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Trouh's In Hungary.

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Correspondence of the fSnd5n Tlmes.1
PEsrH, January 2 ls7.
what y very often the beginning or general in
snrrectlon is now taking place in Pennsylvania
tle Szekey population Of that province are refus
/ IN q. pay rsxcs. The Government is seriousl,
alarmed nd all ths more so from the fact tina
the szekely people ere of WY ur ',s \. aasya
race, and are consequently 8arn. Hnpa E g.l
tain looked up to by all the rest III H.. III
nation. In the hope of terrifying these 0p'.i q
tons, the Government is marching large b99ls. u
| troops from Hungary into Transyfvania, ana ln-
tends to replace them by the fifth ctaps dd57saet'
from Nenetia. But the brave and heayIstrono
Magyars Of Pennsylvania, never easily intifnidated
are much more likely to be exasperated i3y the
sight Of the bayonets into desperate resistance to
the Austrans than frightened into the surrender
OF their cash.
Besides the troops which the Viennese Govern
ment is sending against the Transylyananian Ma
gyars are Italian, and surprise would be felt If
tley, instead Of firing on were to fraternize with
the people. What is certain is, that the Austrian
troops already in garrison in Transylyania feel 80
ashamed OF the tyranny exercised over the DonIa-
ton, that they loudly sylnpathize with them 1t is
not at all improbable that the refusal Of the Seek
eey people to pay taxes will very shortly be inii-
tated throughout Hungary, especially BY the popu-
lation Of the Magyar race. Extortion and wrong
have pretty nigh attained their utmost limits, In
recent letter. told You that within the last ten
years the Austrian Government has more than
doubled the ordinary taxes, and that ii has rem.
dered permanent the extraordinary taxes which
were imposed to pay for the expenses OF the war;
nat, although such state Of things IL perfectly
intoerake, it Is by no means all or which the Hun
garians have to complain Of
Inc Austrian funetionares, nearly alt of whom
are Gernans, Bohemians, or Dalmatans arrogate#
10 themselves the power Of imposing such charges
as they please on the people iii addition to the Of.
binary and extraordinary taxes levied by direct
order of the Government, and fear that IL Is nd
calamry on these gentlemen to say that Tic whole
VI me sums lhey levy do not reach the Government
Golfers These fnnctonariss moreover, have
another way Of making money. So exorfJitant are
we taxes and 50 great the distress of the people
mat ~ vast number Of cases, the claims Of The
saA+gaLnerer cannot possibly be met; and,
furniture are lamentabiy frequent. The things
seized are, Of course, put up to auction but paFtv
from irom re general poverty which prevails, partly
rom me peiiei mat u would be Gin and shame
Tor Hungarian to aid the oppression Of a cour-
tryman BY buying. there are are never aav bjd- !
defs; and consequently the Austrian f1nctionafes
trfie. ~ 'steas
In this way thousands of these greasy raseals
WHO have salaries Of only EDO or Gao d year live al
sumptuously as London aldermen, and there are |
scores q them who, though they arrived in tile
most ablecf poverty at their official residences
dragging their wretched stock of furniture in n /!
hand-caft, or carrying all their worldly effects in 4
carpetbag, are now extremely wealthy In some |
places the Austrian functionaries have forme |
seizures and buying up the goods sold. In fact il T
horse or vehicle or a piece of furniture han [
pens to take the fancy Of any of them he at once
SENDS summons to the owner to pay such a sum
"lthih one, TWO, or three days, and if the owner /
cannot or does not comply, a seizure is at once I
ehected, and the desired object passes into the |
possession Of the honorable Austrian taxeatherer
case OF the kind occurred recently fune.
tlonary IN Lower Hungary happened to be in want /
OF quantity OF corn, and he naturally desired to
get It as cheap as possible; SO, instead of going to
market. he sent nobeman claim for the Gov t
eminent the payment in three days of about 200 I
English. The Count had no idea that he owed
SUCH sum; and, even it he had owed it, f40O is
more than in such country as Hungary can be |
raised in three days by any nGbleman. The money |
therefore, was not paid; and Immediately, at the |
expiration of the appointed time down went the |
taA-gatherer, and, breaking open tile Counts |
stores he seized prodgious quantity of corn. At
once the corn was put up at auction, but of course
no one made bidding, and the taxgather accord |
ingiy took it for himself at mere nominal figure
Another case which occurred lately at Czegeti will
give an idea OF how fearfully runous this system il
to the unfortunate Hungarians.
taX-gatherer Of that place whose legitimate
income IS fo5 per annum was recently visited by |
one of his honorable colleagues and after dinner. /
he took him out for drive IN his carriage. This |
carriage was drawn by not fewer than four horses
all magnificent animals. which had been seized
only a few days before for non-paFlnent Of taxes
in the stables of a neglIburng n0bleman "Splep.
did horses you've got thefe,'' said the visitor.
" Yes, answered the CZegled tax.gathercr with a
ehuckle - and got them cheap, too; only paid q
tefns and 20 krcuzers for the whole lot''-a sum
less than e English. In presence OF such facts az
these can people wonder that cry of anguish
rises to Heaven from Hungary; that the breast of
every Hungarian is filled with hatred of the Gov
eminent which can permit such horrible onpres. |
sion; and that even strangers in the land on see
ing injury SO monstrons, cry u How long, Lord,
how long ~