The Arkansas banner., 1850-06-04
[Froni the Louisville JOarnal. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.
RIvEa DAxusE. ls49.

Es:s1s .s the Black Sea; Asss # ;scssssss: more thrliliag interest its bsnks witnessed the srug- ges ot that ehisaIous nation whose esFts for free don secured the sympsihy of the gfeater portion oT the civilized woftd, and whose sad fate has cast gloom over every lover of liberty.
 IL ls dtsressIng to witness the present situation of Hangafy-it IS melancholy to tTaeeiE her history the serIes of mslortuaes io which her brave people who once carried terror into the land of Austria - seIi. have for many centuries been subjected The HungaEl1as said to GefiFe their origin from the Huns ot Atlia; and as early as the nInth c.nury we hnd this waflike nation. under their Dukes, pushing their eoaqaests even into Italy and Fianee. stephen, their last Duke and firsi king dd not de- stroy their wsrliks spirit tanning ieu feroeitY by the lnirodaetIon ot christianity about The beginning of the eleventh eentury, lie not ony reunited Trarsylvanla to his Kingdom and subIugated the Seisvisns and Bulgatians. bat he showed himself worthy of being King by the umriiora:ion of so- cieiy aLd morals. After this good Kings death began he early msiottunss of ihe Hungarians, who were al the same tine subjected tc all the horrors of civil war i addition 10 the nroads of the Bufga Tians, Rnssisns, Croats, and other savage nations
 John Hauaiades, justly celebrated for his military achievements in his wars with the fiereest of the Turkish eonqueroFs. Amurath and Moham med II L. quieted the distractions of his unhappy coun,ry and ,reed it from 'he dangers ot foreign invasion But it remained tor his heroic son, Matthias Corvinus, who was unanimously elected King to retrieve the
 
 her name. He kept both Turks and Ausirians al bay, aad rendered himself not less loved al home than feared abroad. Hero, statesman, and scholar, he IS worthy oi the highest admiration wben con- pared with the best ot his contemporaries. Happy would IL have been for his country if she had mad many such Kings, but alas this gleam o prosperity sOca faded into general gloom In the famous bal tie ot Mohdes, in 1926, the Hungarans totally defeated and their king Louis s.Aia by Soieyman the Magnificent, who aiterward gave up the capital Buda To be pilisged hy his ferocoVs followers and commit eariui depfedations throug ghout the whole country. Even during it's sab,eetIOn to The Turks the country continued 10 be eoavused wIih disputes about the succession. In 1884 Maxim siian II, Esn- peror ot GefmaRy, hrst iad claim to the crown bat it was not till the accession of Charles VI I7II that all differences between the Hangasians snd GetGans 6naGy settled by dehaliive treaty From this t.tne, the history o.% Hungary IS but story of Ausifaa aggression, tiii stung almost 10 madness she rose arms m her vain effort 10 shake | of hie seli-imposed yoSe. But tyranny hss p,e- vaIled-those gtortoa> expeditions oi the HHngsfi anS excited by their victories, and shared by every | true Ametcsn, have been dlspeiled; iAe last hope 1 of independence has ial en aIh COsaofn.
 1 The situation oi unhappy haEgsiy IS even more i deplorable now than before ; revolution. Her people are loaded with aew oppressieas. hef ehiei iritiE-ns are hRed ard imprisoned, and Der Ro5tes iBsulted. Her csuichmeh arc hanged, her leaders shot, and even the wives aud cRtidIea ot ibBse she | loved oest nave been ibfoN mic priSon t0dt wound might be indicted upoa her already bleeding bosotus. Hungarian soldlsTs seized sB scattered through Ausuaa rrgim-bis to be watched and guar ded like 50 many eeaElcB. Hungarian oiheeis of e.ae alton and refinement are degraded from their rank, sni, 10 TeR4er theIr disgrace more gaing, they iaTcIbly enlsted prI.seS in the asirsR service aud compelled to herd with their b-Asty sol 6iery. i PresbOurg is the frs, Hungarian city we passed ! oi any consequence. Pres50ars has more ihac II - GOO inhabitants and al Ore tune was considered the Capital ol Hungary after the ancient Capita fell in- 10 the hands ot the Turks in 1926. Here, until the coronation of the present E'npercr, The Emperors Of Austria have been crowned, with the crown oi ' s. Stephen, Kings oi Hungary. and upon a sna
 mound facing the river they cut ,he sga e the cross m the air with the sword of the ssinied Monarch, and swore to protect and support that country which | 1t has ever been their delight 10 oppress.
