The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-08-11

The packet ship Dsvonshire, from London
and Portsmouth. Captain Hovey, arrived in port
on Saturday forenoon, having left Portsmouth
on the I'd Of July. Among the passengers are
forty-seven officers and men Of the Hungarian
army, among whom arc Felix Spetasiok, lady,
and two children COL Feckner and lady Nj
Almony. ex- government Secondary Of Wa; Nj.
Milkalonch, high sheriff Col. Kehasy, Major
Shemertauge, Major Biso, Captains Ehsuses,
tauge, Bskonch, Woeff, DAnns, ZazevDy, Kas-
talanje, Bencha, Nazsrhoter, Meyito, BenRrai,
Pongrantz and Moher; L,eutenants Gras singer,
Leng and Zathmany; Count Duyeii Harry Fill
Iopp Kermandy, and son; Saniha NJ. BoIagh
Luca, and lady; Polaisek, Age, and lady Kish,
Gran, Kelman Ban, Belkey, Richtannkys. Ben,
Harvatk, and several non commissioned of6cers.
With the exception of three Of the above,
who have been in London for some time past,
all the others have recently come from Constan-
tnople, having been set at liberty by the Turk
ish government who paid their expenses 10
Southampton. They all came ont as cabin
passengers in the Dovonshre. They generally
seem to be- men OF high responsibility, and, a.
evidenced by documents which many Of then,
have brought with them, belong to some OF the
first families in hungary. The British govern
ment provided them with means to defray their
Atlantic We conversed with several Of the Of
icers, and they feel sanguine that Kossuth, their
former general and present companion in misfor-
lune will soon be at liberty to seek an asylum
in this or some other country. The Hungarian
ladies' who accompanied their husban Is in the
Devonshire, appear to be of tho first class, and
notwithstanding that their bouyancy Of spirit is
much broken down, yet they breathe the lulling
atmosphere Ct balmy and happy days. We I'M
derstood from several Of the officers that they
would be willing to occupy themselves in any
way, even in manual labor by which they could
earn competency IN this city. Many Of them
are young men, not yet past twenty years Of age,
vet they bear the indelible stamp Of the battle
field on various parts Of their bodies, and we
have been assured that one Of these youthful
patriots has fought in eighteen different battles
The Devonshire brought out three hundred
and eighty passengers (including the Hungari-
ans,) about thirty Of whom we're Germans; all
The others were English, who shipped at Lon
dom The majority of the passengers are Of a
| respectable and intelligent class. A large num-
Der of the Englshmen are what is termed in
Britain, gentlemen farmers sons. who intend to
purchase tracts of land in this country or in
Canada. There was no sickness among the pas
sengers, with the exception Of one man who
came on board afflicted by the small pox. As
soon as this circumstances became known to the
captain, the patient was placed in the stern boat
hanging at the davits, several feet from the ship,
over which tent was erected, covered with tar
paulins. Here the patient was nursed and at
tended by the physician and officers of the shio
He is now quite well, and he never left his ro-
mantle domicil during the whole course of the
voyage This timely precaution, taken by Capt.
Hovey, prevented the disease from affecting any
of the other passengers.