The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-08-22
THE ESCAPE OF THE cZAR


THE ESCAPE OF THE CZAR.
twill be recollected that in the foreign summa.
ry by the Atlantic it briefly stated that the En-.
peror Nicholas and Archduke Constantine narrow.
ly escsped capture by an English steamer. The
London Times Of August 5, gives the following &C.
count Of it:
"a man gets up In the morning on his own pre.
mi ses "but little knows where he may sleep at
night" The Gear of All the Russias has lately
been within an ace of Offering in his own person
practical confirmation of this well known saving.
What would the British public have thousht-what
would Europe have thought-what would the King
of Prussia In his cups have thousht-what would
Omar Pasha in his tez cap have thought-what
would the allied troops have thought-and finally,
what would the Three per Cents. have thought If
about this time the Gear of All the Russas, the
Archduke Constantine, and the Archduchess, and
the Russian Admiral in command at Croustadt, had
been sent hCme by Sir Charles Napier in the small
steamer which had captured themH improbable
as the tale may appear-impossible the catastrophe
it was fairly upon the cards within the last few
weeks The facts are these:-A short while back
while the allied fleets were lying before Cronstadt,
m eglish yacht belonging to Lords Litchfield
and Euston, with Lord Clarence Paget ON board
ventured somewhat too near the guns of the place
Suddenly puff of steam was seen On the Russian
side, and small Russian steamer put out to sea,
with the evident intention of cutting off the Eng.
Nicholas, bis son the Arehduke Constantine. lie
Archduchess his wife and the Russian Admiral
who all went forth to enjoy the satisfaction of an
easy triumph over the poor little yacht She is In
point of fact, stated to have been in The most imm
nent danger OF capture.
The Gear, however, was destined to be foiled in
ais anticipated little triumph, as he has already
been foiled in his hopes of many great one. An
English war steamer seeing the danger to which
tae yacht was exposed, advanced with all speed to
har ipf Snnr oh nI@
that the Epglsh yacht safe: and the oniv nnes
tion that remained for discussion was one between
the two small war steamers-the one under Epolish
| and the other under Russian colors Could the En-
gllsh but have known the valuable freight which
that steamer contained-could the captain but we
known that by capturing her, sending her to the
bottom, peace would have been restored to Europe
and probably million of human lives first and
last be saved, VIC have doubt that he would have
carried or the other of the alternatives into eff
feet, even though his own destruction that of his
ship, and OF every soul on board of her had been
the inevitable consequence As it was, he saw no.
ihing before hiIn but little trumpery steamer-he
haa carried his purpose of relieving the English
yacht into etfect-and remembered orders which
certainly had been issued to the effect that no En-.
glish ship, upon the mere heroic impulse of her
commander, should be thrust into the lions mouth
we nave no doubt that this SO. and tba at when
the English captain gave orders for putting the
head OF bis steamer round he did go with the feel
ing that he had very satisfactorily discharged the
duty with which he had been entrusted Little did
ne suppose, at the moment that he had lost proba.
6iy the greatest opportunity for obtaining personal
distinction which had ever been thrown in the way
OF single man. The English nation vene-ates the
name OF Lord Nelson for the sake of certain little
affairs In which he was engaged off Cape ST Vim.
cent at the Nile, at Copenhagen, at Trafalgar, and
elsewhere; but not all these wonderful important.
and heroic achievments combined would have had
such an important influence on the history of the
world as the capture of that little Russian ship 1t
nfayn nf -
change the face of Europe in ten minutes well EN-.
ployed but In pure Innocence he missed the chance
TExAs.-An election took place in Galveston on
the 7th inst at which the license question was sub
mitted to the people. The successful ticket was
that supported by the Kaow Nothings. The Gal.
weston Times says:
Ihe election has resulted in the choice OF large
WaJorry OF the candidates selected and run by the
KNOW Nothing party. The most gratifying result
TO the lover OF good order and good moraIs is that
OF the vote upon the license question We are
proud OF the fact that the law prohibiting the sale Of
splrtuous liquors in less quantities than one quart
weston county.
No license has pretty extensively prevailed
throughout the State. as far as heard from
A singular caseis reported by the Selma Gala
Sentinel An old negro man named Hannibal.
aged lo5 years, belonging to Hugh Ferguson, was
found dead In the woods. 1t is supposed he wa,
murdered by some person with view of getting
the old mans money, of which it was thought he
had considerable amount.
INrERMENrs IN NEW ORLEANs.-The number ol
interments In the different cemeteries of New Or.
leans during the week ending Sunday, the 18th
inst, was 207- Of the deaths 40 were from yellow
lever against 90 the previous week, when the
"nole number of deaths was 2l2
AhKANsAs.- B. Greenwood and Albert Rust.
democrats have been elected to Congress from
Arkansas
ZEN. PARz-The last news from yenexnela,
where tho old and bloody fsuds between the Mono.
gas and psez parties have unfortunately been re.
viyed, stated that Gen. Paez, the Ex. pse.ient W..
daily expected there from New York, to head ,he
revolutionary party. We happen 70 know. ,.,.
the N. Y. Journal Of Commerce, of saturdsv. tb.,
Gen. Paez l. still in this city.
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PEAcHEs.--Ths supply Of peaches In the New
York market 3 extremely scaniy. The receipt.
are about 3 900 baskets per day, against somsshna
like 20 900 last year Babkeis retail st from q 5o
70 13 LAT war tYa anna kind ~ fr.,at .. eaiIs