The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-03

thousands of my country men, following Generals
Benz and Dem binski, fastened to assist your coun-
try in the hour of it's peril. My wife, then Mile
Jagiello, who, With other daughters OF Poland, as
/ informed you in former letter, was engaged in
facilitating the transportation OF men to your
camps, beng detected in that work fed TO hungary.
knew and heard of her there Some had seen her
Drawing danger in the camp others in the hospital
mt komorn, attending to the sick and wounded.
She came to the United States under the protection
who introduced her as political exile, and was
gra tilted at the generous attention paid her by the
American people
g Mr.. Ujhaai," as you state in your note, is your
pledge "your word that there can be no man Of a
more honorable and upright character" Would
he have adopted as member OF his family, and In
troduced as political exile. one unworthy of COR
dial reception by Governor kossuth!
Besides, We have in our possession q letter dated
September 8, 1851, addressed to US by Captains
Joseph Brick, Charles Lichstensten, aud Carl Bulk
WITT, Q deputation from those one hundred and
twenty eight Hungarian exiles whe arrived In this
country last summer, from Shumla, and are now at
Chi0go, intending, in the spring, to proceed to
New Buda, Iowa. In this letter, the deputation
informed us that at Kutabja you directed Capt.
Brick, their representative, to Mile Jagello snd
New Buda. We communicated the letter to Pfesi-
dent Fillmore and Mr.. Corwin, Secretary Of the
Treatury, ard, through their influence, q donation
Of 81 200 was obtained from Mr. Corcoran, OF this
city, for tho benefit Of those exiles We next OBJ
tanned for eiehty-one of them free passage, from
tue Erie Railroad Company, from New York to
Chicago; and letters Of Recommendation were sent
by MI Corwin, and other friends, to the Collector
and Mayor Of St Louis requesting them to increase
tie fund, and facilitate the transportation to the
colony Of those unfortunate ex,les. SupposinS that
you might be grasifed to know that your ad vice
had been attended TO, and your couutrymen cared
for copy Of the letter Ct those delegates and of all
the other correspondence relating to the subject,
was for warded to you at SOUTHAMPTON.
Thee circumstances authorized me to expect for
my wife something more than the unmeaning
civility shown to hundreds Of strangers who had
taken 10 part in the cause of Hungary.
Com Getting the fact of reserve manifested to-
wards Madame Tochman with the fact that bad
not been aolo, from the time Of your arrival in
Washington to obtain access to you, though, as is
we'll knewn to the A mercan people, hnd labored
earnestly to promote the interests of tbs ngarian
cause and exiies among us, WAS naturally led TO
infer unfrendliness misunderstanding on your
part Hence addressed yeu letter, in which,
after stating briefly the services rendered to the
hungarian cause by my wife, here and in Hungary,
! submitted the following inquiries
lst DO you consider that Governor Ulhazi and
his party imposed upon the. American people BY
in my wife as Mdy patriot, worthy Of
American friends extended to her!
I'd. DO you believe that sixty seven Magyars,
who signed the abeve. referred.to appeal to the
American people, defending the honor of my wife,
have falsely given the testimony which that appeal
contains?*
Sd. Is it your opinion that Lieutenant William
Michael, Capt Freger, and those other Hungarian
officers who testified under oath to tho char ao.er
and high station which my wife occupied in Hun
gary, committed, by doing so, perjury; or do you
consider their testimony worthy Of credtf
In that letter, stated to you that all the docu-
meDts referred to in it would be submitted to your
inspection, should you desire to see them. No al.
folya Of ha 1aftnr
Meantime, the manner in which we had been treat.
ed was appealed to by our enimies, in confirmation
oil certain infamous caumnies circulated IN this
community against my wife, by those who m axe 1t
their business to dscre dit exiles for freedoms sake,
or seek to elevate themselves by defaming merito-
rious persons.
At my request, friend undertook to bring the
subject directly to your notice. Being so fortunate
as TO obtain an interview-frst with Mr. and Mrs.
Pulski, and then with yourself he learned that the
reasons for the treatment my wife had experienced
were those stated in my letter of the 9th instant,
which drew from you an answer 80 different in tone
from what had right to expect Those reasons
SCENE to be puerie frivolous end at lie ist were
founded on newspaper statements and allegations,
which, in that letter, pronounced false In whole
aud in part.
Having done this-having caused 20 be placed in
your hands the letter from MIR Ujhazi, which you
read i ard having placed, subject TO your CALL the
documents necessary to prove my wife an exile for
services rendered to hungary, supposed that you
v ould at least afford ne the means Of reuting the
injurious Inference drawn from the manner in
which she had been re oeived, without further ex-
bibition ofyour Indifference to her feelings and ser
vice..
Your statement is, OF course, rtfutstion of this
inference; but those who take the trouble to read
this correspondence will wonder-in view Of the
ample testimony submitted to you res pectfng the
services of Mad ame Tochman; in view Of the state
u ent Of Captain Brick that be was directed by you
to apply for counsel to Nile Jagiello and myself;
AID in view Of the fact that she was introduced
as an exile from Hungary. and is confded in by
him whom you style your "oldest and one OF your
tiuest iIienos"-why you could so far forget what
is due to justice as to class my wife with the hun
dreds and thousands" of strangers who, on pub
lie reception day, can expect nothing but formal
oiylty.
As to my services to the exiles of Hungary they
were not given for reward, and require no aeknow-
ledgment; they were cheerfully rendered from a
sentiment of devotion to the cause Of European
liberty, with which | have lot ceased deeply to
sy mpathize from the hour when myself was driven
cut an exile from the land Of my birth, Poland
With great respect, remain your Excellenoy's
obedient servant, q. ToCHMAN
To his Excellency LOUIS KossUTH.
This addres was republi.hed In the Telegraph oioe-
tober 9. 1881, from the New York Tribune.
Some Of the dispositions herein referred TO pub.
lisned in the Telegraph of October I, 1851.
iGovERNoR uJHAzI's LETTER
Translated from the German by Professor uebbi
INV BupA, DECATUR CouNTy, Iowa Dec 1851.
Ny DF.R APoLLosIA:-I have to acknowledge the re.
ceipt OF two letters from youhe one Immediately after
your marriage and the other dated the th OF October
They caused me 30 much pleasure m they informed
OF the well beirg Of yourself and your husband You
complain Of having received no This to
me on your part very natural ATTACHING to
cautes you TO wish hear often FROM but the
other hand, il is impossible for always to return
inn ediae answer have already lues ted you not TO
measure our friendly sentiments towards you by the
runbtr o. our letters but by the constansy OF the feel
ines which we always entertain for friends aud Of
which We have already had opportunity Of convincing
you. But you entertain wrong opinion Of present
situation in supposDg that we pessess writing desk
while we have but table for all necessary purposes
and consequently that but at7nterv ais occupy il
with our writing materials Besides siuce the loss OF
Y beloved wife sculs have lost their energy and
We are without progressing Our thoughts occupied
with the sorrow feel nd neither the present the
future can attract attention. have also longer
q SECRETARY b6cause Clara must take UPON her
shoulders the entire Of the house, and for my
part must employ the whole Gays In rural pursuits
add my ola ey deny their service when attempt
to write 81 candlelight Such il my bad situation
Your with had been 20 get up subscription iu order
70 boy house In Washington for Kossuh before his
rival but you have been prevented from attempting at
realizing this wish, in ctnrequenoe Of The delay Of my
lufu er, srd of sing opUon for this