New-York daily tribune., 1851-09-29


one Iuc &c, under theiT SAeep-SSInS They stride
BY. as erect arc stately aS one can iaiaginc the
old Indian Chiefs To have done. N the days Of
their power. There Is scnieihng ano>; fsfsaa-
IKE in tfcH rreaIancethe;r long. lanS o.acx hag,
their >wsrihy comple1i0n- AVID tim faces. with
their pOw eriul eotes some wear tanned SKINS,
bfolctTeG very u1Ch lAe The Indian Too,>.
In fact. ssve TO- seen amer looking SCI Ot men
N Europe. ihan these peasants. gathered Ont m the
market place acre Ever man seems soldier
The women are a brown. aealihy looking Sc.
but short. rtr-roi BY any means 81 handsome
the men They al wear lirtie jackets 81 tanned
leather the khrirr ai.l prC.illy embroidered, and
short dresses. WITH high boots Of rcd ,slfsr under
thCu,--maAlr K altogether rather original appear
ante. according to Our ideas o3 female apparel They
engage IA cong an the marNeibusinesS. and
chafeTllg most uu>iIy-the men looking on. IN ads-
nifed vay. or iymg N real Oriental manner, dreau-
lng and en'oY'nc tne Warm >nring >un-hgA, OccA-
>ional.y. yi.iagc-sCu,re comes BY. and taey an
touch lhelr hats 20 hm though not oy any means IN
a SlayISh manner They lCoA and at h,e an nde-
pendent. sturiy SCI ot men
Beside Is interest Is q specimen OF toe Hun.
gariar villages. Sy0luoA Is So worth visiting hy
the traveie, toy lis "reminiscences connected with
the last WAY
IL may be- remembered that IN the Winter of
lsiS-i9, the Hungarian army had withdrawn
itself 10 the central plains behind the fhelss.
maknctha, rlver the cover o he f-oNt Of their
position or course, all the bridges or foniS.
would be OF great importance. OF the tour
bridges for four hundred niles, one Is az
SzolnOk. AMI 20 TINS point Were some OF the
hardest contested battles. The plan II the
attack IN the >nrlng ot lSi9-sad TO have
been irawn by kelter and nembmsNi-waS
very skllliu. indeed The main principle oi
II was. 10 neglect the capital, Is of no import
ance IN a Strales,cal point of view. ana % center
their forces ~ the angie OF the DANUBE, near
" alzen. and thus cut on me Austrian hne OF
communication ara relieve Comorn. To ehcct
this, 'clgncd attack must be made near Pesih.
IN order 20 concentrate the main body Of the
AustnauS there. ANA call Oh their attention from
the attack above The iiungarlanS fought at
much advantage. ac'me ion a conIer-the
Hungarian plain On q wide line NJ enemies
around them The whole proved even more
successful than was anticipated The ieigned
attack toward pesth made al hrst Iu S,olnok
drove the enemy bach with Immense slaughter
the Hungarian General having crossed the uyer
nm the mI,tS below. and falling on che Austrian
army on its hank-and finally from all the neigh.
horhood. the enemyS forces were driven back into
Pesth. where Prince Niadlschgraiz took his
stand. patiently awaiting a combined attack from
the whole Hungarian army He was only unde.
celNCd hv hearing ot GorgCy Svlciouous progress
on the line Of his communication northwam
and the only step lctt for INN was to evacuats
Pesth as rapidly Is possible. We all know the
reSuli-tha, the Imperial forces were utterly
beaten out OF liungsN-and that, If Gorgcy had
followed them Up. as he should, they would have
been annlhliatod. aud probably Vienna itset
taken Besides this battle az SZOlnoN, ~ March,
there was another prev .ousy wherein Perczel,
by similar manrUsg OF crossing the Thesis on
the ice. had utterly defeated a large corps OF
Austrans, posted near the bridge. The town
was sand to have suffered much IN these h0ty
contested struggles II must have been speedily
repaired, however. aS could see very few marks
oi the injury on the houses
After a short time spent IN Szolnok | started
IN neat lttle steamboat up the ThelSs These
steamers, IS well a. those on the Danube, bcloNg
10 the COMPANY Of the Austrian Lloyd and
have only been running few years. Il Is sati,
however that the Government are lust on the
point of taking them iorclbly INTO their own
hands. not wishing 10 have the interior cOmmu-
nlcatonS OF hungary IN the power OF any one
except Austrian officers The ThUss Is the pc
cullar. almost sacred. ryer OF the Nation. II en-
riches In part, the land of the original, genuine
Hungarians The people ON the Eastern side OF
It, on those wide plains, are the strength, the
Sinew of the country. II Is from among thtm
that the best of Hungary have come-her states
men and orators and soldiers. IL was from the
indOmitable peasantry OF this district that the
Austrian and Russian armies met WHITTIER stout
est resistance Within these plains, as | have
said before all the widespread forces of the
Tungarans withdrew themselves, to fight from
them as a center, against the vast circle OF the
enemy.
The Thesis, with as immense swamps, be
side. as II were guarding this country, Is cN-
ceedmgly important for its trade. The wood
ard stone from the mountains on the North can
be brought down 10 the Stepp,s souihery, desti-
tute of them The rich wines of Tokay and the
hills around can be shipped 10 Szolnok, and So
without difficulty. to Pe,lh AMI Germany. On
the South. TOO, ihat garden of Hungary, the
Banaf, can transmit IT. gram and fruits 10
SzegedIn, and thus upward, by this ryer To the
Danube and the capital II IS the channel, IN
deed, Tor thehmmense produce OF Central Hun
gary. IN wheat and Indian corn and vine, 10 Ind
It's way out The great difficulty is IN the IA
ture OF the river Itself give an extract here
from my Notes assho~lng something of this
I'VE working our way up the Theiss, and
despite the engines beng somewhat powerful one
L is very slow WORK The current h exceedingly
rapld and for windngs and turns and crooked chan
nels, do not tblnk any uyer ever began u equal
this Of the Theiss Il Is said THERE'S one spot ~hero
the distance has been measured, AZ 70 miles 10y land,
and over 2CO by water We find ourselves oeea
sOnaly with the bows pointed directly 70 the 0ppo-
site point Of the compass ffOm wnaI they were ten
minutes before
the low banks, the waters Will frequently be hye
mlles from one side to the other, they tell me Inc
Spnng foods hardly over now, and ~ passed
through wide tracts Of wafer where II via very dll-
fcut 10 find the channel Add to ths that II becomes
very dry often IN summer, and one can gel All lleh
how many hlndranCes there are 10 ~ ni'i8a'lOh'
WI passed, III ont place iiiDNsh '+A""
tween TWO bends OF the stream, which saved long
distance. These canals occur very often on lhe
Theiss and are made SIMPLY by digging little open
ing al one II the Of me stream then ~ loosen
ing the ground here and there. the line Of the ca
nal and in Spring. when the ice CONES down, IN the
foods the current opening the canal Al once. Very
much has been done. both b. the Hungarian Govern
meni and by individuals, .Or the regaldting the
Theiss and for the draining the immense mar hes Oh
it, banks"
Some Of the most valuable estates IA Hungary
have been recovered II th,s wayfrom he swamPs.
Still there is enough leit % be- done. G.. 4. B.