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GOLDSBORO', N. C.T TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1852.
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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-
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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
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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
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a lew uaya, iiuw was uiuue in twenty eigUt.
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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
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of her deliverance, aod her approach, oeoa
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