New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-12
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| m RUSSIAN SHORES OF THE BLACK SEA BY Law
'HEscE OLfPHAST limo PIP. 2J6 Hedheid
Until recent date, the country described in this
| dune has been comparatively unknown and has ex-
ed but little interest The deficiency now bids fair
abe supplied and indeed it is not easy to keep pace
nth the rush of works ON the subj ect that is just
his time proceeding from the English press. Mr..
6phsns book is one of the most readable, well as
ae most instructive publications that we have
sfng to the portion ofthe Russian empire to which tits
byoted His route extended from Moscow to Mini
bygorod, thence down the Yolga by the way of Ka-
m TO Dubovka formerly the capital of the country of
yolga Cossacks touching at Seyastopol and Odessa,
id finally bringing up at Orsova on the Danube.
The journey from Moscow to Mini was performed
"A large comfortable diligence occupying two days
nd two nights the macadamized road being covered
Hh vehicles and travellers intent on arriving in sea-
for the great fair about to be held in the latter city
Ms had little of the spirit Of holiday occasion, but
resented an earnest business-like appearance espe
lfy striking to a stranger.
There was evidently no time TO be lost in meTy-go:
nds or penny shows. Here fortunes We're 10 be lost or
rn in few short weeks. The rich merchant had brought
ahabIe wares from distant lands expenses
h poor pedder had trudged many weary mile with his
nyy pack both had saked their all the results OF
sr transactions in the allotted tme and were in no
nor triAe with it. 1t had evidently struck them
At Mini fair place 10 which people would resort
Aer for pleasure instruction. or for anything but god
id certainly interesting though il was, some suoh motive
she last would be required TO induce second visit The
II k held a low sandy spot of land, formed by the
reton Of the Okla and the Voga and which is subject
sastant inundaon in winter The substantial part of IT,
sbted by the wealthy merchants is arranged IN twelve
ao Streets composed of neat twostored brick houses
Aower part forming the shops and warehouses which
proected by covered verandahs. Each street term1-
h. at one end in pagOda indicating the Chinese quarter
ve at the other is connected with square, where the
Governors house and public offices are situated.
This respectable nucleus is encOmpassed by deep bor-
Go temporary wooden huts inhabited by an nicscrib-
Hk swarm of ragged Tartars TchOuvasses kgkees, ana
nueks, besides the peasantry 81 the VINO
tQuen the fair with provisions, fruit and all sorts OF
arm and country produce long bridge OF boats across
ae Okla connects this busy peninsula with the hill ON
xhehis situated the town of Mini, commanding an exe,
ave view Of the whole scene. Both rivers covered
with every conceivable shape and description 0 DOat anu
barge from the distant Caspian laden with raw or
spun cotton Persian shawls, Georgian caIpes anu DuK
harn skins dried fruits these vessels, Ol square u-
wiedy construction, elabOraely painted ana orna-
nened and their decks are erected curious wooden
hsbaaoas from the peaked roofs OF which nuer gaaay
Gags rhe of the carved windows peep Eastern naid-
ems Ohefs rude and strongly built, have come down me
Mama with Siberian iron tea; while the more cvnized
gpearance OF few denotes their western ors, an anu
hese have threaded their way from the shores OF tne Da
te laden with the manufactured goods OF Europe. On
bard this singular mixture of craft is found as singular
fixture of inhabitants, whole families coming from uer
Sant homes to take some share in what-nOw that the
xhibtion exists longer III that capaciyay resume
b old title Of the Worlds Far.
The state of society among the population on the
onks of the VOlga exhibits several peculiar features
Whatever may be the morals of the peasantry in remote
Sstrcs those living in the towns and villages on the Noga
Ne more degraded in their habits than any other people
monc whom have traveed and they can hardly be said
disregard since they have never been acquainted with
. Ihoth hatfar ~aSrtlf ~ Qn
BE ordinary decencies OF life Nhat oeler result ci ~,
iced be expected from system by which the upper classes
he wealthy proportion TO the number of sers possessed
" each proprietor The rapid increase of the population
no less an object with the private serowner than inc
Intensive Consumption c ardent spirits Is aesea py '9
government Thus each vice Is privileged with especiai
atronape Marriages in the Russian sense OF the term
re consummated early age and are arranged oy e
award without consulting the pares-the lord approval
lane being necessary The price of family ranges from
sa5 o f40 Our captain had taken his wife on lease oil
I've wears the rent for that amounting to tty rubes
nth the privilege of renewal at the expiration Oh H.
The country of the Don Cossacks, which the author
raversed did not present an inviting aspect Inc
prairie between the Volga ana tne Don
pyered with short dry grass, interspersed with
u.pt.ties of wild thyme and lilac crocuses' loohed
n an ocosn subsiding into tranquility after three
avs storm. For miles the travellers did not meet
opl Occasionally few carts, drawn by buiiocAs'
,rry;ro timher 10 the Don. diversified the dreary
sene, or wild-looking Cossack e1'oPeu P's' y.
Ilder-looking horse. On arriving at the pos''S'a-
ons there is no end to the perplexites OF =" P''"
search Of the picturesque.
Not soul is 10 be seena solitary chicken percheo on
e wheel of cart is the only visible sgnoi
e. At length, after sundry Intellectual attempts 70 open
e door of The wooden cabin soyenly woman looks out
lowed bv three or four ragged brats One OF tne emu
Immediately disappears upon the stePPe rs'urg u,
bout half an hour with bearded, sullen-iooking man
no. without deigning remark, mounts one OF tc last
am and eallops away cs if he never meant 70 come
aei presently however haa-dozen horses are seeh I
ing al full speed down dstant slope, foiiowed oy 'ro
enour suilen friend and his sullen friena wnon nc
ems to have picked up somewhere with the norses
time our ysaschk or driver from the as' p'acc n"'
lcceeded in loosening the rope which serves as poo
rap, and which has hitherto been continually brea o
side Of every hill just when it was most wanted; asGn
70 last occasion however, he has apparently %
sting II into a most permanent knot Meah,ine o s.o0
orse are selected from those which have just oeeh u
Ito sort Of kraal-the work of Harvesting begins ahuo
npes another half-hour. Notwithstanding all the eApci
nce which the driver brings to bear upon the suos
e poe-rcpes they prove dreadful puzzle, anu a'e ''
Emily quite a modern and hitherto unseen invehlion
At length the company is ready for start;