Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-07-21

the King, who hated all fault except
those to which he was himself inclin-
ed; and who conceived that he made
atonement to heaven for his brutality,
by holding the softer feelings in detes-
tation. The Prince Royal, too, was
not one of those who are content to
take their religion on trust. He asked
puzzling questions, and brought forth
arguments which seemed to SAVIOR OF
something different from pure Luthe-
ranism. The King suspected that his
son was inclined to be hereto OF
some sort or other, whether CalviniSt
or Atheist, his majesty did not very
well know. The ordinary maiignlty
of Frederick William was bad enough.
He now thought malignity part Of his
duty as a Christian man, and all the
conscience that he had stimulated his
hatred. The flute was broken-the
French books " ere sent out Of the pal
ace-the Prince was kicked, and cud-
gelled, and pulled by the hair. At
dinner the plates were hurled at his
head-sometimes he was restricted to
bread and water-sometimes he was
forced to swallow food so nauseous,
that he could not keep it on his stom-
ach. Once his father knocked him
down, dragged him along the floor to a
window, and was with difficulty pre-
vented from strangling him with the
cord Of the curtain. The Queen, for
the crime OF not wishing to see her son
murdered, was subjected to the gross
est indignities. The Princess Wilhel-
nina, who took her brothers part, was
treated almost as i'll as Mrs. Brown
riggs apprentices. Driven to despair,
the unhappy youth tried to run away;
then the fury Of the old tyrant rose to
madness. The Prince was an officer
in the army; his flight was therefore
desertion, and, in the moral code of
Frederick William, desertion was the
highest of all crimes. Desertion,"
says this royal theologian, in one ofhis
half-crazy letters, dis from hell. It is
a work of the childen Of the devil. No
child Of God could be guilty Of it. %
An accomplish of the prince, in spite of
the recommendation Of acourt-
was mercilessly put to death. It SEEM
ed probable that the Prince himself
would suffer the same fate. 1t was
with difficulty that the irtercession OF
the States of Holland, Of the King of
Sweden and Poland, and of the Empe-
ror of Germany, saved the House of
Bradenburgh from the stain of an IN
natural murder. After months of cruel
suspension, Frederick learned that his
life would be spared. He remained,
however, long a prisoner; but he was
not on that account to be pitied. He
found in his jailors a tenderness which
he had never found in his father. His
table was not sumptuous, but he had
wholesome food in sufficient quantity
to appease hunger; he"could read the
Henriade without being kicked, and
play on his flute without having it bro
ken over his head.
When his confinement terminated
he was a man. He had merely com
pleted his twenty-frst year, and could
scarcely, even by such a parent as
Frederick William, be restrained from
the disposition that had unfortunately
made his boyhood miserable. Suffer
ing had matured his understanding,
while it had hardened his heart and
soured his temper. He had learned
self-command and dissemination; he
affected to- conform to some of his IA
theirs views, and submissively accept
ed wife, but who unfortunately was
wife only in name, from his fathers
hand. He also served with credit,
though without any opportunity of ac-
curing brilliant distinction, under the
command Of Prince Eugene, during a
campaign marked by no extraordinary
events. He was now permitted to keep
separate establishment, and was
therefore able to indulge with caution
his own tastes. Partly in order to con-
ciliate his father, and partly, no doubt.
from inclination, he gave up portion
Of his time to military and political bu-
siness, and thus gradually acquired
such an aptitude for affairs as his most
intimate associates were not aware that
he possessed.
His favorite abode was at Rheims
berg, near the frontier which separates
the Prussian dominions from the duchy
of Mechlenburg. Rheinsberg is fer
tile and smiling spot, in the midst OF
the sandy waste Of the Marquisate.-
The mansion, surrounded by woods OF
oak and beech, looks out upon spa
cious lake. There Frederick amused
himself by laying out gardens in regu-
lar alleys and intricate mazes, by build
ing obelisks, temples, and conservato-