The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-28 00:00:00

THE POLISH INSURRECTION.

(From the 2i'mes' Special Correspondent.)
BRESLATJ, MARCH 24.
I have to supplement the parting proclamation of
General Langiewicz by a paragraph, which—it is
easy to perceive why—was not contained in the
version given by the Czas. The following words,
I find, have been suppressed by the organ of the
national cause :

" But a few hours after my departure calumny denounced
me a traitor, an embezzler, mid a thief. The same infa-
mous slanderers instigated desertion in the camp, and while
intending to destroy myself, they only benefited Muscovy,
and prepared an easy triumph for the foe. The adherents
of the ambitious criminal I have to thank for all this are
rot aware, or, if they are aware, utterly ignore that my only
object is to restore the liberty and independence of the
country."

In a preceding paragraph, which is also diffe-
rently given by the Czas, the passage referring to
his secession thus appears in the version now come
to light :
" The Russian agents hiding themselves in your ranks
made it necessary for me to depart secretly, and without
bidding you farewell. The same reason, also, prevents my
informing you of my ultimate destination."

The proclamation has not been printed, but cir-
culates only in written copies among the Poles.
Deviation from the original text and the existence
of different readings are accounted for by this
circumstance ; but the new version, I believe,
must be held the more authentic from grounds
of internal evidence. It was not in keeping
with his past career to abscond and leave his
gallant troops to fight it out for themselves. In
this important respect the new proclamation shows
him in a different light from the first. Supposing
the new text to express his actual motives, he
absented himself not because he was afraid of the
Russians, or faced death with a fainter heart than
he wanted his soldiers to possess; but discord and
the inordinate ambition of individual leaders sent
him away a fugitive at the very time his presence
was most dearly required with the army. The
ambitious criminal he alludes to is evidently Mieros
lawski, who has already divulged his prior claims
to the Dictatorship. You will also notice that, while
the first proclamation was represented to have been
issued before his departure, the second can only be
construed as a production of the day following.
However that may be, the Poles have again given
a signal instance of indulging their national vice.
Contrary to what appeared on the surface, they are
as quarrelsome as ever.

The latest news does not contain any very intelli-
gible outline of subsequent events. Dissolution, it
is evident, has been too general in the mein force to
admit of regular movements and a march with any
predetermined object in view. The only cir cum
stance to be clearly defined amid a confusion of
fragmentary particulars is the prevalence of flight
and the sudden disappearance from the scene of
several thousands of men. The bodies which tra-
versed the Austrian frontier, as well as those con-
tinuing a feeble resister ce along the border line, do
tot account, in any way, for the masses assembled
a few days ago under the colours of the Dictator.
Where they have gone, and what has become of them
it is only possible to guess ; but as the majority were
never encumbered with uniforms, and cannot be
distinguished by any external mark from the gene
rality of the inhabitants, they have probably dis-
persed throughout the villages, or passing the frui-
tier in detached bodies, found an anonymous shelter
in Galicia. Among the remnants still fighting for
escape we find Colonel Czachowski scouring the
country with 300 men in the western ccrner of the
kingdom, and looking out, probably, for a safe
retreat to Cracow. In the same neighbourhood
another detachment of 500 men, being prevented
from crossing the frontier, has been driven back
into the interior. A third body, under the command
of Colonel Cieszkowski, has been pounced upon near
Ziwierec, and, with the Austrian border post in
sight, is battling for the miseries of exile. Com-
plete uncertainty prevails as to the fate of those
who made off to the north.

While once about it, the Russians, it appears,
devoted themselves to the task with a will. Not
content with the pleasures of the chase on Russian
territory, they pursued the involuntary emigrants
beyond the confines of the Czar. The Austrian
frontier on this occasion has been violated again on
several points. At Czulice, for instance, a village
near Cracow, the Cossacks cut down a number of
insurgents, and, firing at the Austrian troops,
who offered resistance, captured an officer, car-
rying him off to the commandant of the party. The
officer was instantly dismissed, though not with-
out leaving his sword, his money, and his cigars in
the hands of the intoxicated Tartars. Again, in the
fields adjoining Czulice and Karniow, another party
of insurgents, unarmed and entirely defenceless,
were killed on neutral ground by the Russians. A
man who sought refuge under a crucifix was shot
down before the image of his Redeemer. Another
defending himself with his fists, after being bela-
boured with the butt-end of a musket, eventually
succumbed to the ball of a more merciful enemy.
But the worst outrage was enacted at Karniow,
where an Austrian picket was repeatedly fired at
while disarming some fugitive insurgents. On this
occasion a civilian was wounded, and several rounds
discharged into st house. The Cossacks returned to
Russian territory on the night of the 22d, and rest-
ing themselves after their labours at Biurkow, re-
sumed operations on the 23d, when half a dozen
villages were burnt, and " order" restored in the
district. It appears that all the way from Wawrzo-
czyce to Igolomia not a human dwelling has been
allowed to survive their martial enthusiasm.
Military intelligence from the north and east
being rather vague during the last few days, leaves
us without a clue to the all-important question of
war or peace in the rest of the kingdom. I abide by
my former opinion that, as far as materiel is con-
cerned, the Poles are just as ccmpetent to go on as
before. Polish society,!while deficient in civilised
elements, abounds in men unpretending and warlike
enough to form many a band more of fleet gueri las.
But the question is whether their courage will not
fail them after this terrible eatastrophe. According
to their papers, Langiewicz was not more than a
leader among the many, and to all intents and pur-
poses must he ranked with Padlewski, Roginaki,
Lelewel, and others. Bat the first shook upon the
Polish mind has told a very different tale. If the
Provisional Government are preparing for the de-
struction of Warsaw, with a view to enlist the
sympathies of Europe by the magnitude of the
disaster, the design, it is obvious, is the conse-
quence of despair, rather than any very san-
guine confidence in the future. It is openly said
by the Poles that, as a last hope of success, they
rely upon the bombardment of the capital.

VIENNA, March 24.
No one positively knows what induced Langie-
wicz to quit Poland, but it is supposed that he was
unable to make head against the Democratic party.
It was in the evening of the 19th inst. that the
Polish Dictator crossed the Galician frontier near
Opatowice. At Uscie Langiewicz was met by M.
Bassler, an Austrian commissary, who quartered
him in the house of a Galician nobleman, where he
passed the night. In the morning of the 20th he
was sent in a carriage, with an escort of four
Hussars, to Tarnow. From that town he and
Mademoiselle Pastoviytov, who is said to be the
daughter of a Russian officer of rank, were sent by
rail to Cracow, where they were shut up in the
citadel. The "aide-de-camp" of the ex-Dictator, a
pretty girl of about 22 years of age, wears the Polish
costume with a Hungarian pelisse attached to her
shoulders. When Langiewicz crossed the frontier
he was in possession of a passport which has been
issued by the Swedish Consul at Paris. This docu-
ment belongs to Waligorski, who probably lent it
to Langiewicz. Between 2,500 and 3,000 insur-
gents have crossed the frontier during the last three
or four days, and many others are impatiently wait-
ing for an opportunity of doing so. Several refugees
have already been removed from Galicia to Moravia
and Bohemia, and Langiewicz will soon be sent
from Cracow to some place in the interior of the
empire.

ARREST OF COL. WAuGH.--Col. Waugh, whose
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name has been identified with so many projects, has ',sc.,'
it is stated, arrested in London. His car
-&i shut effected
by one of Mr. Sloman's cfficera iii ibelirestend of London,
and he is now lodged iii whitecross-street Prison, with de-
tainers arivatvo aon amounting to upwards of 00,000,