The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-04-26

new spaper, as necessary portion of the contents
The time has come, however, and the standing title,
Conspiracy in Poland" has changed TO +" hevoiu-
ton in Poland which Is destined soon to give way
to its predecessor, Conspiracy IN Poland" AS
the most hostile demonstrations were perceived IN
Austrian Poland it produced no little excitement in
Vienna, though nearly all that we could learn was,
that the Poles had risen against the government
Silence seemed the watchword issued by the autho-
rifles and secrecy the remedy applied to allay the
fever which threatened to rage among the popuace
The papers teemed with joyful accounts OF the plea
sures of the carnival, the splendor OF the masked
balls the multitude OF concerts, and the excellence
of dramatic performances The mails either did
not arrive. or letters from Poland were Detained on
the ground that it was better to do nothing that would
increase the excitement. The resident Poles 10
Vienna were closely watched, their dwellings search
ed, to learnf they were connected with the conspi-
racy, and passports of permission to leave were po-
sltlvey refused, although many OF the Polish stu
dents had every reason to believe that their parents
and relatives were murdered or in imminent danger
If they succeeded in escaping they were pursued
with the utmost speed.
That the Austrian military were Fastening to the
scene OF action, was evident. They were transport
ed as tar as possible into the interior, by railroad,
and many heavy heart and molstened eye accom-
panied the soldiers TO- the depot there 10 take leave
OF many OF them, perhaps for ever.
In few days il was thought advisable to lay OIL
cldt reports DeIOIe the pubic, anu, uCCoiue "
these, the revolution was promptly quelled by The
sodiery; the insurgents are few In number, and
COMPOSED OF spirits that are always injected the
mass OF the people, the peasants, are In favor OF the
government, and they promptly turned out and MUIR
dered the nobility or took them prisoners, the latter
having tried to force the peasants to take part IN the
revolution Austrian officers, Austrian posts, are
actually protected by the PEASANTS and pass ON I'M
molested, proving that the mass oil the people are
infinitely better satisfied with the existing COVE m
ment than with their aristocratlc countrymen, who
promise them paradise on earth, but who would
lead them to the whipping post, did they possess the
power.
On the other hand, journals from North Germany
pouring in every side, and give accounts not
only materially different from our official ones, but
differing in every imaginable way among them
selves. A perfect chaos-in one column reporting
the brutal butchery of thousands, and in the next
giving letter contradcting the whole-to-day an
nouncing the discovery and arrest OF Polish ennis.
saries from Paris, tomorrow contradictiDg It, and
giving accounts of splendid balls given by the same
individuals in Paris, the day OF their arrest In
Poland
If you read the journals of any of the three powers
that have taken Poland into their protection, and
then read the revolutionary journals OF Paris, you
can scarcely believe that you are reading an account
oil the same revolution. According to the former,
few turbulent spirits have produced an excitement
which has ended IN their death or arrest, and the
murder OF many innocent victims whom they had
forced or enticed into their ranks-the latter TEEN
with every thing that is extravagant and enthusiast
tlc-see In the event movement that is to shake all
Europe 10 its very centre; imagine participators In
the continent, and daily expect to witness the en-
trance OF the revolution, under the protection OF
Just Heaven. into the very walls OF PARIS The 81.
lent observer of events, and the friend Of human
rights and human liberty, looks into, this kaeides-
cope, and withdraws perfectly bewildered
Certain it is that OF all Polish revolutions, one
has been managedlmore unskllfully than this. Many
of the movements have been SO well known to the
authorities Tor some time, that places where there
was the least probability OF an attack, were well pre-
pared, and many who would have been useful to the
Poles were arrested before the period fixed upon to
strike the great blow.
There was also great want OF unity In their
movements, although there be no doubt that the
intention was to rise throughout the length and
breadth OF Poland The leaders calculated on the
sympathy and fellow feeling OF vast mass of their
countrymen, without being sure of their support 1t
was thought that nothing more would be neces-
sary than to make a bold onset and cry "long
live Poland, " to insure the assistance OF the entire
population This cry was raised by the nobility,
and every promise was made 10 the peasants OF
division OF property, decrease OF taxes, equal pv-
leges in the new government, and in every respect
a happy and glorious future. The greatest curse tor
Poland is the hatred existing between the nobility
and the peasantry and the latter placing no conn.
dence in these promises, refused to involve them
selves in difficulty, tor the sake OF men whom they
regard as oppressors. The nobility hnding their
promises and entreates unavaiing, raised the mot
toes-"He who is not with us is against u.s. Hang
or be haneed'-and endeavored to force the pea
santry to join their ranks; this exasperated the lat
ter, and we presented with the melancholy spec
tacle OF people Of the same blood numbering each 9TH
with the fury and anmosity OF enraged beasts, In
revolution whose ostenslble object was to throw of
armed arm with sickles falls, pitchiorks, and any
weapons which they could command, secured
the country in bands, and murdered the
nobility by scores, bringing the bodies OF the dead
and DYING amidst endlsh shouts to the authorities
vho had oft ered lies IN he
for all consplrators, whether dead or alive thereby
exposing the innocent with the guilty. to the horrors
Of cruel death, and the blood-thirsty intoxlcalon
OF an exasperated mob-a national suicide, which
lasted until the survivors, drunk with the blood Of
their victims, fell helpless to the ground
Ills difficult, sindeed, cooly1to draw the line that
separates right IRON wrong, and to say on whom all
the responsibility Of these horrors to rest certain
il is however that the nations whose daggers reve
in the coDvusse body OF dying Poland, will have to
answer an awful charge at the bar OF the God oil
Justice, for the death-crles of agony that are now
rising to Heaven. The nation, in all Its sufterlngs,
still clings to lie with desperauon-lf at times it
seems to have expired, II REEVES again when the
knife of the political ldissectors would share the
spos OF the corpse and instead OF using their lnsru-
ments, the physicians are again Obliged to make
every effort to prove to the exhausted subject. that
1t has no right to live, and to induce il quiet
ly to give up the ghost. At present the mist Is
thick to discover the probable result oil the events
that have just transpired Russia is, perhaps, the
only government that has any fixed plan in relation
to Poland; and it is possible that most OF the powers
on the Continent are DESTROYS Of seeing her again
take her rank as an independent naton-her exist
ence in such capacity would weaken Russia, and
strengthen the East against the attacks OF the auto
crat OF the North. Still none is yet so bold as to
step forward and lead the way towards the accom-
plishment OF this great object
Withthe increasing power Of Russia before them,
the monarchies OF Prussia and Austria trembc for
the future, and can scarcely expect to retain their
next European conflict Russia will doubtless battle
for the whole; and the recent occurrences will at
ford her an excellent preext for measures still more
severe, in the system OF annihauon carried on to-
wards Poland. o. p. q.
The India Wharf.-The English Mode OF
Annexation.
From Wilmer Smiths Eeropean Times
The accounts contain the particulars OF two bril-
Smith, with the strong division which had crossed