Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-01-05

ray had Solemniy abdlcated his hhanship,
entirely of his own free will, in favor Of
the Empress Of Russia, to whom there
fore, Nosay Tartars were bound and re-
quircd Immediately to swear allegiance.
To facilitate the due performance Of this
sol3mnity-at which Suwarrow aud his
soldiers were of course to assist--a grand
feast was provided in the open air for the
Nogay chiefs and their dependents, where,
after they had devoured one hundred OK
en-, eight hundred sheep with twenty five
thousand pints of sage brandy, the oath
was administered to them collectively, and
Suwarrow Immediately dispatched spe-
cial courier to inform Prince Potemzin of
the completion of that "act Of fH;tF and
homage" by the intoxicated Tart 5.
Doubts, however, were not long liz sug-
gesting themselves to the mind o. Gen
eral Suwarrow, as to the degree of bind
ing force, which au oath, however, solemn
in itself, or impressively ly administered,
could be expected to have upon the con-
sciences of men who, che was grieved to
discover, were entirely destitute of relig-
ious reverence :" the result of which was
an understanding between him and the
Prince Potemkin, that all the tribes of No
gay Tartars should be gradually removed
to the wiids Of Ural, and that in the mean
time they should be an opportunity Of
fcred, as quietly, as possible, and under
| plausible prctexts, disarmed. This scheme
went on prosperously for some time but
at last a large body Of Nogays, on their
way to the Ural steppes, suddenly refused
to remove father in that direction, over
powered and broke away from the escort,
and fled for shelter to the southwest
bank Of the Kuban, in the plains of eau
cassia. Suwarrow pursued them thithei
with the determination of taking signal
vengeance upon the ''oath-breaking inf
dels"--a promise which he thoroughly
redeemed. By day-breal1 on the morn
ing Of September II, 1882, large en-.
campmcnt of NogayS was discovered
whether the precise delinquents he was ii
quest of, the General did not stop to en-.
quirc--and presently the Russian squad
rons burst upon the surprised and defence
less tribe, and "th2 massacre" we read
''continued till noon-till, in fact, there
were none left to slay, all-mcn, womcl
and children--haviny been destroyed BY
Suwarrow's express orders, ''they beins
godless hcathens. who did not rcspec
their oaths p This terrible example, i
we may believe the Russian historians
produced the desired effect and the Ell
forccl migration of fhn Nngays encoun
tered 10 further opposition. Catharin
soon afterwards sent the successful Gen
eral the Grand Cross Of the Equestrian
Order of st. Wolodomir, 'as public tes
timony of our appreciation of the yea
anl activity you have displayed in on
service, and particularly in the commits
sion you have borne under the direction q
our brave General, Prince Potcmkin, 70
the reunion Of the. various nations of th'
Russian Empire.'' - Suwarrow retulne,
to ST. Petersburg in 1885, and havin
,, thoroughly paciiied the Nogay Tartars
one of whose chiefs, Mursa Bey-a grea
eater, who drank pure sage brandy wit
his meals, and was always carried by hi
!, servants to bed-thc Russian General &c
garded with great attachment and esteem
and took leave of with many expression
of alfectionatc interest.