The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-10-08

arrived from Europe, will start at six this after
| noon for their future home ut New Buda. Gov
| Ujhazy's settlement In the far Western wilds Of
Iowa, whittier they proceed on the special re-
communication Of their great leader and brother
in misfortune, Louis Kossuth. The Erie rail-
road has generously granted them all free pas.
sage from New York city to Detroit, and II il
hoped that the lines further West will cheerful.
" rival this liberality. The following CORES,
pondence, most honorable to all concerned,
will explain why this generosity was required.
WASHINGTON, d. C., Friday, Oct. 3, 1851.
Dear Sir: The great Hungarian leader, Kos
suth, advised his countrymen who lately arrived
from Shumla, Q28 in number) to settle in New
Buda, colony which Gov. Uhazy founded in
Decatur county, Iowa. This having been brought
to the notice of the President of the United
States, the members of the Cabinet, and w. w.
Corcoran, Esq, citizen of Washington. the lat
ter offered and deposited in the hands of the
Mayor If this city s $40, which sum is to be
employed for the purpose Of paying the passage
OF those brave Hungarian exiles to New Buda,
Iowa, and also for the purpose of supplying them
with agricultural implements and provisions
during the winter, as the colony Of New Buda
consists at this time Of only about thirty persons.
who, being themselves new settlers, are not az
course provided 18th sufficient amount of pro.
vision to feed. until the next crop, such num-
Der of their fellow countrymen on their arrival
there.
1t was expected that an additional fund would
be raised in this city to meet these expenses
and purchases, and ! came here from Washing
ton to cooperate with the friends of the Hun
garian cause, in this respect ! brought letter
from the Secretary of the Treasury, Honorable
Thomas Corwin, to the collector of this city,re-
questing him to aid me in collecting a sufficient
amount to supply the deficiency "1'he pressure
in the money market felt at this moment in Wall
street. and official engagements" did not allow
the collector to act in the premises as promptly
as the exigency of the case demands, and the
committee formed in this city by the Hungarians'
friends could scarcely collect enough to nav for
their board here. Under these circumstances.
beg leave to address myself, on behalf of
these brave but unfortunate men, to the liberal
ity of the company over which you preside, beg
ging that free passage to Chicago NAV he
granted to them. There are eighty-on of them
ready to start at moments rotice Should you
and the directors grant them a free passage, the
money deposited by W. w. Corcoran esq, in
the hands of the mayor of this city, would be
employed for the purchase of the agricultural
implements and provisions-wthout which they
cannot 90 to settle in the woods of New Buda
Even this whole fund is not sufficient for the
PutpoSc Dut IL you grant tnem Il Tree passage
to Chicago, will go with them as far as ST.
Louis, in order to obtain for them a free pas-
| age from other companies on the line TO Iowa,
and to raise at st. Louis such further sum to
supply them with provisions, &c, as their posi-
| ton and circumstances absolutely demand
Every days delay in this city costs about fifty
dollars IF, then, the company over which you
preside refuse granting free passage to these
unfortunate men, the whole fund deposited by
w. w. Corcoran, esq, will be eaten up here and
the great object of colonizing these exiles at
New Buda completely fail.
trust that the plain statement of theee facts
is sufficient to secure your lberav to the Hun
garian exiles in this instance, of so great an
importance to their cause and their individual
welfare. ] will add that by speedily granting
the aid solicited from you, you will no less
merit gratitude from the people of these United
States in general as you will be instrumental in
adding to their community n number Of worthy
producers in the West, who, should they remain
here, would become burden to this city, as
their want of knowledge of the language would
not allow them, for long time, to gain living
by their labor.
With great regard, am
Your obedent servant,
G. TOCHMAN
In behalf Of the committee Of the Hungarian
exes, formed in this city, join in the foregoing
appcation.--New York. Oct. 3. 1851.
WIN. HALL, Treasurer
To BEHJAMTN LoDER, ESQ,
/ President of the Erie Railroad Company.