, 1881-08-14

, tall trees rose the Dombcrg with its walls {
living roeks Its palaces, its turrets, aud i.
: ! towers.
1 had no expectation Of finding here $
! much thai was beautiful One is continual
nlcetil:s with surprises. You tint cut Il,
attractions one by one. 1t first YOU ar
struck by the oddities and pctuiiarities a1,,
general want et completeness. The cuil
irastS !.la between the Old aud the new, tie til
upon you, and it is only as yul becU,l,e IL.
customcd to the town thai you forget til:
:u,l enjoy wholly all that is perfect, ane
finished, ind attractive.
There are sixteen towers aild 4 greater part
Of the rity wall. III n:2l.y places over rnrtt
ftTt high, still standing. The earthworks
aud no.1t have been laid OIL: with walks aud
hIttyplanteo with trees ami shrubs. and aud
gsea1ly l" re beauty aM! picturesualess of
tflc town. Every tiMeI drive around the city
! am impressed more and more with the eX-
tent Of the old forti!icatiuus and its itlpor-
lance Ill former days It's Il fortified city.
Inc Inc cannon ofoar day. would soou tumble
them into 4 mass Of ruins. But Russja's
;tanser to-,l;y i; morc from tile enemy with
III, her nurtlers than frum those without.
| lie -Alllcrlc;sa papers, however, greatly
| cNa@serate the difficulties which h:lrrass and
perpeN tlte new Emperor That Garfield
WIS shot ut AMI nearly killed By an American
cltlztn docs mt prove that Il large part Ut tho
population desire his death; and Yet the
psl,tfs IN Europe assert, and it is generally
nellcFen " tllc most Intelligent people whom
meet, that t;ulteau WAS acting rs the agent
.lia Representative of Il political faction or
wing OF Tile Republican party: and when |
assure tiose wi1uut meet that it Is jill entire
lltl:Sappttcns!"n Of affairs in our country
!llat the so,,Sal'ed "stalwartS" art patriot-
IL; honorable, and respectable class OF men
VINO lave been trying 10 secure the appoint-
l'ielit III their friends. but are not all organ
lzatloll for tic purpose OF destroying the
r'::iM!d preien6 Admllstr:!ton, they lock very in
better THAN ITO. From this fact you can see
now easy 1t is to magnify, distort, and mis-
appfeiielu events which take pIace iii Il for
elT1, :E,' conntry,-Isnssia, for instance.
III, nat me Nlhllists are bent on destroy inc
a!l governments is tl1ey exist in our d;1v
there IS no denying. They would nut only
Destroy all existing forms Of government, but
aIl social and family relations and all indi- |
WI s,uual ownership Of property. They arc led |
risen from tito lowest ranks, bit have |
been educat ted at the Government ey- |
l'ensc, and who seek, like the viper,
10 . destroy that which gave them life,
and women who lave suffered from, real or
wrutl:s inflicted By an arbitrary
ana uespotic Government, and who desire
n!ofe than they desire life to avenge those
wrongs.
In Russia proper their doctrines have
Spread to III! alarming extent, and the real
hope to-day for Russia is III the spread of au
evangelical Christianity which shall take
.Il NC Place Ut tile superstition and biEotry Of
t.:e lower classes, and OF The lnflcIity aml
lawleshtSs Ut those of more liberal t,luc,-
[loll VINO have rl>en from their ranks, There.
are noW l4.o0oo00 in Russia, lit addition TO
lne l4'ltl,er;.1's Ut the Western or Baltic Prov
hees: nc who nave severed I'LL connection with
ne state Church, and ycf, owing to the wise
craftsmanship and liberality OF the late and
he present Emperor: these nen, many Of
Slioih are Alollukens unu Studentin, whose
:arlest u: M evanse!lrul picty is acknowledged
;! W. ats ncfillftetl III hold their meetings.
,!hhil!sered, aud against wl,o.n the laws are 4
leaa letter 1t scel.ss 10 he that Il separation
Htweell Church and State, and fr...stom TO
sofsl!lp tod IN accordance with every mans
onsclellce; would be one Of the strongest
that cou!tl bt used to aEuihia,t,
,lltllsm. lon remember that when the late
-i1,DerDr liberated the serfs he also conf
1auet the owners nT estates to set apart !.
ef!;aln PROPORTION OF their landed Drnper:y,
:; silcn was 10 bt given to the ueas:.nts. This
nl11e parts the peasant WAS to hold it for
reo years. ard i'll other parts six years,
MS constant change of ownrrships, il st,cl |
Call o. called, Is working iuost unfayor-
" limited lcrEn Of years. care little fur en-
chilS It, only 50 far as It sill yield its i.ar-
estS to himself. Consequently each peasant =
~. gives. up his possession OF what
" 's' 49, tp4tu 4I.tfcS ~ III I'LL Impoverished
ld nnfruitfnl condition. ~
!! hs coi''iltlun VI things Is used by the
lnllists III K1issia proper to create tsissu;is-
ct'on there. as the peasants naturally ,lr-
re- re- permanent laa possession, In the Baltic
IT tue power to COMPEL the owners
give III 4 part Df their |
nd, they being protected III their rights by
intlri made between themselves a,tt Peter
c Great when he became ruler over these
rorinceS, they. ac tile time when the serfs
ere liberated, drciHeA among themselves
sct.aplrt certain PARTON Of their la,ius
hicl tEey. would sell jn perre;uiy TO tic
asatltS- Ills has b2en done, aud tile pc;s-
Is mere are many Oi them very r1cI. l'hejr .
lEal habits make saving I'll easily accnu,-
she'd fact. and in the savings banks tI1cr
We noW millions 0f rubies deposited.
wing to their general prosperity, there has
III very little disronteut until very lately,
zen. III the neigllbor'1ood Of Dorpat espe-
ily, II spirit OF tilsrnntcnt and unrest has
n created through tile publishing Of Il
''spaper by the Nihilists, who urge the
lSants Il, delll2lN! Il eitt of ialds from the
ltr5 s'slaar 10 that made by the Emperor |
he peasants in l:iissia proper. Being IL
ant and nnetlucated, they have no con-
tion of how mitch better their position IS.
hcn1 also pulled TIP with pride Il: their
wealth. they are IN tile mOou
'elleye that by demanding this they can
AN II. as the peasants here, however.
{ homes anu Property, they can hardly
expected to carry things to any such cy-
1le rs. shall injure their present BOSSES
IS; and should think, judging from ;,tI
II learn. that there WAS little trouble to |
ntlclpated i'll these Provinces ***