Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1863-03-21

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geEVeeE.E7ET0S.
HOW THE POLES FIGHT.
Atrocities Of tlie Elussinns-The
Russian Intervention.

We CLEAN from our foreign files, by the
City of Baltimore, the following incidents of
the outbreak in Poland, showing the deter
mined spirit which animatcs the insurgents
the active aid rendered to Russia by Prussia
and the atrocities committed by the Rus
sian troops:
LETTER FROM THE POLISH POET MICKIEwICZ.
The Opinioa Niiona7e publishes letter
from the Polish poet AIickiewicz, whose
patriotic national songs are now sung by the
Insurgents Ii is dated Warsaw, February
49, and contains these ringing passages;
"llany Russian and foreign officials do
not understand by what an amount cf living
despair we are animated; they become indig-
HaEt and disgUStcR at seeing children hdr{iy
eigit yearS od dischaFGc rCrJlrerS at RUSSIA.
soidicS, and they never think OF the towns
and villages which our tyrantss shayc reduced
to cindcrs. All here whether rich or poor,
before they know how to speak or think,
have in them the germ of an incXtinguish-
able hatred of foreign domination. Our
fathers and grandtathcrs suffered all that we
suffer, although we were born in the midst
of hanging and transpGrtGtiOns to- Siberia,
and have all our lives been prosecuted, nnd
hunted down by the most infamous men that
could be found in Russia.
The insurgents are for their
country, disarmed, prctcrring death 10 the
lives they lead, and resolved in any case not
to fall into the hands Of the Russians. The
rumor circulatcs that Lanaiewicz, having
made the mistake of giving battle to the
enemy at Swito- Krzy, has been destroyed --
However, it is but a rumor. The wounds OF
the Russians are mortal when the terrible
scythes of the peasant reach them; the hos
pitals are tull, the soldiers eXaspcrated, and
! the Cossacks avcnge themselves by killing
| all whom they come across.
"A jew of Ida has Just arrived here. lie
SAYS that everywhere along his route the
landholders and peasants Thought of nothing
but rising. The insurgents have also taken
his son and whatever provisions he carried
| with him, but lac makes no complaint about
| either. The Russians set fire to all the coun
| try, and put all whom they met to the
/ sword, Up 10 the present We have been alb
surdly generous, for our people released botl
/ officers and soldiers who fell into our hands
lmproyised soldiers, they had not the hard,
ness OF heart sufficient To commit reprisals
4 gentleman yesterday entreated Of the
peasants not 10 hang Cossack whom they
1 llul luktn. iit olAAlNth Nllla lANhl uliN
one of the peasants, when unlooslng The
captive, exclaimed, Hes lrco now, but iol
all that the devil will yet have him."
TuL POLISH sonlLgfY
The JourHal de ioscH gives the following
episode of the insurrccliun'
! "a handful OF insurgents, composed en-
tirely of the Youth "a the nohility has been
surprised in the neighborhood VI Plotchew
4 ifightlul carnage took place, The chic
Of the little group, Who has just arrived iron
Paris, encouraged hia companions 10 thl
attack, despite lhe shower VI balls and grapl
shul, but soon irll, Killed by i've balls u
tLs LTrast several OF his companions, how
ever, With tho courage Of despalf, threw
themselves on ihe iiuzsian gluks agi cat
passage through
Letters ifom Croooe speak Of tho aIrlya
there of aaYerl gags al eounlei lnsufsenl
wha gele dillhluled among various CON
yenls, pIlsaiu huusfs, and inns.
ruE s1Nfuts ANp woopEN etAa
The irythes, which play ~ lnpoF,ani
pax Ia lle haads u The lnsulfrnla, aIpsa
n H. formidable weapons fhsy laay b
h.fblri - . u huss doahls edged sAe''