New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-12-08

battle. We were in the middle of the stresm when
tie diligence passed. The conductor. however,
was oblging enough 70 wait on the opposite bank.
and aPocgzed for leaving US, by stating tia. he did
not recognize Us withou, our clothes. He is not
The only man who looks at the coat instead of the
face. Two hours more brought Us 10 N.ns. the
Little town whose name rings so eraudly in Swedish
history sud On the eastern bank of the river
Nsrova stands the village and fortress of Iyausoroj
built by Pete. 10 secure The isyorite turn in his for
tunes, five years slter h.s overthrow on the same
spot. With such beginning as this unparalleled
victory, Whist nigh: not Charles NIL have become,
had he inherited the prudence as well IS The mill
tsry genius OF Gustsyus .tiolphus 4 boy OF sew
enteen, Mt tie head of 900 men, utterly routing sn
army of 5000 When one sees the .opms bank
of the Nsroya, on the top of which the Russians
ntrenched, snd pictures 10 himself the charge
Of that little band of Swcdes as they swept up the
ILL IN a binding storm Of snow snd slect, crying
&" Jr r6g,n Moslorutr!" (0ut of The way, Musco.
yitcs!) he cannot but acknowledge that there are
few events in history stirring and sublime.
Narvs is sn insignifcan, little place Of 5000 in
habtants. still wholly Swedish in appearance. l:
is bognning 10 rise in importance, however, through
It's cotton factories. The Naroya furnishes splen
Did water power, of which Baron Sticgltz has
taken advantage, and in addition 10 the large mills
which have been IL operation for few years past,
is now building Il new one ~ contain lot, 900 SPIN
dies. Owing 10 the judicicus protectSe policy of
Russia, her manufactures of all kinds rapidly
increasing and the cotton-mills are already so nu
merous a. TO sustain direct trade with the United
States. The number of American vessels in Rus
sian ports this Summer is probably four times what
il was five years ago. At Narys the people told
us with great exultation that Al American ship,
reghted with cotton bales lay in the outer harbor
the first which had ever been seen there
Through the hot GREATNESS middle hours of the
DAY we trayersel the shore of the Gulf looking
over the long unduating fields OF rpening rye upon
its blue surface. In the afternoon we left the di-
rect road 10 Rcyel and struck southwark over the
cold bare Esihonian plains toward Lake Peipus.
From tie higher ridges the eye cav only inter.
mlnable forests Of fir, and even in the holows
where broad tracts Of cultivated land interviewed
the character of the country poor and cherries
The post-stations were poverty stricken places,
where We could only obtain little beer, bread
and cheese, and the night or rather the nocturnal
hours) was the more welcome, since sleep was no
loss by the next morning we had catered Livonla
and we're descending toward Dorpat from the ridges
above Lake Peipus, through fertile and well-set-
tied country. Splendid fields of rye, which APP
pearcd to be almost the only grain cultivated, lined
the road cleaning with cbangeabe yellow and sill
YER tnts between the dark masses of the evergreen
woods. Comfortable farm-houses aud wel-built
villages dotted the landscape, which basked in the
fll glare Of midsummer.
In Dorpat we had but an hour, the greater part
ofwhich was devoted TO breakfast, so that we only
saw the outside of the town. IL is . very neat
cheerful place If shout IL, 900 inhabitants pictur-
esquey built over low hills and divided by river
On TIE old DOmberg, crowned with trees, stand the
Cathedral AMI the Observatory. The University is
one OF the first in Russia, but is attended princi-
psIy by students from the Baltic provinces. That
pa,t Of Livonis lying between Dorpat and the
Dwina, embracing the valley of the river A. is
said 10 be very attractive region, rich in natural
beauties and pictorial "reminiscences 1t is called
the LvoDian Switzerlan J. although none of its hills
rise more than 500 feet above the ses-eve. But
such hills arc Andes 10 those wbo have never seen
anything but plains.
We were about thirty hours on the road from
DOrpat to Riga. The country reminded me very
much Of tia. part of Sweden which lies opposite
Liyonia-Ions rolling uplands, belted with f,-
woods, and warm, winding valleys, threaded by
swi., cold streams. The Aa, which we followed
for icw stages, flows through charming pastoral
region, full Of lovely and tranquil pictures. The
Liyonians ore very much attached to their homes,
an attachment which arises from their quiet domes
tic life and the comparative isoston of the prov
nce. There ere many ieudal ruins among these
valleys each Of which las its traditions of siege and
battle, love and revenge. The chief interest how
ever, VII; be found in the people, who, allied in
many respects 20 tbe Germans, Swedes and Rus
sisns, have yet characteristics quite peculiar to
Themselves.
We droye into Riga In the midst Of 4 heavy thun-
der shower, on the third afternoon after leaving st.
Petersburg. Tie guide-bOok says there are many
interesting things 70 be seen Lere-such as the Pc
ter. Church tue Rathhaus, and other old buildings
dating from tie Hanseatc tmes--but we had no
opportunity Of visiting them. The city is now be-
ing greatly improved by the leyeling of it'massi7e
vags 4. tie main outlet for the produce Of Lithu-
anis, Courland, Liyonia and large portion Of Po-
land, it has always enjoyed very considerable
trade, which will be largely increased in two years
BY the construction of the railroad TO DiinaOurs.
Ne were rratiiied t. gee the American isg among
TIE shipping.