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. ct a"e when independence of principle consists in having no K : S taf-ilianB free *« = tSsntang ; -ia an ace when men ^ hold anv thine except their tonjues , keep anjthing except rtSir word ' and lose nortri ? pttiemly , except their character ; Z ,= mwove suc-U an age mun be d-Seult , to -usiraci it daiupxous ; j « 5 he stands no chance of szenuing it wlio caiicc-1 at the saice ynje amuse it . » pnE Pbiscess , a Medley . By Alfred Teanjsou . Fnnrtb . Edition . London : Moxen ,
\ Fhex this poem firet appeared it was proclaimed o v tlie critics to be a dead failure ; and , if the reader takes it at its own unpretending estimate , no marvel that he is disappointed . But , on reading it over , a cain and again , cne is surprised at the way-side beauty we tcissed en -reading it for the first time . We had been listening for the Poet to commence again Tthere last he left oif the strain , leaving us charmed and intoxicated with his melody , perplexed with the dancing lights of Ms glorious imagery , and dazzled Trith the grand pyrotechnic display of his splendours z but no , he had gone on far in advance of U 3 , singing his new song -of progress hopefully and joyfully .
The' Princess' k sail of the lyrical beauty peculiar to Tennyson—is as gorgeou 3 in imagery , and as sparkling -Kith quaint fancies as his other poemo ; but , above all , it is essentially a poem fortnetime , and has a twin-pulse , beating with the-heart of the living present . Fronrtbis point we review it . Thegrand-ob-5 ect of the pcaja is to show that vroman is not man in an undeveloped state , and that all attempts to unsea herself , all her leaps to catch at manhood , -will end in utter : 'f ailure . The position of woman in the present societary state is not a natural one . All the surrounding circumstances conspire to hinder her
full , free , and healthful development "Wonan , thecreatorof humanity , the Mother of the 7 urure , and moulder of the -world , for good or for evil , is a very slave . "Would that the world cedd but comprehend the inScence of woman , and give her a fair start for the working oat of her glorious mission . Our present system of educating woman for marriage and maternity is as barbarous and as fatal as the custom of that savage tribe who feed their king ' s concubines until they are Wind with their fatness . The Princess ' describes but too truly the greater portion of the Tremen at-the present
time" 3 fo wiser than their mothers , household-stuff , Live chattels , mincers of each ethers fame , Fuii of weak poison , turnspits for the clown . The drunkard ' s football , laughing stocks of tiice , "Whose brains are in their hands ? . nd in their heels , liefnt to-iiaunt , to dress , to dance , to thrum , To tramp , to scream , to burnish and to scour , Per ever slaves at home , and fools abroad . " What a characterisation ! Bet 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 w : ll turn into a heart of stone , and she will out-man man . There is nothing more pitiful than your downright
• emancipated' woman ! "Woman is most noble , most loveable , most womanly , whcnc / ie is mosi . lierself ; and it is precisely because she has not the liberty and right to ba -most herself that we war with our present system , and not because it does aot permit her to become inaGcaliae ; for , we beliere that all attempts to train her into manhood will prove as false , and unnatural as -it is to clip the glorious branches oS the spreading yew-tree , and torture it into the poor miserable £ gy of a peacock . "Where a vroman has succeeded in such an emancipation , she has most likely succeeded also in crushing those tender affections t '» ai cling about the heart , and tremble into life as love ! The milk of human kiudness has curdled .
and soared her being , instead of creataxiig , to enrich it . She has slain her sweeter , dearer self , and fosalized the woman ' s heart -within her . We once inew such a one , and the Lord preserve us from such another . For love ' s sake , and for the eake of humanity , let woman do educated up to the holiest offices and noblest duties of life , and , moreover , fulfil them . Let her be educated aad developed in accordance vnth her nature and destiny—let her be taught to elierish all that is pure , great , and ennobling let her sind bo familiarised with lofty thoughts and patriotic deeds , and sue will learn to ihtuKo . ua mit , uuwy asd greatly .
All this is finely pourtrayed and beautifully illustrated iu this poem of the * Princess . ' "With a false ambition she unseses heraelf , cuts away fvom her leart all tho budding tendrils of love with an inexorable knife—that otherwise true and tender heart becomes frosted up with blind and erring pride , and the sweet springs of affection are sealed at their fountainlead . 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 fcer ' s i 3 an error that must be kissed out of her , and cannot be vldpped out of her ; and , at
length , her hardened heart melts in the great and glorifying light of priceless human Love , and becomes awarm , living thing , pulsing with boundless humanity , and all her better gelf—the angel-side of her nature—shines out in the dewy radiance of Love ' s ioly dawn . Her prond self-reliance is broken , and she feels tho delicious happiness of being humbled bv 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 Glorifying and glorined . '
Htre is the high argument of the poem , full of fine Tisdcm , 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 man ' s : they rise or siak Together , dwarf d or Godlike , bond or free : If she be small , slight-natured , miserable , Bow shall men grow ? But work no more alone !
