Daily American telegraph. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1851-1852, 1852-03-03
M. Kossuth in Cincinnati.-A Look Be-
~ hind the Curtain.

Il The CINCINNATI "CommerciaI' announces the
departure, on Thursday last, of NJ Kossutl from
Cincinnati He took passage in the steamer Wis
consin, for Madison La. The "Commerciul says:
| Out of the large committee of arrangements
but two were at the Burnet House yesterday
morning, Feb 26) to escort kossuth to the river,
and extend the courtesy due their guest. One of
the committee attempted to address Kossuth, by
thanking him for his kindness in visiting Cincin-
natl, and extending to him the well wishes OF
the citizens. This occurred in a large crowd, on
the hurricane-deck of the boat. Kossuth, who
appeared somewhat irritated, replied !" Sir,
want some freedom, some rest do not speak to
me-please leave" Here an explanation was
offered, when the Magyar continued, ''Now, do
not bother me; leave me, do, do; got away J!
and the officer retired, while Kossuth turned to
his lady and commenced smelling bouquet OF
flowers.
The Commercial" gives the following account
of a curious scene, in which NJ kossuth showed
himself:
An interview which took place on Wednesday
evening, at the Burnet House, between Kossuth
and the Hungarian committee, which had charge
| of the arrangements OF the meeting at the depot,
was subject of general conversation round the
city yesterday. They had an audience in the
private apartment of the Governor, one of the main
objects of the interview being to hand over to
him the material aid collected for admission to
the meeting--some $1,000. The first words, it
is said, were spoken by Kossuth---" You see, gen
tlemen, your grand demonstration for the Hun
garian cause was d failure IA failure ia fail
ure! y Il short pause and long faces toloaoed this
remark aohich Dds uttered Vith peculiar emphasis.
! A spokesman of the committee here attempted
! to offer an explanation in apology-alluding to
| the shortness of the notice given to the public,
and the disappointment felt at postponing the day
of meeting as originally notifed-his own indis-
position suggesting the alteration, &c.
KossUTH.-Oh, too much committee-too in
efficient 4 chilling sensation here observable.
SPoKEsMAN.--We really ourselves feel greatly
mortified at the thinness of the assemblage, but
KossUTH.-Think of it, gentlemen! | had
your assurance should receive $4,000 to-day,
and now find not twelve hundred people at your
great meeting
The committee then severally assured Kossuth
their exertions had not been spared in endeavor-
ing to collect q crowd.
KossUTH.-I humbly thank you, gentlemen
but if | had been suffered to carry out my OWL
arrangements could have obtained as much ma
terial aid in forty eight, hours as through YOU
kindness have received in fifteen days
The manner of Kossuth was all this time ex
cited-the committee sat in silent and composed
endurance seeming to think that "anger has it
privilege" and the general anxiety was to dis
cover what was coming next.
Kossuth, in style Of remonstrance, then pro-
eeeded to say that he had been deceived-that
upon the strength of the assurance given to him
he made contracts for the supply of several
thousand dollars worth of cavalry harness--bu
his arrangements had been broken through b,
this ill-managed affair. ''Your large committee
are inefficient. When in Europe" said he, I"
heard of a revolutionary committee Of one hun
) dred and forty persons in Vienna, and at ono
foresaw they would do nothing. Gentlemen
you illustrate the propriety of that conclusion.
Brief intervals of clouded abstraction followe
each of these pithy denunciations, but the mo
mentary suspension of oral castigation was sup
piled by the whitening look and excited gestur
of Kossuth.
He also gave "brood hint" to the committee
that they had taken out SIS, 900 worth Of Hunga
rian bonds, which had been unaccounted for
The committee handed over the sum collected a
the meeting, and shortly after retired with thei
honors thick upon them"
There has been so much said of what wa
done and would be done in Cincinnati; but th
followin remarks of the Gazette" Of that cit,
tell the whole story:
A large majority OF our citizens have hat
nothing to do with the matter, and large, if no
the larger number, who have attended, have don
so only out of curiosity. A large amount--if no
: the larger-of contributors have been those VIII
paid merely for convenient chance to see an
hear the man as to whom so much has been said
1t has been understood that there was little chanc
of seeing the Governor, except through the pass
J port Of material aid.
| A large number of our most respectable citizen
have not even been near the Burnet House
other places where NJ. kossuth has been. Ha
he come here really as an exile and privat
citizen, he would have received general attention
but not probably Of the clergy. The style wit
which he traves-suite of friends and servant
by whom he is surrounded-the guards to kee
the people out--the liveries of his attendants
the formulas necessary to get an introduction
show little of the republican or exile. This styl
has told the more, because all material aid ap
peared diverted to this channe-to aid on thi
) show-whilst the thousands of his countrymen, o
the highest stations are found in the cities Of tn
Union, suffering from the most abject want VIII
| poad tbis aid