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VOL. XL-NO. 42.
COLUMBUS, NEB., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1G, 1881.
WHOLE NO. 5G2.
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jSTOfliop. on 11th street., upstairs in
.Iouknau building.
Terms l'er year, $2. Six months, ?1.
Throe months.... Single copies, rc.
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION.
A S I'apdock. U.S. Senator. Heat rice.
U vis lLNUKiw.l-.S.Senatr,Ouuih-..
K. K. N Al.KSilNK, Kep.. W " I nml
STATE dTuKCTOUY:
a i his-UTn' kSCK, liovemor, Lincoln.
TMexnr.SeoretrxfMtr.
F V Li-JtUe. Auditor. Lincoln
M tirtWUTre ..urer. Lincoln.
C i i piirtli. itarney.O-neral.
S I" Thi.iP. sUl. l'ubllr lnruc.
H. C. K". Warden of Penitentiary.
:. Ahhey, UiVt-ou Inspector-.
S;"f "riwvU.lTNon Physician.
li! P. Matheiw.n. Supt. Insane Aylu.n.
JUDICIARY:
S. Ma well. Thief. Tu-tlee,
Ottortfc H. Luke.l A.ociate Judge.
Amt""tt Cohb. '
I'Ol.'llTll JUDICIAL KISTUIUI.
i. W. Post. Judge, Yolk.
M. B. U-ee. District Attorney, A ahoo.
LAND OFFICERS:
1. It. Hoxie, Kegi-ter. Grand Island.
Wm. Anyan, Receiver, Grand Island.
rnrXTY MKKCTOKY:
J. G. Higin-. County Judge.
Jhn 'staiiU'ei. County Clerk.
J. W. Eirl. Treasurer.
I'.enj. Spielni.in. Sheritl.
R. L. Ro-s-iter, Surveyor.
Jhu Walker, ) , .
Jokn Wise. V CnntyCoinniivsioner.
M.. Maher. J
Dr. A. Heintz. Coroner.
S. L. Rarrett, Supt.of Schools.
G. R. Railey, I .i..ticeofthcl,eai,e.
Rvrou Millett, I
('italic Wake, Constable.
CITY DIRECTORY:
J. P. Reeker, Mayor.
H.J. Hudson, Clerk.
C. A. Newman, Trcnsurer.
Geo. G. Rowman, Police J udge.
J. G. Routson, Engineer.
councilmkn:
1st Ward .loliu ItioUy.
G. A. Schroeder.
2d Ward Win. Lamb.
S.S. McAllister.
3d Wird-C W. (Mother.
Phil. Cain.
CJolunibiiK Iol Office.
Open on Suudavslrm 11 a.m. to 12m.
and from -trSO to 0 i M. RuMnesn
hours except Sunday o a. m. to v. m.
Eastern mails clou at II a.m.
Western mail" cloe at A:K i.M.
.Mail leaves Coluuilms for Madison and
Norfolk, Tuesdays. Thursdays ant!
Saturday. 7 a. m. Arrives at S p. m.
For Monroe, Genoa. Waterville and Al
bion, daily except Sunday 0 k. m. Ar
rive, same. 0 p.m.
For Postville, Farral, Oakilale and
Newman's Grove, Mondays, Wedne
days and Fridays, 0 a.m. Arrive
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,
at 0 p. m.
For Shell Creek, Creston and Manton,
on Montlavs and rridajs at fi A.M.
Arrives Tuesdays and Saturdays, at
P. m. . , .,
For Alexis, Patron and David City,
Tuesdavs, Thursdays and Saturdays,
IP. m "Arrives at 12 m.
For St. Anthony, Prairie Hill and St.
Bernard. Frid'aj -. H a. m. Arrives
Saturdays, 3 p.m.
S). 1. Time Tnlile
Eastward Hound.
Emigrant, No.C. leaves nt
PasseuK'r, " 4. " "
!.... .:.,.t yi t "
Cc'jria. 111.
ll:ta. m.
2:15 p.m.
-1:.')0 a. in.
Freight, " J.
Freight, "10. "
Westward Iiottnd.
