The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1815-10-11

OF the imncpse wealth OF ihe Russian nob;l--
NY He will Sue II iavished among foreignesS
In ,heir service, upon their tables and eqiiir;
ages, their dresses, toys, trinkets, levels;
watches, snuff boxes, balls, masoncradcs;
private theatres, dancers, si. ,crs, trading an.
tiquerics, ,and travelling picture dealers. 1'his
las, office is frequently FLIED by hairdressets
and Italian larkeys. There is no place al
the world where adycnturcrs reap such hat~
vests as in Moscow. Fri,scurs from I,aiy OF
Germany, having bought up sny rubbish they
ase able 10 procure, get some friend 20 Sivg
them letter and q name, with which they
a,rive IN The city. Tie news is soon buxstd
abroad the new coincr sought FOR and he
mus, be indeed ,. Tool il be does not make
his Journey answer. ! saw man Of this de-
ssriptioD, barber Of Vienna, ms a picttrc-
dealer IN Moscow, cnressed by the nobles,shu
invlrsd tn oil their tatles, Until his stosk bt
pictures was gone, and then he was no moro
noticed, Ne eomplaineS with bitterness to ink
Of the dishcnorab'e ehicanery of the nobili;
~. Some OF them bad given him pinchbctS,
instead OF gold watches and snuff boxes; ana
paste, instead OF diamond rings in cxchabgS
foi his Pic,ares. In fact, they had mutually
cheated each Other the pictures being os
less value than the worst commodities giteH
Tor them OF the two parties, however, tbs
seller and the buyers, the barber had ultis
mately the losing part of the bushcss.-L
Flushed by his newly acqoired wealth, Id
set up Tor an amateur himsclf sought mia
erals and gave dinners and ended by return;
ing TO Vienna without sot,s in his pockct,,5
practice his old trade Of fiizzing ond shavlng.
Moscow is, OF all places in Europe, th6
most advantageous rendezvous Of advenlutcrs
and swiDdlers; ADD, consequently, many arc
found there. The crelulity, the extrssss
gance, and the ignorance, Of Russian mobiles;
offer tempting harves, 10 such men. Tho
notorious Senpir, rose to such pitch OF celcS
bri,y 10 Russia, that he influenced, II he did
not govern, Po,emkin. lie introduced stt
uniform lot the hussars, which is still worn
and mado alterations, truly iudieious, in ,heie
military discipline. Thus the Russian ofil;
GERS dcved from the huiksa al Woolwch grcas
ter advantages than II they bad served thcrS
in person {; an honor which, though well merA
tied, II is not necessary to assign them, as they
experience very wholesome chns,iscmcnt at
homo.
Approaching the southern par, of ihs
empire, the strong charocterosticks OF tsa
Russian people arc less frequently observta
Happily for the trayellez a IN proportion as hiA
distance is Increased from ,hatwhich has 'besA
erronsousiy considered the eisi,izsd pat. "a,
the county, he has less 10 complsin Of thsl,i
of fraud, aud OF dissimuia,ioa. In tho tnois
northern provinces, he 10 cautioned 10 bewatS
Of the inhabitants OF Ukraine, and tho Gus
sacks by an unprincipcd racc Of men, with
whom the Cossack and the Tartar ar: degts1E
cd in comparison.
"a
ave met frequent caravans OF the MalS
Russians, who differ altogether from the in :
babitahts Of tho rest Of Russia. Their feas
,urcs arc those of the Poloncse, or Cossaeksl
They are much more noble race, and stouts
CT and better looking people than the Rus@
sisns, end superior 10 them IN every thing
that can exalt one set of men above anothcrs
They are cleaner, more industrious, moro
honest, more generous, more polite, moro
courage ous, more hospitsble, more truly pi%
Gus, aud OF course less supers'iuous. Theft
language only differs from the Russian, as tho
dialect Of tho merdiopal provinces OF France
does from the dialec, spoken near Paris.
awe found ourselycs,smoug Russians az
Paulovskoy, and narrowly escaped with otr
lives.
al belieyed him 10 be Rsssian, sustsinz
ing bis .lional charaetcris,ick by valedics
tory theft as our time OF remaining among
them was now drawing TO close. But, I
was afterwards, Informed, and indeed tho
mans conduct seemed to prove II that bis de"
sign was TO assassinate.
|" Among the Russians, indeed, we weto
cons,snliy exposed to danger either from
imposition which il was hsIarGous TO detect;
or from Insult, j, was fearful TO resent and In
both cases the Consequences affected our &c"
curity.
{" In conyersa:iot, The CoSssck is q seDtle@
mau for he is veil Informed, free from pre-
iudice, open. sipeete, and upright. Place
him by The side OF ); Russiau--wha, con.
trss, The one /. literally ,wo.cggcd pig,
having all tire brutality, bu, more kna'ery'
than ,:,at animal tho other rational, acT
CON plished, s. valuable member OF society.
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