The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-01
The War In Hungary.
1Er0m tina T.onflon Novs E>n OF

trustworthy intelligence could be received of or
from the Hungarian cause or camp, that we have
those manliestly false, and, indeed, uninteligble
bulletlns which General Weldon draws up for
the edifcaton Of his staff The proclamation OF
Windlschgratz, that he would hang whosoever
for itself In the midst, however. Of the repeated
re Deums and accounts of vlctory-incuding that
OF Lord Brougham on the opening of Parliament
1t was evident that there was something wrong,
and that the Austrlans must have encountered
some severe checks and difficulties.
WindschRratz entered the capital of Hungary
at the head Of his army, the 9Th of January and
encountered no resistance, Kossuth, the diet, and
but three or four days march from Pesth to this
river, and yet up to the 18th of February, the I'M
penal troops had not dared to cross it. or had not
even molested Kossuth and his diet, stationed as
not far beyond the Thesis, In the midst Of ths
great plain OF Hun gary.
The army, upon which the Austrian bulletin
makers and the caterers to our tory journals relied
which had marched across the mountains of North
Hungary, and, we were repeatedly told. had car
ned all before it. 1t is, however, very extraor-
binary that this same Gen. .Schlick and his corps
bulletins, be, in the middle Of February, In pretty
much the same positions which they had occupied
in the middle Of December. The last Austrian
bulletin states several corps, those Of Getz and
army.
whilst the redoubted :" schllck, with three bri.
gades, had taken up a position at lorna, on the
flank of this hostile devastating column
Now, one letter from Hungary, of the same
date, assures us that
The corps Of Cen. sohlick exists no more It was
utterly routed, half DESTROYED half dispersed BY the
Hungarian corps Of Gen. Klapds who succeeded Mes.
ocers to Pesh and has been rent back to the Thesis
to head nevlyiormsd corps, thu. to make the world
tns a old @ EXIST T. and hd sO
In Upper Hungary has not only struck fresh courage
into The breasts Of TIE M.gysrs, but exoitss tie
feat has been the 70. capture Of Kaechan.
Whilst Georgoy Is thus not only maintaining his
ground, but destroying his enemies in North Hun
fransylvania. At first he was sore pressed by the
hostility Of the ServIans and Wallachlans, Gas the
Traneylvanian RNnsent are called;) but Benz has
succeeded in explaining to the people and their
CT M at Ausa merely aims a, the
due the other. And this convection seems also to
have been infused into the Croatians, who began
to waver. The native race of Transyvania have
since turned against Pqchner and the Austrians,
and the result has been the cry for aid which these
have sent to the Russians. Our letter from Pesth,
OF the 18th, doubts the entrance of the Russians,
which, however, Is circumstantally related by the
Vienna paper.
Whilst the war Is thus carried on, and can be
perpetuated IN the mountains north and south, Dem
bnnski remains at the he id of such force on the
plain beyond the Thesis, as to have for SIX weeks
deferred the Austrlans from passing that nver. In
teated; 80 much 30, that both Windlschgratz and
Jellachlch saw that they had now better return to
Pesth than remain In the face Of an enemy against
whom they could do nothing. Windischgratz,
therefore, betook himself to the capital and 70 the
beloved task of shooting. and tCrtunng prisoners,
and sxtoItng money, hoping that ere long his lieu
tenants weuld destroy the insurgent armies under
Geergey and Ben, land then march onDembinski at
nahvo ckyIn anoh1I inn him IN tho T..
these hopes the Austrian general has been COM
pletely disappointed, and he has now marched to
see how he can handle Demblnski by himself, and
subdus the Magyars in battle.
Whatever be the result, the Hungarlans have at
least redeemed their character for military skill, las
well as courage 1t is new, indeed, known that
Dembinski from the first recommended the retire
ment of the Hungarans behind the Thesis, and
were merely owing to the lmpatlence OF the Hun.
garians, who did not like the dlscredit of retreat
without show OF resistance. Perczel, indeed,
displayed a great want of generalshlp, since, had
MS ann been serious re, resistance he could have
Gus, and attacked the Austrians with much advan-
tage as they passed between the wooded line of
hills and the fortress of Comorn. There Is no
doubt, however, that what the Hungarlans most
wanted was generals. And 1t 10 signal proof of
Austrian Jealousy, that whilst they have 10000 or
$4,000 Hungarian soldiers their armies, they ad-
vanced none of that nation to the rank or expe-
Renee OF general. .
Meantime, the proceedings of windischgratz at
Pesth mark his fears and his embarrassment.
Money and supplies already fail HIM; and from Sc
verify he has turned TO offers OF cancellation.
Count LOUIS Bathyani, when brought before court
martial, refused to plead. As a Hungarian, he de-
manded his legal judges, and refused to answer
any interrogatorles of the Austrian officers He
was Temanded to prison, and his tate Is uncertain;
Windischgratz is also said to have summoned
Deak, and pr opposed to him to form liberal minis
try with constitution for Hungary. Deak refused
TO- have anything to do with Windlschgratz, On
which the latter is said to have angrily offered
him the alternative Of taking the post Of prime
minister, or Of being consigned to a dungeon.
Deak. at once declared he would infinitely prefer
the latter at such hands. Windischgraix, after
this gave orders tor terrifying .Buda, and ne has
erected bockhouses with palisades ct each end of
Tierney Clarke's suspension bridge.
or public spinien at Pesth, the following extract
frem one OF our letters gives 4 sample -
The ofhcsrs at the theatre always CRY ont 70 have
Gon srAss sr.sr Ks;sey, lths Austrian GOD save ths
King9 sang may observe, that they Nc lenass play
IL 1t Visr M, whore the audience received e in
and lusubrious silence. However, the ofacsrs dSnAna
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