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

to hint that there was a republic usually cal
led the United States Of America. II did not
occur to him, at the moment, that the English
language was known to some extent in 'our
country but singularly enough, when the
happy land was mentioned, / found him far
from being ignorant of it. He had read Of FOUR
manners from his own Duke of Saxe-Wei-
mar down to Captain Hall and the Trollope;
and he was now writing critical essay onA-
merican poetry. In short, he was DIR. 0. L.
B. WoLFF, professor of belles-letters in the
University Of Jena; the author, you will reco-
lect, of the History of German Literature in
the London Athenmum, and of other essays
which have made his name well known with
us. He seemed good deal interested i'll our
literature, and we beguiled the hours far into
the night, in learned talk, parting near the bat
tle-ield of Jena, with mutual promises of fu-
ture correspondence.
| The road lies over several memorable fields.
| Near Lutzen, they pointed to stone, : Voita
la, Gustaue tombeaur 1t was the spot where
the sGreat Gustavus Adolphus fell, in the thir-
ty years. war. We passed the house where
Charles XII. Of Sweden singned his treaty
with the Elector of Saxony. At Erfurt is the
cell where Martin Luther lived when he was an
Augustine friar. At Gotha, Weimar, Esen-
bach, and Fulda, the capitals of their respec-
tive duchies, are the schateaux de residence
The approaches to most of the continental
towns are through long avenues, shaded by
elms or poplars, extending sometimes cou-
pie of miles. One naturally looks for some
thing handsome, after passing such an impo-
sing portal; but it does not always follow
. a. ac tLa Of trim pholn rrha
leades to filthy hamlet, which would disgrace
our backwoods. M
They have peculiar costume, at one of
these towns; but in general, there is no cos,
tune in Germany. Both at Frankfort and
Lelpsic, | noticed two remarkable items, the
Jews and the pretty girls. The Jews wear
long black gowns and grdles, with boards
of nearly equal length. They seem to be here
, distinct and peculiar people, AS to the
!, German ladies, there is certainly more beauty
, among them than have seen elsewhere IN
Europe.
My second entrance into Frankfort was
from better point of view, crossing the stone
bridge over the Main. ! had been riding four
nights, sans sleep, and in the vulgar phrase,
was quite done up 1t was ofcourse delight
full to find that the fair had SO thoroughly
f filed the domicils of every publican in the
place, that not nook or corner in all those
immense hotels was to be had for love or mo-
ney. wandered here and there, houseless
and alone, till dusk, with fair prospect Of a
} loafer-like lodging in the street! This was
actually the only alternative to going off at
ten, p. NJ, to Mayence. There were probably
at least ten thousand strangers in the place at
4 that moment.
The entrance into Mayence, at one o'clock
j. at night, was quite impressive. On the oppo.
site side of the river, in Casse, is an extensive
a military establishment, through the gates and
!: court of which we had TO pass. The postilior
= sounded martial air on his trumpet, and the
f sentinel, opening the ponderous gates, admit.
n ted us to the bridge of boats on which we eros
v sed the Rhine to the city. Every thing was
+ still and quiet, but our rumbling diligence; the
stars and the lights of the town were looking
4 at their portraits in the river. At the city
). portals, another blast of the trumpet pro-
= cured us admission but no living thing was tc
/. be seen, except the military guardians Of the
night
To-day it rains torrents. So will merely
n tell you, in guide-book style, that Mayence, as
q well as Cologne, owes its origin to the Ro-
f mans, and was occasionally the residence of
q some of the emperors. The city has also beer
an electorate of the German empire, but at pre-
sent it belongs to Prussia; and it is remarkable
;. that with a population of thirty-two thousand
: it has garrison of twelve thousand soldiers
J.. !. 1t claims the honor of being the birthplace o.
8 Gutenberg, one, at least, of the inventors o.
!. printing, of whom there is statue in one O
the squares. have been to see the cathedral
noted only for antiquity, and for the numerous
!, monuments and statues of church dignitaries il
\ the interior.
: *The Old Man of the Bubbles denounce
. = these trumpets, but verify they are preferabl
:. to the long tin horns of the English guards
:, which are enough to
. * break his bands Of sleep asunder
q And rouse him like rafting peal of thunder
! Hark, bark! the horrid sound;
n He raises his head as if walked from the dead,
i And amazed he starcs around!
e Qua CouNrRY's FLAG.-The Hon Joel r
Poinsett, now Secretary of War of the Unite
>, States, related the following incident at pub
y tic meeting in Charleston during the nullfca
e lion controversy, some years since:
u Says Mr.. Poinsett, "Wherever have beel
was proud of being citizen of this great re