The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-08-23
MOVE on, YOUNG MAN.
The NI,udvcnturc- Of IL Nlnn Without II
Nationality or II Snmr.

The MI,ndvcnturc- Of IL AInn without IL
nationality or II Same
The Russian journals have lately been
much taken up with the troubles which
have bcfallen n young man IN consc.
Qucncc Of his future to establish his
nationality. Thirty years ago n young
woman, II native OF Memcl, Prussin,
went to st. Petersburg, where she made
the acquaintance OF Russinn gentle
man. She became the mother OF boy,
who was in due course Apprcnticcd to n
shoemaker, by whom, however, hc was
i'll treated and in consequence ran away.
His mother then procured for him from
the governor general OF st. Petersburg
II passport and hc obtained employment
upon Il merchant ship tmdingin the Bal.
tic. In 1868 tho vessel was wrecked, nnd
in the disaster young Nicholas--such
was the boys namc-lost his passport.
He then returned to his mother, who
again placed him with tho shoemaker,
from whom hc again ran awny, md III
consequence fell into the hands OF the
police. lie was kept i'll prison seven
weeks. when, being adjudgcd to be Of
the same nationality rs his mother, he
WIS sent over the frontier, aud biddcu
to make his way to Mcmcl, which he WIS
told WIS his legal domicilc. On arriving
i'll this town he presented himself to the
mayor, who told him that he was no
Prussian subject, aud that hc might go
whittier lie chose. After II frultlcss CIT
leavor to obtain employment and n
home, the young man Mt the end OF Il
fortnight crossed the Russian frontier,
and was arrested Mt Kntingen, where, i'll
answer to inquiries, he gave MS his name
that of his father, and described himself
as n native of st. Petersburg. He was
thcrcupon conveyed to the capital aud
imprisoned Mt Spask. After being de-
t,lined here u mouth he was n second
time sent of to Mcmel, whcro he re-
ceived the same information rs before
from tho mayor, and was ordered to
quit tho town Mt once. Again, there
fore, he crossed the frontier and made
his way unclnllengcd to Libau, where
he was arrested ard consigned to prison.
After Il detention OF seven months lie
was once more escorted to st. Peters,
burg by the police and imprisoned ut
Spask. His friends at length succeeded
in obtaining his release, but not till he
had been tried and fined five roublcs for
assuming name (his fatler's) to which
lie had no claim. They strove i'll vain,
however, to procure him passport, md
ngain tho police escorted him to
Memcl, where he of course met with the
same reception M previously from the
mayor. Under the circumstances, there
fore, he had no other choice than to ven
turc upon Russian territory once more,
and was promptly apprchended Mt
Kratcn, rcconducted to st. Petersburg,
and again consigned to the Spask prison
for three months. At the end of this
time he was liberated and provided with
n passport. Here, however, his trouble
did not end. Having obtained situa.
ton on the Nicholas railway he fell i'll Of
fever, and was sent to the Alexandra
hospital. Here ho alleged lie was i'll
treated by the nurses, and, rendering
himself troublesome to the hospital au-
thoritics by reason OF the loudncss and
publicity Of his complaints, ho was aGain
handed over to the police, and WIS I'M
INJURED for seven months in the kAzan
prison. A fourth expedition to Memcl
followed, with results MS before. For
the fourth time lie was arrested on the
frontier and conveyed to prison Mt st.
Petersburg. During his journey the
unfortunate man, with the hope of being
sent to Siberia, contrivcd to smash the
window Of shop, for the purpose, as
he alleged, Of committing theft. The
cxpcdicnt, however, failed, and for the
fifth time he found himself on his way
back to Memel. On seeing him appear
once more, the mayor, i'll passion, lnd
him thrust from the door, and i'll 1871
Nicholas was again i'll the hands of the
Russian police. The st. Petersburg
Ga-ctc, from which the above particu.
lars are taken, has not patience to follow
up the further peregrinations OF the
unfortunate young mau, but @Iys that
they comprised two more involuntary
visits to the mayor OF Mcmel. Is it not
strange, the Ga:cttC continues, that this
poor fellow, who is charged with 10
crime or oilcnsc, should be more severe
ly punished than criminal, for the sole
reason that no one will give himself the
trouble to get TO the bottom OF his I'M.
fortunate position, or to understand that
these perpetual journeys from st. Peters.
burg to Mcmcl, and from Mcmcl to st.
Petersburg, will in no way contribute to
provide Il remedy for it!