New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-10-26
The Hungarian Regalia.

The official 1emesrar Zeitung gives par
ticnlar account Of the recent discovery Of the
royal insignia of Hungary, from which We draw
the following sketch:
1t was fullNshown at the outset, by Auditor
I. Won Karger, that Kossuth first took 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 at
Mehadia. Finding, however, still less opportu-
nifty to hide them there, he returned forthwith
to Alt-Orsova, placed them in the house of a
certain George Theodor, and finally, by the as
sistance of trustworthy persons, forwarded
them at night across the Czerna toward the
Wallachian boundary, ON horses bought for the
purpose. twas also rendered certain that COM
panions of Kossuth had purchased on the same
day, at Alt-Orsova, tools for digging, and had
at night lett for the Czerna. The winter 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
1880, the snow and ice melted, all traces of any
excavation had disappeared, and further re-
search In this quarter was prevented, and the
attention of those engaged in it turned to
another part Of the kingdom, by the shrewdness
OF the kossuth party, who secretly removed the
private marks and signals to different place
Early last spring, karger was ordered to de-
vote 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,
thai they could have crossed the Czerna only by
! one way, and that the place Of concealmept
must be beyond that rivera region affordine
1 h1If REY,ln .rn1 -.
! a pretty thorough knowledge Of the surface q
! this territory had been gained previously,
most thorough and careful examination was ono
more begun. This lasted several months in nj
! weatbers, and even throughout the clear moon
| light nights of July and August. Every up.
! turned clod, every bush, tree, broken 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, sometimes in other now leaving the
spot in despair of finding the clue, and yet, as
if called back by some higher power-says the
Austrian Understanding again to the search
The result of all this research was the convic-
tion that the tokens of the place of concealment
must be found in some peculiar conformation Of
the earth or hills. or in some peculiar tree OF
trees.
| Karger concluded finally that the desired sign
must be sought among the trees Now began
anew careful examination of the entire wood.
ed district, and at last, in solitary spot almost
! hidden from the eye, and not far from an old
road, untrayeled for the last fifteen years
which once led to Wallachia, was noticed {
elump of trees in which many branches hat
been Topped off or patiently cut, and which OF
the whole presented somewhat the appearance
of having been trimmed with some special oh
ject in view,
Next it was noticed that branches found en-
tangled in the thorns, bushes, and in thu
! branches of other trees, belonging to the trees
i'll the clum, which showed that those could moi
have been trimmed by the peasantry for fuel
In process of these examinations an elegan
watch key was found and an ak handle, whicl
| indicated that a man Of the better classes haC
assisted in the work. This, taken in eonnec
tion with the light and friable soil, the peculiar
position of the trees, completely covered witt
creeping plants, the solitary position of tn
place, and yet its proximity to the Danube ol
the one hand, and the Turkish Seryian bound
AIRY ON the other, awakened in Karger's mind
feeling Of the highest confidence that the plac
was found. He had been instructed not to be
gin the work OF removing the earth until h
had unmistakahle signs of having found tn
right place; but he was so sure that on the 6tl
of September last space of twenty sauar
fathoms was marked out, and men set TO worl
examining it by digging bitches at intervals o
a foot and half, which were to be extended il
each direction across the gore enclosed here il
the bend of the river Allion, on which tn
clump Of trees stood. On the Sth of Septem
ber, at 81 o'clock in the mornina, n man a
work in the prolongation of the 5eelnd ditc
struck something which gave me,glic ring
and a moment later a well locked iron box wa
exposed, taken to place of safety, opened b,
| force-and the Austrian tyrant had once NOR
the Crown of st. Stephen in his possession
IN. Y. Tribune.