, 1877-05-29

promlAe not TO divulKe Any pending military movc-
ments although ho 10 freely allowed To abuse Rus
ala to hfs hearts content Dut trust that no ono
yaluinR hts head viii take advantage Of this kind
and benevolent permiss1on. Each correspondent
will report regularly 10 Col. lIausscnkampf, and IL
expected 70 furnish that officer with copes Of pa.
ptrs containing h!s letters OF dispatches.
Lie at Klschene1 during the winter and spr;ng
Whs dull and tedious to the jaet degEce. / cana
over from odessa some weeks in advance of tho
tsoops, and WA therefore successful In eecnfln2
tho best accommodations that tho place afforded.
It IL barren, deeolats town, far beyond tbs out.
skirts Of modern civilization remarkable only for
bad roads and horr'ble iuns. Imagine
yast stretches Of waste land occupied At
intervals BY little settlements Of Cossack peasant
~ groveling In poverty, and ignorance, and degrs
d&tlons and ron hArc only faint picture Of South
western Russia. Odessa IL the only town Of In.
postsnce. and that, being a seaport. has been
touched hero and there by the breath Of trade un-
u! It has become almost tearhb1e to the chance 90.
5ournes One ean get something to est and can
dnd little frontier soctet.. But Heaven help the
man who Ia doomed to lengthy
EXISTENCE At KlscnENgF1t
It IL d[rtits than London, uR1er than New York,
and possesses no other claim 10 comparison With
those cities. II strag2es here md therc oyer tho
plain a. II It had Lost Itself and trying hun.
drcd different ways Ut once Of getting back again,
Hero and thero miserable hut Hits itself
Out Of the mud and stares at you with
melancholy eountenance "a you
pass. llks IN old blind beRgnr beseechIng
charity. There are several streets devoted to
trade, along which may be seen motley array Of
fnstgnlacant shops. md stalss and markets. nearly
nj presided over BY Jews, who here. ~ In other
portions Of Europe, control tho bulk Of busncss.
The Jew OF Kischencif IL lowcF and dltAler than
hts hsother ia the Jadcn straste, Vienna. Ills
jNN Ia ArA rftrtfz 1tnn -
hatE IL greaaIer, md he smells more of garlic.
Tbs population Of KischcnelI IL about 100, 600,
Jet 1t has none Of tho charactcsistics Of city.
Tho streets ara unpased, and aro always either
knee.deop In mud or dust Clouds Of the hitter
ara always dying in your face. nlltng your eyes,
nose. and mouth. eyen to sufocatIon There
10 public squars' in the centre Of tho
town, wherein a few dwardsh and irrcgn-
lar1Y-planstd trees drag out humtliated
existence. Around The square arc grouped tho
principal buildings, among them being those oecu-
Piled by the Grand Duke Nicholas. 1t Is an unat-
tractiSc two-story edfce, and It's present purpose
can only be guessed at from a few days waving
from tho roof and tho tentstcs pacing mp and down
before the main entrance. No wonder tho Czaf
did not pro1ong hls stay at headquaEters.
Fortunately for tho fow strangers In Klschcncf1.
the troops wcre not quaftered in the town. Al 1t
Was, there wcso on1y
TIE vILKsT AND MEANEsT Or AccoMNoDA-
TI0Ns;
and, II the town had been called upon 10 prnvldo
for \ large number Of officers, ! think tho native
inhabitants must havc starred, 80 mcagro wns the
food, md 10 insufficient for tho few who were
compelled 10 remain there. The hotels wcre
mesc hovcls. A. I ta1d, was lucky enough to
hasc \ hras choice Of rooms. went to tho
Hotel d. France. It was cflgibly located stdo
street running on from the square, yet was dltcd
with omlnous forcbodenYs when l was driven In
one Of tho esrious little two.whccled drotchskys
through the gateway leading into tho courtyard Of
tho hotel. 1Ieaps Of dirt, and straw, and gasbngo
lay in sfckcnng array Other sde Of the portal.
and through tho open kitchen window could SEQ Il
frowsy Coasack engaged In Tho task Of washing
dishes, the operation consisting in dipping the
patcs tnto tub OF water and then laying them out
10 dry In tbs snn. After being kept wating nearly
half-an.hour was shown into the beat front
chamber. bare. uncarpcted room, tho only fur.
n1tatd bc1n9 xiofty d;.nbenehs Aad pins tshls-
This was my lodgings for three month";. Other
correspondents who arrived later weTe eycu more
uncomfortably situated.
Dnsng the paat fortnight
THoors HAVE n.HN CONSTANTLY Mov1HG
towards the front. They hare coms mostly from
their winter quarters in the Villages OF Uesaa.abfa
and many a. sixteen trains have. passed IN one
day. Tho Cossack cavalry arc tnc-looking fcllowa,
aud they aso Wild and aerce enough 10 mako tho
heart Of tho Turk tsomble. Thoy are mounted on
itttle nonIcs which. howeyer. nra said to no..cas
c,cat rndnrsnce and cxtrnord1narv mower, n, ,ncc1
In thrir marehes thr f,oaxacka arr .nict hy
thn 1tyanoest Of mn,lc conrtatine of cymh,t. and
wbt.t,cs. willis choTns of hftv nr noro man lain
In win a lind az roonotonnn., mt villa. chant
Ths tn,on-y IN nnrtod hx ri In .Is.,x. H.
xona int haye not learned what the n,sn T. "a,
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