Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1852-11-10
MISC E LII A N Y.
A Hungarian HerOines

On the night Of the second Of December,
1S4S, when all communication between
Hungary and Austria had ceased, large
armies on either side guarding their resPec-
tive frontiers, the author was seated in the
office of the Legation of the United States
at Vienna, when his servant introduced
Young female, who desired, as she said, to
see him at once upon urgent business. She
was most beautiful creature, and, though
atured in the dress of peasant, the grace
and elegance of her manner, the fuency
and correctness of her French, at once de-
noted that she was nearer princess than
a peasant. She sat and conversed for some
time before she ventured to communicate
the object Of her visit.
As soon as the author perceived that In
the exercise of the utmost caution, she de-
sired only 10 convince herself that she was
not in error as to the individual she sought,
he told her that, upon the honor OF gen.
tleman, she might rest assured that the IN
dividual she saw before her was the diplo-
matte agent of the United States, at the
Court of Vienna. Upon that assurance,
she immediately said, Then, sir, am the
bearer of communication to you. She
then asked, 'Have you servant, SIR, in
whom you can rely, who can go with me
into the street for few moments" The
author replied that he had no servant in
whom he could rely that he feared they
were all in the pay of the police, but that
he had private Secretary in whom ne re-
posed confidence, and who could accompa-
nv her. The Secretary was Immediately
called; they descended together into the
street, and in few moments returned,
bearing with them the rack of wagon
This rack, which is fixture attached either
to the fore or back part of peasants
wagon, and intended to hold hay for the
horses during journey, was composed OF
small Stats, about two inches wide and one-
eighth of an inch thick, crossing each other
at eoual distances, and constituting semi-
circular network. AS all these Stats,
wherever they crossed, were fastened to-
gether with either wooden or iron bolts,
with our unskilful hands an hour nearly
was consumed before we could get the rack
in pieces. When this was accomplished
we saw nothing before us buta pile of Stats;
but the fair courier, taking them up enc by
one, and examining them very minutely,
at length selected piece, exclaming.
"Thls is it," The slat selected resembed
the others so completely, that the most
rigid observer unapprised oithe fact, could
not have detected the slightest difference
between them; but, by aid of penknife,
to separate its parts. this slat was found to
be composed of two pieces, followed out in
the middle, and affording space enough to
hold folded letter. In this space had
been conveyed, with secrecy which ena-
bled 1t to pass the severe scrutiny OF the
Austrian sentinels, the communication ad-
dressed to the author by Louis Kossuth.
The mysterious parsonage, as intrepid as
she was fair, who undertook the convey
ance of this dispatch, at night, alone and
unprotected, in an open PEASANTS wagon,
in dreadful snow storm, through the midst
of the Austrian army, when detection would
have been death, was (as nj. Pulszky has
Just informed the author,) then single la
dy, has since married, and is now the Count
ess M.-.Nr. SiieS' .Auslria, and The .Aus-
trians Of 1883.