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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-28

RFSS OF TIE SECRET SOCIETY-ITS TER
RoRS AND ITS observation-disclosures
SIZE OF TIE ORGANIzATION-ITS OATH
AND IT'S PROCLAMATIONS.
The attempt on the life of the car Of
Russia, taken in connection with the re-
cent assassination of Prince Krapotkine
and the attempted killing of Gen. Won
Drcntclin, attracts renewed attention to
the secret order which now keeps the peo-
pie of Russia in state Of terrorism.
brief sketch of the rise and progress of this
dreadful society, will, therefore, be read
with interest. The birth of free ideas in
Russia dates from n few years previous to
the accession of Emperor Nicholas l., in
1925 ut which time a secret society was
formed under the name of i" Decabristy"
(Dccemberists), called after the month in
which revolution occurred at St. Peters
burg. Citizens of St. Petersburg remcm-
ber that terrible day, December 10, 1925,
us one of dreadful carnage. All the prin-
cipal streets of the capital were red with
the blood of the victims. The principal
leaders of the secret society were Peste,
Rylicf, Bestrizuff, Roumin, Movravietf,
Apostol, Gall of whom were hanged) Oga-
ref, Bakounin Hertzen Islander, Satin
and Toutchkolf. Though many members
of the society were hanged and thousands
sent to Siberia by Nicholas l., many cs-
caped or were unsuspected, aud continued
their work The object Of the secret or
ganization was to dethrone Nicholas |. in
order to form constitutional government,
with Constantine Paulovitch Gan elder
brother of Nicholas ~, ut its head. Fol
lowers and members of the secret society
established journal in London, called
the Kolokol Ohe BelD, whose proprietor
and editor was the famous revoluionist
iIertzen (Iskander), who died in Swtzer
land II few years ago, an exile and under
the death sentence of his native country
lIertzen's ideas were exalted, although ht
sometimes carried them TO extremes. Pos
sessing gread power of language he nc
quired much popularity and powerful
influence over Russian youth, who received
srcrcty read and hid his journal as som'
sacred relic, believing in Hertzen as il
God. The most remarkable of his produc
tions published in the Kolokol We're al Let
tprs from This Side They contain min
ule accounts of the most secret affairs OF tn
imperial government, as well aS the CA
and his family, together with the editor
views and hopes of the future of Russia
His sympathizers and agents penetrate
the seclusion of the households of the high
IS; circles of Russian society Us well as th
private chambers of officials. Herizen'
chief objects were to bring about repre-
scnation of the people, to sweep from th
face of the earth every member OF til
ears family, the titled ariStocracy an
the priest, and to make an equal divisio
of the lands These letters contain muc
valuable historical material, from the fac
that these statements are true to the smal
est details. His influence continued stron
in Russia until 1858.
HERTZEN's FOLLOWERS.
The boldness and fascination of his wri
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-28

A Young John Chinaman at Phillips
Academy in Andover finds his head in
danger. John had been rather backward
in his studies, so that the faculty consider
ed it their duty to make the same known
to the Chinese government, at whose ex-
pense the young man is educated. This
thew did, and one may imagine the disgust
that was manifested upon reading the re-
plv which was as follows: T." Send him
home, and we will behead him" John
will stay with the Mclean man and keep
his head,
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-28
TIE LAST ASSASSINATION.

