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ntib a YOL. 1. Alt MDEPETOETr *EWKPAFEK; DEVOTED TO LITEHABY, SCIENTIFIC, AGBIC^LTIEAL, POLITICAL AW© GENERAL MTELLIOE1VCE. ONEIDA, MADISON COUNTY, WY., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1851. NO. 6. ONEIDA TELEGEAPH. Will be publishe d ever y Saturday a t Oneida , (De pot,) Madison Co. , N. Y. D. H. FROST, Editor SL Proprietor. A. K. EATON, Conductor of Scieiittfic Department. OFFICE—No. 2, EMruu: BLOCK, (up ttairs.) TERMS—One dolla r and Twenty-live Cents pe r aim am, i n advance, t o office and mail subscribers , One Dollar and Fifty Cents, i n advance, to Villag e subscribers , yvno receiv e thei r paper by the Carrie r Where te n o r mor e copie s ar e sen t by mini to one office, the y will b e furnishe d tit One Dolln r each, and th e perso n obtainin g th e names and sending us th e money , shal l receiv e a copy fo r hi s trouble. liAJK S O F ADVERTISING. One Square, 3 Weeks, $1 00. 3 Months , • - - 3.1K). 6 • - - 6 00. 1 Year, 8.00. A liberal discoun t made t o those who advertis e by th e year 0T All communication s mus t be potl-paid. (Original |3n?tnj. Biffrtllannnw. tetter* from Europe.—I. Correspondence of the Evening Post Moscow, Aug. 19tli, 1851 A voyage of a few days on the Baltic Is a pleasant interlude IU a long land journey, aud so we felt it, as we took the steamer at Stettin, and amused ourselves much with the various company collected from all quarters of the globe for a bhort time together, then to disperse as widely as before. Many languages were spoken around us: French, English, German, and Russ, whose soft, low tonus we now heard for the first time. The company were of all classesa, and conditions too, from the haughty Russian Princess just returned from a tour to the German baths, to the sprightly Parisian module, and the bullet-master just coming out with a fresh supply of wares tor the market-— land the mines of Siberia hare furnisned to adorn its walls. The domes inside are painted I with frescoes, wlnck, however, 1 did not think ' worthy o f their position. The Izak church will take die place of Cathedral, now occupied by that of our Lady of Razan, which is enriched by a screen of massive silver, presented by the Cossacks on their return from the French war. The Greek churches differ a good deal in ar rangement from the Roman. There are no open altars, but at the upper end is a screen or folding door, which is opened during service, and displays the altar, with its crucifix and cau dles, standing on a rich carpet. This sacred place is called the IkonostacL, and upon that hallowed carpet no woman's foot may ever press. Th e place of statues and images is supplied by pictures, which are as much cov ered with gold and gems, and decked with ribbons, lnces and flowers, as was ever any idol. Before these the worshipper presents his vows, and his first act on entering is to light a small The following piece of pleasantry aud senti inent, though written more than three years since, has never, we think, been published. It came into OUT possession, through a train of circumstances which it is not necessary now to explain We have heard that nil the parties named are married —En. TELEGOAru. Yet, with all these entertainments, we yveleom ^ ed gladly, on the third day out from Btettin, [ wa\ taper, (a stand for the sale of these stands the sight of the fortifications of Crotistadt, that i alway s nt the door,) and put it into a huge can- eflectually defend St. Petersburgh from inva- J dclabra that stands betoro the picture, general- siuii by water But here w e ssero detained 1} that of tin Madonna. He then crosses hun- ncarlv three hours, while our passports w ere ! self rapidly and repeated!}, bow mg at the same examined, and a careful description of eaih [ time very low, and in a measured mechanical passenger inado out. ami they told us that in manner, prostrating himself between each bow, a few hours\tfjc'^nrtno of all cf them would be ' until his brow touches the earth. This core- To ni y Old Friend. Yon shoul d have determine d before, But \ late \ is fa r lette r tha n \ never, \ Beside s it is wise r to wait . Some say , till th e glow and th e feve r Of youth have had tim e t o abate You were never too ardent , I fancy , For you know yo u were never inflame d By tiusan, o r Sophy , o r Nancy, Where beauty was every-whero famed Then fai r mus t the h e who enslave d you . The victo r i n many a strife And sensibl e too, to have saved you To serv e a s \ domestic\ fo r life I Ha! ha!