Butte record., 1855-10-13

suggested by the doctors; let US now
make an experiment with this"
"Wiih all my heart,'' sid the empe-
ror, and called in the physician
Il am then SO i'll" he said.
:" Yes, SIRE" replied Wylie, with
tears. "You would not follow my pres.
criptions, and now must tell you-not
as your physician but as an honorable
and christian man-lhere is not mo-
ment to lose"
The emperor press his hands, which
he held long time in bis, and sank into
deep thought. Wylie was row asked if
the confession might be delayed til the
morning, ard to this he agreed. At
eleven o'clock the emperor besought his
wife TO 90 and take some rest.
Between four and FIVE of the morning
of the twenty-seventh, the emperor was
much worse, and the empress was sum
moned. The eonfessor came.
Il must now be loft alone" said Al
exander. And when he had finished his
confession the empress returned and
j,incd in the communion. She then.
throwing herself on her knees along with
the coniessor, ,besought him to let leechos
be applied He promised his consent,
and turning to the empress said "Never
did | find myself more perfectly at peace,
and for his l am eternally Indebted to
YOU Thirty leeches were applied, but
took more than two hours 10 bite, and
drew little blood
The night of the twenty-eighth was
very restless, and the emperor greatly
exhausted. He took a spoonful of lem>
onade, and in spite of all applications
was i'll the whole day On the twenty
ninth a blister was applied to his back
At ten clock he came to himself again,
spoke a Little, and recognized everybody.
lie wished to drink, and said to Vol
kousky, "Edrean, nisire' On which
the other replied "Tino: Nonackambe." :"
But Volkousky saw that he hal no
strength to take the gargle, and he,was
now in the greatest danger.
On the thirteenth he seemed tolerably
strong, but the fever increased, and the
danger grew more Threatening all day.
Every time he opened his eyes, he looked
to the empress, tnok her hands, kissed
them, and pressed them TO bis heart
Volkonsky approached 10 kiss his hand,
but he did not seem pleased, as he never
liked kissing of hands He lost CON
sciousneSs at twenty minutes to twelve
and never recovered it.
On the first of December he breathed
his last, at ten mirrtes to eleven in the
morning. The empress c'oscd his eyes.
The priest to whom he confessed is
called Alexis, and is arch priest of the
high church at Taganrog. The Arch
bishop Of Ecatherinoslatf read the pray
ers when the emperor was laid out
The corpse of the emperor / " nine days
in his cabinet, while it was embamled.
During this time the empress resided in
the TO n. The body was, however, not
so well embalmcd as could be wished
1t was necessary TO dip it constantly in
ice, and to moisten the face with an acid
by which his features became dark and
unrccognizable In the head some wrong
placed membranes were found, at the
exact spot which he used to touch when
he was in pain. The emperor had suf-
fered greatly in his last moments he
breath fast, and with difficulty. He
died in his cabinet, on diyan. The
persons in the next room heard his
struggles. During his illness, he often
lay in the little room at the front Of hi,
cabinet. a moment was seized, while
the empress was out Of the chamber, to
the last sacraments.