New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-06-20

:. NlohoLAs IN HIS OWN HOUSE Nicholas RIGGS
~ gu early hour and goes soon to The h,,s;nase
VI ''ie 4hy' after taking short walk The mos,
scfuPulous order regns in his study. the vol,
are adorned with pictures Of regimental On,
1umes' The furniture is elegant. but not oye,
rich while there is nowhere to be seen trace
| VI useless ornament. The dinner meal nenolI,
.akes put little time, for it is served onickl y
T ~nile ehe dlshes are comparatively few. TIE
Gzar cuts heartily, but is very moderate in NJ
drink. He neither smokes nor a Nv ~ p'f
the evening he hasftwo or three Guns Of vow
str9ng tea, and spends the interval bet ween thai
NV pea time Of some game. Despite bis repu .
iarlty OF he, which is necessarily much infer.
iuPte" ny receptions, travels, etc, the Gar is
no saVe TO habit. According to those WIN IL u
lia inc pest opportunity of Judging, his relation
% ehe Empress is simple yet noble-an exnres.
sion tnae undoubtedly admits of varied inter
a. 4 ota'ions. women are not without their in
- ~ ms court In 1886 young lieutenant
VI She guard danced polka with Lady Dnshkoff
so much to her entire satisfaction ,bat he wss
soon after installed rs one of the aid de camns
W ehe Izar His friends composed new polka,
which they dedicated TO him under the iron;cai
tlt!e OF the promotion Polka
MUCH has never been said of the exhibition of
parental feeling on the part of NichoIos-at
least ne dld not display it in any lively degree
%hile his children yet remained young. The
uraha Duchess Olga, the Princess Alexandra,
and the Grand Duke Constantine were fro.
quently indicated as his pets, THOUGH inds;na
out~ardly, since they have been grown IN. y
large amount of form and ceremony has accom-
plshea their intercourse. Cuisine in his work
" Russia IN 1889, says: g Nicholas torpets his
majesty only in domestic life, while he is re-
minded that man has his happiness independent
OF state duties. There is, however, degree Of
co4uetry in the domestic life of the Winter
Palace"
Persons well acquainted with the Imperial
iliniiy assert that though Nicholas may love his
chiiuren dearly, yet it cannot be denied that he
assumes towards his sons q serious and cold do
meanor, while his Behavior to his daughters il
GhVairous IN the extreme; but this is q con-
m ,n Which he generally adopts towards ladies.
Inc weak ana slckly Empress he treats with
compassionate affection we can find no better
word When from indisposition she is confined
70 her apartment, he frequently visits there
ana the newspapers, which are always loud in
praise Of his undiminished affection, mentioned
that at the time Of the Imperial stay at Nsfles,
70 !o4i' he used to carry her in his arms up the
staircase to her chambers. During the burning
Of the Winter Palace in 1896, (says Gratcsh,
count Orloh reported to the Emperor that the
hre was about reaching the Imperial private
cabinet or study, and asked him what he desired
to De saved in it, as no time was to be lost
- Only my portfolio,' was the reply :" it con-
tsihs the letters Of the Empress which she wrote
% 0. me during our engagement" AIichelsen's
History.
MR., EVERETT ON SLAVERY The Utica IN, ~
Daily Observer quotes the following extract from
speech delivered by Edward Everett in the
Df mn
Haven Register expresses the hope that the
political clergymen of New England may read
it carefully:
"Sir, am no soldier. Ny habits and educa
ton are very uumilitary; but there Ii no cause
IN which | would sooner buckle It knapsack on
my back, and put a musket on my shoulder,
than that OF putting down servle instruction
at the South. The great relation of seryitude,
in some form or other, with greater or less de.
parture from the theoretic equality Of men, is
inseparable from our nature. Domestic slavery
Is not, IN my judgment, to be set down as an i'm
moral or irreigous relation. No, sir the New
Testament says; Slaves, obey your masters
can not admit that its duties are not presup-
posed and sanctioned by religion know of no
way BY which this form Of servitude can be fixed
but by political institution
JENNY LINDA few days since l called Mt
the Hotei @,lns R,mische,e huiSei to pay my
respects to Jenny Lind Goldschmidt, She has
a decided pehch0atfa for America and Americans
and, moreover, as happened to be we'll a3uaint-
ed with some Of her Boston friends, | was made
double welcome. She informed me of her ex-
pectation TO settle permanently in the United
states, mainly on account of her child, q bright
little hoy She has been giving concerts in
Vienna, in quiet, unassumiug way.
She Sp0Ep nj Rnsf1Y, S,ltLo+l, f,,.
fol luxury. Here the Sabbath is made gala
lay by all classes. Public persons must keep
open rooms as oE other days Of the week, and
the people 60 from the church to the theatre as
if both were dedicated to the Most High.
The Jenny Lind of former days has become
the dignified Madame Gollschmdt of the pres
emf She appears somewhat older, but retains
the trankness and simplicity Ct manners which
have characterized her above all Others. New
! ork Tribune
TIE EhoQrENcE OF NoTIos.--Eyery one has
read of action, action, action Of Demosthenes
md OF what variety # emotions aud passions
Roscius could express by mere gestures, let it
not be supposed, however, that such PROJECTIONS
IF art belong TO the ancients only The follow
ng ancedote of VIM c. Preston is illustrative
IF our remarks:
Some years ago, among thousand others, we
were listening to one Of his splendid harangues
rom the stump. Beside us was one as deaf as
4 post, in breathless attention, catching appar
ently nearly every word that fell from the ora
tors lips. Now the tears Of delight would roll
Town his cheeks and now, in au ungovernahle
extacy, he would shout applause which might
have been mistaken for the noise of a small
At length, Preston launched out one of those
passages of massive defamation which those
who have heard him know him to be so capable
IF uttering. In magnificent splendor it was
what Byron has described the mountain storms
If Jnra Its effect upon the multitude was like
4 whirlwind Our deaf friend could contain
himself no longer; but bawling into our ear, as
t he would blow it open with tempest, Who's
that sppaking3" cried he
"Wm G. Preston replied we, as loud as our
lungs would let us.
"Who3" inquired he still louder than before.
..Wm. G. Preston said We, almost splitting
our throat in the effort
'sWell, WE'LL" returned he, g | don't hear a
larn word he or you are saying; bit, Gieqt
don't he do the motions spien
}ialy!''
EXECUTIONS. IN MASSACHUSETTS Since the
adoption Of the Constitution of the State of Mas
achusetts, in 1850, there have been 81 inaiyid-