The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1884-09-20

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DkStiOuNAl cO1S tHAt clc1 WAS /
"half hero and half tiger.n Half |
hog and half tiger would be near.
er the truth. Macauley declares |
that "to the end Of his life he liv.
ed in his place like a hog in sty, |
and, when he was entertained by |
other sOvereigns, never failed to |
leave on their tapestried walls and |
velvet state beds unequiyocal |
proof that a savage had been |
there.n He was naturally swinish
in his tastes and habits, aud dis
played his swinishness regardless
of circumstances or consequences.
When William III. visited him in
London, the air Of the room was
so foul that o window had to be
opened before the English King
could enter. The nastiness of him.
self and suite almost ruined Eve
lyn's villa at Deptford, where the
imperial party were lodged; and
the owner applied for and receiv-
cd compensation from Parliament.
Twenty years later the pretty lit
tie "MonbUou" palace in Berlin
suffered in the same way from the
same party. The sprightly Mar
gravine of Baireuth says that 'the
desolation of Jerusalem was ev-
erywhcre in it, and it was so ruin
cd as almost TO need rebuilding
Every one has heard of the impor.
tant part played by the cane in
the domestic economy of Frederic
William |. of Prussia, but that &C.
centric monarch was nothing in
comparison to his Russian broth.
or in the canine limo. Peter, when
the fit was on him, literally caned
everybody--from his cook to his
counsellor, from the meanest pea
SAINT to the highest noble sparing
neither age nor sex. lie would
get up from the table and fog the
host who was unlucky enough to
entertain him. lie would stand
at the door of the Senate-house
and fog each Senator that went
in. Lefort was an intimate and
trusted friend, yet on slight
provocation, ho was knocked down
and brutally kicked by his imperi.
al guest. But all this flogging was
in the way of recreation. When
Peter "meant businese,n il was q
more serious matter. Incredible
as it may seem, it is nevertheless
well authenticated, that ono Of his
own sisters-it is said more than
one-received an hundred strokes
of the whip on her bare back in
the presence Of the whole Court.
In 171S, Alexis, his only son who
outlived infancy, was, for some Of.
fense of no great seriousness, sew
eral times tortured in the pres
ence of the diabolical father, and
q few hours later died - either
from the effects of the torture or
by assassination. For sympathiz-
ing with Alexis, the Princess Col
itsyn, the bosom companion of the
Empress Catherine, was publicly
whipped by soldiers. For the
same reason, the brother OF his
first wife, Eudoxia-whom he had
thrown into prison-was tortured
and then broken alive on the
wheel. An alleged lover of Eu'
doxia was tortured in Peters pre-
sence almost daily for six weeks
by the knout, by burning Goals
} and red.hot irons, by being TIED
! down to plank full of sharT
! spikes, and finally impaled. Moth
ing ever told of Nero is more hor
ribly grotesque than this:
"Miss Hamilton was q fair bu
frail maid of honor to Catherine
J After q casual intimacy with Peter
she bestowed her tenderness else
J where without interference on hi
part; but when, to extricate her
self from resulting embarrass
ments, she took to infanticide, h,
. brought her to trial. Condemne,
to decapitation, she mounted tn
: scaffold in dress of white satil
! trimmed with bows of black rit
9 bon, looking more lovely than ever
9 But not alone; Peter appeared a
her side, and straining her to hi
Q breast, lamented that the divin
law forbade him to spare her.
, moment after the beautiful hea
|, rolled from the block at his fee
8 and, lifting it by the car, he in
q printed a last kiss upon the qui'
u ering lips"
J, The Prussian ambassador Prin
u asserts in his official dispatche
that during the memorable SUI
Il preston of the Streltsi revolt p
Q ter gave banquet, sent for
s. score of rebels, and every time h
70 drained a glass struck on q nea'
I inviting the envoy to join in tn
q sport With such sins laid at h
e door, it is scarcely worth while
u mention lighter ones; to say th'
e Peter was a glutton, a drunkar
~ addicted to every form of sensu
g indulgence, an irredeemable blac
y guard aud ruffian, sparing no W
u man in his lust and no man in b
wrath, utterly infamous in all Il
G. relations of life, a scoffer at Writ
10 in either sex, a mocker Of religio
n dying five weeks after particips
"a ing in the election and consecr
u ton of o burlesque Pope. \
Tx this man, or monster rather, iB ?
N raded before the world as Pet
NJ THE GREAT
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