Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-04-04
THE LATE FOREIGN NEWS.

We present the following details of the At
lantic's advices, which we extract from our
Northern exchanges.
Vienna Letter to Constitutional March 81
The APPOINTMENTS OF ALEXANDER
pence has been forwarded from Berlin tha'
Prince Menschikoff is recalled 10 st. Petersburg
from the command he has held IN the Crmea
since the commencement OF hostliltles, ana lhat
he will be succeeded in that position by Prince
Gorlscakuff who commanded the Russian Tor
ces last year in the Principaiities 1t IS also
stated that General Rudiger has been summoned
from the high position he held IN the army IN
Poland to take the direction of the ministry OF
war, in place of Prince DolgoroukI; and It is
surmised that General Bibikoff, the Home Min.
lister of the Empire, will be removed. If this
statement be confirmed, we may now very pro-
badly take leave of Prince Menschikoff, whose
name has been and will ever remain so untor-
tunatelv mixed up with these transactions.
The appointment of Count Rudiger to high
or position in the government is creditable to
the iudpment of the new Emperor. This otil-
GER was the same who entered into negotiations
with Georgey in lS49. to bring to termination
the Hungarian campaign, and who afterwards
eudeavored to check the reactonary measures
taken AGAINST the Magyars. He is a man of
.xperience and moderation, whose influence is
likely to be decidedly opposed to thai OF the
tanatical Russian party, which has attempted 10
give TO this war the character Of a national cru
SADIE. If it be the resolution of the new En-
peror to persevere in the negotiations which are
about to open at Vienna, and to make the neces-
sary concessions for the restoration of peace, he
will need the authority of wise and firm coun-
sellors 10 render that peace acceptable, and even
endurable 10 ihe Russian nation.
THE Policy OF THE NEW EMPEROR.
On Friday afternoon, few hours after the
death of his father, the Czarowiich proclaimed
his assumption of the throne under the name OF
Alexander II Nicoaiewitch, and received the
homage OF the dgntaries OF the realm. The
whole garrison was TO perform the same cere-
mony on the Sd. On the I'd, Count Panln, the
Minister of Justice, put seals upon the private
cabinet of the late Emperor in the presence OF
the heir. The Empress, though much affected
by the death Of her husband, is said to have
been better than might have been expected after
the shock she had received.
No authentic intelligence has yet been recelv-
I'd from St. Petersburg as to the state of pub.
lie feeling. 1t was rumored on Wednesday that
despatclcs had been received in Paris, which
described the Russian capital as in Il state Of
great excitement. The MOBILES had met secretly
with view of addressing the Emperor on the
subject of armiDg the serfs. They ,;' proposed d
pointing out to Alexander the ruin which would
.crompany such step, and the internal dangers
that might follow. 1t was expected that st.
Petersburg would be placed in State of siege.
The war party had already begun to threaten.
The Emperor was reported to have declared his
o., follo,v ont tho DocV laid down by
Nicholas at the Congress Of Vienna. Prince
Cor,schakoff s instructions had been confirmed.
Genc,al Paskiewilch WAS opposed to the arming
of serfs and had addressed The Emperor on the
subject.
The reignng Empress of Russia, Maria Alex;
androwna, gher of the deceased Grand
Duke Lewis ! /, of Hesse-Darmstadt, and born
in 1924, is said TO be woman of strong sense
and character, of aimable qualities, and posses
sing much influence over her consort They
have FIVE children-four sons and one daughter.
The present Czarowiich and eldest son, Nicho.
las Alcxandrowitch, was born in lS43.