Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-04-05
Life In Siberia,

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| Tho fJ!l~wug description OF tho arbitrary
maG7ef II shich people are arrested iG Russia,
hLw hoi arc sjGt TO, aud hoH thoy i've 10 Grlary
SiCer is f'om the NV York II eraid:
"ln the chee!le5s region of A,kanpcl--ot
which the oboTi9iuss aa7, God made Russia,
bl! the devil made Aykangv.'-thcre sro M 9.e
| than W. Duoofed bsGlsnei oncs, men so0 wo-
men, ell Youos, Gil Door, most III them seat
| WIthous trlsl, lev among them knowing even
! OF what they ere accused. Vcor lvauov:oh
| dimes with his iiend B., for los alce, sud after
| stroll slJDg the Boulevard they separate. B.
| l5 arrcstet ,ha. ve y ,v.olbg, snd when Victor,
sstoundsd and horror s:riekeu. hastons to in
| qure the ceuso, ne feds everybody, even 3. S
o&n tsthor, u much il the dark as he is iim-
sell; all q.esI005 auo petitions on tho sui OF
rec=iSe Vague administrative answers ell trie ads
| aud relatives are sys emstlcay discouraged aud
slienced; esgsr!y th.y Wait and waton t1r the
| numerous politoal trlsis that come 90 without
| lnterm,.sIon, hopiog to soc the misSiGg one 8
name 90 the list of ctimoes or SEQ his tac,
ouce more let it be even c the prisoners dock;
but as they wait and WslcI tho plsoder is,
without aLy trial, en- route Tor Arksupei.
Arrived there, the routine is the same
Whatever the crime alleged, the sge or sex,
the prisoner is AIKEN to the polio, Wsrd-s
dleny log bulldog. coutaioiug two s:ouons,
on1 Tor men the other for wgmoo. The
solitary table and chair, the four wills aud
even the ceiling are c!vered with the uames
or youthful .r decassOrs, whose perclled :sts
aod clever car cuures btGr witnors TO the
strength and clnhdetcs 10 themselves with
which they began their life 10 exile, Iu this
dfearT abode week or ten day s is speot. while
the Governor OF AIksugei, sf.,r due Fl g i1u,
N arks oul ior this dangerous persouag, some
i aal plac, or exile, some miserable lltlo dis
trict town. He is theo told that his 'docu-
meuts' ere ready, snd gend.rme enters, say
ing that IL ls zine 10 start. The prisooer jumps
Toto the Joung post wag two gendarmes imp
10 after tim, Ihi lrtiks bell above the io..e's
head beRlos to Iing-aod rings % for days sud
weeks, through wood and swamp and plAn,
along rolc roads iuoouc4ivstly draar and
lonely, uutll the weary convoy at length arrives
a. It's destination. The Iiule town is small and
blsck, ems SITS of log hu's. two unpavet Streets,
aHoodsn church painted green, aud the only
llvs ock visible ten or twelve raw ooped
horses. herd Of siekly cows aid thirty or
forty reindeer. The population rsrriy xoe, ds
ok, ten subs.tern officers the Atbter If
the Peace, ths CroWn Forester. a prizes,
g few saopkeepers, thirty or forty exiiss,
chaiu gaug OF q d.torgotteu' RI si.n
leops and a crowd Of Fooish beggars D, his
arrival the prisoner is driven Straight 10 the
noics Ward, where he is Inspected by the
lspravrik, polio, of1icsr. 0 is ats .lue lord
aud master ct the district. This representa-
tive OF the goVtromcot rrqulres OF him to
answer the following questions: His name
Huw old? Married or slugt7 Where from ?
Address of parents. or relations or friend ?
Answers to all OF wtioh arc entered 10 the
books. a solemn written promise is then K
ac'ed OF him that he will not Pl7o lessons of
any k'bd or tiy 20 tesch any one; that every
letter he wtites will 20 hrcush the Ispravnik's
hands, q, i that no will IoIlow DO occupation
cxoap: shoenskiug. oIrpentcriDg or field labor
he Is then told he is free but st The came
TINA is solemuiy wsruei that rhcuid be attempt
to pass tue limits OF the town be shall ba shot
doWn Ike q dog rather than be o we! to
escape, tnd shou he b. tax alive sas b,
sent cf tn Eastern Siberia wthout 'ursha7 for
maity ,hsu that Of tho Isprasr Ks pe.s nal
order.
"The poor fel,w tx up bis little bundle
ord. fully realizing tbst he hss uow bijdeu
farewell to the culture srd material comfort #
his past llfr, ho walks out iato the chccrless
SSIS's a. AZ VI e6llGS, Ril ua.C anu pu.C q
ted, are there to greet him tuko bim tn some
of their miserable lodgings. and fcveristly de-
| ualt news f:om bone. The new comer gsz!s
on them as one in dream; some ere meaucno.
| ly mad, hers nerVously irritable. and the re-
mslndrr nave evidently ui to 6ud so!sce 10
drlGk, They liVe 10 oumuUniiies of twes and
| thrces. have food, scaaty pioVisoo Of co hes,
money, aud books 10 comutD, and consider It
| ther scored du = to bel o eqch other 10 every
emergency, without d s>lnctiUn Of sex, rank Cf
age. Tbs noble by birth get slXtaau shl!Igs q
month from government for their mainterance,
aod c)nmoaers oulY ien. althou.h u soy OF
them ere married. and sent into exile With young
families. Dily grendarme visits their lodsn
!nps, inspecs be prenis when and how tc
pleases. aud now aDd then makes some nyste-
rious co ~ in bis notebook. Should sny OF their
| numoer carry warm dsnDer, newly meoded
| pa Of boots or ohaI g. of linen to some pass
Jog < l., lodged fJr The moment 10 the polio
ward It il Us, as likely as DOL ms against him
ss crime. 1t is 3 crime to come and see q
| friend of or accompany him little on the way.
In fsc., should the lspravnik feel out of 60 ss-
| the eft ct OF card and drink-he nts his bad
| temper on the e1iles; and ss cards and drink are
the favorite smu;emenls in these dresry regions
crimes are marked down against tho exi!es in
| astonishing numbers end report Of them sent
rcRu 6Ely 10 Inc 6OVeTQOr OF Inc province.
" inter lasts eight months 8 period during
which the surrounding country presents the ap-
pesraucs Of a nuseess, li(sess, ir,z.n msrsh.
NO roads, no communication with the outer
world, no means OF escspse In course OF time
almost every individual exile is attacked by
nervous commissions, followed by prolonged
apathy and prostration. They b gin to quarrel,
and even TO hate each other. Some Of them
c)ntrlVe to forge false passports, ard by Mrs
Gle, IS it we're, make thelr escspe, cut the great
majority Of these vic as Cf The Tnlrd Section
either 20 mac, comm. suicide or die of deriuu
} sremens. Thslr history, when the time cCmss
for it to be studied and published, will disclose
q terrible tale OF human suffering and ADMINS.
terisl evils and shortcc miogs not likely to fnt
their equivalent in the contemporary history o.
any other European State "
MCBURNEY & Son havs just opened very
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ecely Fresh and St1eet,