The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-21
THE MELANCHOLY GAR.
Is Coat Of Mail and His Splendid Prison
Of State Russia's Bureaucraoies.
Paris Cor, m. Y, World, i

1 have come to the conclusion that Russia
wants new Peter the Great. ! may have
Mken this conclusion to st. Petersburg with
Az, but ut any rate / came away with 1t. as a
nsnlt of the little | saw and OF the great deal
lneard. The country is ready for new de-
mrture, and as willing to be led as ever byfte
uzara, but 1t must be led LII d new way. Alex
a1der now wants TO lead In the old way, and
hence oil the troubles OF this pnrt OF his reign
Ael no man has such hn opportunity, FOR he
sail has, morally speaking, q kind OF ahso-
1--WE power. The great mass of the people
Norship him as their priest and father not
iehs Than III their Lord. III is touching, am
!od, TO see them prostrating themselves be-
/ Iofe MIN Ia tho streets. and oven kissing the
sluund on which he walks. This only inten-
alles the awful solitude Of his position a
soltude which they say is driving him mad
~ meets no man on q footing OF intimacy,
nut even lii his sports. | have lately looked
over hundreds Of sketches Of his daily life at
yGurt, preserved In the albums OF De Iichy,
Nho was for some time painter to the Imp6-
rA family. Whatever the Gar may be do
w. hunting, dancing dining or idling- 1t Ii
ways under conditions which remind him
hat he has no true fellowship with his kind
i When he kills d boar he stands we'll ahead OF
ns suite to meet the monster, the rest being
! disposed, indeed, ala to help him lii case the
ouar should show himself unduly forgetful oj
~ distinctions Of etiquette.
The very Winter Palace, which 10 the Gar
Nudlnary residence at St. Petersburg, Is but q
tpiandid prison OF state where 5000 Titled jail
IA stand between him and the outer world
At had time / should like to describe that
Mace, ct the risk OF travelling over ground
1teady covered by the guide books. 1t is a
MEn within a town. It's inmates are Q
irritable population, daily graded into the
Mllntest subdivisions OF official rank. The
sAaf, to do him justice, often breaks bounds
snQs indeed, up to q late date he continued
4e habit Of oil his predecessors Of going
vG On foot every day. But the recent at
Gnpt on his life has changed all that. and
1Aoe him more lonely than ever. He hak
WV Iallen completely into the hands Of his
sIaalsefs, and their advice, In default OF
sss..ter, is that he shall increase the distance
tween him and human nature. Before that
Miucky pistol shot he went out afuOt &c
III nis regular morning visit to q person II
su M ne took particular interest, and to two
III shtee laughing children, who were perhaps
- only subjects" who could venture tl
s assrt must sometimes yearn. He was re-
sssaslng 70 the palace from such q visit Wher
NV NV mailman, with the method OF Nihilism
$3.50 madness, meeting him face to face, be
IN I'M " make him q target for ball practice
80 ,i 9 revolver 1t has been q mystery K
- ~ was mystery to every one--how tht
800 escaped with his life The Nihilisi
I'M aua 90 XIII him; he fired point-blank, ant
ss ~ alter shot. 1t was given out that Alex
49, .SI was not once hit-no doubt to make his
MsIvation appear something In the nature
M miracle. This was only true In the sense
80 49, hs was hit more than once. He wore 1
III hne, strong chain-mail under his coat
fosslAs made for him by Leblanc, OF thu
,s.sseVard Magenta, well known Paris ar
ssssL, who supplies the theatres for thei
*3 vars, but who also knows how to turI
tk that would bear the brunt Of rea
eolanc's first imperial customer wa