Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 31, 1886, Page 10

ADVENTURES OF MAJOR NORTH Whito Ohief of The Pawnee fcouts—His Frontier Expe: A CHEYENNE CHIEF CORRALLED. Colonel Kidd's Cowardice -An Arapa- hoe Village Destroyed-One Hune dred an Two Arapa- hoes Killea, COPYRIGHTED, (Wrilten for the Sunday Tee n Iy Alfred Sorens ¥ CHAPTRIC V. ( Tarsue n 1arty o ptain North, Thievenne A Clioy e ¢ of Colonel Ki Capain North Discovers feiiifarcements Sent Villngo - Ti pihoes Are 4 sty T it K on the At o Viling e the T gottitor] Thoir P, Vs Connor's Campaign Ca A day or two after the Pawnees’ victory over the Siou as related in the preced- ing chapter, Goneral Connor moved his cnmp two miles turther up Powder river where there was plenty of grass for the horses. At about 10 o'clock the next morning after getting fairly settled in the new camp, the I nickets came in and reported ) 1 discovered Indians. Cavtain D immediately ordered out with | tinued. the Indians in three parties, about nalf a mile apart, each party bemg composed of forty or fifty persons, all traveling in the same direction. He divided his com- mand into three squads, direeting Lieu- tenant Small to take the right, Licuten- ant Murcy the left, while he himself com- manded the center. This having been quickly pged the Pawnees charged upon the retreating enemy, who broke and ran in every direction, A RUNNING FIGHT of several miles followed. In pursuing the Cheyennes, for such they proved to be, the Pawnecs soon found their own ponies were beginning to lag, having not yet fully recovered from the severe march of afew d vrevious, and it wasim- possible, even with whip and spur, to gain very much on the Cheyennes, Cap- tain North, who had a splendid pony, very casily kept far in advance, but could not get near enough to the Cheyennes to do any execution, although he fired - eral shots. The chase was thus kept up for several miles and his men frequently called out to him that their ponies were giving out, and finally he ordered them to drop behind as their horses failed. Captain North, however, still kept on, as he was determined to Kill an Indian, and (iu:nllf‘, upon suddenly looking back, he saw that his men were more than a mile behind, slowly returnir being on foot, having r s long us they could carry then riders, Captain North halted his llorse, and, dis mounting, took deliberate aim at the rear Cheyenne' and fired. The Cheyenne reeled in his saddle and came very nearly falling oft’ his horse; but recovering his equilibrium he gave a most unearthly yell. Captain North was now satistied with the chase, and remounting his pony started to retu No sooner had he turned his horse's an twelve stal- wart warriors, who | ard the yell of their wounded comrade, come riding down on him with a whoop that fairly MADE HIS BLOOD RUN COLD, He felt now as if the Cheyennes had been drawing him into an ambush, and_that his life would soon pay the penalty of hisrashness. He urged his pony to its utmost speed, but nevertheless in a few minutes he was v surrounded, his pony not possessin T the speed of the Cheyenne steeds, Several shots were fired at him, one of them passing throngh his saddle-skirts, just behind his leg, and penetrating the side of his pony, thus disabling the animal. The Captain jumped to the ground and used the pony for a breastwork, as the amimal had came to a standstill and did not fall. He returned the fire of the enemy in qu succession, thus keeping them at a dis tance. He saw, however that they would soon close in on him, and it was evident that he must soon make a desperate effort to regain his men So he started off on arun, clearing his way by pointing his Bal'ard rifle first at one and then at an- other of the red devils, e had gone probably fifty yards when he discovered that he had left behind bhim two loaded revolvers in his holsters, and he turned back to get them, the Indiaas at the same time attempting to cut him off. He suc- ceeded in reaching the pony, whieh was still standirg but bleeding “quite freely. Heo found t! he could now urge the pony along, and use him as a protection against the Cheyenne bullets, which at times came thick and fast. He munaged in this manner to work his way for nearly a mile, when far off to the right he suw A SOLITARY HORSEMAN, and thinking he might be one of his com- pany he took off his hat and gave a si nal for assistance The horseman haltéd fora moment, and. then galloped off’ in the opposito direction, T soribe the eaptain’s fe the horseman ride away Again was he convinoed that he would soou fall a Vot to the Cheyennes. Yet he deteimined to continue to make every effort 10 escape, although it seemed im- possible. Had the Cheyennes had the courage to dash down on him they could easily have killed and scalped him in two or three minutes,or in even less time, The captain, however, fought his way along for another half wile, when to his surprise and