The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-10-31

| A correspondent of the ST. Louis Republican,
writing from Wiesbaden, Germany, gives the fol-
lowing description of the notorious General Hay
| nau:
| Haynau may be about sixty years of age, and
was born at time and under circumstances when
he ought, by lao, not TO have been born, and has
therefore, no legal right To his existence. This
fact take 1t, must have contributed largely TO that
peculiar disregard which the General in after life
eviDced for the existence of others His mother
was Jewess in Hanau. near Frankfort, who lived
| in such close intimacy with the old Landgraye of
| Hesse, lthe same old gentleman who first intro
duced live Hessians into the foreign market, by
selling few regiments of subjects TO George ILL.,
for whipping the Yankees,) to render the suppo-
stion Irresistible that the Landgravc was more or
less Instrumental in calling him into existence. In
a word, his mother, milliner, Of uncommon
oriental beauty, was mistress to the Landgrave in
those days when the term prince and his mistress
were inseparable bread and butter in our time
The exact origin of his name is not known to me,
bet In those days 1t was customary with Jews to
often adopt the Of the place where they lived
which accounts for the fact that Haynaus mother
went by the name Of Hanau, a maine which the
son adopted, adding only the q, by way of avoid
ing invidlous "reminiscences. AS slight qud pro
quo for the want of an ostensbe father, which lux
ury was denied our hero, he was blest with an cx
traordnary share Of half brothers and sisters
IT Is said that the number of ladies Of gentlemen
claiming that honor exceeds by double the number
OF sovereign princes in the German confederacy;
an announcement which make in somewhat
roundabout way, since naked statement of the
fact carries with it something 80 appalling and
traordinary, that little delicacy in publishing it
seems called for. The Landgrave forgot none Of
the descendants Of his Jewish mistress; the con-
trary, they all rose to wealth and honor % and
we have witnessed how Baron Haynau has risen to
the Field Marshalship Of Austria, despite his low
and iegitmate origin.
Haynau's person is portly and commanding
The degdge character of his dress and his gait be-
tokens both seifsatisfact ton and polished manners;
a M
pale, compressed lips are expressive of stubborn
ness and passionate cruelty; his forehead is fiat
but expansive; his hair is white but not grey; his
complexion pale, and his face seems compressed
30 as to appear unusually broad. The most prom
nent feature in his face is his moustaches, eight
ten inches long, thick, white, and dangling down
on his shoulders like two squirrels tails l met
Haynau first at Frankfort. / strolling along
the quays on the Main, when met tall, pale, and
beautiful lady in deep mourning, who was accom-
panied by two gentlemen, whose fur caps induced
Inc to believe them Poles or Russians. The noble
air of all three arrested my attention, and on in
quiry, learnt from soldier that the lady
Countess Karoli of Hungary, the daughter Of Count
Bathyani, who was hanged by Haynau for talk
ing part in the Hungarian war. l turned round to
catch another glimpse of the ill-fated woman and
followed her on her way across the bridge, when
my companion, citizen of Frankfort, directed my
attention to porty gentleman, with tremendous
moustaches, wearing the undress uniform of an
Austrian cavalry officer, who meeting u.s.
This person was Haynau He walking be-
tween two companions, in similar uniforms, and
had the bridge pretty much to himself.
As did not learn who he until after he had
passed US, could not watch his countenance as
should have liked; but as stood watching Haynau
passing on towards the city, and Bathyani's
daughter towards Sachsenhausen, the bloody coursc
of the former was brought back too forcbly to my
memory not to have awakened the most painful
reflections at finding myself accidentally between
the hangman and one of the many thousands of
victims TO whose 6resides he carried desoation,
and in whose hearts he extinguished forever the
rays Of hope and of Joy. saw him again shortly
after at st. PauPs church, and subsequently at Co
logne, but my emotions at seeing him first shall
never forget or attempt to explain. The Germans,
on passing him. usually gave vent to their indig-
nation by splitting out before him, and uttcring
In low voice such epithets hyena, butcher,
scoundre, and suchlike, which grew louder and
more indignant, in proportion as the distance be-
tween them and their enemy widened. The
Republicans in Cologne DISTRACTED the streets when
be attempted TO pass, by walking armin- arm,
which, from the narrowness of the former, was
easily enough done. HRynau was often forced to
turn round and seek new passage, in order to
avoid personal conflict; but he ultimately could
not avoid renconre at the railway station, where
mud, dirt, and broomsticks tended to lend more
force to manifestation of the public opinion.