TRAGIC FATE OF TWO CLERGYMEN.

Southland Times, Volume III, Issue 16, 14 December 1863, Page 5 (Supplement)

TRAGIC FATE OF TWO CLERGYMEN.

The Vienna Sonntags-Zeitung received from its Warsaw correspondent tbe following piece of intelligence — '' All the attempts of the Russian Government to discover tlie leaders of (lie Polish revolt having hitherto been in vain, the Russian agents abroad were directed to leave no means untried to discover the names of those persons to wi on diplomatic reports from abroad are addressed in Poland. Some time since a Russian spy succeeded in getting possession of a document which Prince Czartoryski had forwarded from London to Warsaw, and in learning the name of the addressed, who was a Catholic priest In a village near Warsaw. This priest, Douicki by name, was arrested and brought for examination into the castle at Warsaw. A search made through his house produced nothing compromising, and the priest strenuously denied having taken any direct or indirect part in the insurrection. The Russian " Committee of Public .Safety '' did nut know how to dispose of their captive, for his personalty did not seem adapted for a diplomatic agent, and yet the details of the sp/ were so exact and precise that the man must surely be moie than he seemed to be. Dodicki was able, however, to clear himself from all suspicion, and was on the point of obtaining his release when the agent reported that great consternation reigned among the London Committee on account of the seizure of that priest, as he was the confident of the secret of the National Government, and possessed important documents. It was now eudeavored, as threats availed naught, to extract a confession hy means of enticing promises. A prebendal stall, with a rich benefice, was held out as a reward. This modified the stern resolution of the hitherto inflexible man. He swore most solemnly on the crucifix to make revelations, yet he stipulated that a confessor should be sent to him previously, who should grant him absolution and release him from the oath he had sworn to the National Government. A priest was soon found. Dodicki remained alone with the holy father in his cell, and the committee anxiously awaited the moment when the confessor would leave the captive. As nevertheless, the interview lasted too long, an entry was , made into the cell, aud a horrifying | spectacle presented itself to view. Do- I dicki lay a corpse upon the ground, and I the priest who was to have granted absolution lay near him in the agonies of death. All restoratives were in vain, as the confessor had taken a large dose of prussic acid. This priest, whose name was Czerwinski, always passed for a faithful dependent of the Prussians, and had at an earlier period given proofs of his attachment to the Czar. Tbe corpses were iutened in tbe castle itself. Dodicki is said to have played an important part ; he looked very simple, and none would have credited him with those talents which fitted him to act as a Chief Commissioner of the . National Government.

SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR. ENTERING THE PORT OF INVERCARGILL. From the Provincial Government Gazette, Aug. 7 Vessels bound for New River should steer for the north end of Point Island, around which, to within a cable's length, there is not less than five fathoms water. A small patch is said to exist about a quarter of a mile off in a westerly direction, but the pilots have not been able to find less than five fathoms water on it, hard sand bottom. Outside the Bar, in six fathoms, is moored a spiral-shaped t»lacU buoy, bearing: from the north end of the Island north half a mile. Steer for this buoy, and as you approach it the leading beacons, painted white, will come on with each other bearing from you E. £- S. Keep the beacons in one, leaving the black buoy on your port hand, which will lead you over the bar in fifteen feet at low water, spring tides. The breadth of the bar is about a good cable's length, and inside of it, in four fathoms, is a spiral-shaped white buoy, marking the south side of the channel. The course from this buoy, to about two cables' length above the Pilot Station, is E jN, and from thence, to about four cables' length farther up, Eby N. The channel then gradually bends to the northward until past the Bombay Roc Ic. The Pilot Station is situated between the leading beacons, and, except in heavy gales, a pilot will board the vessel abreast of the station, but, should the wind and sea be too strong for him to put oft", the shipmaster by attending to the following directions, may be able himself to conduct his vessel to a place of safety : — The channel is marked by white buoys on the starboard or south side, and by black buoys on the port or north side. Keep midway between the black and white buoys. About three cables' length below the Bombay Rock lies a small rock called the " Guiding Star Rock," with only four feet water over it. A white buoy has been placed on the west side of this rock, in twelve feet water The Sand Spit, on the opposite side of the Channel, has been advancing into it during the last six months, and at present the breadth of the passage between the Spit and the rock is so narrow that it would not be prudent for a stranger to run through. It would be safer to anchor abreast of the second black buoy, above the Pilot Station, where a vessel with good ground tackle could ride in comparative safety. The leading mark to pass midway between the rock and the Spit is : — Keep the high hummcck on the extreme end of Sandy Point a sail's breadth open to the eastward of the iron white beacon on Bombay Rock, bearing N E J N. When abreast of the white buoy, keep off a little, so as not to shave the point of the Spit too close ; a N by E half E course will then lead you through between the Bombay Rock and the black buoy on the opposite side of the channel. On the west side of the Bombay Rock is placed an iron beacon, surmounted hy a barrel painted white. The top of the beacon is fifteen feet above low water mark, and the rock projects from the beacon twenty feet W N VV into the channel ; immediately beyond there is eighteen feet water. The course from abreast of this beacon to the second white buoy as you proceed upwards is N E by N. and from thence to the third white buoy N E, but allowance must be made for the set of the tide, which runs through the blind channel and strikes across the ship channel, between the Bombay Rock and the first white buoy above it. The flood setting east, the ebb west. Tiie best anchorage for a stranger to take is abreast of the third white buoy from the Bombay Rock, letting go the anchors nearest to the S W side, as it is pretty steep, too. The depth of water near the shore is three, and, in midchiinnel, five fathoms — good holding ground. It is high-water full and change at the Pilot Station at I2h. 30m., and the rise of tide from six to eleven feet, according to the winds and state of the tides ; westerly winds setting the tides up. A flagstaff has been erected on Steep Head, on which will be hoisted, on and after the 15th August, 180.3, tidal signals, nearly the same as shown at Lonsdale Point, Port Phillip, viz. : — BETWKF.N SI'NTRISE AND SUNSET. During the first quarter flood, a blue flag half-mast high. During the second quarter flood, a blue flag at tlie mast-head Duringthe third quarterflood, No 7 Marryatt's, half-mast high. During the last quarter flood, No 7 Marryatt's at the mast-head. nnii tii>f.. During first quarter, a blue flag half-mast hip;h, with a ball underneath. During second quarter, a blue flag at mast-head, with a ball underneath. During third quarter, No 7, Marryatt's, halfmast high, with a ball underneath. Last quarter. No 7, Marryatt's, at the masthead, with a ball underneath. When the sea is high on the bar, a black ball will be hoisted at the north yardarm, in addition to the tidal signnh ; but, when it is unfit for a vessel to enter tlie harbor, tho tidal signals will not be shown, hut two black balls will be hoisted at the north yardarm. Communication may be had with vessels at sea, by means of Marryatt's signals, at the south yardarm. Marryatt's signals, at the north yardarm, will be intended for the pilots at the station. Masters of vessels should not run for the harbor during the ebb tide, unless with a good commanding breeze, smooth water, and with a vessel easily steered. The hearings and courses given are by compass, and the soundings at low water spring tides. J. B. GRETG, Harbor Master. «.