New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-08
Al gslisugBsc III Russian NHlstSssr- Curious Re
cord Of Violent Ueaths.


force lsft Pittsburg yesterday and this city and
other places
a Glimpse IL agusAinn History Curious ne
cord Of Violent Deaths
The London Daily News, apropos Of the recent
attaining Of his majority by the present heir to
the Russian throne gives this historical synopsis
The events of Russian history prior to the SIX.
teentl century may be summed up in very few
words. All was disorder when the hardy North
men came to rule over the plains of Russia, and
utter disorder and discord, intensified by Tartar
ineursions ana atrocities, continued to prevail
until John I'LL sHbdned his rival kinslnan, annexed
their segrit1Ties and founded the present empire
out Of the Grand Duchy Of Moscow. Heirs to the
throne IA those days were nominated by the reign
ing sovereign at pleasure. The eldest son was
generally preferred, but the patriarchal policy
permitted every divergence from the principle Of
primogeniture. When John III was asked by his
mobiles to beqneath the crown to his grand son,
John, whom he dispossessed IN favor Of son by
his second wife, his arrogant reply was: I will
leave Russia 70 whomsoeyerI please And this
was the principle upon which Russian Caro-
witches inherited the crown until the Emperor
Paul decreed law of hereditary succession in the
male line, and afterward in the female, instead of
leaving it to tile caprice Of the reigning sovereign
or 70 the Vaccinations 0f political factions.
Is The first Gar Of Russia, the renowned John the
Terrible, killed his son and heir in fit of rage
with walking stick Of iron--a crime for which he
endeayored to atone by giving large grants to
churches and monastic establishments, and be
died full Of grief and remerse, after taking the
tonsure. Dimitri, the son of has successor, Theo-
doTe /, was foully murdered by his own uncle, the
nsurpeT, Boris Gcdnnot, and in him the Rurik
dynasty became extinct. Theodore II, third SOW
ereiga OF the house OF Romanotf, the joy and de-
iight ot-hs people, died very young after only
reigning six years. On the day of his death, says
Karansin, Moscow was in the same distress as
Rome was on the death of Titus john his
brother should have succeeded to the crown, as
no other disposition had been made by the de-
ceased Gar, but the Streltzi Guards decided that
John raj brother, Peter, afterwards the Great,
should share the throne with him. But Peter the
Great although only seventeen years 0f age, pre-
ierrsd an individual authority, and John after
resigned 10 hlstaVor. The tragedy Of the death
ofPeter the Greats eldest son & well known.
Opposed to his father's reforms and having fed
TIE country and had been captured, Alexis died III
q dungeon Of the fortress Of St. Petersburg,
almost Immediately after visit from his strong
wilied parent.
The application Of torture has been proved b
documentary evidence. The poisoning Of the SOL
~ the father y matter of strong suspicion
IAen the male line of the Romanoffs became ex
tiaet ID Peter H., grandson of the Great Peter
who diedat fifteen of small pox. Anne, Duches,
OF Nonrland, daughter of John, Peter the Greatl
haltbFsther, succeeded By the will Of the mobiles
who imposed constitution upon her. John WI.
granddaughter of the Empress Anne, who had lief
the crown TO him, was first imprisoned in o monas
terry aud then put to death at the castle of Schus
aelhergi il order to make way for Elizabeth
daughter Of Peter the Great Catherine H. be
came Empress Of all the Russias by the murder b.
Eeter III. her husband, at Rospha, near St. Peters
burg Elsr son Paul met with similar fate at the
nanas loy connigance) of his son Alexander l., the
Afas sovereign who came under d law Of success
INC Fghtful heir Of Alexander, his brother Con
stantlnei indicated in favor Of Nicholas, whose
enccesson Was resisted, though unsuceessfully, By
the conspirators of 1926. The Emperor Alexan
IN nrafsf han n
a. Y 1851 WHO has come to the throne peaeea
Ply hoaQfahlgs BIZ indisputable right, and in the
natural order oil events. But even this exception
may ny eagiled at for NicholasI died prematurely
Sn9 saaaeAly IN the midst of q war In which be
Aaa iisked hs empire. And now it il but q few
months since the name of the Czaroyitch Nicholas
Aas neep added to the long listof young soyereigps
anu 1eifs presnmptiye Of Russia who have with
slsu ald peflshed before their time. May the sins
q me fathers be visited no further, and may the
FfAhee this day so moUfnfnly called to sweai
aeaity break The spell under which so many of his
ancestors have succnmhed.
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MORE TEsTIMoNY.--A Kentucky correspondent
oL lhe Rew York News gets up the following
eieger parody on the style Of testimony given be
ioIe tAe Reconstruction Committee
Hon. Psrsiaex Queritur-bIr. Muggins, please
sAse your age and calling
rse.a las-l am sixty-six and street railroad d
As 8. Mfl n " p AZ seM \, York city.
90 81 tti ~ Il not why not?
drive H. W. Immoral because they refuse Ia
qcbsaF,ss ~ ~ ears according to the eomnanv;e
lie taxes saa asloya because they complain Of
pbis NA't % you think u The morals Il philadel.
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ei@bt soAea mere for Germans Ia kl segan y IS
Ses5 psols ~ = te ior $500 which Il sg y p y
e. NIL MEL y9nla YOU infer frop, fbis susto,,s
fsIi q Il Y Is not safe 10 let Gefmsns 49,
Shaiiy 4 they have bean IN bs ee 'as vote espe
= h5 saa you tellas 81 Bosssp
.i a. alcsaesss ferbias me- to mention 81 IL.
Commiftes aaieaTned Is Micbaina sl.,.s.,.
tne Ilags POS o. g ieg cabin, abefs Isssn 49, y
y smuggling tRe 1901 With clap boaraa 'ae 9aekel
ETC. 7sass your residence
J. THIS are my neutrality-suspicious. stairs. + cor,
here from Rairnont which we're nav hum I'm, sonl
oHsly to the foregoin'. n4lH' efeY
Z. Have you ever been South?
b. have.
r. What do yon think of the connsra,;,s i
raliiy Of tie North and South ~
b Purity bad North, drellu S1nth hin tts
was almost aemeralized. / had 70 Leave NJ
whisky issa bad / would have stole in aaotb
week and no chance 10 smuggle in decent arsc
from lanaay I'd Eayther work up here in Writ
GUS innocence for dollar a day than thar (
three at present prices Of board in the city, la
the South All ia all, it is the most GOd-forsak
place [ eyer seed
r Nj. Buckets, how far South have you bee
,. Sheecargo, and orful place it ware