The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1855-05-10
IVAN FEODOROVITCH PASKEIWITCH.

Schilders, who twenty-five years before be-
gan his military career by capturing the
place, now had his thighs carried off by a
cannon.b ball. General Ludsrs had his jaw
struck away. Count Orlolf was killed, and
General GorlchakoH was severely woun-
Ided.
Menchikof, who lately died of his wounds,
has been The prominent actor in the present
Crmean campaign. But some i'll luck, and
a great deal OF envy from other officers
brought him into rather bad odor with the
Czar, ami compelled him to accept a hint
from Nicholas that his hard labor might
render relief from service very desirable
His resigned under the late Emperor, and
Alexander accepted the resignation. Gorts-
chakof has warmer blood and more. genius
and enthusiasm than the old disciplinarians
or military machines ike Paskeiwiich and
suwurrow. NesseiroPe is crafty rather than
noble or brave, and belongs 10 The school of
cold-blooded, German diploma,ists.
1t is striking fact that since the days of
Peter the Great not more than one half the
men who have gained distinction in the
command OF Russian armie $ were Russians
Langeron was a French emigranl; Diebitsch
was of German extraction, born in Slesia !;
Roth German of Alsatia; Paskeiwitsch,
a Lithuanian Ludcrs was Swede of Fin
land; Aurep German Audronikof Bebu-
tof and Orbeliani, who have been success.
full i'll Asia, are Georsians; and Schilders,
one of The bollest and bravest spirits of the
army, was German by extraction and ed.
|ucation.
In Russia there is traditional policy
which stretches outward for empire like the
F." manifest destiny" Of the United States;
and does so as naturally as the sapling
stretches itself into a tree, or the young
STRIPPING his frame into ripe manhood. The
uncle and nauiesake of the present Car was
won, TO call Cons!anlnople "ikr key Of my
Empire" and proposed to Napoleon the
equal partition Of Europe into two great pie
ces. For several generations son of the
reisning family has been call Constantine to
await The call of destiny in the Southern
Empire.
Those who inquired whether The Russian
policy would be changed when Nicholas
died might as we'll ask whether republican.
ism will cease in this country when new
President is inauguraied. There is a spirit
in the American nation which even under a
President of the most conservative party
creed in The republic annexed Texas; and
v hich under either an ultra Democratic or
ultra Federal President will exclude the Brit
sh influence from Cuba and the Western
continent. And it is just such spirit in tho
Russian nation that will exclude British and
French power from Western Europe.
The evils which history records of the
House of RomanofT are the vices of brutality
and Eot of enervstion--such as ripenine
civilization will correct and not aggrevate.
!. Though the first Empress Calha:ine died
pf drunkenness after vefy short reign, and,
the second Csiharine arose from peasants
hut aud public prostitution to be Empress, /,
and TO hire the assassination OF her husband;
the roy al calender Of all courts is full of such
blois. The first Alexander admitted Benz
nigsen, the murderer of his father Paul, TO
commands of great trust and Importance; !;
aud Pahlen, an English adsehlutet who had
Seen q member of the conspiracy; became
the young Czar's chief advisat. Lord Hol-
land also assures US that Alexander /. sent
for and consulted woman Of the Pytenees,
past fifty. years old, who pretended 10 the
giA Of prophecy. History has ils dark page
as well as its brigt one asa lbs, bsas8
grant Russia has been very aggressive,
and what nation with power has not been
soa A century ago England, by the most
upjas,ifabls rapacty through Lord Give and
,Warren Hastings seized, upon empires in
India with not one iol Or title more Of right
than that by which Nicaolas glasped Molda1
via and Wallachia-his, will, True, tae
firs, wrong does not justify The second; but