The North-Carolina standard., 1849-09-12
coRCEY AND BEN.

orv thing Hungarian We nd'e o0P
..ion prints, sketches OF those dlst,ng u's"eo
f0f1s and noble patriots, GOrgey and Bem.e Gorgey
eao ,.,ive Magyar, and Bem is Poie oy olrtn'
coDerY. have given some aScS9n1 m O' 1, unS ols-
'okgLd "a HunUarians, Count Telekl, M. Puitzky |
tingusneu ptessy now or lately in this country
and Coohel articulars, furnished to me by school
The etolio~G Ggey and for the accuracy of which IN
feho" " can trust to my recollection, can Voucn,
as Tar bv prove acceptable to your readers at the
will ProUahn hsn that General, out-maneuveTing both
momen ond Paskiewitch, has cut of the communi-
f the latter with his basis OF operations and
cauon H. nIaced both in critical situation Gorgey
ProDaynced as nearly as the sound can be rendered
(Prono aInbabet Guergay, } may be now between
" ~ and four-and-thrty years OF age Desuneo oy MS
t,Se one of the small landed Magyar gentry, to the
eer of arms he might possibly, by prohclency In
s confessional studies, in which he lett behind hm
mS m mnettors have made up for Deficiencies of pat
ge and interest; but his temper was too unpliant
~ one so situated in such service as the Austrian.
sner holding his commission few years he found
t;mseIf involved in a quarrel with his superiorS
hnnGh Notwithstanding the partial severity of mill
v discipline in these cases, the award was In his
s;or. Whether thorugh disgust, or because feel
mo that his future promotion was barred, Gorgey
reifred as lieutenant from that army whose grey
hs,ded Generals he one day destined so signally
"a discomft.
DevOtng himself now entirely to positive scien--
res he repaired to Prague, where, unwilling to bur
then the slender means of his father, he lived with
y
with untiring assiduity, under professor of some
celebrity, who, brought to acknowledge that he could
leach nothing further to his pupil, distinguished him
BY his friendship and intimacy. The professor
married to lady of large fortune, whose sister and
co-heress-a young person OF considerable attrac-
ions and lively magination-conceived so roman
tic an attachment to the youthful STUDENT to make
him offer of her hand. Instead of eagerly profit
ting, was expected by this good fortune, Gorgey,
thanking the lady for her hattering preference,
piled, that she too young and had seen too little
Of the world to be able to Judge of her own feeling
toward him but that if, aftera years travel or So
iourn amid the gayetrs of Vienna, it was quite un-
changed he sheud be proud to lead her to the alter.
The heiress, at the expiration of year, returned.
Piqued In her feminine prlde she still distinguished
Gorgey amid her numerous suffers; but he preceiv-
ing. susPecting, that point of honor obstnacy,
ather than affection, prompted the fulhlment OF her
engagement, relieved her from it by marrying for
gn lady, highly accomplished, but without fortune
and filling, if the writer remembers nightly, the
situation of governesS companion In that family
The death of his father having taken place, Gogey
retired with his bride his small patrimonai estate
in the north of Hungary, where he was endeavorlng
to apply to the working of mines his scientific ac-
Ourements, when those political changes took place
in Austria and Hungary which brought the opposition
into power. Some Office in the mint being vacant
for which Gorgey conceived himself qualified by his
knowledge of mineraogy, he applied for it through
friend TO kcssuth.
"Gorgey,'' Kossuth is said to have replied, 6" ]
appointment you require
But" persisted Gorgey's patron. 81 assure you
that his knowledge talents. and political sentiments
qualify him eminently for the office"
Enough" said Kossuth, ." l cannot make the
nomination You desire, because destine him for 9TH
er purposes. / have long had my eye on him, and
before twelvemonth is over may want him as min
ister of war;"
Kossuth was jest RETIRED but from this period dates
the advancement of this unsuccessful candidate
When the Hungarian army, advancing to the relle
ofVienna became convinced, on the field OF Swechat
Of the treachery of its general, NIGGA, 1t named Cor
gey its chief by unanimous acclaim. But tnat ap-
0reciaion by his fellow-solders the battlefield
which the sequel showed to be just, kossuth, who
took prominent part in the action, had made' as we
have seen long previously in his cabinet ana may
have mainly aided.
the most important command, and obtained together
with Bem the most decisive successes, shares win
Benz the reputation of being the ablest leader OF the
Hungarian armies.-COTrespOndeTl Of the Lond0" oa0n
4 dard Of Freedom.
TgE PoIIsH GENERAL Benz. 1t truly the
enemy and ruin which appeared at the extremity OF
The horizon The war In Hungary, stripping on the
national character it had first adopted, had assum
ed revolutionary aspect. All subterfuges had beer
aid aside for long time, and the two paItles were
pppaged zeaIousy at all hazards. From all parts o
Europe political refugees and revolutIonsts came tc
the scene of action and in that formidable militia the
Poles were the most numerous and the most eager
aIas we are obliged to own, they were the most ex
cusabe. The sad divisions of Poland had thrown
into all the instructions and behind all the 6arrcadef
erected in Europe, courageous men who, II tney mac
country, would have fought for 1t, as we DO, ano
social authority Poland not only gave soldiers tc
the Hungarian insurrection, but furnished the ocers
and the generals which the army of the Magyari
wanted All the Poles who had fought In the wa
sgainst Russia FASTENED thither. There was no mis-
hkinq the drift of this war. They well knew tina
or conquered they were to be placed agar
before the Russians. Most of the generals who hg
ured in the last campaign, Dembinsk, Perezel, are
PeIes bat none of them had the brilliant reputation
of General Benn who was charged with the direction
Of The waf in Transylvania. Joseph Benz IS wei
know n in Paris among those who are much acq1alnt
ed with the Polish emigrdnts. His career oners
mixture ofthose rough and sudden turns OF fortune
and bold resolution which, according to time and op
portunity make either hero or mere adyenturer
He wasborn at Tarnouair years before the open
ing of the present century, of noble family: vi
leaving the military school of Warsaw, which wa
then directed BY French officer, he made the cam
pain of Russia with our army in 1871. Alter 1919
he was included In the organization OF the Folsn al
my. The Grand Duke Constantlnes at hrst' tFeate'
him with great affection, but after, either IN con
sequence of some caprice of the chief insubordl
naion in the officer his favor changed to ennly ant
persecution. From 1920 to 1926. Bem was twlc
sent away from his regiment: and was three ume
subjected to a court martial. Slightly punlshed
FIRST, he was afterwards closely imprisoned On IN
death of Alexander, he retired to Lemberg, where n
remained till 1880 At the breaking out OF the FOL
lsh revolution he hasted to the battle OF Ostroenkd
where he performed such prodigles OF valor tna1 %
vas named General on the field. After the fall
Warsaw, Benz wandered over Europe; fought !
Portugal in the expedition of Don. Pedro; and ma
" settled himself In Paris, where he employed HI