Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1837-10-14


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TIE INDEPENDENCE IN THE BALTIC. |
Extract Of letter from an officer on board the q.
8. ship Independence, to gentleman in Wash |
/ ington City.
~ S Lndepende.ce crosseads, A.s. 5, 1887
"This day week We anchored in this place, &
at about O'Clock Of the same day, the EArxaOR
(of Russial visited the ship incog-, with all his
Ministers, among whom was the distinguished
dipiomatist, Count NEssEIRoDE. 1t was his wish
to have visited and left the ship without being
cogniscd. But, in this he disappointed; for it
was soon whispered among the crew that the en-
peror NICHOLAS was on board and, indeed, II re-
quired but little penetration to discover in the
crowd the man who is considered the best looking
personage in all bis domnions. On his leaving
our ship, We NAMED the wards, the Russian
flag to the mainmast head, and saluted him with
forty one guns, which was Immediately returned
by the samesnumber, BY one Of his frgates; he
1.-THE Emperor) causing the American flag to be
hoisted his mast head; an honor, it 10 said,
er before paid to any foreign nation.
"Thc n .xtd day, his favorite steamer came down
and conveyed the Commodore and Mr.. Dallas to
Peterhof, his summer residence. Last Monday
evening, another boat Of the Emperor's came down
and took number Of officers, including myself
to the Palace. On our landing from the boat, we
found the Emperor's carriages with splendid hor-
} ses, waiting for US, with General, one Of the
Emperor's aids, to conduct Us. We were taken
around the Gardens and then to the Opera, where
, we saw the Emperor, the Empress, their daughter
) the grand Duichess. The day following, one OF
the Emperor's boats was sent down to take Mr.
g Dallas to ST. Petersburg. Several officers, with
myself accompanied Mr.. Dallas, and, after din
I ing with him, went in the evening, to one Of the
. most beautiful Opera houses l ever saw; where
it, was sail, there were more than three hundred
e persons on the stage at the same timc-forty o
y them female dancers, not inferior, in my opinion
= to Mademe Celeste.
at took me three hours and half to wall
through the winter palace, e. four to go through tn
armorv The latter place contains two hundre,
o thousand stand Of arms, in perfect order, beside
n all the standards trken from the Turks. | saw
= several curiosies Of the Empress Catharine tn
:, gig that Peter the Great rode in, and his trium
n phal chariot, and all the dresses by the En-
+ peror's ami Expresses, from the time of Cathe
I, rine and Peter the Great, down to the presen
e dav. Visited some of the most splendid an
&c richest churches, perhaps in the world.
OF s.Whilst remlincd at St. Petersburg. one
Fd the Empero:'s aids accompanied US every wher
q and extended every civiiity and attention j
ne his power. 1t would have taken me sever,
% months to have INDUCED my curiosity. | nee
IN not add, that Twas exceedingly pleased with m
'g visit, and highly gratfied at the attention paid
P u.s.
The BLUE DEvILs.--We are apt to believe
III merry companion the happiest fellow IN the wOr
er and envy him. perhaps, his light heart spirit
RS but such men have hours of melancholy, whe
n the spirits sink, and gloom comes over the'
e. deeper and darker than is ever known to their lie
exctable companion. man may be cheer
IN on paper, though he has a heavy heart; and
I'D brilliant in company, though sufficiently wretc
III ed when left to commune with his soul. TT
Us extremes of high and low spirits, which occur
te the same person al different times are happily
ed Illustrated by the following case, related bv
nd Rush: "A physician in one of the cities of Ita
ry' was once consulted by gentleman who W
&C. much distressed by paroxysm of the intermiti
OF state Of Experimentation. He adviscd@he m
m. ancholy man to seek reliefin convivial compar
Ter ard recommended him IN particular find
les a celebrated wit by the name Of Cardini, "
ny, kept all the tables Of the city, to which he y
isi Invited in q oflaughter, and 70 spend mu
VS. time with b. I'M possible. "Alas! sir,'' said
lne patien with q sigh. '@Iam that Cardini. IN
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