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Show FAT OF THE CZABS. It may be interesting juat now to note what history and rumor says of the fate of the czars of Russia. From Rurio (8G2) to Jurie, or George I (1155) who built Mo-scow, there were seventeen dukes ol Kiev. To these follow sixteen grand dukes of Vladimir, Vladi-mir, ending with Jurie or George III in 1325. The succeeding sovereigns, nine in number, bore the titles of Grand Dukes of Moscow. In 1517 commences the list of czara of Muscovy, Mus-covy, whose territorial boundaries have spread by purchase, but chiefly by conquest, until they" reach the present dimensions of the present Russian empire. Fcodor I, second czar, was poisoned; Boris poisoned himself; Ivin VI, of the house ot RomanofT, was deposed; Peter II was deposed and murdered; Paul I was strangled in his bed chamber; Alexander Alex-ander I ia reported to have died by Blow poison; Nicholas, too, is reported report-ed to have been poisoned, his death being unexpected. His body lay three days in state before any publio announcement of hia death was made. Another and a Btiil more common idea is that Nichola3 died from mor- i tification on account of hia disasters and defeat in the Crimea. Tho present pres-ent czar, Alexandor II, is the six- teenth of the house of RomanofT. He baa entered on a more arduous ar-duous task than his father, tho conquest of Constantinople, at a time when the rest of the great nations are even more adverse to disturbing dis-turbing the balance of power in Europe Eu-rope than when Sebastopol was attacked. The crown does not sit easily upon his head. Recent accounts ac-counts say that Alexander's cheeks are sunken, his eyes are lustreless, his step has lost much of its elasticity, " . and hia earrings is less dignified than formerly. Ho is described as prematurely prema-turely aged, which is not marvellous, since he works from S iu,the morning until 9 o'clock at night, laboring even harder than his ministers. Though the defeat of Ku:aia in the present struggle is mot to be anticipated, it may bo imagined that a series of disasters dis-asters to the Russian arms such as have recently occurred in Asia Minor might lead some aspiring or treasonable treason-able Russian to attempt the death of Alexander, or tho monarch might die through chagrin at the failure ot the grand ambition which has possessed every czar for centuries to sit upon the throne of the Greek emperor, for it is now conceded that nothing short eftbisdesiro has inspired Russia at this time to throw down tire challenge Of war to the Turks, ( The Chicago Tribune has information infor-mation to the ellect that a junction between the new Southern California , railread and tho Atchison, Tt-pr.-kii & i Santa I-'e railroad is in contemplation, contempla-tion, and will be made us soon us it shall become evident that a Southern Pacific road cannot be constructed at the expenso of the government. The Atchison, Topcka k S.xntx Fo niilroad is private properly, and was constructed construct-ed by Mangachusett-s capit.tl us a business busi-ness investment. It runs from Atchison At-chison and Kansas city (which lied almost due west from St. Louis) in a southwestern direction through the Arkansas valley to Pueblo, Col., and thenco south to Trinidad. But the design of tho company a to croas the mountains in a pass near Fort Gar- 1 land, and yienca proceed almost due ' south to Santa Fe, in New Mexico ; the company have the money to carry out their design. There will reuiaiu only tho gup between Tucson, the proposed terminus in Arizona of the Southern California road," and Santa Fo, tho terminus of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fo road, to fill up. This ia a distance of about 450 miles, and two rich corporations that have already built several thousand miles' of railroad will not find it difficult to arrange for filling up eo short a gap, which will give them a new and independent inde-pendent route to the Pacific. |