The Belmont chronicle, and farmers, mechanics and manufacturers advocate. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1848-1855, 1853-10-21
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march with part only of his army and prob
abiy by some mistake in his intelligence, the
Gar was advanced too near the enemy, and
presently surrounded and distressed by their
great numbers, and thereby his provisions and
succors being intercepted, he was reduced
to the last extremity Of want and despair. In
this unhappy circumstance Of his affairs, he
made several strenuous efforts to exiricate
himself out of this difficulty, and his soldiers
IN few small engagements gave the enemy
sufficient proof of their bravery; but being
too sensible Of the inequality of engaging
such superior numbers with 30 small force,
and rather than expose his army to be ineyi-
taby destroyed by action, he thought it most
advisable to save their lives by surrenderiag
themselves prisoners Of war, and himself took
Z the resolution, with small body, to force his
own way through the enemy, in which at
tempt ohohd he fall he had bound his arm
with white ribbon for distinction sake; but
this was resolution so desperate, that as il
drew tears from all about him, so it made
them think Of every remedy and eypedient
rather than their prince should run such a
rlsk oil life, whose preservation they declared
themselves willing to ransom at the expense
oi their own lives and fortunes. And in this
greatest emergency the thought very fortu-
nately occurred to the Empress herself Qhen
his mistress,) and that was to bribe the Grand
'IzIer with sum Of money; which she no
sooner proposed than it was approved and re-
solved upon, and a trumpeter sent to the
Grand Vizier, who acce pied the proposal, and
came Immediately to treaty with the Car.
IL Is said she had great sum along with her
in gold and jewels, which she had frugally
hoarded up as the tokens OF his royal favor
and that now, though sorry for the occasion,
she expressed her jgy To the Car that she
vas capable Of making this application of
them for his majesty's service and preserya.
tion. 1t is certain her example and influence
was so successful that large collection was
made in the army to answer the demands of
the Grand Fizier; and by this public strata
gem the Car and his army were happily de-
iIyered from the last misery and ruin. No
sooner was the Car 60. cut of this labyrinth,
than in the face Of the whole army he CRATE
fully acknowledged her the author of his de-
IlVerence, and with due applause for her un-
daunted courage and noble presence of mind
in such an imminent danger he proclaimed
her his wife and his children by her legiti-
mate. And from this time the Car received
and treated her as his queen with all the hon.
ors and dgnities of that character; and, what
was singular and rare example to his peo-
pie, with the most endearng and undissem-
bled friendship and conjugal affection, and at
length crowned her Empress, at Moscow, on
the 7th of May, 1924, in pursuance of this
edict, notwithstanding some affairs of impor-
tance had interviewed, which detained the
Gar in Petersbrrgh this winter, and occa-
stoned this alteration of time prefixed for her
coronation. And this was redemption in
deed to the Gar, and very fortunate deliv-
erance in such an imminent danger, either of
being made prisoner or destroyed with all
his forces, the consequences CT which were
yet bad enough, for he was obliged to quit
the conquests lie had made on the borders Of
the Tartars along the Euxine, who are all
tributary to the Grand Seignor, to surrender
Aaoph, which he had been in possession of
near iisteeh years, and Herewith to lay aside
all hopes of carrying on design OF bringing
fleet into the Euxine, and to desist front
opening the communication for that purpose
betwIXt the Don and Nolgu at Camishnka,
and to leave his allies, the Wullachians and
Moldavians, to the resentme mt of the Turks,
for their intended revolt to the Gear.