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Who'll NUMBER 2O7
Kossuth at the Present Day.

H. ~ seven years SIuCo NoSSutu IelI tue
United States, but lie looks twenty years
older now than he did then. His flowing
ing beard; then jet black, is now plentiful.
ly sprinkled with gray. He has grown
very bald, and conceas his badness by
comhing his hair over the top of his head.
His face is marked with deep wrinkles and
the impress Of care, and grief, and hopes
long deferred, is deeply stamped upon his
features. But his smile is as sweet, his
voice is as deep and melodious. and the
light of his dark eye is as soft and as ten
der, as in the days when they so won the
heats Of our people, and made the soul Of
this nation vibrate like the strings Of tho
lutte to the touch Of genious and of skill.
For the last few years Kossuth has held
himself aloof from public affairs. This is
the result partly of his pecuniary necessi-
ties. and partly because he saw no why in
which he could contribute to the advance
ment Of liberty in his native land. Ever
since his exile he has been in straitened cir
cnmstances. With every opportunity to
amass enormous wealth, no man has ever
accused him Of misusing single dollar Of
the public money, or Of using his public po-
sition for his private emolument. After his
hanishment from Hungary, his wife rcscu-
Ell some 900. which was her private
property, from confscation. A large por.
ton Of this was invested in railroad stock
during his sojourn in the United States,
and has been utterly lost.
The question has been often asked, what
became Of the 100000 collected by Kos
suth in this country ?-and the question
implies distrust Of his honesty and good
faith in its appropriation. Nothing could
be more unjust. Every dollar Of it was used
for the furtherence of the political objects
which it was contributed to aid. At that
time Kossuth believed tue people Of Hun
gary ready to seize upon tho first provoca-
tion to renew their rebellion, and he accor-
dingly devoted all his energies to main
tanning the organization and discipline Of
the revolutionary party there. he sent agent
after agent on this perilous and expensive
service two or three Of them were detec-
ted and executed, and the vigilance Of the
| Austrian government rendered his efforts
abortive. But not one dollar Of this money
was devoted to his private use. He sup
ported his family upon the little residue res
cued from the ruin Of his wife's fortune,
eked out BY his personal labors. For a
time, he wrote for the London Atlas and
New York Times, and discontinued this
only for the more lucrative field Of public
lectures, in which he has been very sue
cessful. In Scotland, especially, he has
every summer more invitations than he can
accept for the coming season, and his dis.
courses are always listened to by great
crowds Of people with the most eager
nest.
When saw him last fall, Kossuth talk
ed with the deepest interest of American
affairs, and of his visit to the United States.
He spoke freely Of the errors into which he
had been betrayed br his ignorance Of our
affairs, and by the advice of interested
friends but he cherishes the profoundest
admiration for tho country and its institu.
tious, and its brightest hopes of its future
career.-NeW York Ledger