Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-05-31

had murdered his officer ana prokeh open
his chest, and had then become brodlaga.
lie received an application OF the knout and
was sent to the mines, but It IS very possible
that Ie has smuggled himself out again, and
that he is to-day an official somewhere.
Murder, even in broad dayiignt Is mere
verv common. Women thus revenge them |
selyes mon an unfaithful lover, or TO get rid |
oc n tedious husband, or of children who
hinder the maternal plans. The usual
means is poison. When the deed IS done,
tho murderer goes to the Judge, shows him
n 6ve.rouble piece, (the customary fee III
s,ch coses) )-declores, if 1t were man,
,bat he drank himself to death. The oiflcial
then turns the thing over to the Physician OF
the District, who inspects the BODY, uflhSs
cun of tea in the house of mournlng,-shps
,he five rouble bit into his pocket and certl-
Cos ,hnt the deceased died of apoplexy, oc-
casioned by drinking. The thing is then
DONG. When children are caused to DIE
there is n similar proceeding, only the fatal
;Ilpess has naturally another name. Into
such society falls the exile who has scarcely
shed the shoes of childhood, and is not yet
capable of a political offense. Yet the Com
! mission of Inquiry, bent upon advancing lt-
self finds something TO do here, Ganles
and Jokes are adudged TO be consplracies'-
They arrest the children, and by blows ana
threats, and promises, drive them lnto con
fessions of deeds of which they have never
dreamed Whit must become OF children
under such influences?
Among the inhabitants of Siberia are also
TO be reckoned those who in the phraseology
of the Government are called Kirgish, who
have ostensbly submitted to the Russian
woke. The warlike among them are howev-
er independent tu this day, and like the
Tacherkish, are in perpetual feud with the
Russians. The friendly, too, do not always
| deserve the name, for on favorable chance
they Join with their free brethren and fall up
OH the Russian villages that lie along the
border between the two races, and lay every
thing waste,
| Yet the Russians often win brilliant VIC
tories over these foes and had some oppor-
tunities of observing the prisoners brought
in. Far away noise is heard, not shrlll,
but smothered roar as if from the interior of
the earth. Then the green Russian uniform
appears, and behind this n crowd of gray
heads laden with chains, and surrounded by
a guard of soldiers. MOmently il pnuses, for
the old men who can scarce carry along their
own bodies, must constantly rest as they
creep on with their heavy chains. These
are the hostages of the Krgish, and those
who conduct them are for the most part
Poles, who serve in tue Siberian batalions-
Slaves leading Slaves.
What now does Russia with all these
people; why does she lead them into cap
| tivity, and what finally becomes of them P
| These are unanswerable questions. Should
! they be ransomed? The Kigsh is too poor
for that. lie has only the dry desert; his
feet, tent and his horse, and they do not
suffice for a ransom. Even the friend Kr-
gish looks upon the Siberian with contempt,
and stays in his cities only long enough to
transact his business. That once over, he
springs upon his horse and hunts whatever
comes to hand, as if he regretted the time
lost and hoped 10 make it up.
The Kirgish is genuine Nomad and pass
, es his life in the wild. When not on horse
, back lie sits in his conical tent, nude of the
, felt of camers hair. Here lie drinks his
! Kumis, sour, spirtuous, exciting drink
f mudo of mares milk, which he suffers to
o drip into leathern bag adapted TO the pur-
! pose. The Siberians drink it as medicine
: aud conted that it is good for diseases of the
!. heart aud even for consumption.
l. The Kirgish externally resemble the Tar
II tars, aud have, like them, ugly features, little
" glowing eyes, deeply set in the head, curling
u DluCk nlll, anu pulC NOiIpiNAlOns DhA hh'
D. resemblance is only external. The Tarta
vs. has somewhat civilized himself, and has be
e, come quiet, peace loving tradesman, Will,
o. the Kirgish is still the wild son of the Step
ut pes. Brave, impatient aud fiery as his horse
ly hard, yet tempered as his dagger; rough a
Sc his drink; he doubles up his fist when h
,s meets Russian, and fosters his hatred for
is ever. The Siberian Tartar dreams no NOR
tn of Freedom; he has become used TO tn
he yoke, and is "good subject" Tie Kirgist
lis too, has been obliged TO submit, but tn
lid consciousness lies like n stone upon his hear
he Apparently he bends under the iron law, bu
lat it is only that he may be nearer the oppres
u sor to plunge the dagger into his breast /,
lh the fitting moment Their revenge is of th
'es most awful character, and is such as prevail
IN among wild men TO whom torment and maj
'e- tyrdom are pleasant
SIZE They err greatly who fancy that the Sib'
DC rian exile dwells in a subterranean hole an
10 hunts sables in order TO supply certai
quantity of skins TO the Government, or WI
we seek the horror of Siberia in the climate
es 1t is true that the cold is SO severe that brt
i'll, upon the wing freeze and fall dead TO Il
si- earth, and scuryy and gout are for the san
adj reason permanent diseases, especially in Il
en- eastern regions. The Summer is as warm
Ter the Winter is cold, and the heat is more il
he tollerable from the swurms of gnats. b
of these things do not make Siberia terrible
1ri- is tho ineXorable thought "Thou shalt
he here" This it is that strikes its vultu
y a heak into the heart of the Exile and gnaS
BOD it always and everywhere. 1t lningles in 1
ON dreams, il awakes with him at morning al
he clings to him until he sinks, wearied, TO see
'les From every book which he takes in his han
from the sheet of paper to which he wou
= TO confide his sorrow, stare at him the fright
esi- words. They mirror themselves upon !
ac- features, and seem to each of his fellow 81
led, ferers stamped upon his brow. This hi
reat degree of suffering shows itself also in I
nc faces of natives, many of whom-withc
our knowing il, are children of the unhap
Mi. whose bones lie under these eternal snoy
In | The hOrrilla thOInlt of being SllerI