—But you'l l neve r regre t it So contente d you soon wil l become . That your freedom—you'l l gladly forge t it. To remain n fon d captiv e a t home The stranges t o f thraldo m is wedlock , You ar e capture d if onc e you ar e Joved , Though your chui n is ns fast a s a padlock , You u«y er ca n wish it removed nioiiy he repeats about a dozen times, and then, di voutl v kisMii g the hand or toe of th -i painting, and ruMung lua fa<£-w4th the em broidered cloth on winch it hangs, he retires with due number of bows and crowing*, to the next shrine in order. Thereis something very disagreeablo ui the motions of these worship pers; they do not kneel cjuietly down, and re- The shores of the gulf] peat their prayers, a* in the Catholic churches, ! are generally fiat and monotous, and for some but without any apparent thought go through reported to the EmjK'ror | These import -Hit and tedious preliminaries :o\er, we were, allowed. to take our seats in die I little vessel, that looked, beside the one we had 1 left, like a mouse be-side a war-horse, and | steamed up the Gulf of Finland, catching a j glimpse of die palaces of Peterhoff and Or.m i ienbaum — tlie former the favorite residence of You have found, (hate jo I not?) my dear Uarry. 1 t , ]e j famlh That a bachelor's life is o, bore, 1 \ And so you've determined to marry , , |me we strHlnud OUJ . c} ^ m vil j„ f or a g|, mpM . i a mere bodiJ} exorcihe. The chanting m their of our wished-for haven, until at last u sharp churches is most peculiar, and very musical, needle-point, glittering in the sun, shot appar- | unaccompanied by au) instrument. In e\ery i ently from the water's edge, and then rose an- 'ihurch is a raised and canopied platform for! other and another, and still more, until the} J the Emperor to stand on, as a chair, bench, or' looked like a collection of sparkling stars, the J cushion us never allowed m a Greek place of j tall golden spire of the Admiralty resembling i worship, except in favor of the Empress, who \ a comet umongst them. This fashion of pro-, is in \erj poor health. Near this hang almost fuse gilding gives an oriental a-pect to the city,' always faded and tattered banners, won from and those brilliant domes, relic* exl against the j the Tartars and Persians, and various Euro- clear sky of the north, lia\e an an* of ningniti , pean nations, and the imperial eagles of France, cence new and striking, We wcresoon enter- 1 with *heir torn banners, of which scarce a rag ing the Neva, lined by massive granite piers, , remains to attest how hard a struggle their its banks at first covered by bustling ware- ' houses, and ship-yards and docks, and then b } stately mansions and palaces. Our eyes were constant!} turning from right to left to admire this or that splendid building, and when we reached the English ijuav and the custom house, we had quite exhausted our epithets of, surpr .se and admiration But here our enthu 1 l m g>\ • th « Emperor taking the command of, s ,Jn. underwent along cooling down under , \ ,u;d \ ^ Crown Pr.nce, Alexander, of the tiresome delays of iK.hoe officers. Even , 1 \ otIu ' r ' a » d ll \ lwo urlul <» «kirm.sh across , s.parate parcel must be thoroiighUexaiumed', the country retreating, pursuing, and finally j . wry book, no matter what, cwrv\ punted pa- ' <,,,,Im * h > «»'\ \'-tonoti. Party storming their! per and magazine, i ,„„t l.e sealed'up in a pai k 1 \Pl^'icnts in their intrenched camp. In these :. t and sent to the censor, to w l... m we « ere .1. | ^'cisc-s t\<7 X» through all the operations of la few davs to appli for them, and not even rea war assault and take towns and cities, the smallest bagi nor the cloak upon the arm.' ,ukI ,' '-f ^out a tortn.ght.airry on their mimic , nnated to go uuexammed from th. eus- , s,nf,> ' in \ I\-''the Emperor generally contrives , ' out the coiii |ueror An immense salutation were thus rendered : How do vou do ? Makshakhands, Toyouhelth, Jubbye I nor, and lost all their smart trimmings.