New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-09

x,1 krg ccU of VOICED piA'~Aso w fA''s
A.. N. skeleton Of town deposited :bere By s'ae
a.A.. You exchange the green pain Of she sea
a.. sreen plain Of the DobrIdjs mrsees
.,..,.h uhisb the Dsnube winds like brown Veio'
,,..A !, said sbout the improvements TO- n'viga-
=, suhns. in the Paris Conferences, but tie
~, sould discover was long line Of posa %
~. vessels were noored and which msy be tos
s,,.yuppeY Of whsrf. We passed through s'ree'
.f ,e.,els nearly three miles long, touching escn
.,hs, ,.~n, and stern, on both sides OF the rver,
"a then pursued our winding way toward GAi.'z,
.om,ar,.yely alone. By aud BY, however, the
,;y. of the Dobrudja arose in the south-wese, aud
,,s roonotopous level Of the swamps was broken
d, be.s Of trees. Vegetation appeared 10 be fully
a, far advanced az at ConstantiDople, although We
were nearly Eve degrees further north.
In the afternoon, We pissed the southern or St.
GsorOe's Ann of the Danube, which is now %
closed up by a bar at its mouth IS to be useless
The northern or Kilia arm enters a short distance
higher up and looking toward it at sunset, over the
sy.st levels. we saw the fortress-town Of IsnaIl,
bn;,t upon lie northern bank. This was the famous
citadel Of tbe Turks, which fell before Su"srrow'
after one of the bloodiest assaults recorded IN h"-
tory. We anchored for some hours duriog the
night, but early the next morning were at Galaz,
IN Modava.
cannot say much about this place, for we only
rem,iDed long enough to exchange our Black Sea
steamer for the river. boat of the Danube Company.
1t is duD, commonplace town, built, over the
slope of o long, barren bill. Some travellers, who
had been there severSl days, had nothing whatever
70 tell me about II. We were much more inter
egted in our new steamer, which Was built on the
American plan, and very handsomely furnished.
But-down with all monopolies say i. Although
the fare from CODstantinople to Pesth-a voyage OF
seven dsys-is $40, this does not include state
room on the river boats, for which $50 sd-
ditional il demanded Nevertheless, hsd taken
the precsution to telegraph from Constsntnople to
G,latz, TO secure q room. A single message costs
tusrtu francs, yet when reached Gaatz, SIX days
aft4rward, the message had not arrived. The near
est approach 10 this which ever experienced was
in Ohio, where message which ! sen. was three
DAYS and half in going two hundred miles. Tne
esgireer Of the boat kindly offered to give me his
cabin, containing one berth, for $50, but We pre-
erred using the common cabins which were as
badly ventilated as on our own boats. These Dan
ube steamers, however, were very swift, kept IN
admirable order, and the fare what little there was
Of is) was unexceptionabe.
From Gastz to the Iron Gates, in ascending the
Danube, you have two days Of monotOnous scenery.
On one side the low hills of Turkey, heavy, ua'
graceful ridges, generally barren of wood, and on
the other the nterminable plains of Wallachia.
Except Gurgeyo, the port Of Bucharest, there are
no towns on the northern shore, but on the south
ern you pass, in succession, Rustchuk, Silstria,
Nicopolis and Widin, beside great number of
shabby red rooted villages nestled in the elbows OF
the hills. Immense herds Of horses Craze on the
sers and low black hats louugs about their huts,
which are raised on high piles out Of the reach OF
feshets; guard hou,es at regular intervals stud the
bank and three slovenly gray soldiers present arms
ss We pass; coal. barges and fat-boah descend the
rver in lopg black lines and oil these pictures re-
peated over and over again, at last weary the eye
We pa,sed Silistria at dusk, and saw only an In
distinct silhouette of its famous fort. But the scars
Of battle vanish soon from the earth and Sstra is
as quiet and orderly now as if it had not heard
cannon for thousand years.
At GladOwa, we entered the celebrated Iron
Gates, where spur of the Tra1sylvanan Alps,
running south.westward through Servia to join the
central mountain chain OF Turkey, attempts to
barricade the Danube. But, like the Rhine at
BiDgeD, and the Potomac at Harper's Ferry, he
has cut with his crystal sword the Gordian laby-
rnth be could not thread, and roars in series Of
triumphant rapids through the heart of the terrible
hills. Covered with forests of oak, beech, lsrch
and pine, the mountains tower grandly on either
hand, while through their interlOckng bases the
river de,cends iu watery planes whose slant can be
readily measured by the eye. The rocks have been
blasted 40 as to afford channel for the steamer,
which tIembles in every timber as she stems the
foamy tansle Of chutes and whirlpoos. Let one
of her iron muscles give way, and the river would
have his will. A mile and half Of SOW, trem-
bling, exciting progress, and we have mounted the
heaviest grade, but six heurs OF the same tremen-
dous scenery await US. We pierce yet sublmer
solitudes, and look on pictures of prscipice aad
piled rock, of cavern and yawning gorge, and noun
tain walls almost shutting on. the day, such ss n
other river in Europs can show.
AT Orsova, the northern bank becomes Austrian,
and We were ushered into the Empire with the
Usual suavity. 1 must confess that, much as
/ detest the Austrian Government there are few
countries in Europe where traveller meets with
20 little annoy ance and so much courtesy. All day
long, We sat on the hurricane deck, enjoying the
superb scenery but toward evening the mountains
dropped into hills and the hills on the northern bank
Hattened ont into the great plain Of Hungary. We