Manager; performance of the latter at a dinner party and display
at the Post House. Feeling of the Government toward the United
States; example of this at the Kazan Cathedral. Household
troubles of the Minister. Baird the Ironmaster; his yacht race
with the Grand Duke Alexander; interesting scenes at his table.
The traveler Atkinson and Siberia.


CHAPTER XXVII. AS ATTACH AND BEARER OF DESPATCHES
IN WAR-TIME--1855

Blockade of the Neva by the allied fleet. A great opportunity
lost. Russian caricatures during the Crimean War. Visit to
Moscow. Curious features in the Kremlin, the statue of Napoleon;
the Crown, Sceptre, and Constitution of Poland. Evidences of
official stupidity. Journey from St. Petersburg to Warsaw.
Contest with the officials at the frontier; my victory.
Journey across the continent; scene in a railway carriage between
Strasburg and Paris. Delivery of my despatches in Paris. Baron
Seebach. The French Exposition of 1855. Arrival of Horace
Greeley; comical features in his Parisian life; his arrest and
imprisonment; his efforts to learn French in prison and after his
release, especially at the Crmerie of Madame Busque.
Scenes at the Exposition. Journey through Switzerland.
Experience at the Hospice of the Great St. Bernard, Fanny Kemble
Butler; kind treatment by the monks. My arrival in Berlin as
student.


CHAPTER XXVIII. AS COMMISSIONER TO SANTO DOMINGO--1871