The recent assassination of Prince
Krapotkinc, governor of Kharkof, by the
Nihilists, is too well remembered to re-
quire extended notice. Prince Krapot-
kline attended - the ball of the daughtnrs
of the nobility" in Kharkotf. He was
returning from the festivity at about II
o'clock, and had almost reached the gov
crnment house in his clrriage, when in
rounding II street corner, he was shot
with revolver by some person who ap-
parently, had stepped up on the step of
the carriage in order to take deib crate
aim. The prince died from the wound
in few hours. The remarkable feature
about the murder was the proclamation
posted throughout the empire IL few days
after. 1t read rs follows: The Rus
sian socialist revolutionary party has dis
posed of one of its deadliest enemies
one of the most inhuman jailers of its CON
demncd and imprisoned brethren. On
the 9th Of February, Prince Krapotkine,
the governor of Kharkof was killed with a
revolver. This execution was carried out
by the Russian socialist revolutionary or
ganization, which is also responsible for
all the executions in 1878. AS on the last
occasion, that organization begs to lay be-
fore the public frankly and sincerely the
reasons that have compelled it to have
| further recourse to the revolver. Krapot.
kline had committed the following crimes
"1. At the end of last year he sane
toned and ordered the barbarous treat
ment to which political prisoners were sub
jected in the prison of kharkoff.
=. lie falsely reported to tho minister
of the interior, on the subject of the
last Disturbances Mt the university of Khar
koff, that the police had been attacked by
the students, whereas in reality it was tht
latter who, by his own orders, had frs
been flogged with Cossock whips.
He is directly responsible for th
atrocious and barbarous treatment of po
litical prisoners at Borisogiebsk, and hi,
name is intimately connected with th
history of the Central prison in that town
where he was guilty of the followin!
acts: The barbarious treatment of TIN
Russian prisoners is then specified at grea
length Such are the crimes COMMITTEES
by Krapotkine."
"Such are the causes and consideration
that have compelled the Russian socialist
party to sentence one of its enemies t.
death. Death for death, execution for eX
ecution, terror for terror. This is ou
answer to the threats the prosecutions an
the oppression of the government. Shoul
the latter persevere in its old course, tn
bodies of Heyking and Mesentzoff will nc
have turned to dust before the governmer
: will hear from us again. ."-NeV Yor
Herald.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-28

RELIABLE WEATHER PROPHET.-One
Adobe Martin, son of Asa Martin the old
time weather prophet of Remsen, predicts
strange things for our country. lie fore
told the weather over II year ago with
great accuracy, and this week agreed
perfectly with his prophecies so.far. lie
belongs to no church, but believes implic-
itly in the direct working of the hand OF
God in the affairs Of men. lie says the
mild winter, following the abundant har-
vests of 1877, was intended to teach
mankind that God wished them TO enjoy
happiness. and that His good gifts were
always bestowed with II bOuntcOuS hand,
if they only choose to accept; that the
continued abundant harvcsts OF the past
summer were to show II continued mind
fulness for our wants. The terrible storms
which we now endure are to show us that
continued prosperity is not the lot of man,
We are to experience next summer the
most unprecedented large crops for har-
vests which were ever known in the United
States. This is to be followed by II winter
even more severe than this. A late, cold
spring follows in 1880, crops are to be cut
off by frost, destroyed by drought; grass
hoppers, bugs and insects will devastate
the west, and the prices of grain and
produce of all kinds will be enormous.
Wars in Europe will prevent aid from that
quarter. Men with small capitals will
accumulate millions by speculation in the
necessities of the times, while starvation
and bread riots will be Of daily occurrence
This is to last for two years, when pros
perty will once more dawn upon us. lr
the past Mr.. Martin has prophesed many
things correctly. What this will amoun
to remains to be developed.-U Utjco Rclub
liCdn.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-28

A TOLEDO LAWYERS ADVENTURE. a
prominent and dignitied attorney who
lives on Il certain avenue short distano,
from Adams street, while eating hic break
f,st / few mornings since, saw Il COW pass
in front &C tiIo house which very much
rese.nLiud the animal that supplied n"
milk for his own table. lie thought it
was his COW, and as old bunule has 4
habit of forgetting to conc home when she
escapes to the green pastures whlch sur
round the city, the attorney left his half.
Gni4hod breakfast and without lat and
in slippers gave chase to the animal. 1t
was close race between the dignifed
attorney ,,4I ,ny OH COW, and it is hard 10
tell which retained the most dignity. She
made good time and SO did the attorney.
At last, however, after Il il0u chase of three
blocks he caught h. and led her back i'll
triumph to the barn. WIN was his Dis
gust to discover there his own COW quietly
feeding from the trough, He returned to
the house, and when the small boy, wlth II
twinkle in his eye, asked if he "caughted
her," he was savagely ordered to g and
get his fathers boots and not ask questions.
-IOled0 Commercial.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-28


