New-York daily tribune., 1849-09-08
Written Tor The Tribune
HUNGARIAN SKETCHES.
~ SAMUEL LUDYIGH

So " ~ SAMUEL LUDYIGH.
Pre,burs-in the Hungarian language PosoH.
pronounced PoshonD is after Buds Pest, Booda-
Pesht.l the most important and one Of the most
pleasant cities 10 Hungary, containing about i0,-
600 inhabitants Its location on the Danube q
highly picturesque and the euvirons afford a over
OF the be autes Of Nature many interesting colpo
d ochios" They raise much wine, bot It IL inferior
u that OF Toksy. Buds, Rust, lRushtl BsdacsoH,
fBadstshon, Nenmey. .Ne.mel-the Ike the
"a In fate. aud other places Peily had here f0r
mery large aud magnificent castle which is now
4 ruin Ii situated ou rising ground. on which q
part of the city Is built IL IS known by the name
OF Schlossberg, Shlossberg,l and Is famous for iis
iarge Jewish population aud It's prostitution.
The larger portion Of the Inhabitants Of Poson
speak the German and Sciavonisn Languages the
HungsuAn language you hear there only 10 the
halls Of the State Assemblies, |drmegye Gytles,
in the Diet, aud among lawyers.
The trade OF the Danube . considerable, but the
city Itself presents quiet appearance, except
when the Diet j. IN session, AMI on the coronation
Of the Kins or Queen The Emperor never CO.
ncided wiki the wish Of the Nation 70 transfer the
Diet 70 Pesth Now the Diet will no more be con
vened at Poson and the crown Of stephens, the
first King of Hungary, who relgned more than 600
wears ago will never aiorn, IN spite OF the "SGnc-
10 Praem0fica' head Of the overthrown Hsps-
burg House. This royal R0koc0, highly value Q
by the Hungarian Nation, s DOW 10 possession of
Kos.uth. he buried 10, as ] vas told; and q 70 4
ever used for any purpose, il viii be 70 decorate
the Museum.
The lsst tne Was 10 Poson. 10 the year ls35.
they had FIVE printing ottce. three bookstores and
several factories for making wire. cloth, six ard
Tor pressing OIL
The city has one thcster, where they play l
the Germsn a. vsli ss is the Hlnstra .sngusgr
some OF the cofee-houses are splendid TIE
Ist .IffN rt|a he
try The streets as 10 mos, oi the Earopesl
cities are irregular, snd not the cleaness tbe
pavement. in ny time, ~ss bsd and As ilr
the buildings, there are palaces as vel az huts-
sh0vinG. Ike every here ese, that there VII D.
Vet many wArs, revolutions. changes oi thrones,
Ministers snd "high-soundiug names, before
those extremes Of know edge ard ignorance. riches
Snd poverty. .gxury snd misery. shall have given
Way to a more perfect equality OF circumstances
T. solve this hard problem Is the desiiny Of future
centuries and. without believing in the Utopia
creed OF absolute equality and perfect human be p
piness every sound inquirer into the srAdaEl be
velopment u msnkind. N intellectual s1c socia.
conditions. mus. take . as a. axiom that Nsn : +
progressive being. q p.sce whose periectioiitH
between certain and unsurp .sssole limits s III
possible.
From Presburs turnpike leads % RaAb, pass
ing two remarkable towns, Altenolrg OYsfl ard
Wiese burg Mason The former hss lsrgs
Institute ~ which agriculture % a. rs brascres =
taught theors ticElly wei as practically. There
IS slso similar Institution a. keszthely, 'ogude 8
by Count Festetits in most beautiful country Oh
the Balstoa Lske
Wieselburs IS the principal place Of the upper
part Of the DsHube for wheat snd a. Kinds OF
grain Ii hss suffered much during the present
Austro- Hungarian Wa.
RAAB Gy6rl is pleasant and fogrishing city.
lyins between the MYERS RAoa and RAoini1,
which empty into the Danube IL has nearly
Is 700 inhsbitsEis-A among bOm there are :. 800
Protestsnis 600 Jews. and some Greeks. The
situation hSs DO charms. the country sround being
level and IN many parts msrshy- There are here
al Academy. 8 Catholic Iyceum. and Female
lnstitote. TIE Theater IS sm.A. bat has Usually
good sctors-HangSrisn - Wei ss German. TIE
city $ the seat OF a Catholic Bishop. whose reel
dence, near splendid church, IS lsrss bat OF 10
beauty. Mou;ec1cuh fortified the CITY in 1886.
ln 1859, battle Vas bought here against the
Turks, who lost l-0 csnnons m The affair. IN
the year ls09 the Wee King, Eugene OF Italy,
conquered here the Insurgents Ia .sier yesrs.
the ais o the city have beel destroyed. and since
that many streets have been built In the oatskiris.
In this city experienced the frst prosecution in
Consequence Of despotic systems-havins been
compelled 10 give aP my bookselliaE ous iness
when tventy-nve wears OF age. as Il WAS esiab-
hshed on the foundation Of bookbsnier's rrrkf ?
Thus crushed down 5y the spirit Of guilds ! con.
tinued going % school stud ed law, and became 4
lawyer
A short di stance from Rsab there ia large