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12, 1852. The Star Of Freedom, 5
12 , 1852 . THE STAR OF FREEDOM , 5
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1 lancing lights of his glorious imagery , and dazzled 2 | L | j fjje grind pyrotechnic display of Jus splendours ; I I at no , he had gone on far in advance of us , singing v Ms new song of progress hopefull y and joyfully , g The' Princess * is full of the lyrical heauty peculiar to 0 Tennyson—is as gorgeous in imagery , aud as E sparkling with quaint fancies as his other poems ; 1 bnt , above all , it is essentially a poem for the time , and j jasat win-pnlsa , heating with the heart of the living t present . From this point we review it . Thegrandobj ject of the poem is to show that woman is not man i jn an undeveloped state , and that all attempts to i nBsea herself , all her leaps to catch at manhood , will e end in utter failure . The position of woman in the j present societary state is not a natural one . All the
e surrounding circumstances conspire to hinder her i full , free , and healthful development . Woman , t thecreatorof humanity , the Mother of the Future , and i moulder of the world , for good or for evil , is a very s slave . "Would that the world could but comprehend t the influence of woman , and g ive her a fair start for t the working out of her glorious mission . Our present e system of educating woman for marriage andmateri nity is as barbarous and as fatal as the custom of t that savage tribe who feed their king ' s concubines un-1 til they are blind with their fatness . The * Princess < describes but too truly the greater portion of the
women at the present times" No wiser than their mothers , household-stuff , Live chattels , mincers of each others fame , Full of weak poison , turnspits for the clown The drunkard ' s football , laughing stocks of time , Whose brains are in their hands and in their heels , Bnt fit to flaunt , to dress , to dance , to thrum , To tramp , to scream , to burnish and to scour , For ever slaves at home , and fools abroad . " What a characterisation ! But how terribly true : Yet , as the burthen of the poem sings : — ' Woman is not undeveloped man ; nor can she belie her nature with impunity ; ' her heart of flesh will turn into a heart of stone , and she will out-man man .
There is nothing more pitiful than your downri ght emancipated ' woman ! "Womanis most noble , most loveable , most womanly , whence is most herself ; and it is precisely because she has not the liberty and r jffht to be most herself that we war with our present s ystem , and not because it does not permit her to become masculine ; for , we believe that all attempts to train her into manhood will prove as false , and unnatural as it is to clip the glorious branches off the spreading yew-tree , and torture it into the poor miserable effi gy of a peacock . Where a woman has succeeded in such an emancipation , she has most Kkely succeeded also in crashing those tender affections that cling about the heart , aud tremble into life
as love ] The milk of human kindness has curdled , and soured her being , instead of creamino ; , to enrich it She has slain her sweeter , dearer self , and fossilized the woman ' s heart within her . We once knew such a one , and the Lord preserve ns from such another . For love ' s sake , and for the sake of humanity , let woman be educated up to the holiest offices and noblest duties of life , and , moreover , fulfil them . Let her be educated and developed in accordance with her nature and destiny—let her be taught to cherish all that is pure , ^ great , and ennobling Jet her mind be familiarised with lofty thoughts and patriotic deeds , and she will learn to think and act nobly and greatly .
All this is finely pourtrayed and beautifully illusfated in this poem of the ' Princess . ' With a false ambition she nnsexes herself , cuts away from her heart all the budding tendrils of love with an inexorable knife—that otherwise true and tender heart becomes frosted np with blind and erring pride , and tbe sweet springs of affection are sealed at their fountainhead . She becomes a mere repository of mummied learning , and vividly does the poet show the fatal effects of her false ambition , and the deadening results of belying her own nature , and assuming that of Man . But iter ' s is an error that must be hissed out of her , and cannot he whipped out of her ; and , at
length , her hardened heart melts in the great and glorifying lig ht of priceless human Love , and becomes a warm , living thing , pulsing with boundless humanity , and all her better self— the angel-side of her nature—shines out in the dewy radiance of Love ' s holy dawn . Her proud self-reliance is broken , and she feels the delicious happiness of being humbled by Love ; but what exaltation there is in such a fall ! It is the dumb , cold marble , quickened into warm , breathing , living , loving life , stepping from the lofty pedestal of her isolation , and sitting at the feet of the Beloved , a perfected , satisfied woman 1 Glorif ying and glorified .