Por woman is notundcveloptman , Bat diverge : could we make her as the man , Sweet love were slain ; his dearest bond is this—Not like to like , bat lifcn in difference . Tet in the long years liker must they grow ; The man be more of woman , she of man ; He gain in sweetness and in moral height , 5 or loose the wrestling tbewa that throw the world She mental Ircadth , nor fail in childward care , Xor lose the childlike in the larger mind ; Till at die-ait die set Jtersclfto man
Like perfect music unto nolle words ; And so these twain , apon the skirts of Time , Sit side by side , full suminM in all their powers , Dispensing harvest , sowing the To-le , Self-revereEt 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 great bridal ? , chaste and calm—Thfn springs the crowning race of human kind .
Deer , look up , let thy nature strike on mine iiki yonder miming on tie Hind lialf vsorld : Approach and fear not : breathe upon Eiy brows -n that fine air I tremble ; nil the past 3 Ie ! t > mist-like into this bright hour ; and this Is wore to more , aud ail the rich to come l<s , as the golden autumn woodland reds ¦ H ' liiciTt Uis smoke of bunting andf . Forgive me 1 w ; -. < t « : r . y Ue ? . ? t in siges , let bo , my bride ! ~ Iy Wife' my Life : 0 v . e will walk th'STrorld 1 t-ked in all exercise of noble end , And , « o tiirou ^ h those dark gales across the wild iaat no man knows . My hopes and thine are one Accomplish tfcou kv manhood antS tbysclf ; - ' ' 7 thy sw < : et kinds in mice , and trust , to me . "
,. P ocln contains some most sweet songs—two of whi ch we have already extracted into oar ' column of J * aiiss and Strays . ' It also contaius pictures rich a »!; oie of Spencers poetry , and is skirrily gemmed j ta great , thoughts , and similes of exquisite beauty ; i ¦ ;; t ! : p 'liaipstsou of its rhythm rau ^ s from the on St , £ utia 5 s up to the grand music of a eoni « or £ march cf iriianpli ! Here is a fine thought : — _ par i-Leiak-s hare fallen ! have falJen ! tae seed - * ' ;¦ ' -nk iced Hay laughed at in the dari , ' > ' !; * . y ™ < ini { c ( : / ' * - ' * ' '> aVil 1 2 rcuv-a *>'< ' £ . f ? - 'c : ij , Vj . ? c . Vi / 1 , ih'li UiViOliit n / fkli ¦
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My mother looks as whole as some serene Creation minted in the golden moods Of soverei gn artists . Sot like the piebald miscellany man , Bursts of great heart and slips in sensual mire ; But 'whole and one . I ^ ot learned , save in gracious household ways , Xot perfect , nay , but full of tender . wants—Xb 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 Fortress of Komarom ( Comchx ) during the "W ar of Independence in Hungary , iu 1848-49 . By Colonel Sigismund Thaly . Translated by "William Rushton , M . A . London : James Madden , 8 , Leadenball-strect . ¦* Kossxtth has nearly run his race , " exclaims a modern Scribe ana Pharisee ! with a miserable attempt at a triumphant sneer ! The enthusiasm for him Eoared too hign / says this same syllabub-throated diatribe-monger . Nay , not so , misleader and calumniator , the eEihusiasm for him in America has not bated a jot ; he is received daily with rapture and triumph , -with beating hearts and brightening eyes , and with the smiles and passionate tears of millions who throng to testify in Iris grand and worshipful
presence , the love they bear to the man , and to the principles for which he h » 3 lived and laboured and suffered martyrdom / and God speed to him in his mission J 'Gathei roend him , brothers of America ; let him walk your midet as iu a halo of glory , and flin ? around Mm the mantle of your love , for he is-e . ll worthy of youv -exulting welcomes . "' In despite of Hare and calumniators , and the vituperation of hirelings , and wretched , spleenish , envious , } ealou 3 , disappointed egotist ? , 'h e is still the greatest man of this century as the man of thought and action-combined in one . 'Welcome him as the great and worthy leader in a great and glorious cause , Welcome him as tho people ' s hero , who has brasely 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 tlie idol of their love and -worship . They have bowed down to knave 3 atd charlatans , and laid their hearts sad their raonie 3 at the shrink of hypocrites and impostors ^ but , if ever there was a pure-hearted patriot , a noble-n&iured man , and a true worker in the cRUseof 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 indepnndence , whether by friend or foe , confirmo us in that belief . All that we rend and have read tends to enhance our faith in the gigantic grasp of his oapacity , "to enhr < re our admiration for his genius , and to increase our 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 land and praises of his friends .
