VOL. VII.
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BESSIE.
Be.ue nears a gown of red,
A home-pun gown ..nd apron Wire;
sh r n o h,t upon her he-d,
And her nee brown fee. ire without a shoe.
11,6 e h.: hair .ike .he strtveJs go.d,
Asti her c,e were horn front the deep
b ne se.t,
iheirtlep h= is a story toil;
I !roc ite•tie, and she loves me.
Bessie' , hands ::re hard with toil,
Aral her checks are dark wiat the wind and
r..in,
Ble. her Ups •.re rich wilt the rosy spoil,.
,t once I I mu't iati.e
ne'er a stiken gown,
Nor a crimson h nor a ncck'ace fine;
Diu ,he wears of cows,ips den crown.
Tit tt I'd ra.her .11.iu any queen's were wine
in a luw:y cot;
A ,noc.y . ahin retob.ing tt•alls;
d and poor, bu she .pinks i. not,
:ores a be:.er th iorthy
She rout. s .he a" she goes io steep,
And in% CF. :0 tis.en the pa..er.ng song,
Thli.l)N er her head, the r.•in-drops keep,
Jo the April wea:her all night long.
s:ep is ligh: like Ihe fawn's,
Ana her voice like the chiming of silver
bed.:
I hear i I. in the .timer morns,
Ha: 1 I.rc no whisper %vita , . it tells,
Lingerdig nd dy.ng round my heart,
Eler and ever i s echoe4 h 6 ;
Who do !de 11 , , or whit shall part
e and she loves Inc
Ecue ;Stor.v.
Witt r:ly; von TUE PEOPLE'S JOURNAL.
TIIE CHILLED HEART.
De 1., on r If ' : nred not find any fault
frit rit f Srh should hare Icrittot it herscif,
and d,,te it Idirt, as INN hrr.
" C 0211 C With me, Agnes," said Aunt
Christabel ; " before you enter on the
bright unknown, spread bebire all ex
pectant blides, let use warn you of
one abyss into which many descend—
partly by force of circumstances, parly
their own misguided tendencies.
you -know I am not given to
preaching, nor in the habit of looking
Oil the dark side of thing:."
"But, Aunty," said Agnes, "this
abyss—is it one I •tand in danger of?"
pmu, peculiarly imperil', hap
py, and thankful us you are now; but
not at present. In the far future,
when I may not be here to warn, re
member the lesson of to-day."
They were walking. in the thronged
streets of a city, and stopped at the
door of a lunatic. asylum. Christabel
rei t u .sted to be shown to a room she
indicated, and silently her wondering
niece billowed her. They entered a
coe:irtable apartment, and found a
single inmate, a woman scarcely of
middle age, who sat bending forward
with a fixed gaze on whatever was
lictbre her. She neither looked up
nor spoke when they entered, and a
constant unquiet motion with her
hands alone gave evidence that the
settled melancholy expressed by her
countenance was yet resisted by some
thing within. She was passive, but
not submissive to the misery she en
dm ed.
Chri:tahel spoke to her, but could
gain DO attention. Enquired for hus
band and children—only a wild !milt
of pain answered her. She called i,er
by the old name of her girlhood, but
she only crouched the ; , ,wer ; and,
with a pain at the heart of each, the
visitors departed.
" Who is she 1 What do you know
of her ?" asked Agnes.
"She was Emma Gaines, a bright,
happy, lapglang girl, when, twenty
years ago, we %vent to school—told
each usher's fintunes, and promised to
be each other's bridesmaids, when
that wonderful time should come when
we .should need such attendants. I
fulfilled my part of the agreement,"
continued Auht Christabel, smiling.
"She mai a %cry worthy young
man, hardly her equal in mind or
manners,- but manly and uptight; and
as happy day it was that we bade her
farewell on the steps of her father's
house. Another home opened to re
ceive her, and for some years the
angel of peace and love guarded that
home; and Emma did slot dream that
as long as sin was banished, and Death
kept aloof from the little household,
sorrow could ever be hers.
