Washington sentinel., 1853-12-22


TO cannonade The same FORT was so damaged that
il could not make any of its paddles when il
wished 10 sheer of. The wind drove il on a rock.
and Of lis 500 men only 25 succeeded in escap-
ing The Nil went TO the spot and made them
prisoners they 10 be brought 10 Constantine
pie. Some prisoners were also taken al Shefkatl
most of them were previously wounded; they
Were conveyed 10 Trebizonde, where they will re-
ceive all the attention their state demands. As
as they shall be cured, they are TO be sent to
Constantinople. On The 9th the government
steamer, the Cheh-per, towing small brig, con-
tanning horses and amuntion was surprised by a
Russian squadron consisting Of two linc-ofbattle
ships, three frgates corvette, and steamer; but
thanks TO the sang foid and 10 the ability of her
commander, nj. Emmanuel Laget, she succeeded
IN escaping, and in continuing her route without
further accident #e..s..5.
Prince GOrtschakOh.-Of the actual date Of
the birth Of Prince Gortschakoff we have not a
record; but we believe il TO have been later than
the year 1892, and before the year 1916. In the
year 1928, we find him serving in the artillery of
the imperial guards in 1929, he was nominated to
the staff of the Kraisowski corps, and he served
with it in Silistria, and at Schumla in that year,
Of course we do not pretend to enter into his
tory of the war as il ragged at that time between
the Russians and the Turks. We confine our
selves to that portion with which Prince Gortscha-
kof was connected. Redschd Pacha, the grand
vizier, being at that time in force at Schumla, the
governor of Siistria, menaced by the Russians,
applied to him for assistance, Redschd created
division by an attack elsewhere, in the course of
which the Turks showed bravery quite equal 10
that which has lately excited so much surprise.
Prince Gortschakof was with his corps, and took
part in the artillery operations.
No sooner was the reduction Of Sistra accom-
plished, than General krassofiskys corps was
ordered to Schumla; but he could not bring up
his last men till the 18th July. OF Gorschakof
tt,l t,1. IL.
was actively engaged in all these operations.
Prince Gortschakof remained on the staff of the
artillery, and in connection with krassoffsky's
corps, until 1881, when he called upon TO take
part in the war in Poland He AT this time
one of the chief staff officers of Count Pahlen
For his services during the campaign, he
made lieutenant general. As commander-in-chef
OF the concentrated artillery he distinguished him
self at various places during the campaign. AT
Grochow the artillery were called more into play
than they had hitherto been. Count Phalen had
been compelled retreat before the Polish troops,
when, by the concentration of tremendous artil-
lery force, the battle turned once more in ia
vor OF the Russians. The artillery were under the
command of Prince Gortschakoif. In the subse-
quent operations, during the advance on Warsaw,
Prince Gortschakof distinguished himself in an
affair at Ostrolenka which sustained for long
time the fire Of his artillery, till the Poles were
compelled TO abandon il in flames. While the
Russians subsequently crossed the river, Prince
Gortschakof' protected the bridge with his artil-
lery. Ultimately he succeeded in maintaining the
bridge, although the Poles claimed the victory on
the days whole operations. .-.... ...... l..
Warsaw was at length invested, and on the 7h
September captulated TO the Russian general.
Prince Gortschakof distinguished himself during
the siege, in which his office as commander Of ar
tillery rendered him most important agent of the
general-in-chief After the retreat of Count Soil,
he was put on the staffof the active army. In 1S43
he was promoted to the rank of general Of artil-
lery; and in 1916 was made military governor of
Warsaw, which post he still continues to hold.
He served in the Hungarian war of lS49, in which
he took an important part in the same branch Of
the service as in Poland and the Danubian pro-
vinces. In 1852 he represented Russia at The fl-
neral Of the Duke of Wellington.
On the occupation Of the Danubian provinces,
during the present year, Prince Gorschakoff was
appointed to the chief command of the imperial
forces. When he entered Wallacha he published,
under superior orders a proclamation, to the ef-
feet that his royal maSer had no design of con-
quest; and that the inhabitants would be in every
way protected in ther independence. Whether
this was believed by him at the time we know not
but events soon showed that the Russian com.
mander either had never intended to fulfil his
promises, or that the power to do so had been
taken from him by the necessities Of war. The
next act of Prince Gortschakof that in any way
denoted his character, was his celebrated appeal
to the fanaticism of the Russians ending with the
memoraDie words, lHpH dHf P6g6nS''' Ihe
reader will not have forgotten, either, his reply 10
Omar Pasha, when desired by that chief TO evacu-
ate the Principalties. Iehave orders" said
he, "either to commeice hostes, to conclude
peace, or to evacuatc the Principaties."
Prince Gortschakofflhas gradually risen from
comparatively subordiiate rank in the artillery TO
very high posts. He is Aid-de-Camp General,
General of Artillery, al Chief Etat Major of the
active army Besides being Military Governor Of
Warsaw, he is also tie foremost member of the
Council Of Administration of the kingdom Of Po-
land; and, in the absdnce of Prince Paskiewitsch,
dErvan, as the Lieutenant General of the King
dom, il is his privegtto preside at the delibera-
tions ofthe Council. .
Horrid Murder In Gay Village, ky.--On
Saturday last shocking murder perpetrated |
at Clay village, in which young man of respect
able connexions, believe and respected by his |
friends and acquaintance, was hurried into eter