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GERTRUDE YONDER WART.
AN AFFECTING STORY.
Among those who were accused ;ts
accomplices in the assassination of
the Emperor Albert by John oi Swa
bia, was the Baron Yonder Wart,
though according to the unanimous
test imony of early and later historians,
he had not taken any immediate part
in the deed itself. He was bound
alive to the wheel. His wife Gertrude,
did not forsake her unhappy husband
even in his last moments, and she
describes those dreadful hours in the
following letter to Margaret he Fre
iamtein, which is inserted in a book
published at H -arlcm in 1813, undt r
the following title; “Gertrude Ven
der Wart, or Fidelity till Death,atrue
history, of the 14th century, by J C.
Appenzeller.”
“I prayed under the scaffold on
which my husband was fastened alive
upon the wheel, and exhorted him ti
fortitude. 1 then arose, and with
thick pieces of wood built mvsell a
kind of steps, by means of which I
could mount up to the wheel, laid
myself upon his trembling limbs and
head, and stroked the hair from his
face, which the wind had blown over
it.—“ [ beseech you leave me ! Oh,
T beseech you !” he exclaimed con
tinually. “When day breaks, if you
should be found here what will be your
fate ? and what new misery will you
bring upon me 1 Oh God ;is it pos
sible that thou canst still increase
my sufferings. 1 ’
“ I will die with you ; ’tis for that
1 come, and no power shall force me
front vou,” said I, and spread out
my arms over him, and implored God
for my Rudolph’s death.
The day broke slowly, when I saw
many people in motion opposite us;
I replaced the thick pieces of wood
where I had found them. It was the
guard who had fled on my appear
ance, but had remained near the spot
and as it seemed, caused a report to
he made of what had passed ; for at
day break all the people, men, women,
and children, came flocking out of
the town.
Among those people I recognised
flie gaoler, who had given me up the
•preceding evening to Von Landen
hcrg. The report must also have
reached him, that I had been with
tny husband, for he .approached me
shaking his head, and said : “ Wo
man ! this was not the intention when
Landenberg fetched you yesterday !”
As more people approached, I saw
also several women of my acquaint
ance, among them was the wife of
die bailiff Hugo Von Winterthur; 1
saluted her, and begged her interven
tion with her husband, that he i light
order the executioner to put an end
to my husband’s cruel sufferings.
“ He dare not do any thing for me,”
sighed Wart upon the wheel, again
moving his head at this moment, and
looking down upon me with his swol
len eves—“ He dare not do any tiling;
the Queen pronounced the sentence;
and the bailiff must therefore obey :
otherwise I had well deserved him
that he should do me this lasi kind
ness.”
Some persons brought me bread
and confectionary,- and offered mo
'vine to refresh me, but 1 could take
nothing; for the tears that were shed,
and (he pity that animated everv
heart, and was kindly expressed, was
to me the most agreeable refresh
ment, As it grew lighter, the uum
ber of people increased . I recogniz
ed also tbe sheriff Steiner Von I’fun
• gen, with his two sons Conrad and
Datlikon; al so a Madame Von Nef
fenbach, who was praying for us.
The executioner came also ; then
Lampucht the confessor; tbe first said
v.ith a sigh; “ (iod bale compassion
with this unhappy man, and comfort
his soul!” the latter asked Rudolph
if he would not yet confess ? Wart,
with a dreadful exertion of all his
strength, repeated the same words
that he had called out to the Queen
before the tribunal at L-rugk. Th
priest was silent.
Ml at once I heard a cry of “make
way !” and a troop of horsemen ap
proached with their vizors down.
The executioner kneeled, the con
fessor laid his hand upon his breast,
the hors, men halted. Fathers aid
Moti.ers held up their children m
their arms, and the guard with then
lances form a circle, while the tallest
of th. knights raised himself in his
stirrups, and said to the executioner,
“ Whither are the crows flown that
lie still k eps his eyes ?” and this was
the duke Leopold.
My heart' ceased to beat, when
another knight with a scornful snide
said : “ Let him writhe as long as he
has feeling; but then people must he
gone. Confounded wretches! tin
sighing and crying makes me mad !
