The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-11-03
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0as need not be surprised at any.
thing that happens in Russia. The
other evening while smoking cigar
with one of my old friends who has
seen, read and travelled a great deal, 1
was told Of an incident that occurred
some forty years at NOvcorod, quite az
sinister as that which recently occur
rJd at smargon.
The Colonel of certain Russian reg
im"n', forocionsly tyrasnicAl, end, |
may say, meroiless toward his SOLDIER,
was Ia the habit Of treating Lis human
flock like pack of brdtes. lie disci-
plined with the kpont. sentencing mon
70 whippings for having ORC bn:ton In
sufficiently polished whipping nom
commissioned officer for one stain on
bis cloak striking veterans Of Boro-
dino In the face for Aaluiing too slowly;
sending poor wre,ch,s TO Siberia for
giving too free an answer. IN short,
during the lapse Of years. this Colonel had
made himself 30 Getsated by his men that
ho reapsd . frightful vengeance from
seeds Of hatred be- bad sown. One morn
ing during parade hesuddenly saw Gle oG
from the regiment company Of soldiers
bearing, instead Of muskets, those long
rods which Gu. deeply into the hsah at
every blow. Nevertheless, he bad
given no orders There were no sol
diers 10 chastise.
"who II that FOR r. he demanded.
A grensdier advanced from the ranks,
and replied with terrible coolnsss
"For thee r.
The entire regiment, non-cOmmis-
stoned officers and soldiers, we're in the
plot The whole regiment was pres
ent at the terrible spectacle. The Col.
onel vas sei.ed, bis uniform torn of,
be was tod down in wbeelbatrow and
~heelod up sad down before the ranks
OF the grenAdiera, armed with rods, all
Of whom Struck and insu.ted bin. The
officers who attempted 10 aid their Col-
ouel we're Immediately seiEsd and bay
onets pointed At their throa.s Some
wero taken away h,'..rN garroted.
only one soldier attempted TO take part
with them. Thsn sergeant. .sti.l l.pallid
from the siFycta ~ his lsst whipping
with the knout put his ransket 10 the
soldiers temple and blsv hiA brains
out. Aud all the regiacut saw its col.
encl pass un.ler The rod
When Il was AL over hey opened =
kiln oven. Tho Colonrl ~a- fang into
it, all bleeding, together with the Of
ficera who had obsyel him. and when
the furnace was well fed the soldiers
heated il slowly-until at last that
hidesus, heavy aud revolving smeD Of
burning flesh arose ia the air, which
the savagss Of the Russian frontier in
haled some days ago at Jewish ceme-
terry at smargon.
An imperial courier bore TO the car
tho news Of the matiny Nicholas
listened, became white, but said noth-
ing except order four batteries OF artil-
lery to Nsvgorod. Ten days after |
white-haired and gray mus;sched major
general, accompanied by single aide
de-camp, knocked at the door Of tn
barracks which the soldiers bad neve
left since the murder Of their chiefs
The general gazsd colJly upon thes
pale men, all neatly aud fAultlessl,
uniformed, who gave bin: the militar.
salute. Not one reproach--no. on
useless word /; he only said TO them :;
cat six o'clock tomorrow mornin
the regiment will assemble in undres
unif1rni, and without arms, at the Tar
tar camp, upon the Little Square
Order Of the czar."
Not one voice replied. But th
next day upon the narrow square, a
in ranks without arms, in their lon
gray coats, their sergeants at thsi
usual posts--all the mutinous soldier
were thore, in lines regular as if adj,w
cd to q string, with double line I
lance bearing Cossacks, before and b
hind. Then all at once, from every "a
spirc, all the great bells began to sol
The Cossack horse-men Withdrew
Only the unarmed infantry RENAME
upon the square, with folded arm
waiting. Then there came long, 10
, roll Of drums, and with it, from all IL
avenues leading into the square. can
volleys Of Craps like iron hail. g
Then nothing was heard awhile b.
the thunder Of the cannon in that cit
: other wise silent as cemetery, whs
> men, women and children, kneelir
{ before their holy Images, were prayir
, for the soldiers they were shoctir
: down in the square and during an i
terval in the oannonade 9 hymn role
! up from the square. for the soldie
were dying with the prayers Of the
childhood upon their lips. The cann,
thundered for hours then all W