New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-03

below yissegrad with large s-my n 1870.
The lofty fortress Of Buda r.ses up plainly y'si-
'ble from toe latter place the a.ets Of ciackins
wa.er-mills become ere numerou', tue 50 res
begin to be lined wish rats aud boats, add tue
II. amer, after 6arting undsr tie magnificent
chain bridge which unites the opposite STORES,
900 feet spsit LANDS at the busy quay Of Pe'th.
Buea, On the night bank, 80 named from a
brother Of Attila, boasts OF a historical past,
While Pe.tb. an exclusively commercial city,
which has sPru1g like phoenix out OF tue waves
Of the Danube, awaits its greatness in the
future, The letter is the pride, AMI before tue
sofrowfui events Of 40 was the nope OF the HGn'
1.srisps. 1t contains a population OF about
1900 souls, 5,G1o less than il 15iS. Though
busy city its present activity and enterprise
besr no oompsriscn to wat they were in former
times. The reason i. Obsi2as. The best blood
Of the country has been shed or expelled Inc
land has be,n drained Of its money 10 bdlid
forts and keep immense armies Ia the held
Even the magnates have almost forgotten tue
color Of gold ducats; and when they come
up TO the city Of their pride they scarcely
recognize it. IDnumersble obstacles are PAT
in the way OF its progress. The sPlndle'
which were bnsy few years ago have been
stopped, in order that Vienna may become the
first manufacturing city of the empire, and
Hungary be ent' ely dependent upon her Aus
TRAN IeighbOrs. PeTtons who 60 to Pesth on
business which can be accomplished in fifteen
minutes have to wait two days TO have their
passports pu. in order. The Police Offices are
densely crowded every day. Iestimate5 that 1t
least $500 were daily lost in this way, an ess-
mate which wss afterward confirmed by Count
c., in whose excellent family spent much
of my time while in Buda-Pesth. Nlthlog
could be more iIksome for the people, who for
merly knew nothing of passports. Thanks for
once 10 the ignorance Of the Austrian police,
whose ways are generally Inscrutabe. From
humble Esculspan, compounding squllls and
qulls and internittine scalpel exercise with that
of the pen, find myself all at once surrounded
with the areola of official position. Tneocet-
colly, / sm Chargt dAgdires without having
asked even the empty honor of carrying Gov
eminent dispatches, an honor by.tbe-by, which
lately cost Mr S. banker at Cincinnati, an
extra journey of 900 miles and collisions innu-
merable with gondormeS and custOm-house Off
cials. Ny promotion came in this wise. AT
Vienna became acquainted with the Chq de
Police and, in fact, had several interviews with
him in his sanctum-passpcIts in general and
Kossuth and Kosz,a in particular beng the sub
jects of conversation. He became conVinced
that my mission abroad was not to revcutioGize
Europe, and kindly gave me permission to travel
anywhere in the Austrian d0m'nlons. To faclll-
tate the matter, he advised me to procure new
passport ar the American legation in Vienna.
did 70. The document was drawn up in English,
excepting the words charge dA6ares. On nay
arrival at Pesth however, the police not being
familiar with the Saxon idiom ap piled the above
august title to myself Owing to the peculiar
Institutions of Austria did not see fit to cor
rect the mistake, and have ever siuce been trav-
cling rs Chorgt d'Afa,res. Nor do /, begging
pardon of Mr.. Jackson at Vienna, propose to lay
off my unas sumed digoity until reach STEAMBOAT.
Nv title acts like enchaDtment. The German
axiom "EverthiDg is possible for an American
has acquired additional force since the KosZta
affair. Every facility is afforded me and not the
travelling is proverbally difficult The roeks
and trees did not move more nimbly to the
strains of Orpheus than did those Austrian
officials, generally so stiff and unyieldng,
to further my every wish. The Magyar
like the American has genuine love Tor spa
cicus hotels magnificent steamers and long
railways, in fact for grand undertakings of every
Ia of gpmpQfs.
and DAYS were when they had the spirit TO pro-
iect and execute. Pesth is TO some extent acity
of magnificent distat ces, but found there more
splendid hotels, more spacious buildings ana
broaeer streets than in any OF the European
copitals | have yet visited. The Casino, into
which / was introduced by the Secretary OF
Count c., has not second in Europe
There is some hing so un-European about the
city, saw so many eDgrayIngs of Washington and
Webster in the windows, that l could nave
thought my self in New-YOrk had it not been for
the mosaic of nationalities in the streets
happened to be in Pesth during one of the four
quarterly fairs; the streets we're filled with COW
cred vaeous in which'peasants belonging TO half
a dozen nationaities had brought their wares to
the city. Wild looking SlOvacks, Hdngarans
with broad.brimmed hats, and long-haired Wal
lachs, dressed in sheep-skins with the wool-side
out, differing in no respect from their ancestors
centuries ago, contrasted strangely with the
Magyars, attired in their splendid national cos
tune. and merchants assembled from the differ
ent cities OF Europe to buy and sell. Two ages
seemed to be brought together, aud the frag-
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