The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1881-03-17
A Brief Sketch Of His Life.
The New Emperor's Proclamation.


Of death was thick glass bomb filled
with nitro-glycerine. One was thrown
directly under his carriage, exploding
and blowing to splinters the back part
Of the vehicle but doing the inmates no
harm. They sprang out, when another
fell at the feet Of the Emperor breaking
both legs and otherwise msngling the
unfortunate victim. He was conveyed
| to the palace, the sacrament administer
ed, and, In two hours and half, he.
died. His family were present, except
his daughter. wife Of Queen Victoria's
| son, the DUKE Of Edinburg. who. with
her husband and her brother, the Grand
Duke Alexis. started as soon as possi-
BILE after the announcement, from London
for St. Petersburg. An officer and two
Cossacks several Of the police and others
were killed or wounded by the two ex-
plosions. OF the two persons concerned
in the crime one was Immediately ar
rested. The Gar only spoke the name
of his son and successor before his death.
Great excitement prevails at the Russian
Capital, and messages OF sympathy have
been telegraphed from many nations
the United States among them. 1t will
be remembered that the deceased En-
peror was the first t, send a message of
coincidence to rs when President Lincoln
fell. With all his domestic immorali-
ties, it is the opinion of many Of his peo-
pie that their nation will fare no better
| under anv ruler. The freeing of the
serfs, the noblest work of Car Alexan
der's life. will stand monument to his
memory. He was sixty-three years of
age. He was very fine looking man.
! fully six feet tall, and very erect, and
looked much younger than he really
was. The death of the Czsrins-lovely,
highly educated, and the speedy morgan
attic marriage of the Gar to mistress
of many years, is still fresh in the men,
ory of the reading public. 1t should be
said Ct him that he did much for the
advancement of learning and art for the
material interests Of his country. The
world will be startled with the news Of his
assassination, though attempts on the
Cars life have been frequent. An at
temp. was made to assassinate him at
Paris, June 6. 1867, while on visit to
Napoleon III. and the explosion plot in
the winter Palace 10 fresh in the men,
ory Of newspaper readers. For years
the Car trembled over Nihilist mine,
and At last fell victim.
The following brief sketch of the
Cars life is taken from Chambers En-
cyclopedia: ..
"Alexander H., Emperor Of Russia, was
| born April q, 1918. he was carefully edu-
| Gated by his father, Nicholas, who professed
himself delighted With the manifestations OF
true Roman spirit in his son. At sixteen he
was declared Of age, and made Commaudaut
| of the Lsncers OF the Guard Hetman of the
Cossacks, First Aid-de-Camp of the EN-
pesvr, and subject daily TO life Of msneu-
vering, reviewing and military parade, which
| at last seriously injured his health. He
then travelled through Germany to recruit
his energies, and while there concluded q
| marriage with the Princess Maria, daughter
| of the Grand Duke OF Darmstadt in 1s4l. He
now vigorously applied himself to his duties
| a. Chancellor Of the University OF Finland.
| By his dexterous and subtitle manners he
| insinusted himself into the affections of the
Firms, and weakened their love Of indepen-
/ dence He founded q chair of the Finnish
language and literature, pAtronized the
Academy for the culture OF Finnish litera-
ture, and betrayed the expenses Of numerous
remote expeditions undertaken by the saw
ants, such a. Cygneous, wallin and Castren.
In 1850 he visited Southern Russia, Nickol-
sleH, sebastopol, Tinis, Erivon, &c. 1t is
said he witnessed with regret the attitude
which his father assumed toward Europe,
and that he altogether disapproyed OF the
| Crimean War. On his accession to the throne,
March 9, 1855, he found himself In q very
critical position. lie had two parties
to conciliate at home-the old Muscovite
party, blindly Jealous for war, and the more
peaceable and Intelligent portion Of the Ma
ton, Who possessed his personal sympa.
thies. He pursued o course calculated to
encourage both; spoke of adhering to the
policy Of his iIlustrious ancestors, and at the
came time concluded peace. Since then he
has shown . strong desire TO purge the in
ternal administration of its impurities. He
has sharply rebuked the corruption of
functionaries, and severely punished some as
| warning to the rest. An honorable recog-
milton has been given to public instruction,
which he has freed from military influence
where that absurdity existed, as in the law
schools of st. Petersburg. and has placed II
under his own direct and personal super
intendence. His moderation has even slim.
rlated the hopes Of the Poles. By q ukase
o; May 81, 1856, he has granted to all Polish
exiles who are willing to express repent
snce for the past. permission to return
home; but, though desirous of preserving
the nationality of Poland, he will not sepa'
rate 1t from the Great Russian Family. The
grand achievement of this reign, however,
a. yet is the emancipation Of the Russian
serfs In 1851, and the Polish serfs in 1854"
The son Alexander who succeeds him
10 thirty-five years old-the eldest son
dying in 1865. Alexander married
Princess Dsgmar, Of Denmark, who was
betrothed to his deceased brother, and
they have three childien.
On Monday the following Imperial
manifesto was promulgated:
1--WE, by the grace Of God, Alexander ILL.,,
| Emperor and Autocrat OF all the Russias,
Gear Of Poland, Grand Duke Of Finland, &C.,
hereby make known to all our faithful sub
| jects that It has pleased the Almig ghty, in His
| inscrutable will, to visit Russia with heavy
blows of fate, and to call her benefactor,
Emperor Alexander H., to himself He fell
| by the hands OF implous murderers who hao
repeatedly sought his precious life, and made
their attempts because they saw In him the
PROTECTOR of Russia, the foundation Of her
greatness, protector of the welfare OF the