Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1819-06-19
KOT7EpUE.


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KoT7EsUE,
The following Biographical sketch ;,..
tracted IRON the Journal Ies Dttats
NJ. Auguste de Kotzebue was The Com .,
a Coun.elIor Of Legation Of the Dp,o -,
Weimar. Being appointed a, the ape a.,
%, private secretary to general Baur on,
Of the best informed military officers +,
the service OF Russia, he gained the ooo,
will OF The Empress Cathaline, sLS ,,D
ployed him 10 compose some pieces Eo, b.,
theatre of The Hermitage. A Romantic =,
fiction united him % Russian young ,3,
of nooe family. He rose rapidly 10 ho
post OF President Of tie Civil Goyemmsr,
OF Reyel, in EsthoDia, and to The rank =,
Lieutenant Colonel. He was decorate
with several orders. The independent.
OF his mind caused him TO give in hi, ra.;r
nation in 1895. He accepted in 1896 bs
functions OF Director of the Theatre of
Vienna but he soon became disgu,ed
with Oh Office surrounded with dificuI,io,
and dlsagreements.
On his return to Russia, in the spring 9:
1900, he was arrested on the frontier At
the empire and conducted to Kurgan,
handsome little town in Siberia, where h..
enjoyed his iu.l liberty, and had his piece,
played by the inhabitants. His numerous
friends soon removed the erroneous OBJ
MON entertained Of him by the Emperor
Paul and that monarch having called
him to his court, loaded him with marks
OF kindness. During the first years Of the
reign OF Alexander, he travelled in France,
Italy, AMI Germany. He appeared to sci.
lie at Berlin, where he undertook jour-
nal !; but having offended Bonaparte, he
withdrew for several years to his snail
estate in rs honii. Admiration and ha.
tied found him out in his retreat. u bile
he MomIeur Numbered against him, the
Agricultural Society sent rim piuug ing
m chimes, ami the English Admiral com.
manding in the Baltic gave orders to let
this pacific pre- ent pass freely. Kolzebue
took share IN the maniieStoes and dIpo.
matte notes OF Russia, in the years OF 1871
and 1872. The Emperor Alexander re.
warded him by naming him at first, in
1918, Con-ul General at Konigberg aud
by attaching him afterwards in 1916, to
the department of Foreign Affairs. with
the title Of Councillor of State.
The climate OF Russia being unsuted to
his delicate health, the Emperor Alexander
gave him leave, in 1917, to travel in Ger.
IN my as long as he thought proper, and
continued all his appointments, without
impo ing any condition but the honorable
one Of making him reports on the stale, IL
terary. political, and moral of that cogn-
try. Being informed of the fanatcal rage
that was excited against him in the Cnl-
versities, he had demanded his passports
to return to Russia, when an assassination
almost unexampIed Terminated his life.
He was only SO years Of age, but the pub.
lie considered him 10 have been very old,
because he had commenced his literary ca.
re- r very young, and during 40 years his
numerous writings formed subjects Of
versatioTa
DUN numerGt palmas, credible es,s semen.
KotZebue was twice married, and has
left Ii children. The eldest is captain
in the Austrian service. NJ Otto de kot-
zebue, lieutenant OF vessel in the Rus
sian service has already rendered himself
famous by voyage round the world, the
expense of which was betrayed by the
muniicence of The llustIi0us Chancellor
OF Russia, the Count de Romalzow. A.
mother brother, Maurice, an officer IN the
Russian army, has published an account
of the Russian Embassy to Persia, TO
which he was attached. Thus the talents
of the sons seem still TO adorn the Illus
trious name LEFT to them.
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