New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-02-28

h,rd thourh unfortun aely with little dsernment in'
minute details Of military costume parsdes and reviews 40
serb much more Of his time than the weehiy affairs snc
material necessities Of the Empire Upon the former IL
besows hour, moments only he devctes to the calls Oh r
du, and 10 topics which might bring him real glory Th'
longer one dxes upon his character the more evident
how strangely mistaken eourse can mislead the hner
qualities He gave sppsng prof Of his rare eners!
Of character in Circumstance which occurred at 81 Peters
burg during the Polish War Of 1891.
While tie cholera raging there Al thof time tae
lower classes in way took il into their heads MAJ INC
epidemic was generated by po,on thrown sis the wells by
Poles Tie rumor attained wide eredener, and the peas
ants 10 the number Of 10000 rose, and Wild with
rage psaded the streets assassnang every oregnerhey
met They assembled finally in the Place Sennals, and
with fehtul cries Of fury and drunkenness menAeed the
Cspts with REBELLION Ihs 20 much the more TO be
dreaded as at the nom 1t there troops at hand
While the riot was 4, s highest pitch and the excite nent
nostdsngerous the Emperor approaching sc ON
corp.nied by single Adle Camp and followed by hardly
/ a hundred Cossscks lie moved slowly and steadily
through the ucensd mob 10 the very center OF the nszr
recion ard there loospg stesdssty around with un.
dsuned gaze he cre4 in tones Of thunder Down upon
your knees Upon your knees ask pardon from yolr God
you must expect lone from me I"
The imHerse p ege which surrounded Nicholas al that
tine combined with such an exhibition Of daring and
tEe, ogetEF WIN tft tHttt OF the mshf ad rVnvi'us
vsce struck the insurgents with such awe that they With
one accord knelt down and offered resistance while
few OF the Cossscks seized and bound many of their
btr loaded them Ike many animals into boats by which
they we're rsnsIo r,d knows where The rest de
persed IN terror and the elton qucled if by
chLriment
Did the Sovereign in this Of draw any
instructive lesson from that scene Did he learn that
MISSES may be governed by neral power as well by
brute force Not at all On the contrary he drew the
conclus that they must Always be ruled by terror and
tho idea remained strange tohs mind before, shst
his people t in It's il fan y and the chasernent of
tie rod therefore sometimes necessary his imperative
duty father to make that childhood happy posi-
Tie He has pen this mighty Energy OF character in the
ercsl slows never employing aga INST monsrcus abuses
in giving moral AID economical tendency 10 his ad
miniirson He has rather played with bis power thsa
labOod with for the accomplishment OF grand and bened
ends Thus history shall SPEAK Of him great
or comedian who nigh have been great bat for the
went Of a true understanding of the idea of good
Yet bis conduct the occasion referred the finest act of
his life whom from his point OF view aroused the
,nthuss, of s who beheld it, my own, who feel
rather reluctant 10 confess enthusiasm upon such subject
must Gdmit thar was struck with admiration, comics
son make the willingly il may to attest my
imrsuy when act The part OF the Slave in the train OF
the triumphant Caesar crying Cesar thou art but man
The desire Of accuracy in my sketches fees to oE
the above anec3oe with Of opposite chsracter-k
roreTS % Ia m64diHe
On one occson tbs Emperors owns and the contracted
muscles Of his face announced an approaching outbreak
No cloud Of sedon had risen above the political horizon
10 si public tunu appeared and Prince DOlgorOwsky
descended rem The pncey house which founded the City
CT Moscow who with him, anXousy awaited the thun
derbeli Of tie Imperial ire. "Whs; is that cried the
A. u tbo
end ui,d TO spot upon The table cl0ch The Prince
rnsn1 slent and respeo fully retiring the Emperor
Int, touched by the respectful submission Of the courer
s ,rnerly by that of the peasants kicked the Grand
Eerlo of the Court the most important parsonage Of his
suite and one OF the first dgnitsries Of the Umpire.
His private life is as full of contradictions bis public
the natural consequence Of utter want Of any solid basis
founded upon sound neral principle He is an afeconats
father vet tyrsnnzes over his children, who fear and shun
him He is good husband, yet keeps mattresses and ex
hbts them to his Court defyng any one to attempt to
oppose his Onces At time he is kind and humane at
another harsh cruel and nfexble the ft takes him
he never excuses the shtes difference of opinion ye!
full Of forbeanee for thcse guilty Of vice and crime and
for every kind Of corrupt baseness lie will forgive the
highest degree Of moral turpude in his fayOres yet pun
i.b the sma.t contradiction Of his preconceiyed notions
with impscsbe severity Domestic affection, friendship
love Of Country fidelity to religious or political principle
are Ill so many crimes in bis eyes when at variance with
his IDEAS or when they become proofs Of independence OF
character in those who cherish them How possible TO
Govern n couuunity whatever its nature from which all
seed of vror and greatness crushed and the only
means employed are such tend to corrupt and destroy
IT. Yet this idea is the key to the system Of Nicho
las This system viii yet work out the punishment OF his
prde-a fact to be regretted for this man had every adyan
FAC. uecessay to have enabled him to pursue opposite
course Fate placed him upon hight too lofty Tor him
the principle Of despoc authority has had it, day he could
only raise il again by evil meanS and these in the end
must work out his destruction.
Many Occurrences in his private life arise in my memory
which illustrate the contradictions of which have been
speaking.
tenee of political offender notwithstanding the earnest en-
ese. Of III. Empress and the bitter tears of distracted
mother .pd about the same time myself heard him utter
in behalf Of favorie words too memorable net to be re-
corded here.
Gen Bbhof now Minister Of the Interior then Governor
G.n., Of three provinces bad the head Of the Court
Of Cb,pcery & man who VIGOROUSLY punderet, without
me,cy the inhabitants of these three provinces but who
paid for his privileged robbery in the charms OF bis wife
who became the Generals svowed mistress with the full
copsept of the conpacent husband When this shameful
rsp,acon reached the ears Of the Emperor he expressed
the deem interest be felt in the condition Of more than
1000 coo of bis subjects in the remark Let him alone
adding in ,uson 10 the intimacy between the General and
the ChspeeIors wife We mus; overlook something for
"our friend"
Thu. a. may be imagined, corruption goes on spaee
without let or hrdranee The following proof OF this feel
sure will hardly be credited By my readers as having &C
cuned in one Of the 30 called civilized Courts Of Europe
The Empress wshing to present come mark OF esteem to