Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1852-01-22

We make ihe f0iIomilg exsrse; from the Rieh-
m0nd Wigs washinsson Correspondent Of ne
18Th instant Il gives "a idea how the money q
the People goes Il was naeoHssuikfisnds for Con
gress % help the starving irish during famine,
bat it's perecty Csnainiisnai for Congress % APP
rscrtiaie money 10 fsas,, almost q srpcplexys =
SCI ~ siraggiing Hungarans, wacse main obless
Is d inseigle us in wzr-
& came here when one great impostufe--ths
Knssuth buhble-was Just at lis height Blown b
III breath d many presidential demagosues i
has swelled and giitirred. only to burst, leaving
nothing behind but : litle dirty sOapsuds.
What did sayi II AasIeft something behind:
a bill-a-most Republican bill Of $500 day, 10 be
paid Browns hotel By Congress, for the very royal
rate ~ entertainment to which /, has pleased this
modest guest, this very democratic gentleman, 10
help himself aud his followers, unbidden. For no
such exirayagant proTision-no provision q any
kind-had been made, By either Congress or the
Executive. Herr Kossath aud his hoseLkeePers
have arranged the whole magnifcen, matter. upon
their own responsibility alone; the one helping
himself aud his retinue 10 whatever he chose of
fngly expense and the other charging Just as be
liked for il. On calculation ind that $500 per
day fpr twenty-five persons THE number Of this Red
Reprblican's suiie) make Just twenty-five dollars
h andseyen,yIhree cents per person nice average,
when you consider that near half OF them were the
mere Hungarian meniais, the common eomestics,
this renowned friend Of Equality. Common re-
port SAYS that the Magyar aad his aides-de-camp,
ushers. guards and the like. lfor he has all the
minicry Of a court about him) have had rather
fne time Of il here that the superiors bad them.
selves served like princes and that their very ser
wants. when the masters were done feasting en-
eryhFng that was costly, sat down 70 their secon-
dary banquet, with each his bottle Of champagnei
need hardly say that there is royal nor imperial
household in Europe or upon earth where the lack
eys are allowed the like, and are crammed with
dainies and sluiced with the richest juices Of the
vineyard
Such seems to be The scene Of z high life below
stairs which rhis Hungarian pariotism--a wretch
ed apery Of the pfofnsion without The splendor Of
monarchies-has been suffered to present among
us. The proverb says, "set a beggar on horseback,
and he'll ride to the devil " and so have these tat
terdemallions DONE In the exaitation to which they
have been lifted by popular favoars here. Kossnth
has kepta court al Browns stale and an attend
ance, that are an amusing commentary upon his
professions Republicanism, and upon the shallow
gulhbility Of our people. He is waited upon as-if
he were king. His door is defended from vulgar
approach by body guard Of Huns, as servile and
only less numerous and stability uniformed than il
thew belonged TO some crowned head: ushers and
pages in mean liveres fence the nearer approach
his person ailes-de-camp and secretaries are in
| immediate attendance upon his regal presence
! and 10 short, he plays the king in this country
/ which he could not be In his own"