\ Of course, the habitations of the poor serfs depend entirely upon the fortunes or inclinations o f their masters. I t is said that out of the im mense number of nobles in Russia, scarcely titty retain any projierty, but some of these few are enormously rich. Fo r instance, Prince Ohcremetioti' owns two millions o f slaves, live hundred thousand fighting men. We passed through the once mighty Novogorod, whose power the Russians celebrated in the aucient proverb, \ Who can resist God, and the great Novogorod V Bunk now t o a provincial town, it retains still, as a proud token of its former greatness, the cross on its churches without the crescent, showing that the Tartars, in all their incursions, never took possession of the city.— In all the towns reconquered from theru, the symbol of the faith of Mahomet stands under that of Christ. The Valdai Hills, the highest in European Russia, lay. in our route, and al though they scaicoly deserve the name of hills, they are regarded by the natives as Alps, and we were obliged to take an extra horse to as cend them. At Zoer, we crossed the great Volga, and on a Monday morning, while the sun was rising, we passed the quaint old pal- aoe of Peterskoi, and entered the triumphal arch that ushers the traveler to the nois} streets of Moscow. When som e bright little link» ar e appended , You wil l thin k it n wonderful gum , But your fate wil l b e poorl y amended— They wil l strengthen , no t lengthe n your chain. And thus, 111 such artfu l gradation*, \ ou r thraldom perfecte d wil l be . Till , (stranges t o f huma n mutations, ) You wil l pit y the man tha t is free. Thes e women ar c singula r creatures . All destine d to hav e their own way Independent o f form o r o f features , They rul e us wit h absolut e sway For th e uglies t always find bimpkius Who gladl y their sceptre wil l own, ^\ htle those who ar e trul y \ som e pumpkins ' 'Wil l captur e a kin g 011 hi s throne . The more the y ca n worry and tease us, (The charming ye t mischievou s elves. ) The more the y ar e certain t o pleas e us— We lik e it a s wel l as themselves . If we ask, and a \ yes\ is th e answer, We mus t straigh t into ecstacics fly , If \ no, \ we mns t d o as we can , sir— Quit e proper to languis h and die . Some cal l the m \ mutabil e semper, \ \ Uncertain\ an d \ coy, \ and so forth , But i f we ca n kee p the m in temper. They ar e tru e a s the steel t o th e north. Some crust y ol d bachelor s flout the m As th e veries t plagu e sinc e th e fall , But how we shoul d manage without them , I* a seriou s questio n with all. * • • « • And so, my dear Harry, ar e over The day» o f ou r boyhood and youth . And o'er th e bright dream s o f th e love r Is dawning th a sunshin e o f trut h And we're waking to find tha t ou r dreamin g \ Waa no t all a dream\ t o bo sure, But tha t which som e sai d waa bu t seemin g la likelies t lon g to endure . Have you never i n dreams foun d a treasur e Which you feare d would al l \ vanis h in smoke,' Aad t o save it have hi t o n th e meusur s Of hiding i t er e yo u awoke t Thus th e wedded.—They foun d i n a vision A som a thin g surpassingl y fai r , But the y wake with a rapture elysian , To find tha t thei r treasur e is ther e I C. 3 . PEKCIVAL Franklin College , Jun e 2nd , 1848 . capture cost. THE AKMY S Y8TE M The imperial faiml} reside at this season at Peterhoff', and while the annual manoeuvres! are going-on, Nicholas spends his time with ! the arm}. These manoeuvres are mock cam- > t w as pern ' toiu house Such arc the annoyances on in- 1 ,. 1- --- ----; 1 . ring the dounuions of the C^ir, whose poll- aluou \ to1 rcvo,,uo w \ f wurse consumed in lev impede* as much as possible the visit of J supporting an army reputed to contain half a! grangers to his empire, fearful, of course, of! ,mll,on ot '\^ «»J >»carrying on such exten- 1 the spread of liberal opinions among Ins sub- ] slve »«J »««--u. res iw these ; and, too, there is j t8 1 some danger of the strife becoming serious, as ' J ' I this did occur on one occasion when two fa- 1 , yorite regiments, lighting agninst each other,' _ „ , , - - . , i became »o excited that their sport turned to of seeing St. Petersburgh, corta.nl} the most ^..^....j abuUt thlrt we re bajonetted ] magnificent city in Europe Everything is on . bofore tll( w „„|,, ,,„ ' . The army is ' ; *> large a MpJe -immenscly wide, long streets/ thfi Czar's hobby , ho performs his other ar- j 'colossal buildings, great squares a«d I'l^ , d UO o»itati ra as rul.