The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-03-18
Crimes Of the Imperial Family
OF Russia.

Like Ivan the w., Peter I. murdered his
son by poison and bleeding. Thus Alexis
conspired against his father on account Of his
intended marriage with Catherine, the wife
of Swedish dragoon, the mistress of Marshal
Sheremetef and of Menshikoff; and, indeed
when empress, she continued her scandalous
life. She had love affair with Moens de- la
Croix, and after the death Of Peter, she lived
with Rievenvolden and Sapietra. Anne and
Elizabeth, her two daughters by Peter were
donbly the children Of adultery, as the first
wife Of Peter end the children Of Catherine
were living at the time Of their birth. Peter
accused his first wife, Eudoxie Lapukhin, OF
being connected with Glebof, whom he impal-
ed, and then went himself to the place Of exc
cution to insult him, but Glebof spit in hls
face. Moens de la Croix lost his head on the
block, and Peter led Catherine the day after
to see the corpse of her lover. He also went
to the execution of Miss Hamilton. who had
killed the child which she had by lin, going
for the purpose OF inspiring her with courage
to die. Compelling his favorltes to assist him,
he cut off the heads OF the rebillious Strelitz
Russian Janissaries.) and with the help Of his
German surgeon, dissected their bodies. Or
lof, who displayed great courage when about
to be executed. was the only Strelitz who re-
ceived pardon; he became the founder of the
well known family of that name. The Empress
Anne lived with Biren, the grandson OF a Cur
landish groom, who directed the government.
Elizabeth came 10 the throne, thanks to Les
top. the French surgeon, and had for her low
ers a Vorontzof, a Chevsller d'Eon, Rasou-
mouffsky, to whom she was secretly married,
ard all her pages. She continued the political
lnquisition, and sent to prison Ivan, whom she
had before presented to her people as her sue
cessor. Cathrine II had Silva, a Soltykof,
for her lovers, when her husband was still
living. She became assisted by the Princess
Daskof, a revolutionist, conspirator, in or
der, as she said, '.to have little power, for
rendering the poor people happy" DR.. Kruss
prepared the strong potion for Peter III, but
this not working quick enough, Prince Baria-
tinski, Potemkin, and Orlof strangled the Hol-
stein prince, then Russian Emperor, and the
Princess Of Anhalt (Catherine) became the
Empress of Russia, and the mistress Of Orolf,
Potemkin and others. Two years afterwards
the unhappy ivan II. was assassinated
in the dungeon Of Shlusselburg. Paul the son
Of Catherine and So'tykof, was stranglsd by
Zouboff, Bennington, Orlof and others, his son
Alexander having had a hand in the conspira-
cy. The Grand Duke Constantine killed two
women in Strelna, the one by trying his little
cannon how it would FIRE, the other by deliver
ing her up to his officers and soldiers, in or
der to punish her for her fidelity to her hus-
band! He killed the husband Of another wo-
man in Berlin, and received an order to quit
Prussia. He himself fell sacrifice to the
cholera! Nicholas has many illegitimate chill
dren; bnt adultery is overlooked in Russia, at
least in the Head OF the Church.