The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-07-25
The Rowing Englishlnan.
FROM VARNA TOR RUSTCHUK.

| had uniform Ia a tin box-a German tin boz
which of course would neither shut nor open
nsd that most awkard of all things TO pack cock
| eo-het case, and long frsil slender sword. wa
perecty right 10 resolving 70 take these things
cumorances % they are; for, In passing through
"a. country might come to grief, and In ell land
under despotic governments-in Russia or Ia land
semi Russiauised, such a. Waachia Moldavis
.as bsnet, Poland and Hungary, as well ss In Aus
trls, rrussia, and even Bavaria and Saxopy-s
unHorm goes great way; and whichever route
might faaliy decide on "a kiog to England, 1, wal
extremely probable that my uniform meht comf
In very seasonaby in the case OF any untoward oc
currence. had also two leather pormantesus
wnicn might have been dispensed with, If British
iriands and relatives were not slways SO anxious
70 receive presepts from the East. had two car.
pet baes. one oke abou two British pounds) of Con
stsntinople tobacco,-a great treat 10 any liv-
ing sway from the capital had six game pies al
q provision tor the road, and which turned cut to
De worse thar unnecessary. had a short great
Goa, macintosh AID thick Albanian clos
which were very we'll worth their carriage. If
were going to make the same journey again
would take uniform, most certainly, complete
oversuit of macintosh or oilskin including leg
gines and coverings for the feet; but would un-
nesitatingly reduce the rest of my luggsge to the
smaliess OF all possible carpet bags, and buy such
things as | wanted for immediate use In the towns
upon my way.
However, there these things were now, piled ND
"a dsheartsning hespD In the court Of a dirty inn
ds dfoo. aux tuc 0ECu'ty Wbe now 20 get InGrn
away. The luggage delayed US at least six and
thirfy hours In the comparatively short distance
between Varna and Rusichuk We could not 90
more than three mies an hour, because of them
and we might have gone always Eve, and sons
times seven or eight. The portmanseaus were oar
icuiary Difficult things to grid on the pack-horsee;
but al last we contrived means by which with q
greet expenditure of time and rope, We succeeded
10 isshing them on with some degree of security.
To be sure they CALLED the horses cruelty wherey.
er their sharp edges and angles happened to touch
them; but we could get along and that is the most
which can be fairly said
We started from Varna long before daylight, and
could not help ehscting that the style Ia which
wewera travelling was very much the same as that
which .as usual In England during the reign of
EllzsLsth. So rode the courtiy Raleigh nour.
ishng ambitious dreams and fancias of new worlds
SO rod5 bluff Suffolk and the stately Earl of Leices
ter when lie sped upon hls stolen visits to his hid
den BRIDE and SO came Master Shakespeare from
Stratfor 4 70 London Ia fifteen hundred and eighty
seven. The usages of all countries are the same
10 the sime stage of history. Ay even to the food
the peoI lie eat and the manner of dressing H. Tie
clotles hey wear; their houses, and their very
minds.
Our 1urondjee, or hired groom, sent to take
care OF the horses, rode frat. Then came our
pack bCrses, the halter of the foremost tied on to
the tai of The Sourondiees horse, and the Sc
cond pack-horses halter made fast in the same
way 10 the tall of the other. To this one again was
lashed on an extra horse, on which to shift the
should prove too heavy or II horse should by mis-
chance fall lame; our Tarter or armed guide guard
and courier, brought up the rear In his hand he
carried a long whip, and with this sometimes he
lashed the post horses, sometimes their owner.
Lastly, rode We, merry company smoking and
chatting along the wild romantic road but also hav.
ing sort of crook In our lots with respect to our
saddles, which were turkish wooden saddles,
bought at Varns, and made up Of calling red cloth
and fringe exasperating brass nails rudely stuck
In the most impossible places, and unexpected
bumps wherever they ought not to have been.
