The North-Carolinian., 1855-04-21
Last WORDS of N'sholas about the United States.
England and France

! Ahc ~. ". Dee ptloiiSheS the following pas
sage from a letter addressed to eminent for
eigner, now i'll that city, by Russian friend,
residing Ill St Petersburg. The Bee says it
may be regarded rs entirely authentic. The
views of the dying Gar, in regard to America
and the future of England and France, will not
fail to arrest the attention of the reader.
ST.. PErERsBuRc, Feb. ls55-Before my let
| ter reaches you, you will probably have re-
ceived intelligence of loss that will spread a
gloomy veil over all Russia; for the death of
such a man is blow that not only strikes his
own country, but resounds from the shores of
the whole world. In my last letter did not
dare openly declare what we were expecting
from day to day, for unwilling to ac-
custom our hearts to an idea which our minds
were incapable of conceivng The last days of
our Gar are whole century in the history of
Russia, and will never be forgotten by those
who witnessed them. Do not imagine that he
Was exasperated with his foes. Quite the con-
trary! lmpartially, like prophet he gazed
upon the present situat ton of the different Eu-
ropean powers, and predicted the future with
the accuracy of one who looks far beyond the
present
England" said he, 'lias reached her culmi-
! mating point either for life death. There is
no middle path for her to pursue. One thing
alone may save her, and that is free confes-
sion, not only by the government, but by the
whole aristocracy made to the people, that
the Grown is unable any longer to maintain its
power, and that the people must rise and unite
together as one man, to save the honor and
preserve the independence of the country a
candid acknowledgement of the truth may even
now save England, if her corrupt arstocracy
can be brought to the stool of confession.
France, on the contrary, maintain herself
only by falsehood and deception. The Empe-
ror may proclaim to his subjects that he gov
erns and influences the affairs of ali Europe, that
not shot be fired without his permission,
and that France is the first power in Europe;
but single shock, speech Of a demagogue,
may overthrow him and darken the star of
Napoleon forever. l have offered him my
hand, the hand of reconciliation, but he has
refused it, He wishes to avenge Moscow upon
me, and St. Helena upon England. Short
sighted man, who seeks to avengc the sins of
the fathers upon their children! AS for Ger
many, Austria and Prussia, they would not
now exist, if / had not saved them, when they
crouched at my feet six years ago; they think
to strengthen themselves in the mighty struggle
between the other nations of Europe. But they
never have been and never will be more than
secondary powers, satraps holding authority
by the clenency of my House, or by permission
of the Western Powers. Yet one consolation
is left to me in the midst of all this ingratitudc
and villainy, and that is the silent sympathy
of that high hearted people on the other side
of the Atlantic, the only hearts in which hear
an echo of my struggles against united Europe.
Never have forgotten the smallest kindness
shown to me by the least of my subjects; let
my children never forget what to
America, and if hour of danger dark
around the Union, let her find a faithful ally
in my family"
These words may be of interest to you, my
friend, because you are now living amongst the
Americans; and / mention them, knowing that
your sympathies have bound you to foreign
land nearly half century. One learns to
recognize his true friends in the hour of danger,
and you may rely upon it, that long
Romanotf sits Russia's throne, the American
States will never need a friend.
The above (says the Bee) is faithful and
almost literal translate from the letter, which
is written i'll German, by one of the mobiles of
Courland, residing in st. Petersburg From
the source whence received it, we have no
hesitation in guarantying its authenticity
Getting Married.
It is curious to some to note how peoples
ideas of preparation, for this species of amusc-
ment vary. Moze and Lie 'take a notion to
each other. Moze buys second hand bcdstead
three wooden chairs, a table, small looking
glass aud light stand; while Lie provides Il
hen feather bed, four sheets and two coverlitls
a table cloth, six towels, little minor
arrangements, with n disposition to make the
best OF everything forth with; two dollars are
adventure on housekeeping; the scene whereof
is three story back room, with seventy nine
chamber attached, where the first baby is born
before either parent is Of age. Mr. Count the
cost on the other hand, never thinking of the
matter until he is thirty, courts Miss Prudence
for fourteen years, perpetually putting off the
'happy day." because he hadn't got quite enough
to buy nine storicd marble front Style
street. and furnish two suites of reception rooms
in ebony and silver, preferring for such acqu-
sition) to wait until both are too old-almost
to be glad the suspense is ended. They get the
big house, have grand wedding, great many
enemies, few friends, and no children. After
two sumptuous funerals, and long lawsuit, the
property is at length equally divided between
the "Timbuctoo Female Moral Reform Associa-
tion," and the lawyers, who contest the will in
behalf of blind cousin, who fights it on the
ground of ''insanty," alleging the long courtship
of the parties as evidence thereof. The cousin
being at length ruined, the ''1imbuctoo' di-
rectors compromise by paying the opposing
| counsels fees and costs, and the marble front,
with all its belongings is converted into cash
Ten years afterward the books of the sexton,
| and the stone in the cemetery, are the only
| records of the existence of Mr. Count-the-cost
and his forgotten bride. Funny world, very
| Worcester Transcript.
| Hon. George Bancroft, the Historian, was in
Salisbury on the evening of the 10th. The
only three-quarters of honr. During that
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