"_1 did not see them often then, but
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what I could not observe, I. learned
afterwards • from others. A yOung
minister came to board with them—
one who, though preaching in the
little village where they dwelt, was
still eagerlrpursuing his studies; and
little by little he drew Charles Morgan
to interest himself in them, to read
and study with him, until at last nearly
his whole leisure time was occupied
in the mini'ster's room, to the neglect
of all the formerly sweet companion
ship of wife and children. An acci
dent soon afterward occurred, by
which he was deprived of the use of a
limb, and thus rendered unable to
pursue his former avocations. He
suffered much, and expressed great
anxiety for the wdlfare of his family,
now deprived of the avails of his
labor. But Emma's strength and
hopes grew in proportion to the exi
gency. So thankful for the life spared
—so attentive, watchful, and sympa
thizing, so hopeful and energetic, that
she cheered away his fears and des
pondency. And now the- studies pur
sued beliire at the instance of another,
were resolutely undertaken, and both
husband and wife began to think it a
Providential circumstance that be was
partially prepared for another avoca
tion ; perhaps a Providential affliction
that had unfitted him for his former
one...
" After s a few months' study at home,
lie left, to continue at a ditant inAl
tution, his effiwts to fit himself fin• the
mini-try. Emma, thus left to depend
enterely upon her,elf, cheerfully un
dertook the care of all home concerns,
fur the support.of herself and children,
exerting her utmost strength, vigilance,
and economy, in order. to assist her
husband in his new undertaking. Of
course, tints occupied with 'cares and
labors, doing both wife's and husband's
duty in all fiimily affairs, she had no
time to. devote to reading, to amuse
ment;, to mental or bodily relaxation,
a.ittl grew even by degrees less social
and companionable. Years passed
away. Charles Morgan .occasionally
visited his home, and it was evident to
all tLat he was making good use of his
time and opportunities. His constant
intercourse with the gentlemanly and
refined had given him the manners and
bearing of a gentleman in a much
greater degree then these are usually
attained, and thought and study had
left their impress upon his counten
ance, giving it that best of manly
beauty.
" His wife looked on him with eyes
of- gratified 'nide and affection. But
soon the sense of the contrast she
presented, became painfully present
with her. She sank from observation,
and soon felt that' the change in their
positions with regard to each other
was apparent to him. Most painful—
must humiliatiug was this discovery ;
but instead of arousing herself to
avert the coming misery—instead of
giving the whole energy of her char
acter, so long devoted to promote his
advancement, to enable herself to keep
up with him, or to regain her lost
place at his side, as she should have
done, she shrank yet more and more,
within herself, avoided society, and.
could seldom be induced, even by het
husband, to accompany him abroad.
"She devoted herself unremittingly
to her children. She kept them nicely
clothed and constantly at school,think
hog- bitterly, , 'lt is enough for him to
he ashamed of his wife. He shall
never blush for his children.' Better,
fir better would it have been, if she .
had let them go sometimes ragged, or
even soiled—if she bad ..kept them
from'school to do some of her mani
fidd labors—if she had let a little go
to waste for want of care, so that she
had but saved herself to be the comfort
and solace of husband and children in
after years. Better, far better-would
it have been, if' Charles Morgan had
taken some time from his studies and
given to his wife. If he had left some
of his brother clergymen to go into
society with her—if he had tried to
fcel and to act as though she were the
same to him that she had once been—
that she still deserved to be.
" 'He that provideth not for his fam-
ily is worse than au infidel,' is often
beard and faithfully believed ; but who
shall =say that thiS providence means
only food and clothing—the provisions
for the body? Is not he who gives
his countenance, influence, and pres
ence to temperance . meetings, religions
meetings, or any good cause, to the
neglect of his family, to be reckoned
in the same category with him who
gives money liberally to missionary
or other charitable societies, while his
family are deprived of the comforts of
life ? I think so, and yet few consider
it so. So lived Charles and Emma
Morgan. He a every intelligent and
useful•man, a general favorite, ming,
ling freely in+ society, and helping
every good work; she shrinking more
and more from society, and feeling
her inferiority so painfully, that even
her husband's presence grew irksome
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COUDERSPORT; POTTER COUNTY, PA., •M.Aucti
to her.- So sho was almost constantly
alone, and brooding constantly on . hor
mortifying, loss !d* position and her
husband's affection, became at last,, as
yOu saw her to-day, melancholy mad.
