Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-11-22
nli Miscellaneous.
Feast OF the RUSSIAN pEorLE.

spread in the keasnaia Ploschad, the tables luden
with the good things of this world, and the square
enclosed with galleries, from which The great boy
ards enjoyed the pros pett OF their serbs etJ"ylug
an abundant banquet at least once daring the term
OF their natural lives, The young Emperor, hand
some as Apollo, and surrounded with all Che adj
juncts of imperial splendor, presided ou "a throne
erected for the occasion, and a signal from him
was TO have inaugu;Nted u protraCt2d banquet, e.
be gone through with all due turm0lIty, dignity,
and decorum. Bot tie quarter million Of maiiks
who had waited round the barriers from on callA
hour in the morning, some OF them tie whole oi
the night beiUie, took % different view % the ctSe.
and, the moment the sigual was given, rushed APP
on the feast like SO many cauuiuai- LOT to eat, but.
to carry away. aud, in The t|winkliug .t uu eye, eV-|
~erything eatublo aud drjukatlo hsd disappeared
from the table; and those who had nut been suun@
or active enough to get portions II t.e good cheer.
tore off the tableclutls, and broke up tae tables,
using the fractured legs as veiruus to make the
earlier plunderers ~disgorge some share Vt their
hard-wOu booty. 1t is even said thal tae r@Ji|yIt,
for the spectators were torn down, aud that Cash.
mere shaw Is aud diamond necklaces went the way
OF the legs Of mutton and roast chickens, % thr.
great alarm aud chagrin OF the aristycwtie AUDI
ence in the Beautiful Place" To prevent ho re-
currence Of such disorders, great Vaius aud pre-
cautions bad been taken on the present occasiou,
while the elements lent their aid in cooling muiIk
ardor and preserving the public Tranquility.
1t has been said that the most threatening ea1eUis
may often be nipped in the bud by the well-dlrcc-
ted hose Of Il frc.engine, but if all the frc-eugiucs
in Eurore, aud America to boot, had been brought
into requisition, they could not have given the
crowd So thorough "A soaking as did the litjlea
rIin, which from "m0rn to dewey eve had Neeu
saturating sheepskins, soaking through ~cuirJus,
and drenchlng military uniforms aii through lu
the great plain OF kadinka, which, turthe reasons
above stated, had been chosen us the site Of the
present coronation banquet. Having secured %
carriage, no easy task at such a time, when every
man who has alkopeck to spare must ride 90 DIM
ner. | lrove out to the plain at an early hour, and
all along the route found my passage distracted
by the premonitory symptoms Of the great festival.
The 'black-peoI lo' covered the toHpur like "a
plague of locusts ten times as numerous rs the
many pilgrims TO Greenwich fair, but looking as
serious as judges, and evidently making abstruse
mental calculations as to how much ut the antlct
pated prOyeudNr would fall 20 their several shares.
There was the rough mujik of the plains IN his
sheepskin coat, shapeless indescriHahie hat and
bearded like a patriarch, Little cares be about
social or political problems. lie works when he
can't help It, keeps himself as warm aus he can,
washes as seldom as he can. and when inclined ir
jolity, sings a song, the burihen OF WhIch Is, 'OhI
don't ask me to read or write
Close behind him followed the fair partner Of
his Joys and sorrow, looking for all the world like
q bundle Of faded calico, mounted 0n ciepnanlne
legs, and furnished with q capaciOus bneEet to con
tain the anticipated spoiis of the "Fe>tin.' Then
there was the mujik OF the town, tall and slim, ia
well worn cattau, and t~rudging along with that
shutting gait which long practice on She moss
abuminable pavement in the world has made sec
ond nature. Lastly, we had the muilk val TO DO,
clad in Lincoln green, and with hat of uucEcepuoua
bic beaver, who keeps his own drotscAki, and drive,
prosperous t-ade in the NerJskui. lie is worth IN;
2U0,0OO rubles perhaps affects diamond, and ha'
his daughter learning the piano, md thSflnEuuges
But the sword OF DamOcIes hangs over ms head by
q single hair, as the rough country bpyArd, tC
whom he owes fealty, may at any time cancel A'
pass and rooall HIM to the roeShe-' labor OF roF'
liie-or perhaps send HIM of for q so.dlCr.-Soml
of this class are pointed out to me every day, Nht
have over and over again offered thousands Of =,
bles for their freedom, but their mlsters are ineEo
rable, as one Of the greatest Injuries OF Il ltusslar
nobleman is to be able to point to q man and say
you see that fellow, he is my serf, and IS wortl
O million silver rubles."
On they went in a never-ending stream, the poo
trudging steadily through fluid mud, tho wcll-to
do dashing, splashing On their neat drotscEEie
behind horses that would raise u shout OF admra
ton in HYDE Park. The whole Of the r.alwa'
was covered with equipagGs Cor miles, every sue
cessive one of which offered some now variety q
vehicular monstrUsity. 1t wIil be easily cougglye
that in such Il crowd our progress was auyihIn.
but rapid. Sometimes we got on q Altle, some
times we "poleI' our leader, sometimes got pole.
ourselves from behind, and then such q mluL,s.
torrent OF Russian abuse and English yociteratio'
Sometimes the gendArmes ordered us TO stop
sometimes permitted Us to 60 on, while ever Gnl
anon the horrid little C0ssacks, like SO man.
mounted Skye terriers, lowered and i~abiercd, an.
ealloped over the people, and shook their fists %
'IvosdtchiI s." and seemed as if the rain had boil
ed them up to a furious internal iermenJation.-
Everything, however, has an end, except rain ].
Russia; and so, at lass, we male our way to tbs
covered gallery which had been constructed for, l
diplomatic bodies and their friends. \ large space
had been rallied of, in the center of which was
handsome pavilion for the accommodation Of th
Emperor and his family, and round it, an tire
sides, were galleries similar to that ia which W
found ourselves located. From oar elevated ro
sition we could see the arrangements for the feast
and they were abundant and worthy Of the occa
sion. Several miles Of tables surrounded tha en-
closure en- every side, and on iaen were place
sheep roasted whole, standing bolt upright, an
with their horns gIlded ready for the sacrifice
With them were altercated great mountains o