New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-08-25

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| IN. diameter q ID. city, from nor.b 70 south,
| cLnnot BE- ess ,tsl eisss IiIss WhHe rs c'cu Il
ference will iAl! little short of twenty-five ISi'w
houses, bros5, rambling sIeets, large mefiof
| court, market pl.ces spi sa'iens, sc,o11s fof
ttis.xsDt. I...ruly ely OF m.s'ihe mt de
taoces ,Dd ia people havs thelr own peculiar
| io.ss Of aha. 10 pes, SID Vh:t 10 Ia. VS.
s,s.tlv .k,n il. uns discovered tbs fSct- CLOSE
| a. hand" proved 20 be q NILE of, a1d wen one
n..n ssys Of another, " We are negt'o Joa
may depend tbs. they I've en- hou's w.k apart
Another difficulty j., there Sc 80 few right ines
nAitsuext to Impossible 70 g directly from
one given poin. 10 soo.bs-. Your cou'se e ether
,igat s1.le. seraiciicle 81 clip ic.l carve, or
N, letter :. have nsd considerable practice IN
o,i,riir,r but have never Yet had so much trouble
r. learn The topography OF q tow. l; is FIJI OF
ttose scarcely percep,lSle curves ald defec;ols
.bieh gradually carry you cut OF your direction
yhi,s YOU in.rne you sre gong stralgh. ahead. II
yop have EVER tried 70 ..uo3ls q xleeoarfoS to
MARI, bliudf9ld, you will kGOw iow easily one
p.sy he bsHled 10 this WY.
Ja,t this circumstance however, prolOngs the
impression Of novelty, which, 70 az old traveller Like
myself, is rare charn. There are "reminiscences
from al paris Of tne world which have already
feen, bur, in addition, stamp and character Of
picturesque inconsruity, entirely peculiar 10 Nos
cow. Bat two street.-The 1ictrikQia Oalit=q,
lesdiDgfrom The Krerni0 10 ward tle s.. Pe.ersb1rs
gate, and the Ku-netsk0i Most, or Smiths Bridge
have buty metropolitan aspect and preserve the
fsme character throughout their whole extent; the
otbers are full OF transform atoms and surprises,
You pas. between palaces, with lofty porticoe,, aud
frd yourself in country yllage; still further, you
enter throDged market place; beyond Sre churches
with blue domes, bespaDgled with golden stars;
then, rows of shops, displaying Fashionable Euro
pesD goods and wares. These cease suddenly and
you are In the midst of gardens, but no. hundred
p,ces from their green sec'usion you fad yourself
in the hustle Of an Oriental bazaar. 10 MOSCOW no
man, except an old inhsbitaD. koows wha. street
may bring forth.
The population, also, exhibits corresponding
diversity. TIE European gentlemen with cylinder
hats all tight Kid gloves do not appear more ont OF
place under those crescenttpped domes Of gold,
than the fsllow PersSns and silken-rJbed Armeni-
aDs, beside yonder French palace. Ths Russian
peasant, with bis thick brown beard, red shirt and
wide trowsers stuck int his boots, elb0xs you on
the narrow sidewalk After him comes lady,
with the smallest of bonnets and the largest Of GRIN
olines, respectfully followed by man servant,
whose presence attests her respectfully. Alone,
che would be subject TO suspicion. A fair Circ.s-
sisn with blue eyes and The build of an Adoss, mex,
meets you; then, perhaps, Tartar in his round
cap Of black lambs wool, or & Chinese, resembling
faulty msge Of yellow clay, cast a.ide before the
true Adam was made; then, European bagmen,
,mirking ard imPertinent; Russian nurse, with
head dress Ike tie spread tail Of a red peacock;
pflest, ID nU"i"e hair and black cSssOck; mJney-
changer, Whole beardless face procaims his neutsr
gender; company Of is'r0s1nnS tn-eL-...> in
squat black hats and long blue cafans; officers in
the imperial uniform; iremen in gilded helmets
sanity old beggars, children il nstional costume
fallen women, gypsies Cossscks-al succeed each
other in endless and ever-chsngiog procession.
The best point for bird s-eye view Of the cityis
from the tower of Ivan Velki, on the Kremlin
This is belfry 200 feet high sarmounsed by
golden dome When You have passed the Tar
Kolokol or King of Bells, which rests on granite
pedestal at its base, and have cmoo through some
half dozen bell chambers to the uPpergallery you
see nearly the whole of Moscow for the northern
part goes beyond your horizon. Ga oil other sides
it stretches far, far away, leaving only narrow
rig of dark green woods between it aud the SKY.
The Moskvs twists ike wounded snake at your
feet, bis little stresm almost swallowed up in tae
INN IF ta alp
green ring is checkered with the pink and yellow
fronts Of the buildings which rise above the general
level, while all over it, far AID near, singy Or in
clusters, shoot up tie painted, reed-like towers
and open TO the Gay the golden and silver blossoms
of their domes. How the sun flashes back, angrlly
or triumphanty, from the dazzling hemispheres,
until this northern capital shines in more than
tropic fire What's blaze, and brilGance, aud rain.
bow yariegstion, under this pale-blue sky!
The view from the Sparrow Hills is still more
beautiful You are mc!osed with belt of birch
and pine woods. Under you the river reflects the
sky, snd beyond If sweep blcssoming meadows up
to the suburban gardens, over which rlses the long
line of the gilded city, whore nesrest dOmes seem
10 flash in your very face and whose isrthest toT-
ers fade sgairs. the ,ky. Their long array fills
one.third Of the horizon. l counted between i've
and SIX hundred, one. third of with We're either
sded or slyered. The dome OF the new cathedral,
as large as that Of St Paul's, London burned in
the center Ike globe Of hame-lihe the sun ITSELF
with stars and cons.snstions sparkling around it
far and vide From this point the advanced gusrd
ofNapOleon army first saw Moscow vast, silent,
slitterng city, fred by the sunset, ald with the
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