Freight, No. .".. leaves at
PasseiiR'r, " ", " "
Freight, " !. " "
i... :-..... 4. 44
2:00 p. m.
4:27 p.m.
(5:00 p.m.
l:.;oa. m.
Everv dav except Saturday the three
liies leading to Chicago connect with
I! P. trains at Omaha. On Saturdays
there w ill be but one train a day, a
-bowii bv the following schedule:
It. &M. TIME TABLE,
Leaves Columbus, ..
" Hellwoori
David City,
" (larri-on,
" Ulvsses
. . 8:20 a.m.
. 8:.V)
.. s.ir
44
44
. 9:?A "
. . :." "
..10:12 "
..10:.-50 "
.10:40 "
..11:00 '
. litis "
.11:37 "
..12:(X) M.
M. and ar-
Staplehurst,
Seward,
Ruby
44
44
" Milford.
" Pleasant Dal
" Emerald. . .
Arrives at Lincoln,
Leaves Lincoln at
rives iu Columbu- 4:
:.)0 r
p. m.
O.. N. & B. II. ROAD.
Hound north.
Jackson 4:m P.M.
LostCreek.1:30 "
PL Centre .:.ri7 "
lluiiiphre(i;.ril '
Madison 7:40 "
Bound south.
, Norfolk 6:30 A. M.
Munson 6:."7 "
Madison .7:l."i "
HUiuphreyS:34 "
PL Centre !:2S
Lost Creek 9:.rC "
Uaekson 10:30 "
Munson S:2S
Norfolk S:.V "
Tli.. ilntttrtiirA frntn .I.lfksnil will be
governed by the arrival there of the
U. P. expre train.
SOCIETY NOTICES.
I3JCard- under this heading will be
inserted for J." a year.
G. A. It. Baker Post No. !, Department
of Nebraska, meet every second and
fourth Tuesdav evenings in each
month in Knightb of Honor Hall, Co
lumbus. John Hammond, P. C.
D. I. Wadjwokth, Adj't.
H. P. Bower, Searg. Maj.
BUSINESS CAKDS.
-r J.THOMPSON,
XO TA RY P UliLIO
Ami General Collection Agent,
St. Edicards, Boone Co., A'eft.
NOTICE!
IF YOU have any real estate for sale,
if vou wieh to buy either in or out
of the'eitv, if you wish to trade city
property for lands, or lands for city
property, give us a call.
WaDSWORTH & JOSSELYN.
NKLlSON MILLETT. BYRON MILLETT,
Justice of the Peace aud
Notary Public.
I. SIILIjETT A: so:,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Columbus,
Nebraska. N. B. They will give
close attention to all business entrusted
to them. 248.
T OUIS SCHREIBER,
BLACKSMITH AND WAGON MAKER.
All kinds of repairing done on short
notice. Buggies, Wagons, etc., made to
order, and all work guaranteed.
-& aoop opposite tne " i'attersall,'
Olive Street.
j0
LUBKER
Booksellers
-)1KALRIIS IN(-
Sewing Macliines, Ox'gans,
Small Musical Instruments,
Sheet Music, Toys and Fancy Goods.
JSTIf jou want anj thing in our line, give us a call. We sell none but lir.t
elnss ;;oodvv, nt lhe lowest Iiviuc: price.
SING-ER SEWIN&
rOK.-VEIt I3th AI
C
lOKlXll'S sV Stla.I.IVAIV,
ATTOliXEYS-Al-LA W,
Up-stairs ill Oluck IJuilding, 11th street.
Above the New bank.
TOIirV J.JlAIIGIIAi,
.JUSTICE Of THE PEACE ASD
NOTARY PUBLIC,
Plattk Ckntkk,
Nkb.
H.
J. IHI1.40.,
XOTA 11 Y P UBLIC.
lith Street, i iloors nest or lUinmoml House,
Columbus, Neb. 49I-y
D
IC. 31. 1. TIHJKSTO.l,
RESIDENT DENTIST.
Oiliceover corner of 11th and North-st.
A 11 operations tirpt-class and warranted.
CHICAGO ItAKBEK SllOl!
