New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-27
RUSSIA.
TIE PROGRESS OF THE AMERICAN EMBASSY
THEIR RETURN TO ST. PETERSBURG.



items score information. Most Of us who are inflicted with
death Of cold from camping in the railroad or
upon The the hotel the only house in that busy
nest which empty, beook to blowing our doses and
writing letters 10 the dear folks home to them
that we going fetch up Siberia as the end OF our
peregrinatiOns.
On Saturday September we commenced voyage
On the vog accompanied by the Mayor and high function
aries and merchants Of Mini NOygorod with muttudinons
champagne bottles and band Of dozen gypses-mosuy
women-wLo sang and played the guitar as az dinner
making journey the first 20 miles nearly as merry as an
Irish funeral party then transferred TO steamer Of
lighter (s inches) draft the Depesohe Capt Berg which
ordinarily plies between Mini and Peru at tho foot Of the
Ura Mountains On parting from our late entertainers ne
Rypses charmed rs with Russian farewell song ~ ~Ren ne
tncty heard But no sooner had we showed on th9n
was boz too evident that the bewchng eyes Of the yonIg
gypsy girl whom he had been drinking bumper had m
daeed hm 20 order 10 follow up his suit under
hopeless prospects, Mini where he Is probably staying 70
This day the Inconvenience and discontinue oil the
envoy. -. ,.. 81. n, .io..,,
varying banks made the deghql to KosrOma the
parent Of the ears pleasant town Of 9VO people oh INC
left bank, where dine and see the sights Today
ABOVE KosIRoMA Sept g. ls6G.
ARRIVAL AT KOsTROMA.
It was Sunday morning rather early when we ar
rived at Kosrona and the first at the landing was the
Governor of three provinces and vast extent Of country
Ijent Gen Rudsewtcb He down afOot IN brilliant
uniform and smiling face invited us at once 70 ms oal
residence and then accompanied us an DAY M mongnI
steamed away M the niei) AeT the GoNerh9 We ol
lowed Mr. another ungOuary known the president
Marshal Of the Mobility Mr. haTis9ns man e,ioeny
of great importance IN we place whose Oilce
tnaanoe marked distinctions society here and especially
OF the ruling power Of the mobiles Thence 70 the Mayors
man elected from the merchant class and treated as OF no CON
sequence the Cathedral Of the Assumption dating
i ana ysy me- 5 h5{eq g RaTce q immense Value
Then 10 the ola residence tie ROmanos before they became
Czars remarkable for its very small doors thick walls ana
narrow rooms and thence iron and other factories
At breakfast on our steamer we were sl'ehSeu ol apo
5000 and children who lined lbe shores climbed
on or sailed around and did up the cheering
in very loya fashion When the crowd appauds in Russia
Who begins Win tine syllable Hoe AT which the entire
tie and sings out with powerful effect long drawn
proecte ola Hoo has become an old acquaintance and
The DINNER TO THE EMBASSY.
The dinner O'Clock in the great Club House or So
oety Hal the nobility Of the district 1t is splendid
gallery Tor ladies' and behind Of some circular oTlsA
windows like those sometimes seen IN eneent msae
n,b indeed everything about Kostroma charmed us perhaps
because people seemed superior the majority
bad been accustomed or because IN their mi t
the only pretty had met outside OF the French
fashion classes.
The regular toasts are great bore account
sy rising frequently during the meal but are always
zone through with between soup and fowl 10 and the
smashing glasses the latest stages Our friend the chief
the nobility who az the head oi'the tabehe looked
Ike fast boy grown middle acedOased the President Of
the United States and Mr. Fox the Emperor that E0manol
who has inherited tie blessing bestowed by Christian mother
upon the first of tie line KOsOma Lieut. PTtchet then
drank Empress PrOcncro 10 American liberty in con-
necdOn with the saving the EmperOrs hfs Bagufskm TO
Fox Blscbmak the American nation The same 10 Admiral
Jessoysk; Bakauoysk TO tie Russian officers CuIr Sccre
tary OF Legation TO the CITY OF hosToma' harrison to All
Curtin anu P0sucho TO Kommis roh the saver Of the En-
perOls life. During the proceedings another MI KrsCL
gram been dpachedto Washington erecting the President
and mentioning tie feet OF unliuon at hosoma Boz was
al Russian 10 M ana 20 a oil Us because tnere was hotne
translated into English, though what taerc IN English
Immediately CevOured DO Russia, by friend Admiral
Icssoysky Outside there was constant roar Tor while
Ike that Of the which gained hes1 volume at
Bcwe times people would sing their queer Russian
country with grsnd effect as the muitnd echoed It's
united voice rising through the open balcony Windows.
