New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-06-21

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poison me. No matter,
/ He answered the heidue with
I gesture, and Immediately attacked thu - "'e
/ a marvellous appetite.
1 Meantime, Ivan Rasoumowski continued In do
! the honors Of his ball at St. Petersburgh with
! the most perfect self possession. The Empress
| herself had honored him with her presence and
! II was while converaing with her on the balcony.
| that he recognized his brothers voice. The
! favorite was not q depraved man. Like many
others, he had been forgetful in prosperity, but
the sight Of his long absent brother touched his
heart, and his first impulse was to run and clasp
| him in his arms But then came the fsar-ter-
rible fear for a parsenmt--that Plato, rude,
unedueated, aud dressed in rags, world disgrace
him amongst the c9urtiers. A thought struck
him Making sons ozo7lso to the Empress, he
went out, and calling Colonel bpranuskoi, said
! ~ him-
IS Egu will find man living beneath the bal
! 55ny take lim instantly 10 Navua, put him On
ooar, % vessel, nni convey MIN 10 France
after giving some other directions, be added
'tI Ha man Is ra' quite wight in his mind, but
treat hm with aii pozshl respect, Tor ne is my
brother, Plato, Count Rasanfnowskiw
I Tie rowing prison, therefore. was the cabin
{ he htiE AMI Plato himself soon became
.tala 10 A- mistake Ie vas easily induced
pat On The ricl dresz gg guared for him, ye5
80 cauld MT help feeling Ills ppointed at his
=r-taf eanauat
AT length ths vessel reached the coast Of
IG-rcr suganu.koi cDtsred the cabin, and
-F. 2 is III arrellencv would tlaase to land
3. F~1-F-. ~, 50 aetd Plato
t+Usir+
-.a. ale,e that"
"Ifg e- ancy is pleased 10 he merry" ssid
.tt Colonel ri O respectful smile, - but Of
uer ir MY 51'7 reeiy-DHpkiri belongs
Farewell, taen,.ay country 20 cried Plsto.
lH4 with iGa Eaat you will / care not
Vacn tley lanied Srranuskol presented him
With q letter whjca With some difficulty he
fa-d:
uBr.har--l tdank ,hee for having sought me
Go 70 Paris The Rp-s'3n Emb2ssador there will
Introduce thee ut court ! trust we shall soon
meet to part no more, and then ! viii explain
everything IVAN"
Half wild with joy, Plato begsn to dance
about, and sing his wild songs Of the Ukraine
The Colonel tried his best to calm him, and
Plato embracing him, said {" You are CAPT
tai fellow! Tell Ivan am quite satisfied with
him, and--lend me few kopecks for my jour
ney"
Colonel Spranuskoi escorted him to a car
riage, and on parting. handed him large sum
in gold
In Paris, Plato soon became noticed at court :
his simplicity delighted the wits of the age.
tVoltaire named him Candide, and N. de Ia
n composed some dithyrambics in his
nafpe wonderful with what speed and
facility he assumed the I'd his secret to
OF nobleman. Ivan connu. lev came
spranuskoi, and Mt the end Of year H..
to faris for the purpose of judging whether the
q'tonddm singer was as yet fitted to appear at
the Muscovite court His report was highly
: satisfactory, and poor Plato once more danced
e and sang for joy : when told that he might now
= return to his native country. The meeting of
e the two brothers was very touching The En-
II press received Plato with marked distinction,
= and speedily conferred on him several decora-
y tions, together with the rank of Field Marshal
n All these honors, however, did not alter the
IS simple goodness of his character He preserved
10 hox his peasants rags. and freely showed
i t,, EN- to his visitors Many traits of unaffected
rene, osity are recorded of him
: Court sarcasms, Of course, were not wanting
, nj this SUDDEN elevation Elizabeth sent the
. newly.Inade Field Marshal to Prussia On a di-
plomatic mission. Frederick IL, satirist by
profession, and knowing the history of the Ra-
soumow.kis affected, during the first day, to
, sneak of nothing but music. He extolled the
/ popular airs Of the Ukraine, aud begged that
her Imperial Majesty's Embassador would sing
some oi them The Count bowed respectfully,
and quietly declined On the morrow, Freders
, lex invited him to a grand review of his troops.
| AMI spoke to him Of nothing but military ma
nepyres Plato bowed to every thing, but said
as little as he had done on the preceding day.
''Well, NJ. le Compte," said Frederick. at
last, " will you give Inc your opinion ~
:: trust your Majesty will excuse me- re-
Iplea Plato, II have forgotten music, and have
not yet learned the art Of war
ivan died without heirs male Plato left five
sons, of whom one, Gregory, was well known
and esteemed in Russia, as writer on natural
history
The eldest Of the FIVE, Andrea, enjoyed in
; high degree the favor Of Paul /. After the
death of that king, he settled in Vienna, and
played an important part in the political drama
OF 1911, and the following years Since the ac-
oessiynoi the Emperor Nicholas, the glory OF the
hou=a Of .asoumowsk has gradually faded
away