New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-24
Bayard Taylor in NorthernEurop
NO. Inv.
NO. Inv.
A JOURNEY THROUGH CENTRAL RUSSIA.

JOURNEY THROUGH CENTRAL RUSSIA.
son.spondeDce Of The N Y. Tribune
Moscow, June 81 1858.
There is diligence three or four times week
between Warsaw end Moscow. The trip-a dis
tspce Of 900 Epeli.b miles-is made in five days by
the t.st coscb which leaves the former place every
Monday evening" aud in Blk days by the others.
The fare is fifty silver rubes $3.50 for an outside,
and seventy ($524) for an inside seat. On account
Of the intense heat We took outside places, but as
there happened to be no other through passengers,
we're allowed the range of the entire vehicle. 1t
wss strongly built, substantial affair, resembling
French diligence, but smaller aud more comforta-
be in every way. traveller who had made this
Journey recommended US to tske supply of pro-
visions, asserting that it impossible to procure
anything oD the way but as Russian official con-
tradicted this statement, we took his word, and had
no reason to regret it afterward. 10 fact, l have
never made j. urney by diligence with more ease
and lets fatigue.
At O'Clock on last Monday evening, we took
cur places beside the Russian conductor, who, IN
his coat braid ed with gold, resembed an officer OF
eAvalIy, and started on our long voyage through
unknown regions. The postilion sounded charge
on bis trumpet as We ratified through the streets
Of Warsaw, past the stately Zamek, and down the
long bill upon which the city is proudly lifted, to
the VIstuls A bridge Of bosts crosses to the sub.
Vrh of Praga whence all traces of the blood split
BY Suwsrrow, skfy zns cki and Diebiuch have long
siDee been washed away. 1t is now very quiet,
dull, sort of place with no ves'iges of its former
defepses. Beyond it stretches far and wide
that v.st PLAIN of Central Europe and Asia,
whose limits are the British Channel aud the Chi
nese Wall In trsversiDg It, have been contln-
ually reminded OF Humboldi's description Of the
Kirghiz Steppes-" Ten miles give you the picture
Of . thousand" Straight before us, cutting tho
teted tracts of pine forest and grain land, the road
ran to the horizon, where its white floor met toe
,ky. -Four horses abreast, with two lesders, car
RED us past the ve posts at the rate of eight or
nine miles an hour, and the postillions horn souud-
ed peessant warnings to the slow teams laden with
hay o. other country produce, with which tae
road wss filed. The night was warm aud balmy,
ard the long Summer twilight connected sunset
and sunrise with its bridge of boreal light.
A young Pole was our companion the first night.
] was interested 10 hearing from him that Long
fellows poems have been published 10 the Polish
lsnsusge, st Lublip, a large city about hundred
miles south esst of Warsaw. The distinguished
Polish poet, Adam Mickewicz, he stated was .
great admirer Of Emerson, whom he frequently
cites in hs prose writings. The Emperor Alex
ander has recently authorized the publication Of
&C
cepton of some political papers, at Warsaw, for
the benefit Of the poets family, aud has also per-
mitted contributors to be taken up for the same
purpose. The Enperor's policy toward the Poles
hss gwen him great popularity among them. They
are still intensely national as regsrds their Ian.
susge AID past history but the dream OF rerusci-
taiion of Poland appears to be slowy fading from
their minds.
The pos,sta.ions on this rssd are at intervals OF
bom twese 70 twenty t~1 yersts, aod the diligence
usually stops barely lOrg enough 70 change horses AT
he larger rJHns however, there is halt of hall
a. hour which allows the p.sse1ser time TO get
Assiy meal The Pole assisted us during the frst
twelve hours, bat afer tina. We were entirely
sdrif' I" the conductor spose only In Russian. A
snstssiug OF the langusge was necessary, in order
N support Me. I theref,re went 70 work. ard
WIN tse assistance Of sn imperfect vocabulary
n Murray learned the numerals up to one hun
e'ed, the woTis hoo MACH" and "irn.di.
s:siy snd As oeeftea.' ia the cane ia al, Ian.
gusges aDd tea IN Russian (.chofl i. the s,ns
ssin COnese, mad 10 further difficulty in ,upp,ipg
cur w'Dts This vecs5uary, however, like uo,r
OF 'oo'e N guide books resches you JUS. VIA. ",
eoh "An''o say, lts,res yOutas X issiaa fjr g..
Narig preserve for i.o" and u an noble.
n~' ~c'' AID omit, such valgsr necessities IS q
t'ih a-a tosel, a1t even tue vetb "to have. q"
fortunately, The people st the st,rion-hou,e. s.e
'''f'oy qLH Of coA.r,tessju. We wsce