No pity must be shown here ; and she
h re, who so increases the howling,
who is she ? what does the woman
want ? away wit.i her !”
I now recognised the voice of the
Queen, it was Agnes, in the dress
and armour oi a knight. 1 remarked
immediately that it was a woman’s
voic , and it is certain that it was
Agnes.
“It is Wart’s wife !” I heard a
third knight say. ‘ Last night when
the sentence was executed, we took
her with us to Kyburg. She esca
ped from us ; and I must-And her here
then! We thought that in her des
pair she had leaped into ( t he moat
of the castle We have been seeking
her since this morning early God !
what faithful love. Let her alone ;
nothing can he done with her.”
1 here recognised the mild temper
ed youth, Von Landenberg. How
well did he now speak for me ! 1 could
l ave fallen at his feet.
Well, Gerlude! cried a fourth tone,
“will you not yet take rational advice?
do not kill yourself! save yourself for
the world ! you will not repent of it.”
Who was this, Margaretha? I trem
bled ; it was she w ho wanted to per
suade me at Brugh, to ieave the
criminal Wart to his fate, and pass
days of joy with her. Then [ too
could almost have exclaimed, “God!
this is too much ! cease !”
Agnes made a sign to an esquire to
raise me up, and bring me away from
the scaffold. lie approached me,
but I threw my arm round it, and
implored my own and my husband’s
death. But in vain! two men drag
ged me away. I besought assistance
from Heaven; it was granted me.
Von Landenberg (othervvise a faith
ful servant o! Austria) once more ven
tured to speak for me. “ Cease to
humble her; such fidelity is not found
on earth : angels in Heaven must re
joice at it ; but it would be good if
the people were driven away.”
They let me loose again; the horse
men departed; tears flowed from
Lamprecht’s eyes; he had acted
strictly acceding to his duty, and
executed the will of the Queen: he
could not listen to the voiceof na
ture and weep with me. “ I can
hold out no longer, noble lady ! 1
am vanquished ! your name shall be
mentioned with glory among the saints
in heaven, for this world will forget
it. Be faithful unto death, and I will
give you the crown of life,” said he
—gave me his hand and departed.
Every body now left the place ex
cept the executioner and the guard :
evening came on, and at length silent
night; a stormy wind arose, and its
how ling joined with the loud and un
ceasing prayers which i put up to the
Almighty.
One oi the guard now brought me
a cloak to protect me against the
wind because it was night; but I got
upon the wheel - and spread it upon
the raked and broken limbs of my
husband - the wind whist!- and through
his hair, his lips were dry. I fetch
ed him some water in mv shoe, which
was a refreshment to us both. I know
not, my 'dearest Margaretha, how it
was possible for me to live through
such heart-breaking and cruel hours !
But I lay, as if guarded and won
defully strengthened by God’s Angels
and the saints, continually praying
near the -wheel on which my whole
world repose 1.
Duringthis time my thoughts were
with God. As often as a sigh broke
fromthc breast of my Rudolph it was
a dagger in my heart. But I remem
bered the Holy Virgin, how she too
had suffered under the cross of her
Son, and consoled myself with the
hope that after a short time ofsuf
fi ring, the eternal joys of Heaven
would he my portion, and this gave
me courage to suffer; I know too,
for whom I suffered, and this gave
ine strength in the combat, so that I
endured to the very last moment.
Though Wart had at first so earn
estly begged of me not to increase
his agonies by my presence, yet he
now thanked me as much for not
having left him; in my prayers to
God he found consolation and refresh
ment, and it was a comfort to his
-•out when I prayed.
llow the last dreadful morning and
i non were spent; permit me to pass
over in silence—A few hours before
He libierunt artes, paeisque imponere morem, parcere subjectis et debellarc superbos. — Virgil.
MILLEDGEVILLE, TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1826
evening, Rudolph moved his head
for the last time ; 1 raised myself up
to him. He mumured very faintly,
but with smiling love upon his lips,
Jiese words ; Gertrude, this is fideli
ty till death, and expired.—On my
Knees I th..nked God for the grace
w’hi< h he had given me to remain
faithful to the end.
