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How Russia First Got the crimea.

day. GEnglish s. S. Magazine.
How Russia First Got the Crimea.
Chambers Repository contains an account
which will be interesting at the present time, oi
the means by which Russia became possessed
of the portion of territory which the English
and French forces are now trying to wrest from
her 1t forms part of q biographical sketch Of
the famous
s-suyarof or anglic, suwarrow,
Who loved blood as an alderman loves marrow
Catherine had huddled up a peace with the
Sultan in 1774, partly on account of the Pueat-
chey danger, and partly because Of the mena-
cling tone of the British Cabinet; but no sooner
was England involved in war with the Emitted
States of America, and France preparing to
strike in with the revolted colonists than the
Empress, true to the traditional policy of st.
Petersburg, forthwith commenced, while vet
the ink was wet with which she had subscribed
covenant of perpetual peace with Turkey,
active provocations for a renewal of the war BY
offensive demonstrations in the Crinea. on the
kuban northward of the Caucasian -Cordillea,
and on the shores of the Black Sea- In 1776,
Suwarrow, fully possessed of the designs of the
Czarina, left St. Petersburgh for Cherson, the
most southern point of the Russian frontier
toward Turkey and without even decent
pretence for hostilities, at once attacked Dulut
Ghiray, Khan of the Crimea; drove him off to
seek such redress IS Constantinople might af-
ford, and set Schaim Ghiray. kinsman of the
deposed Khan, and the supple tool of Russia, in
his stead. Gen. Suwarrow next proceeded to
erect forts on the Kuban, and provoke hostili.
ties with the &c banditti of Gircassia' but with
such i'll fortune that he abandoned the task to
Maj General Kayser, and busted himself with
the delicate mission. a much easier one at all
events, than guerilla warfare with the Teher-
kessi, of removing some 10000 Armenian fami-
lies from the Crimea to the districts of Cathe-
rinerlof, in Russia, where they would be more
manageable than in their own country. Nearly
a third of these unfortunates persisted by the
way of fatigue and privation, and hundreds
threw themselves, in despair, under the hoofs of
the Cossacks's horses, as their riders, in obedi
ence to Suwarrow's orders, pricked them on
with their spears, as if goading cattle to mar
ket or to pasture.
The Sublime Porte loudly demonstrated
against these proceedings Of the Russian general,
and even went SO far as to parade a numerous
fleet on the Black Sea, but the deplorable war
with America and her European allies, preclud-
ing the minister of Lord North from affordinp
the Sultan more than s'moral' help, the Capudan
Pacha returned with his feet to Constantinople,
after receiving contemptuous note from Su-
warrow, in reply to his demand for an .sexpla-
nation of the Russian doings in the Crimea
and the appearance of ssRussian corsairsn in
the Black Sea, to the effect that the legitimate
khan of the Tartars, Schaim Ghiray, had been
pleased to call in the aid of his august allie the
Empress of all the Russias, which had enabled
him to dispense with the assistance of the Sultan
and that with regard to the sc8ndalous epithei
of ''corsairs'' applied by Capudan Pacha to hel
imperial Majestys Ships that was q grave offence
ttnh G. L
tan was at length induced to acknowledge Schain
Ghiray as the rightful khan; and that point
gained, comparative tranquility prevailed till
l7S2, when the Tartar tragi-comic farce was
played out. Large bodies of Russian troops
having been quietly drawn together, and Judi.
ciously posted, the Prince Potemkin issued q
proclamation setting forth that Sehaim Ghiary
had solemnly abdicated his khanship entirely o
his own free will, in favor Of the Empress o
Russia, to whom therefore Nogay Tartars wers
bound, and required Immediately to swear allie
glance. 10 facilitate the due performance O
this solemnity-at which Suwarrow and his sol
diers were of course to assist-a grand feas
was provided in the open air for the Nogay chief
and their dependents; where, after they hat
devoured 100 oxen and 800 sheep, with 35 ,OO(
pints of sage-brandy, the oath was administered
to them collectively; and Suwarrow immediately
dispatched q special courier to inform Primo,
Potemkin of the completion of that ssact of faiti
and homage" by the intoxicated Tartars
Doubts, however, We're not long in suggesting
themselves to the mind of Gen Suwarrow as t
the degree of binding force which an oath, how
ever solemn in itself. or impressiyely admins.
tered, could be expected to have upon the con.
sciences Of men who, &c he was grieved to dis
cover, were entirely destitute of religious rever
ence;s the result of which was an understand
ing between him and the Prince Potemkin, thai
all the tribes of Nogay Tartars should b,
gradually removed to the wilds of Urai, ant
that in the meanwhile there should be as op
portunity. offered, as quietly as possible, ant
under plausible pretexts, disarmed. Thii
scheme went on prosperously for some time
but at last large body of Nogays, on theil
way to the Ural steppes, suddenly refused t,
| remove farther in that direction, overpowere
and broke away from the escort, and fed fo
shelter to the southwest bank of the Kuban, il
the plains Of Caucassia. Suwarrow pursue
| them thither, with the determination of takin
| signal vengeance upon the oath breaking in
| fdels "a promise which he thoroughly re
deemed By daybreak on the morning of Sep
tember IL, 1888, large encampment of Nogay
was Observation-Disclosures the precise delinquent
he was in quest Of the general did not stop t
inquire-and presently the Russian squadron
burst upon the surprised and defenseless tribe
/ alu eiS ihuSsaoNc, VIC feaus cOuIluueu
noon,' till, in fact, there were none left to say
| all, men, women and children, having been de
stroyea by Suwarrow's express orders, Is the
being Goddess heathens, who did not respec
their oaths!" This terrible example, if We mp
believe the Russian historians, produced tn
desired effect; and the enforced migration q
the Nogays encountered no further opposition
Catherine soon afterward sent the successfu
General the Grand Cross of the Equestrian Or
der of st Wolodimir, &c as public testimony
our appreciation of the zeal and activity yo
have displayed in our service, and particular
in the commission you have borne under til
direction Of our General, Prince Potemkin, fc
the reunion of the various nations of the Ru
sian Empire" SuWarrow returned to St, P,
tersburg in 1856, having thoroughly pacifed
the Nogay Tartars, one of whose chiefs, Murs
Bey-a great eater, who drank pure sag
brandy with his meals, and was always carrie
by his servants to bed--the Russian Generi
regarded with great attachment and esteem
and took leave of with many expressions Of u
fectionate regret.
Tom CoRwN's W1r--While this capital joke
was member of the General Assembly of tt
State of Ohio, he brought in bill for the abb
lition of public punishment at the whippir
post. He made speech thereon, to which 9
elderly member replied somewhat as follows:
J 'sMr. Speaker, the gentleman is not as o
as l am, and has never seen SO much of tt
practical operation of the system of punishme
f which he desires to abolish When l lived
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