HENRY WOODS. Proi-'k.
t3TEery thins; in first -class style.
Also keep the best of finals. SlO-y
A ToAl.l.lSTEIt IIKOS.,
A TTORXEYS A T LA If,
(ilice up-stairs in McAllister's build
ing. 11th St.
P 11. KIJSClllw
llth St., nearly opp. Gluck's store,
Sells Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips,
Blankets, Curry Combs, Brushes, etc.,
at the lowest possible prices. Repairs
promptly attended to.
F.
.i. sriiui5,3i.i.,
I'll YSl CIA N A ND SUR O EON,
Columbus, Neb,
OjficfOornerof North and Eleventh
ts.. up-stairs in Gluck's brick building.
Consultation in German and English.
Dealer in REAL ESTATE,
conveyancer, collector,
and ih:usa:e asekt,
CKNOA. NANCK CO., - NKB.
O LATTERY & PEARSALL
AKK I'RKPARKD, WITH
FTJiST-CLASS APPARATUS,
To remove houses at reasonable
rates. Give them a call.
PICTURES! PICTURES!
JOW IS THE TIME to secure a life
1 like picture of yourself and chil
dren at the New Art Rooms, east llth
street, south side railroad track, Colum
bus, Nebraska, as Mrs. ,loelyn will
close the establishment this Fall. Those
having work to do should call soon.
T S. MURDOUK & SOX,
' Carpenters and Contractors.
Have had an sxtended experience, and
will guarantee satisfaction in work.
All kinds of repairing done on short
notice. Our motto is, Good work and
fair prices. Call and give us an oppor
tunity toestimate foryou. SSTShop on
13th St., one door west of Friedhof ,v
Co's. store, Cclumbus, Nebr. 483-y
LAW, REAL ESTATE
AND OENKRAL
COLLECTION OFFICE
BY
W.S.GEER
fONEY TO LOAN in small lots on
It! farm property, time one to three
years. Farms with some improvements
bought aud sold. Office for the present
at the Clother House, Columbus, Neb.
473-x
ULVBUN
Restaurant and Saloon!
E. D. SHEEHAX, Proprietor.
jSrWholebalu and Retail Dealer in For
eign Wines, Liquors and Cigars, Dub
lin Stout, Scotch and English Ales.
I2T 'Kentucky Whiskies a Specialty.
OYSTERS in their season, by the case
can or dish.
llth Street. South of Depot
NEBRASKA HOUSE,
S. J. 1IARMOY, Prop'r.
Nebraska Ave., South of Depot,
COLUMBUS. IVEB.
A new house, newly furnished. Good
accommodations. Board by day or
week at reasonable rates.
ESrSetM u Flrnt-CIami Table.
Meals, 25 Cents. I Ldings 25 Ot6
3S-2tf "
& CRAMER,
s Stationers,
MACHINES at $25.
OLIVE HTRKBT5J.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
END SPRINGS,
PLATFORM SPRINGS,
WHITNEY t BREWSTER
SIDE SPRINGS.
Light Pleasure ami Business Wag
ons of all Descriptions.
We are pleased to invite the attention
of the public to the fact that we have
just received a car load of Wagons and
Buggies of all descriptions, aud that we
are the sole agents for the counties ol
Platte, Rutler, Hoone, Madison, Merrick,
Polk and York, for the celebrated
CORTLAND WAGON COMP'Y,
of Cortland, New York, and that we are
ottering these wagons cheaper than any
other wagon built of same material,
style and linish can be sold for in this
count v.
ISTSend for Catalogue and Price-list.
PHI I,. CAW,
48t.tf Columbus, Neb.
Him i SHI 1HST11DTL
7. I. MITCHELL. U. S. 0. ?. UAS7717, U. S
II
c. o. mccs, a. v., & ;. c. sehise, u. d., of oah,
Consulting Physicians and Surgeons.
For the treatment of all classes of Sur
gery and deformities; acute and
chronic diseases, diseases ot the eye
and ear, etc., etc.,
Columbus, Neb.
JEWELRY STORE
OF
G. HEITKEMPER,
ON ELEVENTH STREET,
Opposite Speice & North's land-otlice.
lias on hand a tine selected
stock of
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY.
