THE TIMES, NEW 11L00ME1EL1), PA., OCTOlJKlt.10, 1877.
THE WOMAN SPY-
I'M NOW a very old ninn, Iouk ngo
mipprnnnnnled; and the adventure
I nm nliout to relate owurcd when I was
n stripling rnplaln (promotion wnsrnpld
then), nmiiy and many a long year ago,
AVe were then at war with the Ottoman
empire.
It wns getting lnte In the spring of our
cainpnlgn,nnd our trouble with thoTurks
was still fur from bolng ftt n close, that I
get out for MIcliiHvar, In Trn.iisylvu.nla,
to conduct ft number of reerultn to my
leglment, which then lay In the vicinity
ef Orsown, In a village near the army
lived a gipsy, who eurrled on the trudo
ef ,Mitler.' My new soldiers, who were
extremely superstitious, asked her to
tell their fortune. I laughed at them,
and at the sumo held my hand to the
gipsy.
"The 20th of August!" sold she, with
a very significant nlr, and without ad
ding another syllable.
I wished to obtain some explanation,
but shetrepeated tho same words; and,
ns I whs going away, she called out to
me in the same tone :
"The With of August!" ,
It may easily be supposed that this
date remained impressed upon my
memory.
Ve Joined the army and shared Its
fatigues and danger. It Is well known
that In IIiIh War the Turks gave no quar
ter. The chiefs oftered a ducat for every
head that should be brought into the
camp ; and neither Janissaries or
F pubis neglected any opportunity of
earning the reward.
The arrangement was particularly
fatal to our advance post. There was
scarcely a night during which the Turks
did not come in superior numbers to seek
our heads ; and at daybreak It was often
found that ft portion of the camp had
been guarded by decapitated bodies.
The Prince of Coburg resolved to send
every night strong pickets of cavulry
beyond the chain of videties for the pur
pose of protecting them. These pickets
were composed of one or two hundred
men; but the Turkish generals, rinding
their troops disturbed In their retull
trade, sent still more numerous detach
ments against our pickets, which pro
cured them n still more considerable
profit. The Bervlce of tho pickets was
consequently of such a nature that those
who were appointed to perform it al
ways put their afTuIrs in order previous
to their departure.
Things wero in this statein the month
of August. Several battles had not
changed the position of the army. A
week before the 20th, my fortune-teller,
of whom 1 frequently purchased provis
ions, again made her appearance. She
entered my tent, requesting me to leave
her a legacy in case I should die on the
day she had predicted, and offered, in
case I should not, to make me a present
of a hamper of Tokay. This wine was
a rarity in the army. Tho glpsyappear
ed not to have common sense. In the
situation in which I then was a speedy
death was not improbable, but I had no
( reason to expect it precisely on the 20th
of August.
., I acceded to the proposul, staking two
horses and fifty ducats against the old
woman's Tokay and the auditor of the
regiment took down our agreement in
writing, but not without Indulging in a
laugh. ,
The 20th of August came. There was
no probability of an engagement. It
was indeed the turn of our regiment to
furnish ft picket for the night, but two
of my comrades were to go before me.
In the evening, as the hussars were pre
paring to set off, the surgeon of the reg
iment came to inform the commander
that the officer named for the picket was
taken dangerously ill. The one next to
him, and preceded me, received orders to
take his place. He dressed himself in
haste, and was proceeding to join his
men, but his horse, a generally quiet
. creature, suddenly began to prance and
caper In such a manner that he at last
threw his rider, who broke his leg in the
fall. It wag now my turn. I set off,but
I must confess, not in my ordinary
humor..
I commanded eighty men, and was
Joined by one hundred and twenty be
longing to another regiment, making in
the whole two hundred men. Our post
was about a thousand paces in front of
the line of the right -wing, and we were
supported by a marsh covered with very
higu reeds, we bad no advanced sen.
Uriels, but not a man was suffered to
leave the saddle ; our orders were to re
main with drawn sabres, and loaded car
bines till daybreak.
