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ness in misfortune, and inseparable devotion to those friends now with 

 hini at Chounda, he has frequently mentioned to myself and family in the 

 warmest terms. I am sorry to learn from him that, notwithstandinii tlic 

 nobleness and generosity of the Sultan, Mr. Kossuth and his friends arc 

 far from being comfortably situated at Choumla. Their number is now- 

 reduced to some 500 Hungarians and 700 Poles. The Italians, 200 in 

 lunnber, are at Gallipoli, (Dardanelles.) Major Bock has also related to 

 me the conduct of the Austrian government towards the principal agents 

 of the revolution in Hungary, and to those of the refugees at Widin, who. 

 confiding in the amnesty offered them by the Austrian general sent theic 

 for that purpose, returned into Hungary only to meet with death in tlic 

 most ignominious form. * * * * * 



Mr. Kossuth has no knowledge yet of his aged mother, wife, and chil- 

 dren. ]t is supposed that the latter are now in Vienna, in a militar\ 

 academy, as hostages for the future silence of their father. Few or none 

 of the refugees have any other means of subsistence beyond what the Sul- 

 tan gives them. The lUissian minister has re-opened official relations Avith 

 the Porte, (on the oOth ultimo,) and I hear that the Polish refugees are to 

 leave Turkey. The Austrian minister has not yet done so, anti the fati- 

 of the Hungarians is unsettled. It is understoocl that Mr. Kossuth is in- 

 vited to go to England in case of his being able to leave this country. 

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I have the honor to be, sir, with much respect. 



Your very obedient servant, 



J. P. BROWN. 



Louis Kossuth to the American Minister resident at Constantinople. 



[ Translation. ] 



Choumla, December 13, 1849. 



Mr. Ambassador: — It is with the most profound sentiment of gratitufh' 

 that I have learned the noble sympathy with which your excellency, as a 

 worthy representative of a truly magnanimous nation, honors my own dis- 

 aster and that of my country. Whilst I make use of this occasion to ex- 

 press to your excellency my entire gratitude and my highest considera- 

 tion, I take leave also to I'ecommend to your benevolence Major Bock, 

 one of my aids-de-camp and secretaries. He is about to return to his own 

 country in consequence of a reclamation on the part of the ambassador of 

 Prussia, but will remain some time at Constantinople for the purpose of 

 arranging some of my affairs. I hope that, with a man of your char- 

 acter, this recommendation will not lose in value, because it comes irom 

 a man who, perhaps, amongst all living ones, was the most persecuted by 

 inisfortTme. But this misfortune has given me the consolation that I found 

 in it noble friends and faithful adherents, and the Major l^xdc is among 

 tlu! most faithful. 



Accept, Mr. Ambassador, the expression of my highest consideration. 



LOUIS KOSSUTH, 



Ex-governor of Hungary. 

 To the Ambassador 



0/ the. United States of Korth America, Constantinople.' 



