New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-04-02
RUSSIA.
TIE DEATH OF NICHOLAS.

Ti-
with ey,g6e Abcut the 18th OF February has body,
pbysician DR.. MsDdt, begged for petmisso1 u Al
III other physicians The Emperor took tn'' very
lightly ard turned it off with joke, 5u' con'ented
1t al the booy yscisD DIR. Katsl, should be also
cortuited. 1hs Emperor became by degrees wors9
from want OF sleep and increased cough, with
peltiful e1pectoraton that the phys'la0s GA the
22d begged bis Majesty would beep biz rom
The Emperor would not hear word OF on whl5n
one of IL ply sicans said to hin, No meeici Gan
lin the whole srmy would allJw any soldier 80 un'
"we as your Majesty is to leave the hospital, for ne
"wopid be sure that bis patient would soon come IN
"a. Gin wo1se" The Emperor answered, = fol h1vs
"doLe Your duty gentlemen, and thank you, and
"Ioy will co mine :; and on this hs go; i1'o ms
sl.dee in rather cold weather, aud drove to the tx
ercisr house 10 sec of the Infantry OF the
Guard " no we're ebont 10 msrcn into Llthu.nia 10
II as G 10 the comp't nsnt Of the regiments there.
Al Ills il specicn, which was tue last occasion OF
the Emperor being seen N public, be was evidently
very ubwell, coughed violently, expectorated excos-
sively and said os be went away, 80 sm ia pertec,
BATH of perspiIaiioD, although il Wa any thing bat
warn, ia the Exercising bo lee. The Emperor then
drove to PRICE DolsOrouki the Minister Of War,
who YVES ILL., cautioned him not 10 go out too soon,
ard then returned TO the Winter Palace. in the
evening he lreseDt at the praJ ers for the FIRST
we. Of Lent, ssyed some time with the Empress,
but complained of being cold, ard kept his closk on
From that evening the Emperor did not quit hi3
little study. 1t there, on February %, taat he
received his Fu.r Acjutsnt, Colonel Won reten6oIn
dis tCbed hin q ScyhetopOl; WDl
on The tofa and covered with ais cloik. After that
his Msiety ranstere ed all business ao the hands vi
tue GIaI d Duke Alexander
TIE DAYS from February oath TO the 9th, passed
over wi hou. ones leaning anything further on In
qury Il al that The Emperor does not leave his bed
o. BIO IL some~hat eveFlsh the cough is getting less
and !. so hard" Mc.
DuriIg the whole time he was i'll the Emperor lay
only os biz camp bed, i.e., on casing of Rissit
leather filled with hay, bolster OF the same kind,
ara with blanket and his cloak over him.
lrua hat ia at fe VIA loolrQ l
OIL a. decic e6ly serious. Ga that nj hit he became
rapidly worse The physicians spprebendeda psray-
els Of the lBugs. On the evening OF March they
De- Laired CT bis recovery.
Tie Empress and the Crown Prince begged him. AZ
the requet Of the ply scisDs to take the sacrament
1t was not till then that the Emperor 10 have
recognized the real danger OF his s'ate but hardly
any ehock is stated To have been noticeable 10 hn.
In the night from the lst to the I'd instant, DIR.
Mandt communicated to the Emperor that he was
dangerously H. and that more particularly his lungs
apprele nsion. The Emperor answered very calmly:
And go you think that am liable to paralysis of
" the luDgs~ To which DR.. Mandt answered;
" Such result is very possible"
On this the Emperor very calmly and collecedly
took The sacrament took leave of the Empress, their
children aid grandchildren, kissed esch and blessed
each one, with 6rm voice, and then retained only
tie Empress and the Crown Prince with him.
This was about o clock in the morning.
TIE Emperor said subsequently, to the Empress,
"Do go Low and take little rect, beg of you She
answered, LET me remsin with you l would |
mcould depart with you, il it were only possible
To this the Emperor replied, ono; you must remain
" here on earth Take care Of your health, 80 that
"you may be the center Of the whole family. Go
now will send for you when the moment ap-
pgoacbes." The Empress could not do other wise
then ob'y this distinct expression OF the Enperors
will, and left the bon.
Tie Emperor then sent for Graf Orloff Graf Adler.
berg, and PrUce Doll orouki T. snked them for their
city, ard bace them farewell Subsequently, the
q "a imo iaf.I
sem H. Thanked them for their services blessed them
aud took leave OF them: which occasion he is aid
to bave been himself very much effected LAST of
al the Kamu erfrsu Won Robrbeck was sent for The
Emperor thanked her for the fidelity she had al ~ays
shown the Empress. for tue with which she had
slws,s fenced her in sickness begged her never 10
quit The Empress, ard ended with +" And remember
. NE kindly at Peterboff that I'm 20 fond Of" The
Emperor pressed DR.. Karells hand and said to him.
j Is no fault of yours"
Vile the Emperor father confessor was speakin,
vi bim be took the EDpress's hand and put il into
he priests, as lie would confde the Empress to the
After this. the Enpsr lost his speech for while,
dnrpg which time he engaged in PRAYER. and
crossed lnsef repeatedly. He subsequently, regsined
BE voice, and spoke from time 10 time 10 to dis de-
cease, which took place without a struggle in the
prtstnee OF the whole family, March 2, at 10 minutes
pet moon.
Almost the last arcnlsts words that the Emperor
spoke, were. Dles Fritz (Kiog of PRUSSIA de
q - -: J"'o &c "i'ue pouT "a hussle et de ne pss
:, oublier les paroles de papa the late King of
Prussia -
AZ fIst the face OF the corpse was very much sunk
ano islen M bat in the evening the fine feature,
nAd etcone more imposing than ever from their re-
pose and regularity.
Up 10 tie presert time the Empress hiss borne tbi,
lIeIreeied ard fearful blow with Eouderfl strength
.,ftrdsy evening che passed hour entirely aons
With the corpse.
The Journal 9ss Debdts publishes some details of
be lsst moments Of the Emperor, which whether
iue OF false, are Interesting:
he lee, words Gays III Dsbd,sl which the En-.
eres Nicholas addressed ~ the Empress we're mes