New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-08-25
BayaYd TayloY in NorthsyzEnyo
No. LXVl.
APANoRlMic VIEW OF MOSCOW.

HeTg MOSCOW, tIcAncd. - 'c''" f''''' ,
7his m.y have been tue oefIre tae de''iuo''' ~
he ancient city, but il would hardly sppv a. tue
~,.,s,td.y. Ia lie immense eitest AosD" m'y
ven ,;,,l Rome. SO 10 tbs respect IL IL snrPs'e1
tv,o modern capital 1cePt London; o-', aiaodsa
ia Asi.t;. character 10 quite IS strongly nIieo a.
Aha, o. Con..sntino2le, j: s BY 20 m7ass lara.
NJ cher city in the world presents so cosmj podtAl
a, ,speet Inc gilded domss OF Ll,saow-,ne
pasodss Of Cbips-BJzaotne eburc5s,-Gree..a
t<pshs-yalaces in the s9ls Of Vstss-les-be,sy
inexpensive German bldiogs-U)Ode1 co1otJ
sstt.xes-glsring Amer ,an s's1s-55ule7trds, gar
lens tiIelt lsres, rosIing streets, open markets,
Turkish bizarre, French cafes, GsTma1 oaer- ce!af'
and Cline,s tes.tolses-All are found here, 10;
kovped t1eluiisey into iep,ra'o Cartons, olt
H,lsd snd Jun o,sd together, Until Europe and Asa
the Past aud Plesent, the Old World snd the New,
ere 10 blended ara confou0ded, !bst .ie possible
- sy which p,eioninates. Another city -
bizarre and 80 picture,g1e 80 3osc)F does n9s
exist. To cal il R1.,l.D would Do W asr'oS
ds..LctiJ n it suggess the world.
Its position, near the imaginary line where ore
continent is merged ilto the Other, accounts Tor
Ms. The waters OF the uOss7a seek 81 A''a'c
aes, yet i.s nearest ports are taose OF Central
Eprope. Jes fbers Of commerce bca1ch eastward
ssro.s the Tartar sbeppes to Mongolia aad Coaa;
ssutbward 10 SsmsIcsnd and BOSaara, II Cash
mere and Persia; northwaTd ID Arch4rgel and the
Polar Ocean; and % the vest, 70 Oil tae rest OF
Rsrope. The race who founded !. cans from the
south. east, and brought with them tae mnaret and
the swelling OfeLtsl dome, the love Of gliding a1d
slaripg color,; It's religion came from Constantino-
t,e, with tie Byzantine pillar and the Greek cross;
aAd the founder Of Russian power learned his ttsde
in the West. Ga every one of is thousand spires
and domes glitter, the crescent, surmountej By the
Triumphant cross. AZ its southern end the Tartar
nuezzn calls to prayer from the roof Of bis mosque,
while Ut the northern, the whistle Of the locomotive
announces the departure Of the train for St. Peters
burg.
When you overlook the city from an elevated
point it otes nothing Of its originality the broader
compass of your vision. On the contrary, many
elashins impressions, naturally arising from the
ncopsruty Of its features, are forgotten, aud the
vast, dazzling panorama assumes grad dramatic
character. II is On immense shOw, gotten up for
temporary effect, aud you scarcely belleve that
il may not be taken to pieces aud removed as soon
~ ts purpose hss been attained. Whence this
array OF grass. green roofs, out Of which rise by
hundreds spires and towers, stranger and more fan
tAstic than ever We're builied in msd Architects
Dream Whence these gilied and silversl domes,
which blind your eyes with reflected Guns and seem
70 dance and totter in their own speodor, as you
move II can De city of trade aud government,
Of pleasure and scandal, Of crime sua --ie,n.
which you look upon; it was built when the Ara
bisn Nights were true, and the Prince of the Hun
drea Islands reigus in its central palace.
And yet there are few cities ia Europe Berlin
excepted which have not greater advantages OF
petition than Moscow. Accident or whim seems to
have suggested the choice of the site TO It's
founders. The little MO.kya is not n.vl
Fable in Summer for steamers drawing eighteen
inches Of water. Ii is Sn insignificant tribu-
tary, rot of the VOlss, but OF the Okla, winch
falls into the Voga at Mini. Novgorod, and here is
the spot pointed out by Nature for the CONNER
cial emporium of Central Russia and Western
Asia. But in the days Of Vladimir, this point was
too near the Taitars, and though Peter the Great
at one time seriously designed to make it his cspi-
tai his rivalry with Sweden, and his desire to ap-
Yrosch Europe rather than Asia, finally prevailed,
and st. Petersburg arose from the Finland swsnp,.
Moscow, since then, has lost the rank and advan-
tages Of capital, although it continues to be the
Holy City of the Russians, and the favorite resi-
dence Of many of the ancient noble families.s The
rapid growth Of the manufacturing interest in this
part Of Ru,,ia h~ recently give il start, but its
growth is Glow, and its population $3.50 ,0OO) is
probably not much greater than in the days OF Ivan
or Michael Romanoh.
The Mo.kva, 10 passing through the city, divides
it into two unequsl parts, about threefourths Occa
pyiDg the northern bank and one.fourlh the south
em. The river is 60 tortuous that il may DO said
to aow toward all points Of the compass before
reaching the KreInin, whence its cOdr'e is east
ward toward the Okla. In the center, and rising
directly from the water 10 the isolated hill of the
Kremhn, natural mound, about mile in eircum-
ference, ard less than hundred feet in hight. Ga
either aide Of il, the northern bank ascencs very
gradually for the distance of mile or more where
it mel:s into the long unduatiOns of the country.
On the southern side of the MO,kys, a. the south
western extremity Of the city, are the Sparrow
Hils, which, running nearly due east and west,
form a chord to the great winding curve of the
river, and inclose the whole southern portion Of
Moscow, which is built on the level bottom between
il and their ba,es These hills are steep and abrupt
on the northern side, and though rising less than
two hundred feet above the water overlap every
other elevation, fsr and near Every stranger who
wi,hes TO see the panorama of Moscow should frs.
.....4 A. A,.,ror 81 Ir.n Naltki ON the rernlin