The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-10-27
schamyl. the oiroassian Ohief, Takes the
Oath Of Allegiance to the Emperor Of
Russia.

ST. ,PETERsBURG, Sept. 81 l.--Schamyl
the captive Circasslan chleftain, has ia.
ken the oath of allegiance to his Imperi.
al Majesty. The circumstance under
which such change was brought about
in the naughty prisoner are described as
follows in the Russian Invalid: II will
be remembered that after fighting against
the Kusslans for twenty years, Schamyl
was taken prisoner in 1859, at the CAP.
ture OF fGunib, and sent thence, with
his family and a few retainers, to reside
at Kaluga, a town in the central part of
Russia. The consideration which was
shown him from the first by his victors
made deep impression on the uncivili.
zed mountaineer, who had expected
nothing short of decapitatton. His res
ception by the inhabitants OF the town
to which he was banished still further
sottened his heart and one by one ibis
Aslatic semi. barbarous fears and preiu.
dices were removed. At last even he
was honorably received by the Emperor
at Chuguief, at cavalry review.
Struck with the magnanimity and con
descension OF the Car, SO different in
his bearing fro Asiatit potentates,
Schamyl there and then confessed that
that his heart was fairly won, and that
i'e only awaited an opportunity to give
proof ofhis sincerity and gratitude. 'At
last only month ago, great sorrow
came to disturb the serenity of his ad.
vanced years--his favorite daughter.
Nafisato, died. The Emperor having
been informed Of the sad event by tele.
graph, at once dispatched an officer, who
was charged with the conveyance of the
body Of Nafsato to her native Caucass
us. Thereupen Schamyl the following
autograph letter in Arabic to the En-.
peror: fas "a g5S,
Thou, great sovereign, hast vanquished
me and the people subject to me, by
force of arms; thou; great sovereign,
hast spared my life; thou, great soye,
reign, hast subdued nv heart by thy
benefcence. 1t is my sacred duty, as
a decrepit old man, loaded with thy ia
vors and vanquished by thy magnanimi.
ty, to instil into my children sense of
their obligations toward Russia and her
lawful ruler. have erjoined them to
cherish feelings of everlasting gratitude
TOWARD thee, 0, Sovereign, for all the
favors which thou continually heapest
upon me. l have eJoined them to be
true subjects of the Czar of Russia and
useful servants of our new country. Rem.
der, y, Sovereign, my old age tranquil
by ordering that I should take an oath
OF allegiance to thee, together with my
children. am ready to take that oath
publicly. / call upon Almighty God
and His great Prophet Mahomet to wit.
meas any sincerity ana the purity of my
thoaghts, and / record my oath ON the
most holy Koran, before the not long
chilled body ofmy best.beloved daugh.
ter NaGsato. VoGchsafe, %; Sovereign,
to grant this my most earnest prayer.
The Emperor had of course, i,o oh,
Jection toreceive The Inman's oath of
allegiance, which must infallibly have an
important effect on the Mussulman pop.
nlation Of sCircassia, Accordingly, Oh
the 18th OF August 9Th of September)
last, Schantyl and his sons. Kasi Maho-
ma and Mahomet.Shaf, swore fealty to
the Emperor and bis successors in the
greathall OF the Assembly Of Mobiles at
Kaluga. q:6
The Masehal ofiNobilisy having ad,
dressed 'hisnew fello@.subiects in terms
of welcome and congratulated, Scl,amyl
replied in Arabic almost in the same
terms as thoseiused in his letter to the
Emperor. The ceremony Terminated
with a luncheon ("zakuskan at winch
Schamyi made speech, thanking the
inhabitants of Kaluga, through their i
Mayor, fortlie kindness with which he
had been received in their town. Cor
Loadoa D@ly Ne,os