The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-01-03

When the WIND Gown t0e river was Iail.
ohi remembered for aye be that blessed isle,
81 All the day Of our life until night;
And when evening glows with Its beautiful smile,
And our eyes are closing in slumbers awhile,
May the greenwood Of soul. be in sight.
s..sas-u...a.u.-z.
st. Petersburg.
On: a first view of st. Petersburg q
stranger, looking upon the imposing edi-
3 fees and wide streets, asks where all the
! poor people live. He will fiud them in
the cellars or IN wretched buildings on
the outskirts. It. is a. city Of palaces,
and stands on several islands, carved out
by streams that sdiverge from the river
Neva, and by artificial canals. Bridges
are therefore numerous, spanning these
streams in every direction. The site of
ST. Petersburg was originally swampy,
] but It's founder, Peter the Great, in the
beginning of the last century, seeing the
commercial and political advantages of
sthe location, ordered piles to be driven!
for the stone foundations of buildings.
The country around is fiat and the soil
sandy.
ST. Petersburg is in latitude 50 degrees,
s56s minutes. At the same altitude on
the American continent snow is almost
perpetual, but at st. Petersburg the
warm or mild days of the year average
1874 The thermometer during July and
the beginning of August often rises
seighty degrees above zero, land sometimes
ninety degrees. In winter 1t sometimes
falls thirty or forty degrees below zero,
averaging about twelve degrees below.
Preparations for winter, by means. of
double doors and windows, ares made to-
ward the end of September, although the
double doors and windows are only
casually needed before November. The
gigantic stoves of stone or brick, coated
with porcelain, and rising in various ar,
ehitectnral devices nearly totbe ceiling.
are also put: in order in September. Fuel
lis cheap, and the dwellings have an in
ternal temperature of summer. Great
care is takenin regard to winter clothing,
and the air being clear and bracing,
colds are almos. unknown. Consump-
tion Of "a scrofulous nature is, however,
common.
Snow usually falls in the latter part of
October or early in November, and some
times as late as the first week in May.
The Neva and its branches are usually
frozen before the middle of November,
and the ice breaks up about the middle
of April. At this there is ceremony.
The commandant of the fortress, rowing
In state across the river, under salyos of
artillery, visits the Emperor in his pal
ace, and gives him cup of its water in
token of restored navigation. The ice
disappears by the beginning of May,
and the vegetation becomes rapid. @Du-
ring June and July the days are very
long, and the sun is only short time
below the horizon. Those who can
afford to, betake themselves to the islands
and villages of the suburbs.
a feature of St. Petersburg is the
equestrian statue of Peter the Great,
erected in 1882. The horse, having
rushed up a steep rock, is rearing at its
precipitous brink, with its fore, feet in
the air. His heights seventeen feet and
that of the Emperor eleven feet. Falco-
net, the artist, told the Empress Catha-
,rine that he could not properly model
horse and its rider in that position with
out seeing models. General Melissino,
bold and expert rider, then offered to;
ride s horse upa steep mound prepared
for the purpose. He did so, and accus-
toned the horse to halt at the brink and
paw the air. After the horse became
trained the General rode up the mound
repeatedly for the study of the artist.
The Winter Palace, when occupied by
the Emperor, contains 5000. persons, in
different ways connected with either his
court or his household. The interior is
filled with pictures and rare ornaments.
Connected with the palace is the Her
mitage, built by Catharine IL, which
contains picture galleries, museum of
arms, statuary and curiosities, and
large theatre.
The principal street is in the Nevskt
Prospekt, four miles long and $50 feet
broad. In it is the Cathedral of Our
Lady of Kazan, richly adorned i'll the
interior with gold and silver and gems.
It's blue dome Is studded with stars. An
other Greek church is similarly domed.
The great bazaar, with its 10000 mer-
chants, is also in this street; also the
military headquarters, the palace of the
Archduke Michael, that of the metro
politan or head of the Greek Church.
and the convent and church of st. Alex
ander Neyskol, the latter Of which. con-
tains sarcophagus of pure silver in
which the body of the saint is preserved.
In the citadel is the church of st. Peter
and St. Paul, with a tall, slender, richly
gilt spire, 20S feet high, which towers
above It's surroundings and is seen from
every part of the city. 1t contains the
bodies of all the Russian monarchs since
Peter the Great inclusive. The popula.
ton of St. Petersburg is about 100000.
In Peters museum in the Academy of
Sciences is the efigy of Peter the Great
in wax, habited in court dress that was
worn by him and shoes made by his own
hands. The wig is from his own dark
hair, clipped after death. His eyes were
black and his stature about six feet
three, according to rod shown, which is
said to have been exactly of his height.
The stuffed skin of his horse, ridden by
him at the battle Of Pultowa, is also ex-
hibited.
THE DEACON ,ANswERED.-"Up in
New Hampshire, where lived when
boy" says Gov. Noyes, "there was an
old deacon who was great deal more
x;e,,a thor, hnnasf He was an old hYp.