Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1840-01-30
Catherine /, wife of Peter the Great.

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, The history ofhs female, who was exalted
from low station 10 The imperial throne O
Russia, is known TO many.
! catherine was in,the humblest capacity. lha,
Oh servant, when she attracted Peters re-.
CARDS.
when she became his wife her influence
over him was unbounded. not from the soIidjty
oil her Judgment, or the brilancy of her wit.
Out from the sweetness, pIiabity, and equani.
NIFTY her temper.
Ills companion in all his wars and expedi-
lions, she alone knew how to assuage the Zero.
IcNy OF MS temper; her gentle forbearance her
Isoo'hlng tones, almost invariably served to AL
lay his widest transports pf rage. The ;nAu-
ehce she possessed she never abused, and used
u only tor purposes ofmefcy and benefcence
ana many miserable wretch owed his life toI
her interference.
oa.herlne had once nearly faIleia victim toll
e'el resentment; she was suspected of too
great intimacy with one of her chamberIains
=, very handsome young man by the name OIL
hons' Peter, IN order to be convinced Of the
rum pretended to leave Petersburg for the
purpose OF passing few days at one OF his
ummer Villas and whilehe secretly returned :
his winter place in town, he, sent a page with d
message to his wife, from THE countrY. ;
ny this finesse, he surprised Catherine in an !,
rooor WIN Mons; his sister Madame Bake, a
lady Of the bedchamber being stationed with, In
Ut on the watch. The Gar Stuck Catherine
blow with his cane, and without speaking \ a.
ora ne repalred'to the apartment of Prince III
ePuln, assuring him that he would make a :,
'Ollc example OF the Empress. Dissuaded n
ON TINS, ne sentenced Mons. TO lose his head. 90
ID sending his sister to Siberia, when she had +,
ceved The punishment ofthe knout, he con- N
yea Catherine after the execution Of the oe
a'ilperlaln, 10 an open carriage under the 70
9oet 70 which his head was nailed. Without ma
J change OF countenance she said "Pny so an
zen corruption should be found amongst cour. nr
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When Catharlne succeeded to the empire. mo
er The death Of Peter, she enioyed the GOOD iii
! Of her people by her mild and gracious dr.
auc1 towards them. She reduced The cap inc
ION lax, removed The gibbe,s from the p,b- T6
places, and had the criminals inferred who M,
lalned unburled. She recalled the exiles Ibon
2 Siberia, and paid all the arrears due 70 fior
troops; but ayerse to business she abandon effa
lersclf to pleasure; she drank immoderate Ien,
okay vine, OF which she was extremely Las
!; tins aggravated cancer and dropsy. or i
which she was afflicted, and took her Of To-
le thIrty-nnth year Of her age. Without a. !,
smallest pretensions TO beauty, her person mus
nevertheless engaging; her light hair she liars
Dlack her form in youth, was finally IA
ed and peculiarly delicate, but she grew 81
avagantly corpulent as she advanced II tano,
dann Is 80 unaoe q reaa Or write; and hexil
MANS. 70 all dispatches. Sensible, good conb
cred, and ever willing to obIige, Catherine q ~
forgot benefit She had been before INA 7.
carriage protected nihe family Of Chuck \ and r
men Wurmb who had been tutor 10 G!uck' u c;rola
'en, presented himself before her alter N NJ
she said, ''What, thou GOOD ~ 49, |,
ART thou alive still will provide for thee ,;cat
e gave hima handsome pension. GIuck ~ M
led q prisoner at Moscow: Catherine d,dl d ~ !.
could for his distressed family she pen a an;;;
hiswidow, made his son apage, portion \ ov,, =,
two eldest daughters and appointed the opob,
est 70 be her maid Of honor. tba, M
, circ,n.,anoa !. a,.,., Y. they ci
1d probably very Justly. II scarcely appears
t6at monarch, himscf ~ rgidly observant Wet
we Tbo ma na1f storv otSa' q
lister Madame Balke were punished FOR bride, q he
,n;,o Dnences' 'nen consuefeo' and trea owes
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