I3-ALL GOODS SOLD, ENGTtAVED
FKEE OF CHARGE.J05
Call and see. No trouble to show
goods. nl9-3m
We SCHILZ,
Manufacturer and Dealer in .
BOOTS AND SHOES!
A romplftravtortmfiit of LirtlfK' nd Chll
(Iran's Shoes kept on hand.
All Work Warranted!!
Our IWotto Good stock, excellent
work and fair prices.
Especial Attention paid to Repairing
7or. Olive nnd 12th St.
BECKER & WELCH,
PROPRIETORS OF
SHELL CREEK MILLS.
MANUFACTURERS & WHOLB
ALE DEALERS IN
FLOUR AND MEAL.
OFFICE, COLUMBUS, NEB.
IEVHHBhEHBwf
Mail
noss
Clocks ana Jewelry
K
F. SCHECK,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
ALL KINDS OF
SMOKING ARTICLES.
Store on Olive St., near the oldPost-ofice
Columbus Nebraska. 447-ly
HENRY LTJERff.
BLACKSMITH
AND
"Vagon !M!aker,
Shops near Foundry, south of A. & X. Prpot.
All kinds of wood and iron work on
AVajrons, Bungles, Farm Machinery. &:
Keeps on hands the
TIMPKEN- SPRING BUGGY,
and other eastern buggies.
ALSO, TUK
Furst & "Brndlev Plows.
MRS. M. S. DRAKE
HAS JUST IlECEIVED A LARGE
STOCK OF
FALL AND WINTER
miner mo fahcy urn.
3QT A FULL ASSORTMENT OF EV
ERYTH1NG BELONGING TO
FIRST-CLASS MILLIN
ERY STORE.a
Twelfth St., ttco doors east State Hank.
F. GERBER & CO.,
-PKAI.KKS IN'
FURNITURE ,
AND UNDERTAKERS.
if
i
TABLES, Etc., Eto.
GIVE HIM A CALL AT HIS PLACE
ON SOUTH SIDE llth ST.,
One door east of Reintz's drug store.
CITYi
Meat Market !
One door north of Post-oilice,
NEBRASKA AVE., - Columbus.
:o:
KKKP ALL KINDS OF
Fresh and Salt Meats,
ALSO
I a mm a way
Etc., iu their season.
:o:
!5rCa.h pnlrt Tor Hides Lnrd
and Bacon.
M2-x
WILL. T. RICHLY.
NEW STORE!
Hmah Qimn gw,
(Successors to HENRY fe BRO.)
All customers of the old farm are cor
dially invited to continue their pat
ronage, the same as heretofore; to
gether with as many new custo
mers as wish to purchase
Good Goods
For the Least Money.
Just In. A Large Stock
OF
Fall and Winter
DRYGOODS!
FINE, CUSTOM-MADE
CLOTHING
WniER OVERCOATS,
ilerrar, its aii Gaps,
Mits and Gloves,
BOOTS SHOES.
AT
PRICES TO SUIT AIX.
O '
ALSO A FULL LINE OF
Groceries.
Hardware,
Queensware.
:o:
S3THE HIGHEST 3IARKET PRICE
PAID FOR COUNTRY PRO
DUCE, jgj
I. NIEMOLLEE'S, .
545-3m Platte Centre, Neb.
Clii'S
.11 V KIJMSIA. III.SIIOI.
'Keep her steady, Mac, and tell
Brown, in the engine-room, to stick
to hpr present rate of speed. Seven
knots all things considered, is decent
going, even down stream, on one of
these Ruthin rivers; aud then we
are in duty bound, you know, to
economise the company's firewood,
cheap aa it i.'
'Ay, ay, Ciptain Burton,' cheer
fully responded my tall, raw-boned
first officer, entering with national
alacrity into a question of thrift.