-r 0/ such an iinmcnfte em ' 1 and broad bridges In e \cr\ direction, tin | plr0 • eye sees nothing but long lines of palaces, of I 1 hiirches and public buildings, of sui h enor I inoiis proportions, that the grandeur of alloth- ' er 1 1 ties is little in cotoparison Th e winter THE CUV O F hT rErKKsIll KOlt . These vexations oyer, yve enjoy ed the dcliuli bled family parties, some taking a regular tea ^J _teach English, in which our supposed forms of the hissing wine, and the biscuits and cakes spread on the tomb-stone of perhaps, a mother, or a child ; others enjoying a more substantial repast of melons and cucumbers. Some had finished their meal, and were sitting amid the relics of the feast, men and women smoking together; few, very few, were saying their prayers, and decorating tho graves with gar lands. Only the sounds of boisterous merri ment were heard about us, laughing, singing, screaming, men with trays o f fruit on their heads, celebrating the excellence o f their yvares, drunken fellows reeling about uttering the senseless fun of an inebriate, and chatting eager voices of women and children on every side. But among all this crowd, I did not see one pretty, even one tolerable face. The Russians are assuredly the ugliest people 111 the world. Neither coloring, expression, nor form, has the beauty of other nations. This is oyving, I suppose, partly to their confinement in the close, stove-heated rooms during the cold win ter, aud also to the frequent use of the Russian bath, that thickens and toughens the skin. ON THE ROAD. Tho journey from St Petersburg to Moscovt occupies, by rhUigenee, three days and nights , we were about four on the way, as a private carriage is of course subjected to more deten tions than a government one, and we stopped yvhere we liked. The road is macadamized, and kept tn perfect order, so that the carriages roll over it as smoothly as over a parlor floor. The chaussie is wide enough for perhaps six carriages to drive abreast, and beyond the foot path and ditch, that borders it there is another broad road, unpaved, for those yvho may prefer it, and we generally observed that the peasants took the old-fashioned in preference to the new one. Their traveling here is extremely rapid , the poor, worn-out old post horses keep m a continual gallop, and get over the ground at an amazing rate The Emperor is said to tniv el at the rate of twenty-one versts, (fourteen miles,) an hour, and I can easily believe it, for yvo often found ourselves goiug ten and even eleven miles in that time The postillion, or yamstcluk, as he is called, is generally a stout fellow, with light hair and beard, that look as if they had never known comb or razor ; his skin black with grease and dirt, wearing a jaunt} little black hat, adorned by tho coxcombs of the race, yytth a peacock's feather, dressed in a pink calico frock, coming to his knees,and fastened by a gay red or blue girdle around his waist, below, a pair of loose blue trowsers tucked into his high boots, and over all, an enormous sheep-skin coat, the wool inside, reaching marly to his feet, and the whole J greasy and dirty to an extent scarcely credible, and emitting au odor that renders his proximity exceedingly disagreeable His yvhip is tied | round his wrist, and jumping on the box, he seizes his four or fiye pair of reins (for four horses are dmcti abreast, and eath one has a pair to him .sell.) and givc-s a yell, and at the same tune a blow, that makes the horses start with a jump, geuerall} kept up the yvhole stage. The }amsuliik talks, whistli«, screams aud sings, and addresses a constant floyv of gossip to Ins companion-on the box, if he has any , to his horses, If lie wanted human auditors.— Our chief amusement is derived from the peo ple, on the road, the country itself being as uu- initeresting as possible Imagine a fiat plain, unrelieved, for tins most part, by even the slights est undulations, sometimes covered in the gold en grain, 111 man} parts wholly uncultivated, or black with stranded fir forest, the road stretching through it, straight as an arrow, the II. Am iNa, Sspt 27 th. When last I yvroto to you it was from the extreme north of Europe—from Frondhjem, in th« very heart o f eold Norway We have since traversed the continent, and are now on its southermost shores in the capital of classic Greece, From a country yvhere excessive heat is almost uuknown, and the short summer hard ly outlives the middle of August, we have found our yvay to tins fiery land, where the parched soil is stdl scorched by tho burning sun. It m a fortnight since our steamer cast anchor in the Piraeus, and we were rowed ashore with fifty other* passengers, and depos ited in the lazaretto. This