New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-04
RUSSIA.

PEoPLg-A RUSSIAN PAIR-FAyoRABLB IMPREs-
sIoNs MADE BY THE EMBAsSY-THE PAIR IN
NJNI-NovGOROD-TnB TRADE FROM THE BAST-
REPRESENTATIVE MEN AT THE BANQUET TO THE
AMERIcAYs-BMIGRATION TO RUSsIA-TnB SIG
HIF1CANCB OF THB VISIT OF THB AMERICAN
TRANSFORMATIONS MADE BY THE EMBASSY.
From Our Special Correspondent
OS TIE voLGA Sept l, 1866.
As supplement to my last letter, ! have to tell
Won more about Mini. The fair alone would have
afforded interesting material TO write about for week.
while am obliged 10 cut short with what saw in a
day. 1t is the Old easy Eastern style Of trading which
is in vogue Mini. bargain is undertaken as one
would begin a siege, and the price turns upon tho ind
vdualY attractive and repusiye poles of ware versus
cash IN the heads of buyer and seller. Each one
seats himself quietly, and proceeds systematically saw
some BOkhaTans a calico shop which sends SlWOOuO
worth of material Persia and BelOachiean, and the
country where old Alexander halted, with dingy
faces and dark calculating eyes who had the appearance
of having laid siege for several days When the batteries
properly trained there tumble OF an average OF ~
per cent in small traps, such traveller would buy for
remembrance OF party many bought precious stones
inaid cups furs &c Fixed prices arc scarcely known I'D
the East which certainly the great hndeRnee to trade
The merchants have not learned how 10 see round corner
enterprsng Yankees do Auctions perhaps, ~ IN
troduced fl point would furnish the best cure for
these slow customs Of an anti-commcr lal age
The overland tea trade which cencrs In Mini IS still
formed by the fair scattered great space. which
looks like suburban cattle yard cnpued Of rs beasts Than
anything else you may see great rows OF packages III raw
cOwhdcs with the hair inside, sheltered from the weather
and sky only bv few LAYERS Of mating. In the mud or
dust between these lows stumbling blocks and boards
and material the merchants Of the East ami Wcsi
meet each other transact business IN tea amounting Ia
several million dollars worth In month. IL You want
sample Of any package the mc hant runs en IRON
augcr through The SKIN, oil when INC uaf meme lnul
atey closes the aperture again fetching out specimen
from every side. 10 convince YOU that there y no email
there. Brick is dreadfily stun pressed INTO
brick form which Is bought by the krghis aud kalmucks
of the Stcppes yellow TEA - yeowish IN the leaf and
yellow drank with Characteristic smell which IS pre-
cisey like hay These the two kinds which do not
find their way into the European and American markets
The latter is delicious. case Of II, worth I'VE or TX
hundred dollars was presented 20 Mr. Fox Tea is drunk
morning and night in Russia and the Americans
all love with il. IL seems 10 me better than tha
which is commonly drunk in the States:
II 10 attempt very brief description Of the
traders the fair Of Mini shOuld refer you To the me
page Of any common school geography where the cos
OF the Taars and PcTsians and intermediate race
be At the fair you may II all, either pure
or Mixed generally the latter. The Fersans, IN iher
long curly wool caps fashioned the principle OF astOye
pipe knocked fat at the top seemed to me the most PIE
turesque people there, they were generally tall ana
favored with very long noses equally permanent as the
hawk nose, but sweeping down m long Characteristic
course like scythe blade. Half the working population
Of Mini is Tartar which is not at sl strange when we
recoect that Russia once formed Tartar king
dom the capital which kasan, 2JO miles further
down the rycr The Tartars like the Russians good
natured quiet people, but they dress differently the dis,
tngulshng feature being generally the little chinese skull
cap some oddy foot gear. Athe Exchange we saw
specimens products Russia which consisted
mainly Of cereals rock salt fish from the NOSa and CasPan
caviar. iron, and few commonplace manufactured
articles. The Juror 10 immense More than
once the ranks Of party we've broken by charging
horde" Of these formerly savage now very harmless
and sufficiently serye. Of the blood OF Genshis
Khan who only intent upon seeing what they coud
Wherever the boards grow long however there we
are met BY the most deaenng and firing hurahs,
mi the Russians their
rejocings at the opportunity to welcome some genuine
foreign friends. -
still travels the entire distance by axle pack animals,
along the ancient roads which the southern Ural
from Kiatka in Asia, but the great bulk makes drec oT
Perm on the western slope Of tue Ura and Is carried
thence 10 Mini by steamboat down the Kama Tea and
Siberian iron 10 lind market but other Asaic
goods which not sold ut Njn carried home again
when the fair is What comment on the lack OF
fixed prices and the enterprise Of continental Asia The
moral of pointed ea0gh in the fortunes OF colossal
size made by foreigners the Volga, who have studied
themselves into the language and nature OF the people aud
adapted themselves thereto.
