Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1875-07-23

hackinen, could ENJOY VlcarlOus re-
taliation or revenge, he may find it by
coming to st. Petersburg, inasmuch
as there is not only no tariff for dros-
kie riding, but the occupant seems to
fix the price to suit himself, some
times handing the driver mere trile,
shamefully inadequate and coolly
walking away.
A noble row of warehouses lines the
quay where We land, some of them SO
heavy and massive that it seems sur
rrising that they do not sink down
TO Peter the Greats swamp. Some
tells. us that the most conspicu-
ons one belongs 10 4 Jew, "the richest
man in Russia. But our droskie
driver to the hotel does not allow us
to enjoy the sightseeing to advantage.
Cobblestones, and a high speed, with
a driver who speaks nothing but Rus
sian, gives us repetition of our Abo
experience, SO that it is as much as we
can do to hold on. We selected the
Hotel D'Angleterre, partly because it
is on an open square, and partly be-
canse the one we first fixed upon was
undergoing repairs. AS to accommo-
dations and rates, the Angleterre is
unexceptionable; but We found it very
noisy, and, from the particular expo
sure of our apartments, very warm.
In fact the only hot weather we en-
countered during this entire European
tear was in st. Petersburg. But our
windows looked ont on the green
square, and also upon the great church
of st. Isaacs. which is to the Greek
Church and st. Petersburg what st.
Peters is TO Romanism and Rome. And
u grand church it is; the material
gmnite; each of the four fronts adorn-
ed with portico of polished, reddish
bDwn porphyry; the pediments filled
with rich bronzed groups in relief, re-
presenting Scripture scenes-onc of
them, the Alteration of the Magi. par
tieularly fine; lofty bronze figures sur
mounting the entablature; a bell tower
OF each of the four corners: and ris-
Ing in aerial grace and beauty. the
gbry and crown Of all-thc great gill
dd dome aud glittcring cross. The
cost ofthis fine structure was immense,
the single item of sinking piles in the
swampy soil, to secure a stable foun-
lation, being more than million dol
lars. But time aud the immense
wight are severely testing the piles,
aid one corner Of the cdi;iCc is settl-
ilg. So that scatIolding has just been
PIT up with view of in some way ap-
pying u remedy. Our windows look
iLg directly on -. lsaacs. gave us
tne view, not only of the building, but
q :aat =. Guofosis aud ,'esvat Worship
Ssrs. Of whom more hereafter. We
thought nj the outset, too. that We
Should enjoy those devp, souorous
balls. But this proved IA mistake
There Was too much bells. From five
o',lock in the morning. through the
lifelong day, We had boom. bang and
chttcr. with little intermIssiun. In
the tower next us were two ur more
immense bells. and number of small
oirs. Two men. with rope attached
10 the clapper, would boom the great
oies alternately; then there would be
ii ,ooming from another tower, and So
OIL until, rs finale. they would make
q general crash on the little ones
Bat there was no approach 10 tune or
chimes In fact there is not, with its
many thousands of bells. chime in
al Russia-Cor. v. !. Observer.