for what are considered his worst faults in the eii ? htof Despotism are glorious virtues on the side of Democracy . Wonder of wonders ! how the marvel increases , that he should have done so will , and wought so much with such materials ! He—one of the People—who had fought hi 3 owe up-hill battle singleihandea , without thepreBtige of wealth , rank , or state , and had only his patriotism , intellect , tongue , and pen to effect such a revolution in a nation which vns 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 bis armies who were warring against him . As the mystery of why no better ^ ras done on several occasions is unravelled , a greater
is created—now did he accomplish so much- ? The book under notice explains many -thing 3 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 or Jellachicb . Again , in October , 1849 , we might hare marched upon Tienna and taken it before a junction had been effected between 'Windisehgratz and Ausperp : fourteen days later we were defeated at Schwechat . In April , ISiQ , " Gorpey had Vienna at his mercy , but he wasted time in going to besiege Buda , and the glorious opportunity was lost . And so in almost every case . " Again and again were thefar-reaching ideas of Kossuth misunderstood and thwarted by ignorance and treachery . Our author bears the following prond testimony to the unity and patriotism of the Hungarian
soldiers;" History will one day dwell mth pleasure upon tho fact , that during the grand battle for Hungary ' s right , freedom and independence ' , not 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 bearing of the danger which threatened their country at home , all tlie 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 Coniorn . He himself was shut up in prison because he made appeal to the troops to hold out . He shows that this last stronghold of Hungarian liberty eonid have boon hold for twolro months longer than it was , and that it was eiven tip basely and cowardly . He also shows how men like Klapka can cover their weaknesses by attributing errors to Kossuth . lie justifies the retreat of KoEsuth and the other generals into Turkey : there they wore safe , but Comorn should have still held out . " The possibility of an Austrq-Russian war with the Ottoman Porte and England , was at one time not very remote . As long , then , as Komnroro stood , tho Augtrians could not call the country their own , nor could they draw full advantage from its submission . From 60 , 000 or 80 , 000 men wonld 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 havo risen afresh .
" If a European war had broken out upon the refugee question , Komarom would have been the supporting point of a new rising . But , independently of that , tho defender of Konwom ought to have considered himself tl : e representative of a whole nation , and the last guardian of its rights . To this height Klapka could not rise . Unhappily , I nnd my friends were not permitted to accomplish that whioh his want of moral courage failed to effect . " M . Thaly shows up the miserable Gbrgey , and disputes his title to victories which others won , while he has reaped the glory . We must conclude with tue following earnest words : — " Overwhelmed by Russian force , and betrayed by Gorgey , Hungarian freedom was made the prey of that Austria which ' we in the first instance hnd conquered .
" A noble people , robbed of its thousand-year-old constitution and of its inalienable rights , was now disarmed , fettered , and laid helpless at tho feet of blood-thirsty tyrants . But with a consciousness cf 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 hit courage and love of freedom bids defiance to misfortune and to time itself . '' The hour of redemption will one day sound ; the time of deliverance may be put off , but can never ba put out of existence ; it muBt come . "
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Biography of Mobitz Perczel , Hungarian General . This patriot—a , true child of Hungary and its heroism—has very recently arrived in this country , where we trust ho will receive fitting welcome , and find a harbour of Bafety , 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 illustriouB general , compiled from the Biography of him by Col . Sigismund Thaly , which is to be found in his Fortress of Comorn .
Among those whose names are associated with the recent history of Hungary , and who have been distinguished either for their personal character or their extraordinary deeds , few have awakened a livelier interest than Moritz Terczel . For both iu the sphere of political activity and upon the battle-field , he has displayed abilities of no common order . Whether we behold him as a yontb enthusiasticall y fired with a love of freedom , as a restless political partisan , or afterwards as a representative of the people , who assuming a military capacity drew his sword upon the ngbt side , and became an indepeodent leader of armifs , we are filled with admiration of his bold deci .
sion and able conduct . His natural abilities have been improved by study , but his leading characteristics were a burning love of freedom and independence Moritz Pmzel was bora at Bonvhad , in the Tolna county , ca the 15 th October . 1313 . Kis father , Alexander Terczel , a wc-ahby country nobleman , had always gained the universal respect and love of those under his authority , by n display of patriarchal virtues , and noli ' o , though aristocratic . Bc-ntimtnts he was a chivalrous supporter of the dynasty , for which ho had borua arms , and consequentl y this meritorious nobleman stood deservedly high in i !« consideration of the irovcrnmenf .
Tli-3 family cf Perczel is defended frranr , English faiai ' y named 'Purctl ! , ' . ? en : o maulers of v = lticl » , Lard pressed by religions per » ccuiuai , emigrate , and fallowed the Arcliduko Matthias fi ^ t of all to the Netherlands aud then to Austria , whore they were created knights of the Holy Roman Empire , by the Emperor liudoh-b . They then emi grated to Hungary , where also they wore raisc-d to the rank of nobles . Moriiz received his earliest education uwder the eyes of his parents from Michael Yosoimarty ( tho well-known Hungarian bard , ) a strictly moral pre-
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ceptor and liberal-minded man , who early engrafted sound principles into the mind of his pupil . Ho 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 wore stirring times -were appvoaclnng . So early as 1325 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 bis aspirations i ' ov the deliverance of Poland were doomed to be disappointed . At this moment the duty and necessity of fostering Hungarian nationality was a
common watchword among the leadiug spirits of the Magyar peopJe . 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 the 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 fellow-Etudeuts , 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 , aud was the first man iu tlie University who responded in the Hungarian tonguo .
