The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-11-10

he has suffered unaided, or he found some moro
desperate associates in the modern capital In
deed according to his confession c did find abet-
tors in st. Petersburg, but there was not sufficient
| evidence to support his statement.
~, All day on a. Monday groups might be seen at
| that the sentence which Ind been passed upon
| the prisoners would be carried into execution
on on the following morning and at an early hour on
Tuesday tho people began to assemble round
the scafold on tho plain of Smolcnsk, n drcary
waste, to which tho incomency of the weather gaye
! still moro dismal appearance. 1t had been raining
all night and towards the hour fixed for the exc
cuton it began to SNOW. Owing partly TO this cir
cumstanco, and partly perhaps to tho fact that
in that of KarakozoG, tho concourso was far less
numerous than that assembled to wtncas the oxc-
cuton or tho rcSicide.
At five minutes past seven q detachment Of gen.
darmcs, with drawn swords. was seen approaching
tho scaGold, followed by eleven carts, in each Of
which ant ono of the euiprits, with his back to the
driver, having aboard fastened to his breast, OH
which the words estate criminal wcrc printed in
largo letters. 1schoutine was the first to mount
they were placed in row, the drums were beaten,
and hey oil stood uncovered whilo tho sentence
was road. Ischoutine WAS thon lod to tle drop,
nobility were degraded in tho manner usual on
while @ sword was broken over the head
Of each, In the meantime OF tho priests
(of whom there were three in attendance, two
Greek and ono Roman Catholic), WAS administer
ing inc COB0latOnS OF rougIOn to the chief Gull
prft, and when ho had concluded his. oxhortations
ischoutine bowed three times to tho crowd, took
last look at his aecomplices, and resigned himself
into the a hands M Of the executioner His eyes were
WAS fastened round his neck, when q messenger
was seen approaching Mt a rapid ratio, holding in
Every man In tho crowd took off his hat and
listened in breathless silence whilst the paper
being read, which proved to be, as was expected O
Communication of Ischoutine's sentence. Ho is to
be sent to hard labor for life in tho 1nines OF
Siberia.
A few hours afterwards oil the prisoners wero on
the road to Moscow, whence they will be taken to
their several destinations.
THE EASTERN QUESTION.
IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS NEW SCHEME OF
NAPOLEON.
tconstan"ope October 1S Correspondence London Horn
ing Herdtd]
Will you believe it2 The Cretan inBurTection is
momentarily put in the shade by rumors which,
should they prove founded, would change at no
distant time tho face Of European Turkey, destroy
forever the influence Of Russia in the East afford
ample compensations both to tho Popo and the
Emperor Of Mexico, and definitely solve the Orion
tai question to the great glory Of Franco and of
aged BY the collapse Of the Me]Sican ] Empire f @ and
the turn which the German question has taken,
would be retrieved ten-foldP After having ex,
mors arc but one OF these bdlons Gessat par
ticular to the secret policy or the Tuileries,
| give them to you for what they are worth:
is whispered that the Marquis dc Moustier has
stealthily but steadily worked during the five
years ne has spent ut constantinople- WAS ac-
credited there in August, 1861-to merge the Chris
tan population Of the Sultan belonging to the
Greek Church into the Latin one. 1t is said that
the Russian Government had scent of those
when Prince orlo6 made, last year, overtures to
high dignitaries Of your own Church to unto the
Greek Church with tho Anglican one. 1t is said
that the Pope s not adverse to the French scheme,
which would more than amply compensate the ga
critices to which his temporal power has been sub
jected, and that once the schism that divides the
Christians in the East should have been extermin-
ated ut the expense Of the Grecian rite. Jerusa-
lem, with its splendid associations would offer to
tho spiritual heads Of Christendom throne much
more brilliant and suitable than Rome. It is said
that tho converting Of the Egyptian Government
into military and administrative zones copied
to the realization of the great scheme which after
all ia but part Of the aspirations Of Napoleon ILL.,
to unite the whole Latin under the guidance OF
Greek populations OF Turkey belong to the latin
race. As to Russia, she must be content to rule
over the Sclavonic one, il she can. Lastly, it is
tellect is not completely darkened by fanaticism,
feel that since the Christian populations Of the
Sultan are no more subjected to his efectual rule
ing, in virtue Of the treaty Of 1856, from France,
England and Prussia; and seeing that they Mus
sulmans) have more TO fear from Russia than from
sulnans and the Christians to continue to live in
the same country and under the Same government;
and thence endless speculations which the future
palities, bear the burden, and which shall not
trouble you with. But one thing is certain, be-
fore leaving us to go and assume tho direction Of
foreign affairs in France NJ. de Moustier express
ed himself in very cheerful way upon the fnsur-
rection OF the Cretans and the propaganda Of
Greece, both of which he considered as not being
the blending Of the Greek Church iLto the Latin
one conclude from the language of his excellency
that he has been put at the helm Of these affairs
the scheme, the foundation OF which he has so
cleverly laid down.