The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-11-04

Agencies q fear, as of any other
passion, and, Move all, Of passion felt
IN communion With thousands; and
in ! WI which j, The Hiatt beats / IN conscious
fympPathy Win anentile city, through
i'll its regions Of high and low, young
and'oA st1oag$and weak ; SUCH. .agen-
eies|;akaii 10 . NE A;e andztrans6gutejth the
hatutes'o 'of meR: mean minds Become,
elevated ;a aul men become eloauent,t +
and when matters came to this crisis,
the ppblii.s fssling ls.slig ~ ae made known by
voices gesture manner, e!.s or @ words, was was
such % that no stranger stranger could represent
it to biz fancy In that respect, tb}epe- PSF
fore, I had an advantage, being upon
the spot through the whole course Of
the affair; for giving q; faithful narra-
tive ;; ay I had still more eminently,
from the sort IF central station which
I occupied, with respect to all: the
movements of the case. I may add
that I had another advantage, not
possessed, or not in the same degree,
by any other inhabitant of the town.
Twas, personally acquainted with ev-l
cry family Of the slightestaec be-
longing to: the resident population
whether amongst the old local gentry,
Or the newt settlers whom: the late,
wars had driven to take, refuge within
our walls. Il =, g.:
It was in sept1snber, q 1915, that I
received Z; letter tFo4 The chief secre,,
tary af the the r Il iinqsof IN "; - noble:
man connected with the dipIomacy Of
Rpaaia, fremsE which I quote ~ = 81;
tract: Il wish, in short, 70. recon- t.
mend to your attentions, and in terms
stronger than I know how to, devise,
a young man on whose behalf the czar
himself is privately known to have
expressed the very strongest interest.
He was at the battle Of Waterloo as
an aide-de-camp to a Dutch general
officer, and is decorated with distinct
ions won upon that awful day. How.
ever though serving in that instance
under English orders, and although
an Englishman of rank, he does not
belong to the English military SER
vice. He has served, young as he is,
under various banners, and. under
ours; in particular, in the. cavalry Of
our imperial guard. He is English
by birth, nephew, to the, Earl of E.,
and heir :presumptive to his immense
estates. There is. avid story: cur
rent, that his mother was gypsy s:of
!transcendent beauty, which may <ac-
count for his somewhat Moorish com.
tplexion, )tholg ii after all, that is not Of
q. deeper ::tinge; than. I, have. seen
amongst many: an Englishman. He
is himself one Of the noblest Of Gods
creatures. Both father and mother,
however, are now dead. Since then
he: has becomethe fayorite Of his un-
ole; who detained him in England af
ter:the. emperor had s,departed,-and
as this UNCLE is pow in the last stage
dfip6rmity, Mr.. .Wyndham's. suecee.
sion to the vast family estates ia, iney,
liable, and probably near at hand.
| Meantime, he is anxious fol; some as
1sistapce IN his studies intellectually
he stands: II the vefy. T:': 6rst it rank 81
men, as.I am sure ! you you viii not be
slow to discover; but his long mi lita:
| ~. service, and the unparalleled tu:
multi Of our European history 81 since i,
1905, have iinterfered CAS- you may
suppose) with the cultivation Of ..hil
mind; for he entered the cavalry SER
vice of a German power when a mere
boy, and shifted about from service
to service, as the hurricane Of wa,
blew from Fl this point or from that
During the French anabasis to Mos.
COW he entered our service, made him.
self a prodigious 'favorite with the
whole imperial family, and even now.
is only n-his twenty.second year. A.
to his accomplishments, they will
speak for themselves they are inf.
mite, and applicable to every situation
Of life: Greek is win: he wants from
you i; never ask about terms. ';''Ht
viii acknowledge any tiri1,tblehe u1ady i
give yotaa, ;4as het acknoxlsdees; iii
ttodble, I'll piiince. ss8:And ten ygear< YEAR.
hence, ) yod ,,aa viii look back with pride
upon having contributed your pairr11
to the formation Of one whom all here
at St. Petersburg, not soldiers only
but we diplomates, look upon as Ger
tain to prove a great man, and a lead
er amongst the intellects of Christen
don" "'z" -,
Two or three other letters follow.
ed and at length it was arranged
that Mr. Maximiian Wyndham
should take up his residence at = my
monastic abode for one year. 3 HI