Macgregor, chief mate, and Brown
chief engineer, were, with myself,
John Burton by name, the only
three Englishmen on board the Fair
IK'len, a fine steamer, of light
draught, but considerable engine
power, belonging to the Anglo-Kus-sian
Steam Navigation Compauy,
and built expressly for service on
the Dnieper. "Wo were pretty far
to the north just then, in the govern
ment of Monilew, where the great
river first becomes navigable for
anything bigger than a skill' or flat
boat, and were coming down now,
with a string of rafts iu tow.
Macgregor left me on his round of
inspection, but I, who had just then
no call of duty, remained idly lean
ing against the tnilrail, and gazing,
now at the summer sky of greenish
blue, now at the swampy and reed
growu shores, where herds of black
bufiiilops and flocks of sickly sheep
browsed on the rank grass, aud once
again at the brown waters of the
sluggish Borysthenes, now swollen
by recent rain. Astern of the steam
er was the long array of rafts which
we were towing, composed of tim
ber, cut down in the forests farther
north, which forms a valuable article
of export to the more pustoral and
treeless south of Riwsia. Most of
these rafts had shells or straw thatch
ed hovels built upon them, to serpen
t lie laborers from sun aud rain ; aud
at the edge of each, some half dozen
men, with long poles iu their hands,
kept watch, in case the clumsy craft
should ground among (he shallow
mud-banks.
I had now spent over two years in
Russia, and had acquired some little
knowledge of the country, aud what
was harder, a tolerable smattering of
its very difficult language, while
there were those who regarded me
as singularly lucky iu having been
appointed, young as I was, to the
commaud of the Fair Helen. The
duties, however, incumbent on me
as skipper of a river steamboat iu
Russia, were not much to my incli
nation, and I believe I should long
9inco have resigned my post and
gone back to blue water and a sai
lor's life, had it not been that I fell
in love, aud that my love was re
turned. Pretty Annie Clemments, only
child of the English manager of
Prince DemidofFs paper mills at
Mohilew, was the enchantress whose
bright eyes detained me in Russia,
and only two months had elapsed
since our troth plight had received
the sanction of Annie's father. Mr.
Clemments, who had from his youth
up filled lucrative positions in the
Czar's dominion, aud had saved
money, was. a good type of a class of
Englishmen who may be described
as Anglo-Russians. His industry
and business habits had given him a
marked superiority over the people
among whom he dwelt; but at the
same time he was imbued with an
alomst superstitious respect for the
government under which he had long
lived, and for every abuse nnd every
freak ol administrative tyranny on
the part of the higher powers.
'This must be Bykhow!' said I,
starting from my reverie, as I caught
sight of the copper-coated cupola of
the church of St. Micharel, overtop
ping the wooden roofs of the tiny
town; 'but what have we here!' I
added, as a boat put off from the
wharf and was soon alongside of the
steamer, which had slackened speed
in obedience to a signal from the
shore. '"Why, it is a bishop I'
Aud, indeed, the most promineut
personage of tho group which pres
ently boarded us was, to judge by
his garb and mien, a prelate of the
Russian church. He wore gracefully
flowing robes, almost oriental aspect
and the quaiut mitre, with its nar
row edging of purple and gold,
which distinguishes a Muscovite
biBhop. Behind him came three at
tendants bis chaplaiu, his crosier
bearer, and another, who tinkled a
little silver bell; at the sound of
which our Russian sailors and deck
men dropped upon their kuees, and
struggled with one anoiher who
should be the first to kiss the bishop's
ungloved hand, on which glistened
a great amethyst ring.
I found the bishop, who was a
young man, not more than two years
older than myself, very urbane and
affable. He spoke French, and Ger
man too, fluently, and was in tone
and bearing quite a citizen of the
world.
The bishop's business with me
was soon stated. He wanted a pas
sage to the city of Kiew for himself
and attendants; and also for a party
of ecclesiastical students from the
great monastery of Glinka, who
were bound for the same place, to
be solemnly inducted within the
pale of the Russo-Greek priesthood
by the Archbishop of Kiew. There
were, moreover, some three or four
nuns, who desired to avail them
selves of the same opportunity for
returning to their abbey.
At first I was somewhat puzzled.