was the first time I had been in quarantine, and I regarded the place of our confinement with some curiosity. It was a large plain house, surrounded by a double court-yard, protected hy high walls and .spiked railings. We were shown to our rooms by a man who kept the skirts of his coat un der his arms, (lest by touching us it might com municate to him our \infection and nimbi} avoided contact with an} of the passengers. THE PlnsECS. We were shoyvn'futo a whitewashed room with bare walls, for whn.li wo were to pay so much a day, and were referred to anothor in dividual for furniture, who agreed to supply beds, chairs, &c , at a not very exorbitant price. A third contractor yvas to give us dmner, at one dollar each. Our attendants now made their appearance, and certainly their grizl} moustaches, I should have supposed them a couple of old women They wore looso white shirts, thickly frilled petticoats down to the knees, and a sort of leggin, re sembling a woolen stocking. This I learned was the Albanian dress, which is almost uni versally worn in this part of Greece. Having now made all our arrangements for u eating, drinking and sleeping,\ during twenty-four hours of our coufinemeut, we began to look window commanded a dismal j piro Wnlrencrgy and industry, but to military 1 affairs ho turns lor relaxation. With the sol- , diere fie is popular, but his strict discipline and |se \ere restrictions procure for him more fear ! than love from his officers. He is noyv recruit- , palace, the town residence of the Emperor, is , , U) M ^ ^ aIread 0 w „ ; inhabited during Ins sU} by ahout six thou- ftmJ vanout rumor9 ^ ^ ^ sand persons, and 1 .l.ould imagine that not I h( , mUmds ^ Jo ^ jL ^ lent even this number could completely occupy the U()U ^al he „ watching L chance to great building, a \contrast u> suppre3s fr ,. r lus ,„ E * buth.sson all this splendor, the little red log-house of Pf I ,X e ho can re- tcr the Great, on the opposite of the river, 1*L, 1Z< J hj8 M or deatl very curious, containing on y three rooms-a I wlH proba g,J f rUHtrHte them. It is curious to chapel, drawing-room and bed-chamber. Its , ol)Mrvo how ' m t[m ^ everv th.ng centres furniture was of the simplest kind and here m the QlM JIe ,„ ^ ^ t )do| ^ £, ncu a „ , the great founder of the city lived while he was | bow m f<Jar 0f ailnnr)iU * u h|S move ments, his , I ^ry'ng out the pan worthy of so extraordinary | form t|u , wmmaa ^ k of conversation,: j a genius. On the bank o f the Neva»» his , and evQry one has ft 8tock of onecdotes to ro- j monument in bronze. He is represented seat- )ate< ,l| uil t ra ting either his good or bad quah- 1 ed on a charger rearing over the brink o f a ties> ^ thev may uappeu ^ n te or dislike him. precipice, and stretching his hand over his I But tuc impossibility of one man, however magnificent capital, as if commanding H ^|,, r( , at nlay ^ histalcntswrodlii»\il«' lll \ D V rise from the low morass on which it staiuls., ng|lt|y governm g 8UC h an empire, is readily , 6een by the manner in which everything is . about us. Our ga.U-painted wreath posts the only objects than view of a 8maJl part of t h e bay, two or three raise themselves about the desolate plain. The ! at anc | lor , „ vessel turned up and under serfs live in Milages, built in two rows on the ' „g the OIK , r utiou of corking, and beyond, highest road, each house divided from the next' | lH rocky p ,„ nt , on t I, e extremity of which, by a high fence and gate Near St Peters- I tra j ltIon placed the tomb of Themistocles. burgh, the*? villages are quite prett}, the Within the vard all was bustle. Our follow houses built in the Swiss fashion, with proj.-et- passengers, \most of whom seomod to have mg eaves and balconies, adorned with a great | uroU g| u their beds with them, were arranging profusion of ornament m carving and fantastic ' thcniNeKos 111 their quarters without troubling I figures projecting at the corners. Bolow is ponli, and the living-room of the family, above the Tcrerua, where the children and daughters : of the house lodge. There is something pret- 1 ty in the aspect of tin-so villages, though as | c-yery house is just like the rest, they are rath- after returning to my room I reueircd a sago that some one wanted to sen me at the grating, and going there, wondering' who the The villages grew more and more miserable | visitor could be, found it was only one of the as we we went farther and further in the into-! hotel keepers, who had recollected s#me new reason why his irm was decidedly* tho b«at.