The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-12-07

THE RrssIAN CRufLrlEs IN PoLAsp.-Nhoic
populations of villages In Lithuania have been
forcibly transported to the steppes Of the Urai.-
The inhabitants Of kianyszki, Szalis2ki, and Syzi-
any, consisting of tiily-seven families, were thus
transported short time back. Their property was
confscatsd and sold, and the proceeds applied t.
to the expense Of tue journey. These unfortu-
nate people having shown some hesitation to leave
their homes, body Of troops was sent u force
them to comply with MouEavieff's orders. In
wilma the conveys for Siberia leave every ether
Friday. In order to destroy every mark of Poian-
ism in the city, Mouravietf has ordered all The
Polish inscriptions the shops and at the corners
of the streets to b. erased, Polish bills Of
fare 10 be used in the restaurants, the Polish Ian
guage to be no longer employed by tradesmen in
making up their accounts, and the Official Ian
guare to be in all cases Russian, seals and
stamps The Wilma correspondent OF the London
> Pos, ,Lyriting on the lith uit., says:
In addition to the periodical conveys ngpotical
prisoners sent away from this place by Gen. Mon-
tavie every fortnight lie also frequently orders the
transport OF ladies without any sort of trial. Thas
Countess Micbaiina Platter has recently mad to ex
plate the p0litica! iustre of her name. Unable to
rake up any present offence against this lady,
search has been made into the record. OF the past.
n has been discovered that the Countess Platter
was deputed in 1861, with other ladies, TO inter.
cede with Gen. Nazimoa in iavor of some young
men found guilty OF having sung patriOtic
hymns in the wilma Cathedral. For this offence
the Countess has been sentenced to transportation
to the Government of Nougoiod.
MoHravieff has, during the last fortnight ordered
the deportation TO Siberia OF one hundred persons
belonging to different classes of society. Among
this number NJ. Thomas Rnl!,ak, who has al.
ready passed eighteen years in Siberia; Alexander
Zdanowcz z, Professor OF History, and his son,
young man having obtained a diplama in the Uni
versity of st. Petersburg. The two latter were ar
rested because the police found at the house of NJ.
Zdanowicz's son various papers which had been
traitOsOusy placed there by an unknown hand =,
The handsome house Of Zdanowicz was coDfisca-
ted and, after the expulsion Of the residents, con
verted into sarrack. number ofother persons,
landed prOprictOrs funCtinnaTies, and physicians,
have been imprisoned d In the citadel either for has
ing refused to sign addresses, or upon other rific-
uiOus pretexts.
Last Friday three hundred and fiity- seven per
sons were transported 10 Siberia, who had been
imprisoned in Kowno, GrodnO, Minsk, and wilma,
and afterwards condemned by councils OF war for
having taken part In the insuirectiOn. NofWith-
standing the cold, the sbirri of MOufavfcH would
not allow these unfortunate persons to receive any
siIccnr in money or even in clothing MOuravfcH
f0rbils, under the severest penalties, even the
relatives of The prisoners 10 visit them and
provide them with necessaries Tor their journey
IL may he imagined that the determination of MOu-
ravie is to cause the patriots 10 die OF hunger
cold before arriving at their destination.
Within short time the ponulation of three
large villages Of the district of TrOki ktaTchki,
thirty Inhabitants; Schaiichki, hftcen, and Schi-
Iany ten) have been condemned To compulsory
emigration beyond the Oura, after seeing all their
property c0nfscatcd. The women were not even
allowed TO take with them the linen necessary for
themselves and theif children. The old men, the
sick, and the children were packed together In
carts like bales OF goods. The Ie-bOdied indi-
viduaIs followed on foot, and had 10 taayersc In
this manner more than one thousand versts tn
frozen regions
When The troops, after having surrounded the
village Of Schahchir, fofced all the inhabitants 10
leave IL, the miserable people threw themselves To
the srou nd, utiering cries OF despair. Flows could
not make them tise. They preferred 10 die Oh
their native II rather than go 10 live in the midst
Of savage tribes and inhesritablc regions. 1t be
came necessary 10 send second detachment OF
soldiers, who were instructed not to be sparing OF
violence to force the unfortunate villagers to take
the road OF exile.