Here is the high argument of the poem , full of fine wisdom , extracted from the loving talk of the Prince and Princess , who are nursing np grand conjectures , and hopeful prophesies , of dear woman s future , which , to them , wears all the luminous beauty of richest promise : — "The woman ' s cause is roan s : they rise or sink Together , dwarf d or Godlike , bond or free : If she be small , sligbt-satured , miserable , How shall men grow ? Bnt work no more alone ! Por woman is notunderelopt man . Bat diverse : could we make her as the man , Sweet love were slain ; his dearest bond is this—Xot like to like , but like in difference , let in the long years liker must they grow ;
The man be mors of woman , she of man ; He gain in sweetness and in moral height , 2 Torloose the wrestling thews that throw the world ; She mental Ireadik , nor fail in child ward care , Sor lose the childlike in the larger mind ; Till at the last she set herself to man Like perfect music unto nolle words ; And so these twain , upon the skirts of Time , Sit side by side , foil summ'd in all their powers , Dispensing harvest , sowing the To-be , Self-reverent each , and reverencing each , Distinct in individualities , But like each other , even as those who love . Then comes the statlier Eden back to men ; Then reign the world ' s gieat bridals , chaste and calm Then springs the crowning race of human kind . -
Bear , look np , let thy nature strike on mine like yonder nvrning on the blind half world : Approach and fear liot : breathe upon my brows : Jn that fine air I tremble ; all the past Melts mist-like iuto this brig ht hour ; and this Is more to more , ami all the rich to come fads , as lite golden autumn woodland reels Athwart t / . e smoke of burning weed * . Forgive me , I waste my heart in signs , let be , my bride ! 3 Iy Wife ! my Life : 0 we will walk this world Yoked in all exorcise of noble end , And £ o through those dark gates across the wild That no man knows . My hopes and thine are one Accomplish thou my manhood and thyself ; lay thy swtet bands in mine , and trust to me . "
This poem contains some most sweet songs—two of ?\ v k we ua already extracted into our column of Waifs and Strays . ' It also contains pictures rich ^ those of Spencer ' s poetry , and is starrily gemmed with great thoughts , and similes of exquisite beauty ; while the diapason of its rhythm ranges from the 'airiest flutings np to the grand music of a conl iwor ' a march of triumph ! Here is a fine thought : — "Our enemies have fallen ! have fallen ! the seed ; Thelittle seed they laughed at in the dark , « m rwen and cleft tfic soil , and grown a bulk r g tpanfas girth , that lays on ev-. ry side A thousand arms and riuacs to the Sun . " Ma is not this charmingly tender ? How beauti-, lU the imagery !—
Nowlies the earth all Danae to the stars , And a'i thy heart lies open unto t » e . ' A ° w foldt ' ihe litg , all her sweetness up ; **<* fl ips intoihe bosom of the lake : eofold thyself , my dearest , thou ! and slip into my boson , and be lost in me . " «*« ?* gtorioos picture of s mother , with which * «) nc ; ude z—
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" My mother looks as whole as some serene Creation minted in the goldeu moods Of sovereign artists . Sot like the piebald miscellany man , Bursts of great heart and slips in sensual mire ; But whole and one . Not learned , save in gracious household ways , JSot perfect , nay , hut full of tender wantage Angel , but a dearer being , all dipt In Angel instincts , breathing Paradise-Interpreter between the Gods and men . Happy he with such a mother . "
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The Fobtjjess of Komauom ( Cojiorn ) during the War of Independence in Hungary , in 1848-49 . By Colonel Sigismund Thaly . Translated b y William Eushton , M . A . London : James Madden , 8 , Leadenhall-street . 4 Kossuth has nearly run his race , ' exclaims a modern Scribe and Pharisee ! with a miserable attempt at a triumphant sneer ! ' The enthusiasm for him soared too hi gh , ' says this same syllabub-throated diatribe-monger . Nay , not so , misleader and calumniator , the enthusiasm for him in America has not hated a jot ; he is received dail y with rapture and triumph , with beating hearts and brightening eyes , and with the smiles and passionate tears of millions who throng to testify in his grand and worshipful
presence , the love they bear to the man , and to the principles for which he has lived and laboured and suffered martyrdom , and God speed to him in his mission ! Gathet round him , brothers of America ; let him walk your midst as in a halo of glory , and fling around him the mantle of your love , for he is all worthy of your exulting welcomes . In desp'te of liars and calumniators , and the vituperation of hirelings , and wretched , spleenish , envious , jealous , disappointed ogotists , be is still the greatest man of this century as the man of thought and action combined in one . Welcome him as tbe great and worthy leader in a great and glorious cause . "Welcome him as the people ' s hero , who has bravely borne the banner of Democracy through the battle-storm and strife ' . The peoples of the world have often been deceived
in the man in whom they have put faith , and whom they have made the idol of their love and worship . They have bowed down to knaves and charlatans , and laid their hearts and their monies at the shrine of hypocrites and impostors ; but , if ever there was a pure-bearted patriot , a uohle-natured man , and a true worker in the cause of Freedom , we believe Louis Kossuth to be such an one . All that has been said and written about him and the grand Hungarian struggle for independence , whether by friend or foe , confirms us m that belief . All that we read and bava read tends to enhance our faith in the gigantic grasp of his capacity , to enlarge our admiration for his genius , aud to increase onr love for the simple , noble , frank manliness of the man . The accusations of his enemies turn out to be worth more to us than the laud and praises of his friends ,
for what are considered his worst faults in tbe sight of Despotism are glorious virtues on tbe side of Democracy . Wonder of wonders ! how the marvel increases , that he should have done so will , and wrought so much with such materials ! lie—one of the People—who had fought his own up-hill battle single-handed , without the prestige of wealth , rank , or state , and had only his patriotism , intellect , tongne , and pen to effect such a revolution in a nation which was still in feudal barbarism , and had to pass through the Red Sea of fierce tribulation before it could ripen into the maturity of Freedom . And to do this with the scantiest elements for success—undisciplined forces , antagonistic passions , and ' generals at the head of his armies who were warring against him . As the mystery of why no better was done on several occasions is unravelled , a greater
is created—How did he accomplish so much ? The book under notice explains many things which were dark and inexplicable before . M . Thaly exclaims mournfully and truly , " Too late ! that is the whole history of the war . An early occupation of Croatia would have prevented the invasion of Jellachich . Again , in October , 1819 , we might have marched unon Vienna and taken it before a junction had been effected between Windischgratz and Ausperg ; fourteen days later we were defeated at Schweehat . In April , 1849 , Gorgey had "Vienna at hia mercy , but he wasted time in going to besiege Bnda , and tbe glorious opportunity was lost . And so in almost every case . " Again and again were the far-reaching ideas of Kossuth misunderstood and thwarted by ignorance and treachery . Our author bears the following proud testimony to the unity and patriotism of the Hungarian soldiers : —
"History will one day dwell with pleasure upon the fact , that during the grand battle for Hungary ' s right , freedom and independence , net a single regiment or battalion , no , not a single company of real Hungarians bore arms against their country ; and posterity will hear with wondering admiration , that upon hearins of the danger which threatened their country at home , all the hussar regiments lying in the Austrian provinces , whether in Galizia , Bohemia , or even from Salzburg-, cut their way with lion ' s courage through the opposing Austrian troops , and came to defend
their native hearths and homes . " Our author brings very serious charges against Klapka for the surrender of Comoro . He himself was shut up in prison because he made appeal to the troops to hold out . Heahows that this last stronghold of Hungarian liberty could have been held for twelve months longer than it was , and that it was « iven up basely and cowardly . He also shows how men like Klapka can cover their weaknesses by attributing errors to Kossuth . He justifies the retreat of Kossuth and the other generals into Turkey : there they were safebut Coraorn should have still held out .
