The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-06-13

one the other day tOr trees and shrubs,
fern and cacti, only, not flowers, which
has 10000 varieties in it and 70 900
pots or specimens. All the corps
diplomatique are invited every winter.
There appears to be no end to the
money this court spends on such
occasions. This, of course, is seldom
done. ! he Emperor is splendid nan,
very polite, and for that matter so arc
they all to us. There is little or no
middle class in Russia. The few live
like princes. The many work and live
like saves. Very fine and handsome
people are the nobility very low and
degraded are the working olasscs. But
it is vastly improved under this Empcr
or, who is really just and good man.
hussia has its own code Of morals, l
suppose, which the people live up to
From our point of view there are no
morals here. They all cross themselves
on going past church or shrine. There
is shrine in every house, in the pre-
scncc of liicll no one can wear his hat
not even the Emperor. So inside a
huss4an door hats of,-a carpenters
shop, saloon or palace-it's all the same.
They keep Lent rigidly. Circuscs arc
full Sundays, except in Lieut.
There nre over sixty prosswicks' or
icte days in the year on which no one
will work. Sunday is less cared for
though generally no work is done on
that day. Drunkenness is more com
mon than IN any country iuythe world.
Common people drink all the books
they can get. Their food is black.
sour, rye bread and cabbage soup most
ly.
But they are good naturcd, lau. ching
race of beings. There is but It'll,
social life here, though in fact not much
visiting, as we do it evenings. So much
social intercourse comes from our schools
and religious affinities, which are entire
-Iy hacking in this @cn,tntro. that IT, nntns
the difference very marked to an Amcri
can. The French language is almost as
much used as the Russian more so, in
fact, In the Shcr circles. Most of the
Government officers speak English also,
and more than one.half the Russians
meet. All the young ladies read it, and
they all have English governcss -.
Ergl:sh and American books arc in the
first.class libraries, Russia having bu,
comparatively little literature ofits own
Law and order here are as much rcspcc
ted as with us. While the Emperor
appoints every thing and everybody, and
can do exactly as he likes, still he
governs by and through law. The
knout is long since abolished, and
trial by jury is regular and safe 1t is
no heathen country by long ways, but
the Greek or orthodox church is strict
in its discipline. and thorough in it's
organization. f'Fs
Divorce is almost impossible. Prisons
are few. Capital punish hmcnt is unknown
except for attempts on the Enperor's s
life. All convicts are sent to Sberia,
the worst to work in the miues, and
others on the land. Their families can
go with them, if they like, so that
country is now full ofprctty good people
OF this Kind. The nation is growing
rapidly in all the directions Of national
greatness. Education is being pushed
slowly but steadily. Most of the people
see can already read aud write. But
the rich being SO rich and the poor so
very poor, makes progress very slow.
he police regulations are perfect though
people drive through the streets us fast
as ever they can go. Those on foot
have no rights which the carriages are
bound to respect. Handsome black
Tartar horses 60 past one like the wind,
with little light harness, no binders
and low, light seighs, or slsdyes as they
call them. Nobody goes out mil ute
here without being fully wrapped up in
fur, and no one sits n minute in the
house with them on. In the halls are
servants to take off and care for these
wrappers. In this way they never ap