las said that " Procraslination was the
thief of time" and the willy pilferer has
been busy with our time for the past few
months, so that we have neglected to cor
respond with you; but we will now jot
few items from this portion of the " far
west" where, for the present, we are To-
Gated.
THE WEATHER
!, now propitious and favorable, and all
are hopeful and expectant, though for the
past months. previous to last week, things
looked rather dubious and gloomy it pros
pecl of an extended drouth; indeed, we
have had scarcely any rainfall since last
October and, according to our prophecy
of last January, we had no snow during
the winter-and consequently the soil re-
ceived very little moisture from that
source. But the abundant rains Of the
past ten days have dispelled our fears for
the present and gave us encouragement
for the future. The season is somewhat
later than that of last year-but the small
grain is all up and doing finely-the wheat
stoolng and spreading SO us to meet the
most sanguine expectations of our farm
ers. planting will be completed
during this week.
EMIGRATION.
Your readers in the eastern states can
form but little idea of the tide of emigra-
ton that is flowing into and through our
state Being on one of the many routes of
travel, we will give you few figures
from actual count. During the last sixty
days the number of wagons or prairie
schooners has averaged twenty five per
day, and four times that number of horses
mules and oxen. 1t would be safe TO say
that each wagon contained five persons,
making Il total of seven thousand, five
hundred people that have passed this point
by teams, and probably as many more
have gone by rail-and it must be remem-
bered that this is but one of Il dozen thor
oughflres to the west and north west.
OUR ELECTION
came Off few days ago, and resulted in
the complete triumph of the temperance
ticket. The issue was squarely made
license OF no license-and no license won
by lifty-one majority. The school board
was elected at the same time, and we had
the privilege Of going to the polls in COM
pany with score Of women,-a thing
that had never happened to us before in
our forty years OF voting.
We were visited by tho iire-iend u few
days ago, AMI large numbering mill
barrel and stavc factory were entirely
consumed. No insurance; loss between
five and six thousand dollars. Two small
barns were also burncd-contents mostly
saved. The wind was favorable, other
wise we should have to chronicle more
serious loss.
The forest is in full foliage, and thc
season has arrived when the average
youngster indulges in the luxury of stone
bruises, and we think there is IL prolific
crop judging from the amount of tip
tocng we see on the streets. The youns
men play base ball, and the more ageC
and scdate speculate on presidential can
didatcs, but no sympathizing words fo
our foreign traveller. The Illinois ID, ID
may be the " coming man.
/. ID. c.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-28

An Ohio tramp left lady lock of his
hair. 1t was pulled out by the servant as
the fellow was climbing out of window.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-28

Some one overheard David Davis pray
the other night. The burden of his prayer
was 80 Lord, derrick me back on the
fence.-Burlingt0n H1Ubeye."
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-28

My DEAR" said II gentleman to his
wife, " our club is going to have all the
home comforts" =" Indeed" replied the
wife, "and when, pray, is our home to
have all the club comfortsp"
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-28
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Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-28
THEIR ALLIES.

Besides this there aro 100000 of the
so-called old faith men (Starovicr) They
are divided into various sects, amongst
whom exists most dangerous elements
They employ agents who 90 from village
to village spreading their faith and declar-
ing that the car and his family are agents
of the devil. They endure every form of
persecution, and in the event of u general
uprising of the people could be counted
on as firm friends Of the nihlists. They
are scattered from Astrakhan to the White
sea. but are more numerous about tie
Volga river. The Starovier are all able
to read and write and are liberal in their
ideas, having much sympathy with peas,
ants. There are mutitudcs of Poles
among these circles waiting for the prom
iscd uprising to recognize their opportu
nifty for freedom. No oppression, nc
knouts or chains in Siberia can stay the
progress of events which hastcns the
fierce death struggle which will be mad,
for freedom of press and opinion in Rus
Sih
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-28
Nihilism in Russia.

