Washington sentinel. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1855, 1854-02-17

People will remember that Nicholas, when
at varna, prudently kept his steamer out of
the reach OF the Turkish guns, Marshal Die
Ditcn undertook the command, on condition
that neither the car nor his brother should
remain IN Turkey. Since then Nicholas has
yielded to the conviction that he is not able to
conduct a war, and so he has contented him.
self with commanding at reviews, and this he
does with delight and fanaticism He identi
fies himself with such manguyres so WE'LL that
he takes them for actual engagements. He
takes off his helmet once, and cries out "Boys,
God for US; into the frer Another time he
gives his aids-de-camp an order to carry, and,
forgetting that there was no danger, he says:
Slight your way through Care not for your
family; / will provide for them.n Obliged to
surrender st. Petersburg, he puts this clause
in the capitulation, that "the winter palace
and the imperial family shall be preserved; if
not, heswill fight to the last drop OF his blood!"
He is never victorious, but always beaten.
Last year he was surrounded by General
Rudiger, and division marched to cut eff
from him the last hamlet for his retreat. An
aid-de-camp, and afterwards the minister Of
war himself, came to the commander of this
division, to persuade him not to perform this
maneuvre; but he says, in reply, that he must
obey his immediate chief. Then they address
the same prayer to General Rudiger. 81
should like to save his majesty answered the
old warrior; but how is it to be managed?
Now, my weakest point is here; let the empe-
ror attack it; let him kill my artillerymen, and
break through, will do nothing to prevent it,"
1t happened as ne advised, and the car, full
OF joy, said: " Are not my rihemen splendid
idea?" In every, company, namely, eleven,
carbneers have been appointed, whose rifles
reach to the distance of 1000 PAGES, in imita-
ton of the Austrian infantry.
AT night he gives orders that the alarm shall
not be sounded before o'clock in the morning,
yet to send him reports every hour. He wraps
himself up in his cloak and slumbers. The
general who has to send the report has them
all in readiness and goes to bed, ordering pa
per to be taken every hour from his table and
carried to the emperor.
Once the car killed great many horses in
searching for the enemy, whom he could not
meet with. He calls the commander Of the de-
tachment, and says to him "Why did not see
you? Were you afraid ~ 81 have neither cav
airy nor artillery. must keep in the forest"
answered the general. The car arrested him;
and the general who succeeded him, in order to
avoid the same fate, drove the division before
the eyes of the car, suffered himself to be
beaten, but escaped the anger Of his majesty.
Anu SUCH an emperor Is 70 conquer the Woriu.
One evening, in the empress's drawingroonn,
Nicholas opened her album. and stood looking
at drawing, lost in thought. His wife ven
tured to inquire the subject of his thoughts.
The subject Of the drawing was "Godefroy de
Bouillon at Jerusalem" 81 ike such an en-
terprise," said the car; Il understand the ma
ture Of SO great a design. Yes, TO go to war
for the sake of an idea, to fire the nations of
the world with enthusiastic ardor for it; that
would please me-" Everybody understood that
the idea of the car was absolutism; but we
hope that Europe will not become Cossack so
soon.-An Eye-Ditpess.