American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper., 1845-10-22

belt, your orders and what remains Of your bo-
dy, and we shall say to him, General L-eti
was tger-we have slain him; here are our
weapons, we await our punishment =" And
thus saying the sergeant tore away the gene
RAILS epaulettes and tranIpled them under his
feet.
"These decorations belong not to you," he
continued; "a knout should be borne by the eA-
ecutioner, Remember the soldier Betsakoh.,
scourged with rods for having been moment
too late in presenting arms, Remember that
old subaltern who, for q spot upon his uniform,
was ordered by you from the ranks and struck
upon the face with your whip until the blood
ran down his cheeks The unhappy man, fran
tic with rage and pain, lifted his hand in resist
ance-and for this he was flogged and sent,
manned and dying, TO Siberia"
The sergeant while he spoke had continued
with terrible composure TO strip the general
of his belt, his coat, and his under garments
He went on:
'That suhaltern, like myself, bore the name
OF Guedenoh; we were born in the same hovel
lie was my brother"
Spite of his indomitable firmncss the general
could not refrain from shuddeing as he listened
to this fearful accusation, SO eloquent i'll It's calm
simplicity, so passonless in its vengeful 5revity.
AS for Soowova, she bad looked on at first
with vague wonder, unable to comprehend the
scene that passed before her; but when she saw
the general deprived of his sword, his uniform
torn away, his form exposed, then she began TO
conceive the purpose of his assailants and to-
understand that he was doomed to receive the
degrading punishment he had so often caused to
be inflicted. Seized with horror she rose to her
feet, claspcd her hands in suppGcatlon and
shrieked aloud in terror and despair.
Ivan, the surgeon-major, had till this mo-
ment stood motonless and silent; but he could
not resist the anguish of her he loved lie
forgot the stern excitement of the troops, tho
hopelessness of his interference, and made
step forwards but the loud ringing of musEct
was heard, Ivan threw up his arms, turned on
his heel convulsively and fell to the ground a
corpse. The bullet had pierced his heart.
A gigantic soldier stepped forward from the
ranks, lifted the body and bore it to the win
dow where Solowiova stood; he threw it at her
feet, and said Nightingale, this belongs TO
you"
White as marble Solowiova gazed upon the
corpse of her lover, bent toward it, wiped the
bloody forehead with her handkerchief, gave
forth one terrible cry, and fell leless by It's side.
Meantime, general left had been bound
to gun carriage, dragged through the ranks
and scourged with rods. the torture of which
was but the beginning OF his punishment. He
had scarcely reached the extremity OF the line
when a voice exclaimed "To the ovens"
The unhappy general, although half dead
with agony, heard these words, and knew their
horfld meaning. hundred voices repeated
"Io the ovenso
A mortal palencss overspread lis features;
his courage gave way; lac groancd and begged
Ga. h., Ic xNI'tI tIn hntt ttntt
drowned his voice, and sergeant Guedenott, ap-
proaching him once more, replied:
81, too, beggel for mercy when my brother
fell dying under the blows you orderod."
We will not pursue the hideous details Of
the scene that followed, only adding that Gen
eral Left and the superior officers of the
battalion, shut up in the ovens, which the
vengeful soldiers took care to heat slowly, were
literally baked alive.
This crime presented ftighttul originality,
and it was deemed meet that its eXpation
should be likewise. The tidngs were borne
to the Emperor, aud eight days afterwards Sc
veral battalions of artillery marched through
the streets of the ancient Russian capital; they
had been preceded by major general who had
won for himself IN the Polish campaign the IL
tie Of the Warsaw executioner. One of his
aids appeared at the barracks of the mutineers
and ordered them to parade the next morning,
in fatigue dress and without their weapons, in
the small square at the Western end of the c-
ty. They replied by their invarable karacho,
(good,) put on their long grey coats and their
round caps, and oiled their Inoustaches as tor
an ordinary field day; then pale, silent and
with white lips, but keeping perfect order in
their ranks, they traversed the city between
the triple files of Cossacks, followed by the ter
ri6ed and mournful gaze of the inhabitants
On their arrival in the square they posted
themselves in solid columns, nolselessly and
without confusion.
The drums beat-the bells of the Churches
pealed forth solemn clang-and batteries of
cannon, planted in the avenues that led into
the square, opened upon them deadly fire OF
grape shot. Each discharge was succeeded by
shout, by mutitudneus groan, with which
were mingled the wild songs of those who
prded themselves on dying like men who
knew no fear. Three hours the fire was kept
up; and when at its close the executioners OF
this awful sentence traversed the place through
lake of blood, they found but five whom the
grape shot had not reached; among these was
the sergeant Guedenohr They all persisted
under the murderous blows of the knout.-I
The sergeant maintained his firmness and COM
posure to the end. Stretched on the fatal
plank, lie seemed unconscious of the lash that
tore his bleeding flesh, and addressing the ex-
ecutioner, coolly asked if his allotted number
of blows would soon be completed. "They
are finished now," said the executioner. $50
much the BETTER" replied Guedenoff, "for
am very hungry"
EMIGRANTs FOR TEXAS. Seven large CO.
vered wagons, filled with moveabes, belonging
to an emigrating party, from Morgan county,
Illinois, passed through St. Louis on the 18th
INST for Texas.
EARLY Snow. We had slight sprinkhng
of snow in this city on Monday night. At
Buffalo, on the 18th inst snow also fell. 1t is