Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-04-13
DAILY IIRGINIAN.
Port alta OF the New CzaI

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| Translated for the Dispatch from the Courier
Dcs Etats Unis
Every journal gives slight sketch of the new
| Emperor of Russia. We hasten TO reproduce
some OF these portraiturcs.
PORTRAIT No. l.
The new Emperor of Russia is Alexander II,
! (his uncle having had tho tito of Alexander l)
and is son of the late Nicholas /, and of the sis
ter of tho King of Prussia, Alexander Fwdo-
rowna. Alexander IL was bonn ON the 2oth of
| April, lsls and is therefore nearly 81 years of
! nge.
According TO the custom of great families,
Alexander ii has been surrounded from his in
fancy with nurses of every nation-Engllsh,
French, German, Italian, Spanish it is therefore
not surprising that all these different languages
arc familiar to him lie is oven acquainted with
tho Russian, and speaks il with facility.
Nicholas |, having assembled the throne in con-
sequence of the death of Alexander !, and of tho
abdication of his brother Constantine, Alexander,
his son, took tho title OF Cesarewich, which is
equivalent to that of Dauphin, i'll France the
thnncellorship of the University of Finland was
then conferred upon him. an employment which
he united at first with the grade of private soldier
i'll the Imperial Guard, then of corporal, of ser
gennt, of sub lieutenant, lieutenant, captain,
eto., etc.
II may trust the records, which we have
every reason to believe correct Alexander ii
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PORTRAIT No. II.
Alexander II, who has just nscended the throne,
must be, II our calculations are correct, about
~ years of nge, since ho wus born ON the 2sth of
April, 1918.
His infancy presents nothing very remarkable.
He learned TO rcnd write, and to count and,
at the a,c of seven yenrs he rected the fable of
the 'Grnsshopper and the Ant" with correct
ness and grueo that delighted his parents.
At eight years of age, his father thinking it
time TO initiate hmin the affairs of the admins
tration, nominated him Chancellor of the Unvor-
sity of Finland. lie acquitted himself Of these
delicate functions with tnct aud skill very rare
in tender uge. Promoted by destiny to
superior rank AlcxandcI II will be obliged to re-
sign his office Of ChGnoellor ho will reserve it for
his young son who is now engaged in the mpor
tnnt work of cutting his teeth.
Alexander did not manifest in his infancy any
very decided tnste for study. He loved better to
play at top and bali than to study his lessons aud
consequently received many severe reprimand,
aud sometimes other chastisement from his noble
father.
The new Czar il five feet seven inches in
height; his limbs we'll developed He carries
neither curaiss nor casque and dresses volunta-
rly Clrcassian.
PORTRAIT No. Ill.
The Emperor Alexander II il married His
wife is princess of llesso Darmstadt
Until the present time thore has been nothing
to lead us to suppose tnat the now master of
Russia had any ferocious instincts. He is
good father and husband; he loves 20 dnndlo his
children on his knee, and it is related of him
that an ambassador, entering his house day,
found him on all iours carrying two babies on
his back,
in his youth, the Cosarowtch was seized with
n maady which gave considerable uneasness to
his family he was sad, melancholy, disgusted
with evrrything-he was evidently on the point
of making vases The Car took then the oner-
getic resolution of sending his to travel
Alexander traversed the different courts of Ger
many md he returned from his excursion com
pletely cured Of his ennui. This may appear
strange to some persons, but it is absurd at this
late pay to deny the effects of homeopathy.
Alexander III is very handsome man; his hair
is cut short, and his moustache curled. Ii is
snid that he is too fond of outlets but it appears
that That is mania in the House of Romanoh dc
llolsten Gottorp. lie has n voice sonorous and
harmonious-e equally fitted for singing com
mandng soldiers.
The young autocrat smokes. and manifcss
the same smpathios his late august father had for
tho French vaudeville 1t is difficult enough af-
ter all these portraits to form correct idea of
the character of Alexander II. All that is said
of him has been said of his father. Loving his
wife and children, showing often nffnble and fa
miliar, patronizinE tho vaudeville, all this does
not prevent him from being an autocrat-from
rendering Poland desert and peopling Siberia
TAxILE DELoRD.
Charipnri.