The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-07-28


more akin LAllegro than to II Penseroso and under
stand the feast Of reason, &C. was prolonged till
considerably past midnight
Our st. Petersburg correspondence.
ST. PETERSBURG, July l, 1865.
The Car and His Polish Sjec-A Mysterious Threaten
ing Letr 10 the Emperor-The Reported Russian Dsat
in Central Asia Hoa1-A Whole Guy Burned to the
Or und-Fdilre Of the Russian Hdrrcst, de-
A letter from Iskander-i. e., Alexander Hcrzcn the
famous editor of the Kotko-to the Emperor has been
circulating hero lately and eagerly read by all classes
Of the population The efforts Of the police to get hold
Of have been unavaling except in few isolated in
stances although II is known that whole packets Of copies
have either through the post or in some other
way and have been dIuscd throughout the empire by
that mysterious agency that is employed in the crcua-
ton of the Kolosrt itself and of other revolutionary
pamphlets printed in England Belgium and Switzerland,
which compose clandestine literature of considerable
extent and are highly annoying to the powers that be.
Tho letter in question takes occasion Of the death Of tho
Cesarevich make last appeal to tho Car warning
him to pause in the pursued since tho Polish
instruction and to return to tho beral policy that sig
nalzed tho of his reign The loss OF his
son. IL says should remind him OF the thousands OF
parents whose children have been slaughtered by his
Mowavcifs and Bcrgs, condemned to drag out
wrctchcd existence in the wilds Of Siberia 1skander
enjoins him to abandon system which even the iron
will and commanding genius of his father was I'M
able TO maintain, and which crunibled to pieces
with the walls Of scbastopol The reforming
spirit that actuatcd him his accession to
the throne had borne it's fruits in the emancipation Of
the pcasantry; let him cmancipac the Russian
mind let him dismiss the out tools OF despotism
whom he had recalled from their deserved oblivion and
who had dshonored his name by acts OF blood let him
convokc ng Of representatives of the whole poo
pie TO lay the foundation Of new order Of things L.
kander does ask for amnesty; il H. the Emperor,
he says who stands in need OF amnesty, and not his
innocent victims whose forgiveness he ought rather to
imporc for the cruces inflicted upon them ny himself
or his lcutenans.
II is not to be supposed that the Empcroris ignorant
Of this cpiste indeed assured that the orig nal
copy received by him among The official dispatches
from abroad into which II had been inserted no one
knows how or by whom. Whether 1t has produced any
impression the imperial mind II IN. Of course mpossi-
bic 10 determine but much II certain, that the dcru
taton OF Polish mobiles who came here to condoe with
him on the death of the Grand Duke met with an OK
trrmev gracious reception and returned IN much better
spirits than they and with hopes OF favorable
turn in the fate of their unhappy country Accounts
by bitter experience Of the fruitcssness or armed
resistance and Of the slender chance OF foreign inter
vsnnn arc willing to reconcile themselves TO tho Rus
sian government and would bc quite satisfied with tie
restoration the u things that existed before the
rcy oluton n Grand Duke Constantine were 10 return
to Warsaw now he would be as popular as he was the
reverse during the period Of his viceroyalty for IL
generally acknowledged that he really had the welfare OF
the nation at heart though his well meant endcavors
frustrated by the r,,sh measures ~ Vidoposk and
nv the violence OF the extreme revolutionary party In
the meantime, however, General Kaufman continues 10
act in the same spirit his predecessor MouravieH,
whose system be takes occasion to identify himself
with and IL possible to rendor stringent.
Though Of German extraction he is jealous professor
OF the orthodox faith, and Is now actively engaged IN
crusade against Roman Catholic images, for which he
substitutes the pictures OF saints honorcd ny
the Greek Church. General Bezack is carrying on SIM
liar process Of classification in the Ukraine, and has
removed all the Polish officials, who very numerous
in that region and towards whom the late Governor
General Avvenkor Is accused OF having shown too
sl SSrc cyen nnSer Nicholas almost All the higher ocs
Of state filled by natives, they are now
exclusively entrusted to Russians and II the lower func-
onsres have yet escaped the prescription II Is be-
their numbers great that IL difficult TO nd
subsi for them all at Under these crcur
stances regarded to Polish nationality
that Count Berg has given orders for Russian 10 be
employed in the kingdom who does not understAnn
Polish; but the two languages are so similar that u VIII
be easy for every Russian official who wishes 70 remain
70 comply with this condition.
The fictitious telegram from TInis announcing the de-.
feat of General Endokmon by army OF one hundred
and fifty thousand Khokandzes, In another proof that
Central Asia Is still terra tncgnIa TO the Euiop an
turkish paper~thc Lepant Hsrald-the samc that used
10 publish such wonderful accounts from the Caucasus
about the exploits Of schamyl and the Crcassans ana
that its occupation is gone In that quarter seems
| TO have transferred the scone OF is romances 70
Khokand The idea Of army Of one hundred ana MY
and General EndokimoH he has never been IN Cen
trial Asia In his lie, and since the exodus OF inc Cr
cassisns has been roposiDg from the .ois OF
| war on an estate given him by the Emperor.
He has been lighting against Turks, Persians
| and mountancers for nearly half century, md
after attaining oil the honors and dgniiies that can
be conferred him he will hardly feel inclined to recon
mence bis military career in the deserts OF inc oNus
But though The incidents related In the aforesaid ble
grams entirely imaginary there really has been some
smart diminishing near Tashkent ~ appears rom th'
official reports OF General Chernayeh, who ana moi
Endokimoa commands the Russian forces in Turkisan
After the capture of Fort MAJ Bek tbetween Chemken
and Tashken Chermaycn attacked on the 2lst May
by the whole army of Abnkool, the Khan Of khokand
some ton TO fifteen thousand strong. 1hc khokahdze
displayed considerable pluck but were soon dispersed
by the Russian artillery with the loss OF their gun
and three hundred prisoners and among the slain wa
Abnkool himself The death Of this pocntate may hav
very important influence upon the further course
events perhaps the Kingdom Of Khokand may be broker
up altogether the southern part has been invaded b.
the Ameer of Bokhsra, who has already possessed MN
self of the city of Hodand while the Russians are pass
ing around from the north. Since tho embassy OF Gen
Ignatien In 1853, Russia has boon on good terms VIII
the Ameer and IL agree with him about the diyisio
of The spos tho hosites ia Central Asia will probably