The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1841-05-11

ed to consult together and the crowd slowly rereaied
80 as not to disturb their deliberations Three ON
the cymbais was the signal Of their result and Mend
ly Khan pronounced the following sentence;
May the raven be praised who lends his wisdom
TO the administration OF justice. The wolves do not
attack their brother wolses Circassians ought not
10 fight Circassians. That is traitor who fights
against his free brethren in the cause Of slavery Let
yaiaghans fall upon the heads Of the Muscovles
like hail upon field predcsined TO destruction, and
let them disappear from before tho smoke which
rises from hearths but at the time let our
Justice strike down traitors with thDnderbolt.-
Death to the traitors Their reachery shall be pun
ished with implement"
The Cabardians were led on evincing the most
irightinl despair. The officer Flint Mayer was then
brought before the tribunal but he refused to reply
TO any OF the questions addressed to him by the judges
Indicating by his gestures that be understood nothing
OF the language Of the country.
Mohammed Bey his accuser, then asked the prlvi-
lege OF producing witnesses several came forward and
testified IN the most positive that they perfect
ly remembered the person Of the officer. The Khan
then pronounced the sentence which condemned him
TO have his eyes torn from their orbits because said
he by their ssisance be found the road into our coun
try then TO have his legs amputated, because they
had transported him thhcr; then to have his ears filled
with melted lead because they had listened the
words Of the Avarians; then TO have his tongue
out because he had employed it ia order to report 10
his superiors what he had seen and heard; and e.
nally 10 be put to death by implement
On hearing this barbarous sentence the unhappy
officer lost the stocism which he had preserved until
then, and his resolution abandoned him. He broke
forth into menaces and mprecations and in his fren-
zied despair denounced, in the Cabardian tongue,
terrible retrbution upon his judges for the insult done
to the Emperor in his person. fea
Our justice 10 just" said the Khan: then EN-
bracing Mohammed Bey with tenderness, he added
spy let him scold, his tongue will soon be staened
by the rod Of implement.
The other officer whom Arral Leng accused Of
haxs
the last before these terrible judges The gold
which paid for the horsesn said he, " is the
which the paymaser Of our detachment had given me
few days before as portion of my pay. If II was
not good, my accuser declares, the blame cannot
justly be laid upon me, and you easily convince
yourselves that the coin crculaes freely in all the
states Of my august master, the Emperor"
"Do you speak the truth y demanded the Khan,
casting penetrating glance on the officer, who pre-
served firm and steady countenancc
81 speak the truth" said Buchanof II appeal to
ST. Nicholas and the Holy Virgin. An officer who
is worthy to bear sword will not seek to save his life
by lie
81 suspend the sentence to be pronounced against
you, said the Khan, until the tine-may it speedily
come-when your Emperor shall fall into our hands
il you speak the truth you shall then be liberated and
your Emperor shall be punished if you lie you shall
be punished, and will reckon with your Emperor
| not enemies but judges"
The judgment of the prisoners having thus term-
mated, the symbals again res0unded with great noise
| The judges then served with meal composed
of plum, boiled mutton and kumyo, drink made Of
mares milk The lieutenants Of the Khan'proceeded
to division ofthe booty and Of the remaining prison.
| ers, and the unhappy wretchcs condemned to death
were delivered TO the executioners for immediate exc
| cuton.
Four days after this horrible execution, the Russian
sentnels placed at the advanced posts of the line of
Teredt, Mortified at the dawn Of day at perceiv
ing six despoed Of their bark and redeemed with
blood, which had been planted in front of their post
during the night by the feroious Avarians, and to
which sh attached the dead bodies of their six
victims, dishgured by the commissions of the frghfu
| torture ofimpalement.