The weekly Butte record., 1863-06-13
i Russian Scar IN Poland.

t4Nfei' "a AAsss>tt4 itNtSS WIS Aitoiutcd, aud
the Archduke Constantine was made Com
mander il Chief Some specimens of his beha-
viour TO The unhappy Polapders. are described
below in an article from Once a Week:
Savage and feroeions. however. as he was
on ordinary occasions, an unbutte0ei coat, or
a collar an inch too high would make the
General il Chief below with rage. ana strike
condemn TO the classmates. to the rods or TO
instant death, every one that came in his way
His tavori;e of1caTS. of course. exaggerated, It
possibla tie fury Of thair master. Qua soldier
returning dsauk 10 barracks, caas53. perhaps.
four divisions to be punished or The whole IN
fautry corps to be sent to eypa'ia'e The crime
by forced marches through the sands Of the
VIOLA. So strictly was discipline maintained,
that on orc occasion, when a non Commissioned
officer vehtare1 10 send in petition TO the
Czarowicz. knowing the hopeless0ess Of obtain
ing redress from his own officers. the iosubor
diuation was punished in the following manner
He was boand TO truck and 50 dragged
through the ranks Of FIVE battalions. each man
in them striking his back VITA rod long be
fore the sentence was completed. the blows
fell upon 4 sanseless. maeera:c3 corpse. This
was the usual punishment for breach Of dis
cipliue Nor was the brutality Of Constantine
confined to the rank and Gle Of his army. We
will but cite one Instance Of the treatment to
which officers of the most honored families in
/ the country were alike subjected. The Czaro
wicz in bis rounds one day found young Po-
ish lieutenant absent from bis post-it was
within The towa-the lad having left for a mo-
ment TO procure Sheet of paper from a shop
close at hand, on which 10 draw up the report
be had to give in at headquarters. Constan.
tine had scarcely arrived when he returned :
he explained bis absence, but to no purpose ::
the Romanof tore the epaulets from the lieu
tenants shoulders, and made the Russian sol
diers on duty beat him be- Poeadi7 with
out mercy, until AT the end Of hall an hour he
lost all consciousness, and was carried to the
hospital. Strange to say, the Czarowicz re-
pented the next morning Of this proceeding.
and suumoning the regimental surgeons, charg-
ed them to cure the young man under pain of
being sent to Siberia. They doubtless, tried
to obey but the poor boy died within few
days. His mother, who all that time watched
at the hospital door, was not allowed TO see
him until he no longer lived, when Constantine
sent for her, expressed his regret that the af-
fair should have terminated so unpleasautly,
and by another strange freak of what he doubt
less thought was generosity, offered her 5000
Polish forms 12lD.
Do you think, barbarian l will make a
bargain with you for my child's tortnres2 His
blood be upon your head = was the only reply
she gave.
Constantine soon found it necessary to change
the military system he found existing in the
remnant Of the Polish army promotion by
merit was neither profitable nor polite. He
Immediately consulted with his brother upon
the subject, and the result was the gradual in
PRODUCTION Of the Russian system, by which
military hierarchy was secured, bound alike
anu NJat4Lioai iulOi4lA ~ lLt ItASSldI
dynasty Colonelcies and eeneralships were
put up for sale; in an infantry regiment the
latter was found a profitable investment TO the
buyer at 10000 forms, in cavalry regiment
it usually went for 5000 less The dress and
food Of the men became a business speculation
Of their officers, aud the poor wretches perish
ed Of cold and hunger to enrich those who
preyed on their misery. With rare exceptions
the old generals who had served under Napo-
leon, held aloof as much as possible. trom
their new master; and though few among
them threw up their commands their opposi-
ton, though silent, made them not less hateful
to him. Oae Of the number was man whose
bravery, shown in a hundred battles, and per-
sonal character, had made bin 50 popular
with the troops, that even the Czarowcz
dared not insult him without some pretence.
At length the opportunity. 50 long desired,
came on a grand fed day, certain trooper
in the generals division appeared with his
breast padding somewhat uusymmetrical tie
Czarowicz's hawks eye at once detected the
abomination, and the Imperial hand the next
instant dragged the man out Of his saddle un-
battned Bis coat, pulled from it We know not
what soiled linen, and threw It in the generals
face. The whte-haired veteran instinctiyely
grasped at bis sword hit; then, as the misera
ble character Of the insult rushed on his mind,
he turned pale and fall insensible into tie
arms Of his friends. Constantine succeeded IN
bis aim-the general resigned.
Even the most favored Of the Commander
in-Chiefs officers, those who held high posi-
ton in his secret police system. were scarcely
less exposed to his rage than honest men. One
Of them, General Gendre, was thrice degraded
to the ranks. and thrice restored to bis gene-
ralshp finally obtaining besides, a high ap-
p1iu'ment ID tie civil service.