Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-02-17
MORNING. HEADER.
TUESDAY SIORlsING, FRB. II, Is6s.



The telegraph gave brief notice Of the
news Of an insurfeetion IN Poland, brought
By the Etna. From English papers more
fun particulars are gathered. Poland, as
our readers sre aware is conquered
province, held By Russia. The Poles have
made numerous unsuccessful efforts to re-
cover their independence since they were
frst overcome BY the Russian army.
Whether the present insurrection is gem
eral throughout the province, was not de-
termined at the latest adyioss. The prin-
cipal disturbances were in the vicinity Of
Fsrsaw, the capital. The immediate
proEocation to the outbreak was the en-
foreemeut Of the Russian CONSUMPTION
Law, by which a great proportion Of the
able-bOdied men were dragged off to en-
dure life Of wretehedness iu the Russian
army The first manifestation was on the
night Of the 22d ult., when the Russian
troops were attacked and many of them
put to death. The several detaehments of
troops were attacked simultaneously. The
st. Petersburgh Journal, of. course alto
gether in the interests of the imperial
troops, says that the Warsaw revolution
ary party intended to enact second mas
sacre Of St. Bartholomew on the night of
the 22d to the 2Sd instant. At midnight,
not only in the City Of Warsaw itself, but
in every town throughout the province,
all the detachments of Russian troops
were simultaneously attacked, and many
soldiers strangled in their beds. The in
surgents also burned several villages,
which were vigorously defended by the
soldiers, who finally everywhere repulsed
the insurgents with great loss So far as
heard from the insurgents had been put
down wherever they had appeared.
A letter from Warsaw, dated the 18th,
has considerable interest after what has
happened. The writer describes the pro-
gress Of the branka, or conseription;
"Night after night the CONSUMPTION
vampire is sucking the life-blood of the
nation Of Poland. Night after night, the
citadel and the town hall-the two store
houses for the reception of the live spoil
are filed with gangs of unfortunate
white niggers. As the branka progresses,
the horrid trinity Of fear fury and re-
Tenge rises higher and higher in the souls
Of men. The men you meet in The streets
are silent and taciturn. Even if ignorant
Of the turn revolutionary tactics have
taken, you cannot misspprehend the Ian
guage of their looks. There is nothing Of
dependency in their sorrowiDg mien
They are afflicted, but hope for the day of
reckoning; they have the overpowering
grief Of the hour, but they are buOyed up
with the sustaining consciousness that, if
they chose, they might give the Grand
Duke more trouble than he would be able
to 20 through unrufled But a pitiful
sight is offered by the females in the
streets. AT every step you encounter
their sobbing groups. You cannot avoid
falling in with bevy of crying girls. You
slaeken your steps, in order not to over
take that lamenting crone; but the house
opposite resounds with imprecatiOns, and !
a feminine voice is heard adjuring the ce-
lestial powers to look upon Poland and |
punish the malefactors. In front Of the |
town hall you find hundreds of girls and |
wives staring in blunt despair at the in
h3spiIsLiie edihUe, where JHeiT lUvers, UneIr |
brothers, and, alasl IN but too many cases |
their husbands, are slowed away for the |
disposal of the Gar. Now and then the
Cossacks Of the Guard viii think it the
duty of O man and warrior to be down
upon them and disperse the crowd Of
harmless, wo-begone women; but shortly
after the tide Of female mourners returns,
and the wave Of wailing lamentations is
driven against the towering walls Of their
relatives prison"