The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-09
RUSSIA,S ROYAL FAMILY.
The. Gossip That Floats About Regard.
ing Alexander and His Father.
Lucy Hooper in Philadelphia Telegraph.

The. Gossip That Floats About Regard
inc Alexander and His Father.
Lucy Hooper in Philadelphia Telegraph.
In the dearth of any positively start
ling Partisan, news, a little gossip fror
another. European capital may not b
unwelcome. I recently had the pleasur
of being presented to charming Amer
icau lady who has resided for some year
past in Russia, and who told me goo'
deal respecting matters at St. Petersburg
From her I gained the impression tha
the Emperor Alexander must be th
most accomplished sovereign in Europe
as swell as one of the most winning o
men-grave, gentle, kind hearted, and o
the most exquisite distinction of man
ners. And kings and princes are by nj
means always refined and accomplished
gentlemen, as witness the P; but
will say no more. Still, such glamour
doth hedge about royalty.
< The Emperor is said to have grea
dislike to form and ceremonial s,and to bt
occasionally bothered by our Ministers
lin that respect. The story goes that some
years ago one: of. our newly accredited
enIyoiyss arrived at the Palace one day
crammed To-. the throat with q a5speech
Admitted, to the presence of, Royalty
the Car commenced asking him some
questions about our country, but was un'
tremendously interrupted. Zone mo.
ment, your Majesty-one moment l' cried
the newcomer, spreading his fingers fan.
wise before the Cars face to check any
/ further outflow Of words. The good.
natured sovereign smiled and subsidized
into silence, and our envoy, keeping his
eye sternly upon him to keep him quiet
after the fashion adopted with unruly
dogs, first drew forth and wiped his spec.
tacles, and then produced thick roll oi
manuscript from his coat tail pocket
which he forthwith proceeded to read
Time passed. on, and to this. eloquent
Minister and his successors there sue
ceeded still another, who, in his turn,
sought audience of the Gar. His Maj.
esty uttered a few words of ceremonious
greeting, bowed, and waited with resig.
nation for the customary speech. Il did
not come-merely courteous reply to
his own remark. Again the Gar said
something and looked expectant. "Your
Majesty will pardon me, then," said the
new Minister. 81 have come merely to
present my credentials, and have no in
tention of making speech" "Thank
God p cried the Emperor, springing from
his seat and clasping his visitors hand
with feryent enthusiasm!
The Emperor Nicholas was very diff
ferent from the present Gar. He was a
sovereign of the olden type, magnificent
grandiose, and despotic. One, story OF
his reign sounds like the romantic ad-
ventures of Buckingham or of Louis
XIV. He was passionately in love with
beautiful Russian lady who was resid,
ing in Paris. He wished to summon her
to St. Petersburg, but to do so would be
to fatally compromise her reputation
The stratagem TO which he resorted can
only be compared to that of the Duke oi
Buckingham when he closed the ports o1
England in order that the bark whose
sole freight was the diamond shoulder
knot of Anne of Austria might reach
unmolested the shores of France. He
issued an order that every Russian resid.
ing in Paris should return home at once
Of course this proceeding gave rise to
the widest rumors Of an impending wal
with France, business was unsettled, men
were ruined, etc., but the Cars purpose
had been achieved.
He was man of very quick temper
and on one occasion was stung by an alb,
surd contretemps into a tremendous out.
burst Of passion one Easter morning
On that dayit is the custom for the Czal
to 60 forth from his palace, and, embrac'
ing the first man whom he meets, who is
almost invariably the sentinel at the pal
ace gate, he exclaims "Christ is arisinp =
to which the reply is: "He is risen in
deed!" uttered with great manifestations
of Joy. So in this particular morning
forth sailed the Gear, kissed the sentine
on both cheeks, according to the custom
and uttered the invariable exclamation
"Christ is arisen p' $50 1t Is said," an
swered the soldier, in thoroughly stolit
way. The man was a Mohammedar
from one of the Tartar provinces of tht
Empire. The wrath of the Car wa!
unbounded, and since that day the or
thodoxy of the sentinel who is to guare
the palace on Easter Sunday is always
very carefully ascertained beforehand.
My informant was warm in her praises
of the Czarwitch, whom she describes al
model husband and father, devoted tt
his pretty wife, whose side he scarcel!
leaves, and setting in every way an ex
ample of conjugal tenderness to his fu
ture subjects. The other sons of tht
Car are inclined to be wild, even ou
old friend and admiration, Alexis, who's
divorced wife, / am told, was recent.
remarked to German noble, and is nov
residing in Berlin. hear that our pres
ent Minister, Mr.. Boxer, is as popular a
st. Petersburg as he was at Constantine
pie. He recently passed through Paris
and caught glimpse of him from afar
but had no opportunity of conversinl
with him respecting his experiences o
the Northern Land.
One more anecdote of an American
Minister at the Court of St. Petersburg
and have done. Years ago, during tn
reign of the Emperor Nicholas lit wa
when my informant first went to resid
in Russia, she said,) there was sent from
our government as envoy statesman o
the good old-fashion stamp. On beini
admitted to the presence of the splendi
sovereign, he instantly fell upon hi
knees. Nicholas looked at him for
moment with supreme disdain. "Arise
Mr.. x" he said, ~ am neither you
sovereign nor your God-why should yo
kneel?"
WOUNDED, BUT MARRIED.-One da
last week young Ivey, who had been ad
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