ill 1 T 'I III! I til!! !!.. Ill III ill I I Iff II I Iff V N III 111! I. VJi I At i , . I r . . .-. - v-. i VOL. I. WILMINGTON, X.ljj f, ;:AP1?IL 6, 1884. t - professional. T "i V n t-mntr... "attokxkyk at law. mtrt Hnrrt Utlm.Mg. I. l ItwUL. A. . KM Ai t. nttrui. ATTOI5XKYK AT L.VW, TRfTlCK IX AM. illK mrirT OF N V JL OBWf, ., iTtn . Wilmington. N. t. T ATTUIINKY ASl Col NSKI.MMt AT LV th .e-f erl tls. I ",.- . . Krlt vl Yov. trir-t. WilllMIli;- l.m. X. . ' t I AHIKI. OfONN.lt, 1 : K A r. K.HT.VT K I.I.Kt TIN; A it KNT It tmf r or, K-t)l. 111 l Hrr. i l,rf M. Hnun. !H II. Vitminfton, N. . Jlt-n .wtnilh. l. t rnVsiriANs aJni siiu;i:ons. I C I'KINi' .' -ti:f.kt. u ikmim; .T Tll. UI'KU . m r n nin. I w rlf i h.ir l wm4 licaV I.hki;" imI 1. r I. ilrut. hi It if r- ti- iMtin Why t- itt w . tJ( r!rf. (mi ."lure H I . I im-l W ' 1 l l .lit Ait'l t yrtf I f i l lwrurl I IhwItl I .1 c Thnf !..- w v4-rtii )( rlilr . worr -C,.-1: l!t . uiit lit tjt' fr.'! rw Mr nl .C !. rN;Airrl lUik l-'uir, I av tty l.rtix t f.l ri4 rlmf ttnl.h- l-w. !. iii kt. l .. Iirr fr - I W Hy Ur nj w1 -tl To fr-l Im t l.-r '" vmml witlf f it 4hl la ru' t rwl t't rtw th 1. ;-- ! tnl i. I. I tl WTitl. tlrt'lA' "if'i :l rv . . .li.lr t.tlr.l V"t .! I . lint Ik urw'i f i rrx nrr Ihrr-, I I m 1 . tt..i fl-tt tu. ! t u Iful rli ur 'IVx" thr' tttxy ' r r !' frn." Iljr rf-liirf .i.inrl flj.M i lltrir ll-r-- trt j V llr h lr r iw wiUli AtA punw" t ltit vrt-Krt flr ri... lf. hMrtt flirt f .f lh -wi.tr eyi.iril trwl4Mm ttrt f. Uirr' ott.M-ir. th-rt IIm u:i ' Mr rw-rr vir. rrlu4t into mit. I rvtlfy ki m ril i tlvl rlir. JmLv she harm. -h w. -ii ti Ih'i I nw b-itftl hr rlettk br jo JIViV TA- .V'i t rt Ir lrrlr rtlrl- Irrliae!. I i n J iM I. .sr H I X. MIM Aai't. whil lleii ! A ... r.T. writer on it it ie.it roHXMio , i . aiit an A , mi ii a't and ptetit adtixatc of 1.4 i.l rr.'onn. wa.i on lu wa f.o:n Dnldin t4 the ch he no t Dr. Jovm-s M.tstt-r of Kt.jn t'lleg'. Knsland. wlm w.t.i taking . trijK bke hmielf. to and ae ptaifit huu-tf witlj the real eondttUMi of lr f.ud. The conefnded to travel together. N"otriing of tint partjeular interest omiriil until tU armed t IHigbe.id. u town in G tlw v. hen. U'f.r theti cotibl g t their ! and refresh th.5nt lv.-s. they were Uth arreted a.- nirpivLHil rhartw-tcr. Their Ug jtM' 'v ear hl attfl tin ir jkij r aimned. Tbej were kkil nti4irroo iuii-rt iin nt iUi- tiu.-4 a. to their btiiine.- and int. utioic in iiti tht neigh..rtHl. and when Mr. Gefg tlentvtndetl t. know U whatauth"ri tv the rr Itrld In ditranee tie he ut .l tnfortweil tint the point? imM arr"t war one' they rlnj ot their own r-jiet-bdity. They bd 6 wait for -vrral hours to In examMied by m tiitrale wlm wa al wntt tt ti on-of Ihetr arn-t. Thu they w err krpt ut ritloy I'oC 'eral hour, fa ii.m.l m.l htif..rv in. I wh.-ti tficV rtir.lestnl tli-if thev allow, C to T to their lwt el to rhaiijv thnr linen ahd cct ouiething to r;tt t he v were rrfu.el. fritvtllv the magistrate io le Km ni-ikrjiii uml thfv unlerwrot an -ft ----- , - raPHiuttioti. but ittrfhing !' stIitHus tr tmt soiuible intent wf rlmtctl frm them. rrr. they wt-r detain d-in rtistsly un til emnninmeution cMttd W h.d with Dublin a.slr ut hunt tes. wlieu orders irr rr crlTtsl to hbctute tlsp nt. Jlr. tisrg- was .t in tin leut sitrpri-stl At th trrutnwnt tl5y rtrvttsl but rather rn jyttl it, a tt g-tr htsromptniiHt Ir. Joy new twing an rjgltlm.u an opjrt unity of e- rrHm ing th.' Uttnftrs of Knlish liberty in rrttrwl. I.ut lr .loy nes. took it m tlitlvT ntl. imagining hi umb r tin protis timi of tlr linttsh fottsjitution. He was greatly Uftotnshetl. ami trmr rry indignant to thtak that a frtsUn Kiubshman siiould 1 subjertrtl to such ratmrnt. ami rxprcstsl hint-self frerly in od. ntiKttiou of such a state of affairs. After making an rttrmbsl trip in im.iQii lie wriii iie . . . . ... . . . I . . M.ninmni . . . a -t-: ... I V. , ... . ration ft tne i mmk mi t tmm-m .. -... r " . k ...l- ... I . . . . t .1 . i t..., vu....t .HrnM. howi arui ur saw oi iiiui'ii !- . ireiami. untrn, n.e ao ii.ri ir... ... : ' 7 in uiwi-lirinis terms and tiettiHtrH-ri in ins- w j . Isrtllr "Vf th.it unfoitunate ' tpnsss--" ? . man rtprrsH! and rttantry. i ...'-, ,t ...n vr T.'ATn ..r;i." .i - - Ikshrd ud mmpblrt be -MiHtld lo hw ri!7J?! ffl l:,-,k tlwihint .mldHl ' l"V 'rvTriL:::!.::.;, W .r k 7 i rZ 1 l ...V- which oitthr-.nt.jert in . 'Ti i v t!i aot.liim l . V I T C mi a.