The North-Carolina standard., 1849-08-15
H11na,A,RR ANp AUSTIN.

HUNGARf AND AUSTRIA.
The Msyrenblatk, q Eerman p6pers lDniains aseries
Of ietters BY German officer in the hFmy IN relation
10 the war now going on between Hungry and Ans
tria. We quote the following inteIesting passages,
as translated by the New York Tribune. In reading
them it should not be forgotten that the sympahes
of aha writer are on the Austrian side:4sssass
"Imysef often find it difficult to understand that
II am stil alive and have whole limb tony body.
The hardships / have been through in the past few
weeks the dangers have escaped are almost beyond
my power of description. AS was always with M the
advanced posts4 which, by F luck, latterly soileH
the posts-of our corps and as for the most
part was on the move alone with my little trooPs
toll and danger were measured out 10 me ana nine
in double quantity. had long forgotten the appear
anee of bed or chair; and from the hour we lei.
Pesth till day before yesterday when we were forced
to- take days rest account OF; thesexhaustion
of our horses--the exhaustion OF men rs OF course
never thought ofI had not once taken on my clothes
How friohtfully i look with a4ths !tl could not
help laughing when first saw myself in glass: a
long beard meanderng in no very ornamental fashion
over chin, cheeks and mouth my hair cut as 1t hap
pened by hussar; black cloth my forehead 70
hide slight cut had received fewsdays before
from a Hungarian hussar; my long, cloak COW
cred with gray, black, brown and yellow blotches
variegated with stains of blood, and cut and pierced
by gashes bullets and ihe frebrands OF biyouacs;
my shake hacked and smashed instead OF my neat
spatterdashes of my trowsers and not OF fringe
remaining on my black and yellow scarf. My sword
is all battered by the blows it has given and taken,
and covered W th thick rustof blood my "a yote
A nv noble war-horse, is worn thin as eat, and IS
minus an earthrough the cut Of sabre, but
and ready for new battles-as, thank God hls master
is also. sltISN- f! -tJ7ass 7t'i. az L'E< '.sz
Scarcely day has passed without our being beset
by the hostile hussaEs either in grand or moderate
siyIe and we often had this pleasure for breakfast
and then again for supper and some days were moth
ing but continuous skirmlsh. Generally 1t was
only few sabre cuts that individual horsemen ex-
changed with each other, carbine bullets that the
outposts sent from each side, else the business was
to carry out to hinder some shrewd ambuscade:
But now and then the matter became serious, ana
there sharp fighting and battles even, in which
the crash of cannon came in to play its part Then
many rider must change his seat on horseback for
long resting place in the cool earth. The greater
battles in part bloody, for they were fought
on both sides with the greatest courage and with
animosity. Thus at Gyongyos saw
two squadrons of Kossnth- Hussars charge thrice
hollow square of our infantry; twice the quiet, well.
mined FIRE of the foot drove them back horses and
men fell in platoons, but with ringing shout OF
- Hurrah, Ellen, Ellen Kossuth - they dashed up
the third time at the top Of their horses speed, re-
gardless Of the hostile FIRE, and broke the ranks, on
which their sabres now mged like lightniag. Alas.
could not fly to the help Of our brave comrades
for at the moment we were engaged with an over
force of the enemy's cavalry. Though at
The. end of the struggle we held the field, loss
small. 1t cannot be denied that the greatest
part of the insurgents, and especially their cavalry
ight admirably, and show a courage and skill which
belong only to the good soldier. w hat are those
ooastfl, noisy, cowady Italians to these bold Mag
vars and death-daring Poles! '-'-
Every day comes the news that this or that friend
or brave comrade has met his death from hostile bul-
cts sabres. or lies dangerously wounded When
such announcements follow continually, the soul
must at last become oppressed. Beside lattery the
'rder has not been Forward, but Backwards sad
Sord for the ear Of brave soldier When this un-
lappy war will end cannot be told. The Hungdri-
ms will carry it to the last and it will cost seas OF
,iood before Hungary and Pennsylvania can become
conquered provinces And then it win take army
IF $4,000 to keep that fire from bursting forth,
which will long burn under its ashes. But what Is
I'll that to US subalIern offcersi
What has lately made battlc very disagreebe to
ma is that had efen 70 oppose the kussara Of my
,wn former regiments, and in fact was again and
.gain compelled to fight them the hardest. Once !
vas almost whole day skrmishing with troop
consisting almost entirely Of former hussars from the
squadron to which belonged for years. former
corporal Of my own company, whom myself train
ID as a recruit, commanded them oNicer, and it
must be confessed that he did it well. shot an old
lussar through the head with pistol who had know
ne as cadet and from whom in times past had !
earned some useful lessons he fell dead from his
lorse but he had twice before shot at me, his balls
.ong through my cloak and through the long tail OF
nv horse. With one hussar who before had been |
8, long oontended with my sabre we let fly our |
each other and finally quit without great mort
IN either side. Earlier comrades, with whom had
lraned so many bottles, gained or gossiped so many
lours, rode DO uany wild race at night as we sal
led forth from the drinking Of Gallician cas-
les for distant villages, now stood before me as
litter foes. A hostile hussar, whom 1 had well
inown, once shouted to me in Magyar in the midst
# fght:' Thou vert once my brave officer and
owed thee, now thou art the enemy of my country |
md shoot thee - Saying this he lei eff his pistol
It me, the ball whistling too close to my head TOT
comfort. -
A few days after, came together with the hussars
f nv former regiment in a curious fashion,. The lit
le fights and skirmishes Of outpors had been con.
for many days and so tiresome, especially for
he horses, that both parties wanted rest and sort
Ne had set up our watches about 1000 PAGES from
ac oter, toierabiy free from care as to attack al
east to surprise, for that day everybody pre-
erred resting 70 fighting On side the stock OF
wassvery poor, and in the region about,
here was nothing to be had, the Magyars, accord
ng TO their fashion, had carried off hidden de-
troyed everything. ] looked on disconsolate as nay
1t any rate, this is tolerably thin dish, but when
,ou have had nothing else for weeks it is perfectly
and shall never forget it in my life. In
ur wooden TASKS there was bur little Sklikowtzer,
nd there we sat forcing down our meal broth by the
efp OF little wretched water, In bad enough spirits
round our feeble wa,ch-fre. = -.
Our opponents seemed usual to be better off for
november of all sorts than We; their laughing sound
d clear to Us, almost like moekery. All al once !
aw two hussars stand up on the other side, and
howing white cloth, approach Us. Curious to know
rfat 1t was, went towards them, and soon recog-
lZed two hussars Of my old squadron. They sauted
ne politely, and said they had stock of good things,