The North-Carolina standard., 1845-10-01
MILITARY DRILL in RUSSIA.

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Il MILITARY DRILL IN RUSSIA.
] s. The following horrible scene is from new
work, by the author.of Revelations of Russia u
and gives an idea, though doubtless an exageera.
ted one, OF the relation which exists between COM
manders and officers the Russian army. sa
Several of the riders were looking dnxiously
at the lsapng-bar, and counting the number Of
holes at which It was placed, with trepidation,
when the Gfand Duke, to their utter discontinue
caused It to be raised several pegs higher
s7H Now" said the Grand Duke 10 one of HE
aides de-camp. think that will do-qo and trv Il.
~" MonsieurP replied the colonel aides. de-cainp.
IN an accent of involuntary supphcation q it is
rather high I'' r
What dog, whose mother have defled %
roaTed Constantine-and the aidesde-camp dread.
ing more the wrath Of the Prince than barrier at
once spurred his horse at il; but, in the first
tptace, it was too high for his horse to rise 10.
and, IN the next, he was too nervous to lift him,
so that the animal turned short round The
Grand Duke jumped in.an instant to his charger,
which soldier held beside him, and leaping
backwards and forwards over the bar. he came
up to the colonel, and spat full in his face.
"There," he roared, dis It too high2 Go to
the barracks, hound-a months arrestI"
81 haze erred" repeated the colonel with hu.
miity : and watching till the Grand Dukes head
was turned to wipe the spittle from his face, he
Constantine now ordered another oflhe riders
to take the barrier, who, although he was tossed
!about on the saddle, gained such desperate energy
from the terrors of the Grand Duke behind him
that he forced his horse to clear it.
/" Put up the bar peg higherl"
And, on signal made, another unfortunate Of
6cer advanced to attempt the leap; but his hand
conveyed a tremulous motion to the rein-once,
twice. thrice his horse refused it.
dash upon it; spur him at it'll" thundered
theNGrand Duke.
The terrified rider spurred bis horse, and the
animal stopped suddenly Short flinging him over
bis head
sob, tho fool 7 said the the Grand Duke; {" a
months arrest Now get on again"
But ne could not hold the bride; his LEFT arm
was broken.
"Take him away, am glad Of It, wish it
was his mock Put up the bar peg higher
Now, you sir got upon that horse aud take him
over" .4
And thus half dozen horsemen was forced
successfully TO attempt the leap till they were
thrown, ,zor their horses thrown down, or the men
injured against the barrier BOG >'5
At length it came to the turn of the two degra-
ded men, The Duke had caused the bar to be
SO constantly raised, that there seemed no chance
Of their horses being able to leap it. But if the
barrier was before, the thunder of Constantine'S
voice was behind them. The ex-cadet first at
tempted, or feigncd attempt, Of the futiiity Of
which he was beforehand persuaded, for his horse
refused the leap -
BY this timo the Grand Duke was furious
" Take him up to it with more life, hound use
the spur Dash him to atoms against i'll Break
all his cursed bones and your own toe, or will
have them broken for you'll sa tssssa
But the rider, emartIng under his degradation
to the ranks, had turned dogged, and persisted in
bringing his charger at safe pace up to the
leap. eaa .sE%s't ts ec.1..rs1c
Get off. Devils head p (CkO,Iora GOloro,1
roared the Grand Duke. "Begone to the guard
house; I award you Eve hundred iashesI Now.
you," he continued to the ex-lieutenant "and if
you don't take it. have deiled your motheri-
will have both man and horse pTicked over
with lancets skz
Thus admonishcd, the degraded officer, who
was good rider and we'll mounted, lifted his
horse go energetically that he carried him to the
other side of the barrier though not indeed with
out grazing it with his feet
"He>touched-he touchedt' said the Grand
Duke; bring him back."N
He leapcd back. ~
Now again." said Constantine
d This time the horse fell headlong with his ri4
der. 46
" Put him TO it ngain," roared the Grand Duke.
But oil the desperate efforts of the ex-lieuteR-
ant, from whose nose and mouth the blood was
the while seemed unable TO determine
the affrghted, and perhaps injured, animal to rise
again. Al length the rider let the bride reins
drop, in utter discouragement, ON the horses neck
"Let me crave ten minutes rest, your lmperi-
al Highness."
!" Did my horse touch when leaped ito" ask
cd tho Grand Duke
+" In the first place, the bar has since been raised
many pegs; in the next, your Highness is better
said the Lithuanian, growing reck-
less. - s -
"OhI he reasons with me, he argues Off
your horse: 10 the barracks. Five hundred lash
es with other I"
Anscdots of Father Taylor. While Father
Taylor was delivering one Of his powerful dis
courses, at the Boston seamen's Bethel, and In
the middle of one of his most terrible pictures an