mad ame Kossuth fell ill, but received every pos sible kindness frojn her host. They leirn ed that all the HungariaLS and Poles had been removed from Widdin to Shumla ; and notwithstanding that it was in, the midst of a severe winter, they decided upon pi receding- at once to the latter place. The Sardi nian Consul applied to the generous and very liberal Prince of Servia, in whose prin cipality Belgrade js, for his assistance in be half of the ladies, and in the most hospitable and fearless manner he provided them with his own carriage and four horses and an corfj and in this way they started through the .snow for Shumla. Their journey was' with out any apprehension of danger, lor the Brit ish Consul Geneial at Belgrade, M. F i i 2- .... :It. r. ; j i " i . British subjects, under the assumed names of Mr", Mm., and Miss Bloomfield ; yet the severity of the weather was such that Ma dame Kossuth, in the ill state of her health, suffered very much. Often the snow was as deep as the bieasts of the horses, and not un frequently four oxen had to be attached to the carriage in their places A journey, which, in summer, would hare required but r .1 i I ; . . U1IU IKUVlllli L11G I illlV WILU H THS3mT1 Si a lew uaya, iiuw was uiuue in twenty eigUt. On Hrt IWuntlT.oIrrVith rl i - " w" - - r- J IUU11CI VV U3 fiint 'in -nfliiiiniiA A I 1. aw. 1 srui. xu uurauic vi vuctu, iu apprise povernoc Kossuth of their approach! He was ill ; and moreover, on account of the many plans of the Austrians to assassinate him, the Sul tanas authorities could not allow him to leave 111. T - . ... m mmmm iinmin inn frn in inoor in, n i v. . ... of her deliverance, aod her approach, oeoa O7

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