New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-12-06
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We proceeded bag and baggage, to Tho station q tho
M.s,ow HALLWAY Only ono tain starts daily and tho
hour nj which this most important event takes place ~ or
oueh to be eleven A. NJ Travellers are commanded by
, ,,,rnm,tt Ia lac a Tho station at ten precisely and
even hrn they are liable TO be told that the train ~ full
Ms Is quite an unhoard Of thing Ia put on an extra car
rscc Tor any number of passengers Having arrived
,h,t,Co nj len minutes before ten TO DO quite sure Of
Icing IN time luggage was seized by soiier pohee
man or railway porter for they all wear somswnh' he
Same uniicrnl and carried in one direction, while we
,nhca in nntcr 10 show our port for Moscow 70
euro which We had been 90 three deTon ohces me day
h,e ore the dissertations of our persons and our reasons
for travelling which il contained being copied 81 iull
length hurried 10 another counter "hole nc eO'
Il stamped whence catching sight of our baggage en- Pl'
seRf we sped 20 the ticket oncc ana thsh 70
orr rortuipptcauN we went through few iOrmatIes,
which ended in receiving ticket to add 10 the number %
those with which pockets were now pretty ei nea.
The anxiety OF mind which such variety OF documents
causes is not 10 be wondered at when the consequences
Which he loss Of OF them would entail are considered
Ladies in Russia do not think OF trying 10 carry helr
tickets in their gloves We now bcook ourselves to the
waiting which should have ihous hs had
not been detained IN il so long that we sOt urea O IA
mrpe IT, For an hour the OF The tram
st patiently the benchesever man win head
for even skull cap is attenuation 10 hdsslan nhler
roof Every man in military gaID seemed % nave te
tnfyfe to the PLATFORM vhe the doors were shl'
against us unhappy civilians. Al quarter before eleven
however they opened-a general rush ioioWs ana We
are hurried through barrier the doors Of which close be
hind u.s. Soon the whole barrier becomes thronged WIN
reoe waving their adeus ardent we were booked
Tor Australia bell whistle, and sort OF du attempt
q IN more clNDiLeu phtS VI thS "vAii
the se nails for starting We leave the weeping eyes ana
waving pocket bandkerchefs behind u.s. and Iii me course
of ten minutes find TO abstraction thai we nave IN
creased ourspoed TO fifteen miles an hour nave haru
done so ere we arrive at a station Everybody rushes out
and LIGHTS a cigarette We 10 stop here ten minutes
and the people during that time walk up and down the
ratform and smoke then we huddle into old places
and have time 10 look about us The carriages are urge
Nobody seems 90 in the first class second class car
riage accommodates about fifty people. lhey are ouu a'
in Austria and America with passage in the CENTER per
ambuatod by in uniform, who occasionally ASKS
people for their tickets He seems to make inquiry the
first time to satisfy himself that you have got one ana al
forwards merely amusement, which he apparently
eIoys the if he fances you are gong 10 steep Inc
men are bearded and dirty, and relate stories IN loud
tone of voice. for the benefit OF the whole company most
OF whom have evidently never been IN railway before
AT every station the same scene ensues The unsmoNed
ends Of the last stations cigars having been careiuy
preserved, lighted aresh, and vehemety smoked on
the platform during five or ten minutes az the case may De-
The stations all very spacious and uniformly con
stIuced with an immense domed building Tor engines
attached to each. Though there is only one passenger
train daily there three goods trains always wen loaded
with inland produce allow fur tea, &C. or with cotton
from St. Petersburg TO the interior should hardly thnH
the line could possibly pay but as is government
nobody has any means OF ascertanng TINS iact
Whether il pays not, the railway traveller in Russia
discovers that the requirements OF trade are as
little regarded by government his own per
sonal convenience for the restrictive policy of the
empire must ever neutralise, in great measure
the beneficial effects of rapid internal communi-
cation while the difficulties which have always been
placed in the way of free mercantile intercourse exist in
full force though the physical obstacles by whch II mas
hitherto been encompassed overcome In fact though
the public cannot but be benefited by the formation OF
railroads throughout country it is hardly for the public
benefit that railroads constructed here Russian ra
roads seem be meant for Russian soldiers and It Is
the facility thus afforded Of moving large bodies OF men,
that invests this mode of communication in Russia with
an importance which does not attach to it in Great Britain
or perhaps any other country in Europe TO equal extent
Wien ST Petersburg Moscow, Odessa, and warsaw De
come connected Russia entirely position
with regard the of Europe few days instead OF
will then suffice the armies OF
the north and south upon the Austrian Prussan from
tiers Through this quarter of the world many hun
bred ago poured those barbarc hordes which over
ran civilized Europe it would, indeed be asngular esti
mony to the spirit Of the age if the next invaders made
Russian Shores Of the Black Sea