Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1841-08-19

VlteS, and the cries oil victims, excited
bursts of loud and long continued laugh
ter. Another of his entertainments cons
sisted in the company of testers, whose
especial business it was TO divert him,
particularly before and after the execu-
tons. One of the most distinguished oil
the court mimics was the Prince GouSdet.
On one occasion Ivan being disappointed
in Il joke poured the boiling contents OF
soup basin over the Princes head The
unfortunate Joker in the pains OF the mo-
msnt attempted 10 retreat from the taoIe,
but the tyrant struck him ina vital part
with a knife, and he fell senseless 10 the
ground. A physician was Immediately
sent COR. Preserve my faithful servalI,
cried the Gar, have tested little too
hard with him = so hard replied the
physician, that only God and your ma
iestsly can restore him 20 life; ne brea'hS
no more. Ivan looked contemptuouSIy al
the dead body, called the Prince a dog
and returned 20 his amusements. AT an
other time he was visited by boyaru'
who bowed reverently to the ground, as
was customary. Sod save thee, my
dear Boris exclaimed the monster, thou
deservest a proof of my favor ! ana ne
snatched up a knife and cut off one oil
the towards ears. The wretch without
exhibiting the least sign of the agony he
endured, thanked the Car Tor his graz
cious favor, and wished him a happy
reign.
The young Prince his eldest and favor.
tie son, who had accompanied him thro'
the worst scenes of his desolatlng career
presented himself one day before nm
with a request to be entrusted with the
command of few troops, that he might
hasten 10 the assistance of Pskoi, which
was then placed in u state oil seige oy the
Poles. Ivan, always afraid OF embark
ing in a war, imagined that he saw IN MS
proposal the germ of an instruction d
eainst his government. Rebel he eX~
claimed, you are leagued with the boys
ards in conspiracy to dethrone me- AS
he smoke he raised his arm, and smoIe his
son with an iron rod. He inflicted sew
eral deep wounds upon him, and at last
by n violent blow on his head he stretched
the unfortunate Prince, welterlng IN nj
blood on the ground
But the death Of his son finally struci
him down.
The wretch who had committed so ma
ny blasphemies against the moral Justic
of God, was now terrible example o
the power of conscience. He abandoned
himself to the visions Of disturbed ina
gination. He often rose at midnight
filled the air with his cries, and only gave
way again to repose when nature was OK
hausted Two days before his deaf h
his daughter-in-l entered his chamb e
to attend his bedside but she was obliged
TO fly from the modster : her honor wa:
not safe although the llbertlne was exp lr'
inc. In the delirum of his fever, his SEN
SEES became bewildered. He constantly
called aloud on his murdered son, with
whom he sometimes appeared to converse
in accents of tenderness. On the l7tt
of the month he seemed to be relieved by
warm bath. On the following day
which according to the prediction was tc
be his last, he ordered the aStroogers to
be pat to death, but they replied WAIT
the day is not yet over A second bath
was prepared, and he remained IN it ioE
three hours. He then went to bed ant
slept, Shortly, however, he arose, anc
desired one of his attendants 10 get thu
chess board but while he sat upon the
bed, in the attitude Of arranging the PIE
: ces, sudden pang seized him, and he iel
backwards and expired.
f Thus died the most extraordlnary mon
? arch that the world has ever seen--a MAJ
r who combined iin his spirit more OF tn
Q attributes of the internal nature than o
f humanity, and whose atrocities exceed tn
. most extravagant actions OF the mos
4 cruel tyrants in ancient or modern times
S Other tyrants were merely cold hearted
l. ambitious, unjust, and cruel but Ivan wa
4 all that the other tyrants were, and
:. great deal more than other tyrants couI
n have conceived His sensuaItles wer
d not confined TO the walls Of his palace
e but were carried abroad into the ope
h streets, which he defled with ndecencles
r ard into the houses Of his subjects, wher
he offered up TO the household Gods
IS his impious passions. Neither age no
d sex we're secured from the rage oil his VI
IS earthly wickeduess; innocence had n
= shield, courage no rescue ; fidelity 4
r claim; violation hypocrisy and brut;
s lust we're ascendant above all natural, Sc
l. ciaI and legal obligations. His victim
G we're greater in number than those of Ga
! liguIa and Nero, his crimes more dive
4. siIed, and appalling, his influence We
IS more complete on the minds o(his subjects
= and yet we find, who so far exceled Il
d monsters Of antiquity, was permitted, vi
IS like them, to die u natural death. 1t
u not surprising that he is distinguished
It the annals OF Russia, by the significant a