The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-07-21
From Ae Philadelphia North amer;ean.
A SHORT sKETcn az nnnaAnn

"h1lCn VI HUNGARY.
me recent revolutionary movements IN ths
hungarian provinces, and the noble siandihev
have made against the two powerful armies Of
Austria and Russia, have Induced one ii vour
constant readers tohave resort to several gsoo,
raphies and gazetteers, with a view 10 Se,,Oo
MIN o. Its extent, population. &c, &c. Bit
as these contain no statistics, lie has hastily
thrown together the following short account
OF Upper and Lower Hungary, the s%tatistjcs
being taken from Mag regor's work, rubli,bod
in London in 1874.
In hel4th and 18th cen turtles, Hungary com.
prlsed part of modern Poland and Eurono.r
turkey, and was divided into ten sons,,,o
governments or kingdoms, viz: Hungary prc-
per- Croatia, Sclavonia, Dalmatia Bosnia. Rn,.
garia, Moldavia, Lordomia and TransylvaD,s.
Several OF these provinces have since baon
detached from Hungary, and Il now form, !
part OF the A ustrlan Dominions, being bOun-
ded on thewestby a part Of GermSay--nor,b bv
GaIIlcla, from which il 10 separated bv the
CarPathean Mountains east by, TraussyIyysania
and Wallachia: and South by Turkey. sciavo-
MIA and Croatia. Its present territorial extent
ls o4,9VO square miles. Thus it is ncnrIv
twlce as large as the State of New York.
II was formerly known as Upper,and Lower
hungary but this division has been snpcr-
seeded, and il is now separated in the follow.
ing six >cifcles, yiz:-Circle this side the Dan.
uoe, circle beyond the Danube, circle this aida
the Iheyss, circle beyond the Tbeyss. Pro.
vince Of Sclayonia, Province Of Croatia
lnese circles are. divided into counties. Of
which there are 10 in the first circle. and n
IN each OF the others. The principal rivorv
are the Danube, the Brave, the Maresch, the
March, the White Koresch, the I%zarnoS. the
Iheyss' the Waag, and the Ternes.
It contains Sc large towns, 75l market
towns, ll,7O6 villages, I,3O7,l7e houses, q,8ss.
500 families, d,9l7,eO2 males, 6,I79.oOo fo-
males, Total population l2,O96,2 200. OF these.
about 6,5O000O are Roman Catholics. ond
about 100000 Of tho Greek Church. obout
100000 Luihorans, 100000 Caivinists, go.
OOQ Jews and itsregular urmyis $4,000 men.
There are about I5,OOO,O 900 Of English ac res
OF arabic land, | 100000 vineyards, 4,8Oo,OOO
gardens, e,85O,OOO pastures, about t5.0OOOo6
English acres Of OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES numbs,
of acres being about %S40,OOO,OOO; 4.5OOOO1
head ofhorned cattle $4,000 horses, 8,OOoOOO
sheep. aa
Bada is the capital; Il stands on the rich,
bank OF the Danube, and has rs 900 inhabi-
'ants. It was once the residence Of the KIM
OF Hungary, say till 1926, when il was taken
by the Turks. For 100 years il was contested
between them and the Christians. and IL wss
finally surrendered to the latter in 1886. In
1910 900 houses were destroyed by fire.. but
they have been replaced with improved build
ings.
Immediately opposite Buda, on the east side
ol the Danube, is Pestb, which is the largest
city 10 Hungary. Il i we'll built, containing
many elegant public buildings and mansions
OF Hungarian nobility. Its University is che
OF the most richly end lowed on the continent
OF Europe, and this city Of Pesth contains
above $4,000 inhabitants;it is about $50 miles
east southeast of Vienna.
Throughout Hungary the Sclavoniun pOpuln.
ton are the most numerous, and perform ,hS
most servilekip Of labor The Magyars-ths
original HungariaHs -ihOugh generally illit-
crate, are a spirited and intelligent race, fond
%OfaeIive employment and military life-avoid-
- b.
ing as much as possible, either labor or traffic.
In 1887 there were not less than 259,648 priv
ileged noblemen. The number since that time
had considerably increased. They pay n notaxes
and are thus very burthensomo, and greatly
retard the advancement Of the most generally
fertile kingdom in Elrope, which also suffers
much from the want Of good roads and cheap
transportation. ~
In the absence Of a better account Of the
Hungarian country, this sketch, taken from
several Of the best books within reach Of the
writer, will probably be acceptable to your
numerous readers. It's large population will
surprise many, but that statement, with all
other statistics, may be relied upon, having
been collected from 1896 to 1889, by Johp
Magregor, one of the Secretaries Of the Board
of Trade, London, and published in 1874. I'D
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