Alabama state intelligencer., 1831-05-25

notwithstanding my wood-noes wild, Ii will never be sung well again."
 2A4 KaSaaa CahHoi--The following de- scription of St Petersburg IS from the pen of a young American lady to her friend, in Charleston. We copy 1t from the Gazette of that city:
 ST PETERSBURG, 1899.
 Dear Friead--On entering the harbor of this City, the tre WAS struck with singular spectacle. The figures of human beings which were seen passing and repassing the decks of the vessels by which we were sur- rounded, had such grotesQue and outrc ap- pcarancc, that felt inclined to make myself merry at their eXpensc-5ut did not long cherish such propensity, for their wan and dejectcd visages called rather for pity. Their dress was so peculiar, so very different from any thing which had ever seen that there is no describing it. Then the barbarous manner
 m which many of their vessels were rigged-- You can have no conception of it; there was not a rope that had its proper place. wished to call to the masters of them so as to assure myself that they had not given orders in their dreams for the strange adjustment If masts, bows, S1c. but alas, I.could not speak word of their language, vet when heard it's dis cordant sounds, scarcely regretted my igno- rance of it. We were now about twelve miles from the city. Having procured boats, we proceeded up the river, ] must need say the prospect CD every side cT us was delight full, more attractive to ne perhaps from its novelty than from any intrinsic beauty.
 Imagine to yourself three boats with sails spread to the wind, bearing onward in full speed, never separating from each other ; but tracing a straight line as if the brccZes | r. ;,,d tba listening to the sweetest music that the ear ever drank in, sounds so heavenly that you
 could not but think spirits of the ctherial
 world were lending their angel voices to the band that called mp such divine harmony.-- Still let your imagination dwell with us. The city, in all it's beauty, is now presented to the eye You know river passes through the city; on either side of it is high wall Af- ter passing up the river for considerable distance with these high walson either side of us, and in view of many grand public build- ings, we left our boats and were conducted over bridge formed of boats, to d lofty flight of marble steps, which after having ascended, we found ourselves in this great city.
 l will pass over several days which have in them very little to interest you, and at tempt to give you some idea of this place. | The walls on the river side are built of mar ble, their height is sixteen feet, so wide that several carriages may ride abreast All the public buildings of the city arc built upon the public street. On the eastern side, they are splendid beyond any thing that have before seen. They are usu@lly built of pure white marble highly polished. The Emperor's palace is magnificent; it's entrance is adorned with columns of the same material, which rise one above another in regal grandeur,
 forming an entrance of uncommon loftness, and beiur At some other time I will give you T more minute description of this build
 ing;--as yet have cnly examined it's eastern
 side Immediately opposite the palace the park is situated. 1 never remember to have | sScr spit where taste and elegance were | more finely blended. The light foliage which but partially concealed the various groups
 which were inhahng the morning breeze, threw so soft and mellow light over their figures, that memory is in vain called upon to bring back some past scene to equal this Tn loyeliness. Here sanaeness fatigued not. The eye had only to wander fir m this scene, ani-
 mated by the light-hearted gaiety of the hap py, and rest it upon the deep and solemn ave nues of the fir, and there indeed will it long lest-for in the wild beauty of their fantastic leaves, and in the loft.ness of their branches, there is d grandeur that must touch every heart allied to heaven. There is a forgetful- ness in us. Our eye takes in at single glance, ard feasts and luxuriates amidst the | rch plofusioi. The car too is ravished by the harmony of sweet sounds; we bsten with delight to the melody of the singing wind, as the more melancholy cadence of the oceans deep scng. In giving our admiration to these spirits of harmony, do we rememberth the gra- titule due to the power which created them?
 Here on this spot where l stand in the pre-
 scnce of this lower paradise, the heart must
 be cold indeed that can forget the goodness
 If that being who commanded light and all its
 train of attendant beauties into existence.
 wander from my subject. left you among
 the shatlowy fir-trees. Let me now lead you
 to the statute of Peter the Great. You, nc
 doubt, remember where it was first erected.
 It is now several years since the Russian:
 removed it from that celebrated spot, ant
 strange as it may appear, it is still entire
 The statue is enclosed in large plain adjoin ing the park; the weight of it is sixty-sevel