The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-10-15

TOWARDS THE RUSSIAN GENERAL-OPERATIONs OF
THE GEARS AND THEIR PROGRESS IN THE EAST, ETC.
The st. Petersburg correspondent Of the Nord gives the
following details respecting the capture Of this famous
Crcassan chief the correctness of which he vouches for
After describing the plan Of attack which had been
ranged by Prince Baratinsk the account proceeds
The fight Of the most desperate character, but
or fight was equally impossible. Out of 400 men who
formed the garrison Of Gounib, Al only remained alive
snut amse. up m one o. sne winch
corpses We lost 100 men. When Prince Baratnski ar
rived on the plateau he stopped the firing and, address
ing Schamyl, summoned him TO surrender. The Imaum,
appearing at aperture which had been made in the
rock asked in what condition he required to yield
"Leave your Internationally" replied the Com.
mander in. Chief. He who had been btercst enemy
for many years then came forth care you Schamyl''
asked the Prince; eyes, replied the Imaum. "Then
your life is spared and you will retain your pro.
perty But shall send you to St. Petersburg morrow
and your fate must finally depend on the will Of the EN-
Schamyl bent his head without uttering a word
The General then said, 81 waited long time for You
your submission but you forced here in search
of you.n
Then turning to Lieutenant Colonel Grabbe, he said,
Proceed forthwith to st. Petersburg and report to the
Emperor what you have seen. Tomorrow will send
report and Schamyl himself
From the Irish Times, Sept 81
bride Of six millions of roublcs has Gagged the on Of
the Caucasus" Schamyl the victor Grabbc Rosen
and Woronzof has been vanqushed by treachery, for
gold works its way within the Caucasus elsewhere
The capture Of such man no matter how obtained, will
be considered a triumph at st. Petersburg History
will hereafter relate how the western nations when in
against Russia neglected the hardy mountainous
who long and successfully resisted the avanc
ing surge of Russian barbGrism. But Schamyl is Old
man now and perhaps the Russian purchase may not
prove profitable speculation There are younger
Guards among the mountains who will take his place.
They must have profted by the example Of his com
mand, for he first united the provinces which const-
ute Crcass and arranged the form Of military and priest
y government such il is to-day. government so long
established, the spirit of liberty long successful
be destroyed by Crcassan Judas treason the pieces
OF silver given by the Pope OF the Greek Church. In
1882, the Russian artillery under Van Rosen battered
down the towers of Hmr, where the High Priest Khasi-
stormed the citadel they found nothing but the corpse of
the Molah surrounded by those of sixty Of his follow
ers AT the feet Of the Mollah lay his chief Murd dis
cpe, with two bullets and bayonet wound In his body,
apparently dead When the Russians carried of the body
Of the Moah they left that of the Murd he fell That
was Schmayl, who, within few months, became the
ruler of Circassa From that year Schmay, he second
prophet of Allah has baed the whole forces Of Russia
casus has numbered 0co These have had every
appliance of modern warfare They were lanked and
| supplied right and left by their cruisers,
and they were under the command Of officers to whom
human life was nothing. Every year the Russians
lost 20 900 men, The ordnance accounts of single year
show that the Russians expended % 900 rounds of arc-
ry cartridges 900 900 musket cartridges that time
Schamy never had than ten thousand men, and yet
bafted the most skilfa Russian generals The country
itself Is admirably adapted for defence. The entire five
hundred miles which separate the Sea of Azov and the
Euxine from the Caspian succession of lofty mountains
and broken valleys Magnificent forests Of beech
run up the sides of the hills twning crecpers stretch in
mat work from tree to tree while great boulders torn
from the granite ana p0rpnery OF the ranges,
afford an advantage to the lightly equipped mountaineer
which no advancing force The villages Of
the people built like nests the rocks The head
quarters OF Schamy himself were raised upon pinnacle
which German traveller has styled ga fantastcal
ception Of the devil which God has allowed him to hew
out in stone, to terrify mankind" Schamy combined the
fanacal with the military feeling His troops taught
that Paradise awaited him who slew Russian Ebls open
ed for the traitor who shrnnk from the contest His sys
tenn Of late years never TO meet the Russians but
ground beset by terrible razzas and sudden sweeps
off their outposts and plunder their conveys When
htfn
they opposed their entrance into the passes
The first sign Of life among the gorges when the main
body Of the Russians had passed through then from
ravine and from behind every boulder deadly fire
from invisible enemies. The Russians, heavily laden,
unable scale the sides OF the hills II they attempt
ed movement in flank Schamyl had always ready a
body Of devotees, led by Murid who dashed against the
sold wall Of Russian infantry and though they generally
pershed always threw the attacking force into disorder
Whatever be the advantages Of the country for defence
the Russians attributed their defeats tho genius Of
Schamy Nodoub they believe that the conquest Of Ca
will henceforth be easy now that Schamyl is in
their power. Russia has been for years steadily advanc
ing to the south and east.
We have heard lately Of their energetic proceedings
the Amoor, and their mysterious connection with China
From the Crimea and the Sea Of Azov they
have now either military reads or water carriage
almost TO the foot Of the Hn1alayas. They have
gained from Persia the southern coast Of the Cas-
plan Lake, and complete masters OF Georgia She
has twofod object in lavishing blood and treasure
possession Of tho Caucasus and the route through
Armenia She hopes that these Caucasian posses
sions will supply her abundantly with raw material for
her manufacture and markcfor her fabrics. There
the Caspian and through Khva the other by way
Of the Caucasus Georgia. Persia and Herat The mention
Of Khva aud Herat at brings TO mind the inrgues of
Russia thcse places during the last twenty years Some
writer's consider that Russian march upon India in
possibility Any sudden expedition may be So but The
policy Of Russia Is ever 70 conquer rs and hcn absorb
Every conquered district becomes frontier and basis
for fresh step forward. Russia steadily advancing 10
wards India, and when her legons are secn from the HI