Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-04-15
IN THE SIBERIAN MINES.
Eipstssn Years Of Imprisonment
which Ended In Madness.
A 1tRRsLs TALE OF SUFFERING.
Tscbemysche~sEy, a Noted hiAilist' After
Working Seven Years in Lead
Mine, Becomes RaYing Ma
MAC at the Prospect
Of Liberty.

ME are only echoed through the mans
ola government office aud It's polIA'
ral Ideas subject to the cenSure OF an
inspector, who prevents the sale oil a Sus-
pected paner and who has the auInofi-
tyto suspend or entirey suPPreSSeS IDEAS
Of liberty which belong to All nauonSl'-
ties
4 hundred wears behind the French
nation the Russians rapidly advancing
towards n Ike revolution, employing
those means which century OF iul-
movement has put in their command
The crusade Of liberty is being widely
prearhcd. and each new act OF aouSeu
noSrer poads them on to that end. The
s,lssepsion of the official journal Of this
c;ty. the Golos, two weeks ago, raised
an ominouS murmur from the people
that should be needed by the Ear
Nor i the news Of the madness OF
Internationally calculated To so0the
,be feelings of the irritated people.
,rb, history Of the wrongs that has been
besr,d upon the unfortunate man.
winch eventually brought on
violent Madness.
~. generally known to his numerous
..,s;.,, friends aud adhereuts, who,
.,,hough youths at the time ofhiS ar
,.t have. now reached mans estate.
hi, history = that of any author who
d,rcs express his sentiments openly,
Int lew have suffered the tOrments in
nlcted upon this aspiring genius.
Enthusiastically left college in 1860,
After carving oil the highest honors.
His lively and witty nature combined
xitb u,nl,,sl good sense and 4 wide
rsnpe of yrneral information helped
him a. a writer. The people Of Ger
many and Austria accepted his books
which breathef that pure love OF coun-
try that should be Inherent In all ma
ti0nalltirS. The publication Of his ro-
nance. entitled "SchtO Djeiaty' gave
umbrapr To q government whom he
criticised numerically, and he was at
once arrested. Demonstrations OF the
peopir had 10 weight at that time
when \ false sense of security was still
frit by the late Car.
Sentenced 20 siberia.
Previous to that time TSchernyschew-
Sky had been elected to fill the posi-
l,op of councillor, and on May ~, 1864,
when his sentenced was read, condemn
inc him tu fourteen va in the mines
and the rculaindeTiof his life to be spent
m Siberia, he lost the cOuncillOrshiP
4 and was u, graded before crowd Of
\ spectators wnO,amimd grOaus and misses,
/ ShOwcTed upun the doomed man a
rrOfusjon OF flowers and letters which,
II il unnecessary To ~ay, the police pre-
vented him from gathering. Never be-
fore WAS the kasSn Place in this city
in 50 much danger OF seeing hlOOdShed,
s. but the. people Were not yet ready Tor
4 the ~;Ti:t. uli, with the exception Of a
lrawl ur two and tn. arrest of a few of
4 the rmgly"derS, matters terminated
8 peacefully. Two days afterwards u
4 gruup ui detected loONiug men stood in
4 the court ward of the station, surround
4 al hy . detachment Of soldiers, and
/ AMONG tlvm wa T~cherny<ChewSky
Work m the mines of Siberia Is hard
s upon men Injured to all the privatIOns
ard labor &C peasant lie In Russia;
how mach heavier, therefore, would
i il nov prove 10 such - man ~ fischer
4 uychcw>Ay, who had been used to the
rase II college life and the luNurieS Of q
4 GOOD h"me, surrounded 10y kind and
IoyiLc people.
For seven years this mnnOtOuOuS life
l.. -. 4 -
routine from day to day and year to
year. Rising al h O'clock each morning
10 partukr Vi dried flesh, his duties, or,
4 more properly, his punishment, began.
The same walk 10 the lead mine, where
he worked necessarily under constant
fear of the lash, slight rest for a few
minutes at midday, then work again
> until evening, when the welcome but
4 mOuTnful sounds of bell told him that
another day Of captivity had passed,
] and which brought him nearer by a
day to his release from the deadly at
g mueph"rr of the mine. None could
have recognized the quOndam author
= I'm the SgUalid and emaCiated figure
S. that marched from the daily toll, scarce
s ~ clad aud darkened and begIimed
with the lead that adhered TO hls rags.
The site OF the Mine.
Il NCrt-chinsk, the town that witnessed
his suticrings, Is the site of the largest
and most exploited mining station OF
Siberia, and hasithe reputation of being
the most harshly managed settlement
for the worst type OfpOlitical criminals.
The wOuld-be redresser Of existing
troubles certainly did at one time at
tempt to cause u mutiny among the
the prisoners. An initiated one, in
hope Of an easier existence, seized upon
the Opportunity 10 report the proceed
lngS and plans Of action TO the COM
mSndant. Taken before the Governor
4and charged with the Otlense, the con-
spiratOr confessed the plot, and, after q
severe Ca>tlgatiOn, his old toll was re-
sumed but with the addition ola special
oNeTSeer, who seized every opportunity
TO apply the kuOut. This completely
broke the spirit Of the once sprightly
man and he became taciturn and mel
fanchOiIy, taking blows and words alike
withOut rcjoiner.
Atthc end Of seven years ne was re-
leased from the mines and transferred
20 Miiuj>S in the Government OF
lrkutSS. It's melanchOlia was at this
e1ime more pronounced, and DAYS would
Pass without q word from his lips. In
me mines he had at least the advan-
esge OF an occasional word with his fell
toS'1lficrerS, although = blow of the
kno1t sometimes accompanied it, but
IN these desolate wilds Of snow NOT q
puma could De heard \ fatality seems
have followed him even In this desc.
Ate spot, rs the gaolers detested tbis
mute prisoner. At last 1t appesrs tbat
gaoler named Pariof determined that
We poor prisoner should speak onS bs
promised success to his comrSdos :;
they should help him in the far -,' that II
ne intended TO enact. Followed bv tbs
>eager set, hs entered y tue
The DesOIate Ceu
81 the half demented prisoner and ,aL-
Bg q paper from his bosom no rasJ
OOud: ue reAu
l.ewlnSky Tscheruyschewskv acors
60 OF high treason and fomentinU Jis-
Eders In the Dominion of Rnssis us u.s.
% IN our c,emency, release Won fror,
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