Everything was quiet till a quarter be
fore 10 o'clock, when we heard a noise,
which was succeeded by loud shouts of
"Allah!" and in a moment all the
horses were thrown to the ground,either
by the Are or the' shock of seven or
eight hundred Turks. An equal num
ber fell on their side from the impetuos
ity of the charge, and the fire of our
carbines.
' In the confusion that succeeded, I re
ceived eight sabre wounds, as well from
friends as emomles; my horse was
mortally wounded j he fell upon my
right leg and pinned me to the ground.
The flash of pistols threw a light upon
the scene of carnage. I raised my eyes and
saw our men defending themselves with
the onu rage of despair ; but the Turks,
intoxicated with opium, made a hor
rible massacre of them. Very soon not
a single Austrian was left standing. The
victors seized the horses that were still
fit for service, pillaged the dead and
wounded, and then began to cut off their
heads and put tliem Into sacks, which
they had brought expressly for that pur
pose. My situation was not very enviable.
In tho regiment of S.ekler weln general
understood the Turkish langungo. I
heard them encourage each other to fin
ish the business before any help should
arrive, and not leave a single ducat be
hind, adding that there ought to be two
hundred. Hence, It appeared that their
Information must have been very ac
curate. AVhlle they wero passing over me,
while legs, arms, and balls were flying
over my head, my liorse received ft blow
which caused hlin to make a convulsive
movement. My leg was dlsengaged,and
I instantly conceived the idea of throw
ing myself, If possible, among tho reeds
of the morass. I had observed that sev-
eral of our men, who had attempted it,
were taken ; but tiring had slackened
and tho darkness Inspired me with
hope.
I had only twenty yards to go, but
had reason to apprehend that I should
sink In the 'morass. I nevertheless leap
cd over men and horses, knocked down
more than one of the Turks, who ex
tended their arms to catch mo, and made
several blows with their sabres; but my
good fortune and ngillly enabled mo to
reach tho marsh. I sank at first no
higher than my knees ; In this manner
I proceeded about twenty paces among
the reeds, and there stopped with fa
tigue. I heard ft Turk exclaim, "An
infidel has escaped ! Let us look for
him!"
" It Is Impossible he can't be in tho
morass," replied tho other.
I know not whether they continued
their conversation, but I heard nothing
more; fainted away with the loss of
blood, and in this state I remained sev
eral hours; for when I came to myself
the buii was already high.
I hud sunk into the morass up to my
wulst ; my hair stood erect when I recol
lected the carnage of the night and the
:oth of August was one of my first ideas.
I counted my wounds which were 8 in
number, but none of them dangerous;
they were given with sabres, on the
arms, the breast, and the back. As the
nights are very cold in that country, I
wore a thick pelisee, which deadened tho
blows. I was, however, extremely
weak.
I listened ; the Turks had long been
gone, r rom time to time 1 heard the
groans of wounded horses on the field of
battle ; as to the men, the Turks had
taken caro of them. , ,
I attempted to extricate myself from
the place in which I then was, and this
I accomplished in about an hour. The
footsteps I had left behind me on enter
ing, gujded me out again. Though a
war with the Turks blunts the edge ?
sensibility, I felt an emotion of fear
when I cast my eyes beyond the reeds.
I however advanced ; my eyes were di
rected toward theN scene of massacre ;
but words are inadequate to express my
terror on feeling myself suddenly seized
by the arm. I turned my head, and be
held an Arnaut, six feet high, who had
come back to see if he could pick up
anything else. Never wag hope more
cruelly disappointed. I addressed him
in the Turkish language:
"Take my watch, my, money, my
uniform, but spare my life."
" All these belong to me, and your
head in the bargain."
He immediately untied the string of
my hussar cap, and then my cravat. I
was unarmed, incapable of defending
myself; at the slightest movement he
would have plunged his cutlass into my
bosom. I threw my arms around his
body, supplicating his compassion,while
he endeavored to uncover my head.