, " The possibility of an Austro-Russian war with the Ottoman Porto and England , was at one time not very remote . As long , then , as Komarom stood , the Austrians could not call the country their own , nor could they draw full advantage from its submission . From 60 , 000 or 80 , 000 men would have been obliged to remain there , for the sake of holding 30 , 000 in check ; and if hostilities broke out on the lower Danube , then the whole population would have risen afresh . " If a European war had broken out upon the refugee
question , Kon-. arom would have been the supporting point of a new rising . But , independently of that , the defender of Komarom ought to have considered himself the representative of a whole nation , and the last guardian of its rights . To this height Klapka could not rise . Unhappily , I and my friends were not permitted to accomplish that which his want of moral courage failed to effect . " M . Thaly shows up the miserable Gorgey , and disputes his title to victories which others won , while he has reaped the glory . We must conclude with the following earnest words : —
"Overwhelmed by Russian force , and betrayed by Gorgey , Hungarian freedom was made the prey of that Austria which Vein the first instance had conquered . " A noble people , robbed of its thousand-year-old constitution and of its inalienable rights , was now disarmed , fettered , and laid helpless at the feet of blood-thirsty tyrants . But with a consciousness of undeserved misfortune , and unshaken confidence in God ' s justice , my beloved country bears herself with dignity , and even in bondage wears her chains without crouching . Fate has broken the power of her heroes : but her courage and love of freedom bids defiance to misfortune and to time itself . " Tho hour of redemption will one day sound ; the time ofdeliverancemaybepntoff , but can never be put out of existence ; it must come . "
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¦ ugkaphy of jhokitz jf ebczel , hungarian General . This patriot—a true child of Hungary and Us heroism—has very recently arrived in this country , where we trnst he will receive fitting welcome , and find a harbour of safety , where he may recruit his worn energies for the next grand struggle . We are happy to lay before our readers the following account of the illustrious ' general , compiled from the Biography of him by Col . Sigismund Thaly , which is to be found in his Fortress of Comoro .
Among those whose names are associated with the recent history of Hungary , and who have been distinguished either for their personal character or tbeir extiaordinary deeds , few have awakened a livelier interest than Moritz Perczel . For both in the sphere of political activity and npon the battle-field , he has displayed abilities of no common order . Whether we behold him as a youth enthusiasticall y fired with a love o f freedom , as a restless political partisan , or afterwards as a representative o the people , who assuming a military capacity drew his sword upon the right side , and became an independent leader of
araiif s , we are filled with admiration of his bold deck gion and able conduct . His natural abilities have been improved by study , but his leading characteristics were a burning love of freedom and independence . Moritz Perczel was born at Bonybad , in the Tolna county , on the loth October , 1811 , His father , Alexander Perczel , a wealth y country nobleman , had always gained the universal respect and love of those under his authority , by a display of patriarchal virtues , and noble , though aristocratic , sentiments ; he was a chivalrous supporter of the d ynasty , for which
he had borne arms , aud consequentl y this meritorious nobleman stood deservedl y high in the consideration of the government . The family of Perczel is descended from an English family named ' Puicell , ' some members of which , hard pressed by religious persecution , emigrated , and followed the Archduke Matthias first of all to tbe Netherland s and then to Austria , where they were created knig hts ojf the Holy Roman Empire , by the Emperor Kudolph . They then emi grated to Hungary , where also they were raised to the rank of nobles . Moritz received his earliest education under tile eyes of his parents from Michael Vorosmarty ( the well-known Hungarian bard , ) a strictl y moral pre-
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ceptor and liberal-minded man , who early engrafted sound principles into the mind of his pupil . He was then sent to the University of Pestb , where he devoted himself zealously to philosophy and the mathematics . Hitherto he had found no field of action . But more stirring times were approaching . So early as 1825 there was in Hungary hints and traces of the movement which was beginning to agitate Poland , and which five years later broke out into open rebellion in that country . The beardless boy took part in these early movements . But his aspirations for the deliverance of Poland were doomed to be disappointed . At this moment the dut y and necessity of fostering Hungarian nationality was a
common watchword among the leading spirits of the Magyar people . Then began the great struggle for independent nationality and practical reform in opposition to the Austrian cabinet . The transactions of the Diet were not without an echo in tbe country , and the youths in particular were ardent to maintain the precious rights of the nation . Thus we find that Perczel , in conjunction with many of his fellowstudents , formed a literary society for perfecting themselves in their mother tongue , and disseminating works written in the Magyar language . For up to this period , the literary men of Hungary were more accustomed to write Latin than their native tongue . Perczel translated the Ontology of Professor Imre from Latin into Magyar , and was the first man in the University who responded in the Hungarian tongue .
