The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1862-10-24
THE Thousndth uirirday Of the
Russian Empire.

that Russia celebrated her thousandth
birthday on the goth ult. Thore we're
greet roioieines at ST. Petersburg ard
Moscow, but the chief festival was held
AZ Novgorod, which, as our readers arc
aware, is regarded lv native historians
us the cradle ct the Ru,siuu Empire,
ltnopeh The Poles assign q modern cririn
90 What is now called Russip,r and
,look opon u merely IA an Upgrand zmpnt
OF the Grand Duchy OF Moscow, whose
Tartar traditions L continued, and has
po, yet entirely departed from.
Bat il the political origin Of modern
Rucsia is to 10 fund in old Muscnyy y
uud ir Musceyy had the unfortunate 10 be
tubicctcd for two centuries nrd moro tu
ihc Trterr--io whom she never would
have been abandoned by Western Eu-
rope Lad she consented to bjurc her an.
citnt religion cnd ucl,nowlC lodge the sii-
premscy OF the Pupc---thot is surely no
renson why the Russians uf tho present
dsy sh, uld not look back TO the period
before the Tartar invasion. 'and trace
their history through various channels 70
is true storting point ........ ..a
The founder of 81 Petersburg was OF
the same race ns The founder of N scow
and the fopndsr of Moscow. was irc-
ally dcse ndod from Rurie, the great
Russo Noimau' who, when the rel ubli,
licans of Novgurod were disgustcd with
liberty, kindly went over to them a
thousand years avo, TO teach them the
blessing OF dospotsm. As, In spite of
I this mere or less friendly invasion, the
Noygorodions retained their popular in.
ri tu ions until many centuries ultcrward
when thcy were drst"oycd by the Mos
CIV Cgars, II II tle0r that deEpUt'sm in
Russia was Of q mider character In the
ninth century than Il has shown itself an
several ncclsions in the Nineteenth. For
Iii reason ard on account OF the rtilcc.
tons which n vgorod must suggest, il Is
well that city shcud'nve boeu chosen fer
the great communicative festival that
has Just been htli.
T. Ahvut half a thousand years have now
elapsed since the establishment ol the
CzarGte of Muroow, and according Ia
many historians, Il is thcrc--whcrr the
greet bell Of Novgorod Is preserved rs q
trophy taken from the Tree city nitcr the
masssacre of its inhahita1ts-thatt the
Rugsian empire oupht 10 celebrate rs
birthdays. Any departure, howtYcr, from
Muscovite traditions is desirable ana
no mun--not even an cmperior--can be
expected, ia recalling his ancestors, 10
dwell uron the merits Of these who arc
known 60 have been the least meritori.
tiis. Whatever strict historians may
suy, II ishetter that Russian monarchy
Bos!des, in plain truth, Russia has not
inherited Tartar Muscoyte tradition,
alone. Novgorod and tho other Juehic,
10 which representative Institutions wpr,
maintained were not withont their efc.
on the central duchy whirh deslrovc,
and HbsorLed them. AT the beginiui
Of The i7th centpry the first of the Ro
nanLns was elected by the States Con
cral Of Russia and In accepting th,
crown accepted also constitution, whicl
russ aho.ishnd,ty pator the Grent. bnl
which, since his death, mas nccn con.
staiitly rCmanded; in the rcign of Mich.
: olas, Alexander ] Catherine, and hoi
Iprcdecass. RI, by corspirhtors in rhOt o
. Alexander H. by the nobility Of tn,
Emp're in open assembly.
We Lave not yet heard that the uncov
ering.of the Noygorod M mncriul wa
accompanied by the publication OF any
new concessions oith,r to the nobility
, or to the pedgertry, though the iorme
are said 10 have expected that Il wou't
be made the occasion Of granting then
certain political privileges, while the lat
Ter ire known to bo in constant auticpa
ton of such change in the Law o
Emapcil alton as will give them Tor moth
ing the land they have hitherto cultivn
ted ON condition OF either working or pay
ing for il.
Our letters state that OH the 10th inst
the Emperor! the Empress, the Heir t,
the Throns and the Grand Dukes Alex
|, andcr, Vladimir, Ai,xic, AlchGcl an,
Nicholas with the Grand Duchesses Ma
rie aud Olga, proceeded by The Moscow
Railway to Sotnizki, and thence b.
steamer TO Novgorod. where they wer
received by thee nobility Of the Province
; the merchants Of the city, and the elder
OF the village communcs. The banks o
the river Volk6y were lined with peasan
try, who are said TO have exhibited th
greatest enthusiasm, and to have file
the dir with their shouts az the imperiu
steamer passed.
On Sunday, AT l22I O'Clock. the rev
received ty telegraph at ST. petersbur
that the commcinorut We monument hg
been uncovered at Noygorod. This wa
announced to the city by discharge Q
; artillery from the citadel. A Ts Den
was sung in the CatlerGel oil ST. lsGcb
where divine service had already beol
performed by the Archbishop of X ga, il
presence of the chief military and ciyi
authorities. The Square Of st. Isack wa
filled with troops ofAll branches ofthe ser
vice, who, after the Te Dem were para
dod by the Gepcral Goyerncr (Sonya
rue.)
The peasnntry were in very excite
state, but wherever General Souvarof
the Enperior's representative, rppearcd
he was received with occlamntioaa.
ST. Petersburg was illuminatcd IN th'
evening, ard grutuitous performance
were given at the Grand Opera, the Ma
ria Theater Russian Opcro.) ard tw
other theaters Outside the Kizan ChurcI
the Noygorod monument was reproduce
in Illumination lamps.
/ 4 Good Sohc O,I the Rebels.
i When General Sln's division lcf
Frankfort, the last thing they did was t
remove the Two monster cannon from
their position on the bills oyer SouI
Frankfort. Some Union men of Frank
fort, curing the night, went over TO tn
spot ard planted two smty beer legs il
the place Of the canpon and covered then
with tarpaulin. All next duy lot O
Morgan's cavalY were scouting aroun,
the kegs, hut dared MT enter Frankfor'
for cir of bein0 chnrped nnon. OF