-—* Soon after I received a note from a rtTa! pro prietor, stating his terms, which ho assured m* confidentially, were much loyver than the other* In short we yvere so pestered hy these men-, that having previously hoard that both the) principal hotels were equally good, we decided upon ono where we knew a countryman was already staying Upon announcing this de termination, the rival proprietor instantly threw ine a visiting card, bearing tho name o f the \ Contesse de \ something, (I forget what, b«t it resembled a Polish name.) saying, \Tber* T » the card of an American lady, who is staying at my house.\ •* Ello u'existe pas,\ shouted his opponent. I left them discussing the mat ter The next morning the doctor looked in upon us, t o see if we wej^well— for which visit, b} the way, we v&e oh .irged in our bill —and then, having -paid double tor everything, (they counted the tune from ten o 'cloik one morning to ten o 'clock the next morning, just twenty-lour hours, as two days,) we were set free, thanking our stars that our confinement had been no longqr. A small fee convinced the custom house officer that there yvas noth ing contraband in our trunks, without giving him tho trouble of opening them, and selecting one from a host of carriages, we sot off'. The Piraeus is a modern town, with »ell built stucco houses— the jiort is rather a deep salt water lake, with a narrow mlet from the sea. There are still seen the piers, of stono where stood the two stone lions that seemed to guard the en trance, and the remains of the two \ long wall*\ that connected it with Athens. Several ships and a number of coasters were lying in the harbor. MODERN 'ATHENS. A good road loads to Athens, but the dust yvas intolerable. We travelled in a perfect cloud of it, and, despite the great heat, were obliged to close the windows to prevent being half suffocated. The soil of Attica was always sterile. I t now seemed entirely barren and and, tho scanty herbage being quite dried up by the heat, aud no marks of cultivation be ing visible. The mountains are hare and rug ged. A nde of five mnes brought us to Athens. VVodrove through the streets ot a modern town, of square stucco houses, plain but neat, and some quite large. Leaving our hotel, which by the by has proved and excellent one we at once set forth to visit tho Acropolis. A little with out tho modern town, rises a bill a hundred and fifty feet in height Part way up the base strech the houses of the spreading modern town; above these rises a perpendicular rock, crowned by un artificial wall of the middle ages, with in this wall is themasterpiecoof architecture— the wonder of the world—the Parthenon.— A soldier accompanied us from the gate war, and led us up a flight of steps into a noble l portico of white marble, whose pillars, many of «... . r\ 1 them almost entire, rear themselves proudly to- were it not tor, . . ,, , ^ ... . s_ .. ' ward heaven. How perfect still is tho tront— how clear tho white marble, despite the ages that have passed over it We stand 00 the steps and look forth. Tho sea seems close by. Be fore us is the Pirseus, with its houses and masts and beside it are clearly traceable the other two harbors o f Athens, the Mumchtan aud the Phalenan, both now unused. A narrow line of blue water sepcratcs the mainland from yon rugged island, the sea-born Salamia. The hill upou the main, rising from the water, m4 *t have been the one yvhere Xerxes sat and watched the progress of the fight Th e battle was fought in the narroyv inlet between the con- Zu7ma7Zrwhicb, j tluw, . t and S » ,am, «- , T1,e & ™ of ' he , Perei * U J vessels encumbered them in so confined a space, aud they were em harassed by their ow n uum- bers. Behind Salamis are visible the distant mountains of the Isthmus, where the Peiopon- nesiun allies desired, selfishly abandoning Ath- sound o f manv 1 CD8 10 her to muke tb(3lr lm81 •«* nd -— the \furnishing agent\ Th. ~uu. , Turning from the sea, the other throe sideaof voices preceded from, a little, yellow budding ^ ^ Qf ^ ^^p^ by mm)n A RMXTCTTOW.—*It should be remembered that every loathsome inmate of Penitentiaries and State Prisons wu once a gentle, lnofien- sire, and prattling child; and that every criminal who has \ expatiated his crimes upon the gallows\ was once pressed to a mother 's heart, and drew his life-giving nourishment from her bosom. Bad moral traunng, wrong influence, and debasing examples do their work, and- transform endearing offspring inv* fsrocioua men, who shock humanity by the foulness of their guilt, aad monstrous audacity of their crimes. MOM I/AHD.