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Extract Of letter from gentleman of N. York,


now in Russia. dated St. Petersburgb, Novem.


ber 90, 1923.


Although this is very magnificent place, it is
TO a stranger, unacquainted with the iang''ag ,
excessively dull at this season. The nights are
tedously long-the sun rises aboNt O'Clock, or
a little after, makes short stay, and is off-We
dine by candle-light, after which is an evening #
six or seven hours, which it is hard work to dis
pose of, since my eyes will not permit me to read
much,-which is not SO very unucky, since J
have very little to read: such thing as news.
paper, hardly ever see have just now quite
treat on hand, having borrowed from gentle
man here few English newspapers, between two
and three years old English and American pa
pers are prohibited here, and nothing IS publish
ed but by leave of the Government, SO that the
people in general know very little Of what is re
ally going on in the world A friend lent me
few papers lately upon my promising that they
should not be seen, even in my room.


No prudent man here, dares express his polit-
cal opinions-and indeed we rarely SIT down to
dinner without one OF more spies at the table
even the very servants are in the pay OF the po
lice. few weeks since, gentleman IN our
house was sitting in his room, writing at table,
upon which lay his letters and papers, when IN
marched two officers of police, wo said they came
by order of the military Governor, to take pos
session Of his papers--without further ceremon,
they swept every table and drawer Of every thing
in the shape Of paper; examined the room, and
even went so far as to try the seats of the chairs
to see it there was not something concealed in
the stufling-,hs they did by crooked shaped
iron rods. This man was actually serving h


Government, and had come from England here
to give them secret, which the English Gov
ernment would have given him fifty thousand
pounds sterling hot to divulge. 1t was most
fortunate circumstance for me. that brought "a


letter of introduction to our Minister here-it may
save me much trouble, in case OF accident,