RFSS OF TIE SECRET SOCIETY-ITs TER
RORS AND ITS RESOLUTION-PRESEN
SIZE OF THE ORGANIzATION-ITS OATH
AND ITS PROCLAMATIONS.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-28

ance OF their duty. to be brought under
the power of the military courts and SEN
tenced according TO military order No. 279,
issued in 1873. This order appertains TO
all cases which are not left to the ordinary
courts.n
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1879-05-28
Ihe freemau.
MONTPELIER VT.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2S. 1879.
Letter From Minnesota.
Waseca Co., Mimi,
May Is, 1879.

DEAR FREEMAN:-A wise philosopher
has said that Procrastination was the
thief of time" and the willy pilferer has
been busy with our time for the past few
months, so that we have neglected to cor
respond with you; but we will now jot Il
few items from this portion of the " far
west" where, for the present. we are To-
Gated.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-07-19
HisrORY OF rHE DOANER
PARrN.

This interesting work has at length
been completed and Is now being Issued
to subscribers by Crowley & McGlash.
an. Of the Truckee Republican. Mr.. G.
F. McGlashan. the editor and compiler
Of this work. has taken Especial inte-
rest in 1t. and very evidently has spared
neither time, trouble or expense In max
ing this history a. complete. authentic
aud reliable n possible. It il . neatly
bound book Of nearly two hundred
pages. beautifully printed on cream laid
paper. and isa very orcditabls work in
every respect. It 10 . complete and
correct narrative Of the saddsst episode
in the history Of the early emigration to
California. Detached and not always
correct stories OF the suffsrings Of those
unfortunate men, women and children
in their life and death struggles amid
the rugged mountains and steep ravinss
Of the snowy Sierra. where one after
another perished from hunger. cold or
disease. and only . few struggled
through to safety and relief. have been
floating about for years. and 1t 10 now
for the frst time that the true and al.
thsntio history has been compiled in one
volume. It 10 . sad, yet intensely into.
resting history and the library OF no
Californian IL complete without 1t.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-07-19

APAals correspondent says: Among
the trinksts stolen from the Princes
body BY the Zulus was Q ring greatly
valued - . family relic. It was set with
N antique cameo. and had formerly be-
lonssd 10 Queen Horteuss. Napoleon
III. prissd it highly as q memento OF
his mother. and wore II constantly ON
the little finger Of his left hand. 1t was
thus doubly precious to the survivors OF
the family. Doubtless this treasured
trinkst nov sdorns, in ZONE distorted
shsps, the ugly person Of an African
ssv.es. Itwould be curious to trace the
history Of that. cameo, from its origin
among the splendors Of ancient Rome
or Athens down to its present insppro-
pirate destination.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-07-19
TIE wHEArLASD MYSTERY.

Nothing ever before happened on the
Pacific coast which has created more
genuine sympathy and desire for
rsvsngsful justice as the mysterious
and bloody affair at whestland. Califor-
mia, whereby two ssimabls young ladies
were nearly murdered in their bed. Tho
whole country around was aroused. and
every effort actively made 70 detect the
numbering scoundrel. without any sue
cess at all beyond the arrest OF several
parties against whom nothing was
proven. and consequently they had to
b discharged. Shrewd newspaper re-
porters and other detectives did their
best and are still at Il, but nothing IL
thus far the result. It Il satisfactory,
however, to know that the girls ne fast
recovering from their fearful injuries.
The reporters and Detectives. however.
are still hopeful Of unravsling the mys.
terry. and every item Of fsncisd new
light ON the subject they faithfully tsls-
graph to the press all over the land for
the information OF the suppossd-to-bs
pantnsly eager public. Unless. how
ever, they can send something more I'm.
portant than they have Of late. they had
better subside altogether. The sacra-
msnto Record Union sxaspsrstsdly re.
marks:
The reporters appear never 70 Be tired
Of sending N dispatches about the Wheat
land mystsry. Il 10 time 70 call attention
10 the fact that these dispatches contain
no information Of the lesst consequence to
anybody. The public arc no doubt weary
of being told that Tom Brown and Jack
Thompson, or Whatever their names may
be-, ..havs for several days been working
on the mystery" The fact. patent to all.
is, that nobody has discovered anything.
AT this moment no more II known about
tho occurrence than was known . couple OF
hours after IL happened. II any real dis
covery 10 made Il will be time enough to
tell tho people about 1t. but II may 30
doubted seriously whether the mystery
will ever DO unravslsd at all. and the prob
abilities Are very strongly the other way.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-07-19

