The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1877-07-13

The Emperor Alexander travels in
carriage constructed especially for his
accommodation. This car. 30 feet In
length, is moving palace; there i a
parlor. bedroom and u dining-room,
furnished with rare magniiicence, and 20
II i adapted a system ~ wheels which
enables II 10 pass upon any railway in
Europe. whatever be- the gauge. The
imperial train is preceded by pilot To-
connective on which il the Director Of the
line. Thirty minutes behind follows a
second train, with engineers and work
men provided with every thing necessa-
nv to repair the road in ease Of accident.
Twenty minutes after this are the coach
Is containing the imperial suite, nj am
other interval Of half an hour, comes
the escort Of 500 soldiers. Prince
Charles desired to be present at the en-
trance into the principa1ity Of the En-
peror, but his Majesty requested his new
ally 10 await his visit in Bucharest, not
being willing that an act Of simple
courtesy should interfere with the seri-
Gus business Of the moment. However,,
the Prince went on to Pl0icsti this morn
ing. Although there is very little pomp
in the Cars journey, he must be very
well satisfied with his reception, for the
Roumanians can not forget their debt OF
gratitude to the Russians in having freed
them from the odious and humiliatins
yoke of Chanariotis0ne. Indeed, Rou-
manian regeneration dates from the
day when the Russians helped their
brothers in creed 10 cast off the customs
and costumes which the Beys Of the
Phanar had introduced into the Danu-
bian Principalties. They remember
that in their community Of faith there Is
more binding link than any foreign
political combination can forge, and
when we see the Russian standard low
cred to receive the blessings of Rouma-
Man ecclesiastics, we can understand
how unnatural il the assimilation dream
ed of by few perverted minds between
barbarian and Mohammedan Turkey
and civilized and Christian Roumania.
At Ploiesti the Emperor lodges in the
villa Of q wealthy Boyard, Mr.. Negules-
co. who, knowing his Majesty's fond
ness for flowers, has filled his gardens
with the choicest exoiics. Fourteen
other houses have been hired for the i'm
perial suite, and a stable has been erected
expressly for the accommodation Of the
800 horses Of the household and of the
headquarters staff. The town itself i
the capital of the district Of Prahoya.
and takes its name from neighboring
torrent Of the Carpathians. There is a
national distich which says:
"May God preserve you
Prom the fnud of plOieSti
From the famine Of GaeSti,
And from the fevers Of Golcsti,''
from which il would appear that 1t en-
JOYS a rather unenviaole reputation.
But l must confess that, whether II i
paved in honor Of the illustrious visitor,
or because there has been no rain for
some time, saw no particular evil
dences in support Of the proverb. Ger
tainly there Is considerable difference
from the splendor Of St. Petersburg and
the luxury of the /" Winter Palace ~ but
soyereigns often take pleasure in con
trasts. and the Emperor Alexander j.
renowned for the simplicity Of his tastes.
The interior of the town is remarkable
for the length and irregnlarity of its
streets, and for the multiplicity Of it,
gardens. Its population numbers about
10000, chiefly merchants, whose princi-
pal trade i in wool OF monuments.
there is but one worthy Of even pass
ing nofice-the Biserica domn.sca, or
Princely Basilica,r founded by the
Roumanian Duke Matthew Bassaraba.
in honor Of Sts. Peter and Paul; but even
this church has no architectural merit
Two historical souvenirs are attached TO
the town-one that il was the theater Of
great defeat inflicted upon the Turks,
in the year 1900, by Michael the Brave !;
the other because il was the starting
point Of the campaign, directed by this
sovereign. against the Hungarian King
Matthias Corvinus. Cor. Mem York
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