New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-22

there 10 no mention, 40 merely Q strap is placed
round the neck Of each horse, 10 which are tao |
strings that extend back TO the karutuehe post
wagon. A sort of wicker basket, just large
enough TO hold one person OF moderate dImen-
siops, forms the box Of the latter. The surudju,
or postion, 10 Wallschian, whose cosl-black hair
hangs down over his shoulders, and whose hat,
Also black and ornamented with = rim of marvel
Gus width, shades a face resembling in color that
of a Choctaw Indian. He wears loose linen
pantalOons. and over them garment OF the same
material which hangs from the shoulders like
frock, and is secured at the waist by broad
leathem grdle. You imrnerse yourself into the
straw with which the karutsche is filled, the sur
udiu leaps upon one of the hind horses, and at bis
shrll CRY and the swing of his long pei'sehe, the
little steeds extend their heads. lag back their
ears, and dash off at rate defyng all description.
These small Wallachian horsV are remarkaby
hardy and marvelously swift of foot. We darted
over the PLAZA which stretches back from the Dan
ube as if d squadron of COssacks had been in full
pursuit. and did not hold up until We reached
collection Of huts seven miles from Giurgevo On
the wsy, we passed neither house nor tree, and
noticed but one small field Of corn, although the
soil was remarkably black and rich. Frateschi'
the name Of the village composed of the nisera-
bic huts aforementioned is situated OF the slope
of small hill where the Russians took up po-
siton after Withdrawing from the Danube. Two
more posts were passed in the same manner,
and my surudju refined up at Turkish
Khan at a village called Kaougaxeni. / found that
we had laid behind twenty miles in two hours and
a half We passed several places were the Rus
slams as we'll as the Turks had encamped, indi-
Gated by the bushes which they had used to coz
struct coverings against the Gun and rain, and the
csmp fret, the ashes Of which remained undis.
turbed Considerable tracts Of land were covered
with brusbwood and the cernhelds became more
numerous. On the way noticed two or three
covered fountains, erected long ago by some de-
won't Nussumen, but now fallen into decay, AZ
well az now and then Greek cross stuck up
along the road. One Of the latter, near the place
where We halted for refreshments, marked the
SPOT where Michael the Brave Prince Of Walla-
CHA, once gained great victory over the Turks.
These Greek crosses. constructed OF wood or
stone, appeared TO be the only thing the Russians
Lad not mutilated when they left the country.
After refreshments, which consisted OF dry crust
washed down with vile fluid termed Wallachan
wine we resumed our way to Bucharest. How the
vehicle held together to the end OF the journey is
known only to the cunning hand of the maker. To
epioy ohbouk was out OF the question. Some
times the surudju would for a short time forget
himself thinking, perhaps. of some fair Wal
lachian maid, and his horses fall into more mod
crate pace. but then the remembrance of the
piastres promised as trnkgeld would suddenly dis
turb those pleasant fancies, and another shout and
swing of the peitsche would set going before.
Ii WAS however when we were passing detach.
ments of Turkish troops, or meeting the long lines
Of Bulgarian aroJas returning under Turkish cOlors
from Bucharest whittier they had conveyed the
fagge of Omer Pasha's army, that be took coca.
sion to display bis peculiar ieats of Workmanship.
The Arabs and Bulgarians looked on with aston
ishment as our little steeds paved the earth TO es
cape the vigorous applications of the peitsche We
crossed the Argsch at the village of Kapatscheni
and also, on the way, several other unmpOrtant
streams flowing down from the Carpathians.
These we were compelled to ford, as the bridges
had, without exception, been destroyed by the
Russians.
Everywhere along the road saw the evidences
of cruel war. Whole districts had been depopu-
lated. Cornfeds and vineyards trampled to the
earth by Cossacks villages deserted, aud houses
burned, smiling places converted into deserts, and
everything ruined sacked and destroyed. These
were the blessings brought by the minions of the
Gar upon land which had otherwise remained
in the enjoyment of peace and plenty. What
mockery Of the word protection
Just after night-fall we entered the barriers of
Bucharest, having accomplished distance of 40
miles in an astonshiDgly short time. WAS glad
to descend at the Hotel d'Europe, and throw my
self upon a bed to recover from the fstigues Of
such journey.