The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-03-27
From the Washington Repubiicah' Zoin'

We're filed on Tuesday evening with select
sna intellectual company, embracing the
members of the Schilerbund and q number
~ distinguished guests, 10 listen 10 an ad'
dr.ss bv Postmaster. General Jewell, cmbo-
diving some Of the results OF his personal OBJ
scryalions during his late residence in Rus
sa as our Minister near the Court OF st. Re
tershurgh.
ON being introduced by Mr.. =. II. Birkan.
the urbane president Of the Schilerbund,
Governor Jewell commenced by apoogIz'ng
for the desultory character OF his remark, As
his official duties had not allowed him time
N reduce them to writing. His first topic
was The climate Of s.. Pe,ersburgh. lie sand
-rr ideas Of q Russian winter were that the
Ieuurraiure was constantly so loW That one
could scarcely venture out Of doors With
safety. and that people were continually
RUBBING EACH oTaER's NOSES
on .he street With snow to take out The frost
Int he had experienced much greater cold
in Hartford than at any time during his resi-
dcncc in Russia, and The papers had recorded
much lower temperatures in various parts O.
our country this winter. But the average
winter temperature is certainly very 10"
there. Frosts begin in September. by the
1st of October The leaves have all fallen iron
tine trees. by the 10Th or 18th they have ice,
and by November everything is htrmeticaliy
sealed I'D for the next eight months. Ihe
suns rays fall so rearly horizontally i'll mid
winter that they impart but very iittle
warmth during the short days Of four or hVc
hours, and consequently the temperature at
rnonday is but a few degrees higher than a!
night.
afIer winter sets in, the houses are care.
fu,ly closed up to keep out The cold, ana, a.
,hc ventilation is very defective, nearly all
the women VINO are confined ut home nave
:; sallow. unhealthy complexion but the
men are generally Il fine, s'aIwart race. The
tr,lit-bud, do no! begin to swell before May,
but BY the accumulation OF beat III The long
DAYS and short nights Of summer fruit and
grains arc ripened in an incredibly short pc.
Rod : as they Lrye to be, if at all, TO avoid
the curly fro>ts. But OF course fruit grown
and harvested in the sp2ce sixty or seventy
DAYS cannot be of remarkably fine quality.
Although there is plenty Of snow,
HE HAD NEVER SEEN a sEOW-SToRM
curing his residence in Russia. The cXpia-
cation of tins j. as follows: -. Pctcr>5ureh
j. built on very low, fiat land, ut The mouth
of the N,va. al d the atmosphere is constantly
-.,,urat,d with moisture arising from the soil
md bodies O. water adjacent. i st!ght re-
,uctiG:. of temperature is Sufficient 10 con-
".tl this, and it Is deposited III The form OF
.nrw. or rather ic,-cry stalls, III The rate Of
about two inches each night, until II altalbs
Il depth OF several ;ee on a Level, and yet no
n,.c has seen 1t fall. \, there l. nothing in
he >hnit. OF a hllI anywhere near 81. Peters
tdlgh, artificial ones are made, so a. TO allow
of The amusement Of coa>ling on steel
t,t.,I la
are very fond. As an illustration OF
The nature Of the soil III st. re
;ersbur.n, il was stated that the piles on
which tie princTnl church was Luil, cost as
much ~ some Of The finest churches in this
country and yet it had settled considerably
since its erection.
Mr.. Jewell next spoke of the royal family
ana the couii. Tie Emperor, although an
auiac,ut, by 10 means considers himself Gu.
titled 20 lead Il life of id!eneSs. lie rises at
S A. NJ, goes 20 woIk al 8 aud breakfasts at
II. 7 hc lZirovic h pronounced Cesar dy'
y,ic;,). o. heir-apparent, Is about The only
liau comm. 10 Il throne in Europe fitted to
Gln. One Of his accomplishments is that OF
t,.iuu able TO talk 10 the representative Of
each foreign country in his own language.
Nrr is he the only young member Of the
io,aI t; m'y thus accomplished. AT Il court
reception which Dir. Jewell attended, the
.lriucee> AlcXandroMno,
THE PRESENT DUCHESS or EDINBURGH,
xIdr, SD every foreign minister but The
lu ki>h and one other in his own language,
passing from one TO another rs they were all
rlrucu >o!cmrly in order, and sustaining the
illrd,n Of the con, cIsatiou. as it is not cti-
uL.,.c i5r them 10 do mere than answer her ;
a his irving ordeal she sustained with per
:, :, y, session for IN hour aud "A half.
IN. Jewell thtu described some OF TIE incl
d,prs connected with his fist presentation IL
r,,It, 4 fan amoa>>luUr il entitled 70 tho
:lr:or oi pa,iu" II cvt cit cent TO convey him
10 the lraace Tor lue ilrst lime, but aS our
ir;rC>catatNt j. OILY Al envoy eX'rloldl-
MY md ullaiSt"r i!cnipottUtilry he must
ind his way ther" The best way he can, ana
Mr. Jewell went in his own coupe. ATTY
Ing at tie door, lie WAS received by one
VIII, III he knew to he u servant by his mol
taking his hat of (aS servants never 20 IN
Ku.sa), and conducted through hall after
hail. lined with platoons OF soldiers win
shouIdered arms, who gave no lnulcatlou
that they recognized his presence, ana being
transferred from attendant 10 attendant, each
higher in rank, was huaily
RECEIVED BY A PRINCE,
vino ushered him into the private cabinet OF
the Gar. who received him, is he does every
one. with an atlabiity which soon put him
entirely at his case, and removed any appre.
hcusions is TO his ability to 90 through with
the ordeal. The ceremony over, he passed
out 10y the way he entered, ard the different
lemeanor Of the soldiers was very marked.
Before, although accr, ditcd by his own
country AS its miAisler, he bad not been re-
ceiyed by their lord and master, and, there.
fore, was thing ~ them but bow, having
btcn accepted aud received his imprima-
turc, he had suddenly become Il dignitary Sc
cond in importance only to lie royal family
Itself. and hence every platoon OF soldiers
presented arms and every band commenced
TO play as he reached and passed teeu.
The royal banqucts are magnificent affairs,
and seem 10 be gotten up not only "rcgald-
less OF expense" but with an effort 10 see
how much money can be spent on them.
At one which he attended, where the Empe.
ror Of Austria sat on the right Of the Car,
and the Prince Of Wales on his left. there
were 1000 guests, and though sCme 600 had
TO take their supper standing, the service for
tue whole 1900 was OF SOLID silver, ,rclu-
ding splendId epe.gncs, and fifty plates at
the head OF the table OF solid gold. The it,.
Illumination OF the salons required some 40,-
GOO wax candles, as the Russians never use
gas except in The halls, kitchen, and inferior
parts OF the house, considering it unhealthy.
To grace the feast, not only beautiful flow
erS, but large palm trees, in the tubs in
which they grew, were brought from The
royal greenhouses, some five or six miles
distant; and, it being mid-"inter, small
houses bad 10 he built over them to protect
them on the journey. These greenhouses
confirmed sou iaponlca trees OF various hIles