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THE 'cA,P;TuRE OF scHAMYL. THE HE CIR.
z sss~ { . sCAssIAN CHIEF, 81 ~
/. Neras, !, ,of Brussels, contains y { the be
followipg letter. fromslStz Petersburg Of
Sept III 7th. Il 'sH'ts-a II s'@e.i va !
y s.Lieolcnant Col, Crabbe, WIZ, has
Just returned from the Caucasus, has
brought detaifs Of the capture sof sScha-
.myL He has made no written u report,
but has verbally communicated to tile
Emperor what has taken place which IS
as follows: :t'it'tftEs ~ saisA s'ss5 ai;s1a NJ
Alter 4 s series Of defeats, ssc:hlainy1,'
finding iii other means Of safety, was vas eobb- o.
iiged ID shut himself. Up in tie fortified
village 6f cohpib, With 400 Muridees who
remained faithful To him This place
was considered by tie Russians .as I, ON n1-
pletely impreghable, and SO Strong that
ia single colnpanyof veil litrained soldiers
might .hayedefended It for months against against
a whole army. The only approach 10 il
was a steep path 50 narrow that only,
two men conld wax abreast. Ia pres.
ence ofthsse difficulties, Prince Baria-
EtinskIdefermined to5nake the, attack by
means Of having the surrounding rocks
scaled, and several hundred men volume
teered for this desperate service. The
assault took place on, the seventh. ~
While one column advanced by the mar
now path above mentioned, which the
Murides had preferred to defend to the
last extremity, the volunteers bravely
scaled the rocks On the opposite side Of
the fort. and, III spite Of all the difficult
ties which impeded their ascent, sudden
~ appeared ia the rear Of the small
band and a desperate struggle took place
The Murides saw that. retreat was inn
possible, and fought with fury. Out
R5f the 400 men forming the garrison,
only ~ remained olive, and FIVE pieces
of cannon fell into the hands Of the RUS
'sians. As to SchamyI, he hadshus him
self up in one Of the houses cut in the
rock. All the ground before it was COW
cred with dead bodies; The Rdssianshad
one hundred men killed. Bariatinski
soon after arrived, and gave orders for
the firing 10 cease He then summoned
,Schamylto surrender. The Imam show
ing himself at an opening cut IN the wall
sof the house, asked what conditions
would be given him. Surrender unl.
conditionally," replied the rince, and
he came forward. the officers around
the General advised him TO be on his
guard, apd not expose himself to the
danger Of being, a victim to the treach-)
cry nf Schamyl. When the Chief adj.
vanceG, the Prince said, .are you iScha-
myl','a Yes, replied the Imam. We'll
then, said the Prince, your life is say
ed: you shall keep your riches and your
wives. :. shall send you to ST. Peters
burg, for it il Oh the Emperor that your
fate will depend . 'SchanyI bowed his
head without speaking d word. The
Prince added. baveslong expected you
al TnHis, twheresI hadthopedl you would
| have concept you're own accord toimak6
your submission; ,hutsyou have compelled
me Ia oomc and fetch YOU. Then turn