Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-05-21

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The Russian General isuyarof--His
pecnliaritfes. ~
The most active and starffiiblsa ot al the
Ifgures OF the Court of ihe Empress Cath,
srine Of Russia, was old Ssyarot. the con. on
qpersr of Bsssara and Poland. This
Eold mad man. whose instinct Tor blood
was that of The tiger. exhibitea il public
and private the manners Of q : babbpon.
No one who saw. his weather beaten and
sbiysrtd figure trPseing the strssts reefs Of S.;
PFetfsrs5bnrg ttfsr;5. hopping on one foot and
gamboliug with. Q Train OF boys at his
FReels. 10 whom be threw apples to make
them scramble andsfght while, he cried
out. ~ am ;Suyarof,", would have imagin,
ed il wasFthe same man, the successful
general. the ferocious despot,. who eons
Quoted in person the massacre OF War.
SsaqSS. twenty thousand Of whose inhsbi;.
tapts ne cut 70 pieces and seated upon
heap Of bodies in the market-place,
granted pardon to, the rest, Since AtGla.
perhaps the world had not witnessed as
barbarous awarr!or; indeed his savage
conduct in the field, his eccentric man
ners and course. Of lie. seemed to indicate
the presence Of insanity, a sketch Of his
mode oflife may not be interesting,
Suvarof rose from the ranks and ad.
yanced step by step TO the commanded
inschief and. whether with the army
or at Court. his life was that OF an ancient
Scythian. On such occasion as he cams
70 St. Petersburg, he refused chambers
in the palace and slept in the carriage in
which he travelled. Every evening at. 6
he retired ta rest. aud rose at g O'clock
every morning. After bath, admins
tered by half a dozen soldiers. armed
with pals OF colo water, he bteakfastsa
and revie we'd his troops. His dinner W as
IN readiness at eight every morning, and
this, like his first, consisted Of 6x Hesh.
brandy and coarse rye bread. All Who
were invited 10 such repast = and Be was
passinnatrly fond Or cohpahy Z trembled
at the prospect 81 such savage fare His
appetite as enormous and often. in the
middle Of an entertainment. one Of his
aids de camp was seen to approach him.
and bid him in an authoritative manner,
manner, moi. to eat any more. "B whose
orders am l forbtdden?" the General
would then demand. ''By order Of Mars
shall aSuvarof himself" was the reply.
Uupon wi, III. the General rising would
say, He must be obeyed !" and in like
manner, he caused himself to be com.
manded in his own name, TO walk. drink.
sleepo perform any other business Of
the day. T. n7f td f'f"'2sitl 9hi
a Sometimes he visited The hospitals ID
the, character of a physician. t"Sich as
seemed extremely i'll he ordered TO swal.
low rhubarb and salts. bat those. who
seemed to be only slightly indisposed he
treated with few dozen 1ashes. He was
known to drive all the sick out
of the hospital. saying. sit is not permit
ted soldiers Of Suvarof to be sick" He
was accustomed to drill his men himself, |
and at the siege Of Ismail was seen
mounted on bare back Cossaek horse.
in his shirt. putting his soldiers through |
their exercise. hpd cutting az them WitB |
his cain in the midst Of the snow, and oI
the shells fred from the Turkish bate. |
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When in camp his soldiers were never,
awakened by the drums beating SeviIet,
but instead. The General marched out or
his tent, and crew three times like cock;
andq this was always the siggal used
whether his.army were to rise. 70 march.
or 60 rush to battle. His hafied to the
French was extreme. aud his s.feeIings 70.
ward the EuFopgan powers generally
we're evinceu BY the dltferent ways in
which he made his soldiers charge with |
the bayonet When he said March
against the Poles!" the soldier plunged |
his bayonet once; "March against the
Russians T. and the soldier struck twice;
hut when he said, a"March against the
execrabIe French !" the soldier made two
thrusGs forward. third on the ground.
and there stuck and turned round his
bayo @ 'a e"ei's ''f2i. ~ -
With all this ferocity, he was extreme.
~ superstitious. He made his officers
pray loud and long before their coppa-
nies; ri and like Csasar,, was fearfnlIy Pune
tiIious as to which foot he placed first on
the carriage step. or first put, in hotioh
when commencing . march. In bis do
mestic relations this barbarian displayed
the same eccentricity as marked every
other phase of his lite. He quarreled with
his wife and son. TO whom be preferred
his pephews, the Princes Gorchak0f, and