, 1874-01-25

and had barely time to caet her boy on tue atar
and throw hersef ct its base oh, sn1e ens
band lN arrived. T1iumphantly they I'D.
nppeised. gaqeSa 70 The If foremost @ Of them PR
rares to sever the head Of the babe from Pm, MS
body shrcks from without affe95 & tno n hattis pHM
cl,anrcd ," Ho pauses--he listens-a deathly |
calm comes over hin-ho ru5hos from the
church. leaving tho child unharmed. The rett,
appalled,, retire, and Peter
"pe'- Il PRESERVED 70 RUSSIA.
To return to our hero. His weak brother
Ivan WAS proclaimed King, and afterwards
Peter, being declared joint sovereign, WAS
crowned in 1851. The ambitious So
phia, being. secretly determined to gGE-
perceived the dawning OF genius, to an obscure
Village, vhoro she trusted he would fall into bad
ways. and so enfeeble both his mind and BODY.
We may truly say the vices OF hls hte may 90
referred to his early education, and that MS vlr
tues we're all his own. Shut up in this wretched
harnlet. the mind Of Peter turned around for
some amusement, and how to "pass the weary
hours away"
LEFoRT,
Secretary to the Danish Ambassador, Was then
III the neighborhood. ne "as q, CURIOUS % cnaa ~,
acter, and q very clever man. with a wonderful
gift for languages; he had been trained i'll tue
Hrst inst anco for commercial situation, but'
being totally unfit for it, and unfortunately
gaining tho friendship Of the Danish IN. m
bassador, he WAS appointed his secretary- This
was lust the sort OF man to delight Peter; his
yiyncity. his. extensive knowledge, together With
Lis powers Of discern1nent, entranced tue NINA
OF the Young Iussan Prince. and the trientishlP
thus formed lasted all his life. How. in after
Gears. when he had become the be2con-Rtar OF
Europe. lie must have looked back on those
merry hours when he aud fifty Young compan-
ious played Mt mimic soldicry. The little band
erccted Notifications, wheeling the earth for tho
! intrencbnents in n barrow mado by Fetor, VINO
wont through ali tho gradations Of the service,
beginning a. a drummer. Tie village BOOB be-
camo >...-.
MILITARY SCHOOL;
his friends were the pupils OF 2 system; they
exercised aud armed with puDctuality, discipline
.xas strictly maintained and little akrmishes
we're made on the outskirts. Gradually, tho
| bounds of their exploits becoming too confined,
| they spread over . whole district
| Surrounded with regal state at Moscow,
| Sophia laughed at the boy OF l5, not Per p
pursuits, till at length She was awakened to
sspso Of it when she found him married at the
ago of II to Euiosia, daughter OF Gen. lapn-
| ctllin, mother Of the unfortunate Alexis. We
| next hear of his queiiins an insurrecLon OF the
Strelitz, and Furnishing tho leaders Of it with
| EAS0UIEAEY VIOLENCE.
| Although Of SO hard q nature, he was not free
from nervous affections. His horror OF water
was so great that the sight Of rivulet threw
[
| weakness he made practice Of going INTO cold
bath every morning, very good
for his constitution TO mind e. ct on the alert
for improvement, 10 incident passed unnoticed,
| and, Ills love for the military life having
bcen fred, we find bis naval taste kindled BY d
comparatively tri1ling incident. Ono morning,
walking with Zimmerman in the garden
Of Imaclor, which had been a fayorits
| residence of Ills fathers, he was at.
tracted by the wreck OF small English ooat
| 1.o 1f ffiS fscTYF1
in What respect it differed trom those lying in
the river. Zimmerman explained at Was il the
application Of the enils." Send for clever
workman. and have il repaired" exclaimed
Peter Brandt, being deemed most sklulol, ar
rived, Petcr watched him eagorly, and then,
getting into tho boat, sailed it himself On the
lake. This circumstance convincing him thai
foreign nations we1o more advanced IN cls1llza'
ton tllan lis own people, ho made tour through
Livonia, Prussia, and the north OF Germany IN
pectations Of his friends by enEas
ine himself to shipbuilder at Saar
dem as
| COMMON WORKMAN,
and We contemplate the Prince who had mlllonl
at hrs command living OIL the wretched etipent
it afforded. His companions. from thoir com
! Portable house close by, smiled on him. 10 thls
day tho howell in which ho lodged is caflct
Peters borel. Proceeding to England, ho wa
we'll received by William ~. nnu May, 11 an
going to Venice, ''tAo glorious City in the Sea.
When nows reached him OF the revolt OF th
strelitz, and obliged him to return: Now with
sorrow we SEQ this great man clouding tho vcr
outset of his career BY an act OF sanSuinar
| if these desolatiug crimes had toun
no placo in lis history! Order being restore
ir tho capital in mad indignation ho caused 2 90
to be -.
fNFtrrnH himself tAk1n
mart in the execution. and compelling the noble
to assist him. Seated OH his throne, with ster
| looks ho surveyed his mandate executed IN
: | then, iutlamcd with the grapes OF baccAus, Il
rose from table with the doloterious cup in or,
: | hand. and the az in the other, aud, pledgln
| himself to twenty successive draughts, be Bnlot
oil twenty successive heads. Enough-the al
| ebbet, and wheels wore in constant activity Il
< tiyc successive months, and SOPHIA, appalle
| aud horrified, retired into convent, where sh
| died in 1704.
] Peter tho Great was not the only comet Of tt
Q seventeenth century. Its commencement la
i been heralded in by Gustavus Adolphus
Sweden and in tue distance we near @ tl:G 70; o;
crafty and polished Louis XIV. sat c
t tbs throne of franco, with bis entou
+ are Of art and wit, tanning himse
J, successivc]y in the smiles Of La Valliero, Mo-
! tespau. and Maintenon, the honor Of the lieu
K de lis being sustained By Turenne and Coibor
Alike in ail WAS the lovo Of power, but in Pet
md Charles 10y the combative talent in all j
Z strength, and these Stars arc now to meet
il their orbit, and dispute, hand to hand, al
}, sword to sword, for empire.
0 CHARLES XII.
q had already 1lnfurcd his standard and led On b
% | troops to victory; Indeed his success haa bet
y such rs to alarm Europe, and caused RUSS
o Denmark and Poland to enter iuto an aggressl
a union. Poland, 30 long subject Of contontio
n at length kindled the torch. Disturbances vi
o regard to the succession had been going on
# some time. Charles XII. supported Stanislar
, whereas the allies were for Augustus It is
= | nv intention to enter on this subject. 6h,
vt merely remark that the crucltics practiced
Charles excited Peter to use strong expression
against his rival. Charles forthwith thrt
70 down the gauntlet, aud, sending word to Pct
d that he would meet him at Moscow, prcpar
20 for action. "My brother Charles wishes
y play tho part Of Alexander. but he shall not Ii
i; ia me o Darius exclaimed the Gear. Defe:
20 and contretemps awaited him; undauntedly
is retired, reorganized his army, saying, ~
ia Swcdcs will have the advantage OF US for tin
L. but they will teach us how to conquer them"
u Having achieved some successes, ho drew
A before Maricnburg, which surrendered. Tic
in NC must halt a few minutes, and introduce Q
Had