New-York daily tribune., 1851-09-29
NEW TRACKS ON OLD ROADS,
DOTS AND LINES FROM LINDAU TO LEiPSlC.
Conespondence Of The NewYork Tribune.
Jrrpsrc Tuesday. Sent ., 1851.

DOTS AND LINES FROM LINDAU TO LEiPSlC.
Correspondence Of The New-York Tribune.
LE1PsIc, Tuesday, Sept. >, 1851.
There was nothing of interest to be seen
al Indau except the dinner, for the appreciation
of which, 10y other than the visual organs, the
mornings ride from St Galen and the passage
over the lake, had prepared us. The town has
a decayed look, as though 1t had seen better
days At noon good music was played by the
band of the garrison, In an open square near the
barracks The only audience was a squad of
soldiers, two women, and small group OF
oilers, who walked lazily away when the per
formances were over. Ny only favorable I'M
pressIons OF the place are due to the politeness
Of the Custom-House officers, who examine
baggage in the most delicate manner, and send
your passport, which they take Immediately on
landing from the steamboat, to your hotel just
coming from Switzerland, where, for five days,
we had hardly met a soldier, the sight OF a com
pany OF these eye-sorrows at Lindau was par
ticularly disagreeabe The rain set in as we
rode over the bridge that connects the island on
which the town is built with the main land, and
IT kept on raining through the afternoon, so that
we lost the fine scenery which, the conductor and
the guide-book told us, lay in view from the road.
Just at niqhtfall, we stopped to change horses.
The post house, as is usually the case IN Ger
many was also an inn The host IN the present
instance, besides fulfilling the functions of Post
master and tavemer, carried on farm.
While we passengers Were taking some re-
freshmen, IN the common room, hali-a-dozen la
borcr> came IN, and, after giving MS the usual
friendly salute OF d" Gutcn-A Abepd," pulled OF
their hats. and IN loud chorus. ratified OH
PRAYER Their deyotionS, uttered In a marked
provincial dialect, and falling SO suddenly and
anonymously night among our beer and sau-
sages, (the Austrian RIttmester was Sawyer
on SausaccS) was for a moment lueslStlbly
smiloable The honest manner OF the worship
ers soon shamed me into respect. and 1 could
not help believing that these tired and hungr
men, coming To rest and food al the close of
their days labor, prayed and gave thanks from
pure and honest hearts They then sal around
table, in the center OF which was a large earth
en'diSh, containing what appeared to be a coarse
soIt oi porrldge. This the poor fellows baled
out, each with long spoon (wlthout lnteryen-
tion of separate paes,) and tapped down with
a smack Of the bps, that | thought expressed
thanktulneSs almost aS we'll as the spoken
grace What, or whether anything, followed
the rorrldge do not know LEI us hope a piece
Of swine's flesh, or of veal and black bread
For better fare than this last, m0istened with
glass of beer OF sour wine. does not lie within
the rational bounds of a German peasants hope
Germans who can afford It are quite as car
n,oTous as Americans, indeed. 50 far as have
seen, the proportion OF vegetable 70 animal food
Is less at a German than al an American hotel
table. The proportion Is however, quite the
other way where reference Is had 10 the whole
population here and at home. The German
peasant Is fortunate IN owning a COW and plg
SO much animal food as can be got (and his
Shrewt economy turns much 10 nutrlment that
we wastel from live COW and a dead pig, sup
plies his family for the year | believe that a
former letter contained some description Of the
discomfor, OF the house he lives m. That was
OF cottage IN the Scwharzwald. which was not
materially worse or better than what IS 70 be
seen elsewhere HIS daily wages, when he
works for others varies in different States bat
an ordinary farm laborer does not receive, in the
long days OF summer, more than twenty or TWEEN
N-h'e cents, meals not included. Women earn
at held labor abou, two-ihlrds as much as the
men. When they 60 out 20 service they receive
for common housework from twelve 10 twenty
four dollars yearly The first mentioned sum IS
below. the latter above. their average recent.
This general statement is based on notes taken
al the time, oi answers gwen 10 my inquiries by
lasorers and employers IN Rhenlsh Prussia. Ba.
den, Nassau Bavaria and Sa1ony, and is, am
persuaded quite as favorable as facts Will per
NIT. How can one expect better state Of
things for the masses in prince-udden. army
ridden countries The httle State OF Baden
with population OF less than four millions, has
ali army OF 1900 soldiers, 10 say nothing oi It's
lesser army OF police and bureaucra,s. and an ex-
tremely expensive battalion Of dukes and such
esses, active and passive. dawdlers snG dowageTs
-smos, all OF the non-produclng class to be
supported by the producing class.