Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-06-18

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his imperial relations, bat of herself Her hnS.
| band is described as an ugly, feeble minded man
OF british and puerllc tastes, without affection
for her, and only bound to her by Il respect for
her superior and masculine intellect. But we
leave the TRANSLATOR, NJ. Herzen, to sum up her
character and the depraving education by which
| it was formed:
THE TRAINING OF CATHERINE.
"And now, after all that has been said, let
the reader picture TO himself what must have
been the nature of the medium into which dcS-
tiny had cast this young girl, gifted, rs she
was, rot only with great talent, but also with
a character plant, though full orpride and pas
sion.
"IIer position at ST. Petersburg was horrible
On one side was her mother, peevish, scolding,
greedy, niggardly, pcdantc German, boxing
her cars and taking away her new dresses to
appropriate them to her use; on the other
the Empress Elizabeth, coarse and grumbling
| veragO, never quite sober, jealous, cnviouS,
causing every step of the young Princess to be
| watched, every word reported, taking offence
at everything, and all this after having given
her for 81 husband the most ridiculous Benedict
of the age
ga prisoner in the palace, she could do moth.
ing without permission If she wcpt for the
death of her father, the Empress sent her word
that she had grieved enough. 'rhat her fathcr
was not king, that she should mourn him no
longer than week If she evincetH frien6-
ship for any Of her maids Of honor, she might
be sure the lady would be dismissed. IL she
became attached to a faithful servant, still more
certain was it that that servant would be turned
away.
"licr relations with the Grand Duke were
mOnStrOns, degrading. He made her the cOmii-
dent of his atnorous intrigmcs Drunk from the
age OF ten, he came one night in liquor to ell
ertain his wife with description OF the graccS
and charms of the daughter of Bircn, and as
Catharinc pretended to be asleep, he gave her
punch with his list to awaken her. This BOBBY
Kept Il kennel of dogs, which infested the air,
at the side of his wite'S he'd chamber aud hung
rats in his own, to punish them according to the
rules Of martial law.
''Nor is this all. After having wounded and
outraged nearly every feeling of this young
SySsIttiHatfcaHSS" ttf TSe1, IN vGSiersvehnr
breach of order her havirg no children. Mad
anne Tchoglokof speaks to her on the subject
insinuating that, fer the g0oI Of the state she
ought to sacrifice her ScrupIcS, and concludes
Iy proposing tn her choice between Sostkoit
plicity aud takes both-nay, PomiatowSky into
the bargain, and thus was commenced Il career
of RIGHTEOUSNESS in which she never halted uu-
ring the space Of forty years.
ILLEGrrIMACY OF THE PRESENT RUSSIAN DYNASTY.
"What renders the present publication OF
serious consequence to the imperial house ol
Russia is that it proves not only thatthi house
does not belong to the family of Romanh"tt, but
that it does not even belong that of Ho'stein
Got,orp. The avowaI of Catherine on this
point is very cNplirit-'Ae ftther Of the Emperor
Paul is iScryius ISOLtih!t."
It was in consequence of the rudeness ard
neglect of her husband, and the annoying es-
pionage of her guardians, NJ and Madame
Tchoglolotf, that she first yielded to the aSsd-
,,ous attentions of Scrgius SotikOtt, brilliant
Young noblcrnan. whose articles to gain her
o(|,ctiuu. arc tIpScrihutl bV her in the following
passage: