, 1863-03-13
ru.,,rrcction in Poland,

Of far greater importance tLan the Russian
journals we're willing to admit. Not one dis
trict alone, but the whole Kingdom is In arms,
and upon several occasions the redoubtable
Russian troops have been beaten In fair COM
bat with the Insurgents.
The Russians, it is TRUE, occupy number
Of uninportant towns and fortresses, and have
had also their successes to boast Of, rs well as
their defeats to be sorry for. At the date Of
our t., .t:.;ices, they held in Poland, Mod1in,
Warfaw, Lamosck, and Lublin; and they seem
to be content for the present to rest upon
these honors. At al events they are very
cautious how they follow the Insurgents into
The country, and have rarely pursued them
when the fortunes Of war had decided in their
favor.
The roads, which are always bad at the best,
are certainly agninst them, and scarcely
practicable for military movements. Buttherc
are other and wejghty reasons which, no
doubt, influence the command Of the Russian
army. The whole country is flat, and well
wooded, md admirably adapted, therefore, for
irregular warfare, such MS the insurgents know
SO well how to use to advantage. Whenever
low them they have always been sadly maulcd
and harrassca by the rebel sharp shooters and
cavalry.
II is not at al certain that Russta, with all
| her military resources, will be able to put the
| insurrection down without the aid Of foreign
powers. Prussia has already got her foot into
| the net, and the other European powers do
| not appear to be satisfied with her for
| the trespass. She maintains her position,
however, and it is currently reported that II.
Won Dismark, offered, sometime before the
action Of Prussia vas made public, to renew
the so.called Holy 1Hiance, to help Russia in
her brutal crusade against the Poles.
This is a bad move. and altogether In the
wrong direction. Even the London TINES
which is notoriously the advocate Of despotic
authority, and the enemy Of human freedom
cries out in favor Ct Poland, and against
Russia in this contest; and every friend o1
liberty would rejoice to see Poland Kingdom
once more.
There is something more than probability
that this political vision will, In the end, be
realized. It is no mob riot which disturb;
at this time the peace otPoland, and the slecE
Of Rusefa. 1t is stated upon the best authori
II that the Russian Catholic priests, who have
always been cruelty oppressed by the Russians
arc the head and front Of the whole movement
and We know that the best families and some
Of the highest mobiles arc enlisted in its ser
| vice
!; Out Of four millions Of Inhabitants, nine
tenths are either Roman Catholics OF member
Of the Greek Church and this fact will &C
count for the general uprising Of the peopl
if the priests are really their leaders. Tha
there was cause enough for the rebellion, th
history ofits Inauguration sufficiently proves
e. II is admitted By the Iienna Journal CORE!
t 7,ondfnee-a semi official paper-that the cor
c scrjrtion was a "political necessity
e that the object of the Russian Government
n enforcing it, vas *'to send of to regiment
lying in the Caucasus and Siberia, all ed
~ ~ Gated Poles capable Of bearing arms, betwee
~ the ages Of seventeen and thirty!' The fe:
was that these persons should prove insure
" tionists, and if the levy demanded by II
rs conscripticn had been supplied, the popul'
u cause would layc been weakened if not ute
d ly destroyed by dctacl,ing from it the mo
ct intelligent Of its guardians.
,e On ordinary occasions Poland has to furnl;
ut fifteen thousand recruits yearly to the RusBi1
NJ army. And to give some idea Of the inju
~ ticc Of the new Conscript Law it will only
- necessary to state that q levy OF two thousa1
L. was made upon Warsaw, with population
H. one hundred and sixty Thousand that tt
1e weight Of the oppression fell upon the citit
e, and that very few recruits we're ordered
If obtained from the country, and that no not
10 or landed proprietor vas consriptcd.
last news Is that tho Russians had dislodg
~ the insurgents from Wengrow-a town
- three thousand people, In the department
ID. Lnblin. There Is no truth IN the report IL
Oh they lost $50 men On tits occasion. The r.
i'd slams made a few prisoners, four of whom
ut Commander slot on the 4,h Of January
mt tho town Of Biala the Polish Eagle hics in pl
atc of the Black Eagle Of Russia. n. Lagien
sn- a talented and energetic man, formerly an
fcer Of artillery, is at the head Of 5000 Pc
T., ut Nonchozk and kurawske has large To-
= at Ojcaw-
~. The insurgents around Warsaw are II
q ur1ncd and mounted, and III good spir
ep- Some Of the Russian officers, it Is said,
dy not trusted al st. Petersburg, although
at army Is, to all appearances. loyal.