The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-06-28

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thicf rbeinser Meisnie'. ]turpauie, with
tho itusatsn victims ~ rrfaHHy IrsWs
ttHpt 40 tapabliatied Hsepft ~ Arftit
Adventures %nnpanuc r,psfienre.
chIot Engineer MulyilloH nov book.
whleh his nephew. Melville rlIlIips, II
now preparing for tho pross, contains
the narrative ~ his l'olaf ovpaihncr on
The VOYAGE Of the JrnnnelLo and nftnf
The abandonment Of Tie vessel, Ampnp
the many Interesting episodes u tn ~.
count 81 bis mertlng with The Nihihsl
eAilGs ht Vcrketansk IN thu ]Gnyrrnmcnt
OF fhkttsk, Eastern Siberia, In the
Wihtof ol lSSI, aud uf ttuir strange nd
ventures "A related by themselves Mel
vile was delayed NJ Nofkrran-k await.
ny tho arrival Of the rest Of hia party
from liulun, ~ the posting facilities Il
Siberia only Admit Of two or three per
sons travelling At the same time What
follows Is taken from his forthcoming
book v
directly after my arrival tho csprny.
mix, or Cossack commandnnL, srnt for
Mr., Leon, ono of the political oyilrs
In his keeping, 10 net rs intorr rotor he.
tween Us. Loon came and Introduced
himself ~ the gentleman who hal
written tho letter for tho |ospraynik 10
ne whlle ] was at tho delta. and now,
while ho Interpreted for Us, he managed
10 intorpolate for my benefit II part of
ms history. We had u capital dinner
together of teal duck, snipo aud other
game, which kasharonski, tho cspray.
mix. kept frozen In his cellar all the year
round. Leon told me that hchnd never
before eaten nj his table, though often
Mt first Invited to do NJ, for Leon was A
very bitter Nihilist, and wouilnot fra
%tcrnize with his keepers. k~ndnrulski
had n son, whom | named the malinkt
holdat Cittle SOLDIER, to tho great de-.
light Of both. Mrs. knshafunski was A
pleasant, fan. haired. good Iuoki ng
woman. seemingly quite contcuted 10
spend her days In this remote wilder.
ness oi snow, cooking and caring
Tor her house and spouse and little son
Shc waited on M nj table. and did not
MI down until w Ind done. II was the
first good meal | had eaten since lnay.
ing San Francisco. W. remained nj
tablo IN conversation until four o'clock
The next morning.
Leon Informed mo that he had
never heard of the ~'.Jeannellr oNpcli.
ton until we actually came 10 TIM noler
sea to visit them. could soc his Dyes
brighten when ! spoke of tho facility
with which ! could navigate the coast
of sIbera ina vcssol ms small rs our
w%haloboaL kasharonski was anxious
u learn MI about the clothing and pro.
visions Necessary 10 undertake i%nurneys
such rs we had been making. and
Icons inco flushed with hope aud iny
while oponcd 10 his ~glistenlng eyes n
glorious vision Of escape IRON an odions
Imprisonment
Leon continued Ia aoi A. Interpreter
during MeIville's stay In v~orkefan.k.
aud told him that in putting KashnroI.
skis questions he would Lakcthr Iiberty
OF asking tonne on his own account.
leon nov urgently invited mo Ia
Nlsll his comrades In oNilr. asked
haHharoiish whether he had ANY ob.
l%cctions and he sad oh MOI | do not
believe a nihilistcan hurt a Republican,
NJ he sent mo 10 the hut OF Tho cSilcs
IN his sleigh. which returned npnin
Tor Leon aud myself at dinner time.
Leon was slendcrly built. dark and
cadaferuus-looking man with .lawi.h
features, though when ! asked him he
said ito was not a Hebrew. llis hair
was long and black. reaching tn nj.
shoulders. lie had been a student nf
law he told me. and MAS arrested In
students street NV. lie hal been
brought hftcrwarl before three separate
tribunals, not n Of which. however.
ma boon able 10 tind anything irregular
IN Ms habits OF life, and 30. indeed
ms nnal commitment yapcrs expressly
slated. While ON his way tn Slberi,
Vic good -naturcd Cossack officer in
command OF his guard permitted him
70 look over these papers, aud learned
that he had boon sent out. after three
different tribunals had acquitted him,
on what Is known as "A 'Goyprnment
otder - most remarkable instrument.
which closed with tho following
specimen Of legal logic. 'Wp A nroye
nothing against this man, but no i !
student OF law. and no doubt a very
dangerous man." Aud hanished fol
me he accordingly was. Leon had prr.
bcryed Il copy Of bis commitment paper,
and exhibited them with n great deal oI
in%erriincnt ut the peculiar philosophy or
the administration
In the hut with Leon Melville found
inug other Young men, all political q.
Hes Tho oldest twenty seven aud IA,
youngest eighteen years Of age The,
were All professional men and spok,
French hnenlly, some Of them German
aud others a liulo English An wcr
Nihilists. though several said they la,
moi been SO until after their Danish
mont Each ono had n monrnful s,or,
toteiL They were from different mart.
81 the empire, had known the inside o
Russian prisons NIL the way from Arch
angel to the trimca. aud wcrr final,
Hent TO the frontier for safe-kupins;
They questioned Melville eagerly In ~
gard TO the navigation OF The slherial
eoss,. aud had 4 number Of charts am
maps. They had often talked an,
dreamed, they said, about making thei
escape. but a thousand milrs OF riye
and Two thousand miles OF coast s,.me
an impossible Journey with tho mean
ai their command.
Melville continued his visits In An
sxiles. 'In the evening" no say.
several parties were given, when IL
men sang. played. ate. gambled, dram
and smoked Tho women did A. muc
IN separate apartments u their ow,
And ! astonished the assembl, by ,eI
ing them that | never played canfs. n,
even In my own country. Leon. uh
Wa present, told ms that they woul
mink evil u me. They viii saw
tssm-slses' this Is q queer man wi
neither CANDLES nor smokes. he mn
cs away thinking. and . man who do,
mat u d~angerous.' But this was
speech 81 = poor exile. whose life =,
lot because ~ reading and reaa.t,s
ne hsd lesrasd Ne truihs II mnrnl. A.
polittes - hAd nnwfsly uttered shel
s..osd. Ibs haa s.Ad Mn Cns.ien ~
hsxe>n spenosr asi insx-d fe~ K.vll.
essst tof Hsnuh tbsy had n kswlis
vM 0uznm nnd frruc
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