New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-06
AN EXCURSION IN HUNGARY

From private letter written BY q gentleman vhs
went out Pesth last Summer take some engines for
siesmtis building BY the Danube Steam NAvir 40 N
Company, we extract the following description Of
TRIP INTO NORTHERN HUNGARY.
ON the nipg Of the sh of October 90 lse P,sth
m Hungarian carriage Nth rpr,ngs and thr,s
hors,s. ard after sore t~o and half days drive
TN IA sno country, gre1 part Of the ws, over
hills 70 steep hst We were obliged 10 vale no them
", reached Nsgy Ssbos, village near the CNps-
,hisns TIE di>, two GAYS there Ne en-, n chm oog
h, mountains, vol huntg ana INSPECTING the pa-x
mills. On the 3sh ~ weot over TO X sensu, sbers
there SIZE o1iensive turnaces rolling mills and fweS
sh IA We yisied'
TIE MAMMOTH CAVE or EUROPE.
From Rostnau we made an e1cursioa 70 Ahxock,
where ID, ~ Is cave said TO be the largest IN Europe.
As vet il Is but little known. Atei p IN We en,ered
1t With three guides. The entrance from Vally into
tie side OF hal, which there bold and rocky PROM
the mouth proceeded through passage SIX To-, BY
nine dtscondug shout ten degrees for 100 yards ben
sudctnly found oui selves IN sspacioas hall iv ret
wide By 20 or 81 IN bight We continued along ltte
cro, which mtuoing here rIns thrOagn The cave
a, ial explored, Increasing as 1t goss and forming
fall Nlose osr Is beard At great distance Through
this all which occasionally narro we'd 10 small pes
s,ge We continued sometimes along he sides " Illus
50tr ~ feet hich The ceiling in the large hsls some
of which wee go i,e' wide by 80 in hiSht 10 s,sd
d,d with stalsc,iies which seemed he uy~hspsirg
b IA LES Of gisanlic atVs. IN" hght d. ~ ~
WAS too fee Die to pei efrSte Ia such III menee de
but the grandeur of the scsne was iuly rese.Sd
by B,rgsl igb's which da"g golden hue
upon the spsrSling leaks After two houn
and halt Of tins club NJ uP aud dosn, sonetimss
over cr,s' masses of ush st nes some Of the party
c, M lsiu,G OF being tired a. tso hsd slrssdy torn
their shoes that they could scarcely walk with theu
sud enc had slipped and rolled down the bank OF ne
creek into tie water, getting plentiful brai>e and
dLckrg We obliged 10 give up the idea OF gong
OF. IL IL sad that s1art walker may 20 on Loo seven
h,urs. The cave has never zen explorer 10 we eni
on account foul which stops travellers at the end
-. I,,., xafl ~ nrpa a N tln
our WAY went into OF the ride csvens cNkd Para
d &c tor iis wonderful beauty. He'e we found vast
thrtree and sltas with magnificent draIery gardens
fenced on v it'll lower beds in The m, bordered Siu
SONY box aIo in another part gorge us colonnsdes OF
si aaiitcs reaching Ia the floor Standing 10 thus tom
pie there are also tons which do no; reach the
ceiling Two the shorter ones Of these are not nn-
ike statues they ART called Adam aud Eve. iuuni-
ruted by Bengal lights this Paradise Is the most Iui-
a, sIg sig hi ever hote,d.
HUNGARIAN HOTEL.
Wereturned Ia the best inn in the place. IL q
! " hut with a stras 70 f. NOES covered at that; .
funnel made OF b. ors through the center OF the roof
caug bt most of the smoke from the fireplace which
was III NE middle of the ground to, tes sheais OF
straw spread the ground A. big hit tor us to sleep
and coachman spent the night IN the stable with
bis horses. In the morning We hurried back 10
RoseIau.
"On Sunday, the 10th of October, were back at
Nsgy sabos 10 attend the church festival Al p. ~.
We Eat do~n to a fine dinner; band of gypsy muck
csn' played while We were esting. A3i 2 ~ tho
table was cleared, aud dancing CONNECTED; twss
kept up III the re,t morning. The priests joined I'm
the fest witty by drinking So much choice vine thai they
oil got tlsy.
I'VE aiicrward joined a grape gathering party IN
one ofihe viney ards near Roteuau, most romsntic
and pictuI,sque place. The process Of wne-maAn.
here IL so novel that cannot attempt Ia describe w.
AtsI tie vintage is the neghborpg vineyard
ov neIs, with their families, get together and sing
and dance, with band of music, eat u good dinner
ana supper ar d have genuine harvest home. Oooa-
sior ally the essens who have been employed during
tn, vintage are allowed to have their dance. II y q
hue sight TO see them in their strange costumes with
their singular manners and dancing their odd dances
The singh z and dancing kept up until amer mid
nigh on ground surrounded by bonfies. Tho women
then b, gin ts retire into the whey hut, while The
men poke the gpsifs TO keep the poor fellows
around add perform the Hungarian burial ccrssncny
over the rl,eltrp.