Smyrna times., 1858-12-30

II Is church or pavilion, or a strange colec
ton OF architectural toys. All the coors q
the rainbow are there. There is no such be
wlder'ng structure in the world. 1t is no
beautiful, but its profuSion of colors saves
from beng accounted ugly. Its chief charac
terisilc Is It's immense collection Of towers, o
every imaginable shape and pattern. Eqci
tower encIOses a chapel devoted to the WORSHIP
at pirlIcUIar Saint These cha pcls rescmbl,
'ombS The whole building might be called
the apothesis of tombs. The love of olarine
co.ors among the Russians is an instinct for the
warmer zones from whence they came. Mos
cow gllterS in tropical fires and colors. Mr.
Iayior next proceeded to give an clabr rate nd
picturesque description OF the kremlin, Whicl
occupies the most central point In the CITY. II
| has now become Il sort Of national liar. On
the hill of the Kremlin was first planted thai
mighty tree whose branches ovcrshadow two
continents. The Russians are cmineutly re-
! ig!ous people. The shrine most in repute is
that Of the Virgin known as the lLcran Mo
| ther. The orthodox color of the Saviour Il nd
his mother is dark brown. The Emperor
NtchoIas sought to have them painted light
! cosored, but met with so much opposition from
! Priests and dcv0tees that he abandoned the
| i:ca. The Russian peasants could lot concrive
| ihe possibility that the Virgin aud her child
S"on!d have been of their own color. Marvel
GUS stories are told Of IL picture Of ST. NIcI.o
!as-tO whose miraculous iutcrpos!lIon ii is
alleged that ,he slt.y OF the Nremln from the
assaults OF tLe T4r;ars aud the French Is hol-
y due.
Mr.. Taylor spoke Of the profound religious
devotion Of thos" who are attached TO the Greek
church. The s.It would sooner die than v.o-
late his religious ogscrvauccs. Every house in
H. +
'orc II, and every room lis GevotIuua! picture
.he hour great tasts are kept y Iih painful sjr,ct.
ness OH Easter day the five thousand bells Of
Mo+c"w RAG ut IN joyous c!angor All who
meet, whether high born or loU!y, noble or
>frt*, saiLte eac1 U'hcr with kiss, accunipa-
med by the words, Christ il risen" All The
mc"Lcr> ot the household kiss their coachulen.
md all the intermediate domcst.cs down to the
3o"t-bnck. Ine Emperor kisses IT,. sentinel
Al his gate. IN the cnurch there is u perfect
drmc cratic cQ"alI:y ub;eryed-ladirs, officers.
cid women, shop-Heepers. crown peasants and
s"rts, all knrcl together before The shrine IT the
IJcI,a ,an Eo..!er. In the course Of an hours
'Amtie through @.O:coN, r preventative spec
mems q. every nationality may Je met There
IS the bread, cooa hImoIcd face ui the Husean
scEL y N comes a lady W!th the smallest o.
bodies sccrctcd in perfect eXpanse ot trino.
u IL
not regarded proper or decorUus 10 walk the
s'rrcts OF Mo-cow alone. Next Clrcassiun
oiI.c"r with his blde eyes and form as perfect
IS that Of .Iro"o Then follows the Tartar
w.th his sw1r'hy face aId keen eyes. To him
sacce' do the Russian nurse with her curiou.lI
expanded crimson he4GGrcss aid her two dis
lnct waists, one just below the arm pits and
tic Other i HttIC lower down. Following her |
two priests "Ilh flowing hajr aud b ards, and
caps resembling inverted tea Kettles. And
passing these you meet with Coss cks of the !
Ukraine. The difference observable between
the noble aud the scrf, strikes one at the first
glance, as n actual difference ia race, but utop
Il closer inspection their Tartar or gin is still !
visible, huugh the type has been improved, aud |
amcIlo:atcd, ard The harsi.Cr liHCs soitenCd by |
The influence Of higher social condition. The |
iiussIan peasant still preserves the Tartar fea- |
turea-ihe broad nose, the large mouth, uni |
form color OF hair, and athletic pTcpoTiIoEs.-
The Ru-slan peasant women are ikc uglitsi on |
the face of the earth but al the lower CLASSES
dre admirable specimens of great hysicut viror |
1t is stated that the rgor Of thn climate kills Oft
all but hose Of the hardest constitutions. and
prove that the annual number OF
deaths exceeds that Of births the increase 0:
population LClrg derived only from the acQui-
It!on OF New territory. The Russian surt rx-
onritcs the PlatOulc mystery Of two bodies
ana one soul. e is q perfect machine AID ali
his iacutes belong 10 his master-onlY in his
religious convictions does he show himself an
being. In all else he does but re-
Iect the thoughts, wishes, affections and pas
slOns of his master. You must not Jest with
nm. Though good hunorCd lie is grave and
earnest You must not say to him, even care
essly, " Drmc,rIus, do not ike such and such
person. | wish he was dead" for the proba.
Jllty is that you would wake the next morn
"g to find yourself accessory to murder
Mr.. Taylor next gave graphic description of
he markets and baZaars of Moscow. In one
1f the latter, the varieties of articles was so
great that after wandering through it for all
hour endcavoring to discover any sort Of goods
which were not to be obtained, the only two
things he could not see were q coal scuttle and
IN oyster knife Social lie in Moscow is ex-
gay and animated. In sumner time
he groves and gardens are thronged with the
citizens and their families, who take with them
heir tea urns for the purpose of njoying their
av0rlte beverage. In winter it is equally gay
ylthn doors. The people Of all classes are cx-
,cedngly hospilabe. French is the language
Usually spoken in fashionable society, but Eng
ish and German are also spoken with great pu-
ity and grammatical accuracy. The reforms
by the Emperor Alexander have
given very general satisfaction. "If this will
1nly last" was the expression frequently re.
pealed. The amount of venality among Rus.
Jia officials was extraordinarily great There
we're forty officers, including two generals, i'm
prisoned in Moscow, charged with appropria-
ling to their own uses eighty millions of dollars
during the Crimean war. They confess 10 hav-
ing taken forty millions. In instituting an ex-
animation into the monthly accounts Of the ex-
penses incurred at the Palace, the Emperor
Ale&aRder was surprised to find a charge peri |
odicaiy made for thirty pounds of goose
grease. His curiosity was excited. What could |
the goose grease be for The same item was
traced back every month for ten years-for
twenty years--for thirty years at thrty-two
years previous they reached the fountain head
Of all the grease, and il was then discovered
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