The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1847-10-19
KA1IDA PUTNAM COUNTY OHIO TUESDAY OCTOBER 49, lsl7

10 tho fame of warrior? He qncled The
Polish insunestion, but The nsuWeclionarl
spirit bad already extended to Russia, and
Poland was his before; iis annexation hat
become matter Of history, and he wcs M
moro responsible for it than Victoria is 70
The suhjugaiion Of Ireland. Wealth is his
beyond all private wants and WISHES; and fol
this very reason it has no other value in BIZ
eyes Than the ability tosimpart il 10 other
with free hand. Power ho coveis not, 70
lthe power he already possesses canno, poss
tbly be augmented, and in fact is The hes
check upon itself, there being more mcri
and pleasure in abstainiug from the exercise
oft, than in using it upon all occasons.-
How, ihon can his irtercstb be any other thai
the interest of his peoplos Wkat can b.
the object of his indolaiigabIs exeriions, j
not the Improvement of the heritage tha
has descended 10 him from bis fathers?
1t is very common opinion, we know not
whence derived, that The Empc,or is austere
in inanner and difficult Of access. Nothing
can be further from tho ruth. There Is no
difficulty in making any want or wiab known
to him, Without the assistance ofany friend
ut court. The humblcst serf may appeal 10
the Gar, and tho Minister OF otitions is
bound TO make it kaown, however absurd or
offensive its character. A widow, for in
stance, prays that her son-in.lrw may be pun
ished for pushing hor ont uf doors and hurt
ing her shoulder, an old maid asks dow
ry, that she may obisin a husband One
in!cighs against the Minister of Petitions,
another against the Emperor himself; yet all
this, abuse and threats 10 bnot, must be, and
ID, inevitably laid before him for pcrusal and
decision.
no petition remains unanswered, whose
subject m after is worthy of notice;
and the answer is always a Just one, when
JUSTICE il. s.altainaLle. For iustaLc', a richRus-
sian general was betrothsd 10 the daughter
ofa Polish noble near Warsaw On the day
appointed for the marriage, the bridegroom
with three officers, one of them
pe'spna'inga "a priest, and sham marriage
iookplace. Two years after, the general be-
came tired Of bis wife, and Sade her return to
her father, at the same time informing her
how she had been deceived. The indignant
father had recourse 10 law, but he could OBJ
tan no redress: aud he poiitioned the Empc
ror, who gave Immediately, upon iiyestiga-
ting the subject, the following decisive an
swer: "As the general is not really married
10 his wife, the mock marriage is null and
void: bat as the wife has been most scanda-
lcusly imposed upon, he is dismissed from
his Office, with the loss ofhis salary, and of
all claim to future employment. His whole
is forfeited to the injured lady, and
he is not permitted 10 marry again.
In an empire so extensive as Russia, there
must, of course, be many poor, and the sfects
Of scarcity at times be felt. TO meet such
emergencies, magazines of provision and
clothing have been established by the En-
Deror, in the different districts, for the relief
If The nccessitous. In rome other coun-
ries, re rncdics are provided for such evils
AFTER they have happened, usually when it
S TOO la'e. Had The example Of the Gar
,een copied in Britain, the starving Irish
would not now be in such need Of assistance
rom America: Were other governrn ents TO
provide for ihoir poor As Nicholas does, in
stead ofthrusling them upon our shores, il
would be far more honorable for them
Nicholas's charities may at times have been
abused, by breach of faith on the part of
hose to whom they were entrusted, but
uch abuses arc exemplary punished whel
and a system Of espionage upon
uch functionurcs is watchfully and rgidly
icpt up. aa...r ,,..,- t...
Much Of the attention the Emperor has
'een directed 10 the improvement Of Rus
ian agriculture, and as far as it has been in
lis pewer, he has caused the improved i'm
'elncnts OF modern husbandry to be subsii-
a'ed for the clumsy and antiquacd tools OF
Io Muscoyite lillage.
RussIa has made greater advances in man
fcc'ures, during the reign Of Nicholas, than
Il aEy thing else. The Emperor has the
equisite capital, and the mills afford adysn-
aseous employment for tho crown Rerls.-
Yoolan, and cottop factories are springng up
II over the country, some Of tho machinery
eing imported from England, and some
rom this county. We are informed that a!
he end of the present year nearly million
nd = half spindles will be in operation in
sussia. .-.-,...
The advantages TO bo derived from rail-
Dads have not escaped the Emperor's obser-
alton. The experimental one was from ST.
10 Tzarskoc Zelo, distance Of
weniy miles. Another one is now being
aid irsm ST. Petersburgh to Moscow, four
undred and fifty miles, which is to be cx-
andcd TO Odessa, the principal port on the
Hack Sea. Another is in contemplation
rom Moscow to Astrachau, on the Caspian
Sea, one thousand miles, and sill another to
Warsaw, Another is 10 run from Moscow 10 I,