" Have compassion on me I I said.
"My family ia rich; make me your
prisoner, and you shall have a large
ransom." i ,
" It will be too long to wait for that,'
replied he " Only hold yourself still
that I may cut." And he was already
taking out my shirt pin.
Meanwhile I hung round him, he did
not prevent me, because he relied upon
his weapons ; and even, perhaps, from
a motive of compassion, which was not
strong enough to counterbalance the
hope of a ducat. While he was disen
gaging my shirt pin, I felt something
hard at his girdle. It was an iron ham.
mer. He again repeated, " Hold your
self still." ,
" These would have been the last
, words I should have heard had not the
horror of such a death inspired me with
the Idea of seizing his hammer; he did
tiot perceive what I was doing, and al
ready he held my bend In one band and
Ids cutlass In the other, when disengag
ing myself by a sudden movement, I
gave him n blow on the face with the
hammer with nil my strength. The
Arnaut staggered ; I repeated the blow,
and he fell, at the same time dropping
his weapon. It Is unnecessary to add
thnt I seized It and plunged It into his
body.
I ran to our advanced posts, whose
arms I perceived glittering in the sun
and at length readied the camp. My
comrades shunned me as they would n
spectre. The same day I was attacked
with a vlolcikWever and was conveyed
to the hospital.
In six weeks I recovered from my
fever and wounds, and rejoined the
army'. On my arrival the gypsy brought
me her Tokay, and 1 was Informed that,
during my absence, different circum
stances had come to puss exactly as she
had foretold and had procured her mon
ey, consultations and many legacies.
All this was very extraordinary.
Not long afterword two deserters from
tho enemy came over to us. They
were Christians of Bervla, who had
been employed about the baggage of tho
Turklnh army, and hud deserted to
avoid a punishment they had Incurred.
They no sooner saw the gipsy than they
knew her, and declared that she fre
quently went at night to the Turkish
camj) to givo the enemy an account of
our movements.
Tills astonished us greatly, for the
woman bad performed for us various
services, and we had even admired tho
address with which she executed tho
most perilous commissions, The de
serters, however, persisted in their tes
timony, adding that they hod several
times been present when this woman
described to them our project, and en
couraged them to make attacks which
had uclually taken place. A Turkish
cypher served for her passport..
The convincing proof being found
upon her she was sentenced to suffer
death ob a spy. Before her execution I
questioned her on her prediction rela
tive to me. 81io acknowledged that by
acting as a Bpy to both parties, which
procured her a double profit, she had
often learned the designs of both; that
those who secretly consulted her on their
future fortunes hud modeller acquainted
with many circumstances, and Bhe was
likewise under some obligation to ac
cident.
As to what regarded me in particular,
she selected me to make of me a great
example, capuble of comfirmlng her
credit by fixing so long beforehand,
the fatal moment. At its approach she
iustlgated the enemy to make an attack,
on the night of the 20th, on the post of
our regiment. From the intercourse
which she had with the officers, she
learned that there were two to go out
before me ; to one she sold adulterated
wine, which made him very ill ; as for
the other, at the moment of his de
parture, she went up to him as if to sell
him something, and found means, un
perceived, U introduce very high into
the nostrils of his horse a piece of burn
ing tinder.
Bhe was executed a few days after my
interview, and there was none among
our forces who regretted the event.
Piper's Strange Story.
77 D WARD S. PIPER, a reformed
Ji forger, died a few days ago in Jollett
Illinois. He was well known to the
police of New York and other cities.
