, 1879-02-25
PLAQUES IN RUSSIA.
Tho Moac0sv Visitation lu 177O.'71.
Fit Hull Gasft{e,

FIJI Hull GGtfIe,
The appearance OF the plaguc In the Astrachan
Government has revived The memory OF the ter
rlble outbreak in Moscow durlnS part of tho
years ITO and It'll. Tie 0rst Victims wcrc tho
soldiers, whom slIot and steel lad apascd during
tho war waecl against Turkey. It then ma,!c
its way lnio Russia from the southwest, exIond-
!ng M far North rs serpAk!'et. It first began to
declare Itself In December, 117U, but IL was for
some time ignored or denied, tile Empross
Catherine IL writing to say tisat t. any one said
Bul litter l,elng krpt under by the
"intor's frost untl officially protested against
during tho summer, the pest hurat forth III thc
not coutroi. l}y the middle OF September,
It'll, tllu condition Of Moscow was TERRIBLE
From 500 to 1000 deaths took place every day.
Tile upper c!aases fed froui tho plaugc.str!cite,
town. an.! the popu'nco took to riotl,'g. On tic
10Th (a7tt) of scpcmher broke out whit Is gen.
urnIly kno,sn ns tho ''tchtl,n,ly bunt, nr plague
riot. Tie populacc ussrmble IN crowds bc1uo
one OF tsc gates Of tue krE1niin, wtshng to agn!l
themselves Of the good offices of tse Bogolyuhof
miraculous MaConlla. The Archbishop Ambrose
rtlh-kaulcnsky prutlently ordered thu picture
To hc rcmoyed from Its usual locality 10 moro
ouan spot IN ortlcr 10 Asola inc danEcr likely to
nrise from the thromgii!g Together Of 50 many
iai he VIVA atca{ing thu holy M,r.rait, a,,ti tint
llr must be nut 10 lcalh. 1io fed In dtagasa
from the krcml' a M!1,ts took 5ciule IN ts Dons.
pursued, mi tiIrro hu WAS torn from behind the
t,ltar. t'Fur two l,tiurs,h according to thu CYL
dpucc Of al eyewitness. Ia WIS beatGD with
cuJEel. l'hcn he was loft for depd. but after
a titln his rgIlt haul was seen to move; where
upon tho r!oters a4aln attacked him. bcatfng
hin on tllc hrad Til hc died. ONLY By grape-
shot was the riot suppressed. 4 tur days later
arrived! In Moscos Count Gregory Ort0f, sont
expressly by The EtHpycsa to put down ttla
r}aIuc. Tile city, 70 tnng deprived OF guidance.
received lin wilN rupture. And, In truth, ha
attacked t,u plaguu With such ysgor a!at ho
oycEcaulo IL. Drawing . number OF sanitary
costlous round Moscow, l1o maintained 80 strict
quarantine that eYun tEo uogs which rau
across Ills lines and the crows which flew aver
them were slot Az popu:ar. gatherings wsEc
! City; and the la!thlul, were even pre-
vented from entering tho churches, being
Obliged to listen to iylsu seryle0 trotn Without.
Before l. cunt OrloE's arrIva, Thu common pto-
pic i,al showed decided aversion toward thr
hospitals, In which they were roughly treated
practitioners UrloI inspected the buildings vet
apart lor tic sufferers. visited them frequently,
anI soun brought about change gTcatly Tor
tho better III tho treatment u tin patients.
The nunber of daily deaths soon fell 10 3OU,
and theu became smaller ailI amat'cr until the
| On Nov. q 70. s. to leavu Moscow rejoicing
over a clean bill Of health. On Ills return 10
st, Petersburg the Count was received with
Ma1,y manifestations ot JOY and triumph. A
medal al struck .u h!s honor, bearing on one
slde his portrait, anl on ~ olher Eeptesenia'
Inscription that ''Russa. tyo, .posscsse$ such
aona.h Hercules sluyms thu leuen Hydra
| would have formed, pcrhaps, moro approprta'
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