, 1879-04-15
BY NAIL.
RUSSIAN NIi1lI,l9N.

I.0tH0n NEtff.
Tho Russians arc generally admitted to ros-
sess at least the yistao ot courage. No greater
proof ot their valor can be found, not cYon thu
defense Of tho Sh!pka Pass, than the fact That
people still consent to take tho ottlco Ut Head OF
tic Police. Con. Drcnteln Is tho fourth or fifth
officer connected With the police who has brer
sho. ut lately, nnl d Spy, nnere subordinate,
was 'ate1y found dead, with dagger mud
ncatlY.wrlttcn label fn the i,sual plucas. Gen.
Drcntcn Inns Ind tho good luck to he missed,
but lie victim OF Miss Worm sassou!ltch, tho
Charlotte CorlayY OF Nihtllsm. with Gen.
Krapotkin nnl otllers hare proved tint Russian
officials literally take their lives In their l,ans.
The series Of po!!tlcal assassinatlons is very
remarkable, and 1t must DO admitted TINT
the lnurlercrs rlaua4e tllrir business
viii, ,punctuality, Secrecy, and div.
patch: TIE attenpt on dcn. Dsentc!n iat some
ucacrai's escape. 1t has been usual for a. we'll
dressed laly TT gentleman to follow thu i'll
tcuded victim quietly, to shoot him from closo
quarters, And then 0ot InL0 u wela-appofuted
snrags M TSs a%a} o p1ses Of to
comfortable Eorial position Of tho assaanns,
while It is cxtrctnely Improbable tint thcy
could escape arrest 4 the sym,pathtes Of tho
tain method Ii tho Ntll'ist plan which removes
It from tho category OF tho c0mtIlun attempts
af bus4lgra. Political assass1us, as a ru!r, seem
10 be nnryuus persous. It,uy 'nako thu mistake
Of trying tn secure their retrcnt, anl thinking Ut
tsntlon to inc work il hautl. Tiey tako snap-
bt.ot. which utmost Invariably tnIases, an1 try
to tIsappcar In tho crowd. They adopt the
plan ut 0fsnt and Of ihe older constructors Of
internal machines, ind then everything is LETT to
the Laws Of ct!znee. On MI Average Ill informal
machine may XIII or d!sablu forty people cut Of
acrowd Vt four or 1lyo hundred; but the vdds
Aso very long !n favor Of tbs ono person In tile
gathering wt0n 1t Is desired 10 taka Oh. An
lGnAa, ns Hamilton, Of DothWcllhauGh, shot
tllc lsggeut Murray, aud az NoblllnH lately trel
Ut thu E.npcror III GUlmMny, with stnall sAot.
Something rnay hc said for thls plau, a. tile
tlso tho wtntioH.alll ns q rest. liz also has
probably SONS hope Ut escaping AmonE tho In
t8lcetes ot buck streets and gardens. It found,
however, y. rnle. tllat mcn T., who shout from
method u shnotlng at close 0unFtcrs mud '!rlv-
ing away. ulnl tl!atof sIluuting from horseback.
which was adopted BY tho man who fired
ut lieu. prenten. Ila did not. IS THO tcle-
tic General through tho side window Of the
carriage, but rndn iu advance, aud shot lart;
through thu front window TLe shot was ii,
extremely difficult ONT, for 1t Is neyer easy to
rapidly OIL, aad Il appears that hs horse calna
down with him. That he Wns not arrustetl, but
itttla ftr tts nu}ire nui mt 1ni,rh for t}n mo.
lie. IN innorunt usrs1n. wi.nsa 1Iarso Ina
stumbled. or VII, i'm faIlsi otf. does not desurt
Ii,u annal uni rush nwoy In nnhEtc sietipe. If
wul,iI i1ni il c,,lysnisnt to nurs,,,atu cnhm,nn
and nuistty to s,n,ot nnnonuiar Ministrrs
tIrouth liz t,ttle w,nuw in tl!e rout, To Jrlva
With liz, botly to lonely 1,urt al tie Neya wn1i
In tha yorE 1f tsw tniit,tca md t,,e i,,rt,
watcrs would for tl.a n.ouynt Lido Iii lrara NJ
~ H., t 1;nssron. hnvo no han.om cob. NM, wa
hnyn no nnjticnI assaStins. An lin. l,tt1a n,an
hrlrI,v sretehrT mi mn TX nohr,Iv snv hsrtn
lila tinunrtunt n,l"st,an n viz md 1,nw In H..
itnssnna hannrt, Il, ayo },etstfue lin vIctim nj
lhis nnrai n".t,isnr" hxsns.inaii,,n IL I'm
rhiIh NJ n,,ttirnI fatn,,Ls,n mi noitfra, tin.
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