joy he saw Licutenant Sm come riding “over a_hill half a mile away. The licutenant was astonished at the sight that met his gaze. There was the captain surrounded by twelve Cheyennes, and it seemed ns if there was no escape for him. The lieu- tenant, who had halted fo) moment to take in the situation, in doubt whether to join the captain or ride buck for assistance, and he would probably have done the latter had not Captain North called to him to come to his aud. ‘The lieutenant needed no second eall, and putting spurs to s horse he chai down the hill with a revolver in hand, and as he came on the gallop to- ward the captain the Cheyennes turned and rapidly retreated, no doubt thinking the troops were following the lieutenant and would soon make their app. \ce over the il The captan and the lieu- ant who felt quite jubilunt over the rosult, now HURRIEDLY RETREATED, turns in riding the latter’s hor while they led the wounded animal hing the top of the Il Captan North stopped suddenly and said: *‘Look down there, Charley. There’s a lot of In- dians.”’ And sure enough, down in the valley of Diy Creek, a swall branch of Powder river, were quite a number of In- dians, who had corralled somebody whom they were trying to eapture *What are they—Cheyennes or Paw- kod Lieutenant Small, 1 don’'t Jout running into another party of unes just now." cither da 1" replied “I've aad envugh of O hour or two, at least down there don't scem to have much clothing, if they have any at ali. It's wy opinion that they are Pawunees, but it's best to be s little utious. . We'll drop baek over the hill and awl und as near o them as possible without being discovored.” *Very well,” said Lieutennnt Small, . most of them iden their ponies i B usele Ou the . eap'an, yennes; for an Those Indiaus Touttempt to ae- ! THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY OCTOBER 31, 1886.-TWELVE PAGES. and the two men th y carefully felt their way to within hearing distance of the Indians, and then listened - fof a mo- ment They are Pawng derstand them, " said € “So do 1, said the | Well, we'r fo enough now we'll join them at onee ia th tain. " In a few moments the two offi were down in the valley and once more with their n who were delighted to see them neain, esvecially Captain North, as they didn't know what had became of him. The captain ordered a fresh horse, and the moment he mounted him, s own woimded steed lay down and died The captain looked sorrowfully at him and _eaid, “Good-bye, old fellow stood by me yOU saw me s back." The enne chicet, who had been his_party, and, Indian-like, they were trying to how many times they conld shioot him without killing him, and had titerally riddled his legs with butlets, but the tenacious old warrior still held on to life. The Pawnees who had temporarily stopped their SAVAGE AMUSEMENT to welcome back their officers, now re sumed their shooting, when ~ Captain North, upon learning what they were do ing, shouted, “Ston! Don't _fire another shot! Kill him_with a saber The old warrior had intrenched him- self in « log-vile, which the Sionx had at some time used tor a horse pen, and was dafending himself with bow and arrows. When the firing ccased at the command of the captan’ the old Cheyenne stuck the end of his bow through ‘the logs to ot a good shot at the Pawnees. — One of the Pawnees, in obedience to the eaptain’s orders, now ranup to the logs witha s b intending to dispateh him, He struck at his left hand, which protraded through _the logs and was holding the bow. He cut the forelinger of the hand completely off, and at the same time grabbed the bow and jerked it aw from the Cheyenne, The despe Cheyenne now drew. his butcher-kni and bounded out of the log pile, maki a tremendous jump, fairly flying through the air, his intention bemg to dash througli the line of Pawnees, but when le landed on the ground HE WAS A CORDPSE, dozen hullets having penetrated he was making the flying leap. He was instantly sealped by one of the Pawnees, several of them having rushed forward for this purpose. Nick Jannisse, an old Frenchman, who was in the party, stepped up to the body und looking into the “Indian’ said, “Captain, th as your name is meanest and toughest w ever hved, and it's ugood thingt he's kitled ; “How did you boys corner him?'" asked the captain. “The old raseal's horse gave out, and, falling behind, the Pawnees cut him oft’ ¢ he knew it.”” THE CHEYENNES e still lingering mm_the Inlls in the vicinity, but Captain North saw that it would be useless to attempt to make a fizhit as his horses were in very noor con- dition. Yet he wanted to “punish the Cheyennes. He accordingly sent a me: senger to General Connor informing him of the condition of the stock and asking for reinforcements. General Connor immediately ordered Colonel Kidd with his six conmpanies of the Michigan cav- alry to £o out to the captain’s suppor Meantime Captain North and the P nees