Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-05-16

served that he had merely written what the en-
peror had desired him to write. Oh, replied the
student, you did not write what you wished
will not fight a mere machine; and back he went
from St. Petersburgh to Germany. Some of the
governments of Germany are absolute monar-
chies, some limited monarchies, some duchies,
&c. The diet formerly elected the Emperor of
Germany. Now it represents the Confederation
of Germany. 1t comprises one empire, 5 mon
arches, 4 free cities, and &c duchies, and has
10 members. 1t meets at Frankfort-on-the-
Maine and its sessions are perpetual, except a
recess a few weeks in the summer. 1t ordinari-
ly gives but II votes, of which Prussia and Aus
tria have one each-the A free cities one, and SO
on. Sometimes it gives a full vote. 1t has con-
troll over the general police, over the censorship
of the press, and in case of war determines what
number of men each State shall furnish.
DR.. Baird described the cities, but we have not
room to make mention Of them. He spoke of
various monarchs and rulers of Germany, some
of whom he remarked were most excellent men.
One, an Englishman, certainly, would not have
been hattered at the notice taken of him. I'm
der the head of costumes, DR.. Baird described
the dress OF the TFyrol, and observed that it was
one of the most striking in Germany. The dress
of the men consists of shoes with large knee
buckles, black velvet small clothes, vest and coat,
the two latter being covered with small buttons,
a broad brimmed hat ~tapering like a cone. The
women wear the same hat, with round about jack.
cts, their lower dress being of black velvet OF
silk.
He described Pottsdam, the Versailles of Prus
STA. 1t has several palaces, and among the mum
Der Sans Souci, in which Frederick the Grea
died. The room, with the furniture Just as hi
left it, in which he died, is shown to this day
The clock also, which was stopped at the hou
ofhis death, is still there. Voltaire resided som,
months at Pottsdam with Frederick, but a quar-
rel sprung up between them, and it is said tina
Frederick actually kicked Voltaire out of tn
palace. The garrison church attached to the pal
ace is remarkable, as it contains the mausoleur
erected by Frederick the Great to his father
also Frederick's tomb. In the year 1905, tn
late King of Prussia, with the Emperor Alexar
der of Russia, when concerning measures againc
Napoleon, visited that church at midnight, enter
ed the mausoleum, and over the two collins {
Frederick and his father, swore to unite their e.
forts and never to remit them until Napolea
was conquered. War commenced, Prussia wa
overcome, and Napoleon occupied Berlin. On
f night he, with his suite, having heard of the Wis
to the church of the King of Prussia and Alel
onIor vicifad tbn ob,rob ,l,o H. u,,JoJ H..
, sexton to the mausoleum. The sexton was aliv
in 1910, and related the incident to Baird. H
! said that when Napoleon entered the tomb, /
, was pale, and with an anxious expression on h
countenance, he asked which was the coffin
Frederick the Great; it was pointed out to hin
t and he gazed intently upon it for a few moment
and remarked, "Great man! If thou vert sti
: alive l should not be herer' and immediate
left the church.