Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-08-31
WH EELING. VA. .TUEsDAY MORNING. AIIGIIsT
THE INTELLIGENCER.
Baynrd TnyIoP al nIooco,v,


In late number of the n. Y. Tribune appear
eda brilliant letter from Bayard Taylor, dated
at Moscow. In it is contained this descrintion
| fine -. F''N'S''s''1
1t was Madame dc Stacl, 1 believe, who. ON
first seeing Moscow, exclaimed: ssHioL1 Rome
IaTtdTel" This may have been true before
the destruction of the ancient city, but it would
hardly apply to tho present day. In its i'm
me9se extent Moscow may we'll rival Rome, MS
IN this respectit is surpassed by.no modern cap
ltal except London; but, although its Asiatic
lcharacteris quite as strongly marked as that of
Constantnople, tits by no means Tartar. No
other city in the world presents so cosmopolitan
an aspect The gilded domes of Lucknow-the
Pagouas OF Chlna-By yzantiae churches-Gre-
clan temples palaces inlthe style of Versailles
heavy inexpensive German buildings wood
en- country cottages-glaring American signs
bouleVards, gardens silent lanes roaring streets
open markets, Turkish bazaars, French cafes.
German beer cellars, and Chinese tea houses
all are, found here, not grouped exclusively into
| sePerate cantons, but mixed and jumbled to-
gether, until Europe and Asia, the Past and
Present, the Old Word and the New are so
blended and confounded, that it is impossible
to say which predonlinates. Another city so
bizarre and so picturesque as Moscow does not
exist 10 caIl.it Russian would be too narrow
dlstlnctlon-it suggests the world
The diameter of the city, from North to South
cannot be less than eight miles, while its cir
lcumierence will fall little short of twenty-five
Its low houses, broad, rambling streets large in.
terror courts, market places and gardens, ac-
count Tor this extent. The race who foundedit
came from the South East, and brought with
them the mlnaret and swelling Orient dome, the
love OF gliding and glaring coIors; its religion
came from Constantinople, with the Byzantine
pillar and the Greek cross; and the founder of
Russian power learned his trade in the West
On every one of its thousand spires and domes
Igitters the crescent, surtnounted by the trium-
phant cross. At the southern end the Tartar
muczzn calls to prayer from the roof of his
mosque, while at the northern, the whistle OF
tue locomotive announces the departure of the
train for st. Petersburg.
When you overlook the city from an elevated
point, it loses nothing of it's originality in the
broader compass of your vision. On the con-
trary, many slashing impressions, naturally ari-
sing IRON the lncongruity of its features are
forgotten, and the vast, dazzling panorama as
sumes grand dramatic character 1t is an
immense show, gotten up for temporary effect,
and you can scarcely believe that it NAV not be
taken to pieces and removed as soon as its pur.
pose has been attained. Whence this array of
grass green roofs, out tofwhch rise by hundreds
spires ana towers, stranger and more fantastic
than ever were buided in mad architects
dream! Whence these gilded and silvered
domes which blind your ewes with reflected
splendor, as you move? 1t can be no city of
trade and government, ofplcasure and scandal,
OF crime and religion, which YOU look upon: it
was builtsswhen the Arabian Nights were true,
and theFPTiRce of the Hundred Islands regncd
| In its central palace.
The population also exhibits corresponding
diversity. The European gentlemen with cylin.
der hats and tight kid gloves do not appear more
out of place under those crescent-tipped domes
| of gold, than the sallow Persians and silken
ro6ed Arlnenians, beside yonder French palace
The Russian peasant with his thick brown
beard, red shirt and wide trowseTs stuck into
MS boots, elbows you on the narrow sidewalk
Alter him comes a lady, with the smallest bon-
nets and the largest of crinoIines, respectfully
followed by lnanServant, whose presence at
tests her responsibility. Alone, she would be
SUBJECT TO suspicion. fair Circassian, with
blue eyes and the build of an Adonis, next meets
you; then, perhaps, Tartar,in his round cap
OF black wool, or a Chinese, resembling a faulty
image of yellow clay, cast aside before the true
Adam was made; then, European bagmen,
sEnirking and impertincnt; a Russian nurse,
with head-dTcss like the spread tail of red
peacock; priest in flowing hair and black
cassock; amoney changer, whose beardless face
IProclams his neuter gender; company of
| aStU0stch1&s (hackmen) in squat black hats and
Hong blue cattans; officers in the Imperial uni
form; tiremen in gildcd helmets sanity old
beggars, children in national costume fallen
IPslSSI COSSuChS-uIl succeed each OGQe
or in endless and ever-changing procession.
The view from the Sparrow Hills is stillmore
beautiful. You are inclosed with belt Of birch
and pine woods Under you the river reflects
the sky, and beyond it sweep blossoming mea-
dows up to the suburban gardens, over which
rises lifelong line Of the gilded city whose near
est domes seem to fash in your very face, and
whose fnrthest towers fade against the sky
Their long array fills one-third of the horizon.
counted between five and six hundred, one
third of which were either gilded or slyercd.--
The dome of the new cathedral, as large as that
of St. Panl's, London, burned in the centre like
globe of fame-like the sun itself, with stars
and consultations sparkling around it far and
wide. From this point the advanced guard of
Napoleon's army 6rst saw Moscow vast, ST
lent, glittering city, fired by the sunset and with
the seeds Of more awful splendor in its heart.
No wonder that tho soldiers stood still by a
spontaneous impulse, grounded their arms, and
exclaimed, as one man, "Moscow Moscow ~
A HAPPY AND PRosPERous sFArE.-A cores
pondent, under the date of Houston, july %.
givesthe following graphic picture ofthe present
and the future:
Texas never saw brighter prospects than
at present. Out of debt, with usfull treasury.
taxes merely nominal Fighter than in almost
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