Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-01-27
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JANUARY -. 1854.

Among Tue significant llulcatlOnS OF
"cumiug events" over the water is the
departure on Saturday last of GUSTAV
WAGNER, for Constantinorlt, in pursu-
ancc of a special order from ko>suth Mr.
Wagner has been for year or two past
il the employ of the Cattawissa Railroad
company as engineer and draushtsman,
and is well known to the citizens Of Lewis
burg, AMI many others Of ouc readers a,
All associate of Nr. Sheafer in the survey
Of the Spruce Creek routes during the past
summer. The map cf these surveys which
ornaments the walls Of the Savings lns,i-
tuition is a specimen Of his professional
skill, lis history is interesting, and bis
life, if spared, promises still more re
m,rkable yic,ssitulcs in the future.
ucwas Hungarian by birth, but Of Ger
man no: Magyar origin,a and a gentleman Of
casy fortune. He received liberal elu-
cation in Austria, and was for some years /.
suba!tcrn officer in her Armies. Bat at the
first outbreak in Hungary in iS4S he en-
tered the Hungarian ranks as Il private
soldier, aud was promoted TO Captain and
then Major for gallant artillery ser, ice in
the field. Responsible duties in the COM
mis>ariat were next devolyeG upon him, ,ani
the superintcudcnce of the manufactures Of
powder committed to his special charge,
and 50 continued ill the final catastrophe
lie remained at katuyah in Asia Minor,
with kossuth and the other Hungarian
refugees, until their liberation, when he
came to New Icrk in the |. s steamship
Mississippi, Capt. Long, since which time
he has been earning a livelihood by his
services as engineer. He had expected to
be called to Europe in the spring. but a
requisition from kossuth-whois doubtless
at Constantinop.e by this time-rendered
it necessary for him to hasten his depart
ure in order to aid his illustrious chief in
completing the preliminary arrangements
for next summers operations. lie cypcc-
ted to take the steamer from New Ymk to
Liverpool on Wednesday Of this week, aud
from thence Nprk his way to Constantine
pie as be best can. 1t was his mother,
Madame Won Wagner, who aided Madame
kossuth in her escape TO Turkey, after the
failure of the revolution The hard>hipS
and privations of their pcrilous journey in
disguise are doubtless fresh in the minds
of our readers. She died and WAS buried
a: Katuyah.
The vouchers in Maj Waagner's posses
sion, and exhibited to a number of our cit
ixcns, attest the authenticity Of his state
nents and history, and were of themselves
decided curiosities. Among them were
his commissions, in Hungarian and Ger
man, as Captain and Major, from Gen.
Gorgey; orders from Benz, Kossuth and
the Minister Of War and other high func-
.ionaries; Kossuths receipt upon 6ual
settlement, in Turkey, Of his powder r-mak-
ing disbursements letter Of thanks, in
German, from Kossuth to Madame Won
Wagner, for her generous aid to Madame
h, in which he invokcs the everlasting
gratitude of his children-and which our
friend Mr.. GEssNER says is document Of
heart-touching eloquence certificate, in
Armenian, Of his mothers death fron, tho
attending bishop; a passport under the
Slltan's own signature-which latter, bv
the way, locks as much ike half dozen
"pretzels" woven into a gridiron, as any
thing we can compare it to; awarm letter
Of recommendation from Kossuth, and an
album containing the autographs of the
officers of the Mississippi His last COM
munication from Kossuth was simply
"Com-. L. H."
with private cypher or signal-mark above,
which Maj. W. said was of important sig
nifcance to himself, though unlntelligiblc
to any one else.
Maj Waaguer is in the prime of life,
With 3 remarkably fine physical csnstitu-
L'oD, and his address and department those