Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1838-08-18


glsh fuently. He recei, ed me very kindly,
and invited me to dine with him at twelve O..
clock, NJ! In England, l was several times in
vited to dine at seven P. M! The usual din
ner hour at hotels in Germany is one.
Before dinner, Mr.. T. escorted me to the IL
ons. In the principal Lutheran church, was
a little surprised to see paintings, affairs and
images?-things opposed, as thought, to the
very spirit of Lutheranism.
The booksellers have Just completed
handsome Exchange where the brethren of
the trade from all parts of Germany assemble
semi-annually, at the Easter and Michaelmas
fairs, TO settle accounts, and make sales ofnew
books, etc., by sample. The book-trade is
carried on here very extensively, and with
great deal of system. Leipsic is the head
quarters for the business in all the German
states,and all publishers in other places have
their agents here. You will be surprised per-
haps, at the fact, that the number ofnew books
published annually in Germany, is greater than
all issued during the same time in Great Bri-
tain and France put together What ma
ton Of book-makers What mass of intel
lect in active exercise! Int country not much
exceeding in extent the single state Of New
York, there are six thousand neio works, COM
prising nine millions Of votumes, printed every
year, beside reprints of old works, and all PAM
phlets and periodicals. One would think the
Germans ought to be learned people!
Mr.. Tauchnitz's establishment is one Of the
most extensive in the trade. He showed me
the stereotype plates of his well-known edl-
,ions of the Greek and Latin classics, of which
he publishes complete series, in an economi-
cal, pure tert form, one set filling box twen-
ty inches square. So you may easily ascer
tain the exact bulk of all the intellect Of anti
quity!
The Leipsic University, which is one of the
Oldest in Germany, is also about to occupy a
neat and extensive edifce just completed
The ancient Notifications of Leipsic, like those
of Frankfort, have been remoyed,and the space
they occupied is laid out in gardens and public
promenades; change decidedly for the better,
os every peaceuble man will say.t AS to beau
ty of architecture, this city has little remarka-
BILE: the buildings are mostly antique and un-
couth, and the streets narrow, and without
sidewalks.
At dinner to-day, at Mr.. -, the second
dish consisted of thin slices of two sorts Of
fish, literally raw 1t seemed to be regarded
as rare delicacy, but could not stretchmy po,
liteness enough to do justice to it. The dinner
otherwise, was excellent. You know the old
man who made the Bubbles from the Brunens,
feelingly describes his CONSERVATION at the
never ending courses of German public table
but he does not mention two-thirds OF the dish
es have tasted at single sitting. The feas
commences all the world over, with soup; thel
comes the dry soup-neat, (which Gros
vsaor-Square cat would not touch with hi
whiskers!' but which is nevertheless rendret
quite palatable by highly seasoned gravy
then, outlets, omelets, and nesses OF various
sorts; followed by poultry, wild fowls, beef
etc.; filthy, pudding, which with us is slgl
that the meat is disposed of; but 10! 'sixthll
and lastly comes a huge quarter of veal, roas
chickens, young Holsters, salad, etc.; tn
whole capped by sundry nibbles at fair,rount
cheese, or peradventure, as to-day, with coffee
in Lliputian cups, which took for baby!
play-things. Verify, one has chance OF find
ing something TO his taste in this variety.
After dinner, Mr.. Tauchnitz ordered his ba
rouche, with two beautiful bays, end footmal
in livery, (Mr. T. is book-seller,) and w
rode out to the field of the memorable battle o
1918, about mile from the town. The who'll
vicinity of Leipsic, for several miles, is one
vast plain, which has always been, and proba
bly, will continue to be, the theatre of battles
when the nations of Europe see fit to fight
all. So We walked to a slight eleva
ton, where Napoleon had his head-quarter
during the battle. The French had garrison
ed the town for SIX years previous; conse
quently they had their choice Of position. Ma
poeon had made movement retrograde from
Dresden, after giving up his second expedition
to Russia; he was followed by the allied army
and here they met. Three days hard fighting
and the slaughter Of twenty thousand men,wa'
the consequence. The French were routed
but their possession of the town enabled then
to proceed in their retrograde toward Frank
fort, (thc same route had come, and on th
fourth day the allies entered Leipsic. Mr.. I
was on the field during tae fight,and he CAV
me a graphic description of it. Here stoo
Blucher, with his Prussians: there, Primo
Swartzenberg and the Austrans.' What
scene of horror must that field have beer
when twenty thousand human beings la
there, bloody corpses, and half as many mcr
had fallen, wounded and manged, signing 70
death as relief from their misery
i Otho, the young king of Greece, is now
Leipsic on visit. He is shortly to be mari
ed to German princess, whose name hav
forgotten. ~
,MAyErcR; SEPTEMBER 13.-At six P. NJ, o
the tenth, Twas again in the diligence. Their
were but three passengers; one Of them aske
me in. German to sit with him in the interior
but having persuaded him in English into
coupe seat, lie complacently remarked that p
was pretty sure, from the first, that | was En-
j glish. declined the honor, with equal goo
Il nature. tScothF No. Irish? No. II
Hooked puzzled. You must have spoken En-
q glish from chldhoodT tYes. never spok
\ any other language Perhaps you have re
sided some time in England? Never wa
there but three months.' Curious whether b
would discover me, ! kept mum. -s.g +