attempted to get the Cheyennes to make & stand and fight, but every time the Pawnees made any adyance on them they would retreat, and when the P nees returned to their position the Che; ennes wouid follow them back. This kept up for some time without any fight king place. Finally Captain North formed s scouts into column and started for eamp, this being done to throw the Cheyennes off their guard so that wonld until the arri fresh sure enongh; Tune wptain North utenan and until d Cliey oft from awnees had corrallied an et 2 half his body Colonel Kidd and his men with horses. After riding about a mile ( tain North met Colonel Kidd. It was ap- parent to the captain that the colonel did not feel hike attacking the Indians, i having been reported that 1f hie got into ht some of his own men would kill him. His regiment belonged to the th army corps, which had the best fighting reputation of them all. These men hay- d through the war, did not have re to fight Indians, and they be- their officers were to blame ng compelled to remain in the service and make this campaign. I'hey had also threatened other ofticers besides Colonei Kidd. He certainl) placed m_an unplessant position Caprain North being fully aware of all the circumstanc determined to relieve him of his embarrassment if possible “Colonel, if you will give me a fresh mount of horses for my men I'll go back and whip those Cheyennes.” said the in, “but I ean't do anything with rd-out horses.” o, Tean’t do that,” replied the col- beeause the men have become so pd to their horsgs that the; ould villing to let anybody have them.® ell, then,” sud n North, who could hardly restrain his feclings of in- dignation at the colonel, *I'li send some of my best men with you to show you where the Indians are, so that you can them,” the colone! ordingly detaile y and n few of his best mounted men to accompany Colonel command, while he returned to with the remainder of the Pawnees ported the day's proccedings to weral Counor, giving him to und nd that Colonel lIAh-nulnl a vietory over the Cheyennes. On arriving at Dry Creek C sent Lieatenant Murey and and one of his own oflicers, across the ravine with orders to ascend the hill on the opposite side and locute the Cheyennees exactly, after which they were to return us soon as possible and re bort the situation to him. Licutenant Murey promptly followed the divections and on ning the summit of the hill he discovered the three b of Cheyennes on the other sid ated on a little flat, ready for a W awaiting an attack. It was now nearly dusk Lieutenant Murey and his men hurr! returned to the creck Suddenly the licutenant discovered far off in tl tion of the fort a column of ¢ visible through the appro ness. He knew not what to make but crossed the creck or reached the spot where he ha dered to report to Colone! Kidd command had disappeared from place, and Licutenunt Murey, closer observation, saw that t column of dust was bemg raised by Colonel Kidd and lus troops, who were © back to eamp on & gallop, Licutenant Murey and his scouts were astonished and Knew not what to make of such A STHANGE PROCEEDING ‘I'here was nothing for them to do but to retarn to camp, winch they did, riding slowly in all the wa) Lieutenant Murcy at once reported the affair to Captun Novth, who ordered him to report in pe son to General Connor, which he aceord- ingly did hefore he retived for the night The general listened to him, manifesting considerable surprise at Colonel Kidd's conduct, but not saying much beyoud asking a few questions. T'he next morniog the whole commard was to move down the Tongue river. an early hour General Connor sent word to all the company commanders and or- red them fo report to him at once, They all soon appeared on horseback at his headquarters. He mounted his torse and said, “Follow me.” Tuey rode down to Camp Connor, distant two miles, where Colonel Kidd and his regiment were building the post. General Connor for their by onel lonel Kidd his scouts, a eaptuin, of it, the upon At ! | rode up to the sentry and acked, “Is Col onel Kidd in hm quarters. "’ | “Heis" repiied the sentry “Give him my complemcnts and tell him that General Connor wishes to him at once,'” said the genoral, The ofl all remained on their horses, Colonel Kill, who had not arisen hastily dressed uimself upon being awakened by the sentry, and soon ap peared before the general who procecded in a cool but polite manner to reprimand him for his abandonment of Licutenant Murey. He told him, among other things that lie was not fit to command troops or be in the army in anyeapacity as HE WAS A COWARD that under any other eircumstances woulid have courtmartialed him for cow ardice, but this was impossible then as the command had been ordered out for | the Tongue river campaign ready on the move, *“That's the general in conclusion, and his officers turned and left without even bidding him * 1 morn ing,' the very movement