Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-12-19
Correspondence oil the Gold Hill Daily Ssvs.l


Sr. PETERSBURG. November az. 1879.
AS apolitic concession to the vehement
indignation excited throughout Germany
by the scandalous attack upon German
women recently published In the Wisdo-
mostic. Of St. Petersburg. the Russian
police authorities have suspended for
three months that journals privilege Of
street sale. II appears that the wrath
aroused in Tsutonio minds BY the article
alluded to which. as will be remembered,
stigmatized the matrons and maidens OF
the Fathsrland. when OF o lively dispo.
sition, as "prancing COWS crowned with
rose wrsaths," and insolently assever.
ated that they were not altogether
human beings ct any time" has brought
down upon its author q very deluge Of
irate letters from all parts OF the German
Empire. One OF these. which may servo
% Q specimen. has been made public by
its recipient. as well a. the reply which
II ELECTED from him
"Berlin. 30th October.-It IL lucky
fer you, sir. that you reside In . city far
distant from Berlin. otherwise I would
punish you In . highly exemplary man
ner for your abominable article upon
German women. As. however. the dis.
tance separating us prevents me from 90
doing. consider yourself as having been
properly thrashed by me. B. Noohstat.
tav 100 psmairotra aoa
The Russian feuilletonist, however
deficient he may be in good taste. IL GER
tainly o very funny person. az the fol.
lowing answer TO the above convinoingly
demonstrates:
"St. Petersburg. 4th November
Honored Sir-At the very moment in
which you raised your cudgsl to bslabor
me. / succeeded In drawing o revolver
from my pocket and in shooting you
dead on the spot. ! therefore request
you to consider yourself shot. My ad.
dress 10 No. IA Wladimirskaia."
Despite the serious pecuniary smbar.
rassmsnts with which Russia has been
hampered over since the conclusion Of
her war with Turkey, the Cars Govern.
ment contrives to fnd money wherevith
to construct additional Notifications Of Q
very costly description upon the "vistu.
10 line" OF her western frontier. Tho
dsfsnces Of Ivangorod are to be strength.
ened by six new forts. now being rapidly
built upon either bank OF the Vistula;
four upon the right bank about q mile
further westward than the outmost lines
Of the old fortress, and two upon the left
bank. constituting kte de pont to the
whole position and affording powerful
support to the Dsmblin citadel. One Of
the forts on the right bank will com.
mand the main line Of railway. The
"vistula line' will. whom all the new
works shall be completed, be guarded by
three strongly.fortiled positions, name
ly: by Ivangorod, the Alexander citadel,
and Novogeoreisvsk.
The Alexander citadel IL not consid.
cred to be impregnable. or even eIoep-
tionally strong. It wal constructed with
o view to the destruction OF Warsaw,
which 1t commands. When the En-
peror Nicholas gave orders for Its ereo-
ton he observed that II would serve, Eat
the least symptom Of an instruction, to
level Warsaw with the ground 30 utterly
that there should be no excuse for build.
ing it up again." II Is regarded by
Russian and German engineers as only
possessing q certain relative importance
through the fact that II serves az q
nucleus and point de reunion" to the
extensive system Of earthworks sur.
rounding II In every direction. A second
fortified line on Russia's western from.
tier. supporting tho three Vistula fort
ressss. Ia formed by the works Of Brest-
Litevski and Zamosk. The former Of
these strongholds 10 In reality IN In.
trenched camp, capable Of accommodat.
ing a vast army, besides its " proper
garrison, Gan,