-e.Jtnt hUriiovihVVrh ; t . 1V..J. lin . Vn.. h iimirrv lot inoMiie were tun .................. ----- -- - jmsoM.T - .MtI1,., f,. M-MMitMi. and N-sid.-s. ined he would U- reiidentl absolutely power- . mast W M- O-V- a Lmnblet statin his view rttlncing the public debt nearly f7..HMMlin less, his escaie put out of all question, while chief p ?t?! J$, J . I . Marij annnllIlwi.4- llliKht perhaps, if adroitly managed, U ; was to ra, "ttnj,Y i "I xZ a A f hr mib- ' .V the i , teti Ust June that there was a made to reveal important seiTets. The very ; the liJlegr icate. hint . nndertaml it he pul- l nr ougn t Tnerlibl. -is it niiiv i or.. Henry ftrurgr mv: "I doubt if an Amcri- ran. until Im- comes h.-rr ami grts 1 'feci of the thins. can realize 1 am certain that the .it mronty of my countrymen do not 1 gin tt mli'i' the tvr.mnv ti.i l.r whuh Ireland lie ttLir. In our plrsdtl,- lh.lt .sill in im l.ng.sh si-raking imini:mt v tins late in tli ntm-t.-nth century. It i a common Knglish opinion tlut luis tMtu exclusively n tlcctt-dnti this side of the water that the Irish are a peculiarly ristie rait. prone to agitation ami t vitUi si race ulmw n.itnr.il tli-l-wition t4 to U aiat the government. ihi matter lnm pnwl or uLm- tliat i?veriii::fnt nuiy lw. Jtut I do ihI think any rijrht- iiuiide! m.ui can r'. m- - ill r-ali - what the pAcninunt without tW ling tluit a cople of Ireland i.h v .',nt Witllld re i nuiriiv unr.rr n mouki ik- rve nothing lat larerv ami outcmit. lr. M iKrti il.l, an American J.idv. aK) travelttl thrt'tiuh Ireland u firrct!.iidcnt of think the;, were ;ih bully trcatid as repre ntil. but her cm- were .jn-in-l by her in trlIr, with all c!.k.- of the -ople. She iitel t!n-ir Iioiim-n and iiM!e lH-rs.-!f ae ii.iintel ith their wantn ;md condition. She ti "X iiijuit liiol -with their, nil ring and -nt wry iut-rcting and truthful letters t thin nmntry. g:ingan arcotint of In land a. it i. . J'ipieph touan. an llni-h tnemJuT of I'.tr- Iraiuent fr Ncwi-a".tle on T ne and iilitr nu-.i-uri- in Parliament he mad.- a gn;it -e b i: i.iut ft' Irrl.iml and it-d with the lr!-! p;rt cmtv time. Ileid-s iiiatiy cmi iH nt tin-:, in ji.ir!i.itm Jit. mu-Ii as Mi-rsJi-l.;u !t. . Slir and c ral othi rs, who had lli- m.iobnt' l t.ind up in Parliament and ! a;..nd ftr In land justice the anif a t!i: nou'.d lr t h ir own jo;.Je. there i- another Kllli!lll:ill. the l.e. I r. I Iambi I.'letl. who i ptri-r ! a l nit.iri.in ititn h in Saint lirbl. iin,t K.wii. In l.iOtl. a u. :it ! in.ui 'h Ii it li n mir i' the ablet ai".c;ites of the late li:d league, who i.i trae!il all rr the ,it i.i rv . -airr.d no the p-p!e b hi-. ehtit r e. :i;m1 lue !ne more, j" rh.ij. tluiu any other m.ui low.in!" harnioiii.i; im n of ri .'ii.uiH till!, rem and learning t Ii im that tb ir t:ln.! ml '--I. ate identical and It it the n t allow tji.-.r en :.: to e. tin eed of religion prijtt li-?' in onbr that tin ma !-iiiie More cail goctn-d and blinded a to their common rilit. oltietiillc l-i-re tlie I. lie Peter t "Jwr. of New York, ibi-d. he nt a letter t.i Mr. Gladstone, crumg him toghe t!ie Iri-!i k--ple a le tter gier;uiieiit. vmh as !.:ig:aml gie to t anad . The letter was coueheil in ir reipi it fill language but f ill of tup;itli for Ireland u fieri m:. He m.ni' to remark : t!et if Knglatid icrantetl them no rili . for to maintain their crv rit.-inr P.KtN. ini.tr' (iiiouiM; row Kit. A llrlUr Wltlrh Mi-imi-r lli- t idied State on the raciHc. ,r J"rt- ffr.i'.'. !"it li P. row He. .Ii. Mr. . d. lei' !U e .e l a ap'i al .1 I ir-- bt tore U i'.re the iui ieati Sot tetx I ft . ain in the pjes audten.at I '!deker.:ig lb!!. "Th.- iron :v l iiwi r ol I Tll.e ..'.. ft tin- I'l.-lt.i- till' lecturer's topic. After .-ki tehin;; I he hitor of rhile an-l pirt ienl.irl. of to.