The Sun.
London, England, 1839-09-05 00:00:00

CIRCASSIAN DOCUMENTS.

THE RUSSIAN GENERAL'S LETTER FROM
SEMEZ TO THE PRINCES, NOBLES, AND
INHABITANTS IN GENERAL OF NOT-
QUHATCH.

Our Sublime Emperor, whose armies are infinite in
number, has placed me at the head of a portion of
them, and ordered me to take possession of Toaps,
Shapsigna, and Semez, which I have done. He has
likewise ordered me to construct a fort at Semez, and
an arsenal (or yard) for his fleet. lam about to make
a road to Anapa, from Anapa to Aboon by the Bachan,
and from Aboon to Pyadoog.
Let those who live on that route retire. Let
those who live on the left toward the sea remain
in their houses, if they choose to be at peace
with us, like the people of Kaburda, otherwise
let them retire ; and of those of Shapsuk who live
on the route, by the Bachan to Aboon and Pyadoog,
let them who choose remain in peace, and the rest re-
tire, like the people on the Luba. Our sublime, mer-
ciful, and puissant Emperor, although possessed of in-
finite power, has ordered me not at first to resort to
force, but to endeavour to induce you to make peace
among yourselves by mild means, and if these prove in-
efficient, then to employ arms. If, therefore, you be
agreed among yourselves to make peace, send to me
the persons of information and talent, and I will com-
municate to them the orders of our sublime Emperor.
If you determine on not making peace, assemble all
your force and be prepared, and you shall experience
the hollowness of your confidence.
Persons who have abandoned their houses, families,
and country, faithless and fugitive, have for four years
deceived the people of Notquhatch with hopes of assis-
tance from the Queen of England, the King of France,
and the Sultan, while our sublime Emperor is at peace
with all these three.

But even if thcy were at war with us, they could
never think of aiding you. When our sublime Em-
peror captured with his armies Anapa, Erzeroom,# and
Akhalzik, why was not aid afforded to the Sultan?
And if the English and French did not then aid the
Sultan, how can you suppose they will afford aid to the
people of Notquhatch ?
The Jews, weak and credulous, believe that a giant
is to appear on the earth, who will destroy all the Chris-
tians and Mussulmans, and though for 2,000 years this
their hope has been deceived, they still indulge in it.
As the weak Jews are deceived by false prophets, the
people of Notquhatch, who believe themselves strong,
have been deceived by fugitives and false ambassadors.
If any one should tell you the will of our Sublime
Emperor may change, he will deceive you. If any dra-
goman should tell you any thing beyond the translation
of what. he may speak to you, you must not believe him,
nor have any confidence in him. There are persons who
come from among you pretending to be sent by you,
to be of great influence, and to have it in their power to
effect peace ; but in them I have no confidence ; and in
like manner you should place none in my dragomans.

As I am Commander:in-Chief of the army, and have
all affairs placed under my direction, send to me your
men of influence and talent, and all things shall be ar-
ranged between us. If you agree to make peace, I will
treat you mercifully, and as true friends. lam unwil-
ling to make war, but if it be necessary, it shall be a
fierce one ; you shall have the cause of regret, and on
you will lie all the blame. If peace be made between
us, our peace will from day to day be more firmly
cemented—if war, it shall in like manner increase in
implacability.

Lieutenant-General RAJEVSKI.

CIRCASSIAN ANSWER TO THE FOREGOING.
TO THE EMPEROR NICHOLAS OF RUSSIA, AND GENERAL
RAJEVSKI SERVING UNDER HIM-THIS IS OUR REPLY.

