The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-07

friends and all his relatives dead. In
fact, he viii have to be supported By
tile charity Of strangers.
And what dbl Tschcrnischcwski do
DID he Kill anybody Did he blow up
some fortress with dynamite: Did he
attempt either Of these things!
No. He wrote some articles which
appeared in Tho Sovremcnik (Contem
poratyl. published in ST. Petersburg, an,
4 novel entitled What's 10 BE Done.'
ENTHUSIASTICALLY first prominent ap-
pearance in the field Of literature, says a
correspondent Of The New York Times
dates 70 lsj6, when he published the first
OF his famous series Of "unaddresscd let
tors" in lhs s0vrcmcnik. the review t.
which reference las already been made
above. They contained the first public
appeal 10 the car to abolish sersdOm.
and month after month the review con
tinucd 10 print similar missiycs couched
in the most impassiOned clOqucncc. anG
urging the autOcrat, on the grounds OF
humanity. civilization and national pol
icy. 10 afix his signature 20 the ukasc
which WIS 10 abolish the slavery Of one
half Of tho population Of III" empire.
The tenor and tone of these series OF
loters electrified the people from the
Baltic to the Black sea. and it IS stated
that they made deep impression on the
late cmpcreI Indeed, they are rcg2sded
as having primarily contributed to bring
about iho abolition Il the slavery of the
Muscoyite reasaIlIy. Emholdcned By
his success in This particular direction
TschcmischeWski now bianchcd out in
his htcrs aud other publications in q
somewhat socialisilc direction lie de.
manicd that al private ownership OF
real estate and land should b. abolished.
AMI that ita possession should be vested
In tho Mrs or communcs. lie next
asked that the nobility should DO de
priyed Of lhe'f epccal privileges, that
the army should be disbanled, aud final
Is, as 4 climax, that tho fair sex in Rus
sia should 30 rmanc.patcd and endowed
with ihe Same civil rights and political
advantages rs The men.
This move on bis part. Of course, re-
suited ln lis becoming the popular idol
Of almost every peitlcoat IN the empire,
AMI caused such an amount Of ferment
among all Glasses OF society that the ter
riblc third section Of the imperial chan
ceilcne poincel down upon him and in
carccraied him in the prison fortress OF
Saints Peter and Paul While there he
managed 10 write, unbeknown to his
cu,todians. the extraordinary book which
hears the strange title OF What's TO Be
Donct" With almost incredible ingenuity
he succeeded in making two copies Of
the manuscript One of these he con
iidel to man and the second TO wo-
nan, with Instructions to find some
means Of conveying them to his friends
The man became alarmed at the possible
consequences to himself in case OF dis
coycry, and burned the copy confded 70
his care.
The woman. however, being Of a holder
and more energetic nature, succeeded in
getting her copy Of the manuscript be
vond the prison walls and into the hands
Of tho authors friends The latter lost
otime in publishing it. Its appearance
caused an immense sensation and sealed
Tschernischewski' doom as far as the
government was concerned. The novel
in question is nothing more or less than
a guide to the practical application OF
the Nihilist doctrine.