Just when her sons needed most a
mother's Mving care—just yhen her
daughters Were growing up, and no
heart nor baud so well as hers could
train them for future worth and use
fUlness,.she passed away, and the world
wonders at the -- - 'mysterious
deuce.' "
"But, Aunt Cliristaliel," said Agnes,
" d., you - tbilik me in danger of such a
fate?" •
Not of the madness,: perhaps, my
dear; but you are in danger of shrink
ilia back when you should go forward,
0
of undervaluing, your abilities; and
so, should the time ever come when
circumstances are against you, I want
you to remember Emma Morgan, and
save body and mind, courage, self-es
teem, and will, roe your family's sake,
if not fur your own."
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PROCfRESS OF ANTI-SLAVEItY
- To the anti-slavery men, if any there
be, who are disappointed and discour
aged by the apparent slowness with
which the cause of Freedom advances,
we commend the fellimving extracts
from the Mobile Evening News
"The success of the abolitionists, in
the recent election of United States
Senators from 'the -North and North
west; is ominous. The party which;
twenty years ago, was ridiculed.in the
North ibr the insignificance of its
numbers and fanaticism, and treated
with contempt iii the South, now con
troll the political destiny of States like
New York. In the East, North, and
West,•the reverberations of their can
non echo over hill and valley the fiend
ish joy of their triumphant hosts.
Their - bonfires and rockets luridly
glare upon their cold sky and snow
clad earth, in commemoration of vic
tory.
• Along road, river, and lake ; upon
sea shore and mountain, from Massa
chusetts to 'Wisconsin, shout . answers
shout from their jubilant•followers.
*AholitiOnism, the ofnpring of crazy
preachers and foolish women, the
bantling of dirtiest demagOgues, now
takes a seat in the Senate Chamber,
to counsel in the greatest assembly in
the world, and to advise the President
of a Republic of States. It has de
moralized the Whig and Democratic
parties which sought its, lewd em
brace. It laughs to scorn the Know-
Nothing patty, which, we_ were told
would Americanize and convert it
from its pestiferousc course .to con
servatism. •
It scoffs the word a God, tramples
on the Constitution, violates sacred
oaths without remorse, and yet in the
North, the pious North, celebrated
fin• its schools,- for its churches, frir its
Sabbath ordinances, lin- Temperance
laws for moral refi4m, 'it boldly
marches forward conquering every
patty that opposes it. What does
this portend? What will be the end
of this beginning?
The election of several Abolition
Senators is not the triumph of men.
Mr. Seward's and Mr. V 116011 ' 3 elec
tion is no exponent of individual suc
cess. It is'"the exponent of a great
moral power. It is the pulsation of
the heart of a great .revolution which
has been 'gathering strength slowly,
but with accelerated progression from
the day that Arthur Tappan and
Horace Greeley put the, tet rible hall
of Abolitionism and Communism in
motion. Seward and Wilson are but
flies upon the massive wheels of the
Juggernaut which will soon crush all
North and South that come in its re
sistless way. It is not Seward nor
Wilson that are to be feared. It is
ideas that live-- - -that revolutionize,
not men. Let not the South be lim
ited in her view, and lose sight of a
great revolution, in watching the suc
cess of men.
If. then, the recent elections of
Abolition Senators are an index of a
revolution in the North, and not of
individual success, and if it be true
that revolutions never go backward,
what is the South to do? She must
look to no party nor man South of
Mason and Dixon's line for safety.
She must not expect it in the consti
tution. The South must prepare to
rely upon •herself, for Abolitionism
will at no distant day put her out of
the pale of the Union."
FIRST we hear of t7.lre, and the
imitation thereof; then we suppose a
beautiful nature. We .must choose;
but still-the best; but how to recog
nize it? according to what standard
shall we choosel and where is the
standard then is not it also in Nature?
He who would dispute, should
make cautious use of the occasion, to
say things that cannot be•disputed.
LATER FROM EUROPE.-
AltariAL OP THE PACIFIC
The. _U. S. Mail steamship. Pacific
arrived at 8 o'clock this morning: She
has encountered heavy westerly gales
Tuesday, 27th,
The Pacific arrived .at Liverponl at
noon of Friday, the 23d, he voyage
out having been protracted 'from_ ex
tremely severe weather.
The 'mail steamer Union, from New
York, arrived off Cowes 3 o'clock af
lernnon of Monday, 26th 7 --all well.