 1 We next passed COmorn. the virgin fortress, which was established by Matthias C0rvinus, and l has never been taken by enemy. IL was a mel sneholy sight 10 the Austrian dag fiyss.s above this last sirch ghod oi Hungary. The fortress had surrendered two days before. but the singu4Ty favorable terms granted by the Aasrians showed the consideration attached to It ant its gallant de- tenders. As approached, the tents ot the 4 us-
 tran and Rassisn besiegers lined beth flat banks o the rver, eonld but contrast The ragged sunparnt soldier in actual service with the dappet band box guards ieit m Vienna. Crowds ot retiring HHn- garians gathered in confused masses along the shore, filled the large barges which were trans porting themselves and their baggage to the other shore. that they might scatter iO tssiT different homes. A great many officers came upon our boat, As we pushed of. they cast many a sad and lnger-
 ing glance toward the deserted scene of their late | heToism. Gloom sat upon every brow. for each had lost mother Tn losing his country. My heart sched when thought that those poor fellows bad 1 but three days 10 take a long adIeu ot home and a-II -A..k~ fk soldiers oi despotism thus permitted 10 crush i the gallant eforis of freedom. Among tbeTn was ysung woman suAyed in uniform who had brayey fought for her country several battles. and had been promoted 10 the rank of Adjuant for her gail ianirY. Her face was full oi IoseIiness, and when accompanied by the interest of her story was posi- | lively bewitching. But really, apart from all romance. she was very beautiful. In her light sii- kin locks and fair eompiexio1-her large deep bue eyes, in which the tenderness of the dove seemed 1 trembling beneath an eagle ganee--iher~ was the charm of womanly sot,ness; and her sqnihns nose and exqaisiieiy beautiful mouth, m whose aiched lips pride, beauty, and feeling seemed to conteisd 1 for the mastery. completed my beau ideal Of he- ! roine-my conception of Joan of Arc. Thefe was something mos; noble and lofty in her glance, and yet there nothing of musealine boifness or boyish pestness about her, and although dressed in mans attire there was the charm Of modesty about her whole bearing. l. wIif be long ere forget the lovely defender oi Cornorn
 1 The espi,aiof HaLgsy is composed of two parts l the ancient town of Bada and he modern Pesth, containing ,oge-ass one hundfed and twenty thou sand inhabitants The venerable, roc buIls 6ata strongly contrasts with it's modern rival. But why talk oi the capital ni Hungary when Hungary has ceased 10 existl The land Of Haania1es and Cor vinns s no more. Bni sill DO; despair. Thsngh tresehery has done is worst, though Geosgey has sold his honor and his counirys freedom 10 her worst enemies, though Cenorn ts now in the hands O. the Aas,rians and Kossuih and Rem are fugitive exi'es, yet liberty is not dead" for thai cause is safe whose head dweiis Jn Hssven." The great God of nations who judges the deeds of both klns and subject may even now De hardening the heart of Hungarys tyrant & he did ihai of Phsrsoh; ami she may soon make as glorious and exode from her slavery the lsrseies did from the lspa Of Egypt Had the Anstrisns pursueda different coarse, eiem- ency migbi have disarned resentment. Bui her eraeliies enly keep alive the hres Of resentment; and the tIms may be mol far disaat when the blood of freedoA's martyrs and inc tears ot orphans wii ! rise in judgment against that Gavernment whose X. Gfn.