- reeeiit w.xr Ut ween t bile and Pern. Mr. P.row nr said : Now. as this ie years drama draws to a chs.. let iis sum up some of its n -aits. t'hile. ietorioii at c. ry oint. in dip!. maey as well as in war. has dis.nnr.c:ed IIuroji.aii intcrention with the aid of th. Cuiliit Stati-s. and at the miii.' time has aterted the interxciitioit oftla- I 'dlnl States b 4eT pn.fi-ssioll of W illillgllcm to iibt biU'T th.ip submit ' brought I-liia into unt;tgnism to her former ally. ;.nd has so utterly subjugated IVru tli.it u la r own (opulatiou werr large cn.aigh to warrant such a diey she cuiihi anne the whole of tliat oMintry to her domains. I'ut by reasini of its piaeity not by magnanimity sb s.itiatis herself w ith the appropriation of the ntat district for whiih she U gan t he w ar .m.l f wluit she hirdlv dares to hoiie jit tin- nit.t t ) w it ll file iscsr.iou oi t .una aim . i . a. and thereby the control of the main outlet of -.tiia to the world, the j- rinaneiit diss,ilu tioiioftbe I'eru-I'olivia iiuifiilwracy and the abibt at almost suiy time to forty a war Utwtvtt thes- out nines by insligiting and hi lping l-liiato s. ie Aniiiii;i. I'unoand Molleno. As to her financial condition, her ." t i-ent Utvs, which were i noted at l.l in londott at the begiuping of January. 17:1, were ipioted at at the U uitiniitg of J m n.ir. lss.. In his annual in.-ss.cge tot'on gTiss last June President Santa Maria ami Hin.v I tbit tie- sinking fun I for the foreign debt, which lit U-elt s.sjK-n led sin-e the war U-gati. will lie resiinutl this year, and when that is done rhih-an credit will further !tduncv and rank with tli.t of almost anv tuition in the world. Hie f.n:gn trade of t'hile. which was torch tai.mm.i in a1ne in I", has more tbtn doubltsl sim-e. and eveveded -spiV imii.uiti in I-"fI. and the Utlanci of trade w.i.s nmrl Iv $M.m.l m her laor. ! appre- ......... . - . ... ... ii,. ti.rnr. U-ar in mind that her i .. - - .....ol ii..ii is but ri.. i4i.Iiii. and tint the fort ign trade of the fnitttl Stat.-s as latdv a fh. ,ar j,,.,, W(. kid a opulati..n ofmnitlv i:kJ- b in xalue. , The t'hib-an ntnue has ini-rt-.isiil instill r .....rti..!! In WT-. as luts Ut n .v. if.'vipt. '"-.'' .-'"' ... ..i., i i immi iiimi ib-i w w h ii m c-a.-n surplus oi mw nutu c-,. must nine have largely incn.tl. The value ofihe-icultunil lands of rhile has doubled Within e vrars, ami that of its city real estate as iudgttl l,v the rents tleniandt-il in tlw capital hi more tlutn doubbtl. . v i . . -1 . i . i i f a . l : r - ... i v ...t. ..-- iiii'inirj lrnn . . i i i ij"- l nrK p-. rnr iii.hh an cam-ihh! i uiuoniui nmi m tpjn 1111 J-Tr 'p'liii punisjniK iu, ;mi Xet JuivtV 111 AO- e government rour uiroiiixmr ue itumxrv. and in tore mic ' three iroiwiaus ar ine ne.iioi 11, iwoi iuvit wining ii.mscji msuitetl, suddenly adminis- " wws,-and now he wrni there nhr nnie4' -he soinew lutt are Urst rates, ami any one 01 me inrre l,i"ll1,7' oieiu a s:ap on t lie general's face imu J"srinei the opinions tin-? nd iced nciint the Iri-h nrstl did not i mote tlvm a match lor our Pacitic jitladrTttWWT his nose bled prt.iuselv. -This i.n. and that the eontinnati-.n and pn-orietor of the Ncwe.v.tlc rhmnirh. Pacilie t. our nr. -tensions of a right to control p:ime was Mievu-K, ior.nevi an omccx. nt ul)OUt Xe(. alwaH Ut n a staunch friend of Ireland, any isthmus canal by virtueofour jKitms tlid not selong to am pmucai organixax.on, ( mielly lK,aten in and ni.m e, rv .-.-a-i..n he hasad-a?l the in the North Pacific. You will not hml a put mnng a rt w u; imu ku i u 1,1 i, j ith the inspector .--.- of In land in hi- paim-r and at public Chilean staman who will agn-e to this pn- isted the lniperor Alexander ji ana re- i shortly aftcrward,' i-. i i ..r.. .....I !'i,.rl .inl IV ..w Iw.th broached him severely lor having violated nis t u , would U- l etnrf .r ln-ii- bur-ts of ikissioii were, however, onlv the re- "i siamuug aiouer out ueiowgctt o .t ".' y : t""1.1 v.:'" "W--g' n-al famim-s. nef-4tatitig . 44 M.1TTT.'' . ..iNi,.. ,M.i vhovtn t,. liim ' to command that heneeiorth and foitverrf-' - vatoTOM,! Noristhisall. lliilektsnotonly.lvam-ctl.indiMretion sib I into the position of the controlling power on (' I the west nxi-t of South Anu'rica. but by her naval utrength she can if she pleases .d this i moment command the I'acilic coast of the ability ami our iniiiotcnce every citizen of onr country who resides or-' travels Utwten Panama ami Cape Horn, (eu ral William II. Franklin, whose authority,'' will not Ik di.puted, ha pnliliely warned tw ' tKit "th-re is no sealKxml city of the United States tluit could not at thi.n tinie In laid uixliT con tri hut ion ly a sin'e hostile iron-i ehul .hii, which, after rcccivin;; the fntn - - i ' . tuition, or destroying the city by NmiiMnl- mcnt, could quietly steam out to sea w itlwuit uangtT or uania innn uniiui hh fort of the United States in do." Ineans and plans of the revolutionary partv twecn Chile awl onrselves uggestion which was received with contempt by se:i to an attack cycn I