—The fault of many a-ft »rmer is Ms appetite for more land. However poor ly cnltivstjsjl w*fct land be has, he always wants more. On tho first morning o f our arrival at St Pe tersburgh, we heard cannon firing, and were informed it was to warn the inhabitants of the rising of the Neva, and always done when the water reached a certain height Tho cause of the rising was a violent south-west wind, that blew the water of the Gulf toward the shore, and the strong and rapid Nova brooks no im pediment to its course. Several times the city has been much in jured by inundations, and on one occasion the water rose about six feet on the houses in some of tho principal streets. The churches in this city are very beautiful, although some rather deserve the epithet of gaudy, so are they cov ered with gilding and painting. The Izak church, now building, will be one o f the finest in the world ; surmounted with one great cen tral dome, anil four smaller ones in the cor ners, all covered with gold. The material is gray stono, with enormous pillars of red gran ite, with capitals of bronze supporting tho por ticos} This church is intended to be for the Greek portion of Christendom what St. Peter's is for the Roman Catholic, and its expense may be, in some degree, appreciated by the f*ot, that ita fouafetswu alone cost $760,000, owing to the Moassity of driving a great num ber of piles into the boggy aad trweherou soil The interior is wot nearly feushad, bat w* «ooM form sosae idea, of ita syissiiss, when we saw the treasures thai tb# qwmrriec of-Fin- conducted—the fraud and corruption, the bnb-' ery aud injustice that prevail irr all the subor- • dmate offices, and the abuses and oppression I that are heaped on those who have no possi- 1 ble means of redress. The government of Nicholas reminds me o f that o f those eastern' princes, that we read of in the Arabian nights, going incoymto among the lowest of his sub jects, to discover their real condition, and often rendering romantic justice, raising a poor but virtuous individual to the height of power and influence, hollowing fortune on the unfortunate, and punishing in the severest manner small crimes; but with this particularity in single instances, the whole mass of tbe.nation is groan ing under oppression, and life alfca property are completely at the mercy of a caprice or whim of the ministers of injustice. THE FETE OF THE DEAD. We were at St Petersburgh on the day of the great fete of the dead, when all the people go out to make merry at the graves of their relativ es. The street tedding l o the cemetery was crowded with people, mostly of the mid dle and lower classes, walking and tiding, and carrying great baskets of provisions, flowers, wreaths, and evergreen crosMS, which they bought at the stalls erected tjuii 1 sale at the gates. Inside the borW grovstiraU was Ws and animation In each indosure, were the sun, or waiting to grease tho wheels and detach the horses of any carriage that may ar rive. Quantities of children are rolling about in the dirt, scantily clothed in a single gar ment which serves alike for day and night, their white heads contrasting strangely with j olher \commanded a tine view,\ a third their brown or yellow skins. Beggars come round you in abundance, blind, halt, and aged ; ^ m and tho wild saucy eye, flashing from beneath ' eilmor 'Tgazed upm* their the black, tangled locks, often show you the ] hnt gjlw tho of lhe ^ gipsy among your petitioners. EachEach party that travels is furnished by the police with a padaroahna, or authority for taking horses.