Joxx wIsE. the asronsut. in an article
on cyclones. says: THE great prairies
win svsr be the fields Of destructive
cyclones. and IL I lived in n specially
liable to these metsors-and some GER
tAinly ars-I would make q vault with
an archsd stone cover q little below the
common level. and then levelsd with the
surface Of the earth. and AZ small an
entrance to Il as practicable. The cy-
clone will never be more than q minute
In passing over 1t, hardly that. 1 have
encountered two in my forty years sIpe-
risnes In the cloud region. and 1t is safer
70 b tsmpsst.tosssd with q balloon than
70 b ssrth-raksd with q cyclone.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-07-19

The telegraph informs Us that Chas.
tine Coz. the murderer Of Mrs. Hull in
New York. has been sentenced to be
hanged ON the goth Of next month. A
more sensible and righteous sentence
never was given. and for once, at least,
the majesty Of the law and the true
honesty Of justice is liable to be prompt
y and squarsly vindicsssd. The coun.
ssl for the numbering wretch. one OF
sAoss natural and ingenious pervsrtsrs
Of the Law. . lawyer. attempted the plea
In his behalf that hs did not murder her.
bat merely smothsrsd her soms. to keep
her from intsrrupting or disturbing his
b~urslarious appropriation Of her jewell
~ and other valuable effects. and came
away leaving her in . state Of coms-a
sort Of trancs.liks or inssnsibls coudi.
ton. he deliberately tried to show to
the Jury that the doctors. in making the
post.mortsm examination, killed the
lady, and we're her real murdsrers. Tho
Jury. however. while recognizing the as
founding plausibility Of this idea. know.
Ing that doctors frequently kill while at.
tsupdng to cure. concluded that Coz
murdered the woman, the more sspec-
II n Cor stoutly maintained that he
did. Coz took . frssh chew Of tobacco
and brsathed . Sigh OF cheerful TO
lief when tho verdict was an
nounoed, and he found that the
medical profession was not to be allowed
The ehastly honor that he claimed for
himself exclusively. He even wore .
hilariously compliment look when the
Judge pronounced sentence. and he felt
that his s~1chequered career was o o to
Close with one Of the squarsst examples
Of natural justice it had ever been his
fortune 10 meet with.
Chasdns Coz will 60 10 his just re-
ward. He will while away his remain
Ing days - comfortably as circumstances
vill allow and die like Q philosopher.
he will listen kindly to the PROSECUTING
efforts OF the good representative Of the
Gospel. who will endeavor to convert
him 70 Christ and persuade him that.
through . temporary repentance. his
soul will be saved and sent to dwell
among the happy angels in the realms
Of stsrnal heavenly bliss forevermore ;
bat hs won't believe . word Of it. He
prefers the proud consciousness OF being
- mild.mannered q wretch a. ever
''seuttlsd . ship or cut q throat" And
on the gallows no will stand rssolutsly
forth before the people a no psnitent
thief, and show them how an sppreciat.
i've. old.blooded gentleman can die
whom hs 10 obliged to. in proud emuls-
ton OF the sandy wretch OF whom 1t was
said In years past
Upon the crop he turned
To swear Q parting oain
He cured the parson and Jack keteh,
AMI be eooliy damned theu both"
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-07-19
2

When We read OF the fearful tornadoes
and cyclones destroying towns, property
and people In the Eastern and Western
States, and the thousands fleeing panic
stricken for their lives from the terrible
yellow fever scourge in the South, 1t
seems kind Of good to live in Gold Hill.
Two horse thieves in England stood up
on the eallows with the ropes around
their nscks. waiting for the final drop.
Just then . big old bull in the pasture
near BY threw the fence over his back.
came rushing. tearing and believing
through the crowd. and commenced
tossipg the relocated soldiers surround
ing the scaffold sky.high. One OF the
deeply interested prisonsrson the galiows
animaisdly exclaimed to the other !;
e Jist look ct him. Bill I! See the bloody
beRsar toss EN-. Amt We mighty lucky
70 b up here 2"