The Russellville Democrat., 1881-10-27
BUSY RUSSIAN CIT.
odessa. fhs Great Wheat CaFftsl It's PoPlusf59n and Rsf7nenlenss ef Society.

mlv Last letter, We breathe the EG5t 1zT B1 She sea along with the dus. of O6essz. kOthwI1hsianding the dust. rezresnmeut comes. and with it the desire of leaving this realm We have no desire 0f com plzint We have had egartesy and kiBd- ness. No spy has invaded car chamber CT oOgyed 0DE Ea.Ih, blt the feeling 0t insecurity, even upon the railway, ls not delectzcle Co pleasure tourists. There fore our hearts Iezp up as Odessa appears in it's robe Of white .dnst simmerng Tn a warm sum. for t is the last step oHt of REssi4 and toward the towers 0f Con- stauiinople. We have g go0d view of the city 0i Odessa in passing around the base of the near hiM The city is on 8 high limestone cliff 5y the sea After manifold auxieties at the station poF- ter. with proper badge, seizes cur light baggage and our trunk t1skets- We fol- low him mesElv, without & word, bid adieu Io our Russian com azaU ions. ard mount the carriage. i strange gentle man seems Co oe it's oec1Pant- and he dis- Fs1ses Of our tfsps with taEg fro5L We deUur; ln vain. Nct 6 word Is inter changed or inteYcban Eea5le. I protest in several broken tongues. including @ few remnants Of emphatic English. He
 
 say. Me wagon This vas astonishing intelligence. at which l hesilated. II he had only said. T an the waZgoner. or the oJumissigEzire. it would have beer intelliIble- We were Eonpl used. ti.i it oc-urred to us that he he had ss in charge Gslizntly raising his yellow u1n- brelia- ha conducts the driver, the car rage and ourselves through the lo1g ave nues iJ the ticket o1fice, and we meet an agent who is familiar with English. Our steamer tickets are arranged and Ee pro ceed Q the dock. bound for Constantino- pie. Aftsy being supervised by Rus- sian policeman with a sword. and our passport examined and uutllated, not without anxiety on our part we are intro duced to the captain He turns out to be & splendid ITishman - Cart. Thomas D1ncan-zll of the 0lden time. The best and biggist stateroom is given IS, and we are at hbersy - awaiting the hour cf departure-t0 suTVey the city and h2r- b0r. They are not Ruzsiar, and the very breeze seemed So elarify the atmosphere of autocEatlc odoY and dynaTuic danger.
 Odessa means business. l. Is cosmO- politsn- l. is the wheat capital of the world, next to Chic2g9 II has two fun- dred tho1sand po pEiatioa and the refine ments of good society; nevertheless, it is partially cursed 5y czarism- You zee that I begin t9 breathe and sresk freely, being al0of from the aat0eracv of despClic Russia Odessa lies between the mouths Of the DaieDeE and Dniester. and has g history of classic and beligeF- ent vicissJsude- C0ss2ck and Turk. Gen. 0sese and Venetian. Russian and Eng fish, Gree< and THrE-fghts by land and s=a-nake up this vse.issiirzie, while csmmeEce. inland and maritime. has held various sway over its destinies Once free port, and even ret xith evi- dences of freedom not accorded 10 other places, with admirable payements and superb buildings, IS a city set upon a hill and lighted by the Pkaroes Of con- meTce, s0 that ir cannot be hid while Russia grows grain and the world Is hungry. When the wheat transportation begins it's fine hzrbor is ehsked with yes sels. Its suburbs are dry, herbless aud drezry but it's resources are manifold as place of comfortable residence and profitable trade. Many years ago my father-in-law. who helped 10 build and control the first elevators d ChiCago- known as i and Bone Of which sur vivei the fire. desired me to come here and establish the elevator system, with the aid Of government and his own money. This was twenty years ago, when the grain from the vast plains of Russia was carried across the city by women in baskets or sacks upon their head. " hat a business man Odessa losa when ] chose tO be elevated" other wise and how little alas has politics gained by my patriotic eende2v0rs to serve my co1rtryl My first observation was directed to the conveuienCes of the grain transit and ladiug. The mole which makes the landing is substantial and elegant IL is built up out on either side. So as to make breakwzter, and upon it the cars run with the grain, and out of them, by the good old force of gravity, runs the grain into the shirs and steam CTS beneath. It is not our plan in Amer ca, but it answers the purpose of dis patch. as well as the general object of safety, without storage. however. IL was a funny work as we entsred our steamer, 10 see the Turks. our frst glimpse Of the old feZ-headed genii of former mem ories, helping the E lssians load our craft with sheep and cattle We had to walk through g flock Of the former and under the latter, as the cattle were swung up by belt and dropped deftly into the hold by machinery. The docks are damned with crowds of carts bringing in English iron for the Black sea ports, and wheat for the English steamers. which carry 1t b market, for the English do most of the trade; here. Sgevedores are as busy as upon our New York wharf, loading and unloading and ccaling up with Cardiff coal. l count over hun. dFei steamers in the harbor, and but a half-dozen sailing ships. Our ship flies the eagle of Russia, dCuble-headed and triple-crowned, holding scrolls in it's ciaws-n9t Nihilistic prouunci5mentos but royal screeds! Flags Of every nation are seen-French, Greek, English, Ttal ian. Turkish and German - not one American The forts shine on the cliff. The dredging machines ply their work, the cars thunder around the hatbor. the grain is paid out, bales of goods are hOisted il and out of yes sels, granite blocks for Russ pavement are piled upon the dock. a few gulls sweep absut and swOop down for their lunch Of fish; lighters and tugs are alive. and the weasel we are t0 sail in for three days is being crowded with an- final lie. including other than sheep and cattle. What 8 motly ilt of people are fixing their beds and arranging their sacks upon the lower decks between ! the bridge and rear deck. Some -ol- fhese stranyBTs are devOtees on their way 10 Jerusalem and Meccl pilgrims hy steam, The captain says tia. often be carries old women ol 70 and upward !