The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1875-07-28

Against such unequnl numksrs the king Of
Prussia fought with the ferocity 1f tiger.
| Hofllled bis bro,Esn ranks with pcassnt boys
and any raw recruits whom be could force into
THE ranks BY tina oi,ersies 81 absolute power.
| He even compolled prisoners Of war, whom he
had taken, to enlist under his banners and
| fight against their eountrymeu.
The results Of this ferocity were terrible.
| Villages were burned, harvest tsampled under
foot, fields crimsonsd with gore, widows and
orphans starved on the dreary plains, and
still there were no decisive results. Frede-
rick acknowledged to his friends that his
| prospects we're hopeless, but resolved to strug-
gle to tho last andibury himself beneath the
ruins Of his kingdom. Having rejected
Christianity, and having none of the consoIa-
lions Of religion 70 sustain him, he carried
constantly phial Of poison that, at q last re-
sort be might commit suicide.
At length the tide was turned in favor Of
Prussia. The Empress Elizabeth Of Russia,
one Of the most powerful of the coalition
against Frederick, died on the 9th Of January,
1869, and her death changed the fate of
Europe. Peter the III, who succeeded her,
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an interest In the AFFAIRS OF men, ana III tue
anguish of his dying hours avoided all allusion
to religious subjects. The Prussian territory
had been nearly doubled under his reign, and
contained at the time Of his death about six
millions Of Inhabitants. But he left to his
country, as standing curse, standing army
Of two hundred and twenty thousand men,
which consumed four-fifths of the revenue of
the state, and enable his successors to infict
still further evils upon Prussia and the rest Of
Europe.
Such was the man whom historians call