being in such Wy 18 to express the general's con tempt of him more foreibly than could have been done by words,” The object neral Connor in having the captains n this occasion was to 1 il a8 humiliating to Colonel as well as to imp upon the officers the disgrace that they might expeet i case they should ever conduct themselves in such a cowardly manner. Gene nnor and th ins,upon leaving Colonel Kidd, rejomed the command which had moved “out of camp and was proceeding down Tongue river. On the fifth day's march a lar trait on_tie Pinos ¢ It lod off to the woest the usual signs it wa twenty days old, and party of from 1,500 T0 2,000 1NDIANS General Connor was anxious to follow the trail, but at the same time thought it advisable—before starting oft with the whole command on what might prove a wild goose chase—to scout the country to some wnd he accordingly or- dered ( s ten Pawnee scouts i follow the trail to the Rosebud, while the command would move down the ereek to its tion with Tonguae river and there remain in camp untill the ptain’s retuin, or until word was received from him. Captain North immediately started out with ten men on the trail, following it for twenty-tive miles Just about noon he noticed that one of the scouts hud dropped behind some little distanee, and was earnestly looking ahead as if he had discovered something. The scout soon signalled to the captain to come back. He halted his men and rode back to the scout, who direeted him to look at some appeared liko him Inc k was discove and judging fr evidently about made by a objects which T'h aptain took his field 1 making a_careful observation he pro nounced. the objeets to be horses, and then handing the glass to the scout told him to take s looK. The scout dud so, and I:wl-lurml the objects to be horses and In- dians. The in thereupon 1 march, following the tr a little we into the valley of Tongue river. By riding alternately in the body of the creck and through the brush they succeeded m working their way, without discovered, toa point from which they could see the Indian camp. They were yet too far off, howeyer, to tell how v lodges there were, or 'to ny other way the size of tl In order to obtain this IMPORTANT 1 Captain North ordered two of the nees to crawl as near to the vi possible and find out how many tepe there were. These two Pawnees imme ately stripped themselves and started upon their dangerous trip. hey went mto the ereek and followed it under the banks until they came close to the camp. They came so e squaw that they could ulmost touch her by reaching ov thebank. In three-quarters of an_ hour re ed m nd reported to n North thatit was NP \e captain hastily wrote a note to ( al Connor informing him of the king him to send forw s and one company of alry, with which force he would 2 k the Indumns. He detailed two of the Pawnees with the best horses to earry this note to General Connor. He ordered them to ride for dear life, and to start as soon as they could without being dis: covered. “Make the best_time possible it doesn’t matter if you kill the hors suid Captain North, as they started off. Cuptain North was now left with onl, ght men creted all afternoon in the closely watched the Indian camp. neighing of a horse or the snapping of a stick might, 1y moment, have led to their discovery, and in that event there would have béen no hope of any of them 1t was indecd a perilous posi- tion, and when darkness set in they quict Iy moved down the stream six mil sufer location. During the night Capt orth watched anxiowsly for” the troey; which he had gent for, and he posted pickets on both sides of the ereek 1o keen a sharp look-out. The eaptuin and his men remained awake all nignt holdiug their horses in readiness for instant action it necessary. Just at bro ome Pawnees were discove Jpra ng in the distance, and in a few minutes ey rode up Lo Captam Novth, who had hailed them from his place of conceal- ment. They informed lim that - cral Connor was on the way himself with four hundred men and two pieces of artlle; In answer to an niry of the captaun, they stated that tl use of de- lay was ducto the fact that General Con- nor had moved twenty-five milos farthor down the river than e had first intended in order to get better grass for his horses, This made the round trip fifty miles longer for the messengers to nde, as well as & longer mareh for the troops, who had just gone into camp when the mes- songers reached them, The general, upon learning that the hostile camp was very large one, decided to go in person and take with him ahout four times the number of troops asked for by Captuin North, and it proved a most fortunate thing that he did, for the hostiles could have completely annihilated the small force which the captain had sent for The Pawnees clai this was anoth Spirit hovered over Captain North with a protecting eye. In the course of half an hour General Connor appeared in sight wiu)n i and, and on being jomed by Captain ARE VI DN SRS et AT hostiles without any delay, *How far is the village from here?’ About six miles,” was the reply ‘Show us the way, Captain, and let us push ou,” snid the general, notwithstand- Ing the troops had marched soventy-five miles sinee they had Any Captain North at once Start head with his scouts, leading the way eautious ly along the bottoms, through the wil lows and in the river bed f“.‘ brought the wholo command to 4 point within three-quarters of a mile of THE INDIAN VILLAGE before they were discovered. Then they | 1o move into the open plains, their sudden ana unexpected apHearance eaus- ing great commotion in the Indian eamp, which, as was afterwards learned, con- sisted of 250 lodges or about 1,500 persons, of whom 500 we rriors, the band being under command of old Black Bear, a noted Arapahoe chief. The Indians all rushed for their horses, and General Con nor immediately ordered a ebarge. The next moment the troops went galloping into the Indian village, creating the nt most consternstion wnd dismay. Tue bucks abandoned their lodges and fled in every tion, leaving the squaws and | ehildron 10 look out fof themsiives. The buft: gla m resumed the il down through FORMATION | troops folloswoed the Andinne for _ifteen | 'miles into the Big Horn mountains and | Killed 162 warriors. (RBesides these there wore quite a numberof sqiaws and chil drenkilled by the Pawnee, Omaha and Winnehago sconts, wotwithstanding the strict crs o Genepsd Connor that no squaws or children were to e . But the scouts did their work at vimes | when they were not observed by th solt who wore engaged in sending the warriors 1o th DY nnd, and therefor wetion of onts conld not | Ihe soldiers 1 ot one the the woided urned to the vil in' the afternoon, an \o surviving Arapahioos, who ad final together, followed them back il 8 themedlyes in the timber on the opposite bank of the river with a view of picking off the men as they were d in destroying the lodges and col @ the plunder, General Connor yedingly brought the artillery inte vice, and from a slight elevation looking the village, he shelled the Indians out of the timber, I'hey * were com pelled to withdraw to a safe distance, but neverthe annoyed the (roops derably by cireling around tha andevery now and then making a v gruiishot and firing a volley was n very vich one. The plunder was so tempting that while the running fight of the morning was going on, agreat many of the Pawnees and o large number of the white soldicrs dropped back and commenced to gather up the spoils and to hunt straggling squaws and_children m the brush. This action greatly incensed General Connor who afterwards very appropriately pun- ished the men for their greedy conduet I'he whole command now s been concentrated, the work of burning and DESTROYING T11E VILLAC was begun, and in the course of an hour the flames had wiped out the camp. The scouts then rounded up all the horses und mules, and when the count was made it was found that th were 790, The soldiers londed the animals with the plunder captured m the village. | ¥ thing now bemng in readiness, the com mand started, between two and th ‘elock, on the return march for the wagon train, everyhody being elated with the vietory, which had been won with the loss of only one man killed—a Winne o scout. The thirteen wound- one of whom--x 1t of the signal corps—afterwards died. The enemy, as already stated, lost 1( jors Killed, alsc s number of squaws and chil dren Killed, and seventeen squaws taken prisoners. The command reached the eamp on the Tongue river at about two o'clock in the morni wing traveled twelve hours without rest or food At about ten o'clock in the morning General Connor issued an order forall tie troops who had been engaged in the fight 1o bring out all their plunder and pile it up in front of their respective company arters. The order was promptly cor plied with, and an immense quantity of plunder was piled up. The Pawnees in- cluded in their pile about sixty sealps which they had eaptured in the fight, Of course, it was supposed that General Connor intended to thave everything dis. tributed among the victors, as he had done on a previous oceasion, but this w fartherest trom his-thoughts. The men were tly astonished, as well mortified; ivhen 1 been drawn up ' hine, addressed them in terms of the VEREST CONDEMNATION for their conduet ‘in havi bandoned i great oxtent in order to plunder the village! He gave them a te rible scoring. his remarks, however, ng intended only for those who de ved the reprimand. - He concluded by To punish you for tiis un- conduet. 