The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-04-11
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PORTRAITS OF THE NEW CAR.
TRANSLATED for the Dispatch from the Courier Des
Etau unis
every Journal gives a slight sketch of the new
emperor OF Russia. We hasten to reproduce some
OF these portraitures
PORTRAIT NO. l.
Inc new Emperor of RussIa II A,ex.ra.- IT
.n's uncle having had the title of Alexander r, ana
son OF the late Nicholas l. and of the si.er n tho
htng OF Prussia, Alexander Fwdorowna A,ax.n.
der II was born on the 2sth of April 1919 and !.
therefore nearly 81 years of ago.
According to the custom of great f.m;,,as Ala.
ander ii has been surrounded from is infancy With
nurses OF every nation-Englsh, French, German,
Italian, Spanish It 10 therefore not surprising that
all these different languages are familiar to him.
He is even acquainted with the Russian and speaks
1t with facility.
Nicholas l, having ascended the throne In conse-
quence of the death of Alexander I, and of the abb
dication OF his brother Constantine Alexander. his
son, took the title Of Cesarewch, which is eauiva-
lent to that OF Dsuphin, in France; the Chancel.
'orship OF the Unversity of Finland was then con.
ferred upon him, an employment which he united
at rst with the grade of private soldier In the I'm.
periai Guard then of corporal, of sergeant, of
suo-ieutenant, lieutenant, captain, etc., etc.
II we may trust the records, which we have
every reason to believe correct, Alexander IL has
had the whooping cough and been vaccinated
PORTRAIT NO. II.
Alexander ii, who has just ascended the throne,
must be, Ii our calculations are correct, about 81
years OF age. since be born on the 2sth of APRIL
1918.
His infancy presents nothing very nlarkabls-
He learned to read, WRITE and to count and, at the
sge OF seven years he recited the fable of the
"Grasshopper and the Ant" with correctness
and grace that delighted his parents.
AT eight years of age, lis father thinking II tims
to initiate him in the affairs of the administration
nominated him Chancellor ofths University of Fin
land He acquitted himself of these delicate func..
tons with tact and skill very rare in SO tender al
age Promoted by destiny to a superior rauk
alexander ii will be obliged to resign bis office OF
Chancellor; he will reserve 1t for his young SOL
who isnow engaged In the important work of cut
ting his teeth.
very decided taste for study. He loved better 10
play at top and ball than to study his lessons and
consequently received many a severe reprimand
and sometimes other chastisement from his noble
father
The new Gear Is five feet seven inches In height;
his limbs we'll developed He carries neither curaiss
nor casque, and dresses voluntarily as a Circas-
sian.
PORTRAIT NO. III.
The Emperor Alexander II is married. His wife
Is princess of Hesse Darmstadt
Until the present time there has been nothing to
lead US to suppose that the new master of Russia
had any ferocious instincts. He is a good father
and husband; he loves to dandle his children on
his knee and it is related of him that an ambassa-
dor, entering his house one day, found him on all
fours carrying two babies on his back.
In bis youth, the Cesarewitch was seized with a
malady which gave considerable uneasness to his
family; he was sad, melancholy, disgusted with
everything-he was evidently on the point of ma
king vases. The Gear took then the energetic re-
solution OF sending his son to travel Alexander
traversed the different courts of Germany and he
returned from his excursion completely cured of
his ennui. This may appear strange to some per-
sons but is absurd at this late day to deny the ef
fects of homeopathy.
Alexander ii is a very handsome man; his hair
Is cut short, and his moustache curled. 1t is said
that is too fond OF outlets but 1t appears that that
is a mania In the house of Romanoff de Holstein
Gottorp. He has voice sonorous and harmonious
equally fitted for singing commanding sol.
ders.
The young autocrat smokes, and manifests the
same sympathes his late august father had for the
French vaudeville. 1t Is difficult enough after all
these portraits to form correct idea OF the char
acter of Alexander IL. All that is said of him has
been said OF his father Loving his wife and chill
dren, showing often affable and familiar, patroniz-
ing the vaudeville, all this does not present him
from being an auto crat-from rendering Poland q
desert and peopling Siberia. TAxILE DELoRD.
ChariUari.