The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-01-22

greater inaeasa and consequent aneorstion Of the
circumstau ,es OF he peop Ie
The adhe on of the conservative party to the system
OF slavery Is the grand of the Of all poo
gress. This sys en- Is Carried in Russia with
reape:t 70 the weloeing Of tina victims even than
America so FAR regards their social rights the il
Level with the other but thsir personal i'll
treatment Is n Russia owing to the
nposs biity Of giving any publicity to it. The fr prize
tors retain the least for Geld labor anting
passports year by - those whom Jhsy thak
they csn rely TO repair 70 the where
they earn sbont sos. sterling per month, OF which
thhd being sufficient 20 keep themselves aud families
rye bread. which can be bought vt "a per h., and
which IL their food for Ia this ccndoo their only
encouragement to labor is freedom from the stickthe
owners even on hiag them out making it coalition
free application be NEGLECTED Many persons Of high
tsncing In tie country among thote who opposed to
sysem. &c education OF the people stu feel for their
degraded social position and physical suerings out fear
he power Of ~ 0ths of the nobes who are IS ignorant
Among those who wished an alteration was the late
Emperor Nicholas who syned ukase several years ago
xng the price q. which serfs mxht buy thesr liberty
ton Hence ali have heard his character 1.
not to be expected the present Emperor will strike out
less the mobiles should Be impoverished BY cnntinuancs
o. oto the war thus emo would vs5y soon Hs atained
consequently 1t IL the conduct Of that c,uatry
noting continuance OF the struggle that the greatest
u';s.ries Of the period are now to Be attributed
number Of vessels loading at that port for the East
Sea- with hemp corn and nsesd for so~ing The act,v
change to be steadily maintained.
FRENCH vIkw or THE PRESENT CosDIrIoN OF THE
RUSSIAN EMPIRE.
The following letter from st Petersburg dated the 18th
ult, has been published Ia Paris
have bitaero only spoken to you of the rumOrs of
the y-rumors confused, It is true but per listed In
state OF excitement You that properly speak
ing, there but three classes here-the nobility, the
chants These last receive vts amoog Der, and
Fever permit any member or the nooidy to frequent
their houses. The TO eign merchants longer receive
the greater part ruined the pout of being
by the the blockade OF he Baltic and the
mposs they have to pay The nobility receive, in
psnce With superior ORDERS The principal personsges
have been obliged open their saloons tue term
"ssloons" can be applied to apartments furnished
tetrsys the porvsu. considera Die numoer Of per.
sons saup,sr through these rooms, and no one dare
by death member Ct his family Tee meu gather
in groups OF two four around the I'D tables
or which no Logger gutter those heaos Of goa
those heaps have grown smaller and smaller The women
chat among themselves about indifferent suhscts
not the slightest susin TO the l. heard and the
young men, though burning with the desire ppesk
blame. In spite of the powers of discrimination
to these people easy TO see that they not at their
lions Of the m,isters with the Emperor no more than on
what takes pace at the interviews which the Gar
cods to certain passiug through to the
imagined that after the death Of Nicholas they could
srce his modify the rgor his
and give them part In the Administrative Of the state
| find themselves grievousy disappointed. They have
waited fer thirty years. and their patience has been in
vain. Alexander H. assumed the rens of eoysrnment
with more frnness than supposed, aud .olera Tod
DO than his fstaer that conditions or reforms
s should be imposed on him In certain circles
ton Of the Car to free ali the serfs. This is
not the first time that the report has circulated,
punished severely You may be certao that If suca a
project has ever been seriously entertained this the
what passes in the Caucasus the Trans asian
countries Whist do know we lea from the German
papers The distance between Tis and ST. Petersburg
is enormous; the de6es are sncumbered with snd
occupied with hostile tribes In ordinary times it
twelve days for dispatches to reach Tas vladi
caucss which is more than six hundred Leagues
Moscow Formerly they passed By Mngrela and Redoat
kaeh whence they were sent by steam t, Odessa and
from one cause or another ali these roads are mprsct
cable have just learned that General Mouravef not
being able to communicate with st. Peters burg BY the
Caucasus snd the Caspian usei to send his
across Asia Minor and by the way If Tebizond by Arme
mans travelling on their commercial affairs From Con-
Ottoman empire devoted the Russaa interests as far as
1snael and even Vienna. 1t BY this the news
for the time that elapsed before was Officially known
The embsnkments of the railroad from Warsaw St.
Petersburg ae carried on actively Men are at work on
this summer as far Gatschina il open beyond the
Jamturg learn that the government Is uneasy about
the Aussulman population belonging the government
both the banks of the voiga ais, those Of Kasan
Though accustomed to the iron yoke which Russia has
fixed them, they not the Ies sincerely attached
to their religion and are consequently DESTROYS of see
ing Russia soccurnb in the struggle The religious euthu
sasm which has acted on the Russian people NAV Also
produce its effects the population Who profess sa
ism. particularly In places where they form he majority
A. Astrachan great numbers Lave Been arrested and
have been most Of them sent to Siberia In that city
it is said that eight moahs disappeared Finland
is in stats Of feeling difficult describe Formerly the
charges aud the pressing on she since
me war They can no longer dispose Of their produce
II Swedish, Danish, and German markets. All trade is
ut an eud ano yet the imposts treb ed and,
over, they are forcsd TO WORK tae State and are
Obliged TO lodge the Russian soldiers, who lay their
the YOKE of Russia and are they say punished for hav
ing abandoned s~eeen The sygpathies q the Finland
tn, ned to yards Sweden and the West great
number have temarced uthorzaon to 60 to pass the
winter at Scckhc and those affairs to trans
acc in Germany have taken the wy of Swecea ia psce
Of ST. Petersburg The governmeat has adopted mes-
sures which viii make them many enemies ia this
try. II has maliy pr bied tor this ~iaer all tenn
po1ary emigration rSwedeo. TIE Russians ,ra with
cut ceang at The offences OF the military roads which
lite eeore Wborg are lost IN tie MARSHES aa3 lakes
In viosticn OF the cpnvebns Of 1908 they have
ssep sd the healthy YOU for the army and navy
If Finland complains, and II the Mussuimans oI the
the situation uf Russia force her make
rising Ado 20 this CANCER for Eussia The cor
ana vss aad hs 90
every haze that II the Iied armies ,ud Eka
tesinosisa the gyernnsnt would be ie great danger
same state she was in under the Gar Sctoniski.
RUSSIAN POLICY IN NORWAY.
From the Paris Ccnsitutionne Dec, II
Tba p1si;,ec 1t Russia S maritime Po yer would be
considerably change oy the cluisi ion wegan
port Her ships, new encnained for six ,nths Of the
year in pris OF ice, would then obtain continual
frer-y ct acion In place Of ,sed Of quau
tity Of PEASANTS who may make excellent soldiers out
useless sailors Russia would extend ner sceptrs
3 population tally maritime composed Of
hardy snd skLful rsvgstors whpse existence depends
on The fisheries Of the c,sst Finmarc contains 50 900
iR6spftants, the male portion which would supply
valuable ren'oI to the Russian fleets L. would
moreover easy for the Car whole tribes
II Russian subjec from tn, interior OF the enrire
those thiy populated regions The abundance
present would find amps ources. By the second
generation the Russian fleet would be able to draw
nom trait spo' crews as sAflful robust, and
sober, than any ether seamep of the world. II Is
iupossbIe to dissmuats the danger which the for
nation q similar ravy at the very doors o. Europe
would Offer ' = The Russian propositions for tas
scqpisittn OF Einnssck ell tc the ground lsa7 after
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