The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-09-15
Arrival Of the Niagara.
HUNGARY HAS FALLEN !

The uncertainty which has Tor some time
| hung over The issue Of lhe Hungarian rpin-
paiFn Is nov dspelled, Dlhnhlor hiler dlhls
ter hos beiulen he Magyar arms nnd ne
! AuslTO- Russians Uhy nov work ihelf VII on
their Yllinl. The rnuHe Ofh brave and iree-
! dom-iuspircd people exists 40 moTe--h lhs
been tramped 10 death by llie nrmed hordeH
OF tho twp Eureforn, Who afe nov ~ lil'sHy
4 20 plot against The rest Of Europe as iinie and
I circumstances may favor Their plans While
| They hRVeaha satisfaction Of feeling ihni Nnhl
/ and victorious armies, we'll disciplined, al
mirnby equipped and animated ly spiri
0f conquest, gsp 70 ihgir diaVHl 10 the affairs
Of Europe, something more Than moral iOfee,
| The details which have reached ua concern
| log this unfortunate termination, Of tie war,
arc az folowG Gen, llaynau, nller occupying
sleRdin, an reported ~ our luAii aud driving
the forces 0f Domhinski heiote lin 90 tie
battle Of SZOreg, advanced W relieve Wy lor-
lress 0f Ieme6wnr, which wah some lime ago
| enormously stated 10 have been taken ny the
Aagyafs. Gen, llaynau, supported 10y lhe
| Russian division under PaniHlln, WA able 10
concentrate all his forces az this point
/ Here, also, the Hungarian corps under Nellef
[ had formed Junction with DemlHnhkii Hnd
on rte Och battle extending over large fiis-
/ lncI Wna fought, IN which, after furious
eannonnde the Immense furce Of Tie Russo
Austrian artillery slleneed that Of tho Mag
+ yrs ntiri nh htiAsik-s.aA aEdered- along lhe
whole liue, which lle llungnTiaus were una
bio 10 resist They ledi portion Of them,
however maintaining uulrf-but great
quantity orArma aud ammunition, aud COCO
prisoners, were TAKEN 4 would appear ilinl
BEN, WHO had previously been defeated NJ
lHnsylyHnih by Gen, Ludurs, wns present
NJ this battle having arrived tho day before
with n small reinforcement During the bat
tie, the grfison ofIemcswar made a sally,
Illus adding TO the encouragement Of lho
Magyar forces, The garrison Of this fortress,
niler sustaining serge Of many months, und
losing urnrly 5000 men by battle aud sick
mess, besides having at iho lime of their re-
lict2OO0 Ia hospital, received linyunu's army
witl prodigious demonstrations oiloy
II IN reported that BEN rallied tho llupgn-
rinn forces anor ho utlaif Of Icmeswnr, mud
again gnXG battle Co llnynnu, bot was drlt'nt-
ed, WIh a slaughter Or2OO0 mem Rgd The losa
ofds pieces Of cannon md many prisoners,
But We nrc Inclined 20 iluk tlint this IN only
another aud distorted report Of his previous
defeat by Ludets, ~ llrrmnnsindt, where Tho
same losses were attributed TO him. The ~
sue of the whole II HAT be-, D"mhiuski, Guyou,
mud kossulll. sought safely 10 flights aud tie
report Il Thar, AMER finding Their way f0'Or''
soVn, they crossed the Turkish frontiers.
Influenced doubtless hy lhcse Frrnl river.
see. GorRey, with lis nfmy of 10000 men,
surrendered on the 18Th instant to Marshal
Pa-kicwch Siuco the surrender of Grucr-
nj Mack To Nnpolrbn, AT Uu, there las been
+tte r'irlt -rrtii --tlrrs w Eurur-. the
mnAt extraordinary icHturc IN the cnmpaieu
Hut ~ Gnrg0y, after the departure OF Kos.
suth from Arnd, had been invested, 10y n
vote oftho dot, with tho direction of affairs
lao must have adopted tbs extreme measure
as n military nnn convinced of The hopeless.
nee, uf urinvr resistance, aud anxious to
prevent TIE useless rfiuslon Of blood. lie
mus; be allowed 10 have BEEN rho brEt
Judge of his own position and resources; and
I surrounded az he wns by uycrw helming NUM-
beers, ssiH, q difficulty, ptuhahly. of obtaining
provisions, he Adopted the wAcst course
lie appears to have acted nobiy IN the nniIrr.
| for without STIMULATING anything for himself,
he ~ reported To have obtained M amnesty
for the troops under his com6idiiif whose OF.
! tiocrS previously held a council Of war and
protested against n surrender ~ The Auslf-
AUS, proierring, IL would appear, The tender
mercics ofthe Russian commander.
! Thoueh,ns usual, there is much confusion
IN the accounts of these trnusbctons, there
can be no doubt of their essential truth, ns
Count BcckcndorC aid, dc-camp to the Cznr,
arrived at Berlin on the 18Th instant, cspcc.
tally charged To the King of Prussia with the
announcement Of Gorgey's submission.
| II il TO bo hoped thai the rhicr Hungarian
patriots will succeed iu making their escape;
/ for however agreeable il might he to Hay
nau to shoot them, their lives nre of some
value still. Meantime II ~ clenr, from thc>
character ofHnynnu's proclnmnlions to-thc
Magyar population, that the instruction has
not been that ota section OF the people, MS Of
ten enormously represented, but OF the ma
! lion generally.
Immense rejocings have taken place nt
Warsaw, on account 0f these Successes of the
Russian arms
! The Hungarian forces thar made a sally
/ from Comorn, have again evacuated RHah,
though continuing to hol' other important
positons but tho proceedings OF the compar-
nliycly small corps under klnpkn are oflttle
importance, now That events have issued So
/ fatally elsewhere.
Tho Liverpool Journal has the following
article;
Hungary has fallen. The axiom of. the
/ Duke of wellington, that smAll army, how
ever well disciplined, has no chance III.
timnlely nguust large one, however bad
4 ly gcneralIed has again received meInn-
cholly illustration, Patriotism, bravery pru.
dence, and consunate military skill, hRve been
-unahle 10 resist tho nondernuE prcssnre of
tho multitudinous forces ofthe Car; for, a
gainst such odds, even successive victories,
by multiplying necessary losses, only led TO
subsequent defeat, Gorgoy, like Napoleon,
Inns yielded to the power OF numbers The
] tnctics Of Bonnpnrt, in resisting the onward
march of the allied armies in 1914, nccur,i-
I ing to Napier, exhausted all the resources of
military science; bur, despite ofthe efforts Of
the greatest of generals, the Cossacks enter
ed Paris. Gorgey, in the late campaign; has
extored praise from his enemies; and we
hesilnto to impugn the ctof surrender, until