Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-03
From Our Regular Correspondent.
Our Foreign Letter.
ST. PErERsnuRe, Russia. Feb. II. 80.

OF. GEIEkSBURG, huSsi'lt EeD. II, on.
A writer in the Toltdire, who signs
himself Tn Russo" paints a deplorable
picture of the terrors by which the ear
is haunted and of the precautions taken
to secure his person from injury. At one
time the mperor of all the Russias was
in the habit of wearing coat of mail,
very delicate and supple, but, unable To
endure the weight. he has abandoned this
ark Of safety. His uniforms. however.
are now especially prepared. and are said
TO be stepped in a particular wash which
renders them bullet proof 1t would be
worth while TO know of what this wonder
ful wash is made. The carriages and
sledges used by the monarch are also
plated with iron. and such is the mys-
FERROUS secrecy with which he is surround
cd thateven the most trusted policemen
are ignorant half an hour beforehand in
what direction he is going. The cook
is watched at his work by two special
employees, and the kitchen door is guard
ed by two senLinels. The viands are
tasted by experts, and only offered to the
car when they are convinced that no
poison is lurking in them. Fond as he is
of a good cigar the emperor is obliged
from similar motives Of prudence. to fore
go the pleasures of smoking. Such is
said to be the life of the greatest autouat
in the world, who must ROW and then
envy the lot even of the meanest of his
sub iects.
Ever since the unsuccessful attempt
upon the ears life at Moscow, the pre-
cautions taken b. the third section or
tine protection of his person have been SO
rigorous and exhaustive that nihilstic
ingenuity, which has been by no means
idle during the interim has utterly failed
in its repeated efforts to introduce would.
be resicides into his majesty's apartments.
A pretended chimney who was
charged by the central committee with the
conveyance of explosive materials into
the ilue communicating with the stove
in the ears bedroom, was detected in
his criminal enterprise and now awaits
his trial. Since his arrest the committee
have tried another expedient for OBJ aiming
access to the emperor, which was 81 boldly
and astutely devised that it all but achiev-
ed its purpose. A few days ago an orderly
officer arrived ut the winter palace in
great haste and demanded immediate ad-
mission to the ears presence stating that
he was the bearer of a most important
dispatch to the car from General Gourkho,
the military governor of st. Petersburg.
Something in the mans appearance, al
though he was duly uniformed ana ac-
coutred, struck the aide-de camp on duty
in the imperial ante-chamber, who asking
the officer to wait while he inquired
whether or not the emperor would receive
him, hurried into IN adjoining bureau in
which a telegraphic apparatus commuui
eating with the communicative was set up
and sent to Gourkho peremtory order to
come instantly to the palace. Ten minutes
later the general made his appearance in
the ante chamber, where his soi-disant
orderly officer was waiting, and, upon
being inGormediof what had taken place
ut once denounced the travcstied cOnspir-
ator AS an impostor. When the latter
was secured and examined, he was found
it is not doubted that his intention was to
assassinate the emperor.