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Show RUSSIAN JUSTICF. HjWI VOUSO WOMAN M'AS WHil'I'ED TO DKATII . Some years ago bu-inesd of impor- tance called me to St. Petersburg. Being unwilling to go alone, 1 succeeded suc-ceeded in inducing my (rieno fliville to accompauy me. I mention him, puor fellow, Hg be formed a very prominent feature in tbe little adven ture 1 am about to relate. I will paie over the incidents of our journey until we arrive at St. Petersburg, when, having transacted my business, L, to favor SavilJe'a wish, determined to proceed to Jaroeley, where be bad relations. Instead, however, of gniny the direct route we vieiled Kenloy, a email lown on the Hbeksna, a branch ol the Vo'ga, lor tbe purpose of seemi; a renowntd hermit, who, we wer fold, was an Euglishman. Thid was inducement enough lor ua, circuitous aa was the route we went. Arriving late at night, we, with considerable difficulty, succeeded io yetting Jodgin, s, which, though eery mean and wretctied, we at last entered. The landlord, a talkative man, told ua ad tbe newa and tne scandal whicO in a small town generally abounds. Among other thinge he told us that Uje next morning the punishment of the knout was to take place; (or there thin horrid barbarity is considered quite a spectacle, to see which peopu dock in troni all parts, 'foe culprit was a young Jewess, remarkable for her beauty, and her crime waa the muider of her father. If the pun ishment of tbe knout did not end tin eiiolence tbe wheel wb in readiuetw-to readiuetw-to cou.plete the Bcene ol blood From bia account it appeared tint tbe whole circumstance waa veiiwf n (n client uoecuruy, luaamucn as ttii only evidence against ttie pour girt waa that, when questioned as to wnere her miadiug lather was.Bhe tbed li ds ol tears anO wan silent lui- in Knu eia was enough to een her late, bhe was accordingly condemned and was in prison when we arrived. Being much interested for the poor : gin, we aetermineu to see ner. W e went, and succeeded in bribing tbe jailer to admit us. Tbo prison waa exceedingly gloomy, and never did 1 see so lovely a creature as met our eyes. 8he seemed scarcely above 20 years of age, il bo much Like most ol her race, 6 be was dark, witli intensely bright eyes, wtnch ev n ber misery could not dim Sue epuke to us in Fruucu, aud iu ptinuus ac cents protested ber innocence. Her story watt soon told. Beloved by & Russian and a protcsttuit, ber heart would not obey the stern comQDiiKlfl of that lather witu whose murder she w;ia chargi-d. Her Utuer reviled her: and hero sne ainpprd and burat imu lyurs. More we could not elicit. Even the jailer, stern aa be waa, seeniv-d l netted by soniethmg like baville, hasty in everything, de termined to s.ive tier. Hurryn.g olf, he went to tne lienil sbirn ui pmice, ; and iu vain attempted to purchase uer release, lie waa referred to higher itutboiity ut dt. Petersburg. Timber then, regrdie6 of the utter inipas -Piiili(y ul beinif in ttme, be burned tlmt vt ry evening. I remained to try aud console ttie victim. Never tuiall 1 1 forgi-t the splendor of tluwu uark tjfueesive eyes, wlien cast upward n, ttrvent prytT for the success of bc,-aniicipated bc,-aniicipated delivery. The irii passed henvily enough, dbe cuu.i: not bo bri.ulu to comprehend the awful new ' ' ii r hopeless situaliou. Yet sbe t ...'ii. loJ us sbedrrw her lilit Bh .. over htr ejqu i ely molded si.ouidoro so soou tj n. lace a ted by the unpityiug oirokoa ol tbe lah. The (iray morn, chill and c, nifiirt!e- i'1'iu' at laut, aud witb it tne f-"' I -ur ul tne victim's pun-' iflinii ut. TLotinh almost 6ena-leea when ltd out, a faint bluah and one wild expression ex-pression of terror flitted over ber features as tbe rude band of tbe executioner exe-cutioner tore the upper covering from her neck and shoulders. She was tied to the ugh Hold; and though no Bound of agony escaped her as the white and quivering uVsb was torn from ber beautiful back, yet wiion, after nearly tilty strokes of tbe lasb, I human nature gave way, she sighed lurlb, "My father, iny father, you are too latt 1" aud expired. My poor friend rfavihe, 'worn out by his fruitless exertions, fell a victim to u fever then piev.tlent, hut not before be brought to juiice her iubumau lather, who was alive, and had thus sacrificed his daughter because Bhe J refused to marry a mercenary villain ot her father's choice. He bad first .bound her by a most solemn oatb not to reveal bis place of concealment, and then left ber, having taken care to fix suspicion on ber, bit only and beutilui child. Starting in the World. Many au uuwisti parent It ber a bard and : Jive sparingly all bis hie for tbo pur poae ol leaving enough to give bis I cnildren a start iu the world, as it is I calb-d. Setting a young man afloat with money hit him by bis relatives ' is like tying bladders under tbe arms ol one who cannot ewim; ten chances to one be will lose bis bladders and ' go to the bottom. Teach him to swim, and be will never need the bladders. Give your child a Bound education, and you have done enough j for him, See toil that bis morals , are pure, his mind cultivated, and liia whole nature made subservient to laws whicb govern man, and you have given what will be of more 1 value than the wealth of tbe Indies. |