The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-10-28
MORNING, OCTOBER 20, 1s4s

vernment tor speedy and powerful rsinforcements
and expresses his opinion that II would be advisa-
BILE TO abolish the unpopular tax,
In the prtnclpality OF Srrva dlsafection has be-
gun TO show itself A party has found it necessary
oagitate because II considers the alton aggreved
on the following five points-l that a National
Assembly 10 not coDvoked; 2, the prince and GO
verDment have encroached upon the rights of the
people In the woods and forests 3, the Servian
pc ope are not Obliged 10 keep the roads 10 good
repair. because viIlenage IS abolished A. some of
the public offices being filed by Austrian Servlans
they should be dismissed, and replaced by natives
of the principally 8, the prince has rendered Pc
cunialy assistance 10 the fugitive Austrian Servians
our Of The public treasury.
To these complaints, the minister, Abraham Pc
tronlewitsch. replied 81, that as the constitution
(Ustap) Of 1888 ordained that there should be
Senate, composed OF seventeen members, a ma
honal assembly would be superfluous; 2, II was
duty which government owed TO posterity TO take
care that the woods and forests were not com.
petely DESTROYED; 3, that the Servlans were bound
by paragraph 80 OF the constitution to keep the
roads IN good repair, and that tina, has nothing TO
nent had been obliged 10 take Austrian Servians
ipto its service, because there wa total want of
educated men IN the prlnclpallty; 5, # the Prince
advanced money TO the unfortunate Austrian Ser
vans out of his prlvy purse, he was responsible TO
no one for having so done. What had been adj
vanced from the public treasury was on proper Sc
curly, and, being the work of the Senate, the
Prince was IN no way answerable for it," Thls Is
the summary of n long document, copies of which
were given TO the other ministers, accompanied
by the order that any attempt at insurrectlon should
be at once suppressed, and the rlngleaders punish
ed with the utmost seventy. Ii appears that this
has been attended with good results, for we have
not heard of any nsurrectonary movements Ii
is whispered that Michael Obrenowitsch is no
stranger 10 this agitation.
The Cologne gazette has advices from the mill
ta,y tronilefs of Turkey TO the 18th September
cordng TO which the insurrecuon in Bosnia had
broken cut silesh. The arrival of fresh rem
ioicement had encouraged the rebels to make ano-
iher movement, which the Turkish government
would hardly be able to suppress without The as
slstance Of Austria THIS aid will not be withheld;
the Austrlans are making every preparation TO
advance TO the scene OF action.
The Characteristics or Russia.
"Russla," says Baron HaXthausen, In hls recent
Book OF Travels in Russia, ''has a grand future
before her. That she should be one country is in
dspeDsHbly necessary, for nature divided her into
tour huge Partitions, no one of which can exist
without the Others. Their union alone forms a
powerful and independent State" He il right.
The north OF that country Is almost wholly cover
ed with woods. Among thems one uninterrupted
tract Of forests, OF greater size than the whole
Kingdom OF Spain. Next comes Il region of little
or no tenllity, extending from the lrral to Smo-
lenek covering AN area Of IL 600 square miles. and
Inhabited by population OF more than 10000, 900,
who are extensively engaged IN the manufacture
oil almost all articles Of industry, but who could
not manage TO exist and 10 pursue their ayocatons
il the northern forest did not supply them with
fuel and timber, aud II corr were not provided for
them by the ieuile plans OF the south. These
southern plains have an abundance Of loan, and
extend over territory Of twice the size of France
The wheat grows there for a hundred years
IN the same soil, without artificial help from
manning. In the southeast begin those bound
less "strppen," The hlunts Of the migratory ma
lions, whose descent upon the tlvlsed countries
OF Europe has always marked, and perhaps will
again marx, The grand epOChs in the history OF the
world. Tins immense tract OF land Is situated be-
tween four oceans, aud iGhdbited by thoroughly
homogeneous people, sound IN all their faculties,
clever, and possessed with an all peryadng, fana-
uca, and consequently dangerous spirit of nation
atty There Is noIhl0g that divides them, though
they are distinguished by their origin as Great
Russians aud Lesser Russians; but even between
these two large tribes there Is less difference In
dialect and manners than between the natives Of
Sussex and Yorkshire. They know no jealousy,
but they know emulation there is no strife Of fac
tons, and even their religious sects yield To that
one leading thoughi-ihe unity OF Russia and the
sovereign power OF the Scavonic race. The upper
clas sts ot this people have for century been ac-
queinied with European clvilisailon. IL did not
spTing fr,m their soil II was foreign lmpOrta-
ton, and so Il continues to this day. The lower
class,s, on the contrary, have resisted all foreign
influence but they are daily acquiring culture
peculiar Ia themselves, and which answers 10 the
demands at their ali-sbs orblng nationality.