otapolf then threatened the prisoner In hostilities ln-tw .she could advance Chile has al compsitc :,n(l woixlen war vessels find tine merchant vesseLs, which -ould ) uil in the event of a war. Our only chanf against them would Ik by lxard ing. Our defeiiceh-ss coiulition in tin Tacific is not saf-: it is not compatible with those relations of jmwt to jmwer there which would lie sure guarantees of jM'ace. I Ug you a!o to give a thought to the imiMtrtaiit r-lation of the presence of such a jwer as t'hih- i growing to le in the South will siiptiort Chile's rcsistiince of it whenever the ittcstion I m comes a practical one. Xor is Chile likely to 1k the only South American country to dispute sm li a claim on our Kirt Th. iint.rctinlentcfl and unsatisfactory trans- actieiis of our diplomacy in connection with the South P.:eiti-war have imKiinii tlse pres- lige of the Initiil Stall's among those conn- tri.-s to a degree of which neither Congress ii..r the Hiple at large are sensible, nor wiil the iKi-ome fully sensible to it, I fear, until M-rioiis troubh-s arie in consequence. THK l'ATIIKK OK NIHILISM The FouiMlt-r of the IJusliiii He volut iouarv I'nrty. .. '.('oji Tiinrs. S. i n t re..Iutionary sK-icti( uae aiw.ns ei-ted in l.'usia. but they had no jositiv program me and were the simultaneous out come of dissatisfaction rather than the result of a prcconeeiwd plan:- Kven the insurrec tion of l"-i" was completely wanting in or iranization. Nor was violence svstematicallv eaiplovcil. tliough individuals occasionally i hi-trateil deeds of great daring. These out- tion which ha- sim-e exercised so much jntwer was brought into existence. Many con tri b ntnl to this work, but none were more active than Nifhayelf. who impariiil a di-cided di rection to the s-t rct circles and societies then in eMsteii.e. He gac them lor uciinite p:ir- po- - the overthrow of the Czar. More than tins. In W.l-i i lie inuiaior oi uillllilie icnor- ism. and wa himself the author of tlv first c-im;' coihmitb-d in olHilience to. this new p:.'4 . To :he outer world the existeiic of ii did ism as .. miiil.'int and jHiwcrful associ.i t;o:i was brst rcM-.iIc.l by t he tli.seoery of the student hane.if. Tlris unfortunate youth was ; fiieii i it i cen s.;id an intimate friend of Nn-h lyelf. but they ultimately disagreed in o!it:c.il matters, anil Ivanhotf. deeming his companion was going too far, threatened to r-sign and ouit the assis-iation. Tiiis menace was looked ujioii as an act of treason, and the conspirators, fearing they might In ltetmycd to the police, condemned Ivanhotf to death, and he was "executed" by his friend N'ech ty elf. This was the first no table di'd in the career of this remarkable man. Nechayeif w as liorn of humbb parents in the illag.-of Khoinovtovka, in the prov ing of Vladimir. His ability jiriM-ured for him !'iorsat the h inds of the eh rgy. He was s, nt to St. Petersburg, and liecam.e a t-aeh.-r of religion at the Sergins school. Though but a sclf-iducatcd man, he was able , to lay up a great store of knowledge. He j .studied di-ep!y (.crin.in jihilosophy, iMilitic:il leonouiy. history, and taught himself Trench hv reading Kochefort's hintirne. So great ! were his powers of oigauizatioii and Hrua ' s,;oii that the liussiaii government set a high priee njon his head, pursuit 1 him even abroad, and finally sucittthtl in obtaining his extradition from Switzerland. Tor this pnritose a sum of -gO.OtM) francs was paid to the Zurich prefect of police. Pfcliniger. who facilitated the extradition, which, aiturding to all accounts was more like an act of h-h- nainiinir. ine municipal loinnu. .n The municipal council, at all . . cxciiis, pnuesiit, stn.,,..,, ...... I- ". 7i,U weak to publish these ix ttv details, lotion to the egect that even common crimin als should not Ih given U to such govern- nu nts as Russia and Turkey. Tried at St. Petersburg in 17-2. Ntt hayetf merely sought toprocfor his defence that the crime was strictly jhilitical, but e:ich time he Ugan to sHak he wasdniggisl out of nmrt and badly U-.iten by thcgen:larms. T!ins sihnivl a!il almost siunn.il. In was sciitencul as a ctun inou muderer to twenty y.irs penal servi tude in Siliefii. Th government, to comt-al the dangers by which it w:is lHs t, rcpre ntil Nit-h ivetf as a vulgar criminal and ac cus,il him of "killing I van. iff for purposs of robbery, without allowing any mention to Im made in nmrt