The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-08-17
From The New York Tribuu
The Fate Of Hungary.

garlanS as our FIRST news By Express aud
Telegraph. Indeed they inclie a painful
appre AenSion that the next mouth may
bring us tdings Of the complete prO>tratiou
Of the Hungarian people aud the utter DIES.
truciiOn Of their Liberties. Most fervcn,Iy
do we trust that this calamity may yet be a.
veried, but there would be as little sense as
candor III Disgusting the gloomy aspect of
these adviccS. Let us endesvor 10 make
the present state of the contest as clear as
our Information " i'll allow.
The first campaign Of the present strug
gle opened early last winter with the inva.
sion Of Hungary ON all sides by the armies
Of Austria, commanded in chief 10y Wind.
ischgratz, who penetrated into the heart Of
Hungary, took It's chief city, (Pcsth,) with.
out a shot, and advanced nearly or quite TO
the 1heiss. While WiudiSchrraiz with the
main Austrian army thus advanced from Vi
emma and PreSburg on the West, Jellachich
at the head Of large force Of CroatS and
bordercrS from the Austrian Military colo.
MES on the Turkish frontier operated east.
wardly from Croatia. capturing or investing
the Hungarian Strongh0ldS on the brave and
lower Danube. The incidents Of the cam
paien are not evon yet very clear: but the
event is beyond dispute. The Austrians
were signaly beaten aud driven ont Of the
country. When the smoke cleared away
at the close, the Hungarian banner waved
in triumph over pe>lh and the strong eta
del Of 3Ida lin German Of0l on fine oppo.
site bank of the Danube was closely invest.
ed by the Iuuearians under Gaorgey. and
finally carried by storm. Thi, csntnre
threw III. AustriauS hack 10 PRESSURE. an
importapt CITY ON the extreme western bor-
der Of IInucn ry. siv,y orsercrty ,niles east.
ward of Vienna. Cannon. fine rrrat HIM.
carfan fortress OH this side. situated about as
much farther east. south. east of pre>burc
toward Buda-pesth as Prr,bnrr is east of
Vienna. had been held by the Hunrari,rs
Throughout. having been Lesiened Nv fine
/ AuStrianS bu, not taken. Itbad now been
decided by fair GphIipr tha, Austria had
not the force 10 master and subJuc uunga.
nv.
The Russian Aufocrat now cast his non.
derouS sword into the scale. He made com
mon cause with the Young Austrian Empe
ror. alleging that the Spcrtac!e Of success
Cul rebellion in HUNGARY. conducted in
good mart bv Poles. iuu,incntIv sndaucered
the uuiet and stability of his own rule in
Poland. Putting hail a million soldiers
in motion. he invaded Aunrarv on three
sides, and by not less than five distinct ar
mics. viz,
|. 4 corps Of Dt1 GOO10 led bv Pan;n-
tin marched through Murvia To The Dam
.ulc, Joining the main Austrian ARMY. up,,
commanded by Ua,usu near Prr,Iura and
enabling it To resume the offensive:
, The main Russian army Of invasion.
l0O.OO strong, commanded by Field Mar
shal Paskiewirch, advanced through Cali
cIa. crossed the Carpathiansby the Dulla
Pass to the sources ~, the Thsi.s. urorcqd-
ed down (southerlyl by Epcries and Kas-
chan 10 NiScholez, tbrowiug bark the weak
opposing force to the left without little Sc
rous struggle, and pushing out de,ach-
ment es>twardly TO Dpheeziu. the ancient
capital of Hungary. which was Welded with.
ont resistance. From Nischojr2. the Rus
sian army would seem nhcurh our advice,
are not clean 10 have advanced south.
westwardly hy Erlau and Gyounyos tu Ha,
van, some twenty miles from Bnda. Pc>,b
which city and citadel have likewise been
surrendered without blow.
3. 4 smaller Russian Army under Cen
LutcrS has crossed the Canadian, by the
Rpthrn Thnrm pass trar east southeast a
the Dukla) into Tran,ylvania. whence the
reports are very contradictory. Both side,
claim victories. but we dn not understand il
TO be denied that I.udcr, has taken and sill
hold. Cron>tadt. the raui'oIuCtbc Province
4. Two subordinate Russian armies, nm
derGen. Grabbe, aud Gen. Sass. have cross
ed the CarpathianS from Western Gall.ri,
BY passes considerably westward ofthe D,r
ka, aud, pressing southerlv through IN,
mountainous Slovack district. have alrcad,
reached Rosenberg and S,hcmui'y rr>rrcf,
ivey aud threaten soon to rrachthe Damb,
by Gran and Wai,zen, between Cumorr
and Bnda-PcNh.
D. JeI'schich, Ban of Croatia, who ha'
been operating with various success it
southern Hungary. would seem TO be Stlbc
Nrg,ng the hungarian garrison @! Peter
wardein, on The Danube, near lis entrance
'n'o Turkey
u. Kos'nlh the Hungarian President
WIN MS Caolne', &c. have rctrcated south
eaNcr'y from BHda Pe>th to Czcgled. {
Magyar city IN the northern part Of th'
great Hungarian piain-part rrairic, par
deselt-wn'h stretches son'hcry trou
itS'hneally wv miles by over lOJ tuwidN
from the Danube TO the Thesis, which her,