Very early in life Perczel entered the army of Austria as a ' cadet in the 5 th artillery regiment , and soon attracted attention , Radetaky in particular showed considerable partiality for him , and paid him many raarlcs 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 tho Polish revolution aroused lively expectations throughout Europe , and Perczel , then nineteen yews 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 hel ping to regenerate that noble people , and now when he saw the probability o £ realising his hopes , he could not remain an idle spectator . He hurried at once from Bonyhad to Pesth , where he renewed tke acquaintance with his former comrades of the fifth artillery regiment , and had already gained over two hundred of them , but pst when they were on the point of setting off all together for Poland , one of their comrades betrayed the -scheme . By order of the colonel of the regiment , Perczel . was apprehended , imprisoned in tho garrison , tried by court-martial , and condemned to death . But the civil authorities of the Pesth country took the matter up very warmly , and strongly protested against the military usurping
power over tho civilians , and IPerczel was acquitted . Shortly after tbia affair he accepted a civil employment in the Tolna county , and devoted himself to politics . Perczel possessed distinguished talent as an orator , and was returned a meaaber to the county legislature , where -he became the active awl energetic leader of the opposition . In the years 1839-10 this opposition had created considerable political agitation which almost assumed the shape of a revolution . Upon this occasion , Moritz Percnel and his brothers , Alexander and Nicolas , were publicly put upon their 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 busiEess : he laid the foundation of literary societies , infant ecUooIs , reading rooms , and other institutions of a similar character ; ana besides that he established a company for breeding and rearing silk worms . At Senard lie 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 partisan ; and in the year 1842 , before the idea had been fully realised throughout the country , Kossuth , Petczel , and others , had already formed partial unions , the members of which | bound themselves to make use of only tho articles of native manufacture . In the following year , Perczel was elected by the liberal party of tho Tolna county , as their representative in the Diet , where , with a few who shared his viewfl . he formed a member of tho Extreme Left .
At length the revolution broke out in Paris , February 24 tb , 184 S , and a few days afterwwds the rising in Vienna took place . TUe Conservatives fell powerless to the ground , and the popular leaders stood at tho holm of tho Btate . In April , Pcrczel was appointed chief of police , in which capacity ho exhibited no less circumspection than activity . Thus ho solved the difficult problem , how in times of agitation order may be steadily upheld in a state , without ; my detriment to personal freedom . When the Hungarian ministry proposed to send an address
to the king , m 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 tho king was expected on his part to help in putting down all risings among the Servians and Croats . Perczel denounced the whole transaction , and was supported by a small but resolute minority , which stoutly opposed tho ministry however the addresB was voted , and consequently ho sent in his resignation as chief of police .
Events went on with gigantic strides . In September , Austria dropped the mask , and 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 tho army appointed to check the tide of invasion . Tbe Hungarian army waa in full retreat , but the fiery-hearted Perczel advised thus they Bkould retreat no further , and induced General Moga to hazard a battle , which was fought at PaUozd on the 29 . Ii of September , 1848 , with only 14 . 000 Hungarians which were > ostly recruits , against 32 . 000 combined Croats and Austvians , yet the Hungarians defeated them with considerable loss . The battalion of volunteers from Tolna , under tbe command of rerczel ' s two brothers decided the fortune of the day . In this battle Perczel commanded the reserve .
At this time Gorgey was acting ns a major under Perczel s command , and was arrested for breach of discipline ; the latter intended to bring him before a courtmartial , but ho begged himself off , and alleged various excuses to justify himself ; Perczei forgave his fault , but ordered him to leavo his corps . But Gorgey never forgot that humiliation , and followed Perezel with undying hatred to tho end of tlie war . A series of splendid exploits now followed , which were owned out so successfully with such electrical rapidity , and with bo small a force as to exalt tho name and fame of Perczel side b y aide with those of the great captains of the present and past ages . On one occasion he captured the whole Croatian reserve—at another time be marched against th neral
e ge s Kugcnt and Dablen , 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 prisonors . A few days after he drove Nugent from the Hungarian soil . In November of the same year , he broke iuto Styria and defeated the Austrians at Friedau . no was next ordered to effect a junction with Gorgey , who was retiring before Windischgratz . Similar instructions had been forwarded to Gorgey and so Pewzel , trusting to the co-operation of the army of the Upper Danube , took up a good position , and awaited the attack of the Austrians , who began the charge at eight o ' clock on ths morning of the 30 th September , with an overwhelmmng superiority in point of numbers , having 26 , 000 men against 5 , 000 Hungarians . Disnronm-Hnnn ^ 9 B
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 , Perczel ' s army waa broken through by the Austrian cavalry , which alone wa 3 as strong as ail tho ' troops ho had put together , and with a loss of COO men and three guns ho waa obliged to retire . The general had hitherto been accustomed to victorious marches , and was doubly pained by tho misfortune of that day , and all the more bo because tho public knew nothing of those orders which hnd been sent down from head quarters , and ascribed all the blame to
him . However , two months afterwards , in tho Chamber ol Representative s ) , he was able to justify hia conduct , and to clear up the suspicious doubts which had been hanginc upon his milit-. ry abilities ever si ce that alEiir , On March 22 fld , 1819 . he defeated Theoioroviok , and tliu Servians . it h ' zorejf , Mada , and Zenta , and won another series of brilliant aud heroic victories . His next great triumph wa 3 the storming and taking of tho fortress of Sz . Tamil ) a Servian stronghold ,- which much greater Austrian fora- - " had f- > ilcd to capture , an << which tuo Servians deemM i ' ~ tu-egnable .
