A London paper says tbe Nihilists have just had a medal struck, bearing on one side the effigy of the Czar with a revolver pointed at him, and the inscription "Death to Despotism ;" and on the other the statue of Liberty distributing bread and salt to the people, with the legend "Everthing for Liberty." The medal i3 executed with great care; and the grodovi, or police subalterns, who for the most part do not know how to read, themselves distributed a large number to the public, believing that it was to commemorate the attack of April 14, and that it was struck by order of the Government. It was not until some time had elapsed that the blunder waa discovered.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 204, 27 August 1879, Page 6
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