New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1842-06-01


,hich finished it, produced ano her .tate Of thin-s
I'D the government OF all the Es..an. com
-.llcd the signature Of the sultan L. a map
1 Circassa.' bv which " a inc 10 D. drawn
rom Port -. Nicolo, on the Black Sea, 10 folio"
le frontier Of Georgia. thence traverse the pro-
nee Of ASklsha, and strike the point where Az
.i-ta AID kars are reunited TO the province Of
ieorgis.' The Russian government thereby vas
D hare all The rigtfs possessed by the lurAI-h
ser Circassia. The rirtfs were but lntle. and
o. war has made them less and we cordial
ope that the finale OF the contest viii be, that IN
russian hands they will be Of IN inhniieslmal or
icr The Russians however, are not without
heir pious reasons on the SUBJECT. As the In
iui.ition hanged and burned for the coed Of men-
.ou.. the Russians shoot and bayonct fer the good
# their bodies. Their purpose Is to eHting'ii-h
% melancholy stain on civilization a. the CIR
-,.sian saye-trade. Thus they have philaahropic
,artalons. and batteries Of conversion-are all
Nibcrforccs horse. foot. and dragoons-and cx-
inguish barbarism in the style that Pcs'ilence
carries away other diseases.
Yet in all this. We have no idea that Nicholas j.,
..ther barbarian or man o. bl pod. But he -itt
~ a despotic throne and the infinite misfortune
# sitting on such throne is, that while II gives
Il play to all the bad passions. It ties up all the
Z.
irew MS troops from Circa-sa TO day. be would
ot have a brace Of bullet, IN his forehead tomor-
,ow. The Russian is determined on conquest. no
natter where lie has set his mind upon Circas-
ia, as the high road 10 Persia the side and
,onstantinople on the other, and on them only
- the starting points to something else-to India
N the one side and Germany on the other. If he
.ad these. the bear would lay one claw on China
nd the other on England. BY that time the
-thnus of Daricn would be- cut through for Rls-
la, though sure. i slow and moves az the rate OF
1 hundred years an empire. America and Austria
IA would be the next grasp, and then she would
ave nothing left to finish her meal but Otaheitc,
md Guernsey and Jcrscy-hard little morscl., but
R3.sis j. more of the ostrich than the eagle
The possession OF Circissia captiyates the eye
the Russian cabinet in more WAYS than one
It Is, in the first place. important the conques,
f the whole Euxinc; which would be impoIlsnt
D the capture OF the city Of the Con.tantines, the
Id object of Rus -pln ambition. In the next
ace, It's possession i important to authority over
j 'orgia, which, IN lis turn. Is important 10 the
russian imprcs sion on Persia. which again is i'm
'ortant To the means of alarming John Bull every
rlii-dOzen years, for the fate of India. The Rus
'ian never expects to conquer. at least to keep.
Persia, which j. OF tho most sterile wretchcd
1clp, him to starilc the sensitiycncss of England
ior the Indian domnon., it accomplishes a very
tivoritc object of the Polar monarch, and enable.
aim to keep at arms length at the expense Of
icw paper bullets, and protocol now and then
lung INTO the inilammabc centre of Downing
street.
Even the is made to answer n purpose
russia no longer sends her grow ling officer, to 81
bcr.a; she finds shorter destination for them. and
4 one, in the Circassian hills. They are
cent to exert their energies the shortest notice
against the gallant mutincers and their dlsCOn-
tents, in one way or the other, trouble them no
more Still, this is a vast evil to Russia:
and no hos,ilities in which size has been engaged
~ Europe have cost her during the last fifty wears
more blood and treasure, than the obscure, use
eos. and dishOnorabc hOstiliiics of Circassia-
Disease, confinement, and veXatlon, make dcspe-
rate havoc, among the little garrlsOns shut mp IL
valley, thick with malaria, living on salt proyis-
IONS, and without any resource in exercise, occupa-
ZION, the he althfu use OF the al Joining coun-
Try. At last, they suddenly feel iha, they have
something to do. They are reused at midnight
~ an assault OF the natives, see the active noun
aInccrs scaling their walls and pouring down upon
hem, struggle in vain, and are either slain OF
marched prisoners mp the mountains. The forts
re destroyed. new Russian army is sent from
Nebastopol--,hc forts are rebuilt they are garr-
-,ned again with the unfortunate scris of the Au-
iocrai ; they 20 through the same round "a their
PREDECESSORS attacked slain. or carried of
nd the fort-, reduced 10 ashes, are raised from
leir ashes again. The country north Of the ku-
oln and the plain OF the kubarda, are the only
erritory which may be regarded a, in possession
Of the Russians. But even this possession Is La
a.. u.
al vigilance; picquets are stationed at every halt
nile across the plains of the kubarda to Dariel.
rom which military posts continue almo., unin.
t'rrupicdly TO Iiilis This road l. ct great I'M
,prtancc, as ii intcrsects the Caucasian chain al
most in the centre, ard thus separate, the eau
risians and the Lesghans. But even in tins
p-rtion the attacks of the mountaneer> 80 for
nidable, that strong escorts with cannon are ire.
qucniiy required to keep the communication open.
fhe force required for Circas.ia Is large not les.
than 10000 men, and the mortality from sickness.
It'll more than from the sword, J. very great
continual reintorc0mcnts sent, and Vet the
sncral force does not become more efficient
The war, if war it might be called. had lin
sercd through ten years IN "A succession of .kir-
mi.hes, when suddenly it assumed another form
\ plan of operations was concerted among the
Circassian chiefs Some degree of unanimi;v In
heir purposes was produced by the presence Of
several distinguished officer, who had fled from
ne failure of the Polish insurrrccton. ami the
Russians attacked in a succession of assaults
IN their armed posts, with general success. Ihis
change ia the character of hostililie- first awohe
lac Court of ST. Petersburg 10 the weakness, o. is
-ystem determination adopted to crush the
csiS'ance by lavish display Of force, and 81. Oo0
mcG were sent with all haste 10 rePos,css them
selves of the lost ground and rebuild TIE forts
This they performed, and this vas all. The Cir
ci',ians retired only to await another opportunity
1nd the wal is no more likely ne~ TO close than IL
vas in lis first year
10 gave single instance Of these gallant dis
nlay~: On of the wild nights OF February
$40, the Pca,aniry appointed To the attack OF the
iu>sian fort Soubashee. came down from the hills
q ~ u. .L-t mi IL i