THE DOCTOR AGAINST HIS WILL.
The grand duke Boris Gudenow,
who reigned during the years 1597
and 1605, was, according to the rela
tion of Olearius, very much afflicted
with the gout. At a certain period,
wh n lie suffered very severe pains,
he caused it pubiickly to be proclaim
ed at Moscow, that he would re
ward with extraordinary favour and
great riches the man, whoever. he
might be, that would relieve him
from those pains.
“ It seems that no one voluntarily
appeared to earn the favour of the
Grand Duke: and, indeed, no wonder,
for a doctor had his whole xist nee
at stake i- those times, in Russia, it
his cure failed upon some high or no
ble patient; and Gudenow was in the
habit of making the surgeon, as if h
considered the latter as absolute mas
ter of nature, responsible for the re
sult of his art.
“ The wife of a certain bojaar, or
counsellor of the cabinet, w ho reciv
ed very harsh treatment from her
husband, took the advantage of this
public edict of the grand duke, to
rev r,ge hers If, in a cunning manner,
on her cruel husband. She there
fore, had the duke informed that her
husband possess and an infallible
remedy for the gout, but that he was
not sufficiently humane to impart it.
“ The bojaar was immediately sent
for the court, and strictly examined;
the latter declared by all that was
holy, that he was unacquainted with
any such remedy, and had not the
slightest knowledge of medicine But
oaths would not avail his; Gudenow
had him severely whipped and con
fined. When, shortly after, he was
examined, he repeated the same
declarations, adding, that this trick
was probably upon him by his wife;
the duke had him whipped a second
time, but more severely, and threat en
ed him with death, if he had not spee
dily relieve him from pain. Seized
with terror, the bojaar was now at a
loss w hat to be at He promised to
do his best, but requested a few days,
in order to have the necessary drug
gathered. Having, with great diffi
culty, had his request granted, he
sent to Ozibak, two days’ journey
from Moscow, in order to get thence
all sorts of drugs which were to be
had there. He sent for a cart-load
of them, mixed them all together,
and prepared herewith a bath for the
duke, in the hope of his blind cure
proving successful. Gudenow having
used the bath, really found some re
lief, and the bojaar had his life spar
ed him. Nevertheless, because he
had know n such an art, denied his
knowdedge of it, and refused his as
sistance to the grand duke, the latter
had him again thoroughly whipped,
and after being entirely recovered,
he gave him anew dress, two hun
dred rubles, and eighteen slaves, by
way of a present, In addition to this,
he seriously admonished the doctor
never to be revenged on his wife. It
is said that the bojaar, after this oc
currence, lived many years in peace
and happiness with his spouse.”
". ,l
FALL OF MISSOLONGHI.
London, May 14.
Despatches were received or. Mon
day morning at the Colonial Office,
from Major-General, the lion. Fred
erick Ponsonby, the Lord High Com
missioner, pro tempore, in the loni
an Islands, announcing that the late
of the long disputed fortress of Mis
solonghi, was finally decided cm the
nights of the 22d and 23d ultimo.
The death of Ibrahim is not true.
It appears that the garrison, hav
ing become desperate from the total
want of provisions, and the failure of
the Greek fleet, under Admiral Ml
aulis, to throw supplies into the
town, determined to retire trom the
place. A sortie was accordingly
made by 800 men, under two chief
tains, with the hope to gain one o'
the batteries upon the sea shore,
which was defended by a large body
of Arabs; and the town was partial
ly set fire to at the same time, with
the view of diverting the attention
of the besiegers.
It was hoped, that by this attack,
a way would he opened for the re
mainder of the garrison; but this
plnn had been foreseen by the Turks,
and their posts so strongly reinforced,
that, after attempting in vain to force
a passage, by carrying the battery,
the body, led by the two Chieftains,
dispersed, and end avored to save
themselves by gaining the moun
tains.
They then poured into the town
and put to the sword, or made pri
oners, all who opposed them.
