Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-11-08


saying the sergeant tore away the generals
opanle'es and trampled them under his feet.
"l'hese decorations belong not to YOU" he
continued, "a kuout should be borne BY the
execut"ner. Remember the soldier Be,sakoff.
scourged with rods tor having been moment
too late in presenting arms. Remember that
old suba,ern who, tor 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 checks. The unhappy man. fran
tic with rage and pain, lifted his hand in re.
ss'ance-and for this he was fl, ggcd and sent
malmed and dying to Siberia"
The sergeant while he spoke had continued
with n terrible compnsure to strip the general
of his belt, his coat, and his under garments
He went on:
"That subatern, like myself bore the name
of Guedenof; we were born in the same hovcl
- he was my brother"
Spite Of hi; indomtable frmness, the general
could not refrain from shuddering as he listen.
ed to this fearful accusation, so eloquent in It's
calm simplicity, passoness in its vengetul
| brcvlty. AS for Solowiovn, she had looked on
at first with vague wonder, unable 20 conpre.
bend the scene that passed before her but
when she saw the general deprived of his
sword his uniform torn away, his form expo.
sed, then she began to conceive the purpose OF
his aSsaants, aud to understand that he was
doomed (" t"cerr ia" degrading punishment, he
had oitcn caused to be Inflicted Seized with
horror sh" r"Se 10 her feet, clasped her hands
in suppIicaiion and sIrckcd aloud in terror and
dr-pajr.
! Ivan, the surgcnn.major Ind iii this moment
stood mntionlesS aud silent ; bat he could no,
resist the anguish of her he loved. lie forgot
/ the stern excitement of TROOPS, the hopeles,ncss
Of his interference and made step forward
but the loud ringing OF a mIsket was heard,
/ Ivan threw up his arms. turned on his heel con.
vnsivcly and fell to the ground corpse. The
bullet had pierced his heart.
! a gigantic soldier stepped forward from the
ranks, lifted the body ard bore it To the window
where Solnwiova stood; he threw it at her feet
and said, Nightingale, this belongs to YOU"
White as marble Soowiova gazed upon the
corpse of her lover, bent toward it, wiped the
bIoohy forehead with her handkerchief, gave
/ forth one TERRIBLE cry, and fell iieless by It's
side
Meantime General I--cfr had been
bound 20 gun carriage, dragged through the
raLks, and sc0urged with rode, the torture o:
winch was but the beginning of his punish.
! Ia had Ia, ,i..i III,
of the line when voice exclaimed, TO the
! ovens
The unhappy General although half dead
with agony, heard these words, und knew their
horrid meaning. A hundred voiced repeated,
ITO the uven,n'
A mortal psieness overspread his features;
his courage gave wayi he groancd and begged
tor mercy. But the hurrahs Of the ba,ta lion
drowned his voice, and Sergeant Guetenof,
approaching him once more, replied,
a. too, begged for mercy when my brother
fell dying under the blows You ordered
| We will no, pursue >hc hdruns details Of the
scene that followed, only adding that General
I'll and the superior officers of the bat.
tul soldiers took care to heat SLOWLY, were lite
rally baked alive
This crime presented fearful originality,
and il was deemed meet that its explatiun
should be likewise. The tidrngs were borne tn
The Emperor md eight days afterwards several
bartalious of artillery marched through the
streets of tho ancient Russian capitol they had
been preceded by Major general, who had
won for himself in the Polish campaign, the Il.
tie of the Warsaw eXecu,uner One OF his a ids
appeared at the barracks of the mu,ineers, and
ordered them To parade the next morning, in ia.
ugue dress and without their weapons, in the
small square a, the Western end OF the city
They replied by their nvarable kTach0 (1oml, J
put IN their long grey coats aud Their round
caps, aud oiled their moustaches as iur an ordi-
: nary field day; then pale, silent and with white
they traversed the city between the Triple file.
, Of Cossacks, followed by the terrified and MOURN
tul gahe OF the Inhabitants On their arrival il
the aquare they posted themselves in solid
columns, nolselessly and without confusion.
5 The drums beat--the bells of the Churches
= pealed forth solemn clang-and batteries o
, cannon, planted in the avenues that led into III,
: square, opened upon them deadly fire of crap,
n shot. Each discharge was succeeded by a shout
e fby multItudinous groan, with which wer,
c mingled the wild songs of those who pride,
II I fhpu.alVaS IN lviur / ka Unpn A I'm Enaw "A,