New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-08-06

! tic aId TEDIOUS written ana oral sources
.oErHERs BE-GIvH.
Fer long va beyond Brussels he read
! passcs through a Fat. fertile county. bearing
heavy crops Further On. It becomes more hllly
about Llege beautifully picturesque. hu; every
+ where showing marks OF an industrious people,
busted N agriculture, mining. or manufactures.
/ Heyond Lieee noticed q clean, new. wcll-;o-do,
siii.sh ar 10 the buildings. tia; reminded me OF
/ Ncw- England thrift and architecture. Lego
! itself : a cry of 5000 inhabitants. busy and
/ dirty with manufactured and coal-dust. Beds
J Of coal are worked under H. streets Persons
interested 10 IRON manufacture, geology. hlsror-
ical association and tine scenery should stay here
! longer than was able 20. Especially should al
! travellers Who intend to write BOOKS land who i
safe, when friends ,rH urge he publication OF let
/ ters written with no view to tina; end. etc , pay
visit ofrespeott 10 The grave of their greatmaster
the veracious John Vaudeville, whose remains
! lie in convent Just outside The town. The rail
read from here 70 Aix-la-Chapelle Is rare spcci
men IN It's kind the tunnels, OF which there are
uinet,sn. are all arched wi,h brick A. Veryiers
We stopped for an hour, and then took the Prus
sian cars. without hustle or change of ticket,
where We were better seated though the second
! class cars here are not quite equal TO what one
finds on some OF the roads running from Paris.
! A. the border town beyond. a PruSSlan officer
/ asked for our passports. which were returned 10
Us half an hour aitcrward, At the next station;
/ they had been examined meantime, with no draft
on our time or patience And so. safely bur
slowly. we came 10 the Cologne station. Here
| baggage had to he passed through the Custom
House number and ticket indicating weight
and freight. had been pasted on my trunk at Pa
MS. a duplicate of which was given TO ne. When
NV number va, called by one of the Customs Of
fcers. presented the duplicate and opened the
trunk. another official slipped his fingers through
il and declared all night. while another stamped
and returned the duplicate, still another took
this and the trunk 10 an omnibus, whose con-
drctor then became answorable for is safe de-
livery at my hotel Al this was done IN less
than five minutes with the utmost clvIlty and
good nature on the par, OF all the actors, none Of
whom except the omnibus man, who receives
moderate fare Is allowed to ask any fee II
ladod. hungry pilgrim should lose his good tenn
per. OF cross grained one display his. he will
doubtless suffer III spite OF the best regulations
but. for the rest must say that passengers life,
limbs and comfort are On the whole, better cared
for here than with MS At 6 o'clock in the after
noon Of the 5ih, was dining IN the Hotel dc Co
loqnc During the previous twenty-five hours
had tra1ersed the territories of three Govern
ments. and IN all that time was not once hur-
RED or hustled OF crowded, had not rushed dis
tractedly through the wrong doors and into the
wrong cars. for persons stood ready at all points
t. guide me Alright nor heard loud, harsh word
from any pufed-up man o, bucl authority, nor
been importuned for ii shilling by some one who
had forced penny's service on me, nor been
deacned. pulled pucked or carried OH by hack
men. baggage smashers or hote-runners | am
really sad to think that stranger could hardly
mass so easily from the fremont House to the
Aston.
PErSSItN EAILEOADs.
Pmsslm railroad has tour classes of cars.
The first class Is quite elegant and expensive,
but used only by nyallds and noodles, or very
uexrorenced travellers, the second Is as com
Portable, and should be taken for long distances
when one has ladies ~ company healthy, sol
irarv. masculine traveller shou'dtaho aseat IN the
third. which Is not cushioned but clean and we'll
ordered by 50 dong he Will save money, paying
about one.half the price Of first class, and see
much more of Tho manners andnatu1e OF the peo'
pie. nor need any one tear to iamish ms re-
spectablitv-cvca a thin, cutaneons respect
abiity-bv riding here. If he edges away too
much from the poor fellow al his right, he may
b. IN M
or sensible traveller on The left. The fourth class
j, simply an open box. In the first and second
class one compartment is set apart for smokers
IN the other two one smokes az viii They are
web ventilated, however, IN tar weather, ana
one who ,lIshkeS tobacco-smoke wlll escape the
ANNOYANCE bv taking seat near the windows.
| preterreG meeting the enemy on their own
ground. have taken up smoking and lind It pleas
ant not only a. a post prandlal recreation, but as
4 ready means Of acquaintance. cannot tell
how many conversations OF value have had their
beginning in the offer OF a cigar or the request
for light The conductors (there Is one to
every three cars) pass on the outside OF the ears
along little platform, on which passengers nave
not. as with Us, the privilege OF standing ana
breaking their necks Between stations the
doors are locked Tickets. which must be
bought at the stations, give the class, the price
the day of the month and the distance when
YOU are to 60, and a reference to the regulations
OF the company which are posted in the cars
The conductor checks by tearing OF the end OF
them. There are waitngrooms at the station
houses. bit Won are not allowed to go out near
the track until the cars are come 10 full stop
The regulated speed is nile (Prussan) IN SIX
teen minutes, less than twenty OF our miles per
hour An exception is made in favor Of certain
cxpress trains Watchmen stand along the track
at intervals OF two hundred rods The rules anu
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