New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-04-14

HAYNAU.-The Charleston Courier has COM
piled the following biographical sketch of the
life of Haynau, the Austrian Field Marshal,
(whose death was advised by the steamer Frank
lin) from Redfeld's Men of the Times:
Haynau was born at Cassel, in 1856. He is
said to have been the natural son of the Duke
of Hesse, by goldsmith's daughter, and was
long notorious for his eccentricities, which,
while he was in the military command of Gratz
the capital city of Styria, and oue of the most
important in the Austrian Empire-led to his
being considered insane. He does not appear to
have distinguished himself by any great mill
tary exploits. He commanded the Austrian
forces which stormed Brescia--a city of Lom-
hardy, on the railroad from Milan to Venice -
when that town revolted, and it was probable
that in consequence of his efficient service on
this occasion, he was appointed tosucceed Baron
Welden in command of the forces acting against
the Hungarians. This appointment he received
in May, 1S49, with the style and title of Com
mander-in- Chief of the Austrian Army in the
Kingdom of Hungary and the Principality of
Pennsylvania, he being at the same time charged
with the government of these two countries, de-
clared in state of siege, In August of the
same year he captured Szegedin--a town of
Southeast Hungary, situated in a marsh, on
both banks of the Theiss, at the influx of the
Maros-and within a week he led the imperial
army to Temesvar-a fortified city of South
Hungary, on the Alt Bega and the Bega Canal,
which had been taken by the Turks under Soly-
man H., in 1851, and re- taken by Prince Eugene
| in l7l6-where n sanguinary conflict ensued,
which terminated in the utter defeat of the
| llungarians The consequence of this battle
was the surrender of Gorgey, and the termina-
| tion of the war in favor of the Austrians, when
| lIaynau carried into effect the exactions from
| the Hungarians with the most unsparing cru
| city indeed, he is reported to have avowed his
intention to revenge through the scaffold all
the discomftures of the Austrians in arms, and
that retribution had to be dealt for the 10000
| Austrians slain in battle by the Magyars. 1t
| is, however, stated that after perpetrating acts
of the greatest cruelty, he would often spend
| hours and days in tears, in wretched state OF
nervous excitement, with his eyes red with weep
| ing The inhabitants of Pesth, however con-
sstently, presented him with most beautiful
album as 90 token Of gratitude" In January,
1850, he was removed from his command in
Hungary, having fallen into disgrace with the
Imperial Court ut Vienna, in consequence, il
was said, of his changing to the opposite ex-
treme, and showing too great leniency to the
dsatfected Shortly after this event, he set out
upon tour through Europe, and arrived in
London in september, and, as is doubtless fresh
in the recollection Of our readers, on visit te
the brewery of Messrs. Barclay & Perkins, was
attacked by mob Of draymen and others con
uected with the establishment, and very severel,
+ handled, being badly beaten and dragge'
through the mud by his immense moustache
: until he was, with considerable difficulty res
# cued by the police. Latterly, but little ha
been heard Of him. He was said, however, t
] have become quite liberal in his principles II