Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-05-15

| them from my very soul; but the treaty OF Paris
/ has obtained the object which 1t was his ambi-
! ton to obtain and prefer this means to war.
Many Ofyou, am aware. regret that should
hare so readily accepted the propositions made
to me. II was my duty as \ man and as the
head of a great empire either to reject or accept
them frankly. ] have honUTably aud couscien-
tiously fulfilled that duty. Lam sure that allow
ances viii he made for the difficult position In
which was placed, and that shortly every de-
voted friend of Russia viii render justice to my
vieWs and intentions for the welfare of the coun-
try.
Surprising the fate of arms should have re-
manned constantly favorable to US, as it has been
IN Asia, the empire would have exhausted its
resources in keeping up large armies on differ
ent points, the soldiers OF which would, in
great measure, be taken away from agriculture
snd labor In the government of Moscow itself,
many manufactures have been compelled to
close. ! prefer the real prosperity of the arts
of peace to the vain glory of combats.ss
have thrown open the ports of Russia to the
commerce of the world, the frontiers to the FREQ
circulation of foreign produce. wish hence
forth that the greatest facility shall be afforded
in this market for the exchange Of wares of eve
~ origin, for that OF the raw materials and man
ufacturcs of our soils Various projects will
shortly be communicated to you, the object of
which viii be to give an impulse to home indus
try, and in which trust every nobleman will
take share.
In pursuance of these promises of reform,
the Ministers of the Interior and Of Finance Of
Russia, have received formal orders from the
Car, to do away with all distractions in the
way of commerce. The frontier traffic is alrea-
dy Open and vessels are arriving at all the ports.
The export of precious metals is alone still sus-
pcaded, and this is explained by the scarcity OF
gold and silver in the public treasury.
The scmi-Official Dresden journal confirms the
retirementof Count NesSelrode from the Russinn
Foreign Office. He is succeeded there by Prince
Gortschakoff, recently Russian en5asSador at
Vienna.
The venerable Chancellor of the Russian en-
pire, who has served in diplomacy under four
successive Cars, beginning with PAUL |, has re-
Sgned. He retires with the highest hOnoTs a
colossal fortune and the title of ArchC hanccl-
lor. Count Ncsselrodeis ofGerman family: he
| is seventy-six years old; he was born in the bay
of Lisbon on board ship; his mother WIZ of n
Jewish family; he was christencd Protestant
on board an English man-of-war In carly life
he entered the army; in 1902 he was attached to
the Russian embassy at Stultgcmd, whence he
went as charge to the Hague, and next in the
same capacity, to Paris. Count Nesselrode car
| ly gained, and always retained, the confidence
of his soyereigHs. lie was thoroughly Russian,
but employed Germans mostly in his Office
This distinguished man framed the Russian-Na-
poleonic treaties; he accompanied Alexander TO
Aix-la-C hapelle, Troppan, Laylack, and Vienna;
he held leading position at the Congress of
Vienna. Although he was the highest civil
| dignitary in the empire, Count NesselrOde never
meddled with the domestic policy Of Russia.