1 propose to destroy erything that you have taken.” He once ordered a guard of twelve sold b whom he had selected for the purpose, to set fire to the various piles of stufl, and in fan hour it was all destroyed. Among » articles burned up were a fine lot of trinkets and a large number of buffalo e o1 over teral Connor al, but he made of the soldier subsided he Pawneos, and done g order was quite gen- 1 few oxceptions in Pawnces and some of the When the flames had sussed along the line of th sclecting those who had in the fight, told them 1o go bunch of captured Borses, - the corral, and pick out the best ones for themselves, each man to mnly one horse. I Connor now sent for squaw prisoners. When they were brought out, he succceded in’ finding some of them who could taik the Sionx Ianguage, and through Nick Janisse, the Sioux mterpreter, they stated that they were A i detailed statement concerning . Gen- eral Connor then said to them, 1 am gomg to send you b to your people. Twill allow you to pick out horses for yourselves, and will give you some to- rco which L want you ‘to presentto k Bear as a peaed offering, and tell him that if he and hiz people will return to Fort Luramic within the next thirty days we will not molest them, but if he does not do this, we will take up the t at the end of thirty days and m y them 1" The squaws immediately proceeded to the corral and picked out the horses which had belonged to their nd being supplied” with a few s’ rations, they left the camp and took the trail np Tongne river to join their people. They took with them also letters Connor to the commanding Laramie, asking him to o the Arapahoes and hold them until his return to that post CONTINUED NEXT SUNDAY.] ———— An Actor's Courtesy to a Train Boy Chicago Herald: Of course, wherever two or three or more men have gathered together during the past week Edwin Booth has been the topic before the sepa- ration came, I fell in with several of these and all quite agreo that Mr. Booth is the greatest tragedian, Ed Walsh was one of the cotoric. I was on the train which brought Booth into the city Some distance out his car was put in the middle of our train, 1 had occasion to pass through, by permission. A train boy also passed through with his apples and peanuts. The con- ductor of the car stopped the boy and told lum_ he couldn't pass theough. The boy insisted, and arow was imminent M¥. Booth got up from his seatand going over to the conductor said: “Iunder- stand; this boy's business calls him through the train. 1t is no fault of his that this coach has been thus placed. Let Lim pass through whenever he wishes. It is his business to do 8o and his way of making a livin “And you think from that that Booth is a great actor,” said a bystander “Well,” Walsh retorted, *1 think that was a great actof itself,” the A Priest Kiled atthe aAltar Pall Mall Gazette: The tragic death of Father Kavanagh has caused a grest sen- sation in Dublin, where he was well known as one of the most prominent and eminent clergymen of the Irish Catholic church. Later particulars from Kildare show that s death was not caused by the full of the altar, but by the fall of a statue which stood ubove “the altar. On being struck by the statue the unfortun- ate priost fell backward, his head strik- ing 8 marble step, inflicting a fearful wound, to which he suceumbed in about an hour, The melancholy event caused the greatest excitenient among the wor- shippers. It through tue interve tion of the deceased that & settlement effegtod botween the Duke of Leinster and his tenantry at a critical period in the land agitation. He was & prominent figure in almost every Lrish movement of iwportapce. NOW O nunting | i o THHBE GRHEAT KRUPT SALE OF Furniture, Carpets And General Household Goods. At 1317 and 1319 Douglas St This elegant stock will be sold at % the cost, and IT WILL PAY YOU To Gal and See these Goods at Once. ankrupt Furniture Sale, 1317 and 1319 Douglas Street. IN THE LAND OF THE CZAR An Twperial Despotism Fortified at Every Po An Ancmalous, ntradictory and Most g People—An Unseen but Painfully EFelt Esplonage Everywhere. iter o Demas Barnes in Brooklyn Eagle: Rus- sin is a sphinx. She may not inaptly be compared to a great bee-hive, with walls 50 thick that to outsiders a - sound is sel- dom heard, while within is an intensely active population whose occupation is not merely to gather pollen from Cossack roses on their own vast plains, but whose pinions are capable of flying from the Black sea on the south to the Aretic ocean on the north, and from the German em- 2 in the west of Eurone to Behring Neither is the d by swallowing smali provinces on her own borders, but she gulps down, apparently without dis- comfort, whole nations, like Poland, urkestan, and Finland, and now, judg; ing from appearances, she s about to es tablish herself on the Persian gulf. A cordon of sentinels g her frontier at every point, and censors control the i ot telegrams and overhaul the L ilrosd tracks is broken at frontier towns, so that no car its commodities can enter or leave the thout serutiny. Even her lan- ar to intercourse. The Rus- het contains thirty-six” char partly Roman and rtly composit. Seeing my own name