, 1864-07-17
A LONG AGONY.


lying at the entrance to footpath branching
nom the high road. Filled with terror at
the discovery, they FASTENED to the staro5t
to tell him Of what they had seen, aud the
official returned with them to the spot to
draw up All account Of the circumstances Of
the murder (tor It WIS evident there had
been murder) for transmission to the high.
CT authorities.
Isaac Farga was the bailiT or land steward
Of Russian noble-not very rich one, for
the total number Of the mule serls the es-
tate did Dot exceed seventy. He had made
himself obnoxious to these by his excessive
harshness during seyeral years, and It seemed
that the feeling Of hatred towards him had
grown and Strengthened nntil 1t eliminated
IN his murder. As soon as the stsEost could
sent 1t the nearest magistrate, who at once
Instituted an Inquiry IN orler to ascertala
the perpetrators Every lnhahitant Of the
village, old and young, was examined,
but 20 evidence whatever. could be OBJ
taiped, though it was all but certain
included amoug theis number. The IN
nOuncemeut OF what had taken place reached,
In due course, the proprietor Of the estate
at St. Petersburg, who, With least possible
Of the deceassd, The N N whom he selected
for this post was stern, almost sayasp-
looking ulau, and Ills character was In bar
n1n} With his countenance; indeed 1t may
be presumed that this WAS one tnduccinent |
for his etlectiun. On lis arrival in the vit- |
lsgc be assembled the eerfs, aud in the pres
cnee Of the statost he notified to them the |
tact that he WINS the representative OF their |
owner. |
Keen,y ns be scrut,nized the faces Of the
alnves, (rnr in point Of fact they were ut that
time otbine better> he could cetect nothing
like typrtssiu rs in their s'olfd connteuances,
neither liking nor hatred, nothing but Il
blank, meaningless mask, from which hung
o mass OF taugled hair. Perhaps the new
steward thought that the best way Of pre-
ssrviog hln.srif from tho tnte Of lis prede-
cessor was to act with srenter severity; or
he was influenced by the same fee1iug which
induce d captaiu ta Tue navy to say that
ever, man III 1t owed him pint Of blood,
hecause til. crew Of one ship. commanded By
his brother, had mutiaitd, and thrown him
into the copper. From the evidence that
uns obtained subsequently, it Was abundaut-
ly proved that he MSS not only sever,
but even brutal In his treatment Of the ser1s-
He vas nsver seen ont Of doors without 4
wbip in his hand, nor din he hesitate to use
tbia freely on tue persons Of both 1aala and
female. Not d wurl Of rtnloustrAuce did
these offer; they knew that to do 80 would
only bring upon them additional brutalities;
nevertheless, the ssazost q. the village e.
| functfupary whom the berts themselves elect)
with whom he soueti es spent the .cveniuE,
gAye bin. n direct warming OF what migut
hap: en- to HIM IL he did not ssiopt aiiIer-
which bud happened in The nrighborhoud
not long before his arrival, and 'as the truth
Of Tie narrative ie iud.silutable, relate 1t
here, to show that, long rnifr RUG as the Rus
sian pe0sapt is, he Enay bt yaaIcd Into tats{u3
irigAtful yeu1eancc. .-
| The rrlatlull Of the starost " Is as follows:
| t'CouRt Pierre Ssalscltkine, Russian
| puble, bad wife anu thrte children, two
boys o1 thirteen and nfteen years ot aye md
| the third an infant. His treatment Of his
1 ~ hf NtEr SnN
throughout the province, among the nobtes
| rs well as other clneses. He systematically
disrcgarded their rights, and whenever he rt-
quired their services be tSacted thcu. as
was t1is the onlY :hipg of which they had to
| complain; he was tztostsouate as we'll IS
Oppressive, and cruel besides. Our country
| men, US you know, will bear great deal un-
uvr ,Ae influence Of the fear VI being sent to
sse in " That 'Fs g,cSkue a1 IN hsar
Of the intense hatred toward himself
which his tyrlnny had cngendered. Among
| the seris Oh his estate were three who were
noted for their ferocity, and these organized
they met at stalsehkinc's house, bringing
with them bundles of straw and faggots,
which they heaped up against the door aud