On the 0 nl or Ariril , Pensel attacked those Servian entrMicliracnts , and after less ( han throe hours' obs-in- ' o figUt-iag , the thveo crowed flag waved ovfr the bloodstained ramparts , several thousand Servians were killed in tho engagement . !? , W 0 were made prisoners , an-. l eight ( jufb with five sfciiidnrds were taken . Aud oven if tho rarriai-n in that place was not so strong ns in the previous summer yet its capture m so short a time must remain one of tho brightest leaves m the v . reath of thj courageous "enera ! and the more so a 3 his troops were fewer than those wM-h had heretofore attempted the assault at fc ' z Tftmas
Amid these triumphs ne \ V 3 arrivod that Goi ^ ev had been appointed War Minister , bosides being allowed to retain command of the army on the U pper Danube , and tho intelligence filled Perczel with livel y indi gnation ; ho had lone before accused Gorgey of incapacity as well us of treason
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but his warnings were m vain , probably beeauys be cave vent to his feelings with two much violcfnce , and so diminished the credit which might otherwise have been nt . tached to them : besides he neglected to keep up commul nication with his own political friends in parliament * whereas Gorgey kept his partisans well informed , ur ^ ed thea \ to act upon Uie government—loft no stone unturned and sometimes gained more advantages by the stroke of the pen than his rival could secure by a well-fWht action uomi the field of battle . v
Perczel wa 3 relying upon a consciousness of approved patriotism , and priding himself upon real military superiority ; the other profited by his neglect to advance himself at head-quarters , and was promoted to tho important office of Minister at ^ yar , caring little for the indignation of p . rival who was furious uc boing superseded by an incapable general sn < i a traitor to boot . For a second time ho sent in his resignation , but was persuaded by tho ministry to moderate hil anger and to continue in the service of his country .
About the middle of May he returned from the Mn&i to the Baos county , where , besides hia former enemies , ho came up with Jellachich , who after the defeat of the Austrians at Isaazeg , had gone south with from twelve to fourteen thousand men . He sent despatch after despatch to tho governmont 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 Jellacnich : but Gorgey was head of the war-offiae , ar , d not a single man was sent to aid . The enemy ' s cavalry was almoskequal in numbers to the whole force at Pereznl ' i
command , and in a flat country that advantage was necessariiy considerable ; yot the Hunearian general maintained his position with much auccess against the united forces of the Austrians and the Servians , and repeatedly prevented them from crossing the Tiezi or the Danube . * ' We shall not have the space to follow tho victorious General through all his campaigns , nor to specify all his successes— the mournful termination is approaching and the torch of Freedom kindled in Hungary \ % about to be dashed but darkly in the waters of tho Danube . The treachery of Gorgey annihilated all hope of further resistance , save in the hearts of the gallant remnant at Comorn .
General Percze } , with his brother Kicolas , quitted the country , and repaired to Turkey . Removed from Widden to Schumla , and thenee to Kutajah , this active man languished for two years in exile : he is now in England . His amiable wife , and their two children , shared the hard lot of the prisoner . Sho also had to suffer tho mean vengeance or the Austrian government ; during three months she was imprisoned at Posony for the crime of being wife to a noble and patriotic general . The Austrian newspapers took tho greatest possible pains to degrade the name of Perczel , and to bring him down from that elevated position which he has 80 justly merited They reproached him with wank of military talent , and with brutal cruelty towards tbe conquered ; whereas on the contrary , with the exception of the battles at Mor and Katy , he defeated both Austrians and Russians in numbe " less battles and Bkirmiahn , never lost either a cannon or n standard bu took from the enemy forty-six field-Jieces and twenty-eight standards , while , with rare m £ ™ E '
ne paraonea one hundred thousand insurgent SorV ans : This worth y patriot and good soldier , was remarkable for genius promptitude , pemaal bravery , and what is rarer 6 t . ll , high moral courage , combined with unshaken faithfulness and devotion to freedom and to Fatherland W , ? I ? BeVVh T names a PPear in the ™< lern Story of Hungary , none knew better how to improve a victory Sim h £ did , excepting always , that wonderful man tho immortal Ho was decidedly the most revolutionary character in bu t ? E J ? ^ Jction- H « w « T " S ,. ^ ^ asures , and promj KL . x enthusiastically devoted to Right and to I citS' A mT / W- * ? ldier ' dutic 9 a * a cituen . Ho . made full claim to the title of a citizen EtS W" "dent temperament and intrep 85 ? ofteiMnade h . m speak and act a 3 a soldier in political
