The Sun.
London, England, 1863-05-25 00:00:00

THE INSURRECTION IN POLAND

"6. Ostasiewo, belonging to M. Klankowski, was the
,heatre of a terrible drama. Six young men, surrounded
on all sides by the Russians, resolved to sell their lives as
dearly as possible. They first defended themselves with
pistols, the only arm which they had ; then, as ammunition
began to fail them, they hurled bricks up Ai their assailants.
The latter, enraged at the resistance they met with, set fire
to the house. Four of the young men, being completely
exhausted, now gave themselves up; the remaining two lay
down on the roof, preferring to perish in the flames. The
latter were burnt to death ; the former were put in chains
and delivered up to the authorities. They were all
students.
"7. Dagda,
" 8. Wilanow.
"9. Zabory, belonging to the Bujnicki family. The
carnage here was dreadful; M. B. Bujnicki was so illtreated
by the Raskolniks that he is unrecognisable. He is not ex-
pected to live. M.S. Bujnicki and several of his companions,
among whom was an engineer officer, were seized in the
woods, dreadfully beaten, and given up to the authorities
A priest named Pluza met with the same fate.
" 10. Zubry, belonging to Count Eugenius Plater.
" 11. Staromysl, belonging to M. Kibort.
" 12. Ludwiampol, belonging to Count Casimar Plater,
who, with his servants, was grievously wounded.
" April 28 (16).
" 13. lionstantynow, belonging to M. Ewertz, a German.
He was so illtreated that he is not expected to live. His
son's fingers were badly crashed by the Raskolniks in tear
ing his rings off.
" 14. Baduny, belonging to M. R. Fiezenholt, a German
He was put in chains and delivered up to the authorities.
" 15. Akra, belonging to M. A. Fiezenholt.
" 16. Birzy, belonging to Mr. Schroders.
" 17. Diebniaki, belonging to Mr. Petrzycki.
" 18. Hieronimowo, belonging to Mdme. Oskierka. This
lady was severely beaten and then attached to the trunk of
a tree, in which position she passed the night. Her two
guests, a priest named Groholski and a local officer named
Bohemolec, met with the same fate. The next morning the
Raskolniks took them to the station of Kuszany.
" 19. Kamieniec, belonging to M. Rent, completely plun
dered and destroyed.

" 20. Gorne Wyszki, belonging to M. J. Moll, also com,
pletely destroyed.

" At Solowyszki a female servant, who was defending
the property of her mistress, Countess Moll, was wounded.
The pillage was so complete that the wives of the Raskol-
niks accompanied them with carts, in which the corn and
other things taken by their husbands were put. Cattle,
horses, domestic ornaments and furniture, and even pianos
were taken away, and the rest burnt. The quietest gentle-
men, though far advanced in age, such as Counts Moll and
Plater, were beaten unmercifully and loaded with chains.
" Besides the above, several were dragged from their
houses; among them were two priests named Olczykiewicz
and Narkiewicz. They were beaten and chained up with
29 other persons, awl on the 30th ult. dragged through the
muddiest streets of Dynaburg. Many of them were so
covered with blood is to be unrecognisable, and some who
fell through weakness were brutally beaten by the soldiers
with the butts of their muskets. There are 120 persons, all
of whom had been captured by the Raskolniks, imprisoned
in the fortress of Dynaburg, besides some who are confined
at Kraslaw. Every one, however innocent, who is brought
before the authorities by a Raskolnik is slant up in the for-
tress, generally half-dead and bleeding from the inhuman
treatment he has received.

