The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1844-05-16
From the New York E1presS.l
BR66ks' LETTkRs1 FROM EUROPE.

bhOOAS' LETTEKSSFROM EUROPE
The pi1agng of MOscOp at The time of is CenRagrd-
h0H-IHeideats connected Nth The burning Oft City,
The Sharon Hills Prisoners chO are doomed 10 The
WIlds Of Siberia, etc.
Moscow, 1S43.
It was the burning Of Moscow m6te than any feel
ing of revenge that gave sort Of savage ferociy to
every movement of the French army They had slain
until the hand Of the murderer was faint with labor and
even the thirsty spirit OF vengeance became exhausted
Napoleon alone had power to check the prevailing
madness of the hour and before him all were awed in
10 silence and respect With the desroyers themselves
it was soon blood fof bl56d--TBG desblater became
desolae, and the destroyer of anohers life suppant
for his own. The temples had been robbed of their
god and silver and precious Stones and such was the
plhnder Of the French Emperor sent from Moscow to
Paris,-a part Of which reached its destination, but
most of twas nterceptedb by the Cossacks who seemed
to be omnipresen and dealing out Tetgence wherever
they appeared. Awful indeed must have been every in
cident Of the Russian campaign, from The enrahGe OF
The French army into the city in the spleEd6r III great
triumph, 10 their sad departure from the walls of the
town. The fire btoke out in the Bazar where there was
contagon in every inch of ground and from the centre
1t spread Until nearly fourhs of the city was in
Names. The walls of the Kremlin were impregna-
BILE to the hames but the city was burnt and burning
beyond the flames being spread even by the incendiary
and robber, until orders given to hang every Rus
sian at his door, who should be found thus sacrificing
life and property. For time Moscow was sea of
fire. and rolled on driven by the winds and over
whelming everything that stopped its course The tenn
nd he all olil q hofor nd
beneahthe fury ofthe flames. The waters of the Mos
kna that wound their serpentne course along the city,
nor those of the lake and springs around nor all the
labor and art of man. could stay Of the angel Of death
He moved as with the flaming sword, and whichever
way he would he went until even the destroyer seemed
weary Of his flight and of his will stayed his pro-
gress. Look on this picture, and now on this. From
the Sharon hills see signs Of this desolaton Ev-
cry thing is bright and beautiful beneath you.
Instead of the blaze of fire. there is the of Heaven
gliding the domes and minarets of the Kremlin. Hun
dreds of churches and con1ehs are sending forth their
gded and sarspangled steepes, amidst the thcky set
sed habitaons of the people The great river OF the
city is at the foot Of the hill from whence begins the ex
panddd plain upon which the city has been laid. The
Boulevards Of the town give some form and shape to
the irregular mass Within but beyond the walls there is
neither form nor shape, crowned as they are with so
many towers, domes and minarets, with the pointed
roofs Of almes dill the dwellings, make the whole view
picturesque and imposing. The city is seen from the
,ShaTomihfTs in all its extent and grandeur.
The setting sun shonefully upon the Kremln as l
stooaupon the brow of hill, and at glance all the
buildings Of the sacred enclosure of those beyond were
seen, appearing in more than their own beauty We
had travelled six or seven verss from the town to see
these hills with no other attraction than the grand view
they gave of the city As N all historical places, they
were here most Interesting associations to add to the
pleasure Of our visit They were hot only those have
mentioned In the first appearance Of Moscow to the
French Army, after their long and weary march from
Poland but hete almost Upon the sthhit Of the hill is
the temporary prison house Of the unfortunate beings
doomed to an eternal exile In the mines ot Siberia
"Fresh from the knout and recent from the chain {"
they borne first to this great depot prepared for their
reception, and from thence to their new deary home
The Sabbath Is the day selected for this pilgrimage
and Of Sabbath morihg, or noon, fay be seen from
6fy to thrice fifty human beings borne off under
strong military gtatd to regions where they to re-
main until death relieves them OF their suerings. There
is no return from this exile and the mention OF Siberia
in Russia seem to excite terror in every bosom that
hears the sound. The political offender and the oen-
der against the laws of God and man, find here COM
mon resting place. 1t is treason TO think aloud, either
in the whisper of thought or through the Press The
law is deemed more potent tha6 the sword, and 81
IBERIA is hung up like 'ghost goblin damned" to
terry all who speak, and wrfte well as those who
act with freedom against the State Upon the Sharon
Hills is the depot for most of the othdet and here
congregae the curious and the sympathsng to their
fellow men torn thus from friends and country for the
commission of offences sometimes never designated as
such and in other hands would be deemed more vir
tue than crime Moscow is only the depot for the pris-
oners of the Capital and those OF the provinces north
and west Further at the East there is another for col
lectng and caging the prisonere of state saw some
of the most miserable Of these beings upon the hill be-
fore took leave closely watched by the soldiers COM
peed 10 labor under the eyes of strong body guard &
looking as if hope had fled them forever. would have
seen the exit Of the Sabbahday prisoners but so poor
curiosity seemed to be as well to leave ungratied
after the specimens of misery had seen. A ira
weller Is so closely watched in Russia and the caa-
oeue Of offences are so many, that even Che neghbor-
hood Of depot like that have just seen and the as
sociations connected with 1t, are sufficient to make
man almost invountaTily put his hand to his head to
seeif fairly rests upon his shoulders. There may be
no danger for foreigner but the heart and strings