aindows, aud then set It on bre. The Count
WIS eoun awoke By the fumes and jumped
The Count was cut dnwu with an axe, aud
ttro n back into the hense, and his innocen'
children were toss I'd into the names- In the
neautlme the Countess had been let dowr
tro1n the window ut the hack Of the house
Ii, thu nurse, and her inf4nt child after her
utter which the nurse let herself down. Tne1
then went to the end Of IN orchard ane
J | sheltered themselves under 4 wall The nigh1
| WAS intensely cold, mud While shiveFiny lert
the countess heard ssyeral piercing shrieks
] AI.1 1,.,$ *v~.t t.rtt% hal
? ter told her to Keep quiet and not to speak I
! word. Presently they saw gtgunttc tigls
: approaching, upun which the nurse suatche:
) tie 1nfant from her mistrezs's arms and tai
away. It Is probable the countess had u
: SUSPICION OF evil, but the wretch who dres
: lie carried her buck to the house, and there
in the presence Of the villagers, aud wlthou
l. one OF them daring 10 interfere, hc tire" be
c into the fire, atId 1a.gots were heaped upo
; her to prevent her from moving"
: But II 1saac VaIsa's fate did not deter tb
II new ste ara from following In his sttps,
e Nas rot likely tuat statement of what na
&C happened At distance would do SO, nor di
il So far FROM being molllt1ed by the sui
mfsstEeness Of the wretched serfs. this onf
sermed to encourage him to deeds of create
% violence. But experience has shown LhAt
le ccuuuufts of indiyfc ua1s, whether few {
,f mauy, when rncc It haa taken upon Itself
,f AYenge It's wrungs, acts with !eas ana le;
- reluctance on every succeeding occasion.
+ WIS so iii this instance; the same peEsoi
I'd who had submitted to the tyranny Of OF
+ n.an for years before they slew him. bo
,s | with his successor scarcely eleven mont
- before he, too, was dispatched
- Such an occurrence as tile murder OF tN
e even in Russta, that 1t was felt by the autho
IN | ties that 1t must not pass UNPUBLISHED
"a. detachment OF military Was seut to the u
~ lage, anh Quartered on the Inhabitants, wi
ue orders 70 remain there till the guilty Pefso
u were discovered. The body of Paul Javo
ed lad been first seen by a woodtnan, lyia
N face downwa1ls In shallow pool Of wat
formed by the oYcrt!owfnE Of well.
< which he had gone t. draw Water, amt I
be A1st proceeding Of the officer In comma
ii Was to order this Woodlands apprehensto
-, as the murderer Of the uan whose corpse
Ill had been the frst to see,
81 1t so happened that this man, OF Who
- there is no doubt It was intended to ahs
81. victim, was little more thAn youth, and
n. remarEable for bis gentleness that somebo
~ had given feminine Termination to his lsl
.S b, which he was more generally known ta
Il. by his proper one. Nobody believed that
ire | lad been concerned In the murder, or tt
a. he knew who were the perpetrators; but
.ut termined to put somebody to death as
M wurninp, and IL is to be feared that the I
IL Layers were only to willing to submit TO
ter being made the victim, to save themsel
ed from being completely rulned Of thelsolale
m not to speak Of certain excesses which
"a. latter perpetrated without fear Of puai
he | ment from their officer, or Of retaliation
the part OF the peasants, and which "
the lrctty sure to.he practtssd more and mi
ed. extensively the longer they remained.
ed. The prisoner was confined in nut IN
the the guard OF Two soldiers, one being n
In sumo room with him, the other Posteu
han side the door to prevent anybody apps23A
Ian ing the hut Both soldiers were al;ns' a5tneu'
III, that the cbance oi the prltonef ndahtnS hSs,
wyn bsss somsSsa essa dee
nr. him. Great, therefore, was me sn5pf1se
xsen nd taat ss e9ds9 saas
~ ~ had been placed In the hut to guard him
tae NOV h fouud dead on the bench where
AZ straw was p1aced, which served them .
avn avn he'd. It VAS quite evident that the solt
ptg pw had been sutfocated, and tho hole in
~ wall showed the ,wny By which the rr1so
a.. bad escaped, and the broken sword the mc
tha by which the hole had been made
Inn The ,ortl AID compar- tlTe weakness
wv the prisoner eaus:d 1t to b. suspected
III, r,,,1lu n,,t Aay. killed Tue soldier,