Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-06-15
CORONATION PEIE.JMoscow
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.hor1nghiares in the neighborhool Of
'Ae hremIIn; not that tbers ga. the re-
hottest chance Of seeing II nroccssion
or cerem"9'es' but to see the gala uni
forms anu dresses Of the ladies Every
thing was most orderly, but Russian
crowds seem 10 be eas;lv managed =
"uards OF mounted Co.sack. patrolled
every street, and rendered important
assistance IN preserving order amongst
the droshkies, which rae i ,b,ut to the
imminent peril Of Passengers. Oa hay-
ing the Palace was unable L, ind my
carriage, owing to the crush and took
the first droshky | could fud The Iri
yer dashed OF at headlong speed, aud
hut for the fact that this maj career was
stopped by a gondarme. I hlIeve the
vehicle would have been smashed to
/ pieces
WITHIN my purview were Stationed
the CheValieF Guards of the Empress, a
regiment of Hussars III scarlet TUNES
aud dolmans, or pelisses. of white aud
gold, aud regiment Of Lancar. The
space between the pavilions and the plat
form was occupied by Cossacks. All
the troops were, of course. in the grand
est Of tc"ae, the cavalry, with their sa-
bres now drawn aud sheathed at the
world of command, some with riaed
earblnes slung at their backs. aud 9TH
ers with revoIvers at their right hips.
Between the scarlet-coVered platform
aud the open racades Of the Kremlin
another line of troops five deep was form
ed; but beyond these, as far as the very
walls Of the palaces, public Offices. aud
caIhedrals, the open spaces were filed
long before nine O'Clock bya densrly
packed multitude Of what was unmistak-
eably the common people. That you
could tell at IA glance by the frequent
presence, scattered among the dark
masses of humanity, of the white hand.
kerchlef sometimes bordcred by narrow
slips Of colored embroidery, which the
women Of the peasant class in Moscow
love to tie around their heads; and again
when shortly after nine slight shower
of rain came on the plenit lde Of cotton
umbrellas -sky-blue, bluff, and pale
plnk-which sprang up mushroom
like in the midst of the far-stretcbing
throng, showed clear enough to what
rank Of society it manly belonged
Here, then, was an end to the fable,
so industrionsly circulated within the
last few days, to the effect that common
people were to be vigorously excluded
on Coronation Sunday from the precinct
Of the kremlin. The spectacle was an
superb one The bong wedding
crimson platform might be Iikened to a
series of coral reefs, transversrlg vast
black sea of humanity, while beyond the
'Urrctcd aud battlemcnted wall of the
krcmlin cleaned the domes and spires.
he green aud golden roors of Moscow
Il was curious to remark that from ten
o'clock the troops lining the route un-
covered. and remained bareheadet dur
he rest of the morning How carefully
he personal appearance of the troops
vas attended to may be judged from the
act that fatigue men of the Guards pass
d twice or thrice down the lines ofther
orps between eightand nine O'Clock with
iugc clothes brushes, and o,.eElly re-.
,e' d ri. :. md men
:. 80 appointed hour, the booming of
he kremln bells was completely drown
i by the thunders ofartillcry, announc-
no the beginning of the pageant. The
ery towers Of the Kremlin were mo-
ncntarry hidden from view by the dense
lowds Of smoke arising from the cannon
he batteries being stationed close to the
me Of circumyallaiion of the kremlin.
rhe sllyoes Of artiIlary ELECTED a success
ion Of wild hurrahs from the people,
Who, it must be admitted seemed equal
y ready to cheer, to bow their heads. |
md to cross themselves am inform
a that those members of the many
headed who were unable to obtain ad-
mission to the Kremln remained out
side, close to the walls, during the best
partof the day, on their knees praying
.or the Gar
The spcctaclcS presented when the
Emperor and Empress, having conclua- /
I'd their statmus Of deyotions at the OIL
frrcnt cathelras, rcappearcd in the
open was most magnificent Among the
pro hgjcus bevy Of grmdecs, military
and ci !, m la ely preceding the In
pcrlal cortege, it would be almost impns-
sible to partleularise any especially sail
ent uniform or costume 1t was, in fact
one gloriously lrdcScent galaxy Of bro
Gaze, embroidery decorations glistenins
with gold enamcls and precious stones,
aigulItgties and aigrcttcs, p,umes, fash
ing sabreS, aud cleaning casqQcs. It
rather swept than marched along the
platform, Ike to a whlrlwind of diamond
dlst that ~parkled as itrushed BY. Of
all the shows and pageants | have seen
in this world Of pompt AMI yanities the
spectacle which eliminated in the adj
vent of the ear aud Czarna. crowned
and ROBBED under the canopy or baldachln
Of State, was indGntably the most i,npos.
ing, and splendid
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