New-York tribune., 1894-04-16
THE FAMILY or KOSSO1H.
rV,rtvr RELATIVES OF THE PATRIOT
CAME TO AMERICA
r,co OF THEN STILL LIVING -DEscENDANTS VIII
ARE ~ THIS CorNTRY-soME SERVED
IN THE CIVIL WAR.

Sir: IS one who has been intimately o'nns,,s
| with the family or Kossutn fof years W.
! IN give i more circumstantial account U"" ''' az
poarcI of those members Of the family who found
| r,c.r. e., this country ani also 10 correct Ger
rot, mistakes incidental to Information drawn 'f'i
many different sources
The interes; which Kossuth excited throughout 'he
civilized world has Of late years Cowing 70 MS ~
Guided lie, somewhat languished. but has siru"s "p
u.ith renewed v.gcr since his death ana the "oHu''
fll tributes shove red upon his memory ny an a.
most IIolatrous people His intense love ot hocI'Y
and the rearlessness with which he championei i"r
carsc have endoarc1 his name to all her deV"'''4'
and recalls to the minds OF all VINO saw MN ""'e
| in America a vision IA impressive "a inet'a'eio'e.
His handsome presence, the marbe-liKe pheheSS oi
| his complexion caused b. harishipa endured wae
imprisoncd and the pcturesqueness OF hts foreign
drcss rnllc him rom1rtically interesting while
more than al his wonderful cloqucncc an! the In
nassioned foryor with which ho PLEADED MS country :
cause has lcft an Influence upon the hearts ot those
who heard him that nothing can destroy
| KossIth crossed. on his return 10 Europe. his
three sisters and their children. along with other
| Uuncar,,ns whom the bosom OF the OCEAN was
bearing to q refuge In the Acknowledged homo %
freedom. Nine Mcszlcnyi, the eldest sister had TWO
danghters. Gzola and Ilha; the second sister Nine.
| Zuavsky had four sons Inlsla'. Emile CassI-
mere ana Zigismund. and Mime. Ruttkay. the young
! est sister had three sons. Louis. Albert and Ga
| =
came a faithful maid who insisted upon following
| them Into exile nnd who st lives in Boston
The sisters had suffered many hardships during
the events following the revolution. ana had oeeh
Imprisoned three different times The hrst linprls-
| ontrcnt VIZ In thor own house whore guard Of
Austrian soldiers kept even the children from stop
| ping outside the door AMI once when N" H''"
Gabr!. IN ~ u childish resentment 'ri'l 10 force
his way past. they pressed their hnyonet - MS
breast oxcalmi1g with olths. "Gc' back there. YOU
ufle rebol bra,"' The three sisters aftcr8ard en-
durcI solitary confinement Nmc. Rutthay. telling
M. writer that f,r months she was kept in stone
cell where there was only small window so
high up tina; n she placed chair upon TIE table
aaI stood on Il ehc could not touch the sill with
hcr nuger-,ips. During this tlm- her only news
from tho outside w)r.l was gathered from such
scnnty bits as a feiiow-prisoner "a Hungarian gen
crab would sing 20 hcr whom he was aiiowci 10
walk f,r exercise In tho corridor back and forth
r,e' her door The Austrian guard. not under
standing the Hungarian language supposed him 20
b. entertaining himself with his native songs Ths
writer has In her possession 4 little silver watch
given by Nine Ru'ikay to her son Albert. to con-
solo him during one period Of their confinement
The IIunglr.ans were kindly received here hy
many uoteI AMI wealthy NEWCOMERS. bat not
wishing - b. more OF burden than possible -
their now frienls Nine. Meszl,nyl ani Mime. Rutt
KAY opened lace fi'r" in Broddway. and Nine
Zn.ayslty kept a boarding house IN or near the
hcnih OF Mines Meszcnyl AMI Zuavsky had be-
come go impaired by the exposure AMI harlships
they had endured that consumption marked them
for victims AMI Nine Meszienyl was The frs, TO
succum5 {, the Arc'l disease
Mra Cr1iger a wealthy Scw-York lady living In
Fourtccnth-st. consolci Mime. Meszlcnyfs lasi mo-
mcnts by promising 70 care for The Two l;t.e girls
as her own Ms Cruger. after the mothers DEATH
took the girls - her home. she gave therl "A good
education at Miss Haynes school. AMI thoy lived
with her until Gizollt carried pretty story has
bern told the writer In connection with this mar
rIigc Before the peacefulncss of their homo IN
Hungary had been broken IN upon by the Rovon-
ton the Mttlc Gze,ln usc 20 play with the son Of a
ncghbor whose intimacy with the family 50
great that the boy called Nine. Meszlcnyl "Aunty"
The little fellow became passionatcly attached 10
his gcnter playmate. and one day sal to Nine
Meszlcny "Aunty. when become man will YOU
give me Glzclla for WIFE" YES. dear" the
reply. ~ you good boy You shall marry
Gizclla when you up" The promise al
ways treasured. and when Gzella reached a mar
ragcable age tho youthful Ambrozoylch. who had
kept up communication with the family by letter.
