Washington telegraph., 1853-11-16
The Hungarian EeegaZia.

The Hungarian s2cg2EEG.
The official ''Temesvar Zeitung" gives a
particular account of the recent discovery
of the royal insignia of Hungary, from
which the n Y. Tribune draws the follow.
ing sketch
Ii was fully shown at the outset, by lt.u-
ditor L. Won Karger. that Kossulh frsttsals
the insignia TO Alt-Orsova, but being unable,
with any due degree of security to conceal
them there, he took them to the Hercules
Baths, on Mehadia. Finding, however,
still less opportunity to hide them there, he
returned forthwith to Alt-Orsova, placed
them in the house of certain George
Theodor and finally, by the assistance OF
Trustworthy persons, forwarded them at
night across the Czerna towards the Walla.
clan boundary, on horses bought for the pur-
pose. 1t was also rendered certain that
companions of Kossuth had purchased on the
same day, at Alt-Orsova, tools for digging.
and had at night left for Czerna The win
ter on the lower Danube having come on
very early, and covered the earth with snow
foot in depth, no search could be made
for some months in the ground about Alt
Orsova, and when. in April 1850, the snow
and ice melted, all traces of any excavation
had disappeared, and further research in
this quarter was prevented and the atten-
tion of those engaged it it turned to another
part of the kingdom, by the shrewdness of
the Kossuih party, who secretly removed the
private marks and signals to different
place
Early last spring karger was ordered to
devote himself to the task of seeking the
chest in which the insignia was deposited
He started on the principle that the secret
could have been impaired to but few persons
in order to attain to any degree of security,
and that they must have chosen some point
which could be easily found again by them
or by their messengers. even upon the lapse
of years; and further that they could have
crossed the Czerna by only one way, and
that the place Of concealment must be be-
yond that rivera region afiiord;ne but few
places suited to their object Although a
pretty thorough knowledge of the surface of
this territory had been gained previously,
most thorough and careful examination was
once more begun. This lasted seven months
II all weG,hers, aud even throughout In,
clear moonlight nights Of July and August.
Every upturned clod every bush, tree, bro
ken branch stone, rut or scratch in the earth
was noted, the same spots were passed over
and over again by those engaged in the
search, sometimes in one direction. and some
times in another, now leaving the spot in
despair of finding the clue, and yet, as if
called back by some higher power-savs
the Austrian understanding again to
search. The result of all this research was
the conviction that the tokens oe the place
of coRcealmelt must be found in some pc
culiar conformation of the earth or hills, or
in some peculiar trees.
Karger concluded finally that the desired
sign must be sought among the trees. Now
began anew careful examination of the
entire wooded district, and at last in a SOIL
tary spot almost hidden from the eye. and
rot far from an old road, nntravelcd for the
last fifteen years, which cnce led to Walla-
CHA, was noticed clump of trees in which
many branches had been Topped off or par
tially cut. and which on the whole present
ed somewhat the appearance of having been
trimmed with some special object in view
Next il was noticed that branches found en-
tangled in the thorns, bushes. and in the
branches of other trees, belonged to the
trees in the c!ump. which showed that those
could not have been trimmed by TIE peas
antry for fuel In process of these examin-
ations an elegant watch-key was found, and
an axe handle, which indicated that a man
Of the better classes had assisted in Tie work
This. taken in connection with the light ard
friable soil, the peculiar position of the
trees, completely covered with creeping,
plants, the solitary position of The place. and
yet its proximity to the Danube on the one
hand and the Turkish -Servian boundary on
the other, awakened in Karger's mind a
feeling of the highest confidence that the
place was found He had been instructed
not TO begin the work of removing the earth
until he had unmistakable sings of having
found the right place but he was now so
sure that on the 9th of September last
space of twenty square fathoms was marked
ont, and men set to work examining it by
digging bitches at intervals of a foot and
half. which were to be extended in each d.
rection across the gore enclosed here in the
bend of the river Allion. on which the
clump of trees stood. On the Sth of Sep
tember. at 8 IA o'clock in the morning, a
man at work in tie prolongation of the sec
ond ditch struck something which gave a
metallic ring, and a moment after a well
locked iron box was exposed, taken to place
of safety, opened by force. and the Austri-
ant tvrant had once more the Crown Of St.
Stephen in his possession.