Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1865-07-15
The Dead Czarevltch.

A letter from Nice contains fome inter
esling details of the last ceremonies per
Termed on the removal Of the Grand Duke
of Russia from tho villa where he expired
10 the church. AS | already mentioned the
Emperor and his sons lifted We body from
the bed ON which II had bcenpying In state
into The coffin. The dead CzArewitch wore
! the uniform of mnior-gcnoral, aid-dc-cainr
! TO the Emperor. The Greek clergy, wear
ing their robes of 40 d tissue, intoned the
ritual Of their church. The elect Of their
peculiar bass voices chanting in chorus can
scarcely be conceived by those who have not
heard Greek priests performing their SER
vice; they give the rhythm with n solemni-
" and n melancholy which | mover heard
eoualed by any European singers. The
cortego preceded by the clergy started In
the order have already described. The
Grand Dukes coffin was covered with plates
of gold his sword and kepi, with the white
aigrettc, lay on the lid. Each of the eight
horses which drew the bier was led by n
footman in mourning livery. The Emperor
and his sons carried the coffin into the
church and placed it on the catafalque,
which was covered with crimson velvet and
gold embroidery. AS soon as the prayers
of the church were concluded, the Emperor
ascended the stairs of the oatafalque and
kissed his sons forehead and hand. There
was pause of few seconds. The Empress
paic as ashes, and evidently scarcely able
to overcome her agonizing grief, rose and
following the Emperor, stood gazing at her
dead child, kissing him passionately, and
took her last farewell of him, the Emperor
at last leading her back 10 her chair. The
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sively, the child Grand Duchess Marie be
ing the last Of the family to imprint kiss
of affection on the inanimate forehead OF
the young and much-loyed heir apparent Of
the Russian empire. Independant OF the
romantic interest circumstances have
thrown around his early doom, his death is
a subject Of legitimate regret to all who
wish for the promulgatiou of liberal princi-
pies and the extension OF civil liberty. On
this point the young Grand Duke differed SO
widely from his fathers advisers that his
journey through Europe and therefore tenn
porary absence from st. Petersburg was
decided on, as obviating unpleasant discus
sions ON the regulation of Polish affairs
The young prince was idolizcd in his own
family, and so generally beloved that all
Russians in Paris have gono into deep
mourning for him. Yesterday met Rus
sian lady of rank at a house where hap
pened to pay visit. She explained the Vi
olet hue of her dress by stating that as tho
object of her visit was to offer her congrat-
ulatons on the .fetc day Of the lady of the
house, she had put off her mourning in COM
plImentto her. The Alexandra Newsky, on
board which arc the GranG Dukes remains,
will take one month to reach st. Petersburg,
by which time the imperial family will have
arrived In the Monitcur of this morning
are published . letter from the Russian am
bassador, NJ. de Budberg, expressing the
gratitude of his master for the attention
and sympathy shown to him by the project
and authorities of Nice; and second let
ter written by the first aidc-dc-camp, ex-
pressing to the prcfect the Emperer's wish
to take leave personally Of him at half-past
eleven on the morning of his departure from
Nice. The Emperor reviewed the regiments
which had done duty at the Empress's res
idence before quitting the station.-Paris
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