The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-12-17
HE HUNGARIAN PATRIOFs IN NEW YORK,
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The Reception Of the Hx- Governor
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|MADEMOIseulE ApolONIA JAGErLo
pTHER HUNGARIAN OFFICERS
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On Saturday evening the noble steamship Hermann,
Bsptain Crabtree, arrived in port, from Bremen.
{aven in Germany, via Southampton, England, having
board General Count Ujhasy the late civil governor
Il Comorn: Miss ApoleniA Jagslio, and other dis
kDguished refugees from Hungary. We went early on
bard, yesterday morning to meet them and accompa-
ed them to the Irving and Actor HOUSES where they
hd been invited to take up their quarters. sf3ip
THE INTKRvRw-THE vIsrTERs.
/ Here we were introduced to the noble refugees,
BID had the pleasure Of taking them by the hand.
Pie Governor, Lsdislss Ujbssy pronounced wehazyD
. venerable looking old man, apparently about
xty years Of age. He long flowing grey beard,
I'D has singular striking and venerable appearance.
BE manners simps, unaffected and unostentstious;
gs hereditary fortune the greater part of which has
Pen seized upon and sonnsestsd by the Austrian 60
rnment His lady and daughters are like himself in
|anners- simple and unpretendng though belop sng,
birth habits and education, to the highest class or
European sristoorscy. st41f -'tl s.tn' $50 i2 -
THE HUNGARIAN HERoINE. $3.50 p" +"
We much pleased with the personal appearance
ID manners Of Miss polonis, the Hungarian heroine
no. reports has fought in many battle for
liberties Of Hungary She Is At the Irving House She
fine blooming handsome young lady, about twenty
|ur twenty I've years Of sgs Of pleasing address and
|snners, with fne color on her cheeks, am quite
|minine and sdy.hke IN her mauners No one would
hspect on seeing her that those delicate hands en-
rouded in delicate white hid gloves and that slender
|rm had ever been seen daehipg among the crowd
/ combntsnts On the feld Of battle, mounted as
nsssr On horseback snd dealing out wounds and death
the enemy with nashipg sword In hand She seemed
quite unwilling to admit the fact speak upon
| yet she showed her husssr jacket in which she
les attired She would rot, however, tell us how
|apy MI she had Killed learnt from other sources,
wever, that her chief participation Ia the Hungarian
had ct the head OF OF the military hospitals
here, with her own hands shs had waited upon the
|ck and wounded, and had nursed and taken csre Of
benz with all a womAn's Tenderness We also learnt
bat sbe had only fought when driven by neces.
ty, on the approach of the enemy to the city
Pesth, and then she fred upon them from the
indow, and on several occasions mounted on horse
kck and assisted to drive them from the place.
he together with her fellow refugees on stopping at
buthampton, In England, was much noticed, as We
ERE informed by the gentry Of that place; and the
dies of the town southa pton We'd with each other
showing honor and respect TO them all inviting them
their houses Where Is there generous people who
ave not felt sympathy and admiration for the brave
[upgarians, ands;the Eng,isb are unquestionaoly
nopg the foremost Of generous people.
THE CHILDREN. '-'
The Governor Of Comorn was accompanied by his
sdy, two daughters and four sons OF his family,
hres were children Of unripe years not yet able
uy to appreciate the loss Of country home fortune,
itle connections all lost to them. We were much
Interested With the appearance and behaviour
fthe hole family and especially the unconscious chill
rem attracted sympsthes for they seemed rather
enjoy the excitement Of the novelty Of their stua
lon and their advent inioa new world To these poor
title creatures all the charge vcissitude aud adveTsi-
les Of their family, In their innocence and gnor-
nee, "good fun" and we doubt not they enjoyed 1t
etter than they would have done had they
ONE, to go to school aud live the regular monotony
daily life uninterrupted by the shock Of empires,
be collisions OF mighty armies the revolutions Of
ions Happy innocence! happy ignoroncs of youth!
Apply earle sosss. Que troubles commence
noush let as Their, protraot, long q, We can, the
ays Of simplicity and enjoyment We dressed these
ntercsting children Latin that formerly the
apgusee Of Hungary, which all their youth were edu-
sted TO speak and which spoken In their legisla-
i've halls aud courts Of justice, but the mother
answered for them, and said they did not under
tand II. Kossutb, among the many reforms OF
,bieh he has been the instyator, has also succeed
in causing the use of the Latin Language to be
bsndoped, and the guttural Magyar tongue, as more
atona to be substitututed in its place. The Gsver-
or converted a good deal In Magyar, the genuine
hungarian language, and we could perceive II was
ongue not destitute of harmony aud force, from the
ase and richness with which VI flowed from the lips Of
hose Who spoke t. Meantime the two little ones,
opscous u their parents and their country's dis
sters played about the grand saloon OF the Hotel,
milling laughing and admiring the crowd Of visitsrs
md spectstors-the begin ning 81 new world and Sc
opd life to them In . pev hemisphere.
THE sUFFERINes or TsIE SIEGE
We much interested with the accounts We
card q the tege Of Comorn In which the gallant Co
ernor, the brave klapks tbs gallant Pragsy hgured
o largely before Europe aud the world They brsvely
eld out long time agstnst the combined forces OF
nd only yielded at last on honorable terns-terns
rhich we're strongly expressive Of the bravery Of the
sieged and the fears Of their enemies At one time,
everely anepg these last and brsve.t relies Of
hungarian indt pendebce. The price Of geese, at
his period rose 70 the iners sun % forty Amer
ifteen dollars Even rats and mice had their value,
md sold for considerable sums so great the want
food In the besiegsd place. They we're more happy
rho parted with their gold TO obtain a mouthful Of
sed than those who ned their purses with the high
rice. We were told of man rich and fond Of money,
rho sold the last mouthful he had for an immense
um, and perished fot want in the midst Of his trea-
ures, vishpg, when II was too late TO have parted
nth Gil wtatn, Only one more eStteuce-
% far valuable IL life than msney, and go Inca
able IL money Of prolonging life.
THE ATROCITIES or THE AusrRfAys.
We heard with horror Of the crueities and
atrocities Of which the trium plant Austrisns were
Iuilty over the conquered foe conquered. not
" Austrian bravery; no, nor yet even conquer
ID by the overwhelming force of the Russians,
tut conquered. sold. betrayed by the base and
ordid mind OF the traitor Georaey, who, for
he sake OF personal wealth aud abundance Of gold,
old TO the enemy the army which had been conoded to
i'm md he peOp Wh m n rad N
integrity We read In the Bible OF the cruelty Of He
cd and read 49, pied to believe such afro.
ity In possible Little did think that In the nine
eenth century in the heart Of civilized Europe.in
rhat IL called Christso country, aud BY those who
'sl themselves Jhristsn people worse and more
we're told Of 300 infants in Hungarian city the
Of Wallschia. who taken and butcher-d
,y the Austrian soldiers They took them from their
arms and put them o. death In the most
ION manner, holding the little innocents by the feet,
md dahing their brains cut against the walls Of their
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