The loss sustained by the Turk
on this occasion is not reported ; but
the obstinacy of the conflict may he
estimated by the fast, that althoug 1
between 2 and 3000 Greeks perish
ed in that town, and at the foot of
the mountain, only 150 are reported
to liave been taken aliv . Os the
women and children, a considerable
number sue said to have destroyed
themselves, or to have been drown
ed ; but about 3000 have been re
turned a- prisoners.
The alarm created by their dis
persion, was quickly communicated
to those who were to follow on this
hazardou enterprise, who now aban
doned their posts, and sought shel
ter in small numbers in the most ten
able places in the neighborhood of
the town. In the midst of the con
fusion, the Turkish troops rushed on
from the sea and land side, and took
possession of the fortifications, to
which, as a signal, of victory, they
set fire.
[From the London Timcy of May 17.]
We perceive that the fall of Mis
solonghi has excited some uneasi
ness among the friends of Greece,
for the ultimate condition of that
long suffering and interesting coun
try. In making known the above
unfortunate event, on Monday last,
we thought it right to add, that th
final issue of the war was not likely,
in our judgment, to depend on any
relative superiority, attainable thro’
military successes, by the Turkish
Government over the Greek nation ;
and such is our conviction still.
The readers of the Times may re
ly upon the information conveyed to
them, and repeatcd i in former num
bers of this journal, on the authority
of our foreign correspondents, as to
tire nature and political results of
his Grace the Duke of Wellington’s
embassy to the Court of St. Peters
burg. On that subject, we distinct
!v stated, that the Duke only faded
where a failure was inevitable, in the
eff irt which he was officially c.oi n
pelled to make, for preventing, '■
such a thing were possible, a contest
between the Russian empire and the
Porte, on points not immediately
connected with the war now raging
between the Greeks an dthe latter
power.
Respecting Greece, however, the
Duke succeeded in a manner the
must absolute and complete. The
independence of Greece was secured
by his representations to the Russian
cabinet. Her r lease from Turkey
was not left contingent on the pre
carious issue of her own military re
sources and exertions. Her fortres
ses might be captured, and her heave
men slaughtered, and legious of A
rabs might overrun the fields of the
Morea; but the resolution was an
nounced by England, and Russia
concurred in it unequivocally, that
Greece snould no logger exist as a
slave to the Turks. Let, therefore,
the friends of general liberty dismiss
their fears for the result of this san
guinary conflict—Greece will ere
long be free ; and instead of the fu
ture being rendered more doubtful
by the fall of the fortress recently
captured—an event calamitous only
for the innocent blood which it has
cost—we are inclined to think that
the moment of liberation to the
Greeks will be hastened by it rath -r
rnan r tarded. Turkey will become
more insolent and unsparing; Eng
!-*nd th. re fore must, fur the sake of
! nor and humanity, be more prompt
in the developement of her policy,
and mure vigorous and peierptory
in its enforcement. If, indeed, we
have allowed that the point of the
late negotiation which miscarried
was one which no address or talent
could then have secured—so we are
bound to express our regret that the
object, which has been attained with
Russia by negotiation has not been
more energetically followed up and
realized in favour of Greece by our
diplomatic agents at Constantinople.
Though the end will he the same, a
'rightful mass of intermediate suffer
ing has already flowed from the vain
attempt to apply the instrument of
masoning, where cannon balls only
were likely to obtain a hearing.
Paris, May 16.
Every tiling indicates that hostil
.ties are on the point-of commencing
between Russia and the Porte.
A private letter from Augsburg,
of May 8, says, “that at the date of
the latest news from Constantinople,
th Porte had not officially answered
M. de Minziaeky, hut the first verbal
■iHwer of the Reis Eflendiff was
known, and its tenor shows that the
Ottoman ministry is not destitute of
address.
“it is glad that the Emperor Nich
olas dees not confound in his ultima
tum the. question of the Greek reb
els with the Porte; that it learn
with pleasure that the intervention
of other cabinets, which for these
five years have served only to fetter
the negotiations with Russia, ha 9 at
ength ceased ; that the Porte, how
ver, had fulfilled its treaties respec
ting Moldavia and Wallachia, since
-3000 Police Guards cannot be called
a military occupation ; that the Porte
consequently hoped that Russia on
its part would no longer delay to give
up to the Turks the fortresses of
Bessarabia, the restitution of which
was stipulated by the peace of 1812.
