New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-19

- O. .vo;d the quaYreis and DISAGREEMENT,
'ns,ycb usually attend such partnerships oiu
| not satisfactorily learn; .,;. ,lacs or
neb,eczin is not at ak an arlstocrstic pidOo'o u
charitable for its polished society IN Huhgaiy'
S,,Is The manners OF every class OF people are
the most sinpuarly courteous ana Pon'e'
walked through the streets Win l,'e -
whom | was visiting, 1t reany seemoe .ho
kent his hat all the time In the ar, No' w
assy nod of the English, nor our ianl ges-
sesJ ,o','.,ds the hat. even to the most common
acnuaintance. but real waving OF the hat IN the
Al, every time he met any one ne knew. Even
he was forced TO confess, It would be great
saving in hats if they were little less puhcul-
IONS Whenever too, we had called on an ac-
ouaintance, and were taking our leave .he ceIe-
monies of parting were realy ouluSn'onai
First. we all shook hands In the parior, anu
wished each other Gods protection" as II we
were separating for long journey, aho .he olu
servants would come forward often 10 KISS our
hands then the gentleman puts MS arm uiiue'
mine-as the suangers-as u ior nan sup
port. and accompanies US to Inc do0r, wheie .iie
same farewell with the shaking OF hahos' Is re-
pea,ed then we all go on togethei again W tne
outside gate of the yard, where we wave oui
hats. grasp hands, and finally bid adleu.
This. it must be remembered, does not seem
AZ all affected. or "put on" for the sake OF gen,
tillty. 1t is their mode of expressing KIM ana
hospltable feelings,
At dinner, too after we leave the table Ioi the
coffee we ali bow to one another, and WISH
solemn salutation and in many families the
daughters come forward and kiss the FARMERS
hand Their salutations, too, have sonetnlng
dignjfed and oriental In them God DC w!'"
vou God protect you God tcatch orer you
instead of the servile UnterthamestG diener
(ros, humble servant ;! or " Serrus " so much in
voome in VienDa-though these are beginning to
creep Ia in the most polished Hungarian society.
Wherever went, having most unfortunate
black European hat, never worn here, was at
once known as a stranger but II was peasant
to find even the common peasants salutlng me,
politely, as if IN welcome.
Through all the Hungarian society there Is,
even in this time Of national depression, KIND
of eraggeraion may call it, of violent expression
Of feeling TO which it takes some time 1or
stranger TO accustom himself. There is nothing
al ALI like il in European or American society:
A natural, passionate eloquence, and KIND OF
outre mode of expressing their feelings, whlch
would be altogether out OF place ana aHecteu
with u.s. but which does not seem at all singular
after a little while among them. l have been IN
a most sensible and cultivated family, where all
tho ladies were dressed in black for their country,
and where they wore small iron bracelets-ai-
most as heavy as handcufs-on their wrists, IN
memory of the solitary prisoners OF Arad ana
Temeswar. 80 rs,
/ have seen too, often in Hungary, bits of the
w
over by some one, put up in handsome gold set.
tngs, and worn as pins by the ladies! And
there is scarey family in the country without
the little bracelets worked by the hungarian
prisoners, and marked with the first letters OF
the names of the Generals who were executed
bv the Austrians in this way" Z. V. ID. 1. n.
A. X. L. S."-which can also be so read "Pon-
nonia Vergisst Deinen Tod Me; Ais klager Leben
81, ;" Hungary forgets thy death never! AS ac-
cusers they shall live y 1t is penal offence, by
the way, wearing these now.
As said before, all this would seem an exag-
geration elsewhere, but here, where you know
The people have done and suffered SO much In
the cause which they now are COMMUNICATING,
you quite forget the singularlty. !, tor my part,
too, connect it with those iervent, eloquent
tones with which almost every hungarian
speaks of his country's wrongs, and which thrill
yet in memory on my ear. II would be difficult,
almost, for any one of the cool Anglo-Saxon
blood TO credit the instances | met with con-
stanty here Of this intensity OF feeling, on ponti
erous surrender at Vilagos, many OF the pri-
yate soldiers shot themselves through the brain
in the bitterness of their despair ne NUMBER
of cases of insanity after the Austrian victory,
beginning with that OF one of their most lament
able and distinguished leaders, would be lncred
ible never shall forget visit PAID TO a nos
pitable, generous family, yet bowed and sadden-
ed by an event of this character, which CON-
No Hungarian will forget some twenty years
since, Young man with wonderful power OF
elo0uence, face and form In the highest type OF
manly beauty, who was laboring with lnexhausti
bic enthusiasm in the party OF liberty Win
Kossuth Every thing promised HIM long
future glorious for Hungary and himself II
happened, however that the Austrlans heard OF
these efforts of his party, and at once resolved
to crush them.
Their meetings were broken up, and the va
nous members were Imprisoned. TINS young
nan escaped but very intimate friend OF ms,
" 10 isd .abOreG IN the same cause with hun Tor
MARY yezYs Wss thrown into loathsome dun-
geon Though unframed himself, sympathy
ana ia iflcnc agony for his country, worked
on hjs mind % that he became a lunatlc, and Is
now hopelessy insane IN the Asylum at Vienna.
To add 70 the more than dramatic incidents OF
tins strange story, hIs friend, man OF almost
equally brilliant promise, came forth from thrce
wears painful Imprisonment idiot, and may
he now seen sometimes moplng and chatterlng
about the streets of Groswarden.
Do not such inciden,s-not uncommon II Hun
gaD-seem To speak of a far more passionate,
excltable nature, than any thing which we ever
behold among our Northern races. And 1t must
be remembered If we would understand the Hun.
garians, that this excitement and enthusiasm Tor
Their country have been no transient, sudden
eush, like the Italian. Ii has flown on now for
many centurles-even deeper and stronger du-
ring their disasters. The almost dramatic COOL
ness and bravery with which the Hungarians
died on the scaAold and the gallows, after this
late Re olution, would hardly be credible. There
were several instances VI insanity previous TO
the execution, bat not solitary one of fear during
them Many Went forth before the file of soldiers,
with cigar in their mouth. One OF the brayest
of the thirteen Generals shot at Arad, was re-
served to the last, while the others were execu-
ted 4" ,cds aiadys first IN the attack" said he ;
"uAy oaa last htref"
| have no doubt, from all which | saw this
year, that the national exultation and enthu sasm
before the Revolution as travellers say, were alto
| gether unhearable Probably never in the his
tory of the world. unless during the first years of
The great French Revolution, was there seen
such an universal national excitement