The New York herald., 1864-11-12


brer rerch-.oaGing carDincs require Gaping, and
have not yet been fairly tested by rough york ;
they have been reported upon favorabiy to us
by officers who have seen them in use. but II
must be remembered that the reports Of the good
properties of these cnpping carbines are made
by men who justly regard any system of breech-
loading az superior to muzzle-loadng, but who are
not competent, from not having tested other sye-
tems to decide on the principle OF leading
most applicable TO the service.
Russia iu she East.
RPvBCT OF THE sUBJUoATIoN or rHE CAUCASUS AND
THE REMOvAL or Irs iNuABirANis-RuSsIA
ALRRApy ON TnB MARCH TO rARrARy AND INDIA
ETC., ETC.
[St. Petersburg (Oct 81 correspondence of Lou
don Telegraph1
Since the whole OF the Caucasus has been laid
at the feet OF the Gar and its unfortunate inhabi
tants compelled to leave the land of their fathers,
the Russian eagle has begun roaming further to
the East in search Of new prey, new hunting
grounds. Already considerable addition Of land
and influence rewards the diligent industry OF the
bird. The Kirgs Tartars being of more malleablc
stuff, had consented to sell their independence for
mess of pottage. even while the war was waging
on the shores Of the Elack Sea; and little could
have been undertaken against them had they
chosen TO resist the offer. A few bags Of seed
corn now and then for the vulgar: a gift of arms
for the mobiles, and big sounding title with q
commission in the Russian army for the chiefs,
have bought the tribes who tend their focks in
the plains between the Caspian and the Aral.
Now it 10 the turn of the region south and east
Of the latter. Ancient Turkestan, the central and
most important province of the northern half Of
that continent is feeling the hand Of the Czar
weighing more and more heavily upon it. With
Khokand regular war has been commenced.
However little is allowed to transpire as to it's
progress, we know 1t to be carried on with zeal
which, to use trte, but too often applicable
phrase, is worthy better cause. 1t appears that
no sooner was the war at an end in the Caucasus
than body OF troops sufficient for the purpose
was sent over the Caspian and Aral seas, to the
forts at the mouth of the Syr. While these in
vaded Turan from the west detachment of Sibe-
rian Cossacks, proceeding frolp Lake Issikul, en-.
tered the prncipality Of Burut, and. meeting with
little or no resistance, Joined their cooperating
brethren at the town Of Turkestan. In
the Russian line Of frontier was ad.
vanced about 500 miles to the south along the
entire breadth Of the Khanates OF Khokand and
Burut. Not content, however with this easy VIC
tory which, indeed, was obtained at the cost of
few insignificant fights and some hundreds of dead
and wounded, q column was at once despatched
beyond Tashkand, with orders to penetrate if pos
sbe as far as the capital Of the country itself.
am assured, on good authority, that the expedition
left Fort Aral i'll the beginning of August ahd
having repelled the attack of the Khokandes at
Auliet, proceeded on its way mp tho river with
mains unknown: but it is said that during his
last short stay at the capital satisfactory
received by the Emperor via Orsk and Oren-
burg. ! may tell you also for certain that
ries, and similar to those employed with
remarkable effect in the Danish campaign, have
been despatched from these parts to the East land
been forwarded by steam as far rs the eastern
tme s1 e 0' In All p1obsSy 'ns Ws
shall be left in ignorance of what is going ON IN
those out of the way parts until, after long ST.
lence, the capture OF Khokand, or, in case Of q
pulse, the occupation Of the country north of it
will be laconically gazetted in the columns of the
hlralide. From Khokand to Kashgsr, one of the
capitals Of Upper Tartary, is distance OF two
hundred miles, and should the latter be destined
the fall of another race and State, the city Of
Zarkand would be the only centre Of population
left between the Russian frontiers and Ladack-
Elated by the progress they are making. many
dsd, and, to borrow favoritc simile from the
papers, wounding the English Achilles in his heel;
but think il would be wropgiAs this government
present period Of the worlds politics, could not
but prove deceptive. were they attempted TO be
realized. With whatever ease and rapid1ty the
nomades are absorbed BY the Car, he would re-
regular army, did it consist merely OF sepoys. A
few guns Of modern construction viii spread ter
ror over an entire khanate, but produce little or
no impression on troops conversans with the arms
and strategy of Europeana-
1t n, however. premature to refutc the Russians
by argument, while the one who Yields the des-
tiny Of the empire has no idea Of enforcing the
dreams q
which might cost him his prestige from the
Pacific to the Euxine. The plan to extend the
Russian frontiers over the Steppes, where the Tar
tar and the Turk have been wandering about and
customs since the beginning Of history, dates from
the days Of Peter the Great-the man nearly eve
rything dates from in Russia. The petition Of the
Khan Of Khiva to be received under Russian pro-
cred in those quarters, we're the motives which
caused the Gar to despatch force from Irish TO
Bakhara, and another from the Caspian TO Khiva.
To the first expedition, under Colonel Buchhols,
of Western Siberia, and the foundation Of her future
rule in the home Of the Tartar Tace. Commercial
intercourse having been opened, and European
manufactures being bartered in great quantities for
zutschak and Kudscka were subsequently, estab-
lished anc the competition Of the naval powers
which began to be heavily felt at the fairs of
mote kiachta--found itself gradually driven from
the ield. In those parts, the progress Of Russian
arms and commerce has been uninterrupted; but
they fared worse in Turkestan proper. Prince
Ischcrkaski, who headed the other expedition, GER
tainly reached Khiva, but only to have his army
beaten and his soldiers led of into slavery, and he
himself to meet an gnominious fate at the stake.
The death Of Peter the Great, and the subsequent
collapse of the Russian empire, put an end 10
high flown plans; and 1t WAS not until all Eastern
Of Cossack sentinels steadily moved on to the
south. that the the regions bordering upon the
European frontiers OF the realm were again taken
in hand: Indeed, excepting some isolated
and inefficient forts successive emperors built
ameng the Kirgiscs, nothing was under.
taken in those quarters untilsthe grand but
unsuccessful expedition under Nicholas ]. Having
lost second army against the iurkmen, Russia
now resolved TO set to work systematically and
occupy the country, which could not be carried
by coup de MAIN In the course Of q slow but safe
and irresistible process. AS beginning, . Rus.
sian colony was established at the mouth OF the
Syr, and number Of forts were built along the
lower and middle course OF the river. The Kho-
kandes soon found out that. however competent to
fight Russian column dragging its weary length
With forts Oh clearing the country Of the numerous
detachments sent forth from the latter Encoun-
ters would occur now and then, and the fortune OF
war wavcr in the balance occasionally between
the valiant savage snd the sturdy, drilled and
EuropeanZed sons of Rus: but upon the whole the