He had alread y achieved a groat name in politics before he entered the theatre of warf If he hnd beej [ broSht into £ KrT ? f ^ iOn wltJl ^ 0 SSUth ' ^ Pcciallv towLdftS mssfssar ^ catastrophe ' ¦« ' ** &
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» —¦ ——^^ —^ M THE COUNTESS OF RUDOLSTADT . [ Sequel to " Consueh . " ] By George Sand . ALBEM AND TRENCK . " Draw near , my friend , " said he to his companion " and Narm yourself at the only remaining fire-plS " n this viBfc mansjon . This is a gloomy lodging . Monsieur do T enck but you have met with worse in your rough iourneys " ' ., ^ 1 S'J M ?! " I ™ oblige to uo ' w thout nnv at tne lover
an , repuea of the Princess Amelia " ' Trolv this is more hospitable than it looks , and I have ioyfuHv taken refuge in it upon several occasions So ffi « JX count , you come sometimes to meditate among thc-i ruins and keep watch in this haunted tower ? " ' " I do , indeed , frequently come here , but from mora ^ S& ^^^^ r ^ ^ T ^ SiSSi . c ' ertSpUSd Son ' - ° ° f tbU ^^ ™ rlook oohiM ^ be Kr ^^ that , just now when I met you in the woou - " ' pJiffnriT-iJffme ^ ^^ ™ " True ; I ought to think of nothing hut . n « n . ™ t « i .. ««
-sSit SBiai ' BSMSBS iscfiii wha strange and fatal vicissitudes faav , « hJ > TLtl " i ¦
our neaas uoth of us desd to our famil es , to our coun-» A ? ar »^ j 5 ^ ™ : z T . Zt ° V * m haB Umit 9 ' thank Goi '• She ' soil " But my mistress , Albert ? Is it possiblo that she will remain eternall y and uselessl y faithful to me * ' fonlS . WW 40 deS - h' ° ifc ' " * Wend ; but it is only piss ? PaSSl ° ni 8 M - un «* kfo' » herinhap . " Speak to me , then , of her , Albert ! More happv than I , you can see and hear her , you— " PPy *^ sa ^ tas » A-ft * as connexions
mysterious with the palioo of Berlin haVa lo «? then- fascination ; my friends will be as discreet and ml dupes amce to serve our cause , and your low . 11 . u y compelled to . make some SaS ^^ e ^' aJKS ? sighted than in the past ; but Frederick hasi Sot scent nf n " conspiracy , and I can no longer return to PrussT a-mv 22 Jft T ldbD , ? araly ^ ^ KistrUst " anV tTe SSS" woul not open a 8 econd tir " e for ** r ^{ S ^^\ S ;^^^^ h ^ Sr H ^ S ^ M If I auflered ^ ° | n 0 > ; , F & trembled for her life . iBufieSforhfl t « T elf > ! did nok P erceire J t : if andshewiilbebappf '' 2 er remember itT Sneis saved , by y ? u XSh vi Tcl \ m ^ she will be happy only oy you , ana with ) ou , or I no longer PRf « om h »* T » iM .
arawtrom iior my admiration and friendship " slil ? s- i « I feftaVff AmnlK W " -f . T t 0 a virtuc like yours - Sro LS ? nd to wl I hOI ? ? ( On thftt account . cense t 0 ssiafpo ? m e . ss ts °£ - ^^ iias le ^ SL » sc- !~ vSiES to one of our brothers , TonI he tho m f ourni . ^ .. lnseilS ! lto •) iw , and tho most soducthc in > r m Mt mo , ntc nous 14 amon
^ ss ^^^^ ' speatf wbVffi ; . s / x ? ^ h r ? ^ ^^^ . ^ wz " Did she ever lovo me ?" ' sfoVouS nof'L T Sil ° " Ora > ****** you . " hor B-Ho f ; m l Wfs lin : lb !« to reveal myself to b ^ red nSdS ^ ' and ™ dmen « e net loved , th . '' cmUmv vom- ; , > Albert ; l ne ™ »• y ™ *<>• On dizzied me » ° UKl 6 trea S lh of i « t ^ lloet alwjs
vn n 'l Pf K Wffi 0 fil ' m > atld master over myself in action ; ZSSZS ? " asony ot" " *™ > in tUc tortM * *^ £ iz $ yt ilp ^ > thc " j shou ! d ^ 1 X f |) ecauSG you do not perceive tho dangers , the obstacle * , lie vices of our enterprise . You have never penetrated to the depths of that abyss into which I have
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mm—m mmmmmm « »«— . w m ^ enst my whole soul and existence ; 5011 havo Foen only its gotierouo and chivalrous side ; you have embraced only its easy labours and sparkling hopes . " " Tlnit is because I am less great , less enthusiastic , and . muet it be spoken , less fanatical , than you , noblo count ! lou havo desired to drain ihe cup of zeal to the dregs , and when its bitterness has choked you , you have doubted heaven and earth . " " Yes . I havo doubted , and I have been cruelly punished . " |( do you doubt still ? Will you ever suffer ?" iNow I hope , I believo , I act . I foci strong and happy . H > o you not see joy sparkling in my face , and delight dwel . » ug in my bosom ?" T « A ? d £ you ^ Strayed by vour beloved ? "What do i ^ el Br y ° ur wife' . " owed H ^ fi " i " ' eitUw lhc onc or the ° ' her - Sho tiever * W W li " , ^ - : 8 ho never Grayed inc . May God senjM * ner iovo , the dwinen or nifto in »»«„ , « . »» r » i > » ha nVAi . ' '
K 1 tpwi f io t ^" clowd m > - ^ ' < ^ "m ^ master ; you belong to me b y i , w ' . } the ie ! MWv imprudent error has bestowed . You must suW . JIfiy omliracea , because , m a day of sopara : ion . vou irnpHitT » farewell kiss upon my iey brow ! You mus ' . pwi'Vour hand m mine for ever , follow in my steps , submic to my yoke , crush the young love in your ho ? om , overcome au insurmountable passion , and waste n « ay with regress in my profit ne arms , pressed to my selfish and cdwiivdly heart ! ' Oh , Trenck ! do you think 1 could find happiness