What pleased pest about the spirit u the proceedings was
the respect shown 70 tao peasant now noble komissaroh
whose lie size bust stood prominently in the niche Of honor
one end of the ball under the Emperors portrait decorated
with gands and wit green leaves stren about it on the
floor Moreover the poor relations Of komissaroh were all
there 20 the number dozen in their
tbey wear every day. one OF them. cousin second
rim was a soldier ard boots pretty nearly
home and the agsocrac mobiles did their cOudescendng part
much show Of eraciousness Among the peasant
relations however oil were not poor Of them said to
be the possessOr Of large estate.
THE sPEEcH OF WELCOME.
Karsof the Marshal Of the nobility IL offering the first
appearance OF Mr. Fox the Enbassador Of the
United among them was certainly proof Of the sym
PATTY Of the American people with The Euslns but was
likewise bond Of friendship between two nations strong
lasting possible between countries OF such similarity
national greatness Russia and America Travelled by different
paths but attaining the results They insured
The people freedom oil aOOr iouI1ed on le Ighs o. man
Abe benehcent reform Of giving liberty 70 OF people
had been Endorsed and carried into effect by tie nOb vol
the foundation OF the new civil ruc
ture which their noble monarch had ineuguated 10 every de-
partment OF civil life in Russia And all this been
hearts thew thanked Mr. Fox and his companions repre-
seutatves OF tie United states for visiting kosroma the
saviors OF tbeI EmpeIors have the honor, he
tuued Of welcoming Mr. Fox aud Of proposing the health Of
President Of Toe United States and the whole Americas
MR. Foxs RESPONSE
Mr. Fox responded as follows:
Kostroma has surrounded US with welcome Outside great
crowd singing he exciting national songs Of Russia Wia
elNlic
flags sacred history In the galleries too far separated from
" air ~, from he new World we have come hitler desiring to
associate with your eyentiu history TIE name OF tie United
States Giant this sacred soil the ympathes which the
people Of that great country commissioned to at
the danger which menaced your beloved emperor And
pray that the seed thus bear perennial harvest Of
faterna feeling the nations forever aud
IGreat Appaue Let us drink TO bis Exceency the Cover
the Marshal Of the Nobility 10 the Mayor and 10 the
SPEECH OF NIB. CURTIN
Mr. Curtin in the course Of the evening got OIL the follow
ina for which be had 10 suffer another tossing:
There places which By their sacred aud glorious
RIGS such significance that sight Of them hearts
are nvounory filed with emotion. In Of those places
sacred to the glorious past We ma PI.S ourselves toa Az
Iaassed by enemies who hoped TO ruin and destroy her in
peror and deverer Of Russia at TIE universal call Of The peo
pie Russia When the life Of the newly elected chief
DANCE m r % a TR 5S ceSae S se E WSe e
guilty hand OF ASSASSIN raised against the descendent
watching the destnes OF Russia did not permit such
crime be accomplished and by the band OF kOstroma
Such the Significance Of Kostroma Sac gave Of En-
peros Russia and twice saved the country m SOyeregn
life Therefore It is that KostToma honored in Russia
therefore that Americans standing here today at
The cradle Of the House Of Romanof having nom
distant fbeand TO you greetings and cOngTatua
t0n uqon the preservation OF your Emperor life and upon
the heroism and virtue o. your ihaHnous towhsme
Eusann and KomssarOh tie sayi0r OF Michael k0mauoh
and Alexander IL Therefore ask the honor Of proposing
the prosperity Of beautiful KOstgOma Cheers and
applause
FEsTIvITIEs OF TIE EVENING.
Bat the mobiles mOnop0zc society As
dinner and char ea) had been drunk accord
ing ia the assembly deputaton Of the Club