The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1851-08-30

covered BY his colleague at Nit<bsk ane he
might have lived a respectable public otsi
4 Ger 10 this dsy--for of such characters
does tho Russian system admit the prosper.
Gus existence. As 1t Wis, however, on the
report OF Mr. Gatzewicz, i'oivinko, the
| secretary of police, md nr.uy Of bis supc.
riors. were thrown into prison.
The end Of this drcadlu. story is melan.
choly, for in the end guilt t.iumphed. The
Precureur General. having several rsrlhers
in his guilty Practices bad. II one may 50
abuse the expression, many friends. Al
first they tried ihost inycrion.ly 10 bIibe
| NJ. Gcszewicz aud to induce hiu, to give ~,
further proceedings, but, finding him in.
flexible, they put stop to all oil that bust
ness by administering poison to the un'or.
tunn.e Sophie. They even threatened the
Governor Of Minsk himself, Ia an anony.
nous letter, TO do the same for him.
The threat, it seems. produced tho de-
sired effect OH the honest but weak minded
man. Seeing with what desperate people
he had to con.end-so much 50 that his
own life was in dangcr--he sent his inal
repor, to the lat that timc) lingering En-.
peror Alexader, with request for further
instructions. In the mean time he return.
ed 10 bis own residence in Minak. leaving
the iIlus,rious Wilma officials in their own
prison.
Shortly ailerwsrd the Emperor died ut
Tuganrog. His second brother the pres.
ent Emperor. Nicholas greeted, on:lls
accession to the throne, with \ formidable
insurrcc.ion Mt ST. Peterborough. aud With
alarming conspiracies and political intrigues
in the ariny--liad no time 10 direct his at
,en,ion to Eso 'rihng m affair as that OF our
heroine Political prisoners were to be pun.
shed first, in order TO spread terror among
those who were not discovered ns vet.
The stability of the throne would not
allow him to alarm the administrative ser
wants and other criminals who never thought
Of subverting Romanon~s dynasty. Hence,
with the exception OF the political offenders
all others, whose notions were pending III
different courts Of justice. but not yet adj
Indicated, were amnes,ied by the Emperor,
on the occasion Of Ais coronation, In 1876,
Mt Moscow,
Tins. the procureur aud his associates
were released from prison, losing nothing
but their former situations. The Procnrchr,
having scraped together a fortune by his
brides aud graspings, did not care much at
becoming an independent gentleman.
VIVA, became Of Scphie's lover--thc
unfortunate clerk, who was sent to the ar.
my, To-, his honest but uniimely application
-copld not be learned, lie may row
think his punishment was deserved and
dat the IA was rrsI'y ca'''y tN vi
moro than probable that be viii never agaia
Interfere 70 restrain the vrosse-t injustice
Ars here sa.is Our 'aciasrhr'y tale.
whicl. the censosair OF the pssss IA kursis
prevented ivm ,syef hclen being pl'liely
related. Confederation can, however, -
derived from the ;nliah.,auts Of Wilma. who
lived there from 1916 to 1896; from the
archives OF tbe criminal coutts Of that place
where NJ. Ce'rewicz's correspondence Is
preserved from the list Of all the Crown
servants Of Russia. cent every wear to the
State Secretary Of the lIeuis Department
q, ~. re.ersburrh; in which for ls95 aud
20. Pfocureur Ho,winko was reported 10
be imprisoned u. wilma fer the above case,
and that the Strspchy Of Os4misnn was
acting IN lis stead ~ frocureur pro ten.