Butte record., 1855-01-13
MEMOIRS
Of the Car, the Sultan, and the Com
nanders IN the East.

VI bt C-NI tHc 'cuatuH, una t'fc COHt-
manders In the East
THE CZAR.
Nicholas, the prcsen. Emperor Of
Russia, was born in the year 1896. He
is therefore in the 5Sth year of his age.
He is the third son of the Emperor Paul,
whose tragical death by strangulation i
a matter of history. In the early peri
cd Of his life, the prospect cf his ascen-
ding the throne was extremely remote
indeed, highly improbable. Alexander
his eldest brother, occupied the sover-
elgnty, and Constantine wa> the next in
the natural order of succession. As in
the case Of most of the younger branches
of sovereign houses in Europe, a con-
siderable portion of the earlier period of
Nicholas life was spent in travelling
from Court 10 Court. varied by atten-
ton to the duties of military command
in which he distinguished himself by the
Improvements he effected in the efficien-
cy he effected in the Russian army In
1882, Alexander died, not without sus-
picious circumstances attendant upon
his death which were probably strength
ened by the somewhat anomalous fact
that the succession devolved, not upon
Constantine, but Nicholas. The will of
the deceased Emperor was brought for
ward in vindication Of the laws leeiti-
macy !; and then. to the astonishment of
all Europe, further justification of the
act was found in the announcement that
it was done with the consent Of Constan-
tine. The conduct of Constantine was
in harmony with this declaration, for he
himself was first to offer allegiance to
his younger brother 1t was not without
difficulty that Nicholas obtained posses
sion of supreme power A formidable
and widely extended insurrection was
set on foot, which the stern determine
ton of Nicholas speedily put down He
became the Gar, and held the reins of
power with an iron grasp, which still re-
tains in subsection the semi -barbarous
tribes and various races which consti-
tute the population of tae Russian En-
pie.
THE SULTAN OF TURKEY
We next naturally glance at the life
of Abdul Medjid, the Sultan of Turkey.
He was born in Constantinople, on the
9th of April, 1923, and ascended the
throne at the age of sixteen At that
time he was mild and gentle youth,
and Inherited the reforming tendencies
of his father, and the softness of his
Christian mother. He is tall and slen-
der, with black eyebrows, pale face,
thick lips, and is somewhat marked
with the small pox At first his career
was timid and irresolute, but of late
Years he has manifested considerable en-
ergy. His troops are now oficered by
Poles, Hungarians and Italians, and
have thus far exhibited much courage.
Great changes have taken place in Tur-
key during his administration, and the
recent agressions of Russia have not
only aroused the spirit of the nation, but
have stimulated the Sultan to policy at
once chivalric and manly. His reign
promises to prove the most important in
the modern history of the country.
PRINCE MENscHIKoFF
This distinguished Russian, has from
the first, participated in the most con-
spicuous manner, in the trouble between
Russia and Turkey. He was born in
1871, and is the Great grand son of Pc
ter's favorite. In stature he is about
the middle height, his gait naughty, tho
slightly affected by limp, occasioned it
is said be wound which he received in
1928, when engaged against the Turks
at Varna. His features are striking
and well-defred; his forehead high and
broad his eyes are bright and spark
ling his hair close cut. There is
curious anecdote related of the wound
he received at Varna.
It is affirmed that one evening having
given some instructions which he was
desirous Of seeing implicitly obeyed, he
trayersed the whole camp, and as he was
leisurely returning, stopped for time,
and remained with his legs stretched
wide apart while he took a pinch of snuff.
At that moment the loud roar of artil-
lery was heard, and the Prince fell to
the ground. Great was the consterna-
ton in the camp. On being taken up it
was round that cannon ball had passed
between the Princes legs, and wounded