Very earl y in life Perczel entered the army of Austria as a cadet in the 5 th artillery regiment , and soon attracted attention , Radetzky in particular showed considerable partiality for him , and paid him many marks of distinction , and prophesied a brilliant military career for the young officer . He remained only three years in the service of Austria , and then returned to his father ' s house . In April , 1831 , the news of the Polish revolution aroused lively expectations throughout Europe , and Perczel , then nineteen years of age , leaving his father ' s house without imparting his design to any one determined to strike a blow for right and freedom , and recognised in the heroic struggle of the
Polish nation an opportunity of action worthy of his efforts . Five years before , his soul had cherished the idea of helping to regenerate that noble people , and now when he saw the probability of realising his hopes , he could not remain an idle spectator . He hurried at once from Bonyhad to Pestb , where he renewed the acquaintance with his former comrades of the fifth artillery regiment , and had already gained over two hundred of them , but just when they were on the point of setting off all together for Poland , one of their comrades betrayed the scheme . By orderof the colonel of the regiment , Perczel was apprehended , imprisoned in the garrison , tried by court-martial , and condemned to death . But the civil authorities
of thePesth country took the matter up very warmly , and strongly protested against tbe military usurping power over the civilians , and Perczel was acquitted . Shortly after this affair he accepted a civil employment in tbe Tolna county , and devoted himself to politics . Perczel possessed distinguished talent as an orator , and was returned a member to the county legislature , where he became the active and energetic leader of the opposition ; . In the years 1839-40 this opposition bad created considerable political agitation which almost assumed tbe shape of a revolution . Upon this occasion , Moritz Perczel and his brothers ,
Alexander and Nicolas , were publicly put upon tbeir trial ; but the examination , even as officially conducted , brought out the injustice of the opposite party in so glaring a manner , that the Government was obliged to confess the weakness of the charge , and a royal decree suspended and hushed up the proceedings . For all this , Perczel went on vigorously with his county business : he laid the foundation of literary societies , infant schools , reading rooms , and other institutions of a similar character ; and besides that he established a company for breeding and rearing eilk worms . At Senard ho founded a lunatic asylum , at Bonyhad a Jewish school and a
reading room . . At this time the grand idea of a protective union to encourage Hungarian industry began to permeate all advanced minds . Originating with Kossuth , it had soon seized upon all the young and ardent patriots , and found in Perczel an eager partizan ; and in t ^ a year 1842 , before the idea had been fully realised throughout the country , Kossuth , Per * czel , and others , had already formed partial unions , the members of which bound themselves to make use of only the articles of native manufacture . la the following year , Perczel-was elected by the liberal party of the Tolna county , as their representative in the Diet , where , with a few who shared his views , he formed a member of the Extreme Left .
At length the revolution broke out in Paris , February 24 th , 1848 , and a few days afterwards tho rising in Vienna took place . The Conservatives foil powerless to the ground , and the popular leaders stood at the helm of tho state . In April , Perczel was appointed chief of police , in which capacity he exhibited no less circumspection than activity . Thus he solved the difficult problem , how in times ot agitation order may be steadily upheld in a state , without any detriment to personal freedom . When the Hungarian ministry proposed to send an address
to the king , in which they would promise to help the Imperial government in putting down the Italian insurrection , provided always that a constitution should be granted conformably to the wishes of the Italian people ; while the king was expected on his part to help in putting down all risingsamong the Serrians and Croats . Petczeldenounced the whole transaction , and was supported by a small but resolute minority , which stoutly opposed the ministry : however the address was voted , and consequently he sent in his resignation as chief of police .
Events went on with gigantic strides . In September , Austria dropped the mask , aud revealed its intentions ; for now ensued the invasion of Hungary by Jellaohich and his Croatian hordes . Within four days , Perczel organised a battalion , - took command of . it , and joined the army appointed to check the tido of invasion . Tbe Hungarian army was in full retreat , but the fiery-hearted Peroiel advised that they should retreat no further , and induced General Moga to hazard a battle , which was fought at Pakozd on the . 29 ch of September , I 8 i 8 , with only 14 , 000 Hungarians , which were > ostly recruits , against 32 , 000 combined Croats and Austrians , yet the Hungarians defeated them with considerable loss . The battalion of volunteers from Tolna , under the command ol Perczel ' s two brothers decided the fortune of tbe day .
