Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-14

A PICTURE OF TIE NIIIIST DoINGs IN
ST. PETERsDURG.-A universal feeling Of
gloom prevails. After 0 o'clock in the
evening. nobody is at liberty to show him
self in the street without n certificate. upon
which must be written and attested the
place from which the bearer comes and to
which he is going. The measures are
stringent, but ut the same time the insecu-
rity of St. Petersburg is daily on the in
crease. Every day we hear of grenades
exploded in the street. Happily there have
not been serious consequences. For the
present the intention of the nihilists is be-
lieved to be 10 keep the police in state of
constant excitement, and ut last tire them
out or lul them to sleep with the idea that
the danger is exaggerated. 1hey claim
that harsh measures and arrests are pro.
ducing discomfort among many people
who, when the time comes for grand
attack on the government, will Join tie
revolutionists. On the night between
Friday and Saturday, seditious placards
were found stuck up in the vicinity of the
theatres, and al the corners of the business
streets, and although the city police and
detectives at once hurried up and tore
down the manifestoes, they nevertheless
appeared anew. as though coniured forth
from the walls by enchantment. Passers.
by stopped to read the bills, and in this
one night the police arrested over one
hundred and fifty persons. Among all
those taken the police failed to find in a sim
gle case as much as scrap of paper
which appeared to have anything to do
with the proclamation. The secret bill
sticker,o on the other hand, went on with his
work indefatigably, and the police could
not succeed in discovering him. The alarm
at last became so great that two companies
were marched out and posted at the en-.
frances to number of houses in the
street, but when the guard had its attention
called to the right, bills were posted upon
the left, and after they had been torn down
on the left they again appeared on the
right Since the attempts on the life OF
the car, troops have been in readiness
day and night in every regiment, two
companies in marching order, equipped
with ball cartridges and all the accessories
required for active operations. Batteries
stand ready horsed and mounted in the
barrack yards, and squadron of every
cavalry regiment stands in constant read
mess to mount both day and night, divs.
ions of Cossacks patrol the streets. On
the 10th peasant was arrested in whose
pockets were found assignments for revo
lutionary troops. According to this docu
ment active operations were to commence
on the night between April 10th and 18th
Instantly the government made most ex.
tensive preparations for defence. Grand
Duke Nicholas took up his quarters, with
his entire staff, in the offices of the gener-
al staff opposite the winter palace. In the
riding school of the guards the regimen,
of hussars of the guards was quartered
while the barracks of the Pavlotf ant
Prevbrajenski regiments were crammec
full of troops, and the whole artillery O
the guards received orders to hold isel
in readiness for immediate action. The
troops continued several days and night,
in the places assigned them, but the revo
luton did not break out. Probably the
whole story of an intended outbreak was
an intentional mystilication.-Letter O
april 22d IN Cologne Gazette.