Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1863-03-04

his attention to it. All was in vain
get rid OF these troublesome and unruly
men L will, was his answer, and in it he
remained inf1exible For time it was
thought that this law would be modified.
from the silence purposely observed re-
spectlng 1t. But what was the surprise
OF the people on learning that secret
circular had been dispatched to the
governor of the provinces containing,
among others, the following instruction:
1.-The main object" said the circular.
lot this conscrption is to rid the country
OF all the individuals apt to disturb pub
lie tranquility" Lists were ordered to
be prepared of the names of all persons
suspected, without any regard to their
bodily health or family circumstances,
with view of ridding; not the country,
but the Russian government, of those
who were most conspicuous in the la:e
events; or, III other words, to decimate
the young generation, and to deprive the
national cause of its most active defenders
Nothing could have been more calculated
TO provoke feeling of revenge than such
; dastardly conduct of the government, ac-
companied as ii was by acts Of the vi
lest atrocity- 1t was TO NJ. Sigismund
Wielopolski, as president of the municipal
council (son of the Marquis Wielopolskil,
: that the execution Of this measure in
Warsaw was confided. Feariylg a popu-
lar outbreak the government inreiscd the
garrison of Warsaw TO fifty thousand
men, and the wives and families of the
Russian officers had quietly the day be-
fore the recruiting been removed to the
citadel. All was suspense and expccta-
ton; the doomed day was unknown
, though the incessant movement of troops
, indicated its approach. At ii o'clock
p. II. Of the l4th instant all the streets
were occupied by the regiments Of the
T guard, the cavalry having taken posses
sion OF the principal issues and making
the patrols during the night. 81 mid
night the police, accompanied by soldiers,
all carrying lanterns, intoxicated with an
extra allowance CT spirits, suddenly
rushed into the houses previously noted
terrifying the inmates, who were soundly
E asleep, and carrying OF with them the
victims designed on the fatal list
: Wherever the person so designated to
have been absent or made his escape, his
father or brother was taken as a hostage.
, The Jews shared the fate OF the Chris
tians, and, as they were mostly married
men, their lot is more pitituL They
= were all conducted to the Town-hall,
, amid the shrieks, weeping and iamenta-
tions of their wives, children, and parents
o from whence, in patches of twenty tC
!, twenty-five, they were transferred hand
cutfed to the citadel, to be sert to Siberia
or the Caucasus. There was but LITTLE
. resistance offered, and this was soon pu
f down, the greater part of them having
submitted for the sake of their country
. to the ignominious lot. This was recon-
o mcnded them by farewell appeal ad
,. dressed to those affected by the pro
: scription' 'sThe country" continued
n the appeal, :: demands from you this sac
d rifce-the country who loses in you ii
p most cherished children The creates
v proof of the devotion you can give Is no
v to compromise its future by prematur
, effort 1t is painful, we know, to drag
: far from your Eltherland, life of whicI
q every day is terrible sacrifice but you
e. who love so much your country, will fin
! it easy. You will serve your countr..
a by infusing sentiments Of freedom an
II humanity into the hearts of the RUSSIA
- soldiers The number lodged i'll tn
II citadel is said to be 1000, and the los
1t of so many hands to the trades an
w manufactures here is most inconvenlentl
J. felt All business is at a standstill, an
10 the gloom, the execrations of the people
81 the sight of the old men, females, an
ne children crying and desparing, presents 8
ne once a touching and 2 most lugubrior
Sc spectacle
to In the midst of this scene the Gran
:. Duke Constantine rolled in his carrlaG
n through the streets of the city, bestov
it. ing his smiles upon these unfortunate b
ID ings, as if to intimate that his "wiil hs
IL been done.' no matter at what cost
n human suffering.
~ What shocks us most in this barbaro
ed conduct of the government Is 4
ed official announcement in the Gazette tn
MT the men taken displayed the greatest wi
ba ingness to fill the Russian ranks. and tn
~ some even volunteered into the servi
,re without being liable to it. This is
ri piece of barefaced hypocrisy which not
the ing can justify
N Yesterday and to-day the proscriPti
II was renewed in the broad daylight by t
md policemen and soldiers, who arrest
the every young man in the streets, and W
a are again aIl-pousrful IN the city. St