In this battle Perczel commanded the reserve . At this time Gorgey was acting as a major under Perozel ' s command , and was arrested for breach of discipline ; tbe latter intended to bring him before a courtmartial , but he begged himself off , and alleged various excuses to justify himself ' , Perczel forgave his fault , but ordered him to leave his corps . But Gorgey never forgot that humiliation , and followed Perczel with undying hatred to the end of the war . A series of splendid exploits now followed , whioh were carried out so successfully with such electrical rapidity , and with so small a 'force as to exalt the same and fame of Perczel side by side with those of the great captains of the present and past ages . On one occasion he captured the
whole Croatian reserve—at another time he marched against the generals Nugent and Dahlen , and forced a passage across the river Mura in spite of superior numbers . In this battle the Austrians lost 12 , 000 men in killed and wounded , and sixteen thousand prisoners , A few days after he drove Nugent from the Hungarian soil . In November of tbe same year , ho broke into Styria and defeated the Austrians at Friedau .. He was next ordered to effect a junction with Gorgey , who was retiring before Windischgratz . Similar instructions had been forwarded to Gorgey , and so Perczel , trusting to the co-operation of the army of the Upper Danube , took up a good position , and awaited tbe attack of the Austrians , who began the charge at eight o ' clock on tha morning of the 30 th September , with an overwhelming superiority in point of numbers , having
26 , 000 men against 5 , 000 Hungarians . Disproportionate as these contending forces were , they retained their position until two o ' clock : but as Gorgey neglected his instructions , and perfidiously retreated without striking a blow , Perozel ' s army was broken through hy the Austrian cavalry , which alone was as strong as ail the troops he had put together , and with a loss of 600 men and throe guns he was obliged to retire . The general bad hitherto been accustomed to victorious marches , and was doubly pained by the misfortune of that day , and all the more so because the public knew nothing of those orders which had been sent down from head quarters , and ascribed all tbe blame to him . However , two months afterwards , in the Chamber of Representatives , lie was able to justify his conduct , and to
clear up the suspicious doubts which had been hanging upon his military abilities ever since that affair . On March 22 nd , 1819 , he defeated Theodorovick , and the Servians at Szbrcg , Mads , and Zenta , and won another series of brilliant aud heroic victories . His next great triumph was the storming and taking of the fortress of Sz . Tamils , a Servian stronghold , which much greater Austrian forces had failed to capture , and which tne Servians deemed impregnable . On the 3 rd of April , Perczel attacked these Servian entrenchments , and after less than three hours' obstinate fighting , the three coloured flag waved over the
bloodstained ramparts , several thousand Servians were killed in the engagement , 2 , 060 were made prisoners , andI eight guas , with five standards were taken . And even if the garrison in that place was not so strong as in the previous summer , yet its capture in so short a time must remain one of the brightest leaves in the wreath of the courageous general , and the more so as his troops were fewer than those which had heretofore attempted the assault at Sz . Tamas . Amid these triumphs news arrived that Gorgey had been appointed War Minister , besides being allowed to retain command of the army on the Upper Danube , and the intelligence filled Perczel with lively indignation ; he bad long before accused Gorgey of incapacity as well ae of treason .
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but his warnings were in vain , probably because he gave vent to his feelings with two much violence , and so dimi . nished the credit which might otherwise have been attached to them ; besides he neglected to keep up communication with his own political friends in parliament * whereas Gorgey kept his partisans well informed , urged them to act upon the government—left no stone unturned and sometimes gained more advantages by the stroke of the pen than his rival could secure by a well-fought action upon the field of battle . Perczel was relying upon a consciousness of approved patriotism , and priding himself upon real military superiority ; tho other profited by his neglect to advance himself at head-quarters , and was promoted to the important office of Minister at War , caring little for the indignation of a rival who was furious at being superseded b y an incapable general and a traitor to boot . For a second time he sent in bis resignation , but was persuaded by tho ministry to moderate his anger and to continue in the service of Ms country .
About the middle of May he returned from the Baiiat to tbe Bacs county , where , besides his former enemies , he came up with Jellachich , who after the defeat of the Austrians at Isaszeg , had gone south with from twelve to fourteen thousand men . He sent despatch after despatch to the government begging for reinforcements , and stating that the force of the enemy , already superior to his own , had been rendered still more overwhelming by the accession of Jellachich : but Gorgey was head of the war-office , and not a single man was sent to aid . The enemy ' s cavalry was almost equal in numbers to the whole force at Perczol ' s
command , and in a flat country that advantage was neces ^ sarily considerable ; yet the Hungarian general maintained his position with much success against the united forces of the Austrians and the Servians , and repeatedly prevented them from crossing the Tisza or the Danube . We shall not have tho space to follow the victorious General through ail his campaigns , nor to specify all his successes—tho mournful termination is approaching and the torch of Freedom kindled in Hungary is about to be dashed out darkly in the waters of the Danube . The treachery of Gorgey annihilated all hope of further resistance , save in the hearts of tbe gallant remnant at Comorn .
General Perczel , with his brother Nicolas , quitted the country , and repaired lo Turkey . Kemoved from Widdcn to Sahumla , and thence to Kutajah , this active man languished for two years in exile : ho is now in England . His amiable wife , and their two children , shared tho hard lot of the prisoner . Sho also had to suffer the mean vengeance of tho Austrian government ; during three months she was imprisoned at Posony for the crime of being wife to a noblo and patriotic general . The Austrian newspapers took the greatest possible pains to degrade the name of Perczel , and to bring him down trom that elevated position which he has so justly merited .
They reproached him with want of military talent , and with brutal cruelty towards the conquered ; whereas , on the contrary , with the exception of tho battles at Mor and Katy , he defeated both Austrians and Russians in numberless battles and skirmishes , never lost either a cannon or a standard , but took from the enemy forty-six field-pieces , and twenty-ei ght standards , while , with rare magnanimity , he pardoned one hundred thousand insurgent Servians . This worthy patriot and goo ^ l soldier , was remarkable for genius , promptitude , personal bravery , and what is rarer still , high moral courage , combined with unshaken faithfulness and devotion to freedom and to Fatherland .
