Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1853-08-25

A STORY WITH A MORAL.
We see il reported that "a. BndiscO, The
f7uas;an Minister, has undertaken 70 tI'iz-
Rle : Washington newspaper. atieT iasil-
i'm az 81. Petersburg. We h'Pe he will
have asa good time"
This reminds as Of an incident we have
heard related Of this gentleman, in the ear
Tier DAYS &c his mission. Snuie yeats ago,
he was passing over the Rochester and Sy-
rac0se Railroad, on an excursion 10 Ma
CARA, with . party of friends. u we re-
member rightly, il was his wedding iOur.
When The train reached Syracuse, an At
tacbe, or Secretary, .. something, took a
fancy 10 quarrel with OIte uf The men en-
plOyed about The Depot, and, with the in~
science of petty official, raised bis cane
and struck hun. The man WAS about T."
take Justice in his own hands. but the Iet"
-low1claiIned the protection Of his master
and suite, who, Of course, all took ms par''
and supposed their diplomatic character
would enable him 10 get off with lmpnn"y'
M Smith. the Conductor and agent,
4. Immediately waited on the AlIiiisier 10 lie
! ear. stated the case, aid civiIly but nr:n'y
.emarked that such an unprOvIked outrage
,couh not be tolerated here aud wound up
NV expressing the hope that the Minister
txvDtlh end the business as he easily could,
by apologizng.
The Minister smiled. ApOlOgtzel Did
Monsieur Ie Conductor know when he \
was addressing! II was NJ. Alexandra.
.Bndisco, Ambassador Of the Emperor Of
Russiai
yMr. ;Smitb-coolly replied that it il was the
Emperor of Russia himself, he was entitled
10 an apology. And he added that, until
he got il, that train would stop where il
was in the Syracuse Depot.
Great was The Indignation Of the circle,
when this audaciOUs speech was translated
all round it, and il was found that diploma
tic proceedings were so suddenly brought
TO a stand still. Terrible oaihs were sworn
at the Conductor, Tie Railroad, Tie C"m>
,pany, the county,, the everybody! But,
as they were all in Russian, they did not
hurt anybody.
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potehtiary, stepping on the platform. The
passengers stared. Byslanders winked ct
each other. The liFte popcorn and candy
boys opened their eyes wide al the man
with The long beard, and thought he mus,
he crazy. But the train did no, bulge an
inch.
!" order this train 80 go on - repeated
AAAs AS"Ns'SVV9 UstsstStts&S SuuS
down on 1helpaifornh by way Of emphasis.
No result. The smoke curled iazily up |
from the locomotive, and The fireman and 4
engineer leaned back on The wood pile, 10
enjoy the fun.
Fortunately, at this moment Washing
ton acquaintance, who happened Ia be on
board, came out, and undertook to explain
American customs 10 the Ambassador. A 4
4oRg coloany ensned in sonie foreign Ian
guage winch nnbndy understood. The
upshoi Of it was, however, that Rand i
some and courteous apology was rendered
and received-the Minister adding that his
-4gnOraBce If the language and customs of
the country had led him into a mistake -
The whistle sounded, the bell rnng, and
away went the train, carrying two or three
wiser people out Of Syracuse than il bro't
in, half an hour belore.
II is barely possible that nj. Bodisco's
,labors with The Press may terminate in D
similar way. Alter all, il is the education,
net The man, that is 10 blame. nj. Bndis-
'cp is sensible and accomplished genile-
mar, as such things goin Russia. There,
his requirements would be treated as per.
iscty reasonable and proper. Presses go
..a4ld stop. at the bidding Of high Diploma.
fists. Here, i.owever, hi1l, Diploma lists
folener come and 90 at the bidding Of the
Press. - albany Euening Journal.