The Africa and Sarah Sands tint at
rived.
The neWs• by the Pacific is quite
interesting. The Palmerston ministry
within ten diys from its formation, had
fallen to pieces, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, the Home Secretary, and
the Chief Lord of the Admiralty, bar
big 7 °signed. The ostensible - cause
of their resignation was the success of
Mr. Roebuck ' s motion - for a Commit
tee to , inquire into the mismanagement
of the war. It was well understood
that besides the cause
_specified, there
were points of private disagreement
which rendered it impossible for the
members of the Cabinet to act togeth
er. Mr. Roebuck and his supporters
have secured their committee, and ru
mor says they will not rest satisfied
without the impeachment of " certain
parties"—meaumg Lord Raglan, and
one or two more of the ex-ministers.
Palmerston has found great trouble in
remodeling . his Cabinet ; and even yet
the reconstruction is not complete.
Lord John Russell has consented to
stop a gap, by taking the colonial sec
retaryship, and in the mean time he
completes his mission to Vienna. .A
well-informed - source - says the Earl of
Elgin will be introduced into the new
Cabinet, and a place found for him at
the Board of Control—although the
published account assigns another
person to that . office. The Earl of
Carlisle is to be Viceroy of Ireland,
" provided the present Viceroy would
like to resign !" The new Chancellor
of the Exchequer is Mr. Lewis, an un
tried man. Theme are•many who be
lieve that further and more imliortant
modifications must. immediately be
made.
It is noticeable that in the Parlia
mentary explanations, the members
of the Government express hopes,
confident hopes, that_ the pending ne
gociations will lead to an honorable
peace. Nevertheless, none of the na
tions relax in their war activity. For
several interesting details, we refer, to
the report of the proceedings in the
English Parliament.
The Emperor of French seems
determined, to proceed to the Crimea,
to see, in person, what is going on ;
and no doubt would, if be could time
his visit so as to be present at the fall
of Sevastopol. England and Austria
have advised him to stay at home:
His absence, it is said, would nut, in
any case, exceed thirty days.
'Russia has declared war on Sardin
ia. It is stated—but - on •the faiih of
obscure correspindence—that Tusca
ny has joined the Western Alliance: .
Naples has not.
Affairs before Sevastopol are un
changed. A battle has been fought
at Eupaturia. On the 17th, Gen: Li
prandi,• with a force about equal, or
perhaps a few thousand superior -to
the Turks, attacked them, and after
four hours firing, retired beyohd the
range of the shells from the English
ships, the Turks not pursuing. Omar
Pveha co.nmanded.
There is nothing whatever neW from
the Danube.
Lord Raglan is said to have resign
ed, to avoid recall. The . Earl of Lu
cer, and some other officers, have been
invited to resign. •
Joseph Hume is dead—much
re
spected and regretted.
•
Very inclement weather bad caused
suffering among the poor in England,
and riots bad riccutred at Liverpool
and London. A change for the better
Was apparent within the past few days.
Tribune.
HALIFAX, March 15
The Royal mail steamship Africa,
Capt. Harrison, has arrived at this port
en route . for Boston. She left Liver
pool on her regular day, the 3d instant.
Her advices are consequently four days
later than those received by the Pacific.
The news is of the most important and
startling character.
-The Emperor of Russia is dead.
He expired suddenly at one o'clock on
the morning of Friday, the second in
stant, and the event created the great
ast excitement. No details have been
received, but there can be no doubt of
the fact as-it was announced in the
House of Lords on Friday night by
Lord Clarendon, and iu the Corbraous
by Lord Palmerston.
Surmises were afloat that he was
assassinated, but it is thought.he died
of apoplexy, after an attack ofinflu-.
