THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA AT KISCHENEFF.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 163, 12 July 1877, Page 4

THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA AT KISCHENEFF.

tf&om the Special Correspondent*/ (haJDdily .I.Q .. . .'■ News.J\ ■• r •■• ,-. ••.. 'Jy> ' ...O t : April 25. The Emperor bf, JRiissia passed through Kiacheneff do Monday-morn- ; ing, but without stopping, as he waa oa j hia wayc to Uogbeni, on the Koamaaiaa ; frontier, whtfre the railway crapses the Pruth, end where a considerable portion of the army was quartered im-patiently.-awaiting the sigaal to ad-grtf-ico} He reviewed the troops,'addressed them in very nearly Ihe same .language as 'the manifesto, which wtis only read ilie next day, and then returned,to Kiacheneff, where, he arrived aX, I2 o'clock at nigbt, and where an enthusiastic reception awaited him. As the nest day was the aogiv'ers'ry of tbe death of tbe.Czarewitch, his eldest aoQjU was thought that, as he never receives visits on that day , not* transacts- any business, the. .'review wouldndt.be held, and the manifesto would not be read. •-*•-'-- •? tb ,_bad JbeeQ_.alr.eady Gxed upon, however, and in the morning news soon spread tbat the review was to be held softer ;all, atid "sb^ nearly the whole population of jOti-_ cheaeff was pau^Qg'OUt ;^| the narrow, filthy, muddy" streets of the Jewish quarter, across the Httjq Valley of. the Br^khOvai to tha. slopes and Seldaoa i he, other side, where part of tbe troops were cam pell," and where the review ; was to be held. Tji,e ,spot was weli ! chosen, on a 'gentle undulating hillside, j w,hich enabled the, spectators to see the i whole army at obcej as the ..lines rose bWhihd Sach other, higher aad higher up 'tne. slope.. was a beautiful sunny i morning,, aud the Wight colors of the j uajfoyns, the glitter of; thousands 4f J bayonets flashing in tbe sunshine*', aouY the broad bl»ze of light Reflected, from ;a | long line of polished field- pieces? ana". . jail set m. a frame of brilliant gteea that j covered the surrounding hills, made a [beautiful and striking pioture. It was. jail' ebei more impressive, that this wtfs ! do mere holiday review arranged: ior. JBhOw,..b,ut a ; f eYie/sr YwhicK leverybody jkoew iWas the prelade to war;: 'The'se^ ! uniforms aow so bright and fresh looking, jwdjald, soon be. soiled with mud and jduflt,-' blackened and begrimed with the jsmoke of powder, and bespattered jwith .blood. And those ; guns, . with,: jtheir bran-new look, whose voices had •never yet been heard, would soon be japeaking io tones of thunder, and tt_e_r fiery throats vomiting destruction and v de^tbv A review under .such circ'umY stances is a more solemn sight tha^.a*: review ordinarily tisj and: so the great brbwd Of people who had; asseWbleSd^b jw'ftriess it seemed to. fee). The! ;trbops jwere already u Defer arms hy.^_o'c)pckjj and they stood , there Via Torig lines and masses, ; uever moving in the slightest, mofciqpless aa siatnesand as silent too, fdr an-bpur aud half, until the arrival of the Emperor. There - was -something strangely impressive and awful in this, prolonged- silence and. ithmob|l_i!y. The crowds looking 'upon the" serried lines so silent and motionless, became themdelve's 'silent, and gazed with . wjboder and awe. Those' masses of mcd and horses, and cannon, with the power of daiiaing such au hideous uproar' aa to\ make the very earth tremble, were nowY ao still and silent tbat tbey seemec. to be petrified by. some mighty .spell, and they iospired in the crowd a feeling of ■jagua , dread. There was none of the laughing or joking, or chaff of which que usually hears so much in a crowd ejasepibled fori a holiday sig-lii. Thdy spoke to each other in hushed voices, and eveiy face wore a seriouß, earnest r lj>ok. Nor was the silence broken, upon the arrival of the Emperor. _'Tbe" cl*owd qnly swayed: and.opened a paßsiige^takibg off their hats as he paaeed, abd not till, he mod nded his "horse, and, acco.npf-nied by hia brother, the Graadi Duke Nicholas,^ and followed ,by .an "iiiiraei.ae -staff -.of'- oi'or'e-' a"h'iiodred officers, began to ridO slowly aloqg.jhe liia6B^was tlieailence brokVii' hy { t\w s^u'-id of'rouaio a'ati^heflrs, „ Th^.r^vije-fl. proper lasteel nearly an I hi >vx r aad.-\v-as-o4rer-ahoufe-balf--pajt"H. l Thep, when thp music ceased there/ ;^waß)fiilence again/ the' Bd!diers ; took offYtleipcaps, aud their exttnpla was fofylowe^ by the crowd n: Then voice! of oie raao was; hegrd, it. .—a® that of tht* '•-BSsho.p of Kiacheneff, reciting a grand military mass. This lasted about_ three-quarters of an hour, during which I tima every boily, apsctatofs "os wail a,s .old ier 3, remained ' uueoytrad, with .c(^mpoßeil but expectant faces. Finally this came to ah end, and t ien an ausiobs murmur ran through the crpwd. If the manifesto were to be launched, if war were to be declared, nojw,,waa,the moment when it would be doupv. In fac% theloug-expecte'd, lonwho'ped for moment had come. There was a dead silenca for an iastant, during which 1 could hear the ticking of my watch; then a clear, strong voice br6ke the stillness. It ; Was not the voice. of the Emperor, but of the Bishop bf KischenefF, who was reading the manifesto; and strange to say, he had not read more than hplf-way through , it, ;when sobs were heard, aod people looking about to Sab whence they proceeded, perceived that they, were from tho Emperor Alexander, and that he \ waj. weeping like a child. It had been > tha 1 pride and glory of hia reign that it was one of peace, it had beea his. bo^t arid his hope that he would finish ; it Without war; and now, in spite of. everything he had done, to, afoid it, the step was at last taken, and a war was declared, the. consequences of which no ;man can foresee. , When they kayr how much the Emperor wa a ffsctod by

it, thero was probably not a dry eye within the range of the reader's voice; but no sooner had he finished than there went up a wild aod universal shout, aaoh sail nev^r lieard before, and scarcely expect to ever hear agaia. It was a shout of exultation, of triumph, and of relief, as though a great weight of suspense had beea lifted from the heart of the multitude. It' spread through the army with (he rapidity of abund itself, anil was instantly fekeo dp by the browd oatsi&e* aiid repeated over and^over agaio\ at_til the very sky was full of it. The soldiers tossed their caps high iv the hair, and caught them on their bayonets, and twirled fcheai round audi roaod, shouting and yelling aa though they would burst their throats. This continued for several miaii.es, and wheu silence was again restored the Bishop of Kigcheneflf addreesed the. array. His discourse was very effective and telling, and was received yery much iv the soma way aa the manifesto itself, with shouts and cheers. Thea tho ordra dv jour of the Grand Duke Nicholas,coiamaader-to-chief of this army, was read to and battery. The Emperor and his staff retired, aod work for the day was over.