Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-08-11

friends at the North and when we also remember LIS
nvidious filings at the "Old Dominion in regard to
her rust-worthiness before the South it will surely
to every conservative mind, that his scheme is
the indiscrcet production Of on indscrset though
gfted author. It is matter Of regret thnt he has
Thought proper to fly of in this meteoric exhibition
Of zeal without wisdom. His services, rightly rem
dered might be nestmabe to the cause Of tho South
and the whole country Butcondence ever slackens
in one, who advises badly however honestly.
RUSSIAN ITEMS.
From letter, dated St. Pe4ersburg, 18th July, we
pluck few passages that may not prove unnterest-
ing to the in1usitive reader. We do so at our risk,
as single part Of the letter was designed otherwise
than as n private correspondence Should tho dis
tant writer SEQ this, he must excuse our liberty; II
he will not he just step over the branch and take
his satisfaction out of US bodily,-who's afraid7
"We csmo through London, Paris, Berlin, &C., on
our why. Found every thing very expensive and the
real comforts of life not near equal to thosc of our
own country They have no conception for instance,
Of comfortable bedrooms and beds. Every thing in
parlors and for show They have no touching knowl-
edge of home The masnfcence Of their parks and
public buildings is beyond description. All individu-
al existence and domestic repose seem lost or forgot
len, in European society.
"Wcstern Europe is Feudnl in its organization |;
and although the feudal system was we'll adapted to
deveope the energies of masses of people, and to call
forth military srdor and national vgor, yet it was
never calculated to cultivate the private and social
virtues. All Russia, on theother hand, is Asiate in
it. social institutions based upon system conrads-
tnguished from the udul by h patriarchal features,
which tend much more to develope private attach
| ments and home virtues. ANY one will be struck
with this the moment he enters Russia. The higher
class are extremely kind familiar and ho,pitable,-
more like the people Of our own South than any l
have ever soen. Although they live in so cold coun-
try, they are warm and genial. have met with Ia
dies and gentlemen whose manners arc exactly like
the kindsst and most cordial Of our best society in the
country.
every hot weather now'in St. Pctersburg,-qute
as hot as at home,-ndoedthe mornings are precise
y such have there But the sun is more intense
and oppressive at noon. h
"Sun sets ut 10 o'clock and rses at half past 2
most beautiful drives you ever imagined, amid spen-
did country seats and PALACES, until Ii o'clock in the
evening, at that time precisely like our sunset We
take ten about l2 o'clock and breakfast Mt II in the
morning.
"The river Nova runs al through the city, md is
tho sweetest and cearest water over saw, except the
mountain streams Of our own country. We drink oi
| LII T bou, r,up in En-,
rope. Every ono warned MS against it ms dangerous
but wo al drink it freely>to tho astonishment of the
natives. j D. has fattened on it. The So
cret of it a TINT pure freestone and nearly all Eu
rope is accustomed to limestone. We, being rai:ed
on the former, know how TO enjoy it.
"There are about 70 caaes of cholera q day in the
hospital, but this is very healthy when they reach
one thousand day, it will be considered sckly The
cholera is always here, winter and summer. If you
wore to see the filth of the lower classes and how they
| live, you would not be surprised at it.
"The gentlemen of the uppor class here are fine
looking and clean (?)-the women ugly-but men and
women Of the lower class shocking
"They have here the finest horses ever saw
beautiful blacks, and occasionally grays. They seen
to be Of high blood, originally came from Turkey
They drive studs entirely, and never alter horse
They seem too to be the best broke horses in tht
world We drive at the rate Of 10 miles hour ant
faster amid all sorts Of carriages and never an acc
dent carriage, with driver and good horses, cost
about $l4o per month. :.
=" The churches AareSs setgcous,- with gold
on their steepea which arc at great distance
l
The St I.aae Church is the most gorgeous thing
ever conceived Of Trso hundred and fifty pounds o
pure gold were used in gliding the centrc dome on
top; then there are large columns Of solid malachit'
stone inside beside, saphyre, and all sorts Of mosait
structures and colunns-also diamonds, and rubies
&C., &C., set around paintings and crosses without
number. It is said to havo cost hundred ana
hi,ty-,.co millions Of doliarsH
"Such superstition never beheld,-I attended tc
witness the worship. There arc no seats,-none are
allowed to sit. They worship by signs, cross them
selves, bow down. kiss the stones and pictures, slsc
the hands of the Priests, and seem entirely absorbed
"Religun is free in Russia. All sects are here
Priests are not paid by tax or tythe in other
(thc pric:ts) marry and nculcato it, and beloved
for their general goodness.
The streets, the canals, the stores, &C., &C., are
all on grand and costly style beyond any other city
| in the world"
And now, having made this public theft from n pri.
vsto letter, glad to add that our Minister al
the Court of ST. Petersburg had reached that distant
post in safety and health both he and his family, and
that he preparing to enter at upon such du
| ties as demanded his attention.
YOUNGBLOoD,s REGIMENT: