Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1855-10-05

soon became entirely so. Olga con
tinued to pour out VINE, then brandy
and thus she proceeded till every per
son IN the room, including the land
lord, was reduced to a helpless stat
oi lntoxication. Now is the time.
said she TO her attendant, help m
to collect all the combus,ible mater
ais within reach These were gath
cred and spread about, spirits wer
poured upon them, and they were Sc
on fire. Before the alarm could b,
gwen, the house, which was of wood
was in blaze, aud before aid coul,
arrive, il had became reduced to
heap OF smoking embers, covering tn,
burned or siffocated bodies of lis lat,
inmates. Olga and her maid ha,
long since disappeared. am SAT-
at last = exclaimed Ogla when sh,
had entered her room. While you
brother lived, my hfe and my rep
utaiIon were at hls mercy. No
living soul has seen me but ,hos,
who are silenced forever, and yo,
whom ! can trust She might hav,
trusted the girl under ordinary cir
cunstances, but the glrl did not trus
her. What could prevent a woman
So determined, so restless, acting un.
der the influence OF such violent pass
ions, from sacrificing to her apps e
tensions her, the failhlal servant, lh,
obedlent slave, the passive tool, bu
now the only witness OF her guilt
Her brother had been sacrificed. anu
she might be doomed TO share hi,
fate. That brolher's death, too
cried for vengeance. Further con.
cealment on her part, too, placed he
life IN jeopardy. Inquiries NIGH
have been ius,iIuted-she might have
been seen. Her very mistress might
rise up as witness against her.
The evidence OF the noble wltnes.
would outweigh the plain tale of the
poor seri. She determined TO de.
nounce the whole circumstances tc
the police. She ionnd means To dt
so. Olga was urresled, secretly ex-
amined, and the affair having been
laid before The Emperor, his Majesty
left her the choice, either 10 die Gu q
scatfold--an event of extremely oc-
curfence IN Russia, where capital
punishment is scarcely ever inflicted
or 10 marry common soldier
Olga would have preferred death lo
degradation, but the entreatlcs OF her
aged father prevailed. She became
the wife Of common soldier, whose
regiment was stationed IN one of III,
worst regions IN the empire. He
attendant, who had been detained b,
where she probably ended her day 5
Petersburg and Moscow are noio-
rious for the iIberllnage OF the male
and the ABSENCE Of restraint on It's &C.
tons OF The female population. IL
no city in Europe, not even excepting
PARIS (Which alter all is painted III
much darker coloTs than II deseryes)
do vice and immortality stalk lorth 81
boldly as in these Two, and, indeed
in the other large cities OF The en-
pire. 1t is gross withal In the count.
~. Ii the Giles are whilened sepul
chres, full Of corruption wllhin, Tie
country Towns and villages are sep
ulchres, mol even whllened--ihey ART
thrown wide open, exhibiting then
hIdeousness to the light OF day.
Conjusal Inidelliy Is SO NOTORIOUS
thala popular belief exisls that chi
dren under two years die only as q
punishment TO The mother for The siD,
committed by beI.-Hence the ex
irene care aud attention and anxiel,
of mothers for their inian,s-Inde
pendent OF the natural maternal IN
sliDc!--lill the crlllcal period is pass
ed. Ii is superstition, cruel II j.
true, 10 the innocent, but acting as 1
check upon the vIciously inclIued
The number of deaths under two
years of age in Russia is indeed re
marhable, aud altogether dIspropor
porlloled 10 the total number, as Wi
be seen from the following details col
lected from oihciaI documents:
The Total number ol births 10 Rus
STA, exclusive of Poland, Finland, Tho
kusso-German and Swedish Pruvin
ces, aud the Caucasus, amounted il
1852 10 z, 10, 729-ihe number o
deaths to 2,l72,37S. Of,hese wer'
born IN st. Pe,ersbureh Ia .529, II
Moscow 9, 1913, aud the deaths we're
in 81 Petersuurgh 81, 727, IN Mos
COW H.
For the information of the lad
readers, and in order TO put them OF
their guard and give them frlendl
HAT M the event Of their husband
intending TO pay Russia VISIT, ~
may state that The marriage between
foreigner and a Russian womal
is lawful, though i should ailerward
turn out that he has a wife hviDg 4
another country. An instance OF tn
kind occurred while The writer wa
at 81. Petersburg. The man, a ger
man by birth, but nalurailzed A
merIcan citizen, married his servant
a Russian, though he had (and prof.
ably has at this momenD vile h,
ing al New York, with whom he lla
a daughter in her twentieth or tweni
second year.
Mary, why did you kiss you
hand TO the young gentleman OF
| pOSlte. this morning said carr