Recently he gave to Detective Allen
Plnkerton the history of his life. He
was born in Cynthiana, Kentucky, in
1828. His father was a wealthy planter,
and his mother was a New Orleans
Creole. He received a thorough academ-
io education, and .learned to speak
several languages. When eighteen years
old he quarrelled with his father, and
quit his home never to return. He
traveled extensively, and at length set
tled in Buffalo, in the employ of Rath-
burn, Pettis & Co., commission mer
chants. He was liked for his Intel
llgence, pleasing manner, and quick
penmanship, and after he had been with
the firm a year he was made confiden.
tlalcleik. In 1854 Buffalo was startled
by the discovery of extensive forgeries
of warehouse receipts, purporting to be
from Rathburn, Pettis & Co. An inves
tigation fastened suspicion on Piper as
the forger, he having disappeared from
the city ft short time before. In his
confession to Pinkerton, nearly twenty
three years after the forgeries, Piper
says that they were committed by one of
the firm, and that he was innocent. His
explanation was that while acting as
confidential clerk he found out that one
of his employers was forging the ware
house receipts to cover up losses that he
had suffered in business. His employer
had a beautiful daughter, to whom he
had long been paying his addresses until
he had become recognized as her ac
cepted suitor. When the young woman's
father found out that he knew the secret
of the forgeries, he desired to have h!m
go away. He told Piper that h
was the only person who knew tho
faots. He feared that his Irregularities
would soon be exposed, and he thought
that if Piper was out of the way he
would be oble to screen himself and set
tle with his partners. The daughter
olned the father in iersimdlnB the lover-
clerk to quit the city. He was informed
that he would get a letter from her when
the proper time arrived for him to re
turn to Buffalo. After his departure ho
saw the news of the forgeries in tho
newspapers, and that ho was accused by
his guilty employer of being the forger
aud of running away to esoae arrest.
Ho wrote to his sweetheart for an ex
planation which he never received. The
false accusation, and the treachery of
the father and daughter, were what
drove Piper, as he assured Plnkerton, to
follow forgery as an occupation.
Good Advloe for You.
Think twice beforo you believe every
evil story you hear, and think twenty
times before you repeat It, especially if
It Is about a woman. Hay to yourself,
" This may tiot be true, or it may be ex
aggerated," unless you lmvo proof of
the veracity of your Informant. People
sometimes toll falsehoods, they often
mako mistakes, and they sometimes
"hear wrong." Tliero Is auricular il
lusion as well as optical illusion. Take
all these things Into consideration before
you believe. As for repeating tho story,
ask yourself if it is necessary. It some
times Is necessary. Then do it with the
fear of God, and the remembrance of tho
golden rule before you. Let us give the
the helping hand, not the downward
push ; so the angels may reach their
hands towards .us when we stand In
need.
- .
(fiT A rollicking Hibernian of the
Light Division in the Peninsula, was
onco trudging leisurely along the road,
with a pig In a string behind him, when
as bad luck would have it, he was over
taken by General Crawford. The saluta
tion was not tho most cordial :
" Where did you steal that pig, you
plundering rascal '"'
"What pig, gen'ral?" exclaimed the
culprit, turning around to him, with an
air of most innocent surprise.
" Why, that pig you have behind you,
you villain I"
"Well, then, I vow tho prospect,
gin'ral," rejoined Paddy, nothing abash
ed, and turning around to his four-
footed companion, as if he had never
seen him before, " it is scandalous to
think what a wicked world we live in,
and how ready folks are- to take away
an honest boy's character. Borne black
guard, wanting to got me into trouble,
has tied that baste to my cartridge-
box."
tW A. Dew scheme of swindling was
exposed in New York last week. It was
in the shape of a circular purporting to be
sent out by Bradley & Co., bankers, at No,
40 Broad street, and explaining a new plan
of operating in stocks. The advantages of
the plan are set forth in glowing colors, and
agents are wanted. A list cf banks are
published as regular correspondents of
Bradley & Co., where deposits could be
made ; but invostors are advised to send
all sums loss tban one hundred dollars dl
rectly to No. 40 Broad street. One of
these banks is the First National, of Hor
nellsville, whose officers deny any knowl
edge of the business, and declare it to be a
swindling scheme.
