The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-09-30

| throw that fortune winch, he believed
was likely to make Of his offspring N
empress. However, he was not wholly
inscnsiblc to the tOrturcS Of her stu
alton. Keep n watchiul eye on my
daughter" he bcsccchcS the car in 4
letter recently disclosed, for she is 4
lamb in gcntcncss, and ill-suitcd to the
rough ways of hot and hasty cavalier
pray thee be pleased to restrain thy
imperial son, and keep back the evil
reports which come daily to my ears
The birth of two childrcn-NataIia
who died prcmaturcly, and Peter, after
ward Car Peter Ibid not soften the
evil tendencies Of Alexis; ON the con
trary, it was the signal for Il most terri.
Bile climax. While the princess was yet
suffering from her confinement, Alexis,
more in Il fit of dcvilish wrath than Of
intoXicatiOn, struck her 50 savagcIy with
his cane, that she fell scneclcSs TO the
floor. Those who stood near thought
that she was dead and few hours later
her physician sent word to the car that
his daughter-in-law had been carried of
by sudden attack of Mysteries!
Peter the Great received the intclli-
gcnco of the priuccss's death on the 10th
of October, l7lj, and, being then at
SchlusSclburg, busiIy employed on his
works, he set out instantly for the cap
itol. On the way he himself was seized
with illness, and was forced to take to
his bed In the midst of his grief the
announcement came that the empress
had been delivered of Il prince, which
speedily changed sadness into JOY. In
the ensuing confusion, poor Charlotte
was almost forgotten. But rumor had
already sounded her dread alarms, and
Alexis, fearing the wrath Of his father
had fled to his country-houSc.
Mcanwhilca grand carnival proclaimed
the birth, Splendid entertainments,
balls and fireworks, followed one another
in rapid succession, and universal hllar-
ity prevailed. Elsewhere, n coffin robcd
in black, and followed only by a few at
tcndantS, was borne into the fortress of
st. Petersburg, and deposited in the
church of Saints Peter and Paul Later
a horScman rode to the royal palace and
announced that the remains of Princess
Charlotte Sophia, conSort OF the hclr-
apparent of all the RusSiaS were Inferred.
Time elapsed, and it soon appeared that
the car had not really forgotten the
gentle Girl who, deserving Il better fate,
had missed hcrroad to happiness; neither
had he failed to notice the absence OF his
son. The death OF the ncgIcctcI WIlr
was sore atilictlon to Peters mlnd; pnt
he hoped that it might be the means OF
reforming the prince. Accordingly ne
wrote him a letter, accusing nm OF mur,
der, but promising forgiveness. if he would
only amend ms conduct "'S''r ~ NI"'
answer personally or III writing lllo '''-
ter concludes, "or ! must dcai WIN No"
as criminal Alexis rrphra, IN,
tend to embrace the monaStIc me- ana
request your gracious consent to lhat
effect"
For awhile the affair was dropped, and
thq ear departed on Il Journey into Ger
many and France. The grand duke,
fearful of his liic fed, accompanied by
his mistress. toQuaitcrs unknown. Seven
months passed away, during which Inn"
the ear heard nothing from his son.
one dav two Russian ENJOYS overlook
Alexis in Naples, and placed in his hands
a letter from his father. 3" If you do not
return home, 1t read, ny virtue VI tiIc
power have received from God as your
Sire, | pronounce against you my ever
lasting curse; and, as your sovereign, !
can assure you | shall find ways to pun
ish YOU; which hope, as my cause is
just, God will take it in hand and assist
me in aycnging it"
When cntrcatics failed, the ENJOYS had
recourse to strategy. One of them offered
= Inrrc sum of money to Eufrosinc if She
would induce Alexis to throw himself at
fine feet of his father. She piled her art
of pcrsuasion 80 well that, on the follow
inc d,v .thc prince set out for Moscow
J1nen Ills arrival the great bell tollcd; Il
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