Of those whose names appear in tho modern history of Hungary , none knew better how to improve a victory than he did , excepting always , that wonderful man the immortal Bern . He was decidedl y the most revolutionary character in tho Hungarian struggle for independence ; not blood-thirsty , but a friend of downri ght radical measures , and prompt action ; He was enthusiastically devoted to Eight and to Freedom , and never forgot as a soldier , his duties as a citizen , He made full claim to the title of a citizen general , while his ardent temperament and intrepidity , often made him speak and act as a soldier in political matters .
He had already achieved a great namo in politics before he entered the theatre of war . If he had been brought into closer communication with Kossuth , especially towards the closing scene of the war of independence , we are convinced that ho would have rescued Hungarian Liberty , or at least , have averted the disgraceful catastrophe , produced by the arch-traitor Gorgey .
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THE COUNTESS OF RUDOLSTADT . [ Sequel to " Consuelo . " ] Br George Sasd . AIBBHI AND TRESCK . "Draw near , my friend , " said he to his companion , " and warm yourself at the only remaining fire-place in this vast mansion . This , is a gloomy lod ging , Monsieur de Trenck , but you have met with worse in your rough journeys . " "And have sometimes been obliged to do * without any at all , ' replied the lover of tha Princess Amelia . " Truly , this is more hospitable than it looks , and I have joyfully taken refuge in it upon several occasions . So , inydear count , you come sometimes to meditate among these ruins , and keep watch in this haunted tower ?" " I do , indeed , frequently come here , bnt from more reasonable motives , which I cannot tell nowbut whioh
you , you shall know by-and-bye . " " I guess them . From the top of this tower you overlook a certain park and pavilion ?" "No , Trenck , tho building of which you speak is hidden behind a wooded hill , and cannot be seen from hence . " " But a few minutes will take you to it , and should you be interrupted you caa sook refuge here . Come ! confess that , just now when I met you in the wood—" "I can confess nothing , friend Trenck , and you have promised not to question me . " " ' ^ ue ougW t 0 think of nothing but congratulating myself on having met with . you in this immense park , or rather forest , where I had so completely lost my way , that , but for you , I should have fallen headlong into some pic turesque ravine , or have been drowned in some limpid torrent . Are we far from the castle ?"
"About a quarter of a mile . Dry your clothes while the wind dries the paths through the park , and we will so on our way . " " This old castle does not please me so mil as the now , I must confess , and I can quite understand why it has been abandoned to the owls . . Still I am rejoiced to find myself alone with you , at such an hour , and on such a gloomy evening . It reminds me of our first meeting among the ruins of that ancient abbey In Silesia , my initiation , the XL ? ET Unoe to ' J V J « dge , my examiner , and master , then-my friend and brother now ! Dear Albert ! what strange and fatal vicissitudes have since passed over our beads 1 Both of us dead to our families , to our countries , to our loves , perhaps ! -what will become of us , and what will henceforth be our life among men *" c ,, " ? ™!? FJVJ * sounded with splendour , and filled with delights , my dear Trenck ! The power of the tyrant who hates you has limits , thank God 1 upon the soil of Europe ?"
" But my mistress , Albert ? Is it possible that she will remain eternally and uselessly faithful to me ?" "You ought not to desire it , my friend ; but it is onl y too certain that her passion is as uncertain as her unbappiness . " « Speak to me , then , of her , Albert ! More happy than I , you can see and hear her , you—" " lean do sono longer , dear Trenck . Do not deceive yourself in that respect . The fantastic name and the strange personage of Trismegiatus , under which 1 have been vested , and whioh protected me for several years in my short and mysterious connexions with the palace of Berlin , have lost their fascination ; my friends will be as discreet , and my dupes ( since to serve our cause , and your love , I have been compelled to make some dupes ) would not be more clearsighted than in the past ; but Frederick has got scent of a conspiracy , and I can no longer return to Prussia ; my efforts there would be paralysed b y his distrust , and the prison of Spandau would not open a second time for mv escape . " '
" Poor Albert ! you must have suffered in that prison as much as I in mine—more , perhaps !" "No , I was noar her . I heard her voice—I laboured for her deliverance . I neither regret having endured the horrors of a dungeon , nor having trembled for her life . If I suffered for myself , I did not perceive it ; if I Buttered for her , I no longer remember it . She is saved , and she will be happy , " "By yoa , Albert ? Tell me that she will be happy only by you , and with you , or I no longer esteem ber . I withdraw from her my admiration and friendship . " "Do not speak thus , Trenck . Icis outraging love , nature , and our lovers ; and to wish to chain them to tho name of a duty profitable to ourselves alone would bo a
crime and a profanation , " "I know it , and without aspiring to a virtue like vours , I feel , that if Amelia had withdrawn her word instead of confirming u to me , I should not , on that account , cease to love her , and to bless her , for the days of happiness she has conferred upon me ; but it is permitted mo to love you more than I love mysolf . and to hate whomsoever does not love you . You smile , Albert ; you do not understand my friendship ; and I , I do understand your courage . Ah ! if it be wue that she who has received your faith has become attached ( before the expiration of her mourning , insensate !) to one of our brothers , were he the most meritorious among us , and the most seductive man in the world , I could never forgive her . Do you forgive her if you can !"
