The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1856-03-26

: cInducted to another throne, to III
e right of her imperial consort. The res
e OF the proce .sion were distributed in ap
!, propriate places throughout the edi6ce
The latter was crowded to excess by
: derout and curious multitude. Promi
e neut were the clergy, urraycd in thei
: most splendid robes. Officers in gilt
0 teripg uniforms were everywhere to b
: seen and fair women, decked in thci
! most bewitching smiles aud elegant toi
lets, added their facination to the scene
E The throne on which Nicholas Pat wa,
called the throne Of diamonds, bcinl
literally studded with precious stones
The throne of the Emperor Alexan
der was oegold, inlaid withrnbies, pearls
and turquoises. ; sQ.r a1sss.
/ The solemn service at length began
and seraphic music swelled through the
lofty domes of the cathedral, chanting
the sublime liturgy of the Greek church.
The chaunting being ended, Serspbinl
advanced toward the throne of the EN-.
peror, and said Z" Most pious and great
\ Lord, our Emperor and Autocrat of all
the Russiasl Since, BY the will of God,
and by virtue of your commapd, you are
now to be anoinf ed with the holy oil, and
you are here to be crowned, does it
please you to make profession of the
Catholic Orthodox Faith?'' The Empe.
ror assented, and Seraphim then repeat.
ed the Apostles Greed, followed by
. him. e''s5
The imperial ornaments were then
brought Nicholas received them from
the Archbishop of Moscow, repeating
In the Dame of the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Ghost" He placed the
crown on the Emperor's head--vested
him with purple mantle-placed the
sceptre in his right hand, aud the globe
III his left. Various religious services
then followed, of great solcmnity and
magnifcence. Seraphim approached the
Emperor, and said: Thou art crown
ed of God; thou whom he has favored
with his gifts ard adorr.ed with his
grace, most potent Autoerat Of all the
Russias; receive the symbols of rpreme
power, which the most high has given
sbee, to govern thy people, and secure
to them every desirable felicity" The
empress was then arrayed in the impe.
rial purple, a smaller was laced
upon her head, by the Emperor, and on
her neck Eas placed the collar of ST.
The religious services were then re-
|newed. The Metropolitan of Norogo-
rod preached a Sermon. The solemn
and sublime melody of the Greek ser
vice, executed only by human voices,
followed the discourse. The Archiman-
Hdrid Seraphiin then bestowed his bene-
.diction on the sovereigns and on the
people; and the various dignitaries. civil,
military and ecclesiastical, began to ap-
proach the throne of the Gar successive
Is, to tender to him their profound aud
respectful homage When the Empress
mother approached her SOD, to offer her
congratulations. be advanced and sup
ported her in his arms, for her emotions
had overcome her, aud she would have
fallen to the ground. The scene was
one in the highest degree impressive and
affecting. g--
All the orders of the State and the
Foreign Ambassadors, having in turn
offered their homage to the Gear, the
Archimandrid again blessed the vast as
semblage; and while the sublime strains
of the Gloria i,r E.rceLsis were reverber-
ating through the temple, the Emperor
and attendants arose and returned back,
in the same order in which they had en-
tered the church, to the New Palace of
the Gar
That night Moscow was brilliantly H.
Illuminated. The white walls of the
Krcmlin we-e adorned with stars and
luminous festoous, which also decked even
the spires of the cathedral up to their
tapering SUBMITS. The baBqueting
rooms of the Kremlin were filed with
guests. The whole city gave itself up
to festivity aud joy. For fifteen days
after the coronation, these festivities,
balls and parades continued. Nicholas
published manifesto, in which he pro-
claimed his son Alexander, the present
Gar, his successor He conferred or
ders and digDitieR on his most deserving
subjects. He extended pardons to many
who were imprisoned, and he gave the
surest presage cf prosperous and for
tunate reign, which the uncertainty of
all human affairs can be supposed to al
low, in the universal joy and congratu-
latious of his subjects, and in the con-
tentment with which they ackno oSledged
the supremacy of the power thus estab-
lished over them.
e. A colored servant sweeping out
hotel boarder's room, found sixpence
which be carried to its owner.
You may keep it for your honesty" ,"
said be. --1t-,
.