of hi, jiolitieal objt t. THIC l oNIKMN'.TIo , , , i Otui ohtainnl. the attitmU of the govern ment was vcrv materially altcrttl. As an or- diiurv criminal, he would undoubtedly have Urn dispatched to Silieria. in aiturdamv with the sentence, but st pnvious a t-apt lire could not tie thus sent out of sight. Nechayell was, din-irv criminal, he would undoubtedly have therefore, cotitined in the in.t secure and se- : f.'h!i"'',,;''V'".,:.n"r::' . riAt t.i niiTi iti ii t i m ii rir .o iiii.i''- mr iii' is - s - " " . ; "s ..v - ----- , seem. Nithayeff still con tin. leil directing the nihilist movement, though he never cpiitteti his prison, and while he was able to chastise uith his own kintls a government offieuil, his keeiiers never made hinn-ommit the sligTitest ailWtin. the interests of his . - . ttrty - Several hih official visited . him mm time to time to ,,-ir t,;. !Vm (i:t: i ' . f :ihmi on me dm trit?atln ,f, Iiu?41 to lort urn to make a deLiRitw.n r ".. w i.hh.- itx-iisions ne This officer had been ThVA'f LitI,na"w. It was at i,V i li Vi - V1 im ol ndaniierie to wnicn tne tlnrd section of st-t-n-f mit. iiuicneu. Jt was m tins Mttw mn.1,.;,. m i . jKun v i im He engaged m a lengthy and aninmtetl con V versation with the prisoner. lie invited Va --- ukii v'"vl w jie a pajKT on the composition j! nted ev-nt et.ual the jim"-1 i:id. to make matters worse, the blow was struck '.n the presence of Gen. Rorukott, the r,)vernor .f the prison and several officers, rendaraies and jailors. " . ccnaycii wa.;nw piu m nun n iM.mm .y a metal ih1 ami nvited to the wail. Thus imbarrasscd he could neither lie dow n, stand lip. or sit with anything appnm-hins to easey, ut lie sunemi sun more rrom ine w richb w madman eonnned in ine nexi ecu. ins Wrer. 1 or rms oreacn oi uiscipiiiie ne w as imprisoned by order ot the Czar without ju- dicial priH cdure, and .tlie soliry conhne- ment destoyel his reason. All these inci- ... . Mciits tavorei .Miiuncn s ueip-iaiu sciitints. .. . 1 .. A-1 .1 .1-1 .1- 3 now began to coNVKIiT TllK solPieks '"Who were on the watch, lie never lost an .rpprtuniy ol speaking to them and though -th.-y wi re not allowed to reply, he neverthe- Jcss tout rived to make mem lose pauence. generally alleging that their oath and disci p- line male it ininsibu. lor them to mterlere. .Niv hayc.I eagerly caught at suc.i replies to explain io ine soumis iuei men um u.w.uu v, ......... ........... ........... ne had not been iniprisonetl tor the coninnttal 1... ,.,..mlrv iimfi. on the eth.r stifle- th:it of any crime-, butjor seeking to promote the mtsrest of the ,Mple f the very class to I which the soldiers belonged. He was at- tcmiiting to free from oiiiiression tlie .-men who timught it their duty to watch him so n.. i i u.' .i.irc.'.ii,. eii. 1 owc-A "forth to these sonU what thick-headed . Mnd.i-Miorant soldiers the irreat fact that he ! r , to I nix the ears of so lofty -a functionary as General Potajmff, ::11 seemed to confirm his assertions. When finally his chains were re moved, he naturally pointed to the circum stance as a pi-oof that his party had got the '.inner hand at court He further told'each .-.ldit-r. in turn, that he was the only one to take seriously the orders given him, whereas "all the other sentinels were continually spcak iag t i him and executing hi; commissions. !.y tin- artful means he succeeded in enter i.ig into r- latioas with two other political prisoners w ho were conlined in the same rav elin Mirski ami Shirayeff. Hoth had been sentenced to death, the oile for attempting to assassinate' General Drentein, and the other for iiinducting the works of the mine under Moscow railway. The saldiers also carried Nechavi lV's letters to tow n, brought him an upplicd him with' papers, "and not swers. onlv enabled him to resume the work of di- recfion ami propaganda, but some among them were themselves converted to nihilism. It was by these, letters,' written from the dcjkth-of 4he prison, that Xechayeff most con tributed to enforce ujion the executive com mittee the adoption of the terrorist 'policy. In his letter to the executiVe committee. Ne- ehivelV while- evi.ressmir his !ulniir;ition for alolte would solve the pending difficulties, Ammx the more dwtingnishc visitors was (;en. Potajx)ff, the atiman or chief of th cssaeks of the Don. . Jiy the uispiay oi ins own suueriug, o fi and while -m . . . , , I 1 . v : . I ... f-aling to their