The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1852-03-09

] ny forests. But Peier twas not intl1iiaied, and
al his death, the city which no built IN the
woods, contained a population of sixty thou
i sand inhabitants. II lies in latitude COP, and Is
somewhat unhealihy-Ihe principle disease be-
ing bilious lever. Ia is twenty -four miles in
circumference, though great deal Of space is
taken up by the rivers. and The streets are too
wde-ihis fault being characteristic Of the
Russians. The reason Of this Is, their houses
| are mostly built OF wood, and 10 prevent fires.
/ Peter the great began TO have commerce. and
a navy. This was folly. bnt il was folly that
has been continued BY all the Emperors OF
| Russia. te''"fto on T" -'hE
! Though there is some reason for a navy now
there was none then. There was no personlin
Russia who knew anything about nautical af-
fairs. so he went at il himself. He. went to
Holland and England 10 learn The ship carpeo-
ter's trade. He entered the navy aud was sue
cessfully promoted, then entered as a common
soldier, The army, and was made superior
He found that his troops we're really match
for The Swedes.
Fro,n',',a time Russia has advanced. Pc
ter wished iha, all his subjects might read, but
he did not do much towards bringing it about
All the civilization he affected was Of general
nature, and did not touch The masses as It did
the higher classes. 'Afer his day there sue
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hin. Peters son reigned three yeais. The
empress Ann reigned ten years. dung which
The great bell, weighing 43O 900 pounds. was
made. This bell lew years afterwards ieli
when the building was burned. and was broken
This bell large enough 10 hold a coogregaiion
Of one hundred people. II was sixty five feet
in circumference, and thirty feet high. The
monks have converted it into chapel, and
placed cross on the top Of il. The empress
| Ann sec med 10 icllow up the spirit Of Peter -
| The daughter of Peter. Elizabeth. reigned %
years. Peter was Ihe third husband Of Ca'har-
Joe. She suddenly delhroned her husband.
who was afterwards put 10 death, h,rl'ir'een years
before raevolrion. She gnedthiriy.fmIr
years and died suddenly. d She had son NAM
ed Paul. whom she hated on account of his
| father, and who was, unJuslv, considered de.
| ranged. He had no ideas Of Government, on
acconnt oi his mothers keeping him close
Paul reigned trom '96 TO 1901, and then
deihroned on account OF plunging The country
in war with England. .r 81 ,-ff =.
After the murder OF h:s father, Alexander
came 10 the throne. and reigned from 1901 to
1925, and then died. The er,press died short,
ly afterwards. When news Of the death of Al
exander arrived, Nicholas sent for his brother
Constantine, 10 come Immediately aud take The
government into his own hands; but, il being
found that Nicholas was the righifui hei, he
proceeded to administer the oath. Three or
four regiments refused to take IL, About two
o., lock 10 The afternoons faithful regiment was
brought up from the barracks, and the 6ghI
commenced, which lasted about an hour. AT
last they submitted aud threw down their guns,
and went TO tho barracks. The officers went
TO Siberia. That was the way Nicholas came
TO the throne instead of Constantine. The
trouble had been brewing for three or four
wears, but Alexander who was conscious oi the
fact, had not courage 10 put il down. The crv
was 'Consianiine and the Constitution, aud
when asked what :hey meant by"Consiiin,ion,"
they answered tha, they wanted "Constantine
and his wiEe!'
Nicholas has now been on the throne 81
wears. He is now Sc years Of age; man oi
fine health, and il is mol likely that he thinks of
giving up he throne. lie has n, son ,hirry-
five years &c age, To whom The Russians look
forward with g,eat confidence, as he s friend
of Improvement. lie projected the Rii'read
from ST. Petcrsouiyb 10 Moscow, 45O miles
long. which was built by American Engineers
and others will shortly be built. Russia is
good country FOR Railroads. as il has plenfy OF
iron. '+- ~
Tho pieseh Emperor has threo sons and two
daughters. The oldesi son is Alexander. after
the name Of his uncle. lie is a man Of great
promise, and is better educated Than his father
Twenty millions Of serts belong Ia the EN-
peror, and tweniy-siz belong 10 the mobiles
foriy-eigbi millions are bought and sold With
the lands. Nineteen millions are not serls.
!, is the wish OF The emperor Nicholas 10
iberate the setfs, bot the power lies in the
hands ofthe oobIes, and il is dangerous ground
Tor him To tread upon. e.A ro ..il ffiu et sri
The Poles, from 1872 To 1922. elected ilieii
mooarchs. The government was extremely
defective. The first monarch they elected was
Frenchman who ran away from Poland few
days sfici. The next was Hungarian and he
did moi do much. The third was q Swede -
The Protesrants were not sorry at the disrnen-
berment of the republic. Were il not for the
pride OF the Russians they would give up Po-
land. gr sorg 'gl .vft OF gu' .teu
The lecturer then referred to the strength
Of Russia. and said that he was entirely Of
opinion that Russia was not strong country.
II has 700 600 soldiers, and they are scattered
over the empire. Three hundred thousand
men could not be brought into the central part
of Europe. The armies that were sent TO
France. were sent there by British gold. This
could not be obiained again. Russia's ueasu.
~ has only I20 millions Of our dollars. H r
debt is Sc. 100. 900, 600. Germany, single han
ded. would be enongh for her,and as for France
there is no ground for con,I,a' ,sou with Russ:a.
If the western nations OF Europe wilt allow
Russia to domineer over them, they deserve 10
be conquered. taHfsta o'oi h1d9uu rsw
a'ilH - - - III - IL ni nI bot
The New Orleans Delta saws tat General
Martin, Senator from Assumption, has intro
duccd into tho Legislature of Louisiana, a bill
interdictiug hahilual drupkards in the same