New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-03
THE SISTER OF KOSSUTH.

TIE following words were spoken at the grave OF
Emilia Kossu,h Zulavsky, who was buried, July /, in
Greenwood Cemetery. They were spoken BY NJ.
H-n ore OF her countryInen:
"The grave has lust closed ever the mortal remains
Of one OF the noblest beings whom nlsfortuae ever
drove from native land 10 die on distant shore; not
pIiy misfortune, for none would have been power
ful piOulh detrh Der from the soil wnch gave her
birth aid in which she rooted with every fiber OF
Der sou but public misfortune such over which M
ton ulourDs, and world sheds 81 mPaihe &c tears
az hoover scapned the noble features OF that dear
Deceased lu few moments before the darkness VI the
grave sresd rs vail over them forever obser 'ed the
calm serenity which beamed from them ike living
ray OF consolation 10 the mourner, be 81 that, Ike
thai her daughter Of the East Of whom the poet Sings
81 @ smiled when she died.
"And vet, alas she Died go far from the land in
which The cradle Of her young dreams was rocked 70
fur from tue ongabandoned abode OF her happiness,
of her KINDRED AID If her race; 20 tar even from the
grave Of her tender mother, who, like her, died in
exile 20 far already from the iime wheu the werld
ell Oeo the glory heI family and far yet from the
certainty Of having Ter ashes mingled with those
sacred TO her, 10 be owe grown by The nJ"erS aud
eyeTgreens Of the iatherl,Dd.
Aud rhe poor she was homeles s; che died a
victim VI Ierstculon, nisfortunes and Cversrin "d
eXoit'on in The struggle win fate and IL goious
efforts Of beDey oence which would have ne broken
many ane stronger than hers, but not an Mated by
q spirit Like herr.
Il Wa il virtue alone which made her smile when
she ditu Certainly virtue she possessed and dmpayed,
ia guhrriuy such IN would nave hcnored The
OF the Romans III would have been the pride OF the
Aiheihn D, c, have never been surpassed oy that
OF aJy being expiring ia the faith which a1oYo all
tebcbee Icslghsu,D
But il was not virtue alone which cast its soothing
rays over those dyg features 1t virtue with the
bapi mess OF gratitude.
"Fo, arcey had the angel of death, months ag',
laid hi. iug,r on tina, noble brow ID marked Ger rs
his fuure victim W, en- an angel of love appr lei
ter touched her with is H.ii Of ain and cJmf r, aqd
sad Noble yctlm as long as late allows tlou art
undeI MY core.'
"And love was stronger than excrucisling pains
more bfight TRAN the approaching ades of death were
dark I lie homeless eAile found repose comfort, con-
collation. aud bBppin, tue couch OF suh,rinSi On
The the shod OF eierriy che rgatGed The full ySpr
of her fai,h in human aid, expiring in temple
of love, she more - ever believed In G'd OF
"Nobe.t Of the frends OF our deceased fierd what
Won srd yourr have done for her wo know wis the
ok Of irei dsbip, of whitb none @ss ever more DE-
seryIg than thr. We know Una sdniau nor her so-
rous nd rs Won watched her every hour Of tie day
aud eN ery hour Of the night, made your fneodship
Dc. per aid warmer han ever. But we kno g. taat
y,li loved her and watched her, aud chrered hor 80
iepdtty Lot OILY because she vac your dear fri-ad-
no, o,g because on saw her dying rs you kuew her
lvI o. but because she was tle lonely daughter of
tor,i9n unhappy land-a gentle hoser torn from its
up,. a bed by OF thoee cruel storms OF late which
break empIes at s'atieI haione-a lower oV'incat
uitber away and die dsfguIed uuless believed TO the
end by the tears OF sympathy and kept bright ~ tho
wAJm ysys Of love.
Pardon, therefore If we whom the same 81 sst has
oIed nom her lai 20 hese shores II We now ufer
few words of gratitude ard acknowledge our duty 10
utter tl,n. We have wandered through many IL land,
many al exhausted frsme has tailed, aod many heart
bruL,n on the way. But many q helping hand was
sniehed toward trs hon elese humanity IL unversai,
On 90 onos 10 al nations and cmes but never ahone
brighter than in the case nov before us.
And il womans nature makes her tne PETER