New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-20


which you could not find. ! wandered for an hour
through one o, these markets, near the Soushoreh
Tower, aud 'h- only things which could think OF
and did not ... we're a coal-scuttle and oy ster
knife. However, msde but partial surrey, and
do not doubt but that both the articles were there,
somewhere One Of the stupidest and grcasiest Of
III. merchants had a second hand mineralOglcal
collection for saIe A boy ~ho could not read
offered me some German theological books, Of the
most orthodox character. Looking up from my
,p.uection of them sLw around me grass, soap,
waeone eesr, garlic, sofas crccKey, guitars, crnci-
6xc,. oil cloth and cheese, SDgularIy enough,
the buyers represented all classes Of society from
serfs up 10 officers III fun uniform and ladies Of the
widest periphery.
Let us escape from this varIegated and some
what bewil6ering crowd. and seek little fresh
ar further from the busy heart OF the city,
friend proposes rde ~ Astankina end Petrof-
.kol. winch lie a short distance outside the bar.
rier Cd the northern side. We have but TO cry
6aratr" (here y and n dozen istvostchks answer
10 the call They are very joiy fellows, and their
bsts-lke the old bel-crowD OF thirty years ago,
razeed-rIse them smart and jaunty air, in spite
oi the blue cloth caf,an which reaches TO their
heels. They have oil ruddy faces, stumpy noses,
tluei.b-gray eyes, and beards Of exactly the same
cut and color, whatever their build and physlOg-
nony. The old nstional droshky which most OF
them. drive il hybrid between the Norwegian
carrloIe and The Irish jauntlng GAIA light low,
oltbg thing, bnt cheap and sufficiently convenient.
II there is one passenger he sits astride; If two,
slGe-wise. The istvo.tchik sits also astride, in
front, and he generally eats garlic. His feet rest
0D The frame of the vehicle, close to the horses
Lerls, from which or from the mud he is not pro-
rrcted by any sl-board ] Inferred from this
fact that the Russian horses are unusually well
behaved, and am told that it is really the case. II
~ very UNUSUAL thing for one of them to kick
While in harness There are no such hack-horses
III the world. Without an exception they are
handsome. Well-conditOued, spirited animals. The
s',ostch,k differs from all other hacknen in the
circumstance thai il is impossible for him to drive
slowly, Ifyou are not IN hurry, he always Is.
As there is no established tax, the fare must be
agreed upon beforehand, but it does not usually
amount to more than twelve cents a mile.
had for three dollars day. There is more or less
Ukraine blood in the common Moscow horses.
The fields around the city are principally devot-
ed to the cultivation of vegetables. Companies OF
women, singing in shril chorus, were hOeing and
wedding among them, as we drove over the rolling
swells toward Astankna. This is Summer palace
and palk bclonging to Count Cheremetief. The
grounds are laid out the style of Versailles, and
kept in excellent order. One is astonished at the
richness and uxurance of the foliage, and the great
variety of trees which are found in this severe Gu
male. he poplar, the linden, the locust, the elm,
Ike ash and the .chesnut thrive very we'll with
II little care ard protection. Around the garden
with it's clipped hedges, flower-beds and statues
stretches Tor many verst forest of tall frs,
Which breaks the violence of the Winter WINDS
eIe was the scene Of one Of those gigantic pieces
of fattery, by which the courtiers OF Catherine ILL.,
sought la win or Keep her favor. During visit N
that Empress to AstankiDs, che remarked 20 the
propnctor: "Were it not for the forest, you would
:. b.. able 10 see Moscow" The latter Immediately
set some thousands of serfs to work, and in few
days afterward. prevailed upon the Empress to pay
hm another visit. "Your Majesty" he sail,
regr tied that the forest should shut out my view
"o of Moscow. 1t shall do so no longer" He
thereupon waved his hand, and there was move
ment among the trees. They rocked backward and
forward a uomcnt, tottered, and fell crashing to-
geiher, breaking wide avenue through the forest,
at The end of which glittsred in tho distance the
golden domcs of the city.
Peirofiskoi is II glarine fantastic palace, on the
81. Petersburg road, about two miles from Mos
COW. Ii was built by the Empress Elizabeth, and
lis architecture seems to have been borrowed from
that of the Kremln. Here Napoleon took up his
quarters, after being roasted cut of the latter
plsce. Hence nIfo started the coronation process
sion of Alexander IT,, probably Of the grandest
ps2eants ever Witnessed IN Europe. The park,
which is traversed by handsome carrisge-roads, is
at all times open to the public, and on clear
Summer evening, when whole families of the middle
class come hither bringing their samovars, and
drinking their tumblers of tea favored with lemon
peel, in the shade of the birch and linden groves,
the spectacle isexceedingly animated and cheerful.
There is also in this park a Summer theater,
in which French vaudevilles are given.
Moscow, however, can boast of possessing spot
for Summer recreation, the like Of which is not TO
be- found in Paris. The Hermitage the principal
resort of the fashionable world, is a remarkably
picturesque garden, with theater and concert
hall Nj the open air. 1t lies upon the side of hill,
at the foot of which is little lake, elnbowered in
trees. Beyond tie water rise massive zigzsg
walls the Notifications Of a Tartar city, whose
peaked roofs climb an opposite hill, and stretch far
away into the distance the fsrthest towers melting