The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-02-20

III isiiI ~ III Alfhhltlils I'lbllallfb at II
Prtersbnrg Ms ! Ukasr. to manifest his
| Parilcuior .5aror 10 the turn Of Iagant0k,
aud T. gI,e il all possible means L. imp ovr
lis port In thu Ukase, dated 3lst of DC.
! tober the Em.rr"r ordered that a tenth
! part of the duties ofcastoms there, should
b. employed IN the celebrating Of is port
md III the construction OF The hulldu,s u
cessary for Is commerce. aud propnr'loncd
toits importance The Emperor had Just
| aPpolnt"d Committee nf which he Sen
atoi DudcnsL.l was President foI the I'M
provemeot Of the situation Of the Cities ol
the empire.
The London New Times gives the FL
lowing short view If the life aud political
character Of
ALEXANDER.
Alexander, Emperor of Russia, was the
eldest son Of Paul |, by his second vile
Sophia Dorotbrs Augusta Maria 'edmo"-
ma, Of Wurlrmbrrg olatSard He vas
| born December 22d, 1877, and married 10
| Elizabeth, Plncrss of Il tden, October 9th,
| l795. The care Of his education was com
mrtted to VI. de Ia iIa1pe, Swiss Colooel
who neglected nothing to fit his pupil for
=
He was prorlaInrd Empc or, March 81
1901. and crowned ~ Moscow. thu 27tn of
tn following September His first Gaze
WIS 10 Pot an end TO the war which then
ragged b tween Russia aud England, and
hr for ne leogth oflllne, preserved peace
both with England and France, and valnly
endravorrd 10 act as mediator bctNca
then, after the termination of the sh
peace Of \ alens. l. 1891, however, the
murder of the Duk, u T. Chico by Buona
part, excited he lndIgra ION fthe Em-
prro Who, after p 81 idg n enrrglclla
Renaissance by MS AmhJss do against
violation of the law "f If uatlons, as arb
trary as it WAS public wind ew his NM
ester from Paris, aud, in 1903 signed
treaty offensive and defensive, win
England Austria, aud Sweden acting On
which Alexander FASTENED To lead hi
troops into Austria where, however, he ar
rived only IN time u SIRE the capitol fab IN
To the hands Of the French. lie then re-
treated, together with the remnant of tn,
Austria Army to Btrlln where he rrsols .
tn await the French army hnt on the d.
featip the AGsri,n., at thr bate uf u
tertz, he re urned 10 II Pet -,
iugthr greater part of his a my on the from
tiers of Gerlnany. In 1906, being called
upon by TIN court of Berlin, he again took
up rms, but VAS again only in time to vii
NESS tn" triumph of Bouaparte. Ia the
epf & ot 1907, AIcxand,r Joined his amy
which h d rrIrcatcd cNond the Nlslnla.
AID Wins GOD the French with glcat BRAY.
g, hnt having been defeated IN the bat
liz at Frlcdldnd he rrlrcaicd beyond the
N.m'', wHcre he agreed to the prrini-
nafcs of III >, ace signed at Tllsit, Jui, 3,
1907 In consequence, as is believed. of 3,
-rcrrt Article N That treaty ne declared
war against Eu4land, and soon aftcrwaid.
against Sweden, which latter war lasted
Two years, aud ended IN Sw dcn'- c,dltg
Finland 10 Russia. Du tug the hes liz,
which still subeistcd between France ant
England, he con inaed to side with the
former power, aud dismissed from his do
mlninns al the German ministers aud n
gents. But the time WAS arrived when i,
, was To srr how vi Judged his friendship had
been and he was forced 10 defend him
self in his own dnnnions, with no other
Ally than England, against Bonaparte, VIII
led 100000 chotc" tropfs against him, Join
ed with those kings Who had formerly beer
p Ina allies, and whom he formerly assisted
The Russians however, on their rvacna-
ton of Moscow, hN burning that city, de
s'rnY,d the only means of subsistence the
. ffench could expect during the winter
, aud thrnce followed the destruction q
e. thai vlst rmy. THE emperor Alexander
i NOW seemed animated NTH spirit of ven
I g,noe agaiosi the parilinu5 invader of the
. Russian domiaions. He pursued him will
, ufrelcolioI N.sor be even puhi.bed de-
! scriplion bis person rs If he had been u
~ common lelon, However, Bonaparte es-
. capped ina single sledge, leaving his gallant
r. armAin perish in the SHOWS aud So iufat-
1 uate q ~ Pre- the French, that They actually
r suiiS1F himself 10 levy acw armies and
| l,aI them iata Germany in 1918. By
this time, however the scene bad who'll,
changed. On March I3, Alexander and
the King of Prussia proclaimed thc dissolu-
ton of the confrderaey of the Rhine, and
declared thrir intention of assisting the
Anstrions. After having been worstrd at
, the battles of Lutzen aad Bantzcn, ia, y
r agreed to n armstce, during which the Rus
5 slams were Joined by General Moreua, who
however soon fell by random shot before
Drradeu. After various succrss, the great
battle Of Lripsic was fought, October 10th
18th, aod i&lh, which completed the de
| li,eraurc of Germany. IL The beginning
of 1914, the Allied Monarchs ciossed tn,
, Rhine. On the 90th OF March the allied
army hrsieged Paris aud forced it to ca
ritnlate; aud on the 3lst, the Emperor A .
f lexander and the King of PRUSSIA entered
It, amid cries Of Vipe le Roi Gipent les
, Bou1Jons and Bonaparte soon signed his
FIRST ahdicaiop. On the landing of Louis
XVIII, Alexander fastened to meet him,