in acting thus ? Would not my life be one of more bitter suffering even than hers ? Is not the suffering of tho thve the curse of the master ? Great God ! what being i * so ^ vile , so brutal , as to be proud and transported at a iove which is not shared , at a fidelity at which ' the heart of the victim revolts ? Thank Heaven , I am not that beine ; I never will be ! 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 iu tho garden where she usually walks ; and then the storm came and deprived me of tho hope of seeing her descend . 1 did not wish to penetrate to her apartments ; I should have entered them by tho right of a husband . The mere shudder of her horror , ihe mere paleness of her despair , would have caused mo a pain which I had not the resolution to brave . "
" And d . d you not meet also in the darkness the blaok mask of that Liverani ?" " Who is that Liverani ?" " Do you not know the name of youv rival ? ' " Liverani is a false name . Do you know him . thH man ; that happy riTal ? "' V . , ' " No . But you ask me with a strange look . ; ' Albert , I tlunK . 1 understand you ; you forgive your unfortunate wife , you abandon her ; you ougttto do so ; but you will purush , I hope , the villain who ha 3 seduced her ?" " Are you sure that he ia a villain V " .
What . ! the man to whom you had cjnfidod . her deliverance , and the guavdianship of her person duriri )? a long and perilous , lourney ! -hewho ought to have protected her , 5 avo . resPceted her—not to have addressed a single word to hev—no : to have shown her his face ! A man invested wi ! lithe powers , ami with the blind confidence of the invisibles ! your brot ' ior-in-arms , and byonth , doubtf i " " ! ' * / "I , i Vh ! if ur wifo had been confided to mo , Albert , I should not even havo thought of this criminal treachery of making myself beloved by her . " " Trenck , once again , you know not what vou flay ! Only three men among us know who this Liverani is , and what is his crime . In a few days you will cease to blame and to curse that happy mortal , to whom God in his goodness , in lusjustice , perhaps , has givp « the love of ConBnelo . " " Strange and sublime man ! You do not hate him ?" " I cannot hate him . "
" Ion will not disturb his happiness ?" " On the contrary ; I labour ardently to improve it , and I am neither sublimo nor strange in this . You will soon laugh at the praises you bestow upon mo . " " What ! you do not even suffer ?" " I am the most happy of men . " "In that case you lovo 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 l . ugh at me , and I am very simple 5-7 i ° if '? * Iart : yoVove ¦ ' IIlofcher > and y ° bless Providence , which frees you from vour engagements with tho first by rendering her unfaithful
laen you will oblige me to open mv heart to vou , baron . Listen ; it is a history , a r , m anc ^ , that I have to relate but it is cold here : this bramble lire cannot warm these old walls , and besides , I fear that they may remind you of those of Glatz . The weather » clearing * eI can cont'nueourway to the chateau ¦ and since vou are leaving al 1 , \ Jm ?' , ! WlU n ¥ detnin , t 0 ° ' te' As wo w ^ along , I will toll you a strange tale . " The two friends took up their hats , from which they S " m « ? * W * ? | and kickin ? the Io 2 S - « tin « mi 8 h them , quitted the tower arm-n-arm . Their voices became lost in the distance , nnd the echoes of the old mansion quickly ceased to repeat tho faint noiae of their footsteps upon the damp grass of the court-yard Consuolo remained plunsed in a species of Btupor . That which astonished her tho most , of which the evidence of her senses could scarcely persuade her . was not the
mapnanuapuB conduct of Albert , nor his heroic sentiments , but £ riM ? , ° w im l l ] ^ he Wmself unrolled the h , n £ i H ° f th 0 f destiny that inTOlyed him . Was happiness then bo easy for Consuelu ? wttB the lovo of Livoram legitimate ? She thought sho must have dreamed what she had just heard . Consuelo , trembling more from tho effects of fear than cold , descended to the apartment below , and kindled imew the fire which Albert and Trenck had just dispersed about tho hearth . Her eyes vested on tho impressions of their wet feet upon the dusty floor ; it was an evidenco of the reality of their nppe .-iranee which sho needed . She foil into a profound meditation . 80 easy a triumph over destiny did not appear to be mnde for her Albert did not suffer ; his love did not revolt against hia sense of justice . He accomplished , with a species of enthusiastio ] oy , tho greatest sacrifice it is in the power of wan
to otter to God . The strange vivtuo of this singular man struck Consuelo with surprise and terror . Albert waa as much changed in his outward appearance , as in his feelings " Ilo Uad lost much of hiB frightful thinness , and appeared to haye grown , so upright and elastic had Mb languid and stooping figure become . He carried a sword , when formerly he would never have 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 the light of tho fire , and yet it failed to recall tho blood shed by his forefathers .