in Russian I " could not i The multiple vowels and peeuliur consonant sounds e ally prevent a foreigner from understand- ing a word when pronounced, and 1t is impossible for a foreigner to inquire for a person, town, street or numb A bad place to be lost in. The Russian diction- ary containg over $0,000 words. Poetry in‘such a diluted language would m to lack that epigrammatic terscness wh is essential to convey force and emphasi To describe such ‘a people under such conditions and at a single sitting is i possible. It would require & local ¥ dence for years and the entire space of twenty newspapers to convey anything Like an adequate ides of the Russian em re—the country and its people, to say uothing of its history. I can only refloct a few surface observations. To do thisin the briofest manner may carry me—I do not know whe Ientered Russia from the north, It would have made no difference had it been from the east, the sonth or the west. Russia is fortified on all sides, not alone by fortresses and guns, but by a secret espionage which, without being able to locate or describe, is felt, and one in- sensibly proceeds with cuution. One is not permitted to leave & ear or a boat or to enter a hotel, or again to leave a city without showing a passport, and having it duly endorsed. But more anon. Cronstadt is the seaward sentinel of St. Petersburgh, Seven islands in the mid- dle of a wide, shallow bay, the islands covered by immense forts, and the chan nel to be traversed by vessels winding | tween them, create an impression that this is not one of Russia’s weak voints. Indeed, one look into the throats of those frowning guns conveys an idea of im pregnability. The next impression of strength made upon my mind was by the extent of Russin's whoat fields, It has 50 happened that I followed the haryest- ing of cereals through Belgium, Den mark, Sweden and parts of Kussia From the English channel to the Ural mountains, and, ] understaud, far beyond | them, it seemed to be a nearly unbroken field of low gram, America has no longer a corner on wheat. The average l‘rusn of the Uuited States is about twelve bushels per acre. If Russig, by reagon of poor farming, averages el %\ bug)m‘: per scre, she can, I Ihm‘-‘.uw{& o the ¢heap- I frain fi | Madonnas and chisele ness of her land and lubor, under: she has enough wheat year to feed the entire wo « may well be styled the | ent city of the Neva, The streets ad, hnthing- massive, parks num- crous, museums interesting, and its mon- uments grand. ve endeavored to re- m for reference to pretures, churches, archite wure, and ar hich most travolers seribe with minuteness. But a part of the charm aud bloom of eastern countries wonld be wanting were the esthetic wholly eliminated from what I say. Politieal nstitutions develop v eivilizations. In Russia, largely in Ger- nd England, and in all old coun- L it is difficult, and in- some of them impossible for a young man to vocation from l‘:nl of his ather, or from the occupation in which he first started in his effort to g aliveli- hood. Once a cobbl Iways a cobbler. Manufacturing privilezes are largely rmed out, titles are inherited, and pub- lic works are ex ored agents of the governments. ority of eastern art, continen and oriental architecture. It usual to meet the best talent of those itries represented in hote! porters, as chicfs in kitchens, and as painters’ of | of images. In | our country the same men wounld he con- | ducting i uring establishments, building ral managing serving ators m th D te. I must therefore mention Rus n art—only refer to ity nothing more, in front of the He Muse t St. Petersburg ere ten monolith Sibe- ble statues supporting the por- ch of which is fifteen fect high, oping in the most idy v Herculean strength. In depository of 1 wealth, among many other things, i solid jasper vuse ten feet broad, feet” long and about ten feet high, Isnac's eathedral has four equal fronts in the form of a cross. At each of the facades proicct great porticos supported by double ro of monolith columns seven feet in dinmg- eter and sixty feet high—sixty-four in all. Sublimely beautiful,” and in eflect upon the mind not unlike that produced by a view of the Egyptian pyramids, The river Neya is here about a half a mile wide. 1t is crossed by ten bridges, lighted by gas or electricity, Seen in the eveming, with miles of similur light reflectéd in the water from the quays made busy by hurrying crowds of men, women and vehicles, the sight is | is Louis X1V in other words, cost the peo- le of 1ee—£200,000,000. 