The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-09-01

been received there, which fully bears out all that
has been said in respect to its quality
HUNGARIAN NAMEs.-The following is an ex-
tract from an essay on Hungarian pronunciation
published in the New York Tribune:
KOssuth is pronounced as if written KOsh-oot,
| Zoo as in mOon) Gorgey is not like George the
diminitve of George, but as if written Gayur-gay-
| at least that Is the best way we can think OF for
! conveying an idea of the vowel sound in the first
/ syllable the vowel itself we have not in English.
/ The name is sometimes spelt GeOTgey, which is
totally wrong if you want to spell it alter the Ger
man fashion it must be GOergey, as Gothic is some
times written Goethe. "a
'sThe name of Count Wass, the envoy in this
| country, is pronounced Vosh that Of Nadgy San
dor, the famous Magyar cavalry officer, is Nodj
| Sander, the in the second name (Which by the
| way is the christian name-the Hungarians always
| put the surname first-and means Alexander,) be-
| ing pronounced as a in far; Magyar is Mod-yar /;
! Acs is like arch with the rleft out; DebrecZGn
| (this is the true spelling Of the word, though the
| Germans from whom we generally copy, write the
/ last syllable with ~ is Debret.sane; Miskolcz is
| Mish-kOlch BisZtricz, 1.-THE Germans write it Bis
trcz, is Bistrits Seeker is Sake-leT SZegedin is
| Segedin CsOrna is Chorna Saros is Sharosh, Ia
as in far. Pesth is properly Pesht, but the German
pronunciation, Pest, universally prevails in other
| counties.
@ Bacska is Batch-ka (aas in far. Kecskem6t is
| ketchke-mate Csegled is Cheg-led PercZel is
Pertsel, the in the first syllable being as in the
first syllable of derry. Bekes as Bay-kaysh.
| AsZod is Ah-sOde Temesvar Is Temesh-var, (the
a as in far. Gy6ngy6sis-a stumper and we defy
any man TO describe the way it is pronounced, so
thai another can pronounce it Alright from the de-
| scriptlon. Those who can't find any one to teach
| them the sounds orally, must content themselves
with provisional pronunciation till they can.
Sony is not so much unlike Siane-yi as BARN
door, but then it is by ne means the same thing
G6d6uo is something like Gay'del'leh, but not
exactly
"There are good many German names in Hun.
gary, both of men and places, which pro-
nounced according TO German rules as for instance
Thesis, pronounced Thee y the Magyar name o.
that river is TisZa, (Iea-Sa). There are also a
good many Sclavonc names which also have theil
| own rules, as for instance Jellacic, which is pro
nounced Yel-latch-itch, with the emphasis on the
second syllable. KOssHth is also a ScayOniC
f name, but has been Magyarized. Knicianin il
kun-nich.y an-in."
! ExTRAoKU1NAKY CRCUMsTANcE.-Thef follow
ing curious account is translated from the Quebec
] Canadian;
r Prince Edwards Island-The Indidns.--A cor
respondent furnishes to the CharlottatOwn Gazette
some rather curious particulars wlthrespect TO some
Indians who have recently visited that city, having
e come there from Shedac and hlTamichl, IN New
= Brunswick. There was among them venerable
+ chief named Nokut, who was received and teteC
n at North River by the Indians established IN tina
e locality, who for that purpose expended more THAI
| =
), camp; the rest without He bears with him 1
i commission given to his grandfather by the Kim
u OF France, with a large silver medal as the badg
y OF his authority These visiters brought some YER
sad news to their brethren, on the subject Of
! mortality which has decimated the Indians at
! place called Napace, not far from Mramchi. Ell
. IRE families have pershed the number Of death
having amounted to thirty four. The Indians be
d lleve That they have been poisoned and that ii
i act mas been committed designedy by some whit
|, person. Questioned on this subject by the corr
q spondent who gives us these details the old chi
l. said, that on newyears day the Indians went fro
h. house to house, according to their custom, fri
.o guns, and wishing happy new year to the i
. mates the latter, according to the usare. bFpug
out presents to the Indians, among them a ouaoii
3 of flour and butter, and that those who Ate III
of almost Immediately fell sick and died Two Of II
e. Young men went to Amherst in Nova Scofi
ar where one Of them was seized with the same cor
in plant; his companion brought doctor; the Il
is dian died, and post norton examination havir
id taken place, the doctor pronounced him to ha,
le died of poison The surviving Indian soon spree
he this information among his people. The corr
tn spondent says that the intelligence was brought
an Prince Edwards Island about two months ago,
ss the Indians, who seemed TO have come express
for the purpose,