An undefined , an inexplicable feeling , took possession of Consuelo ; a feeling which at once resembled grief , regret , and wounded pride . She repeated Trenck ' s supposition of somo new love on the part of Albert , and this idea seemed to uer probable . Ilia last words as he led his friend away , promising a recital , a romance , were they not confirmatory of this supposition ? Consuelo regained tbe wood by the early light of morning . She had remained during the ni ght in the towor , absorbed by a thousand gloomy and sorrowful thoughte . She had no difficulty in finding her way back to her abode , though she had passed the road in tbe dark , and the rapidity of hev flight had made it appear less long than she found it on returning . She descended the hill , and ascended tho course of the river till she came to the grating , which sho skilfully crossed , being now neither nUwtned nov agitated . She cared little for being seen , determined as she was to relate all to her confossor .
The heat of summer was boginning to make itself felt , and Consuelo , absorbed by her studies , had but the cool hours of evening for repose and refreshment . By degreos she had returned to her Blow and dreamy promenades ia the garden and park . She believed horself alone , nnd yet some vague emotion would at times bring ( he idea that the unknown was not far from her . Tbe beautiful nights , tha noble shadows , tho solitude , the languishing mnrmur of tho water running through tho flowers , the perfume of the plants , the impassioned note of the nightingale , followed by a yet more voluptuous silence ; the large oblique rays of moonlight piercing through tho transparent shadows of balrny arbours ; the setting of the evening star behind the rosy clouds of the horizon , all those emotions , classical hut eternally ireah and powerful where youth and love are to be found , plunged the soul of Consuclo into daneernna
reveries , une ovening sho saw a man standing on the brink of the mv . r ; doubts and painful rears took possession of her mind . Thissilent figure reminded her of Albert at least aa much as of Liverani . They were of the Bame stature ; and now that Albert , transformed by improved health WftlltPil ^^^ ttaabwSS
^ S ? 4 ? . " ° ttad c ™«> ° ¦ ¦ " » h j * m nW « " ttfSt" ? , ! t'i " > ° ™ ° < m and p :. et witn tne unknown . Ho appeared about to tiv but SSSroSShft , * W , ? " ^ * ^ 0 voice of Albert ddcShMhl 1 , 1 ' ""? ? hlm back by hi 8 cloak But ibSl M \ I , ^ i ° W me 5 se"gers of the secret Li K ^ On m" head - T {) 0 liand of the unknown , I ! 1 n ? ^ stll r . 1 eizo » h " . was silently detached . Con ! suoio lelt hersell led away without violence or apparent wiger ; they raised her from tho ground , and sho-felt beneath her feet tho planks of a boat . She descended tho river lor somo time , no one addressing a word to her ; and whe . M sho was restored to tho light , she found herself in a subterranean . ' spartnient , where sl , c had been summoned for the first timo before the tribunal of tlio Invisibles ( To be CoT / itimied . )
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Tdk French excel all other nation 3 in studied eqmooue bnt give us a \ ankee for the unintentional kind ; A westeS Now \ ork farmer writes as follows to a distinguished sewniiflorgnculturist , to whom ho felt under obli gations for introducng a variety of swine :- ' Rsspccted Sir -I w » , t yesterday to the to at M ; 1 fouM sevoTal piS 8 ot youv spewes . There ffa 3 not a groat tatStTS bejr tj . and 1 waS vorv mwa MlMUV , ed at not S ^ l p . Rum and tbe Lwi .-The rndoness of Dr Pivr tc Udieawas sometuoes extreme . To a ladv who " hS ™ tared to oppose him with more wamth of tomnJr £ 2 F 3 fb » . T ^ W fi ^ ° ^ 'teSs apSgkodt Stl ! 13 t < lt was tho P "'«« g » ° » o «> en to talk noiuenso . " « N , madam , " he roniTed . "ifc is not t loir pvivvlegs , bat their infirmity . Ducks would walfc ii they could , but nature suffers them only to wiyldlo !"
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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/vm2-ncseproduct1682/page/3/
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