Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1852-01-14
GEoRaEY AS HE IS.

The following details upon the. present
situation and mode of life OF the once
promising, but now fallen Hungarian Cen
eral, are taken from letter dated Klagen-
furt and addressed to the Welser-Zeitung
! Arthur Georgey, the former commander
in-chief of the Hungarian army, has resld-
ed in Klagenfurt for these last two years
without his presence having made the
slightest difference to the quiet course OF e.
vents in the town. The man who shook
first the throne of his sovereign and after
wards the revolutionary government OF his
country now beguies his privacy and lone
illness with fanciiul experiments in chemis-
try and physics. His usual companion is
an Englishman, who scarcely ever stirs
from his side, but with this exception he is
almost entirely estranged from society; and
the only family which he has been known
to visit, this, but very rarely, is that OF
the cloth manufacturer, Muir, whose &C
quaintance he made during his residence at
Prague, ten years ago, when, having lett
the 18th Hussars, he applied himself dill
gently to chemical pursuits. Every now
and then a rumour is spread that Georgey
is about to establish chemical works IN the
town. He suffers no lack of money, but
draws from our 0he Austrian) Government
a yearly pension of 5000 flourins, while the
Russians have alre ady sent HIM 90, 600 rou-
bles, in two instalments, the first of 2O,O00,
and the second of 10000 roubles; so at
least say those who pass for the init ated.
1t is geuerally believed that he is commits
stoned by the Government with the prepa-
ration of military history of the Hungarl-
an war, as several imperial officers qualifi-
ed to assist HIM in such work have lately
taken up their residence here, and visit him
very frequently, to whom, also, he dictates
by the hour.
His wife, handsome woman, was for
merly governess at Prague; he married
her in fit of vexation, on account Of slight
he met from her mistress, to whom he was
paying his addresses. His household is
placed on the simplest footing. He keeps
a cook, a nurse, and man-servant, Slo-
vack, formerly Honved, who was his SER
want during the war. Among the common
people his appearance awakens rather aver
sion than sympathy; indeed it is said that
three several attempts have been made here
upon his life. However, it is but seldom
that he is seen, as he will remain in house
for month together unless compelled by
the fearful entrcates of his wife to take a
walk in the precincts of the town. AT such
times the young man (he was only born in
1879 presents deplorable aspect. His
sunken eyes are fixed in an unchanglng
stare, his cheeks are pale and fallen in, his
walk is weary, and he stoops as he goes
He usually wears blue paletot, into the
hinder part of which his hands are thrust.
AS if uneasy, he never looks straight at a
ny one, nor takes the least notice if saluted.
His whole exterior suggests the unhappy
condition of man to whom life is bur-
den. Very recently his wife has presented
him with fine boy, his first child. This
event, usually so welcome in families, ap-
pears to have shot no ray of JOY into his
troubled mind. Who would seek in this
fororn creature the hero who, three years
since, commander and dicta tor of Hungary,
dispensed the aestnies of thirteen millions
of men?