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GeOrgey as he Is.

The following details upon the present si,ua
tion and mode Of life Of the once promising
but now fallen Hungarian General. are ,akeI
from leuer, dated Klagenfuu, aud addressed
10 the Weizsr Zsi,ung
| Arthur GeoTgey, the former commander.in
chief Of the Hungarian army, has resided il
klogenluU for The last two years without hi,
presence having made The slightest difference lc
the quiet course Of events 10 the town. The
man who shook frsI the throne Of his sovereign
and afterwards the revolutionary government OF
his country, now begues his privacy and lone.
| illness with fanciiul experiments in chemistr,
and physics. His usual companion is an Eng.
lishman, who scarcely ever slirs from his side
but with this exception he is almost entirely es.
tranged from society the only family he has
been known to visit, and this, but rarely, is thai
OF cloth manufacturer, Muir, whose acouain.
lance he made during his residence al Prague,
ten years ego, when, having left the thirteenth
Hussars,he applied himself diligently to chemi.
cal pursuit, Every now and then a rumor is
spread that Georgey is about to establish chemi.
cal works in the town. He suffers no lack OF
money, he draws from our (ihe AuHrian) 90.
vernmsnt yearly pension OF 5000 tlorns, while
the Russians have already sent him 60 600 rou.
bles, in two installmenls, the first Of 90 900 and
the second Of 10000 roubles so at eas, saws
those who pass for the initiated. 1t is generally
believed that he is commissioned by the govern
meni with the preparation Of a military history
OF the Hungarian war as several imperial off.
GERS qualified TO assist him in such a work, have
ateraIly taken up their residence here, and vi.
sit him very frequently, to whom, also he die.
tales by the hour. 49,.
His wife, handsome woman, was formerly
a goveraess at Prague he married her in a fit
Of vexaIlon, on account Of slight he met from
her mistress, TO whom he was paying his ad.
dresses. His household is placed on The sim
plest footing. He keeps cook, nurse, and
man'servani, a Slovack, formerly a Honved
who was his servant during the war. Among
the common people his appearance awakens
rather aversion than sympathy indeed il is said
three several attempts have been made upon his
life. However, it is buI seldom that he is seen,
as he will remain in the in tho house for a
month together, unless compelled BY the fearful
treaties OF his wife, 10 take walk 10 the pre-
cincls of the town. AT such times the Young
man Che was only born in 1879 presents de.
ploraoe aspect. His sunken eyes are fixed in
an Interchangeable Stare, his cheeks are pale and
fallen in, his walk is weary, and he stoops as
he goes. He usually wears blue paletol, into
the hinder part his hnnds are thrust. As if un.
easy, he never looks straight at any one, nor
takes the least notice if saluleo. His whole ex.
terror suggests the unhappy condition Of man
TO whom life is a burden. Very recently his
wife has presented him with a fine boy, his frs,
III.
miles, appears TO have shot no roy, of joy into
his troubled mind. Who would seek in this
lorlorn creature the hero who, three years since
commander and dictator OF Hungary, dispensed
the desIinies Of thirteen millions Of men.