“It is not doubted that as soon as
this answer is known at St. Peters
burg, it will lead to an order to pas
tlie Pruth ; the Porte seems to ex
pect this, for a firman has already
been issued, giving orders to provi
sion the forces on tie Danube for six
■ f onths The 20th May is general
ly assigned as the day when the Rus
sian troops will enter the principali
ties.”
Bcckharest, April 26.
According to the last accounts
from Constantinople, dated the 20th,
which have been brought by Coin
iers, the Reis Effendi has replied hv
a formal refusal, to the proposals of
Mr. Stratford Canning, in favor of
the Greeks. Private letters add,
that the English Ambassador, on his
return from his conference on this
subject with the Reis Effendi, had
been insulted by the Turkish popu
lace, who had collected in the streets.
As for M. Miuziacky, it is considered
as certain, that in case of a formal
refusal in answer to the ultimatum
presented to him, he wjll quit Con
stantinople one day after the expira
tion of the six weeks’ delay given to
the Porte. The Divan will hardly
come to a decisive resolution before
that time.
Liverpool, May 24.
The cause of the Greeks was in
cidentally touched upon in the House
•f Commons, on the 19th. Sir Rob
ert Wilson and Mr.
,in favor of the govt
some measures in their favor befor
another year should come round.
.Mr. II said the ruin of the Gr*-'
cause was not necessarily to be in
ferred from the downfall of Mi- so
longhi. On the contrary, the best
possible results ought to lie predict
ed, from the courage and despern'
valor withVhich the Greeks had de
fended that fortress.
The Pope has issued anew bull
against all secret societies, and par
ticularly against the freemasons.
Vecrec of the General Congress of Mexico.
The M. E. President of the United
Mexican States has been pleased to
address to me the decree which fol
lows ;
The President of the United Mex
ican States to the inhabitants there
of—Know re, that the General Con
gress have decreed as follows ;
Al! goods, productions, and effects
of national growth or manufacture,
which may be exported, shall he free
of duty, and neither shall the Stales
through which they may pass, or the
public authorities on flic coasts, im
pose on them any duly of w hatsoev
er description, except flic following:
Coined gold, two per cent.
Gold in bars, dr otherwise, two
per cent.
Silver, coined, in bars, or other
wise, three and one half per cent.
LORENZO I)E ZAVALA,
President of the Senate.
BERNARDO GON.SALE/. PEREZ OF.
ANGELO,
President of ihe Chamber of Deputies.
DEMETRIO CASTILLO.
Senator Secretary.
JOAQUIN MIGUEL GCTIENEZ,
Deputy Secretary.
Whereupon i direct the same to
be printed, published, and circulated,
and that the same be duly fulfilled.
Palau of lire Federal Government in Mexico .
IQth May, IS2O.
GUADELUFE VICTORIA.
And I transmit the same to you to
be carried into effect.
God and liberty.
ESTEYA.
Mexico, 10 th May, 1826.
From the National Journsl.
We learn from Ihe Arkansas Ga-I
zette of May 2.‘3d, that, of a party of
ten or twelve, that were engaged in
catching wild horses, on the roe-Wu
-hita, a branch of the Red River, five
were killed by a party of' Indians, b -
lieved to lie- Pawnees.
Some difficulties have arisen be
tween the Cherokees and Usages hi
Arkansas. A council has been field
at Cantonment Gibson, where the
Cherokees demanded of the Osagts
■atisfiiction fur the murder of some
of their people, and restitution for
several horses which bad been sto
len bv the latter nation. The coun
cil broke np w ithout an acconimoda
tiyuoftheir differ nces. The Osuges
objected to treating', in consequence
fthe recent death of their Agent,
Col. McNair, and positively refused
to make the satisfaction required by
,i other party, until another AgPr.t
should be appointed. The conse
quence of t’u-ir refusal was an imme-
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diate declaration of war against them
by the Cherokees—hut, through the
intercession of Col Arbuckle, they
have consented to suspend hostilities
fi r the space of three months, for the
purpose of giving the Osages farther
lime to deliberate upon the matter,
and for the appointment of an Agent,
and receipt of instructions from this
City, which, it is hoped, may have a
tendency to prevent an effusion of
blood between the parties.
