Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-11-15

the sights and institutions not TO be omitted
by Catharine II, and endowed literally by tn
nobility The influences that prompt the
generosity could doubtless be reduced to a
explanation. There are 900 children on hanc
it turns out about 200 per annum. The on
! who deposits them, is not seen by the one VIII
receives them. Tiiey are placed in the trough
ola turn table, one whirl and they are launch
ed upon the great world, unknowing, and TN
known. If they have been christened, the nam
is attached to them, by an ivory ticket, wit
a number on one side, and cross on the other
| significant thought, for certainly the littl
out-cast mariner had taken the symbol of rea
burdens, that he would never in this life lay
aside. A number, corresponding to the ticket
turns back to the depostor if this is presented
| within three months, the claimant takes th'
child, if not, he becomes government property,
| to dispose of as it sees tit There is no doubt
| that very often the young mother leaves hel
child at one door and presents herself at the
other, as nurse. They have no uniform dress,
except high crowned, red flannel cap. As
general thing they are poorly clad, and a
benumbed, ignorant, degraded looking class o.
beings We went through flight upon flight
of almost interminable halls, where nurse and
baby, bed and cradle, alternated on either
side in single file should say that none were
over three months old, barely covered with a
garment, between a shift and slip. Whether it
has the hour appointed them to cry, for in
| these wholesale institutions each hour has its
I y IL.
bemoan their fate I could not say. Babies,
to arms. as we passed, and each nurse brought
herself up standing, and made us u most SER
vile bow They received five rubles per
month aud those who took upon themselves
double duty, the care Of two babies, double
price. One entire ward was being bundled up
| to take to the country where they are received
| into families, who get three rubles per annum,
for keeping them. If the care they receive,is in
| proportion to the pay, it must be meager.
! Whether from exposure Or coarse fare, about
| so per cent of the children die before they are
| one year old, and only one fourth of those
| placed in the hospital arrive at maturity. Some
| of these are still retained as servants in the
hospital, and others taught trades are sent out
! as la5orerS.
One wing of the building is devoted to an
institution for unfortunate women. About
two thousand are yearly admitted to the sacred
| wards. / very much question the influences
for good that these institutions exercise upon
a nation. I'believe ia proportion as crime is
made covert so will 1t increase. II there is
no higher law that strengthens against tempta-
tlon. the cyclopian eye OF the great world
going estray Sc The proportion Of illegitimate
births in Moscow is 37f more than TO per
cent. above that of Paris 1 went into anoth-
er institute for the female orphans of INDECENT
80 fho fhn
six years for their education, and often become
teachers and governesses In passing l went
into the great riding school, said to be the
largest building in the world, unsupported by
props or pillars. 1t is $50 feet long, 15S feet
wide, and 40 feet high. Twenty or more por-
celain stoves reaching to the ceiling, serve to
warm it in winter. In this building there is
room for two regiments of cavalry to be exer-
cised at once.
Although the weather was so unfavorable, I
drove to the fashionable promenade whore the
elite tnrn out in their best equipages. All I
saw were large, clumsy, close carriages, with
line, spirited horses scarcely trameled by har
ness, so very light are the straps of which they
are made. The city public vehicles are Ca
liche, and which is more generally used by the
people, being one-fourth cheaper low, light
four wheeled affair =; on a level with the driver
a seat running back horizontally, without back
or railing, upon which two can cling dos a.dos,
their feet dangling upon broad bit Of leather
that serves as stirrup.
The streets, mostly wide, are paved with
cobble stones, and are as rough as a Western
corduroy road. These are open, unornament-
cd squares, save one, which contains a rather
imposing statue Of two peasants who dstin-
guished themselves by some patriotic deed.
One, as thronged market place, never
failed to interest me as l passed. 1t bears
the not very euphoniOus name of Louise
MaaIst, commodity obtained gratis
throughout Russia, as in the East. The CON-
mon people are often seen on the 'chase -
in their caps and sheep-skin jackets
They wear their calico, or sometimes would be
white shirts on the outside, often tied about
the waist with cord, giving the effect of a
short frock. Their entire outfit, even to boots,
in winter, is made of sheep skin. 1t
is said that everything bartered, bought and
sold, in this market, is stolen goods, and l was
not disposed to dispute it, when | observed Tie
different methods of bringing articles-some
very rotund grew suddenly lank, by dsgorg-
ing from their outside covering, shawl, dress
or under garment; some brought various
treasures lined in the depths of a pocket Caps
and hats were dotted, to disclose something,
and every new arrival created a wave OF COM
notion snylock looking sharpers, eager to see
which would make the best bargain. | ventur-
ed into their very midst, one day, and it was
really world in miniature, to see the different
phases of humanity-the various speculations
going on The food that was TO be sold and that
was being eaten, you would scarcely have be-
lieved any poor Lazarus would have accepted
as crumbs, and yet it gave to one penny, and
kept agog, the wheels of life in the other. /
asked why it was if these were really known
to be stolen articles, that police were not on
the alert and offenders punished. Oh was the
reply, there is very little of that kind of justice
dealt out here. An outlaw OF any kind, is put
through sort Determination, and if his crime
stands outin bold relief, he disappears. To the
inquiry what's became OF him, comes the re-
spouse "scnt to Siberia Murderers were
formerly branded on the forehead and right
shoulder, which is not the case now.
went one evening to a Russian tea restau-
rant and saw this favorite beverage of the
people taken in the original style. The walters
are all dressed in loose white silk pants with
frock of same and sash about the waist. The
tea is served in small eartheE tea pots, or if a
large party, an urn is placed before them, u
few slices oflemoa and sugar, and they sit and
sip 10y the hour, glass full after glass, a yellow
tea, which scarcely colors the water when
made, is possessed Of the most delicate flavor,
bnt is so trying to the nerves that veteran tea
bibbers rarely take it, except instead of coffee,
after dinner.
| haye been to-day to the Monastery Of
| Kotsa about two hours distant from the city
| by r;tl-onc of Russas most sacred shrines
| where numerous pilgrims yearly plod their pen
| tential way, to pay their devotion to all that
remains OF st. Sorgus, It's founder and patron
| His relics contained in one of the ten churches