" Many other estates have been attacked, but have been
saved from destruction by the efforts of • the peasantry.
When the nobles complained to Ogolin, the Governor, he
answered that the Government is obliged to call the pea-
sants to its assistance, as it has not enough troops.' The
Raskolniks are every where proclaiming that they are acting
under the orders of the Czar and the Commandant of the
fortress, by whom they have been distinctly directed to
plunder, burn, and destroy the estates, and seize the nobles,
only to kill them. At length, when the evil was spreading
and threatening the Government of Oskow and Russia itself,
General Szuwalow was sent down to put a stop to it. The
only result of his mission has hitherto been his attempting
to throw the fault on the Catholic peasantry. Meanwhile
he pays three silver roubles to each Reskolnik, and encou-
rages them to look for arms and give up every one connected
with the insurrection. In the district of Rzezyck the Ras-
kolniks accordingly seized J. Strabrowski and A. Wejssen-
hof, the latter en old man of 70, and after beating them, as
usual, gave them up to the authorities. In binding
Wejssenhof's hands the Raskolniks broke both his arms.
Many other persons have also been captured by them, and
afterwards sent by railway to Dynaburg, whence they are
marched through a sea of mud to the fortress. Heavy
leaden weights are hung on these unfortunate people to in-
crease their tortures during this painful march."

ELOPEMENT.—An elopement took place a few
days since from the parish of Kilmichael, near
Macroom, the parties to which were Timothy Sullivan and
Honoria Cotter, aged respectively 19 and 20. It appears
that on the day named, tht father of Miss Cotter missed her
from her usual place in the family circle, and immediately
made a search for her. Not discovering her he became
alarmed, which alarm was considerably increased when he
found himself minus a sum of £l2O. The father of Sullivan
also missed his son, and conjecture was set at rest by the
almost certainty that they had gone off together. Ac-f
cordingly, the two fathers set out for Cork, in search o
the juvenile lovers. The head-constable proceeded to
Queenstown, and on Thursday succeeded in finding the
' pair in a lodging house, where they had been living as
husband and wife since Monday, waiting for a passage to
America. A sum of £24 was got on them by the head con-
stable, and clothes to the value of about £l5. On being
brought before the magistrates, Mr. Cotter said that there
had been such manifestations of affection on both sides that
he was satisfied to have his daughter married to the man of
her choice, and he agreed to defray their expenses to Ame-
rica. The latter part of the programme Mr. Cronnin,l3..M,
did not see the wisdom of, and warned the compliant father
of the danger of sending his daughter to America, where a
horrible civil war is raging. Mr. Sullivan, sen,, concurred
in this view of the case, and said that, although he was not
as rich a man as Mr. Cotter, yet as the young pair had taken
such a liking to each other, he would not only give his con-
sent to their marriage, but would also give his son such a
portion as he was able to afford. The parties then left the
court.—Cork Constitution.

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The following is an official report of the Polish
National Government :
" Department of Lithuania, April 28 (16).
"The Russian Government has been unceasing in its
efforts to mislead and excite against the Poles the Raskol-
niks (old religionists). Its agents constantly travelled over
various parts of the country, everywhere announcing that
the first step taken by the Polish insurgents would be to
massacre the old religionists, after having burnt and de-
stroyed their villages. They encouraged and even ordered
them in the name of the Czar to march against the nobles.
These shameful manoeuvres have borne their fruit; at a
given signal whole populations, young and old, men and
women, rushed on the defenceless country houses, sacking,
pillaging, and burning everything. In three days the whole
of a flourishing district was turned into a desert.
"The following is a nominal list of the estates which
have fallen a prey to these fanatics :
" April 26 (14).
" 1. Wyszki, belonging to Count Moll.
" 2. Solowyszki, belonging to Countess Moll.
"3. Wasilowo, ditto. Here the local priest, M. Kesmin,
was torn from the altar, where he was saying mass, flogged,
bound with ropes, taken, amid the jeers and groans of the
Raskolniks, to the town of Dynaburg, and finally, together
with his curate, M. Sandro, a mneh respected old man, and
other political prisoners, imprisoned in the cells of the
fortress.
"4. Dubno, belonging to M. U. Bsnislawski. The devas-
tation of this estate is indescribable. Its proprietor was
bound with ropes, neatly beaten to death, and brought to
Dynaburg. His daughters, Louisa, Helen, and Mary, only
succeeded in rejoining him by paying a heavy ransom to
the Raskolniks, and escaping through the woods under the
protection of the gamekeeper.
"5. Abelmuzja, belonging to Count Stanislas Zyber-
Plater. Everything in this estate, including the floors and
ceilings, was pillaged and destroyed. Not a morsel of bread
is now to be had in the neighbourhood.
" April 27 (15).