The New York herald., 1879-03-17

society which the Governor has taken under his
protection. and to which he lends once aweek one
OF the saioas OF his palace. need scarcely add that
the operetta. that entertainment dear TO tho
Rnssians who have all something of the Pnrisian in
their veins. has not been slow i'll donicing itself in
the new town. A Russian troupe is performing
there LA Belle Helene" "Orphee." lie Petit
Faust. lie canard trois Bees" &C.. and on the
the dramas Of "Uncle Toms Cabin and Hamlet"
The same actor = who plays hs%let performs , the
stitutes in his person the entire orchestra
is Frenchman. and ho accompanies the
piano. The chorus is composed Of six soldiers,
who do not know word OF French. and who are
drilled by the French pianist, who does not know
word Of Russian They are applauded NIL the same.
The pianist Is of the i've members OF the French
colony of Tashkend, and. few they are, 1t is ex
traordinary that there are SO many. for General
cgners. He does not want them to come here to
dispute the trade OF the country with the Russians
The four other members of the French colony are
two sovernesscs and q manage composed OF hus-
band. wife and child, which should not properly
be included in the category. seeing that IT. has
neither been registered nor baptized, for ut Tash-
kend there IL neither French consul nor
priest. These four persons cano to Tashkend
with Russian families. and consequently were
counted in with them without any indica-
tion OF nationality. The two governesses are
known to every All want to have them in their
their quarters As to the husband and the wife. the
one has taken to keeping restaurant and the other
has become dressnaker. have seen 1t somewhere
asserted that out of their own country the French
generally become tailors hairdrcssers. mores dhdt
crc De hssiss in France and his greatest pleasure
while serving you up becfsteak is to enumerate tho
list Of distinguished people IN raris as whose houses
nd matter for interesting notes IN the narratives OF
This ex-egal practitioner. who. at this distance from
Franco. no longer considers himself bound by the
law relating to professional secrets.
A MAGICIAN OF OTHER DAYS.
The French are not the only foreigners who have
been affected by Russian ostracism. which Is abso
lutte in its way. No foreigner now pass Kaza-
insk which is close to the Shore of tho Sea of Aral
ylaora fha M fma
commences. Those who have come-and they are
but fewhad to pass that way and before my arrival
newspaper correspondent was variety Of the hui
man species completely unknown here. The records
OF foreigners who have come here therefore
estinS a % storyMint tersstina because It concerns
curious individual, known all over the world-the
jusgler Philippe. / remember when o child
seeing him in superb magician's robe.
q splendid equipage HIS success was univer-
with u pistol shot. and to draw from under table
cover bound around his waist bowls full of live fish
swimming in the water. with which the vessels were
ncd to the brn. He the father of the pleiad of
which Robert Houdin. Hermann aud so many others
wero stars and Of whom America and Europe pre-
after lucrative career. after having made millions
Of francs. at the ago OF eighty, old stiaened and
question that lies between himself aud destiny; but
far he to seek last stroke of luck he not
fatei to find It, He had been stripped of everything
| Ono by one he had pawned all the boxes aud cups
with double bottoms, from which he used to draw
piles of gold at pleasure whilo tho public regarded
him with envy aud without the aid OF those instru
ments his fingers had lost their dexterty and could
effect nothing. No one knew him. not oven the few
too Young to remember him Nevertheless thear
purses were opened freely for their old compatrot
In tho days that he could give seance They lib
Grated his apparatus from the bands of the pawn.
broker aud guaranteed the expenses Of soirse; but
the fatality which to the very centre OF Asia had pur
| sued the old man did not leave him, for. tho
evening so much desired having arrived. the ram
set in and no responded to tho of the
old eseamotea'. who had formerly had tho honor OF
he left for Bokhara. furnished with letter of rec
ommondstion for the Ameer. He left alone. not be-
had presumed TOO much on his strength. which
abandoned him on tho road and his small resources,
narrowly calculated to carry him to his destination
being exhausted he died Of hunger by the waysidc.
Such In all it's simplicity was the story that was re-
| lated to mo.
CLUBS. RANKS AND rHx POST orTicK.
It at the club that tho the old juggcr gave his
last s6ance. The club is an association composed OF
OF soldiers, functionaries aud photographers. us
| observed just now. now era Is commencing for
Tashkcnd. One can convince himself Of this by
nsvss Is Occupied in in dsspachinr letters Tho
sarthes have not been long In comprehcnding tho
is to be witnessed at the bank. where
numbers have accounts current. IN another,
70 d ssna aaN oS
| dren to the Russian schools Thus. have
young native girls sharing the lsbors and amuse-
was on SUNDAY last: thcy had waited until then to
strip the christmas trees, around which were ranged
a IN cnah ssane
| from Alfred do Musset's "Une Soupcr chez
Rachel" after which the smaller girls dsrced
| q Russian dance; then thero music, tho
whole terminating with bail. General Kauf-
mann. who took me with him to this entertainment.
did not to enter into the spirit or tho II
was not to be wondered ut; lie was without news
from Afghanistan, and on the other hand he was de-
prived Of news from ST. Petersburg. an inundation
hav fy.kc pfaI fha 10
time has not been re-establshed. 10 TO the state
of isolation in which this accident has placed that
you this letter. which treats of anything but the
subject which came here to write about
IS KAuFMAxN's MISSION AT AN END?-raoB-
ABILITIES OF A CHINESE DIFFICULTY.
TAsHKENp. Turkestan. Feb. 8. 1879.
There is every reason to beliovo that Russia. hav
ing to stop lat the foot Of the WALL. General Kauf
mann looks upon his mission in Asia having como
to an end. and asks 70 return to st. Petersburg.
rumor which has reached US already indicates Count
Paul SchouvaloH. brother of the Russian Ambassa-
dor in England believe as his eventual successor.
II this be tho Russian troops will long 1.-Two in
peace in Turkestan. unless their efforts tond in
another direction. toward China for instance. which
il not at all unlikely. It is known that ambassa-
dor from the Celestial Empire has arrived in st.
Petersburg for the purpose of claiming the restitu
that Knshgar given mp. In case OF
REFUSAL aud should tho Chinese mako mp
their minds to enter the field. no ono could
tell whom tho would end. Tho Chinese
are in the habit OF taking their timc. Thus. when
they had to Quoll the insurrcction in Kashear the
troops sent there for the purpose were Ave years
say scvcn--on their way. The soldiers of the
Celestial Empire took things easily. and walked.
the saying is. with their hands i'll their pockets.
They had divided themselves into three columns;
tha nrst had charge of tho arms and the ammuni-
tion and the last took of the baggage The mon
ming part of the central column marchoi bravely
along with their parasos opened. and doubtless aiso
with fans n their hands 1t is natural TO ask what
woul1 have become Of them all il the enemy had
seized upon tho arms and munitions. which were
alonc In front. of the easiest things im nab,e.
Tho chinese are numerous that afcr first army
they scud a sl.cnnl q third md a tnlrth