Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1853-10-21
The Hungarian Regalia.

The official IsmSrar ZenHng gives particular
account of the recent discovery OF the royal insg
MIA from which draw the following sketch:
I" IT was fully shown AT the outset, by Auditor
Tyon karger, that kossuth first took the insignia al
Alt-Orsova, but being unable with any degree Of
security, To conceal them there, he took them 10
the Hercules Baths at Mehada. Finding how
ever, still less opportunity to hide them there, he
| returned forthwith to Ait-Orsova, placed them in
the house of certain George Theodor, and finally,
by the assistance of trustworthy persons, forward
cd them al night across the Czerna toward the
Wallachlan boundary, on horses bought for the
purpose. Ii was also rendered certain that COM
panions Of kossuth had purchased on the same
day at Alt-OrSova, tools for digging, and had that
night left for the Czerna The winter on the lower
Danube having come on very early, and covered
the earth with snow foot in depth, search
could be made in the groand 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 prevented, and
the attention of those engaged in it turned TO
| other part OF the kingdom, by the shrewdness of
the kossuth party who secretly removed the pri-
waite marks and signals 10 different place.
| Early last spring karger was ordered To devote
himself 10 the task of seeking the chest in which
| the insignia was deposited. lie started on the
principle that the secret could have been impaired
to but few persons in order 10 attain to any degree
| of security and that they must have chosen some
point that could be easily found again by them
or their messengers even after the lapse OF years
and further, that they could have crossed the Ger
ma by only one way, and that the place of conceal
ment must be beyond that rivera region afford
ing but few places suited 10 their object. Although
pretty thorough knowledge of the surface of this
country had been gained previously, most
| thorough and careful examination more
begun This lasted several months in all wealth
ers, and even throughout the clear moonlight
nights Of July and August Every uptufned clod,
every bush, tree, broken branch, stone, rut, or
scratch IN the earth was noted, the spots
were passed over and over again by those engaged
IN the search sometimes in one direction, some
times IN another, now leaving the spot in despair
OF finding the clue, and yet, as it called back by
some higher power--says the Austrian writer
returning again to the search. The result of all
this research was the conviction that the tokens
OF the place OF concealment must be found in some
peculiar conformation of the earth hills, or in
some peculiar tree or trees.
karger concluded finally that the desired signs
must be sought among the trees. Now began
anew a careful examination OF the wooded district,
and at last, III solitary spot, almost hidden from
the eye, and not far from an old road, untrave!ed
Tor the last fifteen years. which once led to Walla-
CHA, was noticed clump of trees in which many
branches had been Topped off or partially cut, and
which on the whole presented somewhat the APP
pearance of having been trimmed with some spc-
cial object in view. Next il was noticed that
branches found cntangled in the thorns, bushes,
and in the branches of other trees, belonged TO the
trees in the clump, which showed that those could
not have been trimmed by the peasantry for fuel
In process of these examinations an elegant watch
key was found and an axe handle, which indicated
that a man of the better classes had assisted in
the work. This, taken in connexion with the
light and riabe soil, the peculiar position OF the
trees completely covered with creeping plants, the
solitary position fthe place, and yet its proximity
| to the Danube on the one hand, and the Turkish
Seryian boundary on the other, awakened in
Kargers mind 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 unmistakabe signs of having found the
right place but he was sure that on the
9th of September last space oftwen,y square
fathoms was marked out and men set to work ex-
aiming il by digging bitches at intervals Of foot
and half which were TO be extended in each
direction across the gore enclosed here in the bend
of the river Allion, on which the clump Of trees
stood. On the Sth of September, at 81 o'clock in
the morning. man al work in the prolongation OF
the second ditch struck something which gave
metallic ring. and moment later a well locked
iron box was exposed, taken TO place of safety,
opened by force-and the Austrian tyrant had
once more the crown of 81. Stephen in his posses
sion.'