The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-07-16

One need not he surprised at anything
that happens In Russia. The other evening while
smoking cigar with ono Of my old friends, who has
sccu road, aud Travelled great deal was told ot m
Incident that occurred some forty years ago at Nov
gurud quite US sinister as thdt which recently occurred
Tie colonel ot o certain Russian regiment, toro-
Ciousy tyrauniCal and may say merccsH toward his
soldiers, was In the habit Of treating this human hoeE
like pack OF hrutcs lie disciplined with the knout;
sentencing men to WhipplneH tor having one button
inm0cently polished; whipping non. commissioned
oHccr for one stain hs cioik striking veterans Of
uorodiuo IN the face toi sauting too slowly; sendlng
moor wrotcucs To siberia for giving too tree an
sWer In short duting the lapse OF years this colonel
had made himself dotestod by his mon that lac
tcaped frghtiul Vengeance from seeds OF hittcd he
had sown.
one morning during parade he suddenly saw Nlo on
rtom the regiment company IT soldiers, hearing, IN
into the flesh at every blow.
Nevertheless, he had given no orders There was
&c Who is that torg'' he demanded.
4 grenadlor advanced from the ranks and replied
with terrible CuOlncs1'
Tho entire regiment, non commissioned onlcots
and soldiers, were iu the plot. The whole regiment
was present ut the terrible spectacle, The colonel
was SEIZED his uniform torn u, no was tied down In
q whcClblTrOw, and wheoediup and down before the
ranks o the gronadlers, armed with rods, all Of whom
struck aud insulted him.
The oncers who attempted to aid their colonel were
Immediately seized aud bayonots pointed at thelT
throats. Some were taken away; others Earroted.
only soldier attempted to take part with them.
Then sergeant, atm pallid from the effects of his
last Whipping Win tue hiOult put MS mNakel 10 inc
soldiers temple aud blew his brains out.
Aud all the regiment saw It's colonel pass under the
rods.
when 1t was all over they opened kiln-oyen The
colonel was flung into IT, all bleeding, together with
the onlcers who had obeyed him. Aud when the FUR
mace was we'll fed tile soldiers heated u slowly,
slowy-untii at last that hideous heavy, aud revolt
iuE smell of burning flesh arose In the air, which the
sayagcs Of the Russian frontier inhaled some days ago
at HJcwlsh cemetery ut SmargOn.
An Imperial courier bore TO the Car the news VI tho
mutiny. Nicholas listened, became white, hut said
1 IttV - IA
Noygorod. Ton days after = whte-haired and gray
| mustached major general accompanied 10y single
aide-de-camp, knocked at the door Of the barracks
which the soldiers had never left since the murder Of
/ their chiefs.
The General gazed coldy upon those pale men, all
neatly aud taultlessly uniformed, who gave him the
military salute.
Not one roproach-no one useless word lie only
| cat O'Clock tomorrow morning the regiment
Will assemble In nnttoSs uniform and without arms Mt
the Tartar camp, upon the Little Square. ordor OF
| Not one voice replied. but the next day upon the
narrow square, all IN ranks without arms, In their
long gray coats their sergrants at their usual posts
all the nutnnus soldiers Were there In lines regular
as II adjusted To string with double limo ot lance
| bearing tussackS before aud behind. Then all At
once from every far splic All the great bells began to
| tom The Cossack horSemen withdrew. only the
unarnicd Infantry remained upon the square, will,
| folded arms, waiting. Then there came long low
roll Of drums aud with II from all the avenues leading
Into tho square came vocys OF grape like iron-hail
Then nothing was heard awhile but the thunder OF
the In that city, otherwise silent a
terry, when men, women, and children, kneellng be-
fore their holy Images were praying Tor the soldier
they were shooting down In the square. Aud during
an interval In the cinnOnahe, hymn rolled M from
the square; for the soldiers were dying with TIT
prayers OF their childhood upon their lips. The can.
non Numbered for hours. Then AL was silent
Powder aud iron rested awhile. Tho cannonears Ell.
tered tho squao and recoiled at the sight of thos,
ranks of men mOwn down like wheat. From unde
the lead thoy pulled ont few stili breathing victims
able to live awhile.
| "What SHAH he done with Them Genera-shal
| we put them IN the hOsrital?''
| e rut them under the knout. lie Figaro.