The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-03-24

vor experieoced sudden reverses. NO
Individual could lie down quietly 10
rest al night, as be knew not but that before
the dawn OF day he might be called 10 inc
place Of execution. Some OF the nob'es
who had suffered private injuries conspfeo
AGAINST bin, and effected his death In The
most deliberate and b,rbarous manner In
tLc new palace on the 2Sd OF March, 1901.
The Emperor ALEXANDER, son OF PAUL,
assembled the throne the next day. ana
reiened TN his death, December 1,.lS2o.
Not even this enlightened monarch, whose
character so widely differed from that OF his
predecessors, was free from fears OF assassi-
nation. The amiable and apparently Chris
tian prince, whose courtesy in war so captI-
waited NAPOLEON, aud to whom the English
rendered such honor as their ally against
the great conqueror, and who so won the
hearts Of the British on bis visit to London
after the first conquest of NAPOLEON. spent
his last DAYS in solitude and anxiety Tor his
personal safety.
The Earl or Albemarle, in bis interesting
FIFTY Years Of My Life" gives the follow
ing particulars, which he says he received
from Madame ZUBLIKoFF, a distinguished
Russian lady OF English birth, whose hus-
band was general in the Russian army:
sSbe spoke to me of the state OF public
affairs in st. Petersburg with freedom OF
expressiou that came oddly from tine
lips OF person bearing Russian
name. The Emperor Alexander, who
had left st. Petersburg on the day
before my arrival there, was, according
~ her account. one OF the most miserable
men in his dominions, and in momentary
dread OF assassination. Perhaps the wit.
ticism Of French lady may have deepened
this reflection. Abiding 10 the part winch
Alexander had taken on the occasion OF
public ceremony, soon after bis accession,
She writes to Fouche, 'The young
Emperor walked preceded by the asSassins
OF his father, followed by those OF MS
grandfather, and surrounded by us own
BE that os it may, II was against the
per.ons IN daily, attendance upon pm
that bis suspicions were principally
directed. Frequently he would turn
suddenly round upon one or anotner
OF them and accuse him OF being Car
bonaro. SO haunted was be win the loea
OF assassination that he would not sleeptwo
nights consecuiivcly in the same room, nor
would he retire TO rest till some one had
first lain down IN his bed--a hard mattress
to proye that it did not contain some lnstfu.
ment Of destruction. Madame II. men,
toned il, as a matter OF public nOt0rlety'
that Alexander was doomed never 10 return
alive TO bis capital, and that no one was
more conscious of such decree having gore
forth than the unhappy subject OF 1t him.
self"
Madame ZuBLIKOFY attributed this dl>af-
lection 10 the establishment OF military col
onies, by which the peasantry found their
hnts turned into barracks, and their time
divided between labor in the field and mill
tarv exercises. A peculiarly offensive lea
ture Of this new and unpopular measure
wa, the loss Of the mems bear DIS. Count
ARATCBIEF, by whom the scheme was sug-
gesied, was murdered by his domestlcs.
The Earl of Albemarle says, in recording
the events of 1925, that the circumstances OF
ALExANpER's death confirmed the anticipa-
lions of Madame ZUBLIKOFF, and led him to
believe that the Emperor had been MUIR
dered. lie was afterwards convinced that
he had Judged enormously; but in order
TO show that others were under the same
impression he gives the following from
{" The Memoirs of a Lady OF Quality" dated
Florence. December "a, 1928.
owe are full OF specuIations upon the
suhiect of the death of Alexander, which
this DAVIS post has announced. Many are
inclined to believe that his death has been
occasioned by the hereditary complaint
which proved fatal to his three predeces'
sors. 1t is now universally believed that
Catbarine was strangled."
Passing over NICHOLAS the First, the i'm
mediate successor Of the late Emperor ALEX
AMBER the Second, "the hereditary com-
plant" has. as particularly described in the
DISPATCH of the 18th, again caused change
of rulers.
ALEXANDER the Third iuherits the fears OF
his predecessors, or has reason 10 do so, for
nj no previous time in Russian history has
there been more alarming spirit OF dis
content.
nails of the world afford scarcely an instance
in which the throne, stained with the blood
OF its former occupants, has not been eager
" seized by a successor. A general truth
may here be applied to particular class:
:" All kings think all kings mortal but themselves"
The wise saying of SHAKESPEARE, so often
quoted, and so often proved to be true,
u" Uneasy lies the head that wears a crOwn,'
so far from restraining legitimate heir to
the throne, has little or no effect to check
the ambition OF even the aspiring usurper,
who to gain diadem is ever ready to take
the risk of losing bis head.
RIDDLEBERGER BILL AND RIDDLEBERGER
SERGEANr-AT-A ARMS. The Alexandria Ga
zette makes the significant declaration that
cit cannot be reasonably expected that the
Virginia Democrats, with strong opposi-
ton at home, aided and abetted by the Re-
publicans and socaled Independents OF the
North. will insist much longer upon forcing
full payment upon creditors who, Judging
from the Her0id, are unwilling toaccept it."
Republican capitalists may find after all
that they have gone too far.
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As regards the officeseeking inspiration
OF these "Liberas," il is reported that
General Malone says be feels assured OF the
success OF his party next fall in consequence
OF the immense number of applications for
positions he has received and is receiving
from all quarters OF his State. One OF the
Senate doorkeepers says he sent In to the
General yesterday the cards OF forty ne
groes. - Washington tetter-Alerdndria Ga
zette.