New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-08-11
A PNSSIiN HEGO.

Transit t@1f 10 n. Y.
As Russia excites at this moment the curosit! %
Furope in general and on all sides are found RUSSIAN
histories Russian anecdotes. Russian tales charts On
the Black Sea and charts Of the Baltic, We may IN our
tnn rccite for the ed,hcat0n OF the reader, inc o'
lowing eriscde from the | lie Of Suwarrov siinplo
account OF his habits il has further pretsnson than
to represent Russian hero of the last century IN
natural way.
The Russian army commanded BY Suwarrow lad Ia
yaded Piedmont as every one knows, alter tho battle
81 Trahia. Right or wrong. rumor accuses the w Al
depses of having repulsed the Cossacks from their val
leys aud so covered the retreat Of the French. So
the Russian general wished to be reyenged upon these
nnfor,unate valleys Otter tried by persecution, for
What he called the crime OF revolt In TINS extremity
the Wadenses sent deputatiOn TO Turin to soften tho
rave IF Suwarrow and to offer their submission. The
deputation passed the vanguard Of Cossaeks. Here's
the description they gives Nothing elusis the GUT
tony OF these troops" says Appa' III MS scoooh!;
the soldiers fetch often from the country oacs NUS
and grapes quite unripe; they put all these IN their
saIc, pans with such meats a. are g'en ,neW' ans
caude.enjs thrown in for seasoning. l nave seen
them making this delicious soup at their quarters;
never, however did they wish TO lodge within doors;
their hardihood was excessive. They slept peli'meu
with their horses At break of day they turaed to
ward the east and said their prayers with proinsien
of signs of the The respect which they pay 20
their superors is incredible. They approach such on
their knees IN order 10 Mss thelF Ooos aier having
been beaten with the knout.
"For Suwarrow they were enthusiasts. One evening
having been invited 10 dinner with Lieutenant kItow
with the Interpreter Bohemian PIT question touch
ing Sn,raryou the Marshs mme ilatey htow rosc up,
drew his saber placed it between his teeth TOOK ps
FOL in each hand and eevating il above his head, cried
in stern voice, notwithstanding the sabre be was
biting 20. Suwarrow Suwarrow
Suwarrow who then was this Suwarrow who iu-
spired in Lieut. Kitow this degree Of frenzy mode
,minently Cossack Of showing his admiration Su-
warrow was simply Tartar of good family When
the deputaon OF Wadenses went 20 Turin for an audi
ence with him at the door Of the cstern palace no re-
turned the yistthe and cyly invited the depu
taton TO dine at O'Clock in the morning lie used to
breakfast. without doubt, at midnight
In going at the dinner hour says the chsoncler
Appia we were introduced into the hall Of the stan.
where we found Col. Contsnikow and the young
Prince GorchakoG. These gentlemen spoke French
with a yolubility which astounded me. Having been
admitted into the dining-rOom, We saw enter q little
old man in white vest, Ia keyserft-, white trowsers
and small black cap ON his head stock
ings, and boots down at heel. IL was tne
Marshal Tie Count Zuccato took my hand and pre-
sented me- wished TO read in a full voice the act OF
submis sion which had given in writing but he said:
Not necessary; I Know all Then he embraced me.
saving Pace ameiEia fraisldRtG: peace, friend
shin and brotherhood)- almost precisely the Jacobln
salute recalled the fact that this was the cruel gen
era who had delivered over to fire and sword the ta,-
bourg OF Prague at Warsaw. After that, the servant
brought in large glass of brandy which he gulped
down. moment after, the same servant entered,
These Suwarrow munched with his toothess gums 40
fast as il he had young set of grinders. Then he
came To me- put three in my left hand and gave me
glass of brandy When we had finished our horse rad
ish he said: Gentlemen, of what religion are youl
Having told our faith he turned toward an old Danish
general saying, Pray for these gentlemen Tho
general thsreupOn clasped hls hands and began .
prayer with much unctiOn but IL seemed that Suwar-
row did like the style OF 1t, for, putting his hand
on bis arm he interrupted him and began to recte ons
"a. nan ali
Tie witnesses OF this singular scene had as much I"
they could do to keep from Laughing. When it was
finished the Marshal said, Now LET us SIT down u
table,"
We here read page torn from Jornandes, and We
perceive new Attila in new dress. And let no ono
believe that from Atila 10 SuwarrOw and Suwarrow
10 orchakoh the Russian has gained much In ciyizs-
ton. lie is always the Hun of 0lden times, little
secured on the surface. He may borrow our arts,
our industries ashions our books our actresses.
our operas our dancers, bon mOs aud our yaudc-
yes; he has these things like a man who wears q
perukc has horsebair Russia, and will be- for n long
time the carnival of civilization. She has the mask
and the eostumethat is ALL but she possesses neither
depth nor culture
III mo for an instant this borrowed gear and what
do YOU find underneath An old toothles specter Of
barbarian who gobbes for dinner stick Of horse
radish and swills quart Of brandy. In Siberia, was
discovered an anteduyian elephant wcllkept IN block
of ice. The with difficulty broke this lee, and tho
elephant came out whole hairy as badger.
With little good will he might have stepped forth
aud walked maestcay after the beard Of the wander
ing jew, with six thousand years of antiquity.
The Russian people are little like the elephant
escaped from We know what nook of the pole into
its territory They would form complete museum
of all the infant States OF the world from Communism
TO Serfdom. Thus De Mastre, god Of owls, found
this barbarian so satisfactory, that be desired 10
possess at any cost TO hand over to the Jesuits for
keeping.