Truth to tell, the vessels of the
Anglo-Russian Navigation Company
did very little business in tho pas
seuger carrying line. By towing,
by the transport of light good;?, and
so forth, we earned a decent divi
dend ; but although we had an elab
orate priuted tariil of charges, 'the
neat private cabius,' and 'saloon' tor
first-class passengers, had come too
sadly conspicuous by their absence.
However, the bishop, with his easy
way made things pleasant. Rus
sians, he said with truth, needed, in
fine weather, but scanty accommo
dation. Students, nuns, aud himself,
could rough it, only thankful for a
speedy journey. And the payment
he would leave to me to apportion.
'A compliment,' added the prelate
with a laugh and a shrug, 'which 1
assure you, captain. I would not
oiler my own countrymen. But you
English have a conscience.'
I do not forfeit my national repu
tation for fair dealing, for charging
his worthiness for such I believe to
be the correct designation of a Mus
covite bishop too much for the
meagre comfort which I was able oil
the Fair Helen to supply this clerical
company. We set to work with
hammer aud saw, uud as all sailors,
even Russian fresh water mariners,
are handy feilown, we soon knocked
up some rough cabius for the nuns,
while I gave up my own quarters to
the bishop. As tor the students, the
weather was fine, and a set of hardy
young fellows might surely make
shilt to keep the deck.
There were, as it turned out, four
nuns, two of them being tall, burly
Tavorniks, of that she grenadier
aspect so common among the Ru
sian peasant womeu who take the
vow, and the other two.slight, deli
cate in manners and appearance, and
unmistakably ladies. There were
twenty three students, well-grown
lads enough, hut apparently shy and
ill at casu,-and who huddled together
iu a mob when brought on board
and shunned conversation. Nor was
the nuns very communicative; but
the bishop, who was a fluent and
agreeable talker, made amends for
the taciturnity of the rest.
At Stostiza, where we stopped to
take in firewood, and where the
overseers of the rafts wont ashore to
hire fresh laborers in the room of a
dozen fever-stricken wretches on
whom the miasma of the muddy
river had. done its work, and who
had been left behind it at Bykhow, a
sad procession went by the wharf
alongside of which the steamer lay.
This consisted of some thirty politi
cal prisoners, Poles, as we were told,
implicated in an abortive revolt near
Minsk, and now on their way to
Siberia. They were all ranks aud
ages; some with delicate hauds and
faces that told of culture and refine
ment ; others who showed the marks
of honest toil ; but all bore them
selves with a certaiu air of quiet
dignity which seemed to impress
even the half savage Cossacks who
guarded them. There was some
thing iu the proud endurance of the
captives which touched me. They
were in chains, their clothes were
worn and ragged. Their faces were
wan with the privations of a Rus
sian prison, and all were footsore
and weary. Yet it was impossible
not to admire the patk'iit courage of
their demeanor.
Bah 1 They are not of our century,
those Poles," said the biship taking a
pinch of snuff and offering to me the
guilt box with snave courtesy.
'They sacrifice themselves for a
dream.'
"We were a long time at Stostizta
for the overseer's new hands were
hard to coax away from the volka
shops, though when they did arrive
they turned out to be fifteen as
strapping fellows as I had ever seen ;
men too,who walked with the steady
step of old soldiers. Of this, how
ever, since conscription passes half
the peasautry through the ranks, I
thought little, but gave orders to
cast off the mooring, get up a fuller
bead of steam, to make up for lost
time, and push on to Rogaczew, our
next halting place. Four Versts
down the river I caught the gleam,
among the toll reeda of the bank, of
Cossack lance points, and soon
rounding a head land, descried the
kafila of prisoners. These latter
marched but slowly, and their
mounting guards, under the orders
of an officer in green uniform a
major, as I guessed by his medala
and the glitter of his epaulettes were
driving them on with blows and
threats. Just as we came abreast of
the captives, I heard the overseer of
the rafts shouting hoarsely order?
which seemed worse -than useless,
for by some mismanagement of the
poles, the raftsmen had grounded
one of the cumbrous structures on a
sand-bank. The tough tow rope
jorked aud creaked.
