New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-13


Hungary and its Population.
We have already published several articles On
this country, to which the eyes OF the world ar
turned with fear aud hope. according as the a. N
pstbies Of the behoder are engaged on the side o
Absolutism or OF Lirerty. We have spoken OF the
Msgyars and the great quarrel IN which they stsn'
opposed /, the Austrians and Russians ith tn
indignation natural TO any unprej JUDGED mind H.
contemp plating the most courageous and gigantic
Injustice, and with the ardent desire that the'
may triumph aud triompbng strike to dealt.
that IL, action which has been steadily aud Often
savagely aud bloodily at work ia Europe, eve
silce the Revolution of February came u shoci
the old world aud proc aim the eleva ion Of th'
People 10 the Enjoyment oftheir rights. Ofcours'
10 these articles we have dwelt mainly o,
social and Political considerations and have no'
had the space 70 present such dsgueToiype 81
the country aud people Of the MsSyars as is great
ly Deeied We now supply this deficiency b'
translating from tre French of NJ. AUGUsrE De-
eERAsDO. the following vivid aud picturesque
description. Mr.. De Ferando Is well known rs on
Of the most interesting aud Authentic writers @.
Hungary, which he uaversed inst before N.
breaking outof the present Revolution. The ti
lowing article has Just been condensed ard pre-
pared by him Tor a leading ,urnsl Of Paris
Our purpose friendly reader il TO conduct you into
n country where your eyes and your Vind VII b.
asionishsd. II you chance 10 be in one Of those mo
mcnts when every one Yields to the fret oistrsotoi
which oilers mount with upon this bost whose hea'
ed furnaces announce it. speedy departure from tn
German territories st better, enter this low an
swift carriage with which i've small but N5eot horse.
are about 10 dash away You the ground ies from
beneath our feet The country are traversns doss
not yet exhibit anything striking ell around w. -
only the peaceful plains Of Austria o. on. o.. or
these posts striped with black aud yellow, the unluct
color which the house Of Hapsbourg has hal ID.
fancy 90 adopt, mark the boundaries OF the domain
of HE Apostolic Majesty But we do not stop there
like the siceds Of the ballad pass through ees and
villages and only stay their feet when they touch the
plains which gave them birth
Now look around you. AZ far your eye can reach
spreads the Immense. the bounde.s plain. Nothn.
troubles the majestic and savage solitude of Nature
oxccp, 1t be the grave and silent stork No road j.
marked on the burning sand on the thick horbsgs
beneath your feet You would doubt sheiher thsi
strange soil inhabited did there not spp~sr for
time 10 time on the horizon horsenan with garment.
streaming In the wind or II you could Do; here and
there perceive vast fields OF grain with thick stalk
bending in waves or Il your ear were not struck boy
the sound Of the shepherds trumpet or distant bell
The vigorous race which dwell. this region has tsa,
passion for the soait nhahits Mountain, are horror
to the Hungarian they hi. eye and check hi.
horse. "whs, beautiful country 1. mine, he ssys
waving his hand horizontally from left to right as II L.
describe its surface, " in IL / sun free e.
In beholdng this country and these spon-
tsneousy demands II he lie not in another Continent
Nothing can be truer than this impression.
Europe enishes at the frontier of Austria Hungary
belongs TO Asia
In spite Of the diversity OF language aud manners you
feel that the same civilization prevails among III,
nations between the Atlantic and the CsrpsIhiaus.
There Nature has been subjected 10 Man whose active
ana indutrOus hand has triumphed over the soil he
has made the earth subscrvent to his wants His root
are fixed in IT, i'll may 30 speak deeply that from
time immemorial his history is COMPOUNDED with tha
Of the region be inhabi,s On that ,Snqushed soil b
has built an edece a society which everyw here Pre-
sents nearly the same characteristics which has been
modified and is still modified by analogous laws IL
every country.
In Hungary new world opens before you. VIVA
tr.t strikes you there the desert those infinite step
pee wsch stretch out unssr burning sky. There th'
mirage shines by day, and by night the hres OF th'
caravans Around these stepPes are imPenetabi'
forests and mountains whose SUBMITS foot has
reached Every Who're On these uAmigabe prairie,
you meet herds Of cattle sorses busfaoes ike those
pastoral ans nolnadis tribes To complete the spec,s
Gle the though large villages are Of lou house.
white and pitched in lines like tents Their occupant.
do not form nsnon bat twenty different aud .epars,
races as II they bad jus, arrived and were ,eekins
for some new abiding place. Around these oivouse,
lie cultivated nclds where the feruhty ct sup.
plies the plsce Of human industry. Man Is less IN,
master than the slave OF the soil The MYERS ot.en dry
refuse to transport hun AMI then fled by The heavy
rains they aood the whole country. Amid this uneoa
eusred nature live s fresh the recoceoas Of iTighu
invssions and iuterminshle combatS Of populations
drives forth exterinsted snd the inhabitants sui
preserve the suitude they have acquired during ,e
centuries Of Do seek in those deserted held-
for the animated panorama yoa lef home. for the
hum Of hive In labor You will AID there the silence
of = camp FsPosins the day AFTER S.iEle.
Issd that the camp rePosiug. but mis,ook il s.
in motion already And this IL Is which renders sui
more striking the contrast oetween Europe and Hun.
gary By observing the efforts Of the Mssyars to De-
come civilized better adge the present OF
their country The institutions 10 which they have just
given 50 generous development came from the Orient
Tire people which brought them retain their Assrc
and ply si0snomy Their costume would sOas
be,rsy their origin. would their puminSes tastes
which belong themselves and their Language which
differs IRON al those Of the European Continent and
can hardly Oe compared with any but the Turkish. Al
this osy the hsrdsnsn the cavalier living AMID ai'
e,sks IN The broad p.ins wstsssd BY the psauss and