" Trenck ! Trenck ! you know not what you say ; you do not understand , and I cannot explain . Do not judge her yet , that admirable woman ; . hereafter you will know her . " And who prevents you from justifying her to me ? Speak ! Why this mystery ? We are alone hero . Tour avowal cannot compromise her , and no oath that I know of can bind you to conceal what we all suspect from your conduct . ^ She loves you no longer ; what caa be her " Did she ever love me ?" " , ahhlKT ' , , never Mderstood you . " " She could not , and I T O 8 unabie to reveal myself to her . Besides , I was ill mad- and madmen are not loved , but feared and dreaded . " , " You were never mad , Albert ; I never saw you to . On the contrary , your wisdom and strength of intellect always dazzled me . " You saw me firm , and master over myself in action ; ZZSwl ™ th 9 aB 0 Dy 0 ( ^ ' *• tortweB of nevX ^ then ? l 8 h 0 Uld
• fcli . li w , ? ecause do not pereeivethe dangers , the obstacle ! , the vices of our enterprise . You have never penetrated to the depths of that abyss into which . Have
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cast my whole soul and existence ; you have seen only its generous and chivalrous side ; you have embraced only its easy labours and sparkling hopes . " " That is because I am less great , less enthusiastic , and , must it be spoken , less fanatical , than you , noble count ! You have desired to drain the cup of zeal to the dregs , and when its bitterness has choked you , you have doubted heaven and earth . " " Yes , I hare doubted , and I have been cruelly punished . ' ! , ' And do you doubt still ? Will vou ever suffer 1 " 'Now I hope , I believe , I act . 1 ( eel strong and happy . »<> you not see joy sparkling in my face , and delight dwelling m my bosom ?" " A "d yet you are betrayed by your beloved ? What do i 1 e ! By yw wife !" tone was never either the one or the other . She never _ ^ ^^ y thing , - she never betrayed me . May God send
« ,. ; ? -r , ' ™ ot guts , in recompense tor mo mo-X hi ? / f * showed ™ <> W death-bed ! And I-in » 11 , ' ° ^ h ! » ring closed my eves , for having e 8 ernit ? whn' ^ W ** b e ^<* ™ <»> the threshold ol Sllvi belie , Iwas ab ™ t t 0 cross-shall I SlTmeE master ™ LL ! ? U 18 ay to her 'Woman , I am your imprudent error has bestowed . You miiat submit to mv embraces because , in a day of i ^ S "S taJftaK farewell kiss upon myjoy brow ! Yoa must pLe vour hand in mine for over , follow in my sters , submit to * my yoke , crush he young love in , Mr bosom , overcome aa insurmountable passion , and waste away with regrets in my profane arms , pressed to my selfish and cowardly heart ! ' Oh , Trenck ! do you think I could find happiness in acting thus ? Would not my life be one of more bitter suffering even than hers ? Is not the suffering of the slavethe curse of the master ? Great ' God ! what being is so vile , so brutal , as to be proud and transported at a lova
which is not shared , at a fidelity at which the heart of the victim revolts ? Thank Heaven , I am not that being j I never will bo ' . I was going this evening to find Consuelo ; I meant to tell her all these things ; I meant to restore to her her liberty . I did not meet her in the garden where she usually walks ; and then the storm came and deprived ma of tbe hope of seeing her descend . I did not wish to penetrate to her apartments ; I should have entered thorn by tho right of a husband . The mere shudder of her horror , tha mere paleness of her despair , would have caused me a pain which I had not the resolution to brave . " "And did you not meet also in the darkness tho black ; mask of that LWerani ?" " Who is that Liverani ?" " Do you not know the name of your rival ?" "Liverani is a false name . Do you know him , that man , ' that happy rival 1 "
' * c- Bnt you ask mo with a strange look . Albert , I think I understand you ; you forgive your unfortunate wife , you abandon her ; you ought to do so , but you will punish , I hope , the villain who has seduced her ?" " Are you sure that he is a villain ?" " What ! the man to whom you had confided her deli * verance , and the guardianship of her person during a long and perilous journey !—he who ought to have protected her , to have respected her—not to have addressed a single word to her—not to have shown her hh face ! A man invested with the powers , and with tho blind confidence of the invisibles ! your brother-in-arms , and by oath , doubtless , as I am ! Ah ! if your wife had been confided to roe , Albert , I should not even have thought of this criminal
treachery of making myself beloved by her . " " Trenck , onco again , you know not what you say ! Only three men among us know who this Liverani is , and what is his crime . In a few days you will ce & se to blame and to curse that happy mortal , to whom God in his goodness , in his justice , perhaps , has given the love of Consuelo . " " Strange and sublime man ! You do not hate him ?" "I cannot hate him . " " You will not disturb his happiness ?" " On tho contrary ; I labour ardently to improve it , and I am neither sublime nor strange in this . You will soon laugh at the praises you bestow upon mo . " " What ! you do not even suffer V " I am the most happy of men . "
' In that case you love but little , or you love no more . Such a heroism is not in human nature ; it is almost monstrous , and I cannot admire what I do not understand . Stop , Count ; you laugh at me and I am very simple t Now , I guess at last : you love another , and you bless Pro « vidence , which frees you from your engagements with tha first by rendering ber unfaithful . " " Then you will oblige me to open my heart to you , baron . Listen ; it is a history , a romance , that I bare to relate ; but it is cold here : this bramble fire cannot warm these old walls , and besides , I fear that they may remind you of those of Glatz . The weather is clearing , we can con « t'nue our way to the chateau ; and since you are leaving it at daybreak , I will not detain you too late . As we walk along , I will tell you a strange tale . "
