New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-08-21
Hone for Hungary.

~, aict. of July have fecurfd the lndeptnoence o
Hungary. Az al their reverses. Austria snr
Ru..is must have been able 10 brng upon the the
ater Of operations not less than Half hiIhoi
drilled soldiers. well provided with arms aud mu
idons AID backed BY the pec1niary ebniiy L
complete the present campaign .tl tne 'g'
,soioh marked irs announcement. Whie Ne re
Jice oyer the brilliant achieved for Hun
gary. Justice aud Lib rty. let u. not nisiaterpre
item a. decisive They are decisive Of this only
tat the Magyars all fight their perjired and oAf
tarous invaders % the ast gasp md either ac.iev'
Independence or be bolted from the list of Nations
D. beaten at all, the fate Of the French ROY slist'
~ La Venos- l. their portion. As q people, they
can hope Tor moth NJ better than snnihilstion.
Bat they are not heoten. anf are nor likely 4
| be. The eloomiest cr0sker must ADMIT thst oci
asst advices are sienslly, unex pectrdly favorable
| T. their cause That they not clearer. results
le.. from the distance end desultory nsrre OF tn
conflict than from the fact that all our sdyces p,r'
iof several hundred mules through Austrian terri
try, while the Austrian Government iorbids the
publication Of any other than rs own othciai tuiic-
tins Of the progress of the War Of course suppress
| ing everything favorable to the Hungsrisns or COL
oring il 90 80 10 conceal as far as possbl the ex
| tent Of the rebel successes The instances OF
this are 20 frequent and gross that We learn nothing
certainly from az Austrian bulletin bot the place
whence II wss written, snd are beginning 10 doubt
| even that Just think Of the Austrian story OF Ban
Jel achich, pho attempted 10 surprise Hegyes, bat
was received with "a tremendous discharge of
srape and canister in front and flank from the BID
/ A. #, h. hat
he attempted 20 charge. but wa compelled to re
treat TO Verbssz, aud thence to ks ker aud
| here attempting 10 encamp, Was again routed by
the pursuing Hungsrians, and driven across the
Roman entertainments to BAGS, where ne WAS en-
sbed 10 halt at ten IN the morning oil lie cay after
! ms defeat. after thirty-one hours OF constant
| marching, fighting and running His army al the
clmmenc ment could hardly have fallen short of
| 10000 men, and was probably nearer $4,000. How
many did he probably lose in the course Of this
march, battle and preciptete, protracted flight
Would any man acquainted with Military History
stmate his loss 40 loW as one-third OF his army ?
| Would not two.thirds be decidedly nearer the
probable proportional Yet he states lis loss At SIR
| hundred and another Austrian account makes II
scren hundred OF course, TINS IS not oneiourth
the number that the fatigue Of such effort must
have disabled or destroyed, beside ell that the
HungariaBs killed. wounded or captured. 1t Is
plain that the Imperial bulletins are systematic.
ally false and unreliable for much Of anything be-
,ond their dates These are often very signitca ant
| We hope 10 see them dated Pfcsburs, sud then
Nienns, before next March, and do not despair OF
reading enc of Paskiewiiehs bulletins Of great
battle on in bis pstch but lost In the field un-
Der the walls Of Warsaw.
1t is not by one victory more or less that the
isue OF this fearful struggle is to be determined
With 80 many distinct armies marching, maneu-
| vering and fighting either side, 1t is evident
that each week may easily bring reverses and
tr.umphs to both. Esch will magnify its victories
aud beitle it's failures and the journals Of Austris
,rhiiden to publish any accounts bu, such as the
Government sanctions can sige no fair idea OF tie
sexual progress of the contest. From the other
We hearver little, and that anly Uttered through
the chsnnes OF Despotism. No mai from Hungary
Low resches Western Europe. the receipt Of 3
Hungarian letter or journal at Paris or London Il
rare occurrence. Yet there are some cheering
facts OF which our last sdvces, confused and vague
as they are leave no room 10 doubt
One is the general rising OF the Hungarian PEG
lie to bes, back the armies OF the Despou I, Is
by this that the Bans defeat IS explained and eN
cased it Is tnis, sud not the sbsgrdly pretended
want Of provisions that has compelled the Rus
sans 70 evscuate Debreisin. the ancient Huugs
al capital, city whose retention, since they hsd
been unwise enough u take It, was 10 the m OF
immense consequence. The mora influence OF
thus reooil must b worse than adefest to the Rus
aus. Il Is sdded that they in tall retreat Tor
Gal.icis by the Dakla Pa. whether they are or
not, It seems impossible thst TINS division sh, ud
escape destruction unless promptly sustained by
tle advance OF fresh aud strong reserve corps
from Poland.
Corey snov wheie his every blow tells with
Tremendous effect HIS breaking through the
lmperialst line near W sltzen is called s mastery
maueuver, IS u doubtless Is. but Il only explcs
tie on the assumption that !; was preceded by q
signsl victory PssSiewitch IS not such a noyice
At his trade as 10 Dc held In check BY rearsasrd
while ms adversary oa.- ln29e.s cred snd 3assec
hun in the manner represented by the bulletin
bat on the assumption that the 6rst CONFLICT on the
18Th 81 Wstzen was serious snd toersbly eqaA
encounter, In which the Russians were severe y
handled and drvenbsiway 70 Pesih. u Is then easy
| {, see how GorSey should be At ito 'rty 70 operate
upon the Russian line OF communications. striking
| elective blows 81 Jasro and hsschsu. Psskie-
witch was not outwitted, as his bulletin would
imply, but soandly hosged. This also explains
TIE ominogs bGrsicsdias Ia certain quarters u
Pssth by the more ianstics Of the lower order,
s''sehed TO the Kossaih party Such al sttenP '
woald not have been made. even by the most Oar
ias Sna resolate, but under the Inspiration OF Al
imminent sTusS.e aud psipsble victory. TIE
Maya, OF Pesth knew that the Russisn.
we're wors,ed before they commenced barr
csies And that bsrnesdirg Was DO such con
temptible affair as the Austrian bulletin would
make il, or Hsynsu would DOT have been inpelled
issue his brutal boodihirsty proclamation Of the
following week. That document evinoes ,erro,
no less than bsrbsrity.
The value Of the recent successes Of Gorgey snc
: Gayon are not measured by the number Of sheil
enemies slain or captured. Hungary needs ARM
! sud munitions more than men. She has more De
tenders than size can arm, many more than sh'
can properly equip. The recent captures OF Ara
} Snd TemeswAr in the South, the discontinue
, | IL a. Of