Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1844-06-27

travelled with post horse by way nj Mraux,
Thierry, Eperney, Chalos, Verdun, Meiz, ami
Phasbourg, 10 Strasbourg, distance of nearly
500 miles Verdun, Mez, and Phalsbours, as
well as Strasb0urg, are strong forirrsse,, and
have numerous garrsons. Between Mraux
and Thierry enormous masses of FfeaCh Bn
Milestone dug our. By Epperney and Cha
Ions the noble Champagne wine Is growa. auf
we enjoyed The same. The soil is ponr an!
chalky. The vines, i, done every where
France, are kept low, and The vineyards Tesen-
Bile our cornfieIds, after attaining to halt their
growth; but without having The 6ne. lively
green of those fields From Paris To Me,z the
country is neither beautiful nor of superior quail
ily, but is cultivated with great industry. and
every foot made use Of OF villages there are
a great many BUT THEY HAVE RARELY
ANY THING ATTRACTIVE; ON THE
CONTRARY, THEY ARE VERY DIRTY,
THE DUNGHILL Is NEARLY ALWAYS
DIRECTLY BEFORETHEHOUSE DOOR
SELDOM MORE THAN A FEW STEPS
OFF. AND VERY OFTEN MEN, HORSES.
OXEN. PIGS, CHICKENS. &c, LIVE
UNDER ONEROOF. TOOOFTENTHlS
is THE CASEIN GERMANY; AND THE
CONSEQUENCE is. THAT ONE SCARCE
LY KNOWS HOW TO SAVE ONESELF
FROM FLEAS AND VERMIN THE
BEST HOTELS ARE FULL OF THEM
AND EVEN IN THE PALACES OF
KINGS THEY SAY ONE is MOI Sc
CURE FROM THEM.
By Melz you come into The valley of No
selle, and this region is indeed beauiIiul. One
days journey from Metz you come from ST.
Avoid 10 the Voigts mountains, which resem-
bic much our Blue mountains. On the summit
find Phals bou1g, and al The other foot Saverue.
where you get plenty of excellent trout, per-
fecily equal to ours. From Melz to Strasbours,
the frontier town Of France, on the Rhine.
much German is spoken In Sirasbourg the
Munster tower and the church connected with
it are very remarkable. The lower Is said 10
be the highest in The world, and built entirely
of stone The armory TOO. which contains
300, 900 muskeIs, is remarkable.
By Strasbourg we went over bridge Of boats
across The Rhine to Kehl, in The Grand DaIchey
of Baden, and visited BaGeI.-Ba1en, Ras,ad,,
and Carsruhe, the Grand Duke's residence
Baden Baden is a celebrated place for baIhS,
and has very hot sulphur Springs. The si,ua-
tion of the mountains is very fine, and much
like our valley, only somewhat more difFused
and embellIshed with the most magnificent I'M
proyements. Below thu: castle, as it is called.
are found the Judges hall and III. prisons Of
the old celebrated Knight OF The Vehrne. On
The top Of the mount ain is an old decayed cas-
tie, tbs remains of grey antiquity, which one
must contemplate with admiration. Carsruho
is new, and therefore beautiful town, perhaps
one of the mOs' beautiful in Europe, and Is sur
rounded with beauliful Improvements.
Baden is altogether a very beautiful and ex-
ceIlent country, in the highest stale OF cultlva-
ton, and seems richly to reward the labor "i
The hu,,bandman. think | haze found more
cleanliness there than an any other part Of Ger
mann The habitalions of the country people
appeared very pretty, and their inhabitants con-
tent. The Grand Duichey is not wide, but
has great length on the banks Of the Rhine.
Ii contains 1882 900 inhabitants, of whom 90,
900 live in the residence of Carlsruhe. About
Farther Rhine found myself disappointed
By Fehl he is no; wider than The Schuylk,lt
near Reading, but flows little more rapid and
deep.
From Carlsruhe went by The way OF VIII
perdingen, Plorxheim. lllingen, Bahingen. aud
Schwieberding, 10 Huugarl where | remained
nearly whole week, and took view OF the
whole surrounding country. Rosensieln, Con-
siadI, Lewi,bourg. Bearcastle and the park
connected with it, where saw, for the first
time, wild boars The Solitude, the royal
studs by Wiel, where Arabian and EaglIsh
horses are bred the agricultural Institutes by
Hokenkem where | found the Swiss cows.
particularly fine. Wuremhurg has 100000
inhabitants, Huugan 5000 II Is beautiful.
very fertile country, and is cultivated with ex.
treme industry but is much too small for The
number of inhabitants, and therefore many cara
but needy livelihood. The country is much
broken; resembles our Washington county.
and even the hills and mountains are FERTILE
There it is wnerc you 6ud the finest vineyards.
hut which are cultivated with much trouble
Except some kinds of Rhine wine. they are.
like all German wines, much TO sour for Amer-
ican taste.
From Hurgart we proceeded over Ppslin-
gen, Pochingen. Geoppngen, l.nssshaus~n. 10
Ulm, and then into Bavaria, 10 The ancIsn'. free,
imperial town of Augsburg. where much worth
seeing detained me many days A shof, days