The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-07

Of pleasure and political combinations which, though they
may tend momenary the enhancement OF his rn1ence,
can have no lasting upon the welfare or the country
which Providence has entrusted 10 his care.
The Emperor renrned 70 Peserhof on saturday, via
Berlin and set,n and Tuesday afternoon the En-
Mother arrived after an absence o. ner onth,
Cecile Of Baden The wedding viii tske place about the
end Of this month, aud be attended W great reiocngs
Tor Germany in qres, OF bis ~Ife Who /. st taking the
waters oil Klssengen. Curing the interval considerable
alterations expected 10 the higher Offices Of stat
raj OF which 10 be resigned by their present ncum
transferred 70 younger and efficient hands.
The late Emperor Nicholas the improvisation OF con
servsusm; be bad an lnsurmountaoe aversion 70 any
thing IKE "roaiion" In Office and when he had once
se ced his ministers and generals nothing could induce
BIN 70 charge them WIN very kw Exceptions .hey re
relapsed uo second childhood In consequence Of this
system toward the latter end Of bic long reign the mos
,ep'ussensrian. who may have been eciept enough s
their your ger days, bu. ~ho besides being welded 10
EXPLODED motors o. routine were inospscia,ed oy age
Of the moot critical epochs OF Russian history. Old
Nesserode continued 'pdcrs mnssy protocols that might
have done very vel 81 he time 81 The Congress Of Vienna,
but we're laughed Al by the present race Of dpomsi.s
the veteran Paskevch was dragged from bis easy chair
" lead army 90 The Danube; Koismcnei reposed on
The lsureb 81 bis Moscow railroad, which he bad taken
something like twepy years 10 faIsh and Admiral hens
chkcn pooh poohed the idea OF introducing the scres
hs remarkable fat that nj tie death Of Nicholas the
ton hat defended the frontiers Of the empire from
The Gulf OF Bothna 10 tho every or hem
COMMANDED BY en ranging from sxty TO eighty years OF
The generals OF ovisiou we're not younger
they had almost all served IN the great OF 1884, and w
traditions were reigiousy adhered 10, though toaiy
inappicsbe 70 The present state Of thlngs Usder
these circumstances, II 10 not much 10 be
wondered nj that they eventually broke down,
OF nMhe break down did not take place aud ~s
not much more disastrous Alexander H. has made seve
raj changes already, particularly 10 The civil sdmnisrs
ton Sone OF the official Moihusaahs are dead, Others
have been laid the shell But m regards the army,
there are no signs OF thorough reform that system Of
seniority vhch prevents from rising 10 high com
msnd MI arc aud inGrmy have quencbsd their nrdor and
dedeued their spirit n enterprise with the exception
OF Prince Baratnsky Governor General OF the Eaucsvus
whose rspd prefcrmen partly owing " the favor OF the
late and the present Emperor and partly 20 brilliant
fesu Of arms per ormed By him nst sgans the mountain
uibcs and Afterwards against the Turks the seutusgena
ran element All prcdomnates In the military hierarchy
OF Russia PfiDce Gorlschakon, Commander in Cbof OF
The Polish army Gen Berg, ditto In Finland General Plsou
Tin, Commander OF the Guards no, are all OF them
elderly gentle men, who have seen a least fny years
OF service. In the Inferior grades a good many
veterans have been pensioned OF, bul IN The higher
ones, where, possible, this mes.ure 10 ul more
necevary, II has not been applied Prince Vas
stobkog, tho brave defender OF SebsstopOi, has
long Designated by the public voice for the post
Of Minister Of Wa but he barely thirty sI and s only
. major general, and II Ia q good question therefore,
whether Will be thought advisable dspsce old General
Soukhoz0neu 10 make room for Youthful q
Count Perovsky, late Governor OF Oronburg and General
Nonrovien he oonqueror Of Rsrs named for the
post They are both men Of undeniabls ability bui worn out