human.ty, or else y cainng imi)ris,nniont never them i.ruTcs, piu.ess animais, ne woumai the t.nemv j,ut with last obtain some word of excuse, the soldiers . t' ' tll' their during deeds, censured them for their elect were to kiss the cross, and all -the land bad policy and tlie display of , lords and others resisting the manifesto were ; to lie brought to the village . communities, too mi en j K n t I . k x ICS. .where summary justice would lie adminis- Tlie nihilists, he urged, were Ux scrupu- tered. As for the district or cantonal chiefs, Ions. They should profit by every means at j ihey were to be putto death forthwith. The their command, -and he blamed them for : riianifcsto Was to apixsif as.if issued by the sh.owing the w eakness of the party, instead of j great national assembly in accordance with exaggerating its force. He deemed it foolish the order and decision of the elected of ; Rus to ash for the snpMrt of'six-iety, instead of j sui and the chosen representatives of al,l the promising to society their help and protec- village communities The manifesto to. the. tion. Asa case irr- point, he energetically-j army was to aliunde. 1r the action of the pre--, l: oteted ngiinst the publicatum of the tended national assembly, but to declare that amounts of subscriptions received. Such the Emperor, in consort with the generals and paltry sums as some thousands of rubles j authorities, bad'deeided to resist these mcajs shotihl not .It mentioned. unkss a sufficient 1 ures and invoke la military revolt. ' This mindicr of z-ros were added to make it read ' ...niw.., i ..i. .. -" " Ill-Ill lllllliwili, M. K n 11.-1 Ul.-S Ulltl UC T it ing that many Krsi!is w ho had given far ' -i-irg.-r amounts did not w ant the tact to be ; knwn. In the course of time the ittnfidence i of the soldiers increased: thty commencitl to f Ixirne in mind that in some parts at' least of I.n.k upon Nechayeif with superstitious rev- i Ifussia its exei-ution was not absolutely, irii ericnee. H sceineil a soit iif saint anl mar- ! practicable. When the decree of einancipa-, tyr. w ho was always sjK-aking of the good of tion was issued by Alexander II. the serfs the ptpic, the regeneration of mankind and refused to believe it, and ill-treated the int-tli.- lrrppy time that was coming. In spite of . perial messengers. It had always bten their all orders to the contrary they continued to j alisolute conviction that the Czar would give favor him in every way, and even introduced them the land, and they could not conceive Jelalmtf. the chief promoter of the final plan j that: they would lie called upon to pay for it. to asssLssimitf the Czar, into 'the prison, where In many districts' it was necessary' to bring he was able to consult Nechayeif on all the out the soldiers, and the serfs yere made -to plots then in course of prejiaration. Some ; accept their freedom at the point of the bay time before this interview Nechayeif had for- i onet. A false decree, giving the land to the warded to the revolutionary p irty a scheme i sertsr would have been more readily credited tor capturing tlie fortress peter Paul and ; and promptly executed. Xecbayeff's pro taking the governor and other officials pris- ! posal,' however found no favor with the ex- oners oners: aela'iolf did not share these exKcta- 1 tions. but he fouml that the deliverance of Nit h iy etf and his friends was not only prae- tied but even easy. At the sime time a i Iior nau iieen lornittt, to assjissiuate AJexan- ; W II., and it was felt that Jsith schemes i-o'ild not lie cirried. out at once, tliat oncA IX siicnheeil for the other. Jelaboff 's j arjiosi, therefore, in visiting XeehavefF tt.nsnlt him n nil to let th nrio.nmj avsclves decide whicli-plot should have the ; t ..mk., ...m.s.j ; that they preterreil remaining in prison rather Ran mterlere with- tWfpntspect of kill ing th ! j CTf. After this effort to save the prisoner! j ami this new pnwf f self-abnejsation, the ex-t ; mitive iwnmittee no longer hesitated, but . pushed the nreuinitiiMts actively forward, - a ' and in a few weeks later ' . -: THE CZAR WAS ASSASSIXATED. The arrest, how ever, of Sophia IVrovskaya, Which had evinVWtlv Wn received irorn tlie forfn The watch kept over the prisoners Decanie more and more strinrent. Tlie relation 1 twee Nechayeff and the' outside world could nol ? wntinuocl, and he waVag-ain i ro many vexations. Deprived of ! mk, he: howj'ver ivni ! V Petition to A Jvj.i1....ttt v: j -j f , wiuiaiuuij; ihi-;. ,-V" governor ol the fortress, Gen era tranetski, whom he reprcsentetl as a wild, ot.tsi. ne naa no ucrht ... hi vi-i..: t,on whith wa not imposed eTen by General "tapoftV who, nevertheless, had niod reiison ! r revenge. XeehayefF also mentioned that . r o viii, ucyiiia- XeehayefF also mentioned thatj had offered to expose remarked tliat events he then exjiressed, I f fl T-ll i Tl T-x ... in . . i- I 1 UIC 'n(I TTPetlOTt WOnld prnv n0 p.V. in fhe ' 'A ' " i wih h J"r CzaT himself, at least to "a high official; but as j h& & mte ater anotiier opportunity of i conniiuniea ting w ith the outer w orld, be sent a cf the docitment to his friends, ; , ,.,- f ik3 nil relations with the prisouer were finally interrupted, the friendlv idlers were ultimately airested, ftnd the cefei,rated tra Gf the seventeen en- , Nothing more was ever ascertained hayeff beyond the fact that he was consequence of a dispute of the prison, and died in December, 1882. Some , ; llLli-l tiici. in.. v.i. v. . . . . . , . . . ... . . , that he wjw kied hy the effects of the blows; but in aI c; hi's untimely end for he ; in the prinie of lifewas keenly la riWi iT nii ti, nHiilts There are not '"""-" "V , f disnlav as much un- ; scrupulousness as. Nechayeif; but 'all recog- nize his ability, his courage and utter disrer j gard of self. He was the most ardent pro- , loter ()f terrorism, and when in Switzerland he was not satisfied even with Bakouniiie, ; wh()m j,e considered to moderateJ He advo- . , n,ssinfltion ionj, before it was prac- surfering from the niostruel relaxed his hold upon bulldog tenacity, pre-' itrnelr thrill he himself . , Jt thnt his policv "has- sur- vivwl his deMh for we have not only the ,nimleT of (General Soudelkin, but the prom- of .yeral other ''removals." Of the va- . . . ... . ... .. . nous projects conceived in prison ami -com- ,11.,a.., 'i ti, 0v,u.niivA cnmmittM. the rnihr is eeinllv characteristic. f. the )niratos general -train of thought- He -u.,t . ? r a fai.sk imiuia, mi,, siWlrl Vui (iitribntpd in the districts where the faith in the Czar remains, unshaken. In this forced document the Czar should be. . . .... ..... i -i ers or old lielievers destroyed, etc. Simulta neously with this, Xechayeff suggested that a false 'confidential order, purporting, to ema nate from the most holy synod, should be dis patched to all the priests, saying that the Al- mighty was pleased to submit lviissia to a trial, inasmuch as the hmperor, Alexander III., had lost his reason; wherefore the jniests w ere called upon to secretly offer up prayers-from the altar so that the Czar might lie cured, but in so doing they were to be' care ful not to betray the important state secret thus confided to them. Of course it was cal culated that the secret so widely dill used would sxm ooze out. Then another mani festo was to follow, promulgated this time by a secret national assembly of all the; great, little" and white Russians, adtlressed to the peasants and -declaring that there was no Cisar, the old one being killed, arid the new- one being num. ' ine national assenuuy nau, therefore, been convoked, and had decided to redistribute the land and free all soldiers from their military service. As soon as. thejnani festo was read, the village communities were to assemble and effect a just redistribution of the land, after having first dismissed the former district elders and .secretaries and elected honest People ill their phlCCS. The would give more color to the first manifesto, .,,.a ,i,i r.i v mu ,.,u,ii fclli t HI H. tAUUU.siWII. l, Wilt. Htfllltl i know whkh of .the !jmjlsti3S and the soldiers would probably revolt against the, supposed order of their generals. Wild as this scheme niav seem it mnst he eeutivc eotnmittee. They looked upon the project as so much charhitati ism that would seriously damage their cause. Xevertheless, the whole plan wafc typical of its author, and gives us a wient picture of the sort of plot which the abnormal state of affairs in Ifussia seemed to encourage. ..." ' ' . . l ' ' , ' ' . v V ' English Export .fnAe. , . yl-to&ir ... The -total.;tllinr.nir-'ntid,8 export r traae to ther umtel states in 1Hj ascom- 1 ,&ao 4 -a-,. T : . v, value sent us S1&A07,5H7. Sy the trial Rerie FhilaIelphia : j The d.rt line is large at Indonr lielfast, i fshemeld. nirmin-rhani. i!Lsifv. Nittin ry 7 ? r -i etc. ; but. there is an inel Manchester, and also hi of Tnnstall. Some of i decrease are as follows : - J'lrmlnf ! . an" metal I . fWdiff declined f 605, iroji Dunfermline declined f jute goods. - . Glasgow declined foV6,9 eta .'' : .... , i ; Ietls declined !?2G7,C02, Ixmdpn declined. ,-244, snipped goods, w:ool, ete?