The mountain Democrat., 1863-09-12

went INTO the house and found the knife
in the mans heart. The man at the door.
way bad been the executioner Of the So.
cret government. II is, Of course, q mat
ter Of self.prOtectiOn to the Committee,
that their hand should never falter, and
never let an enemy escape. Only by put
ting the irrevOcable penalty Of death on
every attempt to discover their identity,
and in1icting that penalty without q mo-
ment's hesitation, could they have kept
their mystery concealed so long. Only by
allowing no offense against their decrees,
no neglect Of their instructions TO pass
unnoticed and unpunished, could they
have made themselves so terrible and so
feared, that neither Pole nor Russian darcs
to disObey; that their slightest command
is complied with as no despot's orders be-
fore ever were, and that even the Grand
Duke Constantine has been assessed by
this government, and forced to pay, in his
own city, taxes, to the very government
which he is there to subdue by all the
rigors Of military barbarsm.
Indeed, every action of every official
Of the Russian Government in Warsaw,
seems to be known to the secret govern.
ment, whose spies must be in every De.
partment Of the Russian Admin, tration,
to make such minute and speedy reports.
Thirty.twO hundred thousand rubleS van.
ished from the Government Treasury in
Warsa g, and when an investigation was
ordered, four department officers were
found missing, and a receipt from the Sc
cret government for the full amount was
found on the floor Of the vault A county
squire, who had been playing the spy for
the Russians, was condemned by the Ma.
tiOnal Committee to receive one hundred
laSheS, of which fifty were given to him
10y four masked persons, with the lnstruc-
ton to report to the Mayor as soon as he
felt strong enough to receive the rest. He
did report; for had he not done so, or had
he endcavorcd to make the matter known
tn the police, he knew it would only have
resulted in his losing his life
AT festival in Warsaw, band Of mn-
sicians performed some dances and lively
airs, when n young man brought in a let
ter to the director and left. l he director
opene the note, read it, and refused to
touch the instrument again. The music
vas stopped, aud nothing could induce
the musicians to begin again.
\ Russian cngraver, who had counter
tritvd The seal and tax rccei pts OF the Sc
crct Government, received his death war.
raut, which was soon afterwards executed.
The Warsaw Petersburg and the Warsaw
Vienna Railroads. have been compelled to
stop running trains on their roads, be-
cause the National Government has COM
manded aiI the employees Of the road to
r, sign their positions. The Russian de-
trctIvc police has been especially instruct
ed t" huHt up the secret press Of the Ma
Iional Committee, and a foward of three
thOu>apd silver rubleS had been proclaim
ed if the printing office were discovered
within a specified time. This Of course
brought all the energies Of the police into
play, but again in vain. Soon afterwards
printer in the employ Of the Committee
appeared at the police Office and offered to
betray the place if the promised reward
were given him. After the 5000 rubles
and a secure passage into the interior of
Russia had been secured to him, he desig-
mated the street and house, in tue third
story Of which . shoemaker shop was
established, but under the mask of which,
each evening, after IL o'clock. proclama-
tions and addresses Of the National Gov
ernment were struck off, The Russian
police resolved to undertake the arrests
and the occupation of the premises that
same evening, and in the meanwhile to
have the house secretly watched. After
IL o'clock, when the police thought nearly
oil Of the offenders must be present, they
entered the house and penetrated to the
third story, where they found in accord
ance with the printers statement, a press
and some fresh printed circulars, but no
trace of any workmen, who must have left
was still wet. In what manner they cs-
capped the eyes Of the police is unexplaina-
ble. When the room was searched a COW
cred chest was found in corner. The
cover was taken off, and to the horror and
amazement Of the police they found the
stransled body Of the traitOr.printcr, with
the warrant Of the secret government on
his breast, stating the circumstances of his
tlial; that he had been cOndem ed to death
on the charge Of treason, and requesting
the revolutionary authorities to execute
the sentence upon him wherever he might
be found. The extraordinary one is al
most tempted to say magical-OmniS-
cience Of this secret tribunal extends not
only to their own affairs, but even to those
of the Grand Duke Constantine, who has.
at least until lately, been the subject "f
careful supervision on the part of the Sc
>rrt government For the Grand Duke is
hated by both the extreme Russian and
Polish parties, and his life has been in re-
peated danger by the Vaccinations of both
parties.
The secret government cons qnently
sent him warning, sometime ago, not tn
20 beyond the city, a. plan had been set
ON loot To carry him off Inc Grand Duke
leads, lid cl. "a miserable life in Warsaw.
1t has been discovered that attempts have
been mad. Ia poison him with butter. -
lie cats no fnnh hut what has previously
htr,. .ast,d hv the cook, and everything il
b,orght up to him in carefully locked sill
v,rsche>tS, imported from Paris. Some
time ago the Duke expressed, in private
II wish, al. least, tn see the
portraits Of the members Of the National
A few days after having
uttered this wish, he received an elegant
Photographic album, pretending to con
;an the portraits OF those twelve interest /
ing gentlemen When he opened the
album, he did, in fact, discover the por-
traits of twelve gentlemen, but taken from
n back point of view There certainly is
nothing in the domains of history or fic
tion presenting such wonderful and long
continued mystery, superhuman knowl-
edge of events and occurrences, and ex-
traordinary energy and success, as this
Polish Government. Ithas as yet not met
with a cinnla fnilnra Il nav he said to