The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-10

waters and might blockade their ports ana ravage
them rom hurting their hosts OF Monpols and Msnchoos
against our forts in the interior and sweeping bat
tacDs Of Transbsikaan Cossacs from the face Of tho
earth Luckily, Count Mouravief Amoorsky the Governor
General Of Eastern Siberia, equal to every
gency, and IS he Y now paying visit to the fiowery
any signs Of aggression the part OF the Cccsas and
take his measures accordingly.
Our long expected guest schamyl arrived here on
companied by his SOU, Kazi Mahomet aud 70 .r
Murids. He conducted the apartments prepared
for him at the Zuamcnsk Hotel and has since been seg
good style. HIS exterior remarkably prcposscssing
his features noble and expressive aud set or by SUI
pcrb beard dyed with henna, and although sixy.two
Of age, he does not look than ATTY He made
his appearance at all places Of public resort
our libraries and museums and Consisted" at perior
nance of the "Sonnambua' and of grand ballet, pre-
serving everywhere the dignded impassbiy OF an ORR
entail from whom the most novel and striking scenes
mration His remarks were few but extremely peril.
nent On being asked what had pleased him the in
Russia he REPLIED "The gracious reception of the En-
delicate compliment, which shows that ths great
lmaum woul have made good courtier Perhaps in his
heart he may have wondered like Caractacus that
the master Of such empire should have grudged him
his poor retreat the mountains OF his native laud
bu # he did he refraincd from giving utterancc the
thought The public down TO the lowest anks Of society
have treated him with the most exemplary conslera
ton. although one Of our Russian newspapers endea
vored 70 get up acry against him by rakng up the old
stories OF the cruees lac Is alleged to perpetraed
upon the Russian prisoners in tho Caucasls-of tine
eighteen Russian officers put to death by him at Dargo,
Whcu ooeeu W AOandOn tho stronghold TO the troops OF
Count Voronzo, &c. But whatever may be our faults,
we not vindctive people: Lejdchero bine.not to
strike . man that's down-iS q Russian as well as an
Ango-Saxon maxim. The city Of Kalvoga, 100 versts
south of Moscow with ancient palace picturesqney
situated the banks Of the Ocka has been assigned
Scbamyl and his family as their future residence
The latest advces 60 to show that the Central Commit
tee for the emancipation of the serfs sitting in the
capital has just constituted itself into three committees
fnaacal, administrative and judicial This committee is
TO examine number Of questions Of the highest impor
tance SUCH for example, the fixing the territorial boun
dairy and the number OF inhabitants Of each its
interior government the election Of the persons charged
with the government the reorganization OF the territorial
police, particularly the Introduction placed landed
propetors to interfere in police affairs in the
nal Administrations the institution Of justices Of the peace,
and the publicity of judicial proceedings, &c. You will
perceive by this enumeration that the entire social edce
of Russia is to be reconstructed The distinguished
egists in our country crtcse the principle of the enamel
patton adopted by the government. The defect which
prevents the regular development Of this reform
sss in their opa ion in the period Of twelve years fixed
for the regulation Of the territorial relations between the
peasants and their masters. This delay win infaliby
give rise to number disputes between the discontinued
propretors and the ignorant peasants-easy to be de-
ceived and corrupted particularly il they worked
upon by that class Of opposonsts recruited from among
the unemployed such officers unlimited leave OF
absence clerks dismissed from their situations and SER
wants Of the landed proprietors without places.