We thought naturally enough OF the testy invalid
who cursed his bed, because the longer he lay In
II the harder 1t grew. AS for the Turkish stirrups
they were neither more nor less than pair of exc
crucistiug stocks for the feet, and their mere
weight and SD ortness kept them close TO the
horses sides and forced our knees into go torturng
and unnatural position that 1t is odd they were
not disiocated. The horses, which cost two piass
tres and half each per hour, were small, wiry Its
tie things of wonderful endurance, though not
much courage and action. They were halt. stsrv.
ed also, and quite worn out by the marchings and
counter-marchings of officers speeding hither and
thither on military service, and couriers carving
dispatches from the seat of war On which the fate
of bsleagured city or an army might depend. In
any case however, they would have been Inferior
to the horses of Asia Minor er Syria, and other
parts of Turkey.
Upon the whole do not remember to have ey
or travelled through country more unin,eresting
to the mere wayfarer than Bulgaria. 1t Is, indeed
comparatively untrodden and | dare say that
person who was disposed TO spend any considera.
BILE time In exploring 1t, would be extremely well
rewarded for the trouble and the many privations
he would be obliged to experience in SO doiug.
Many curious ancient games and Gus oms know
may still be witnessed lingering among the inhab-
itants OF its rarely.disturbed villages, and some
singula giimpses OF society and local insti,u.
tions of which absolutely know nothing would
repay him at every step. The country abounds
with game, and the sportsman would hear the echo
of few guns bur his own in its boundless covers
and marhses, which are quite alive with water.
fowl The vfllaa sfs also, Knowing nothing of the
common golden British traveller, are hospitable,
without thought Of gain; and shilling or two a.
day would be the utmost he could spend.
A passenger, however, who is obliged to keep
the high road enjoys none of these advantages
All the richest and pleasautest of the villages are
built 10 secluded hooks, as far away from the road
as possible. Il is difficult to fnd them without
careful inquiry; and a stranger would excite as
much astonishment as he felt. If any consular
d!gnitsry or tax.gathering Pasha had recently
passed that way, he would also create some alarm;
that, If alone, he might be In danger He should
therefore go with one or two attached attendants,
perfectly familiar with the country, as well as
with the language and habits of the people
The Greek population 10, Of course far the most
numerous; but they are said to have well deserved
a very III reputation. They are generally consid.
cred cunning, nsincere and dishonest so that |,
would be well to solourn among the Turks, when l.
ever preference was possible. The Bulg arisps
and the Arabs are remarkable az being the best
grooms In Turkey, and the Buigarians az a rule,
are even better than the Arabs. / unable to ex>
plain this ON any supposiiion the extraordiu.
ary value that horses acquire in fat marshy
country, where the distance between the towns
and villages are very great, and not easily .ravers-
ed on foot. Bulgaria 10 also q corn country where
horses are In much demand for fied-labour and
chesply kept. 1t is worthy of observation ths,
they are comparatively seldom harnessed: the
plougbs and small agricultural Wagons of the
country are almost entirely drawn BY oxen.
The post-hOuses are usually about five or siz
miles apart and ID is seldom indeed that q house
intervenes, that any object of interest whatever
Ia seen upon the road. The postmasters are re
quired by law to furnish food TO travellers on de.
mand, and at moderate prices. 1t is seldom, how
ever, that anything eatable Is TO be obtained from
them, and any traveller OF even minor importance
Will therefore do we'll to ask for the house of the
hrst man In the village at which he halts; and
riding unhesitatingly up TO 1t, ask entertsinmen
Tor himself and suite. Ii will be readily accorded
Food II excellent and plentiful everywhere excep
at the post houses; and, az any person other thar
contular magnste, would take care to give pre-
sent in proportion TO his consumption and th'
trouble he occssioned, no party concerned woult
have the smallest reason TO be dissatisfied with th,
result Of the visit Chambers Journal.
SUIT FoR ILLEGAL DETENTION Count Kapziu
SKI, Hugh Lippi A. Lapglois and R Rudeiiars
some OF the persons who were taken from a vessa
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