New-York daily tribune., 1854-03-13

tbs Khiysu cities. and mske himself fully acquainted
NTH the country. He succeeded in this misslon'
trsversed the desert and marked the proper places Tor
the encampment Of an invading army Thence he pro
ceeded south Joined PERSIAN army then beseging He
t Gained great influence with the Shah, aud assisted
IN directing operations In this position he was hnsiy
found by Col Burnes, English Commissioner In whose
report WtAewtch is represented an acSe, un'cru-
nnlous and dangerous Russian agent On his return
70 Orenburg. Perofsky sent him to St. Petersburg to
Give the Emperor in person an account of his proceed
ups and to submit TO him his plans and charts JUST
at that moment the English agents report reachei
Iopdon. and created great excitement both in the
press and in Parliament Explanations were ue'
manded Of Russia For the purpose of hushing up tne
affair, Count Nesselrode in dispatch to the hussan
Minister at London, Count Pozzo d Borgo' disavo"eu
Witkewitch calling him an adyenturer Intriguing ."
his own account Witkewitch read the report Oh inc
Parliamentary proceedings, together with Ne'Seiroae
dispatch which had got into the newspapers re'Ied
bis own ROOM burnt all tie papers and plans relating
10 the expedition and blew out his brains
Perosky. though thus deprived Of bis guide and tue
Inflammation which he had gained, could not rereaI
after the great preparations which for years he naa
been making. About 10000 men and 10000 camels
were brought together TIE expedition started IN the
winter of 1889 Deprived of the assistance OF WitSc
witch the army lost its way in the desert between inc
Cosran and Aral Seas was Overtaken by the tempest
of the steppes, called by the Russians BHr'a" wheh
covers the earth in few hours with snow TO the dep'n
of several feet and in two nights lost all the cames
The men generally perished with cold and hunger ana
few only with their General succeeded in reaching
Orenburg again
Almost cOntomporaneous with Perohskys arrival
there. came courier from ST. Petersburg, bringing
him the decoration of St George the highest mark OF
distinction which is only bestowed upon the conqueror
of a province So assured was the Emperor OF sue
cess that he conferred the order in advance OF any re-
port of the result of the expedition. Both master
and servant were overwhelmed with ridicule. Per-
o(sky was deprived of the Government of Orenburg
and returned to the Capital in disgrace. He soon
found protector, however, in the now so well known
Prince Menchikof, in whose views and opinions he
fully comedies.
The Khan of Khiva to prevent renewal of the ex-
pedion sent an envoy to St. Petersburg where sort
of amicable convention concluded but the RUSSIAN
government continued the work which Perofsky had
begun Steamboats, were sent to the Oral and to the
River Yaxartes, forts built along upon the Steppes,
and thus preparations made for the future About two
years since Perosky restored to the command oil
Orenburg through the influence of the Grand Duke
Constantine, Mencbikon and the entire ultra-Russan
party and If the report is rue-which is by no means
improbable though it is contradcted at Constantine
ple-hss in the conquest of Khya at last succeeded
in his ambitious schemes.