New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-20
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"b,ovn II tAe sbsesw nj rod n i,o s3s"
sosfsss 70 vi.tsiss .ais tos,:f1i ysa;are Gr slf
~ k,o,, ihIoosh tbs WINDOW. btnaA rss i.ss ci
Kos.Dsko is pzre Gs~pnie, Of the peasant tyPc,
ss 10 also shst Of CoperHeus + TIE po,IAits Of LID
sIs correct.
The obiy place Of Any -o.erest which we ps'sed
vss Czert.ocA.D, celebrated for miracle working
jD,se OF tie Madonna L. . pretty lite i,Ta,
)aY;Iy bail: spon In Which Is at ls,s. h!sy ieet
Ash. The sta.ion- houses On tle road are similar
70 Ihese II Gerlaly eIcep. that IN the refresa-
D.l:rson ono sees, irstel1 Of mult..1dnoCs
ssi1I, OF beer, the Russian sSmorGr, and t1ae'ers
Of Let tea ID which Goat thces Of lemon. There
ns X os delays at each station, which maze the
jsuDey tedious notw..ks:andiDg ,he speed OF the
naIps, when In notion, is very good. Several
ihoDdsr storms psased over us, cooling tue ar aud
b,iDg the frgh.ful dust; night came oD ald it w.s
pat midn al: before We reached Warsaw. We
were like couple of lost ,beeq IN the crowd all Of
whom were hurryiDg to get 70 Their bels, f)r the
oDiy language beard was Polish, and the oficials
shotk theiI beads when addressed them IN French
or German. Finally, by initiating the majority, We
70. I'D of our passports, had our trunks examined
again, and reached the Hotel d'Europe befjre d.y-
break.
The forenoon wss devoted 10 preparations for
our further journey. Fortunately, the diligence
which leaves for Moscow this evening was vacant,
snd we at once engaged places. Tae passport wss
more serious affair, as our own would avail us no
further, bat we must take out Rlssisn ones In
IL Ill -
as we entered the Office: Speak French The
Poles hste the Germans mu:h worse than they do
their Russian conquerOrs, and although many OF
them understand the language, it ia considered that
of business, while french is the fashionsole tongue
The officer asked few qusssions-Thst was cur
object in coming 10 RUisia-whether We h.d any
scquaintaDces il the eountry-whe.her we had
ever been there before-whether We were engaged
in any business, &C., and then sent US IN
checked certificate into another room, where the
same questions were repeated and document
made out, which we were requested TO sign. Oar
conductor slipped ruble Tote between the two
papers ard handed them to third Official, who
adroitly removed the bribe and completed the ne
cesssry forms. These were petitions TO the Cover
to Moscow. On calling at the Governors Office,
a secretary informed us that the passports would
be ready the next day, bu. added, as we were lesv
ing: You had better pay for them now. Here
upon the valet handed over the money, adding
rubIe above the proper amount, and then observed
to me: Now you are sure Of getting them in
time True enough, they were furnished st the
appointed hour. The entire outlsy wss about four
rubles.
1t was q sweterng day. the thermometer 9ro in
the shade, and we could do nothing more than
lounge through some OF the principal streets. War
saw ia indeed spacious stately city, bat lbad heard
it overpraised, and was little disappointed. II re-
sembles Berlin more than any other European CAPT
tai but is less monotonousy laid out and more gay
and animated in its aspects. Atpresent owing to the
annual races there is large influx OF visitors from
the country and the s.reets are thronged With
motley multitude The numerous public squares-
fifteen in all, ] think-picturesquey Irregular form
an agreeable feature of the city. The palaces OF the
Polish mobiles, massive and desolste, remind one of
Florence, but without the Palladian grace OF the
latter But few of them are inhabited by the
original families. Some of them are approprstei
TO civil and military uses, sad in one Of them an
now residing The Churches Of st. John and The
Hoy Cro,s aud the Lutheran Church, are rather
large and lofty tbsn imposing, but rise timely above
the level masses Of budr e., and furnish landmarks
to the city. Decidedly the most impressive picture
in Warsaw is tina. from the edge Of the riyer-5suk
where the Zsmek-the ancient citadel and palace
Of the Polish kiugs-rises with its towers and long
walls on your left, while under you lies the older
part of the city, with ts narrow streets and ancient
houses, crowded between the Ns.ula and the foot
of the HILL
In the afterr Don we took IN omnibus ~ the race
course, which i, about two miles distant. The
whole city was vending thther and there could not
have beer less than forty or fifty thousand persons
on the ground. II wS thoroughly Polish crowd,
there being but few Russians or Germans present.
Peasants from the country with suu-browned faces
and long, Geht.brown hair with round Chinese caps
and petsicoa. trowsers mechanics and petty trades
men Of either honestly coarse shabby sentsel ap-
pearance; Jews, with long creased locks hanging
from their temples, lank, unctuous and far-smelng
figures; Cos,scks, with their long l.aces, heavy
caps Of black sheepskin, sad breasts coyerei with
cartridge pockets; prosperous burshers, sleek and
proper and straight as the figure columns in their
ledger; noblemen, poor and with melancholy
air Of fallen greatness, or rich aid Haunting IN the
careless freedom of secured position. Besides,
there we're itinerant pedders, BY hundreds, selling
oranges, sweetmeats, cigars done up in sealed
packages, which offered an Agreeable hazard in
bu,ipg them beer, and even water, in large stone