The two friends took up their hats , from which they shook the rain-drops , and kicking the lo ? s , to extinguish them , quitted tha tower arm-in-arm . Their voices became lost in the distance , and the echoes of the old mansion quickly ceased to repeat tho faint noise of tbeir footsteps upon tho damp grass of tbe court-yard , Gonsuolo remained plunged In a species of stupor . That which astonished her the most , of which tbe evidence of her senses could scarcely persuade her , was not the magnanimons conduct of Albert , nor his heroic sentiments , but the miraculous facility with which he himself unrolled tha terrible problem of the destiny that involved him , Was happiness then so easy for Consuelo ? Was the love ol Liverani legitimate ? She thought she must have dreamed what she had just heard . Consuelo , trembling more front the effects of fear than cold , descended to the apartment below , and kindled anew tbe fire which Albert and Trenck : had just dispersed about the hearth . Her eyes rested on
the impressions of their wet feet upon the dusty floor ; it was an evidence of the reality of their appearance which » h 9 needed . She fell into a profound meditation . So easy a triumph over destiny did not appear to be made for her . Albert did not suffer ; his love did not revolt against bis sense of justice . Ho accomplished , with a species of enthusiastic joy , the greatest sacrifice it is in the power of man to offer to God . The strange virtue of this singular man struck Consuelo with surprise and terror . Albert was as , much changed in his outward appearance , as in his feelings Ho had lost much of his frightful thinness , and appeared to have grown , so upright and elastic had his languid and stooping figure become . He carried a sword , when formerly ho would never bavo consented to handle this weapon , this symbol of hatred and murder , even in play ; now it did not impede his movements ; he saw the blade glittering in tho light of the fire , and yet it failed to recall tho blood shed by bis forefathers .
An undefined , an inexplicable feeling , took possession of Consuelo ; a feeling which at once resembled grief , regret , and woundod pride . She repeated Trenck ' s supposition of some new lovo on the part of Albert , and this idea seemed to her probable . His last words as be led bis friend away , promising a recital , a romance , were they not confirmatory of this supposition ? Consuelo regained the wood by the early light of morning . She had remained during the night in the tower , absorbed by a thousand gloomy and sorrowful thoughts . She had no difficulty in finding her way back to her abode , though she bad passed the road in the dark , and the rapidity Of ber flight had made it appear less long than she found it on returning . Sho descended the hill , aud ascended the course of the river till she came to the grating , which
she skilfully crossed , being now neither alarmed nor agitated . She cared little for being seen , determined as she was to relate all to ber confessor . The heat of summer was beginning to make itself felt , ' and Consuelo , absorbed by her studies , bad but tbe cool hours of evening for repose and refreshment . By degrees she had returned to her slow and dreamy pi ononaries in tho garden and park . She believed herself alone , and yet some vague emotion would at times bring the idea that tha unknown was not far from her . The beautiful nights , the noble shadows , the solitude , the languishing murmur of the water running through tbe flowej ' fl , the perfume of tbo plants , the impassioned note of the nightingale , followed by a yet more voluptuous silence ; the large oblique rays of moonlight piercing through tbe transparent shadows of balmy arbours ; the setting of the evening star behind the
rosy clouds of the horizon , all those emotions , classical , but eternally fresh and powerful where youth and love are to be found , plunged the soul of Consuelo into dangerous reveries . One evening she saw a man standing on tbe brink : of the river ; doubts and painful fears took possession of her mind . This silent figure reminded her of Albert at least as much as of Liverani . They were of the same stature ; and now that Albert , transformed by improved health , walked with ease , and no longer drooped his bead upon his breast , or held it upon his hand in an attitude of grief or illness , Consuelo could no longer distinguish his appoaraace from that of the chevalier . At length , sho called aloud the name of Albert . The man trembled , passed his bands across hia face , and when he turned , the black mask alread y covered his features . " Albert , is it you ? " cried Consuelo ; " it is you , you alone whom I seek . "
A stifled exclamation betrayed some emotion of joy and grief with the unknown . He appeared about to fly , but Consuelo believing she had recognised the voice of Albert , rushed towards him , and held hitn back by his cloak . But suddenly the black veil of the messengers of the secret tribunal fell upon her head . The-hand of the unknown , which had hastily seized hers , was silently detached . Coasuolo felt herself led away without violence or apparent anger ; they raised her from the ground , and she felt beneath her feet the planks of a boat . She descended the river for some time , no one addressing a word to her ; and when she was restored to tho light , she found herself in a subterranean apartment , where she had been summoned for tbe first time before the tribunal of the Invisibles . ( To be Continued J
The French Excel All Other Nations In St...
The French excel all other nations in studied equivoque , but give us a Yankee for the unintentional kind . - A western New York farmer writes as follows to a distinguished scientific rgriculturist , to whom he felt under obligations for introducing a variety of swine : — " Respected Sir , —I went yesterday to the fair at M——; I found several pigs of your species . There was not a great variety of beasts , and I was very much astonished at not seeing you there . ' Dr . Park ahd the Ladi . —The rudeness of Dr . Parr to ladies was sometimes extreme . To a lady who bad ven « tured to oppose hira with more warmth of temper than cogency of reasoning , and who afterwards apologised for herself by Baying " that it was tho privilege of women to talk nonsense . " " Hh , madam , " he replied , «« it ia nnn their privilege , bat their infirmity . Dueka would walk if they could , but nature auSeta them only to waddle , "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 12, 1852, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_12061852/page/3/
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