enza. _
His illness was knoWn .. ip • Ji.ltigland
heroic* the news of his, death was re
ceived, 'and'caused a slight rise in the
fund's. 7 The effect: 'of his death of
course had nitt .transpired. When the
Africa left Liverpool. . • •
The Vienna
. conference • was to open
'on the sth instant_and peace.expecta
tions were daily growing stronger.* '
From the seat of war there is no
news of the least importance.—Bie
ning, Post •. •
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From the Cleveland Leader
2103L8 SLAVE AGGRESSION. •
Excitement in the Senate Feb. 23—Free Soil
Senators furn—DougLas Servile—Democracy. Nat
uralizing Slavery. . ' :
The United States Senate passed a
bill week before last, authorizing cer
tain Indians to' be paid out of the
National Treasury, sanctioning the
principle which the fathers of the Re
public spurned, and which ANDREW
JACKSON, in. an extretite case, and at
New Orleans, with indignant manli
ness refused to acknowledge', and
on last Friday--Feb. 23d--Stewart's
bill, deupminated;• a '" bill to pro
tact officers and other persons acting
under the authority of the United
States." but 'really; to enforce the fugi
tire law whether the States or the peo:
ple of the States will it or not, was
passed to its third reading by this
body.
Douglas was impertinent and coarse,
and Badger funny, The former won
dered what Senator Wade could see
in the .Bill objectionable, as nut' one
word.was in it referring to the Fugi
tive Act, and the latter, correcting
the Illinois 'Senator, exclaimed, "yes,
there is; the word color . is in the sen
tence, under a color of law"—whereat
the great and grave men laughed
uproarously. But neither the imper
tinence of Douglas, nor the waggery
of BEidger, could hide the object of
the Bill, or its usurpation; or yet
more, the purpose in it to NATIONA
IZE. SL
Senator Butler meekly said—for
the Oligarchs know when to be than
cent—the Bill bad 'come to the Com,
mittee in the regular way. Of course.
But in what way? Senator Wade
brought this fact out,. as the following
dialogue will Show:
Toucey, (Conn.) --I did not like to
propose a law so much against pziblir
opinion, but I. offered this bill in
hopes! ! of subserving the Constitu
tion.
Butler, (S. C.)--,-The papers were
ili:!_ted to M-r Toombs, oarreorgis, to
draw up the bill, but in his absence.
the Senator from Connecticut, Mr.
Toucey, took the initiative!
Wade, (O.) —1 thought the - bill had
An inception in a Southern latitude.
Butler, (S. C.)—lt is not so.
Wade-3 henit came from North
.ern men.
. Douglas bore the brunt of the fight,
on the Slane aide, Dawscm, .of Geor
gia, Cooper, of Pennsylvania, Bayard,
of Delaware, Jone 4, of Tennessee.
Benjamin, of Loui:;itina, helping, and
was met.by Wade, bucked by Chase,
Seward, Sumner, Fessenden, Gillette,
Wilson,
Time wore, and the hours with it—
it was now ten at night, hut the ma
jority were determined to pass this
outrageous bill. Mr. Gillette, of Con
necticut, .ro: , e to reply to Mr. 13enja
ndu of f.oui:iana, and among other
things read the laWs relating to slave
ry in the District of Columbia. This
caused much feeling, and no little
anger,. on the part of the doughfaces
and serviles.
DilW6Oll, [Ga.]- 7 -These laws are as
obsolete as the Blue Laws of Connec
ticut. Never enforced here. 1 don't
want such a false impression to go
out. lam the Chairman of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Jones, [Tenn.]—That book; is a
slander upon the South and Upon the
country.
Gillette—A thing on horseback was
dragged along on the Monday before
last—a woman . tied with a rope under
the very shadow of the Capitol!
Rusk, Texas]—Where is that book,
the "Black Code of the District of
Columbia 1" •
Jones, [examining the book]—by
an Anti-Slavery Society, from the
press of W . B. Sneffeu, Julm street,.
ew York.
Rusk—l supposed so.
Mr. Gillette continued for - more
than an hour citing, extracts from
foreign and domestic authors, in der
ogation of Slavery.
Jones, of Tennessee, then charged
that the whole.debate was understood;
"own up," said be, addressing the
Anti-Nebraska men, "and acknowl
edge you knew all about it, and what
each would say," and then with fiery
impetuousity and a -swaggering mai,.
;ler, exclaimed, " I do not say it in
my senatorial -s-capacity, but person
v4arty: nnt,tr e vn you- 4nE
nANnoF.T.EArronsi
Here Mr. Chase moved that the
MEE
Senate adjourn, which 'inetiOn being
•lost, Pettit, of Indiana, stormed, rid
iculing- Anti-Slavery, State rights, and
talking about Goths, Vandals,' Gzae
chi, &c• '
- Seward, [N. Y.]—As .to the Terri
teries, I shall net repeat my opintoti.
