The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1849-09-19
We clip the following summary Of News by
the Niagara from the Sunday Times
The News from Europe.
ITiunph of the AIie1 Des,n,o

The gallant stand niadc by the Hunrarinns
against the combined armies Of Russia and Ans.
trla, III the opening scenes of the onmpan, led
us TO hope that for once, in the history of notlorn
Europe, success would attend the cats. of Free-
dom, although dcspatism had ns usual IN. ,nnst
cannon But the news brought by tho niagara
dissolves the illusion. Austria alone, the II Sup.
ar'aiis might have coped with indeed they haJ
proved themselves more than q mutch for he-
legIons, but the Gar threw his sword and nurse
INTO the scale against their liberties and
now now ;, Hungary lies Prostrato at the
iect oi his imperial majesty" Her lead
YRS have done all that Skill during, uuJ p,tr;,.
ts'n could do, but they have been overwhelmed
ny military avalanche. l. is hiuted in solno of
The letters published by the London prr.s that
1ehcral Gorgey surrendered not to the arms
but TO the golden arguments of Russia We do
not credit tho rumor. Any one who reviews tho
closing incidents OF tho campaign will SEQ that
,a''hei ,, res'sIahce would have been madness
Deinbinski' Beln, ter, aud AulIich were in
iuI Hight, with the victorious Russinns and Ans.
trans at their heels, aud how could il b. .yncc
led that Iorgcy. without money, with provision :
at the head cf27 1000 men, nnd with supcrnr
armies before and behind him, could keen tho
heldl IT. was simply choice between surrender r
aud humiliation, and hc ought TO h. bl,m, Il for
refusing TO sacrifice his BRAY. companon, IN
arms III Il hopeless cause.
we lear that the cause Of liberalism in Europo
is lot the present prostrntud. Shame upon TIM r,.
verhncnt OF France, that stoud by and saw Him.
gary crushed without Offering single rcmou
STRANGE! S!ianio upon the KrsruEL from the
nor' 'can engles nest. that virtually sided with
kussIa aud Austria in the struggle! Sham. mn,
OH England, that she raised no, her nn,on,;,I
voice, when Kussu marched her lcyions TO The
aId oi petJured Austria! Tho war uruinst Hmm
gary was Tor the abrusntion Of chartered nriviI
sscs gwen under the hand aud seal of the ipf,,,.
GUS house o! iiupsburg Lorraine, aud E.oyluud
ana france, stirred not finger for the riubt.
Let .he''' beware. The western bnrrior 10 the
progress OF daspotism Is broken down, and its
frontier VIII be advanced. Hungary fought no,
ior rcPublicanism, but against tho violation of
guarantees, constitutions, treaties. I.nw-thc
law o' natons-wus oil her side. She falls md
IN her iall Absouism establishes precedent for
!he fel'udat'on OF It's solemn Obligations Was
II wise III tho liberal governments of Europo IN
WINK nj liiiS ei,"fm:iy7 Their turn may come
next. Tho CossaCk revolution, which from
distance they contemplate pliilcsophically, has
progressive principle i'll it, as they NAV ou, nv
discover 10 their cost
We give below digas, OF tho most mpo rtau,
European intelligence:
Hungary.
The disastrous ucws from uuuy,rv ,v,.
ccivcd III London from three sources thc i,,,,,,.
oi VIENNA Berlin, aud Paris, aud although ,hcr.
are SONS discrepancies bctwccn the account.
they agree as To the main fncts
lne vienna account, transmitted from !yur-
saw, IL That OH tho 18Th OF August General Cor
gey' ut tho heud Of 80, 100 men, auartered n,
y nn'aeos, suftenaered al discretion to Marshal
faskicwitch. The L in account saws ,b,t ,l,,
surrender took place ut Arad on the lth Of An.
gust ana that Gorgey obtained honorable condi.
lions. Whichever OF these versions NAV b, cor
rect there is no doub, that tho submission of tho
General-in Chief of the Hungarian nrmy, and
corps under his immediate command, is u rA1r
ACCoMILI.
The motives for this course are obyiou,cnough
On The 9Th Of August the principal Magyar ar
my III the south, under the command ur B:m.
Demb'ski, Guyon, uDd Vettrr, was utterly DIS,
teated and broken up by tho Austro- Russian
forces under General finynau, who touk 5000
prisoners. Previous to this battle, the Hunrari
aus nad sustained ruinous defeats in TruusvIya.
ma besides several severe minor revcrsc,. In
short, Gorgey was isolated from all succor. Will,
circle OF cannon aud bayonets Yves tupdly
closing around. Under these circumstances h,
surrendered.
II appears that prior to his submission the
Hungarian lenders met i'll council ut Arnd.
ihis was on The 10th or III, Of August. The
Diet was III session at The lime, but Immediately
dissolved itself, after dclegating its authority to
Gorgey, who thus became Dictator. In In.
council OF leaders lie advocated submission, and
II seems that the inujority sided wuh him
Dembinski, kossuth, aud Bcm, whose voices
were ''stiIl for war;" fled to Wulluchiu. !, is
said that The Emperor oil Russia has offered CO..
U0O rubles for Kossulh's head
1t is unnecessary 10 go farther into the sad
details of disnster aud defeat, as the iu,clpenc,
has becg gvea so fully in the daily press-suirico
it 10 say that tho war is over and IIunrnrv
crushee. We presume she w:ll be Poi,NDIzrn.
The only bit OF cons"lutory news in conu.,ion
with the affair, is thut lIuynnu and Paski.witch
| are quarrcng about the couditions urant-d hy
! the latter to the llungarans.
by Telegraph for The Curoiin.an.
NORTHERN DESPATCH.