Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-09
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pressed without exactin9 .reparatiOn, as
you will learn" | saw o sneer on tho
faces of all those who understood French.
The governor thOugiIfa fierce ana con
seequential looking person, laughed out
right. .zauIr silzarys soq
THAT tricklwiil not serve Your purpose,
monsieur ~ said hescornfnlly then turn
ing to the man who had been counting
s%onntS s1s money he qsfsd1 MN YhHapt was the
''One hundred and seventy -one thousand
and fifteen rubbles, nine copecks, at the
currentfate Of. iexchaD2 2e lpt0eixl rubblPs
and one copecks per pound sterling"
awrite tEat ID down VI in the The iPSrSo,c,er.ysfbaYr proc,
said the governor iapd the pen OF the clerk
It now Occurred @ to me that I must be the
victim OF some mistake, some uniueKy coz
Incidence. Accordingly, stared, as calm
ly and coherently as could, my name, po-
sition in life, the errand that took me to
Russia, and my being accredited toWthet
widely known firm of JDruce0 Gray 81
They heard me to the end, with civil.
sneer of incredulitY on their faces and
then requested proofs of the truth OF myL
statements. oiu3Q i-rsY9s sd1 foTsG7o 81
proofs !" said 1, "what proofs can I Of,
fer if you persist in disbelievihg plain se-'
ries ofcommon place facts? You have my
spies isomastering the contents. PRAY do
you not find ample confirmation there, Of
my assurance that lam member of the
inner temple, and have no more concern
with your country than with China or
Ashantee?" " HA)' 0Iqfh n99UaJl YILO
The interpreter spoke In Russian to the,
governor, who shook, his head and bluntly
fold that fha 1nftare x4yAT4a 0 ioffdixr
composed, and gavea good,color tOlmy ASH
Sumed character, ,bat thst was f0Hnnd f0YHnd out out
Ialmost choked at this. However, / re-iR
membered my passport, which had about
my person, and at once offered 1t to the,
governor for inspection. This valuable doc-D
ument was neatly bound in ayeilOw leather
case, with clasps and the case was duly q,
stamped in gold letters with my name and
address. Thomas Chatterton aBainbridge,
Harecourt Temple, and withthe ChattertOnlo
crest a goldhnch proper. AS for the pass
itself, | felt sure that it would carry CON-
vctlon to the most prejudiced mind But
what was my horror when the Governor q,
after slowly perusing the name on the.
binding, opened the case, unfolding the
rustling official paper emblazoned with the
arms of England and read OUT request to-,
all friendly powers to give aid and pro ec-
ton to I" Mr.. (or COUNT Demetrius Ziis-A
cynczkai" !" a natIiralz d. British subject,
about to proceed to Frapltort7sur- -Mein," 20
&c.
A loud exclamation burst from all thetb
bystaiiders, and was echoed by the listSITs
ing servants along the passages of the ho- l
tel, In every eye could read wonder and
SAT- faction, mingled with admiration Of my
impudences9 Lllb 20 dih s'Gsgl-i4 HHT
'zRscynczkai"iI Ibeard themmutter, and,
the gripe of the gendarmes tighteped as,
they became aware Of The imp0ftadce Of
heirprisoher. p Mypassopatt declarations
were laughed, at i was blqfiy declared n
b to be Pole, and no born Briton.
"But the money, the money!" cffed,Td
struggling as | was dragged -aYay,o-a1iJ4 4
-TAe money with which the revolution
ary committee have Supplied yohit0 sOwH
sedition in the czars t6niiifiohs lis c6nilss1lp
cated to the czar's uses" said the goYernprs
testify; and Twas hurried away, - -,
They thrust me into a common jail, giy4o
ing me, however, cell 10 inSstlf IiphisiE
cell was about tbesize of the sleeping cabs
inS on board steam packet; It was dimlY
lighted, and its iron-stndded door and oI
stoutly-barred window looked as IL they'd
might have baffled Jack Sheppard / was
searched, my money, p0cket-60Ok and
watch my rings, my pencil aud my PEN %
knife, were solemnly taken away Iaslnds
for writing materials, but my captoprs shQ9k
their heads. AL. 80; ,.........-...
Time seemed in no hurry. Three tfmeso9
day my jailor, an oinvaid soldier, drilledsb
to the bloodless regularity of an aut0matpn, ol
visited ne. He brought me bad coffee and
dark bread, Indifferent 'cabbage Soup aud
sour quass, and then good teEg and darlH
bread, at early morning, noon and dssunsef.ya
He swept my cell, retilled my pitcher ar
ranged my wretched bed, and marched of
in aggravating silence! O b9i0gI2 9TR Nv
In vain L demanded trial a public hear .t,
ingn The governor, with two inferior
Judges in black greffier and an ii1terprAt-iUa
err did twice visit my cell but, as could DO
only tell the truth, while thewpre seskipgsst
political revelations, they merely set me,
down for the most obstinate aud brdzeno or
sancy would bring downOnmy head the tull no
weight of the emperor's displeasure,, .o.,, w,
kept a reckoning of the days. More
than week had elapsed since my'arrest-uo
it might have been year 0y the tedium Of
tit-but it was now the 25th, and II Druee,
Gray Il Druee were unable to meet their
engagements on The 18th, speedy bankrupt u
cy must follow, and the fair .cpedit and 0q
great business of nthe merchant, princes ID
would collapse like soap bubble. i went,
nearly mad as | paced the monotouotis =
round of my cell, watching the dawninge cd
day, and thinking Of the mischief ahout to 4
ensues brR yfirBsB3lu 10 bssaso Safis vfA,,E
2 / had been listening to the rattle Of every
key, to the sound of every step. 'Mereyt lsi
Was j awakeP Wasait fhe g1OieeI OF the
official interpreter whom heard, amidst a vy
great hustle, apologi zipg to somebody in
bad French for the .fdchttse circ0Nstaace Of q
the English gentleman'sa detenCiolffn nMsgssd
istrate, greffler turnkey, guard, SOON ,enterrds
ed my cell; and who was that tall, frank
looking young Englishman, who came fof-t
ward to shake my hand as IL ne would 90
have wrung it'off?gon bnb s1q ba6 eaqt
'sMr., Bainbridge, allow me. to introduce
myself-George Druce, nephew OF .Druce
and partners. My dear sir, how sorry we
all Iare that you should have suffered go
much on your kind erra1d to. serve US How :,
lucky we learned your whereabout : / was -
sent, off at once after the governor, my 10
Iunele,d had made IL lall fightlwit the 3
Russian authorities, Schenectady you were,5s
treated, TO be sure, but that fellow has the
lcunning Of old NICK huiseHp eNfiizWa a
i''What fellow ~ = ImkedMGi blB Hosb1sdsi iH
'sThat Pole that zliseyRczka, the NazEinios
of the north, He wrote a Letter, TO our -
house which confessed, In q jbculaf matl-' y,
ner, the trick ihsilfad played on yhas iH0yo
stole your passp0rtiaths Aight a thsd9qsT
substituting his own and, as Mr., BAN.
bridge, he easily managed to eiuie' suspiJs %
iciofi, and pIuhged aeepeFs into the hftea0Ofgoq
ar, n4.N of Ifis fns, a n N fanifflao fr1iho