ggr The perfection to which the train
ing of the blind In mechanical pursuits
has been carried is wonderful. At the
last agricultural fair at Elizabcthport,
N. J., the first premium for rag carpet
was awarded to a blind man, and now it
becomes a matter ' of interest to know
whether this sightless man bad any
competition, and to what extent sym
pathy for him influenced the decision of
the committee.
tW A dog in Sierk, Franco, returned
good for evil. His master, a peasant, at
tached a stone to bis neck and threw him
into the. Moselle. The poor brute sank,
but the cord broke, and he rose to the sur
face and made desperate efforts to get into
the boat. Ills master poshed him repeat
edly with an oar, and at length stood up
and endeavored to strike him a violent
blow. In the attempt the man fell into
the water. Tho dog swam to him and
held him up by the clothing until aid ar
rived. X3T A pair of boot lasts have been made
for Leonard Wilcox, of Rome, New York,
who is soveu feet in height and weighs COO
pounds. The lasts are twenty-two inches
in length, seven in height, and eighteen
around the instep. . .
3 Honor is unstable, and seldom the
same; for she feeds upon opinion, and
ia as fickle as her food. She builds a
lofty structure on the sandy foundation
of the esteem of those who are of all be
ings the most subject to change.
SCHENCK'S PULMONIC 8YRUP.
for tA Curt of OonmnijiUon, Vwgh dfr CtUu
The crest Tlrtll tit Hila fn,ll.lna la thai It
ripens ths mutter und throws It out of the sys.
torn, purifies the blood, and thus effects eure.
fkhinuk't Sea M'Mrt Tonlo, ftrtiu Cur Xy-
pnjina, jntugmHtn, f.
The Tonlo produce! a health actl
rUomnch, creating an appetlto. formlne chvle.
and curing the most obstinate esses of Indlgcs-
SihenckU f amir alt t l'M, for tin (Mr of Liv.
ir OomjilaM, A-e,
ThnsA Pills nrrt alterotlvn. atwl t.rn,1..n
Healthy action of the liver without the least
danger, as they are fres from calomel, and yet
more emcacioua iu restoring a healthy action
of the liver.
These remedies are a certain store for Con-
sumption as the Pulmonic Byrnp ripens the
mutter and purlflos the blood. The Mandrake
Pills act upon the Liver, ereute a lienlthy bile,
and remove all diseases of the Liver, often a
cause for Consumption, The Sea Weed Tonlo
give tone ana strength to the stomach, makes
a Rood dilution, and enables the organs to
form good blood and thus creates a healthy
circulation of healthy blood. The combined
action of these medicines, as thus explained,
uuru every case 01 uonsnintlon, ir taken
In time, and tho nse of ths medicines persover-
VII 111.
Dr. Schneck Is professional! vat hit nrlnelnaf
ofllce, corner Sixth and Arch Bts., Phllldelphla,
ovory Monday, whoro all letters for advice
mnt be addrossed. Schenck's medicines for
sale cfl all druggists.
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AND
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And everything under the head of
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CAT I
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THE subscriber has now on band at
LOW PBrCE8,
Good Sole Leather, '
Kip of Superior Quality,
Country Calf Skins,
French Call,
LININGS, ROANS, &c.
F, Mortimer,
NEW BLOOM FIELD, FA.
TRESPASS NOTICE. Notice Is hereby by giv
en to all persons not to trespass on the
grounds of the undersigned, situate In Madison
and Jackson townships, by picking berries. flili
tug. bunting, or iherwlse trespassing, a tbey
will be dtsalt with according to law.
Sol. V. Chit j
J. B. Coup ;
8oi)Hon Ikiwas;
Ix. Joussos
W. B.GKATt
Andbiw Tbostu i
B. O. SMITH :
June la, 1877. p4
Isaac Holxenbacoh ;
Mks. Mak B. Smith :
Mas. Bajlah Htambaii.u :
James A. AndkhsoS ;
Jkhkmiah Hkscu ;
James Woods.
D. STAMBAL'tiU;