Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-10-10

LlthuAnis. &e.. eontinne to be snbjected by the
unsbatsd tyranny Of RussIs Prussia and Aus
iris:
When last met you my thoughts were
much occupied With the melancholy news from
my country In fact, each day tells OF new per-
sscutions directed against the families OF the
migrants Who are interesting themselves in the /
fate Of their countrymea In exile. Different pre-
texts are made for impfisOning them, sending |
them 10 Siberia. and impressing them In various 4
ways When no other pretense can be found |
the false denuncistion Of Russian agent, or rev.
dictionary placards affixed by the Russian police
itself are employed-the source being easy 20 I
recognize from the language being full OF Nus |
eovite expressions and phrases foreiga 10 our
langnage have received several letters from |
young exiles, who write 20 me ia despair at the |
prosecutions which their families undergo in
their own country. for this reason only, that
they have father, brother. q husband. a son. |
or some other member OF the family among the
emlgrants. Besides this, secret agents are sent
TO other countries, whose mission is 20 COW
discord among the emigrants, TO intrigue
against them. acting 80 as to prevent their OBJ
tang any en- ploy ment or means of subsistence. liz
- by no means of these internal SubteTranean in.
trigues that they have succeeded in obtaining the
dismissal OF twenty emigrants who had found oc
cupation on one of the railways in France, aud
who were dismissed enc morning suddenly with
out reason given They cslu inmate indiy iduals
they excite passions, they rsse discord, they SOW
mistrust among ~, they endeavor 20 plunge each
OF us in misery. so as to succeed by this means
in breaking the bond which unites the patriots
70 divide them and kill them morally. And il is
not the Russians only who distinguish themselves
BY these ignoble Vaccinations, but also the two
other powers who have torn Poland to pieces
Only lately, we were informed, that, the follow
ing inspiration OF Russia, Austria, which at the
present moment seeks TO throw liberal powder
in the eyes of Europe, sent on the 4th of May
secret agent, Andre Mikuli, formerly an officer
of Austrian cavalry, provided with several pass
ports for different names, with the object of SOW
ing discord among the emigrsnts, and OF trying
TO weaken the sympathy OF the nations for the
Polish cause
Recent news comes ID me also of failure OF
corn and grain, and of impending famine,
both owing to this cause, and the conhagrston
OF towns and villages practicsd upon a great
scale by Russia by means OF organized bands OF
evi-doers, in order finally TO dsvastste the coun
try, and by these Tartar like measures TO compel
the inhabitants to transport themselves into the
distant Russian provinces The Ruthenisn
provinces THAT is 10 say, Pedolia, FOlhynia, and
the Ukraine.) and more especially Lithusnis, are
the scenes OF this barbarous devastation In
many localities the inhabitants have caught the
hammable matter; they have given them into the
hands of the Muscovite authorities who have
allowed thsm to escape from the prisons. Out
OF great number oil these Indicators caught 6y
the Inhabitants IN the criminal act, there was
only soldier shot, but the Russian papers
denied that he was shot as an incendary
saying that il was Tor having struck his
commanding officers. Ii is believed that,
besides the devsstation of the country
md All .fIn of IL III.
the Russians have yet another object The pa
pers have even spoken of it; that the peasants
OF the conhscatsd lands in Poland, during these
last times, not wishing 70 belong to the Crown,
have rather preferred burning their own houses
and villages than to see those in the employ meut
of the Russians installed there, This has pro-
duced lively sensation among all classes. To
prevent this having evil consequences for the
Government, TO turn away the Russians Atten-
ton from the real cause, they have themselves
begun to burn the towns and villages that had
been under the mobiles This may, perhaps, be
true; for the fact is proved that the Muscovite
Government tolerates and excte6 clanGesIinely
these conhagrations
am also informed that in the schools they
create innumerable difficulties in the examine.
tons TO prevent the young ones being able to
advance into the upper class. When any one
has not 80 advanced, they force him to quit the
school, not granting him peri mission enter an
other, to cut off from all road TO instruc- |
ton BY such means this year, after the annual
examination before the holidays. they succeeded |
IN sending away about nine-tenths OF all the |
youth frequenting the schools. You may i'm |
agine the despair of these poor young people, and
of their parents, who have no means Of giving |
education to their children; for il must be OBJ |
served that, besides the public schools of the
Government, there are no private establishments
which are not strictly prohibited by the ukases
the Ozar. | say nothing of the fresh transporta-
ton OF unfortunate prisoners TO Siberia, and 10
the works of the fortresses, for these are ordi-
nary well-known occurrences, which continue to
be repeated daily, aud OF which We cannot fore
see the end. The civilized world will not be
leve in all these internal Vaccinations, because
they seem too ignobe, too degrading; besides,
the Russian policy consists in deny ing ALL and
deceiving all the world They say the contrary
and pay numerous agents and papers, which de-
fend them, and relate falee facts; but can as-
sure you, by all hold most sacred that have not
added one word to the confidential information !
have received, and might even cite the persons
and places, if this would not give occasion TO
new prosecutions. Among other things
told that quite recently they have sent to 81
IBERIA from the provinces called Ruthenian Vol
hynia, Podola and the Ukrainel $50 persons, and
there are several parties OF prisoners who des-
tined TO follow the same route BY kiev They
have fixed fresh tax OF 5 per ceBt. Besides
this, they have diminished by one-half the
indemnih cstion for the lands given 10 the peas
ants, which makes loss of - sixth at least Oh
the property OF each Polish proprietor possessing
lands. Then, again, fresh tax, and this is the
way in which they make it:-During the last two
years the Russians had employed in each village
guards composed Of peasants, four, eight, twelve
or even moro men. according TO the size and
number Of the roads crossing each village These
men were armed With pixies and scytnes The
duty or these guards was to stop any one enter
ing the village, and 70 lead him before the viii
lage police, who FUSED his passport aud Left him
or arrested him to send him before a Russian em
ptoys IN the city, according as the traveller might
appear TO them suspicious not, or
simply according 20 the humor be might
be IN; for each man. in going even TO
his negnbOr, must be provided with passport
which be must constantly keep You may i'm
agne what an enormous waste Of time-what a
delay in ousiness-when one Is obliged to pass
through several villages in one day, especially if
the policeman is not 10 be found, for be does not
choose To remain always at home This has
lasted since 1861 I'LL the present day. Ii is still
continuing For the last two years they nave
ordered the nOblemen, proprietors OF villages, TO
pay to these guards 40 kopecs lis. Id per day
to each man. making about E5l for each guard
of whom there are c. least four, but generally
more. This crying injustice is a refinement, not
al.