Amongst the numerous articles of
intelligence furnished in our column®
to-day, that which relates to the af
fairsofGreece is particularly interest
ing. Missolonghi has a length fallen:
but we have, on the authority of the
London Times, the consoling infor
mation that the wrelched fortune of
the Greeks has at length attracted
the attention ofthe two Powers of the
World who hav it in their |>ower,
and they alone, by their dictum, to
determine her fate. The teeling cf
humanity s erns at length to have
overcome, on the part of the British
Government, the sugg stions of poli
cy ; and she has become the interces
sor and vindicator of the most oppres
sed of Christian Nations. The sa
crifice of human life at Missolonghi
is deeply to be deplored : but happy
w ill it be if it have the effect to stim
ulat' the Poweis of Europe, whoa
lone have a right to interfere in it, to
say at length to the Turk, Stay thv
hand, and release Jjiy grasp! Thy
tyranny be at an end ! Greece shall
be free l- 1 . Vat. Int.
From the Eastpoit (Me.) Sentinel.
“ The schooner Hammond, Tuth
crlev, of Portsmouth, N. H., with
about 120 quintals of fish on board,
was captured last Monday, on Sandy
Cove fishing ground, which is about
wo leagues from the shore, by a
boat belonging to the British brig of
var Dotlearl. Two other vessels, the
lary and Favorite of Portsmouth,
were in company at the time, but
n ude their escape ; as did also the
schooner Lark. Captain Hillard, of
the same place, now in this port, from
whom we obtained the above infor
mation Capt. 11. states that sever
al shots were fired at him, and came
very near killing one ro two of his
men. He supposes that several
other vessels wi re taken at the time,
as a number were at anch<
er part of ti e ground. It is hoped
that an armed vessel will soon be
sent in our bay, and another to the
Labrador coast, for the protection of
the hardy and meritorious fisher
men ”
The Boston Patriot makes the fol
lowing remarks upon this occurrence
“ When, to this renewed molesta
tion of our fishermen, we add the
recent case of mpressment on the
African coast, both acts of the Brit
ish officers, wo confess they present
some indication of a systematic repe
tition of those outrages on our nation
al rights, which forced tLis country
into a war of reprisal for the protec
tion of those rights; and to which
dernier resort it may again be driven,
unless these acts be officially disa
vowed, and measures to be taken to
prevent the occurrence hereafter et
like depredations. In the mean time
one of our sloops of war stationed in
the Bay of Fnndy, or in that vicinity,
might prove a salutary check to that
tiiirst for naval renown, wh ; ch lias
led a British sloop of war to show
fight to an American fishing smack.
Fro:re , Messuratlo .—Letters have
been received here from the African
Colony at Cape Messurado, dated
18th April last, which gives the fol
lowing melancholy information of the.
fate of several emigrants from this
town. The letters state that the.
Colonists arrived there after a pas
sage ofabout five weeks from Boston,
and after being there ten or fifteen
days, several of them were attacked
with the fever of tlic Country; that
Newport Gardner, John S. Nuba,
Abania Gardner, and the wife and
son of John Chevers, jiad died.—
■ Newport Merevry.
A Curious Spectacle. —A few weeks
since, a gentleman in this neighbor
hood noticed a very unusual flight
of crows, who seemed to Le at
tracted from all directions to one
particular spot on his farm, and ail
incessant noise and hustle agitatated
all that arrived. The gentleman
took his gun in his hand, and crept
towards the spot to ascertain the oc
casion, and to make a shot amongst
them. On getting within view o.
the centre of attraction, he was amus
ed to find the hustle to lie occasion
ed bv a battle between a couple of'
the c.-uws, who, notwithstanding his
approach, fought on so obstinately,
that they would not separate until
the gentleman took hold of them
with his hands and carried the com
batants home with him.
Maryland Rep f