New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-11
THE CITY OF MOSCOW.
Correspondence Of The Boston Transcript ,

Moscow, May, 1855.
Since nv last letter from st. Petersburg | have
been waiting TO witness the peculiar ceremonies which
take Tlace on the breaking up of the Neva the river
on whch ST. Petersburg it situated The commander
of the fortress crosses first in his boat, his crystal
cup with Neva water and presents it TO the Emperor,
wi returnsi filed with gold. This has taken place for
many yeas but the Emperor found that the desire OF the
commandant for money increased every year, -
that the u00r CZel had last tOIsbng quantity
of water TO drink and ia return overwhelming price
to az for Il; be ordered cup of reasonable dimen
sioIs and declared that lie would give two hundred
ducats every ycer Even tins seems a real imperial
price TO pay for a cup of cold watr.
IL is very amusing 60 along the street and see two
fat coeclmen run up aud liss each other. Blu; this
every ore io6s from The Car 10 the peasant and the
Gar must kiss the soldier on guard before his
door ghen lie comes ont IN the morning. This IA OF
course only on Easter week The paradCs here
very frequent and often truly SPLENDID. At reviews,
when the Gar Is particularly pleased with regiment
he sends for of the prvaes and kisses him before
tho whole army; kissing does Mt 90 by favor here
if does everywhere else. II you present Easter
egg to young lady, YOU can claim the Easter privl
lege ia Kiss but my want OF courage compelled me to
allow he occasion TO slip sorrowfuIly oy.
We left ~. Petersburg the 2eth, and IN % hours
after ar easy transit found ourselves in Moscow. The
country is Hat and like most of the interior quite de-
void Of interest We called az once on the Governor
General and admitted without delay to his pres-
ence. He received kindly requesting us TO furnish
linn with list OF all wanted TO see, and adding
that be should be happy to see Hs again. and hear our
opinion This city. He gave aleer to Mon lie Baron
Bode, who provided us with permit 10 all the paiq-
ces and bis sgne 20 open the treasury. Theservants
were forbidden 10 receive 6ny fees from us, and we
had OF least four in the palace This was elegant;
the doors were all of buh tortoise shell and pearl,
and the floors were the most beautifully lnlaid ever
saw 4 be apartments of Nicholas were of course sim
pie but those of the crown prince, now Alexander
II, are furnished with solid silver We next visited
the treasury, ard here met by COnseiller du
Coar whorequested us TO wait half hour, till the
treasury should be orened, and lest the time should
harg heavily on hands, he invited to inspect
belonging to the Patriarchs OF Moscow from Nicholas
of the fourth century down.
Here is made the sacred bapzlng oil for all Russia
once year. The pots it Is made in were given by
Catharne III. There three of them, four feet high
in gold and silver, and weighing 900 pounds each.
Tbs treasures of Moscow saved front the French
in 1879 by carrying them TO Nisuhner NoyOgorod. To
our great delight we were allowed to unlock all the
cases and TO handle the articles Here saw the rich
est man in all Russia with exception. He il said
TO be worth 10000 600 rubes silver. l have since
heard that there is whose repued possessions
leo OOO.OO0 mblos silver | saw this CGsus in the
most fifth place, the treasure vaults, where Is stored
the bullion sent from ST. Petersburg OF the beginning
of the war The u of the Empire is always
moved to Moscow for safety during times of 1
was assured that the bullion in the treasury great
" exceeds the sum held by the Bank of gland and
the estimated value Of gems and jewels is almost fabu
ous, before which the crown jewels and regaia of En-
gland sink into comparative insignihcance.