— Without this they cannot be obtained,and the delay o f showing it to the proper officer con sumes some time at each station ; but it is a pleasing variety, for there is nothing of interest on the road. The post stations, though built in elegant style, and glaring with paint and whitewash, are destitute of any conveniences for comfort or cleanliness. Beds are unknown, a hard sofa is tho only substitute, and even sheets are difficult to obtain. A tin or brass baain is given you for bathing apparatus, and , all this in rooms adorned with polished French furniture. I n the comer of every room in eve ry Russian house, be it palace, cottage or shop, there hangs a picture of _the V'ffi\ or *°™ e \ meos in the streets even Saint; atM therefore 'no Rnsstatr 'toepa im his | - - - - - _ er monotonous. At the end of the long street an j thu nma who paXicd communications ; ani } is generally the church, built, hko all Greek I on ^ otueer Klde the u ouU . r wor id t \ rvpre churches, with gay-colored roofs, and bulbous 1 BCnted b a imm fo r 0 f gul .j &s commissioners, towers, and the post-house, round which are and hotel agents. On entering, I was addressed 1 collected a crowd of idle peasants, basking in J by of these 111 French, Italian and Eng lish, each loudly vociferating his own claims or those of his hotel, to patronage. A shower of cards fell upon me—the man in the grating was besecched to pick up those that missed.— I was assured that one hotel yvas u central,\ an- \had a beautiful garden.\ it was a Babel o f ton- I gues; and endeavoring to close my ears to the rich dresses, and i Albanian costume which seemed to be common property. Thither I . . , . , - .. . -. . 7 , , ,1 . r .i' 3 .1 „ tains, rocky and barren, but beautiful 10 Ul«r I went It was divided ...to three part* by a ^ ^ ^ ^ hue double grating. With.,, were we, the >C onv of bluewh g £ y Qn ^ ^ ^ Uaa J% ymlfr ' still famous, as of old, for its hon«\y was were promised,\ between the two gratings, mysei , 1 0 °- 1 1 tus still famous, as ot ow, Tor its honey, o n tho right, the chain of Panics, a spur ©£- Qith- eron, and behind, Pentehcus wuos* marble quarries are still worked. Passing through |ke porch where we had been standing, we fownd another temple far larger and more parfcot, towering up at a litiln distance. We had asood in tho Propileum, the earliest built, and Jo*g considered a miracle of art; but its propOrtons sink, now that the Parthenon stands before Us. Excepting the loss of the bas reliefs of the frieze which Lord Elgin removed, the front i s almost perfect The centre of the buildiag destro} ed by the explosiou of a powder ssflg- azine , but both ends remain, and one £fie-of m, . - . . . . .columns ts perfect throuijh almost th* WIMU Their cap were of red woolen long, and the ,, , ^ £ w(?r J M rtrMain ; ng> tops inclined on ono side by a full flowing blue ^ • ^ ^ ^ of tassel. Over a snow white shirt they wore a ^ ^ venUs( ^ ^ when ^ boeab-Jiell a picture - Jeretbre\'no hat oa entering any domicile, no matter what it may he. Our knowledge of the Russian language was limited to a few OOUQS , all other pertaot speech we entirely dispensed with, and I haveao doubt our attsmpa sf (peaking wwre -aj aatesiag to ooreodHW*. « w«re to qs the pirates of a Kwsein h6ok purporting to half open vest, nchly embroidered with silver, j and a jacket, red or white, embroidenoii \Wlfll dark braid; around the waist * y 6 ^*- \Mr. sash, and over that a wide belt of leatifbr, often, beautifully worked «ith gold thread, in which is stuck a kuifo and the purse; below a white frilled petticoat, leggins, often red or blue, half covering tho foot, which is encased in a black or red slipper. Imagine the wearer of this costume, a tall, fine looking man, with a proud bearing, having a dark complexion, black hair, and a black moustache, and fiery black eyes, and you have a picture of some of the men whom I saw there, and many whom you may day. rw.v Kxxrxas. Having occasion to send a letter, I handed at to a man outside, who stretched oat a pair of tongs to reociva it, and fuTJugated at before giving it- to the mssstagai, a«4;-*rk*m \ ~ weed, paid the » sewiiifrMslllij,? m a bann of water and thoe puritedl whieb sot tb*» to the magazine was fired by-ths besiegitig /Venetjang. The third beautifulbgil- , *Hpg oPtha Acropolis Erchtheum (alio ajp«»st perfact-wrth tho exception of Uie ro^ty R MU;» gnwefulwle portioc of which grew Ute^aMPie- tree which Minerva is said to have jtlris^s^iftk • her ewtt JuMad, whrle from the flujr a 1 ring of salt water, which soraag HD when eptuae struck the grour^ w&T^r^sit.— Three dents are. atilT shown ui't^ao^-iock, made by the three prongs of UM toieWt« but the spriag does not sow exist \ Below th* Acropoeia, frolathe ^Baidst of the aooient Agora, of makket-piaee, BOW a barreu field, lieea a httgh wees ef%eeh, Ural ne tM top ,whieii i* aacended by means of isejp* oat in the tmdMMa side. Tkw- wih* gu* whew*. Pail eVhVered k»e>Aei>C||M.^ to the Atheoiasw. Here, to<V^ *f VSSHhJ\ mi theisxiges, im the +ri***E235S3£&Sf
