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Ertract from Travellers Journal


ain lately passing through the Russian
.,n,ace of Kslouga, my attention was arrest
s','I W hy an immense crowd of persons who
ca ~ making a noise which resembled the
;,;c;nys for a victory, but which ! after
lJJnd. discovered to be the funeral of a man
,'i,o had lately died universally dctested, and
,hs nopulace had adopted this mode ot eX-
h;h;t;nu their feelings upon the occasion.
',,h;s man had acqui, ed large fortune, by
administering to the necessities OF the con-
ending armies, during the war which affict-
sd his country at the period of tue invasion
Nv Nauoleon. The means to which he re-
sorted for the acquisition OF wealth, were
us;thpr honorable nor patriotic; and he sacrl-
scsJ All the tender feelings of humanity.
f,rthe purpose of accommodating money. The


a.t .nrular feature in this mans charac-
..r and the only one which distinguished
linn from the brute creation, was his ambi-
.;nn ID be considered by his neighbours as an
oG;c,;o,ake harcnt; but so totally absorbed
Vas he in his tavourite pursuit OF wealth I,
th,t he neglected all the usual methods of
occurring the love and confidence of his own
rb;ldren, After refusing to his sons and
daughters the absolute necessaries OF lite,
md arriving them by his brutal neglect, to
untimely graves, he made the most ostenta-
,ons displays of his wealth at their funerals.
Ths miserable old man having outlived all
his offspring, and attained the age of eighty
wears, died in consequence of a violent blow
receiyed from his own servant, in a dispute
about wages Having left no legal heirs, his
immense estate was sold and the proceeds
paid into the public Treasury"


Pou.Son's inner.