For twelve years you have boasted everywhere that
you have gained the country, but you have spoken
falsely. By sea and land, everywhere, you report the
boast, saying " the Padisha made over to me this coun-
try, and as he has given it to me, it is mine." Con-
stantly you report these falsehoods to all the nations,
" that the country is mine, its inhabitants my subjects,
and I have taken possession of it by forts." If you
continue to do so, the truth will at length become
known, and your honour will become lost. But even
if the Padisha rendered you the country, it was never
his either by purchase or by the sword ; and for twelve
years that we have been at war, he has never balmed
our wounds, and on our parts we have never paid, nor
has he on our account ever received, any tribute. How
then had the Padisha power to deliver us over to
you ? If friendly to you, he might have given you some
of his own territory, but he had no power to bestow
ours. Such a gift could be of no benefit to you.
Generai Rajevski, all the forts you have constructed
ate but as the ancient tombs in our woods—neither of
detriment nor benefit to us ; and the words you address
to us are alike harmless, but their falsehood will here-
after become known against you. He who but speaks
to no purpose loses by so doing. God knows that we
will never become subject to you ; and with the aid of
Him who is King of Kings, we may be enabled to resist
you. Till the last child among us perish, we will, with
the Almighty aid, never submit to you. You have
likened our people to the Jews ; you have also spoken
of the English as having, like Jews, deceived us for four
years, and that we still hope in these English. If you
will come but an hour's march from your fortress, you
shall know our opinion on these subjects.
My friend, General Rajevski, we know that, at first,
Russia was but a fisher, and we see, even by your
words, that she has no pretension to be an ancient em-
pire. My friend, if you had the heart of a man, you
would not have spoken so much ill of two strangers.
You speak so vauntingly because you have abundance
of cannons and powder.
In the sight of God all things are apparent. He is
all-powerful. He is supreme above all earthly powers ;
and with his aid to the last we will resist you.
Sultan Shahan Ehui surrendered to you the Crimea,
and what benefit did you return him ? His fate is
known to all the nations.
them, o
Noner
any
of these
person
m nationsak e esteem
Russia, and if any of
friend-
ship with her, they have at length cause to repent it,
appealing to be saved from her hands. If you wish to
make friendship with us, write to your Emperor to
withdraw h;s armies and dismantle his forts—from Soo.
koom to Anapa, and from Anapa to Karatchai—and
then we may arrange affairs, otherwise all is in vain.
the The family of Sultan Achmet Ghai is under
have placed
compel hi placed him ittm
to
labour
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controul ; he went among you to receive the heritage of
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will never make friendship with you ; and may the' all-
powerful God aid us.
1254, 21st day of Radjab.

CIRCASSIAN LETTER TO ENGLAND.
TO THE CROWNED MAJESTY OF ENGLAND, SUPREME,
POWERFUL, AND HONOURABLE-THE SUPPLICATION
OF CIRCASSIA.

For 12 years we have incessantly made war with
Russia, and the Russian armies have, in like manner,
attacked us. Every year the Russians have come in
great force against us, and every year they have been
forced to retreat ; ae4 still we are firm against our

* Erzeroum happens to belong to Turkey, being situated a
great way from the present Russian frontier.

BIRTS.
On the 3d inst., Mrs. Alexander Black, of Wellington-street
North, of a daughter.
On the 3d inst., at Tottenham, the lady of William lif°°r4
Esq., of a son.
On the 3d i-nst.Lat Rothley Temple, Leicestershire, the 114
of James Parker, Esq. of a son.
On the 3d inst., at 'Hertford-street, Mayfair, the lady °-
f
Graham Johnston, Esq., of a son,
On the 4th inst., at Tottenham-terrace, the lady of JO'
Morgan, Esq., of Broad-street-buildings, of a son.
On the 4th inst., in Cumberland-place, Regent's-park, Mil.
G. Marshall, of a daughter.

MARR
On the 4th inst., at St. M lED.
r
artin's-in-the-Fields, •-•24)d
Charles Stuart, of the Grenadier Guards, nephew of Tte
Stuart de Rothsay, to Georgiana, eldest daughter of the
Vice-Admiral Sir John Gore, and Maid of Honour to bkgr
jesty the Queen Dowager. Ed-
On the 3d inst., at Oddington, Glocestershire, the Bea',_„..
ward Bankes, Chaplain in Ordinary to her Majesty, preu.-..
dart' of Glocester and Bristol, and Rector of Corfe Castle, Donrd
setshire, to Miss Maria Rice, third daughter of the Hon'
Very Rev. the Dean of G'ocester, and niece to Lord pre'''.

DIED.
On the Ist inst., at the Cottage, Trafalgar-street,
Walvrortht
Miss Martha Medley, aged 29.
On the 2d inst., at Cambridge-street, Connaught-slug-r"'
Cecil Fitzroy, son of Colonel Cecil BishoPp, C. B ,of th 4 11th
Regiment of Foot, aged 15 months.

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