-5 Kewcivstlej-on-'rj'ne d chemicals! Xottinghaiu declined $1,1 Hosiery. , ; Sheffield dwlined $2,260, i a ne removal of Camnit works from Sheffield red u export of steel rails from t( transfers it to , Gloucester. ties which show tin inennl cloth. Gloucester reported as bablv steel. Lrith, ?170,772, chiefly Mnnehmter $181,018, cot l'lyiiiouth, (52,81)3, brec Tunstau, ?., o-, ixittc The last is the cluet inst industry in this country ha invaded by 'the. reduction March last, when, under' p ing the duty on pottery greatly reduced , by exel packages and packing i value. ' 'Generally the trade wit ! healthy, and is in a be ! could have been .expect worsted yarns neing : in i material. ' S THK AUliD WIF jn old man stood in the dat Where his dead wife eotnil lirt form was bent with And his cheeks were wcl And I heard his voice in tliti In mournful accents say :l " You have leat me, Nell, a I thri river trrst : You have reached the gold the joyous burst of the chamiihK Htiffelimii : ,r,"K "L.T.' V iou imnjwcii inrniSi.i . tal tongue can tell I . . Oh, hqw oft Tye prove u n.la t home: v ( . j .We. have lived no long K - bothn ght die y Ami our stmls go on togt I .' " But you've gone on -flri "basrmirlit while I was4 'were (foue Such a happy' dream cam now-flown. In my (Ireani I saw you iii years i;oiie by, - When yourjuiburn tret snowy locks now.Iie " We were sitting both to I t our hie- I to a happy husband, n And our children little htt e May By our silea were rompit eliildisli iHtiy. ' I forgot they Uth aresW on the hill, , Whore the flowers bloom ter M inds are chill I forgot the grief we Miflel they wcrte deiwl : . I forgot the bitter tear-drpl we hea "In my dreams I heard voice Wmtf sweet and While you saig the songs I years of long fltri-s- lhave heard the sweet ml this wholeJday long. I Ami the words conn -;liitii forgotten song. 1 "Oh I'd like to dream on a niicht. And I'd like to see you all '- sweet and bright ; And I'd like t? our rl pliuuly then : Oh, I'd like to live mi alwa: q er ugain.: " But my bright cu-eam'"!! wakened with a grottr To fiiwl myself there lying! alone ; And, oh Nell, it seemed you was not there. That a weight of grief came than 1 could bear. " All alone ! Oh, Nellie,. darfl v word alone I, t Bitterest word that mortal has ever known ! Never did I know it nieaninjl When I. found myself fornV' morn heart forlorn. Why, oh, Nellje, did yon 1 fire&r1 and cold? J2jltJ!"1--g' 1 1 jLU' ' K-mw. Ill i.l ii i.Mii i iMtve grown so old 7 ' I . i . . l -mi s. .in. . ... a f jx ill nearo nn young, bom, i--ow, '.' tttjr iurg was just as true ' As it waji when we were younger ami I lold It first "But I s'pose it'a wrong to murmur, tax you're happier,! fcnow, ' . j Than ever I could' make you in this fold world here below ; I ' But I cannot help the wishing thi I lay there try your siilc ' - That when death en me for you,clie, te together might have died, ( ' J "1 know that you will meet me in that world ao tJB lk. 9M I t ltl t And amid the joys of heaven you will wish that ' I was. there;- :'j j , And whene'er the gate shall open U let one more soul come hoiue, j t You wiil look around so eagerly to Mte if 1 lutv come ., jj' - j . You will kisM our children for me when you meet them in the ky, j And you'll tell them father' coming, tliejf will e 1 him by and hy, i I . .', . ... . : . r- . I ' 1 1 1 i m f . -. . Anu you ii BJ-j. our .i.-i , .itmr,; n urn pieaUrB -, it miirht be. , ! i I lie will send. II w angel quickly, with aummoiui i aiier me. And you'll meet tne, won't yau, Nellie, just uid The ierly gat T I will heed the suniniona quk-klV, mt you won't have long to wait. And you'll greet me, Nellie, flailing. with that ? fiearr.nwt, wneiy iWhen you'bitl my spirit welcome endless bliss. " : . I po that world of "Tlien we'll live oji there forever, foit no riWIn. there i known, . . r And we'll never know how aad it in for one to itm alone. . , li. I ' I. .. . And our children will tie with ti ; then hot we win ne, , I; ls... t. A 1 . 1 -i . . m ' . - i : t 4 t'i.

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