The villages around Troiza are of miserable
deception, but they have each fine stone church.
The kpssicn peasants live In leg houses, and pride
villsges, They would scOrn 10 remove from a
stone church village TO one with log church and
no marriage with the inhabitants Of the lees re-
spectacle villages can be thought Of To have u
tODe chuf,h iS THEREFOR, the great ambition Of all
villages winch that article OF luxury Is not NJ yet
10 be found, and rank Is bought by building SUCH
church. The cost Of It IL from 10 900 10 30 900
iubl.s recording to the size required, aud the de-
gtJe oi IespsCtabtiy which the inhabitants wish
To obtain. To collect such sum, for such pur.
pose, is by no means a difficult thing in Russia. A
srore 81 the villagers start a begging expedition.
Their travels costs them nothing, for they get food
aid shelter Tor the mere asking. After twelve
nobth's wandering they return, often after having
collected lafger cum than their purpose requires.
Such things can only be done in a country like
kussis. The people have no politics; but they
have two leading ideas, which influence all their
sctions, end sre ever uppermost in their minds,
VIZ; strong feeling OF nationality, and an ardent
love OF their national church. Under the influence
ct these idtss, a Russian is always ready to give
ny HE property snd his life Another feature IN
their naiIonsl character goes a great way towards
explaining this llberality. Russian is almost as
pTtDc Ia give as he ~ to take. Property rs no
where so precsrious ne u IL in Russia nowhere
does II charge hands so rapidly. man Is rich to-
cay ana poor Tomorrow, and rice uusd They
make money. and spcBd II almost IN the same in
s'an; they cheat, and are cheated; they steal
win one hand, aud give away with the other.
The uadtsman who has just cheated you out Of
sixp,nce, turns round and gives halt-a.crown to-
waios building church in village Of which he
never heard the name.
The town aud country Of Jsroslow gave Baron
bs1ihsusen the fret opportunity OF obtaining some
insight INTO the PRACTICAL working OF the national
Institution of Workmanship. On short trip TO the
seal ~ DeiRhborlug country gentleman, he at
tended meeting ~ the par .hioners Of some road
siue village. Al, The male members OF the commu-
niiy TONED cIrcle:the parish officers and the old
est Ibbabrsnts, or "whte heads" conversed on
diii.rtB NJ topics OF common INTEREST," motions were
made and discussed, rejected and adopted, and
everything was done with great seeming order and
m,ihod. The parish oiliceIeand the white heads
were the only speakers; The younger men were -.
lent and atteative They spose with energy aud
precision; essy flow Of words seemes to prevail
throughout. There was no squsbbllng and scream
ug. there were no Interruptions. tuch as Baron
HaAihausen had been accustomed TO IN his official
discussions with HE Westyhslisn colleagues. The
| parish ~ guestion CONSISTED Of 70 farms with ~
male inhabitants. II had formerly been the proper
y (malet females, children aud ally of the Prince
kOssowskl; out the peasants had bought their lib
eriy, aud the coil on which they lived, for G., $50.
There ~ something extremely Inconsistent IN such
bHtgaiu. The punce was the owner, not only
Of The al the VILLAGE and pf he soil the