The dinner given e. the Americans at Mini NovgorOd
represented vast wealth. often in the person plain
uLassuning old fellow who would be taken in Newly ori
for a doalcrin Old cothes-no Jews, because the jews
have been tolerated allowed 10 live IN some
parts Of Russia like Moscow for example, till within
eight years but Russians Of the middle or pea'ant class
WHO wear the long coat known 10 Western Europe ony
as the costume Of the Polish Jews.
II wealth exists among the late unpryileged casscs in
Russia II does not show Itself ia Partisan dress.
peasant who succeeds 10 wealth remains peasant IN
name and generally, also, fashion, though he be the
first man 81 town, the occupant Of prpcely man
sion He is expected bear this IN mind In his inter
course with the powers that be- aad his Obesance TO the
great people OF the land Only since the emancipation
there Is gradual Outgowing OF this cranping OF caste
That bold act OF the Emperofs made labor Now the OK
genecs OF the times iOnlng them to exercise their
wits in various WAYS which they were by no means Obliged
TO DO heretofore That same strong will OF the Emperor
appointed boards corresponding TO County Commissioners
with US who took away their hest lands If they saw nj
and gave small portion each peasant 10 be paid for in
81 wears. meantime issrng son OF certificate for the
land taken, whicA bears vipe III the market much
like paper currency.
fanybody feels desire 10 enisrate to Russia to count
ernarch against the OF empire, now Is their time
bosanse lands OF splendid quality may be bought for
song the projectors not having learned yet what 10 do
with ito make Il probable With machinery and proper
understanding Of the markets. The price OF labor Is tenn
P9Eiry high in the Southern states but this VIII soon
regulate itself tOA very moderate standard, according 10
The principles Of demand and supply. In every village
tbere Is nov Elder whose contract Tor 80 many
s sefis that indeed TIE chanc 10 Russia bas been
froIp f slarery uidcr inividuls 10 ser'dom TO the
State but ther condition Is regulated 10y liberal IaSs and
the supervision of yGtrareh1 old man OF Their OWE class
ia yerg ameioraird Beside. The peasants have learned
how 10 vote each other and Their supe0r ipo Office for
the manzGeeBt Of tssy own local anairs ana they an
dersiand well ih" esIaneeaent ms has cense1 to
their own dignity ana mrDriain t. u
For America 10 visit Russia al such stage, 10 order to
cultivate closer acqpntSce ie an act the appropriate.
ness aud significance Of which think VIII certainly BE-
recognized e.. history Il was plnu lueh, ana visa
You could comprehend hnlg ulY We ore maze 70 eel ths
as we meet everyWhere the greetings Of the liberated
scrs aud the superior c's too for mere mas bcen
wonderfully strange ADOLESCENCE On ihcPai oI Inc ans
Ooraey 1u kuSsa 70 this high wind OF sisul@ahoh wac
suddenly blows an entire rev 81 inc H0'y IaDiIeS %
thrfnid nesgos our Of tic lqnd.
NOui1 you ike 10 lLow what X nd O an Impression Eo
are uigkng ~ hntsmf Neii ~ "o"d !. batf VIZ wv