What is proposed here is .an innova
tion—a new measure--that the. Courts
of the States may be ousted in civil
causes in actions complained of under
a law.or color of a law irf the United
•States. :Thirtpone, equal and quail:.
fled sovereignties compose the United
States. The objects of both ate alike
to protect their Citizens. Tho one is
the Federal Government; the ether
the. State GoVernment. The latter
Was organized to picitect the liberty
of the citizen. Where they fail, the
Federal Courts are appealed to.
- 'Bayard, of. Delaware; defends the
bill, and Sumner; of Massachusetts,
replies. It is now midnight. Yet
the majority are • then resolved to
force the - bill through ; and Sumner,
with commanding eloquence, exposes
their determination to sacrifice' husi !
tress to SLAVERY IN ONE OP ITS MOST
omens FORMS. " There is,"' said he,
"a seeming, apology' fur Slavery at.
home, but that apology f a il s w h en
you hunt a mad who has the intelli
gence and skill to secure his freedom."
. Rusk—Point out a word in that
bill which speaks of Slavery.
Sumner—mad the caption - of. the
bill. It is a bill to bolster up the
Fugitive Slave Act.
Rusk—lf the officers of the 'United
states arc not to be protected, repeal
yeur.law.
Sumner—So say I. "Repeal your
law." There is neither the word
¶ , Slave," nor "slavery," in the Con
stitution. The bill is reported by a.
Senator from the Mirth, to bind anew
the chains of the slave. There is
another clataie side. by-side with the
"held to labor'!- clane, guaranteeing
the same privileges and immunities
in all the States, and to the citizens
of each State. Citizens of the free
State 4, in more thati one State, have
been put: in priSon, and in some in
stances sold.
Butler—Do you embrace South
Carolina in your staternentl
Sumner—l do.- South Carolina
has, by licr . Legislature, • claimed the
light to interpret that .clause, and
Congress has no right k legislate
under that clause. 1 say of Massa
chusetts, that on'the - persons " held to
labor" clause she has a right to inter
pret, and to disclaim the right of Con
gress to' legislate upon this last named•
clause. . The Fugitive Slave act is
unjust as it is unconstitutional. You
fancy you may prop it up by decisions
of Courts, but such an act, so defiant
of the law of God, would drag any
Court ,loWn to oblivion. Senators
to-ilav have arraigned . whole States,
beCilli:q: they have endeavored to throw
the shield of habeas corpus around
the victims of this atrocious enactment.
Ad enlightened Chri,tian public opin
ion i s f;,rining in the North which will
render your acts on this floor nuga
tory as,they are Ullcontitutional . and
irrational. Let us . alone, say Sena
tors from the South, let us alone, say
we f the North. Keep slavery where
it was under Washington, when our
National flag didn't float over a slave.
1 move to strike out the enacting
clause, and insert an amendment, pro
. viding for the repeal of the Fugitive
Slave Act of 1850, and ask for the
yeas and nays upon the amendment.
• Butler--AVould you return a fugi
tiye Slave 1
Suinner-.-Nn inducement would in
cite me to aid in the return of-a !dare.
Butler--The gentleman has no right
to a seat here.
Sumner's amendment rejected by
nays 30, yeas 9; when the bill waS
passed to a third reading -by same
vote, and after midnight the Senate
adjourned.
• A Constantinople letter gives, as
ft om a Russian prisoner, the following
explanation of
. the origin of th© pres
ent war: "The Turks massacred the
Russian - - bishop and several TtUssian
priests at Jerusaleni. God, in ;his
-wrath, sent a squadron of angels to
carry away the.tomb of Christ, which
remains at
. this moment suspended in
the heavens,. and he commissioned the
Czar to avenge the pagan sacrilege.
When the . Emperor Nicholas shall
enter . Jerusalem a conqueror, tis, by
the aid of Heaven he certainly will do,
Christ's tomb will bo restored to its
place. The phalanx of angels will
line the road along which the conquer
ing Russian army will pass, and will
present arms to them. Then the-Czar
will be master of the whole world,
- which will renounce its errors - and
beceme converted to the orthodox
faith." Thi.4 story is- repeated by the
priests, and implicitly believed by
the Russian serfs. -'
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