The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-05-23

! donei u hat is my crime1 Why was
carried off in this mysterious fashion? |
am the victim Of some inconceivabie er-
ror' Oh. Tor PHYS sake take me back 10
ST. Petersburg. and all l possess, and ali
that my family possesses. shall be yours"
81 cannot" answered the feldjager.
! And then, drawing from the pocket in
his cloak, smslL~Raseel, he presented it
to Major rcheghelowski. adding: "There
is what Gen. Po,emkin bade me give you
when we parted"
! 1t was the other glove of the Princess
Zouwouski.
! The Major started; his deep emotion
caused the blood 10 rush to his face; and
fond recollection awakened the courage
that had almost failed him, under so try
| ing circumstance, he replied, Very
well, sir; tell Gen. Poemkin that value
| his present far more than dread Siberia,
and that he has given happiness enough
to support me during the period of my
exile"
The feldjager bowed, cracked his whip,
and off the vehicle flew: while the unfor-
tunate exile watched its disappearance.
with much the same feelings as the wan
derer, lost in labyrinth of catacombs,
would witness his feeble lamp fickering,
and about TO be extinguished. or perceive
the thread that was TO guide him hack to
light and life, suddenly snapped asunder.
Seventy wears passed by-seventy years
| were dragged through amidst hardshiPs,
dangers, and priva,ions of every kind
Yes, even in that iron cline, that most
desoa;e latitude, years flew rapidly over
the exile's head-for it is astonishing how
time seems abridge by the sameness of
the life one leads.
Chance at length caused the unhappy
victim 10 be discovered, in 1912, by an
officer under government, who was sent
on mission to Tobolsk. Having learned
his story, he caused it to be Immediately
reported to Gen. Tcherenlchow, who re-
lated ii forthwith TO the Emperor. The
injustice had been secret, the reparation
was open and signal. The exile now a
centenarian, was taken from the fsba that
he had built with his own hands in Sibe.
ria; he was brought to st. Petersburg, and
the Emperor, In the presence OF the
twelve regiments assembled on the place
of Admiralty, addressed HIM In the follow
| ing noble language: "Be assured, sir, that
| had sooner known of your msfortunes,
| they should long since have ceased. Re-
main in St. Petersburg, pension of 1000
roubles is henceforth insured to you; it is
| Russia that gives it,"
! Major Tchelowski has religiously pre-
served the uniform he wore in the eigh-
teenth century. Notwithstanding his ad-
vanced age, nearly hundred and seven
years. he may be seen walking about, ON
the Newtki Parade, with a figure still
erect, and mildly serene rountenance,
looking with the greatest surprise, on the
changes that seventy years have effected
in society, and talking. with degree Of
enthusiasm that the SHOWS of age have not
yet frozen, of Catherine H., the Prince
de Linge, Count Segur, and Alexis Orloff,
as if all these personages were still 10 be
found in the Halls of the Hermitage, or
! in the garden of the Touride Palace.
On reaching the capital, his first care
| had been to write his will. 1t consisted
of the following words:
Il request, as last favor, that may
! be buried with the glove that will be found
| fastened to my neck by black ribbon"