came over here to claim his bride The wedding
reception was he'd at the house of General Fremont.
Mrs CrtIgcr was not p,cased with the marriage
probably partly because she wished the girls be-
come thorough Americans. anl partly because Mr..
Ambrozoylch was Roman Catholic and she hld
brought the girls mp most strictly I'm the Protestant
faith. The youthful couple returned 10 Europe. n
boy was born. but Gizella developed the same
disease from which her mother died. and gradually
faded away leaving her baby 10 be- cared for by
her sister llka. who went - Europe for that pur-
pose. Some fourteen years after Mr AmbrOzovich
married Ilka. who also had one boy. Mr. AmbrOZo-
vlch. who is a deputy in the Hungarian Diet. his
wife Glkn MeszcnyD and his two now live in
Budapest.
Partly through the reckless extravaganza Of her
husband. who accompanied her TO this country and
parity through h"r natural unntncss for such a
business anl her failing health. Nine Xulavsly
gave mp her boarding-house. She moved to
brooklyn. Her three oldest were varlously en-
ployed. but the finances OF the family were at 4
low chb and they able to employ only one
indnerently capable servant. who had many house,
hold duties Mime ZulavslSy. who had become M
most helpless. sadly lacked the care and attention
that her condition required
Mrs. Richard II. Manning then living in her
luxurious house I'm Cl!fon-ave.. becoming cognlzant
81 Mime. Zuiavslty's needs, consulted with her
Unable husband and his sister. who lived with them
and the three determined to take Mime. Xulavsky
and her youngcs; boy 10 their home. Mrs. Manning
had become acquainted with the Hungarian sisters
some time before when she had visited the lace
store from motives OF curiosity. encounterng there
IA friend Mrs Fitch OF New-Yorh). who was kindly
ius,ructlng the HungarIans In the simple prn.
cples Of buying and selling. and making them
more familiar with the English tongue Mrs Fitch
took Mrs Manning up to the parlor and introduced
her 10 Nine Iulavslly. and friendship was CO.
menied that severed only by death. An extract
rom Mr. Mannings diary says April 2l 1860 To-
day Nine. Xulavsky to make her home with
us for the remainder OF her life"
Some days after she moved she asked to see
her friend. Mr. Samuel Longfe,low (brother OF the
pOeu, who was then pastor Of Mr. Chadwck's
church. She had met him "A visit 10 Mrs
Manning years previous and they had be-
come 1rm friends. The three. on that first visit TO
Brooklyn, mad driven out TO Greenwood Cemetery,
whose beauty entranced Nine ZulaVEky. and where
her body now lies In the Manning lot Mr.. Long
fellow responded Immediately to her wish. When
he entered her room she extended TO him both her
hands and, looking into his face with her peculiar
ly melancholy eyes. said gently: Dear friend you
have shown me many klndnesses but ! have sun
two more to ask of you one is that you Will ad-