The mountain Democrat., 1864-03-26

chiefs Of the national organization, he or
3eTrd Ten PEASANTS to 6e brought before
him, the greater number Of them being
fathers Of families, aud, having selected
two, the bastinado was applied to then
daring the night. The following day he
ordered ten victims to he led to the mar
ket place Of Dusia,y, and in the presence
Of the peasants Of the neighb0ring COM
munes the general ordered that from 200
tn 800 blows with a stick should be in.
fiicted on each. He nevertheless tailed to
extnrt any confession from them. Their
mutilated bodies ere then removed, and
the general ordered Norbert Crbanus. 81
years Of age, and possessing great infiu-
ence in the country, to- be brought for
ward. lie first spoke to the prisoner with
great mildness, in order to induce him TO
give information, but he could obtain
nothing from him He then ordered that
he should bc beaten without mercy, and
that his wife and two children should be
committed TO prison. Finding that all
was in vain, the general endeavored to
terrify Crbanus by commanding that he
should be shot. All the preparations were
made, and he was led to the place of exc
cution. lie there exclaimed with firm
voice, You have commanded that shall
be shot, .but,that is nothing new here. 1t
is not two months since we witnessed in
this little town the death Of one Of our
brothers. If it be necessary that should
die for the advantage Of my country and
Of my religion, do not fear death" He
was then released. The general next
commanded that other villages, contain
ing in all lit houses and 500 inhabitants,
should be plundered, and the inmates,
men, women, and children, brought to
DuSiaty, where they were exposed to cold
aud hunger, in order to force them to give
information. The pillage continued from
the 7th to the 23rd OF December, and all
the property Of the villagers was sold for
anything offered by the Burlaki, or "old
believers All the agricultural imple-
mentS were given for nothing to the Bur-
laki, who rushed on the houses Of the
Polish peasants. The entire population
Of Dusiaty and of Skopsistik were trans
ported 10 Siberia. Of all these unfortu
nate people not one offered to give infor-
lnatior to the Russian general. All bore
their fate with fortitude, and in full conf
denre Of the resurrection Of their beloved
country.
A correspondent of the London Daily
News says:
There is residing in Posen a widow who
has an only son. A glance at this family
history will give the key to the phenome-
non, Polish insurrection. The husband
Of this lady was a considerable landed
proprietor, possessing estatesin tire Grand
Duchy of Poscn as well as in Russia Pc.
land. Having been implicated in the in.
Surrection Of 1887, his property in the
Russian dunininnS was contiScated, and
having also got into hot water with the
PruS>ian government, he took refuge in
England with what he had saved from the
wreck of his fortune. Being Of an active
turn of mind. and finding doing nothing
the hardest work Of all, he cast about .iim
for some employment. Being known aS
man Of fortune and position in his own
country, he was naturally sought out by
the poorer emlSreS in his retreat in Lon.
don. 1t at last occurred to him that he
might employ himself and some Of his
countrymen uScfully in n banking and
commission business, in which he sank
his whole fortune. He rrckoned chiefly
for success on his connection with the
grea. landowners in corn producing dis
tricts of Southern Russia. Nor was he
disappointed, for the Branicki, and other
proprirtors who supply the London mar
ket, consigned all their goods to his house
for sale. In this manner the newly eStab-
liShed business turred out a success, and
the entcrpriSing proprietor was enabled
to give employment to a number of his
countrymen, who would otherwise have
been driven to the greatest straits to get
bread to eat. However, this hopeful state
of things was not destined to go on for
long. BY some means the Emperor Mich
olaS got wind Of the concern, and recog
nizing the name Of the proprietor, sent
strict orders to Odessa that no ship was to
be allowed to leave the port with a cargo
corsigted to the house in question. The
inevitable result Of this order was that the
house failed, and the unfortunate proprie,
tor had ruin staring him in the face n
second time. He did not long survive the
second wreck of his fortunes, and left it
as legacy to his son to avcnge him on
his enemy. In the meantime, Nicholas
had also died; the plot descended on both
sides to actors in the second generation
T0 wreak vengeance on the Russians nat.
urally became the object in lie Of the
young Pole, and being young man OF
great talent and firm character, he exer.
ciSrd much influence over his associates.
| 70 facilitate the accomplishment Of his
designs he accepted all appointment at
Warsaw, where alone he felt that he had
any chance of success. The nature of his
employment throwing him into contact
with an immense number of persons, he
devoted every spare moment to preparing
the field for the present inSurrection. and
was in fact member Of that as vet un.
organized body which was later known as
the Central Committee, before il assumed
the name Of the National Government.
THE DEACON's BULL.