Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1852-04-15

ted it. The French Government refuses to ac-
cept the sacrifice of the unfortunate comnlssary
az sufficient satisfaction. and insists that the
Governor ofthe Province should be offered up
as holocaust, who, it appears from the report
the French spies who were present on The occa'
sion, not only witnessed the procession from the
balcony Of his residence, but had INDUCED HIM
self with hearty laugh on the occasion. Here
the affair rests for The present.
GREAT BRITANNIA letter has been received
BY the Admiralty from Dr. Ra ;, dated Riddle
House, Detroit, U. s., in which that gentleman
announces his arrival at that place, after fruit
less search for Sir John Franklin. The lurthest
point reached was 70 deg. 80 min. N. lon., lOl
deg. w. on Victoria Land. Arrested by ice,
and despalrlng of being able to push on further,
they commenced their return On the ~, August.
He has examined about 500 miles O new coast.
Russia Journal de st. Petersburg con
tains new bulletins from the army of the Caucas-
US. 1t is stated that on The 10th and 10Th OF
January different columns, which had been d.
rected upon the valleys of the lesser Tchechlna,
encountered bodies OF mountianeerS, OF whom
they slew great numbers and set fire to their
villages. The Russians loss IN these various
cOubats was 40 killed aid 233 wounded. Among
the former was MAJOR General krOukowskl, VINO
was struck by musket ball while investing
village at the head OF his cavalry. hotter con-
test took place at Daghestan
A column was sent Out on the l4th OF January,
which, after destroying the village OF MlSchKll
on the l7th, on the 18th invested ScheIlagI, rem
dered almost iInpregnabe by The Notifications
which the mountaineers had raised there. Alter
u fierce struggle the place was taken and burnt,
but the Russians lost first 1870 men killed and
h34I wounded among the latter we're two coiot
nelS. All the inhabitants persisted. incidents
such as these have filled the bulletins OF me
Russians army OF the Caucasus for the last SIX
years.
Once in twelve months the Russian forces ad'
vance some distance into the territory Of the in
domltable mountalneers, according to a plaT
prepared in the military chancery OF Titus, des-
troying the villages of rschetschina, Daghestar
and Lesghstan, lighting the primitive forests BY
lncendarsm and SEEING upon the herds of the
natives. These Operations are, however, o
BRET duration, and may be renewed for many
yeas without procuring the least submission D
the people. The failure Of provisions and thu
early SHOWS compel an early retreat. The Cir
cassans, led by Schamyl or one of his nabs
follow the retreating Russians and harass thei
ranks, attack the convoy, cut of the weak ant
telling, aud revenged themselves for the desola
ton OF their village by similar devastatons
the Russian territory on the other side OF tin
Sundscha and Terck In the Western Caucasus
the war has never been carried on with so mucl
bitterness aud consistency.
by the true Circassan people, who speal
three distinct languages, and are divided into
number OF small tribes, pacific attitude will b
maintained, almost unchanged, for several years
But still h0stllltes have never entirely ceased il
Tie ClrcasSan pountaln-land. After many year
OF inactivity, attacks upon the Russian posts up
on the Black Sea recommence ; from some IN
known cause OF warllke passion Berserker lIk
fury suddenly selZes the valiant race, when tn
chiefs OF all the tribes assemble under the sacre
oak, and there devote their swords to Seasroc
the god of battles, who, like many other deitie
OF the place, maintains his ancient honors i
spite of the introduction Of Islmlsn, and gu tain
more considerable part here than A llah, or tn
prophet. All the polite attempts Of Primo
WoronZ0w to coptivate the Western TuOunir
eers by offers OF material ad antages, luCrativ
. trade, are scOrned, and the French may hope I
: clvlllze and settle KabYlla long before Russi
, will have gained peaceful possession Of Crcai
STA.
, The EXILE OF FRENcHMEN- follown
extract from Paris letter throws light upon tn
secret police proceedings OF the Prince Pleslden
which rival those OF the Austrian Government
in Italy. Commissioners had been appointed Il
i go into the Provinces:
These commissioners were empowered to ex
anime the cases of all prisoners. TO set such al
ePpeurod Innocent at liberty, and to inlet du
punishment on The rest. TINS sort Of nvestIga
ton tell far short OF fair trial, but 1t wa
1t Thought favorable change from the mltarl
tribunals, especially as 1t was believed that tn
measure was dictated by feelings Of moderation
and humanity ON the part OF the government
The result has proved that the me cltu motive
= attl0uted TO the government were not quite de
=, served. Some people have been sci al liberty
o against whom no charge could be brought but
though admitted to be innocent, almost all U
u them have been forced 10 leave their homes
10 some having been sent to other departments
Is while others have been ordered to leave France
ii With regard to the rest, all that is known ITO
the proceedings Of the committee are as secre
. as, and more summary tnan, those OF the lnqnsi
10 tom Is that some thousands OF them have Deel
&c condemned to transportation to Cayenne, Lam
8, bessa, and Algeria, and that we almost ever
d day find accounts in the papers Of huge convoy
e Of those prsOne.s proceeding to the different sea
potts on their way to their punishment, 279 con
" ddnlpes, from the departments OF the ar, Vau
ciuse, and the Bouches du Rhone, were embark
t ed on board the Scion at Marseles, on the Is
II OF March, Tor Algeria 296 condamneS, form thu
. Heraut and Basses Apes, arrived at Algers OF
K the Alb, IN the Labrador, where they ioinet
d another convoy of 1873, who had preceded them
496 cOnddmneS arrived at Harvre on the 81
II March, and among them were ii persons VIII,
IS had been arrested on the previous day only, (th,
: 7th) and who were sent off without trial, O
course, but without even any known reason
26u cOnddmnes, from the neighborhood of Bourge
: and Nevers, were brought on the 18th from Or
: leans to the fort Of Blcere, and there they prob
) ably still remain and on the night of the 18th
= 800 OF these untOrtunates were sent off from thu
the fort lvry in the outskirts of Paris, for Hayr
on their way to Cayenne. There are probably
many more conveys, bnt these instances appua
in the papers ofthu last two days, and show Il
= what an enormous extent The system is carried
1t would be hardly credited if were to attemp
to describe the horrors to which this whole sys
ten oil expatrlatlon gives rise. Many instance
, are known IN which persons Of respectable sta
lions IN lille have been arrested in the streets 70
, no reason, and have been carried from prison I
, prison I'LL their friends have lost sight of them
! Where they are now, whether in France, i
Algeria, or on their way to Cayenne, no one ca
! tell, r.the authorities will say nothing.
E Che Nrws Gleouer.