Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1863-09-18
DEATH OF THE COLONEL.

| from their own veins she'd So much blood
without a tear, even they now weep as they
recite the prayers of the Eiaticum
| The dawn hears the chapel bell toll for the
departed; the soldiers are all gone, for the
Muscoyite is near at hand. The people in
| ilocks contemplate the remains of the dend
warrior. stretched on wicker mat: there is
q crucifx in his hands; his head rrclincs upon
his saddle covered with the bourka; his fire.
arms and his sword are by his side:
] But how comes it that this warlike leader,
| in his martial trappings. has cheek like tha {
of a Young virgin, and a bosom so frmninely
rounded? Now save us, Heaven it i, vir-
gin "a Lithuanian maiden-colonAl Of the
insurgents, Emilia Platter.
| ->&.so.I-------.
TIE REVOLUTION IN POLAND.
From late European papers some horrible
! details Of the Muscovitc atrocities urc dc.
| rivel:
| In. hthuania. since The arrival Of the Gov
ernor General, Mouravicff, every day has heen
marked by an execution. On Monday. n telc-
graphic despatch from Cracow stated that
| Count Platter had been hanged at wilma by
order of the Governor General, adding that
| young student. NJ. Henri AGictt, anl priest.
". Kenar;k, had met with the same fate at
| Warsaw. The Russian official ugrnais con-
! tain II list of all the executions which have
| taken place during the last week ut wilma,
! among which are those of the Priest Xaznron,
| aged twenty.eighv years, shot: Priest Ziem-
! cclki, aged sixty years, shot: VI. De Laske-
wirz, shot NJ. dc kolyskc. hanged The
most illustrious of these victims, Count Leon
! Platter, bears one of the oldest and most hon
| ored names in Poland. What adds to the
! odiousneSs Of these bnrbar0us executions is,
| that none of these men who have lust hcen
struck down, were taken with arms in thcI
! hands. Count Platter was arrested in his cha
| teau. and the sole complaint made against him
| by the Russian Government was that he had
concealed arms. All those who were handed
| over to the execut )ner at the same time as
Count Platter, were arrested before the. procla-
! nation of the amnesty. \ letter in the
Temps" gives n frghtFul account Of tho
| circumstances attending some OF these execu-
| tions. The Able Ischpra, who was shot on
| the Sd, in the presence of an immense crowd.
| at wilma, was not killed at the first discharge
| Of musketrv, although twelve soldiers arc
supposed to have fired at him at only few
PAGES distance. The soldiers reloaded and
fred a second time. OF course the popuace
! believed this was done Intentionally. kn-
| lyske was hung under most revolving circum-
stances. A cord was pnt round his neck
while he was on the ground. and he was slow
| ly hoisted mp to the platform. By some
| means he fell. and for ten minutes h" was in
| state Of great agony. during which time the
| soldiers struck him several times with their
| muskets. The people of Lithuania Seem fjr
| the moment stupe6ed with horror. The ma
tinnal committee Of the district have iSsucd q
proclamation stirmatizing these horrors in the
strongest language, and calling on the people
| to avengc them.
Gen. Mouravicff has issuel m ordnance
| proclaiming that the penalty of the knout will
| he inflicted upon all ladies dressed in mourn
! ing. Several ladies are detained rs hostages,
and are threatened with death unless their
] husbands surrender themselves to the authori-
| ties.
More than one thousand of the landed pro.
prisnned in the cascmates, and preparations
! arc being made for those arrested in Grednc.
! for which purpose the sequestered converts i'll
! wilma have been assigned.
| In word. the terror now introduced hr
Gen. Mouravief is such as to produce despair
in the heart Of every one, and worse is expect
ed The nsurrectonary hanIs are being
multiplied and victorious. Tie peasants are
! favorable to the movement, except partly in
the Government of lohtlew.. They say in
| their blunt language that as soon as the
| French make their appearance they will all
side with the insurgents, and not leave alive a
| single Muscovite in Poland.
a letter from Cra"ow, on the 9th nltimH.
states that among the Russian officers remark
ahle for their cruelty as Gen. Count Toll.
| Having been appointed 10 guard the railway.
he arrogates to himself the right Of life and
| death over all the inhabitants Of the district
| through which the railway passes. Having
| lately occupied the toxin Of Ostrnw, in the
district of Ostroonka. with two COM
| panies Of infantry and one hundred Cossacks.
he searched all the houses, and threatened
! ,hc women and children that if they were
! discovered to hold communication with the
! insurgents they should be ingged to DEATH
| lIc sent for wealthy Israclite named Berrck
! and said to him: You are tho owner of 4
! house in this town" EYES," replied Be-
! house p" eyes" GLOW is he employed ~
screamed the General, cinching his fist at thc
! same time "IIc lives bv his labor" "You
| are liar he makes uniforms for the insur.
ccnts?" Il have not seen him. ard I'cannn.
| tell ANYTHING about that" Well" replied
the General, "to teach you to know hence
| forth what your tenants are doing you shall
| receive two hundred lashcs." The Generals
decree was punctually executed by the Cos
sacks, and the unfortunate Bereck died two
hours afterwards. The General snt out the
following day for the town Of Brok, and on
| his massage he commanded that the State for
| csts should be set on fire. BY his command
seven hundred and fifty acres Of full grown
| timber were consumed.
4 correspondent says: "Tn show what En-
rope is content to he mere spectator of, look
Mt the following summary: During these last
five months the Russians in the Kingdom
alone have destroyed by fire and rillaGe no
| less than twenty-eight towns and twenty
| three villages, destroyed about sixty palaces
and halls, and put to sword above two thou
sand wounded clergymen, children. old mon
| and women, not to speak of ont-ages on ladies
and girls not older than eleven. Yet the
| barbarities committed in the kingdom cannot
! he compared with those porpetrated in Lithu-
| ania Wolynia, and the Ukraine. A gentle
man lust come from Wolynia lells me the only
safe place for a Pole is the camp of the rebels:
| hut how are we to expose ladies and children
| of tender age to such life? 1t is For this we
| grieve. not for ourselves, since, remaining at
| home we run the risk of being murdered by
| the iufuriated peasants or drunken soldiers,
whilo by going to the camp we can at least
| die gloriously.
The new iron-clad Tecumseh was launched
on Saturday at Jersey City without the least
accident