The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-03-27
PROGRESS of the Polish Revolution.
DESPERATE BATTLE, LASTING
NEARLY EIGHT HOURS.
The Russians Defeated and sDrtyen
Into Prussian Territory.
MOVEMENTS OF THE INSURGENTS.

MOVEMENTS OF THE INSURGENTS.
Innumerable paragraphs describing out
breaks at various points distant from one
another demonstrate conclusively that the
movement is preconcerted one on the
part of the Poles. The Gear Of Cs'acosc,
in its issue of February II, describes one
of the most important encounters as fol-
lows:
In the Government of Lublin the prin-
cipal bodies of the insurgents occupy the
neighborhood of Dubienks. In the Gov
eminent of Podlachia there only remains
some small bands in the marshes near the
River Ziwiec; the main body of the insur-
rectional forces have gone into Lithuania.
The insurgents have again made their ap-
pearance in the Government of Flock, and
particularly at Lipno. We have received
circumstantial details Of the combat of
Siennaityche The affair lasted for two
days. 1t commenced in the afternoon of
the 9th, and the most severe fighting took
place near the cemetery. The Russians
had four pieces of artillery from which
they sent forth showers of grape. The
insurgent rifiemen and those armed
with scythes repulsed the attack. On
the following day the Russians, having re-
ceived achievements, recommended the
fight with great vigor. The insurgents
were 1000 strong. On the same day NJ.
Lewandowski, the chief of the insurrection
in Podlachia, arrived on the field of battle,
and took the command. The insurgents
in the camp of Wengrowo, commanded by
Sokol, remained on the other side the Bug.
On the second day the Russians set fire to
the town; but the struggle, nevertheless,
continued until the evening, when the
Poles retired in three columns. The Rus
slams thought it less advantageous to pur-
sue them than to rush into the town, where
they committed the most frightful massa-
ores. The insurgents lost about 200 men,
and the Russians about $50 killed and
wounded. The Russian pillagers sold in
some Of the towns the articles they had
stolen in the places where they have muir
dered the inhabitants. At Radon a dra-
COON offered for sale a richly bound volume
Of the Psalms of David, for two roubles,
but no one would buy it. Some soldiers
also sold ladies' cloaks tinged with fur,
pearls and other valuable articles which
they had PLACED at Wonchotzk. Warsaw
is tranquil, but plunged into deep gloom.
There is not family but has some of its
members among the Insurgents. Arrests
and imprisonments continue. Official per-
sonages express establishment at hearing
any one speak of the massacres which take
place in the provinces. In the town of
Piotrkow the Russians have shot three Off
GERS, Poles by birth, who had gone over to
the insurgents. Among them is one named
Rondawski"
STRENGTH OF THE GOVERNMENT FORCES.
a correspondent of the Star writes from
Cracow:
From a report published in st. Peters
burg, it appers that at the end of last week
there were nearly $4,000 Russian troops
in Poland; large numbers have been
marched in this week, so that the total at
the present moment cannot be under
100000 The cavalry numbers about
5000, and there are 100 guns in the
field. The Grand Duke issued on the
18th, an order strictly enjoining on all
Commanders the duty of preventing these
soldiers from plundering or in any way in
juring private persons not participating in
the outbreak. Since the issuing OF the
document, however, we hear of the cOun-
try seat Count Poletiko, being ransacked,
several of the inmates foully murdered,
and the entire building burned to the
ground. Almost contemporaneously,t the
same fate befel the castle Of Count Vale
walk, the brother-in-law of Count Wielo-
polski. In the case of a noble standing
so near to the authorities, we need not be
surprised at the report that the Grand
Duke has ordered a court-lnartial to try
the offenders
1t has been reported for some days that
disturbances are likely soon to break out
in Finland. The Swedes, from whom the
Cars took that province, are watching the
struggle in Poland with the liveliest SYM
pathies, and are quite ready to make use
of Russia's difficulties to regain this an
cient province, when the moment appears
favorable for making the attempt. The
Fins would be only too glad to rejoin the
old friends from whom they were parted
against their will.
Military law has been proclaimed in all
the governments Immediately east of the
Polish Kingdom-in Lithuania, in VOlhyn-
ia and Podolia-in all which provinces the
instruction is spreading. These regions
are at such distance, that news seldom
reaches US except through the official pa
pers, and then it is of such distorted
character as to be worthless except as a
datum on which to found conjecture.
QUAKER GUNS WHICH ARE NOT QUAKER GUNS.
The following curious fact is stated in
the correspondence of the London Star:
The scythes, which play so important
part in the hands of the Insurgents, appear
to be formidable weapons. They may be
described as huge double-edged sabre
The Cossacks can do nothing against a
band of insurgents whose front bristles
with line of thesettruly murderous imple-
ments. Your readers may have read it in
the kilograms that the Russians have taken
several wooden cannon from the insur-
gents. The value of this statement may
be gathered from the following fact: 1t is
well known that in the Hungarian war
Gen. Benz, finding it impossible to get
metal artillery, invented species of
wooden gun which requires no great art
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