Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-07-08
&CEXES H MOSCOW.
Departure of Priseperx for elhcrfs
Correspondents OF the san Francisco lhronlcis.

Correspondents OF the San Francisco lhronicle
THE CITY or MOSCOW.
MOSCOW Is the strangcst city ever saw. II 10
situated In The midst Of a plain with low rolling
hiiis,and upon the banks OF a small river. To the
sight IL Is mixture ofeveryibins. Mahometan
mosqncs.with gilded ioines. Christian churches.
Win giided cross aud pointed spires: the feudal
fortress aud assemblagc OF gloomy build
ings which collectively are called the Eremlin
Tartar caravansaries; European hotels ,one Of
them kept by man who used 10 run a billiard
saloon on Franslip street. New York; Ameri-
can horse cars. English cUupes and horses. Mus
coyite wagons ana French opera house The
dresses of he people arc varied I'm sfyle as
the cGiIiCcS while the contents of the Shoi,s are
more yaricd-i mean as "a nationality and
era-than either.
OFF FOR SIBERIA.
was a witness to an affecting incident last
saturday. got MP early and went 10 guard
house. distant about mile from the Krcmin,
from WHICH was informed the Siberian exiles
would start. lpon reaching the place found
small crowd as tnll,led TO overlook the event.
In 'front.' of the guard house stDDd a cart. which
recalled the tpinbril oi the French revelation.
Ntthtp ii were few articles Of dress. some
food, water, aud iair III woman's shoes a
peasant !mtqiki held the horses head. -Four
and kept tho crowd back NJ, a word WAS said
by anybody. All awaited in silence the cunning
or the condemned. Presently tie dOo- OF the
guard-holise was opened. An officer came Forth
and handed a paper to one OF the CossaSlSS who
took with salute. and instead OF iueSing Il
In his belt, placed II in his hat The guard
house door now opened again and a Dossack
soldier came forth driving Two women before
him with the butt hrs rifle. There was no
violence shown. lie was guiding rather Than
pushing them One was am old woman up-
wards OF sixty years OF ace She had a VERY
Germanlookng lace and was evidently neithee
noble nor a peasant. Her countenance was
| dry and hard, and expressed neither shame nsr
than half her age. had a moro refined air, bu,
seemed equally stoical OF stulid-l could MT
Shle sns''WS a WA, she ga also o.
they were assisted over the tail hoard by tile
Cossack, and then squatied down and COM
mmencea 10 ialk 20 one another In low TOPICS.
ihey seemed indifferent 10 the opinion OF the
iookeTs-pn. they were Followed by three or
| lour olherconpie until the carr was FULL
| RUSSIAN ROSE.
| The last comcrs made a sensation. They
were Withholding Jezebcl, evidently a Fin.
nish peasant woman, and young girl of
seventeen or eighteen years, who seemed TO be
Russian and n noble. She was i'm COM
| pleNion, n brunette, delicate, slender and evil
| denty unused 10 any rough treatment or fare
she was not pretty, but had very interesting
| face, with rather a large mouth and nose, and
| great, black flashing eyes hedged with long
eyeiashes. Her dress was a poor one and much
stained. As she looked about her with a des-
pairing air, her eyes caught those of some one
~ the crowd and she stopped and treinbled,
but said not word. Some commotion took
prisoners looks had been directed, but no
sound broke the silence. The peasant and the
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compressed lips aud menacing air. the latter
overcome with fatigue and fainting with siIans
and emotion: Next came the male prisoner.
some mtg or sixty in humble. They were "A
much trouble Not one Of them was III FOR
were not more than two or three faces that
We're interesting or that appeared 10 indicate
I men Of superior Negligence. They were termed
sacks took stations on their Hank.
RETRIEVE.
| ANOTHER connection now occurred In the
crowd. A man running from the city rushed
into the midst of it, calling aloud a woman's
name The Cossack officer frowped and two of
ms patrols were sent over To the crowd TO pre-
serve order. Al their approach the people fell
back and disclosed in their midst an old lady
in a faintlng condition, held in the arms OF a
TS6eHg ms bo fhSiasax relative or friend
man held reprieve In his hand, a reprieve for
one ofthe exiles in the cart. The precious
paper had been brought oyer from the teie-
broken dash, and the brave courier was lying
on the glound exhausted and painting Tor
breath. Committing the iainling woman TO
those near him. the young man advanced and
showed the reprieye To the Cossacks. who there.
upon conducted him To the officer at the guard
door closing behind them Meanwhile the fact
had been communicated 10 the young gIrl In
II was done know not. for nobody had app p
preached the cart and no words had been spoken
aloud. She stood up and looked about her un-
tainted in the crowd. =
PfTfFUL SCENE
The agony Of the young creature was piteous
to behold. She clasped her hands. she stretched
them toward her beloved parent. She appealed
by her looks 10 the guard, who refused to notice
her. She cried aloud, she attempted 10 leap
down from the car, but was caught and pushed
back. She wrung her poor hands and turned
her weeping eyes to Heaven as though all
earthly help had been refused and naught was
left but an appeal 10 God. AT this moment the
guard house door again opened, and agsin the
officer came forth showing the reprieye 10 the
young girl in the cart, and briefly informing
her THAI her sentence had been Incredibly de-
ferred he ordered her 10 be liberated. and then
personally conducted her TO the guard-hou 20
which pace also tne girls mother was shortly
OF mother and child after such an episode
learnt In the city that the latter concert
singer, who had been found guilty of singing
lnnammatory songs, and sentenced TO a fate
ten thousand times worse than death-the gold
mines Of the UrHl. She had been scaled back
just in time A day later and she would have