1 do not doubtit. Itis not an¢ ter to obtain fucts pertaining to the y of Russian imperialism, but it is safe to say that at Peterhofl enough money has been wasf upon ornate palaces, tumbling caseades, and spouting foun- tains to ereate a rebellion anywhere ex- cept unde tyrannieal government. Walking or driving for the distance of a mile irumediately underneath the fifty- foot plateau, upon which the palaees are located, the prisms of watel rise from out of all imaginable kinds of artistic figures, and sheets of water tumble from caseade steps of silver and gold, enter subterranean channels, and again raise their sparkling columns in acriel lights below our feet, und then proceed on their way to the sea. ‘There ave literally thousands of these fountain They are very beautiful —but who Is? I have n barefooted n following a cow tched to a forked stick for a plow, undertuking to pr their tand for wheat, whils their food was boiled weeds and their beds bundles of straw. I haye seen women barefooted, of eourse—threshing their httle stacks of wheat and rye with a flail upon the bare ground as a threshing- floor; or, ugiin, others of them taking handfuls of grain_ and whipping the heads over the edge of a board for s thrashing-machine, while still others would throw the n o the air for the wind, as 4 fanning-mill, to blow away the chafl. Then I have seen those poor ures with baskets upon their backs ross their foreheads iin for miles to th perehance, a fow ) zown, but mostly and copeck y for the magnificent p und the perfumed fountains at Peterhofl, which they have never beheld. More than this, "1 h cen stalwart men und comely women carrying their bundles and marching between soldi ou their long 4,000 miles journey to “ml; and death, their crimes being the world’s old story—protesting ngainst taxation with- out representation, this ——— ot Afraid to Fight Duels, Now. Pall Mall Gazette: An amusing story has been going the round of the French sspecting n general cent duelling exploits hs sxcited some amusement voth in Foglund and on_ the continent. This worthy brave is said to whose re- one of exceptional | "f Driving in the strects of St. Petersburg is some- | thing to be remembered. The | private carriages ane fine barouches, quite like our own, and generally drawn by black Tartarian or Bu allion horses, Theseanimals have manes and tails and are driven al of speed that would make the commis sionors of Central nark re and clear the concourse of peoy n a short time The drosky is a small four wheeled, on horse carringe, very low in the body, | soating two passengers, and a driver in frout, All drivers wear long surtout conts reaching to their feet, plafted over the hips and bustled behind ap 15 low, broad on top, with a curved rim, ex- actly like that of a gentleman’s stoyepipe hat, Around the top of the hat are at- tached scveral small quills or fenthers, in numbers according to the Cossack or provineial rank of the driver. The har- ness is made of very small pieces of strong leather. It is attached to the car 1age or wagon by double traces, one to whiffletree, and one at the end of the axletree outside of the hub—an extra pre caution against accidents, Oy the horse's shoulders and his collar 18 raised an ornamental ox_bow, about twenty inches in height. Within and on this bow are arranged pretty tassels and small bells, In Moscow horses attached to omuibuses, hotel ¢ es and private carriage driven four abreast. Being conveyed from the depot in one of t oriental equipages one feels us it he or she were the chariot ruces of the Olympian Paris nas 1ts Versaile dam, and St. Petersburg its i§ said thav the quuhuu of the to in its Pots Yetorhioff. 1t palaces, gardens andi | first-named place cost | | brought be pos: d ot an extraordinary coat of mail, day, 50 the story goes, ( . eral ntfor a cleyer artisan in Paris, and demanded of him whether he would engage 1o make a cont of mail, to be worn under the ordinary dress, which should be absolutely sword and bullet proof. The man promised to do us re naming 19,000 francs as the price Ihe bargain wus speedily con id in due time the nrm-fv wis round to the general’s house. ‘The general took it up, carefully ex amined it, and, turning to the man, told {li_ull to put it on, man did as he was bid., A8 you gunra On cluded, wtee the officacy ol?unr cont, yon will have, I presume, no objoo- tion to my testing it," drily lunnn‘i.ml the genernl, and before the astonished artisun could protest, he took n brace of pistols and discharged them. Hulf dead with fear, the man stood the fire, and, to the great credit ot lis workmanship, with complete impunity But the generai was not content with e trial. - He fired the sccond pistol at the back of the man, and afterward dis. charged a fowlingp ece at him with sim ilar effect, or rather non-effect, He also tried in vain to plerce the cont with a sword. The gallant I wus 80 de- lighted with “his new garment that he handed the artisan two checks for 19,000fr., the first being the sum agreed on. and the second check in compensa: tion for the tright he had given him. A deer, deseribed as a beautiful spect men of his Kind, jorned & hord of cows that were being driven home by s Mrs Moure, of Ashiand, N. I sud nermitted her 1o secure bim after he had - walked Bio the barn