The Serfs or Russia.
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Dr. Baird, in the course Of 4 lecture
recently delivered in Boston, Ga notice Of
which We find in the Mercantile Journal
Of that cfty,} explained the difference ex-
listing between the serfs Of Russia and the
slaves Of this country. The serfs Of RUS
sia, that is the mass Of them, are bought an!
sold Difh ne land. There ore about 48,
OO0, 900 Of these seris -about l ,00O, 900
bond serh are lbought and sold separate
from the land; these serfs are generally
honse servants. The tenures upon which
the serfs are held vary in different provin-
ces. In some districts, the serf pays to
his lord the sim Of 81 per annum, he be-
ing permitted to keep az his own property
whatever additional Ne may earn. Many
Of the best mechanics are serfs-they d
course pay much larger sum to their lord,
and with a passport travel over the country
in search Of employment-thcy keep what
ever they earn over and above the sum
agresd upon between them and their own
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Many ser!s5 are wealthy men. One
man in Russia, formerly serf now owns
100000 .erfs. A nobieman in St. Peters
burgh owns q serf worth infinitely more
property than himsell whom he will moi
free, in order that at the entertainments
that he gives when the serf IS obligedt Il
wait on him, hs may say that ks II waited
upon By tie, richest sell IN alf Nussia.- -
There ats no serfs in the three Baltir
provinces -n6ne n Finland--the abolithr
of serfdom was commented there in ths
time Of Alexander and completed BY the
present E,nperct-it took about thirty
yesrsto effect Il. The difference bet~eSi
The serls Of. Russia md OUR slaves, consist.
principally IN that the FORMER are peppetu


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