'Stop her, there below reverse
engines !' I called out ; but scarcely
had I done so before to my utter
amazement tho traveling bishop
drew from beneath his purple-hemmed
cassock a silver whistle, and
blew a long, shrill note. Tho effect
of this signal call was magical in its
rapidity. Wading waist deep in the
water, tho raftworkers whom we
had taken iu at Stostizta hurried to
the shore, scrambled up the slippery
bank, aud rushed likoso many tigers
upon the escort that guarded the
prisoners I
'Ha! t Tutors! Cut the villains
down!' thundered the Riiss:an ma
jor, whisking out his saber aud aim
ing a heavy stroke at the first assail
ant who reached him ; but a cudgel
parried the blow, and in less time
than it takes to tell it the officer was
disarmed and dragged from his sad
dle. Of the niue Cossacks, eight
were dismounted aud bound with
out any serious resistance, but the
ninth eludtnl the hands that clutched
at his bridle, fired, wounding the
man nearest to him, and wheeling
his shaggy steed, rode oil' at a gallop,
pursued by a storm of pistol-balls
and curses.
'Help! captain! cap ' gurgled
in choking accents a well-known
voice; and I looked round to see
Macgregor vainly struggling in the
grasp of three ecclesiastical students
one of whom held him by the throat.
Another of these interesting neo
phytes wa pressing the muzzle of a
revolver to the forehead of the
sacred helmsman ; while five or six
had found their way to the engine
room, to judge by the sound, of
scuttling that proceeded from the
hatchway.
'Secure him !' cried the false bish
op, pointing to me, and three young
fellows all well armed, ind all with
their black robe3 disordered and
reeealing the very secular garb
which they wore beneath, rushed
upon me. Bewildered as I was, the
English instinct of giving as good as
I got prompted me. One antagonist
stunned by a wpII directed blow,
dropped like an ox beneath the pole
ax ; a second was tripped up, and the
pistol wrestled from his grasp; but
then a flash of blinding fire glared
before my eye, and next all grew
black and hushed and quiet, and then
fhe very world seemed to swim away
from me a3 I fainted.
"When I regained my senses it wan
night. The stars twinkling above us
and the wash aud ripple of the river
were the first sounds which reached
my dulled ear. How my head
ached ! The throbbing pains it
occasioned me mnde me try to lift
my hands to my brow; but I could
not stir. I was bound and helpless,
and I groaned aloud.
'Is it you, Capt. Burton? said a
lugubrious voice near mo. 'Deed,
then, but I'm glad to hear ye speak,
though it is that way for I thought
ye were dead.'
'What has happened, Mac?' I ask
ed feebly, 'Can you not help me get
up ? "Who boarded pirates, or'
Nae pirates, captain,' interrupted
the mate. 'The job's a poletical one,
nae doubt; and Sharpe himself was
a saint to you fause-tongued loon o'
a bishop he called himself, the ring
leader o' the gang. And as for
helping ye, laddie, how can I do it,
seeing I lie here tied neck and heels,
like a calf for the shambles? Brown
aud the fireman, aud the rest of the
crew, are all in irons below, with the
hatches battoned down over them.
The overseer and raft-laborers have
run off, frightened, puir chielsouto'
their bits o' wits, and the major and
his Cossack rievera are about as
comfortable,Captain Burton, as our
selves. Our best hope is in the
coming o' the police.'
But alas! when the police and
military, in the gray dawn, came
lagging up in obedience to the soli
tary Cossack who had ridden off
unharmed, we found that from the
Polish frying-pan we had been pro
moted to the Russian fire. The Ma
jor who had passed some hours in
impatient durance, tied to a willow
tree with a gag between his teeth,
and a cord around his wrists, actu
ally foamed with rage, when we
were hustled into his presence.
'But for your help, English hounds,'
he reiterated, 'yonder rebel scum
could not have interfered with the
emperor's justice. Prisoners have
been rescued, loyal soldiers have
been bruised, disarmed, and depriv
ed of their horses. I myself
Here, corporal take the scoundrels
away. They shall suffer for the suc
cess of their rascally accomplices.'
