, 1861-06-15

Prince Goftachakoff is. dead;a man who 1
without remarkable genius Of any kind, has
been able to keep himself fprominently before
the world for the last third OF 3 century: MI
Russian princes which numbers many names
celebrated In the camp and the cabinst,
snd at lesst ono literary man--DomiuL,
the poet, who died Just too early to
celebrate the drst dictinction of bis son, the
subject of the present obituary. Mihau enter.
ed sgatnst the French through the esmpsign
Of iS07, against the 8Wed:s in 1861 and
sgain through the WIZ Of 1812-14, which will
be remembered as embracing Napoleon'6
great disaster, the burning Of Moscow. Ills
next acquaintance with active service was In
years 1868. His first opportunity for dis.
tinction had now arrived He WAS now an
officer Of The Artillery OF the Guard under
General KrassoWtki, sud gave efficient aid to
his superior by occupJi ing the attention OF the
Turks when the fortress Of sllistria fell after
four weeks' investment, and the Russian COIN
mander advanced against the main body ofthe
enemy. ELECTROMAGNETIC.
:, Remaining On the artillery staff With Kras.
sowBki'a corps until tha Polish patriot war Of
1881, be applied himself with energy which a.
most substituted genius to the study OF this
arm Of the service. When the Poles arose the
result Of this atudy had an 7opportanlty to
headship Of the collective artillery; though
for short time serving simultaaeonsly On
General Pahlen's staff. At the, battle Of 0stro-
lenka he commanded seventy guns, and with
terrible slaughter repu1aed ten successive
charges Of the Polish 1egions.. At the final
Warsaw, he did only less execution With his
cannon. During lthia struggle hia bravery
weB rewarded By promotion to-tho rank OF
Lieutenant General and shortly afteI, on the
degradation Of Count Boil, :ho -was placed On
II is4she became General Of Artillery, and
in 1916 was appointed militszy Governor Of
Warsaw, Hts part In the Russian mission Of
Intervention for the settlement Of Hungarian
difficulties .Was p1omtnsnt,: but achieved him
no new distinction. When Nicholas, In 1858,
resolved upon the occupation of the Danubian
Principalities, Gostschakoff .Mas made coin
mander Of the advancing force Of forty thous
and men. After waiting for weeks In his
u8urped positlon at JasSy, he received polite
note from Omer Pasha, inviting him to tho a..
native Of an active movement across the Pruth
or attack where be stood The Turks lmme:
billty agninst his whole force, and bis Lieu E
nant, Anrep was signauy defeated while on
his wsy to attack it Nearly simultaneously
he himself suffered g. most disastrous reverse
at Oltenltza. Waiting five months, Gorscha-
kof, with SIXTY thousand men, besleged Silis-
1ness since no LAST saW the 1ofttess N laSs, sAo
i afler hasaseiDE him for TWO montas. aa11ng
which be Lost hia calet engineer ana ION tnona.
and men, they made MIN n happy 70 esacasEe
the Princlpalltes at the Cars order. Ia
March, 1855, GortschakofI Was appointed sue
ceesor to Menchik kof n the command ot tne
Ruasian forces IN the Crlmea. Here he etooo
On the defensive III the l6tn Of Angost, Wnen
he sent two divisions, under Generals Aead
and Llprandi, 70 earY the heighta, aDoVe the
teses This whole advance force fell uke 4 oek
Of sheep. Their Killed alone numbered three
thousAud fouE hundred, their Whole loss dye
thousand. Within month more TIE Jag o.
tho allies " wed over: sehastopoL Gortscha.
kof could do no more for sebast opol-no man
could have done more. He had made .the 1asl