The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-08-22

tered the dignitarirs arose and bowed.
This mark ri respect from the Oldest
AID best soldiers In the realsu naiur-
slly fat,ered the boys vanity In his
glse he repeatedly passed through the
room. Bot the Generals took no fur
ther notice Of him. vexed ut what he
considered . breach Of etiquette. the
young Grand Duke entered his fatber's
room. and compliance Of the treatment
he hsd received Nicholas took him
by the hAnd and led him to the hall.
These men whom you w.rt TO honor
you.' said be. are jast the men you
should honor. You should regard any
mark Of respect they pay you as an ex-
cess Of kin,insss. What you have done
shows plainly that you are ton young
TO wear the epaulettss Of an officer. /
take them from you
All entreaties wers Of no avail. Alex.
auder was degrs led in The presence Of
the assembly.
Although he desired tha, his sub
jects shouid regard him IS an absolute
master, and even As de,nignd. Nicho-
las seems TO have occasionally apprrci>
ated indspsndsuce Il character. He
was holding Q great review at the
military camp Of Tzsrskoe Selo-
Yielding to oae Of his periodical fits Of
temper. be had reproachsd an old Gen
srsl in terms that deeply wounded the
isttsr's feelings. The old soldier cent
in his resignation without word OF
commeot. In the presence Of his whole
st.f the Gar spologized, saying that
hs would DO every ything in his power
n make bis friend forget the insult that
had been cast upon him. :.
Nicholas Vas very good to his
friends They were ofteu unworthy Of
bis friendship. In selecting them he
was guided more by caprice than by
REASON. He squandered large sums of
money in paying their debts-debts
contracted in shameful de bauchory. He
would seldom assist honest poverty.
Artists were bis plA y things. He liked
the wit Of LAdurneFe and Tannsur. his
bsttle painters. more than their artistic
abilities. II. kept drums IN their
studios, and in daily visits, instead OF
converting upon art and taking IN In.
terest in their work. he amused himself
by pisying OR the drum. Nh exercise IN
which he excelled. TAnneur had been
an old soldier in N"polsons army.
One day he began = furious roll "n The
drum. Surprised at the u"u>usi noise.
Nicholas ran tn the painter. atelier and
sngrily a,k,d. 'Who iarrs han.tls
my drursiicasy'
4. /. /, sepliri canncur. 4 a.a ie-
h-nr,ing for imst vi n y.'nH Maj ."y
G. on,' sid Niehnias. L.t II hear
what you can do
Tsnneur piled tie drurnst'cks. and
when the Gear saw that he had fouud
bis match. the painter rose in his esti.
nation to height which he had never
sttsined BY the use of his brush.
Such was the man at home who for
thirty years held the sceptre Of Russia.
As q sovereign he certainly did NO good
20 the country. He formed hundreds
Of projects and never executed them.
He wanted to abolish the Tsehinn. ri.
dioulous institution. which converted
every Russian into . numerical figure.
but the Ischiaa remaiped unaltered.
He wanted to smancipate the serfs. and
kept them slaves. He opened schools.
and thsn closed them. He promised
religious tolsssnce, aud pessecuted
mr,st bitterly oil who iesned toward
other crseds than that OF the orthodox
Greek religion. He placed hinsslf at
the head Of the liberal movement, to
crush Il end 70 sbandon its disciples to
the mercv OF . venal and venomous
police. Ha declared himself the de-
fender Of the principle Of nationality.
and .suifocated Poland and brutalized
Finland. His Government was stain
upon every kingdom Of Europe.