Macgregor and Brown being able
to walk, were sent off to Kiew, each
with his right wrist chaiued to the
stirrup-leather of a mounted police
man, while I, on account of the
weakness caused by a severe blow
on the head, inflicted with a butt end
of a pistol, wa9 conveyed iu a jolting
country cart to Tchernigov, where I
was duly lodged in prison.
Very biiter were ray reflections as
I lay on my hard pallet-bed, watch
ing the scanty sunbeams that phned
ou the barred windows of my cell,
and listening to the shrill hrieks
aud pattering leot of rats distress
ingly tame, that haunted the jail.
What was I to do? My employers
would probably supersede me as
commander of the Fair Helen. Of
Siberia I had no serious fear, but a
long imprisonment might end only
expulsion from Russia. Annie was
lost to me. I knew the rooted pre
judices of her father too well to be
lieve that he would ever accept a
son-in-law who had conspired
against the imperial authorities.
And who was to persuado Mr. Clem
ents, that I was blameless in the
matter? I could fancy him in his
arm-chair, stolidly declaring, in re
ply to Annie's pleadings on my
behalf, that there was no smoke
without fire, and as I hud made my
bed, .so 1 must lie. Aud so weeks
went by.
'Mr. Burton, or Cuptaiu Burton,
you are free!' It was an officer of
rank who spoke, pleasantly enough,
tapping his boots with his gold
mounted riding-whip as he stood on
the damp stone floor of his cell, with
the door open behind him. admitting
welcome air ami sunlight. Yur
iunoceuce, and that ot the other
British subject confined at Kiew,
haw bepu at last lully proven by tha
confession of the principal rebel.
Count Demetrius Sobieski. wounded
and taken at Wilna. Ah, I see you
do not know o whom 1 ialk. Well,
he was your pasener.
'Tin bishop?' I asked, half-stupefied.
'Yes. the bishop," replied the gen
eral with a laugh. The studeuts, and
the last batch of r.tft-laborers being,
all of them, disbanded Polish sol
diers, who were williug to risk their
lives for the rescue ol the Minsk
prisoners; an exploit in which they
succeeded only too completely. As
for the nuns two of them were men
in female apparel, and the others
were simply Polish ladies of noble
birth, whose husbands were amoug
the exiles, and who were resolved to
aid iu their di'liverence, or to follow
them to Irkutsk. Your vessel, the
Fair Helen, you will find at Kiow,
with your mate and engiucer 011
board of her. And now, Mr. Bur
ton, it only remains for me, ou the
part of the governmeut, to express
our regrets, &c.'
Annie and I are mimed, years
since, and I command a ship of which
I am part owner; but we do not live
within the range of green-and-white
frontier posts, that mark the Czar's
dominions.
It must be confessed that the
building of a stable for twenty hor
ses ou the top ofa private mansion,
access to which is obtained by means
of a lift is calculated to awaken a
feeling of astonishment even in these
days of marvels. Yet this is the
case ou a house just erected in Bel
grave Square, Loudon, by Mr. Sas
soon. Ground is very valuable in
that fashionable part of London, and
by elevating the horses to the top
of the house two birds are killed
with one stone, for space is saved
and the smell of the stables avoided.
The horses do not seem by any
means to object to the mode of as
cent; possibly they aro unconscious
of it on account of the closed shut
ters of the lift.
An exchange says: "Onions are
an unfailing cure for diphtheria.
They must be placed iu a bandage in
a raw state, aud then beaten into a
pulp, and the cloth containing them,
juice and all, bound around the
throat aud well up over the ears. Iu
cases noticed the result has been
almost magical, deadly pain yielding
iu a short time to sleepy comfort."
Gratitude was fancifully said to
be the memory of the heart; but,
alas for poor human nature! hearts
are more than suspected to have
wondrous short memories.
Tell-tales are contemptible beings.
To. retail in one house what is seen
or spoken of in another is a treason
against society, which cannot be too
thoroughly despised.
We should give aa we receive,
cheerfully, quickly, aud without hes
itation ; for there is no grace in a
benefit that sticks to the fingers.
He who is false to the present duty
breaks a thread in the loom, and
will see the effect when the weaving
of a lifetime is unraveled.
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