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Mr.. Weed, OF The Albany Evening Journal,
gives the following iie.like sketch Of his re
cent Journey through Central Germany:
"LEFsIo May Is, 1852.
We had pleasant journey through a we'll
cultivated country, and a succession Of old and
interesting German towns, from Dresden TO
Leipsic. The first point Of importance is
Nielsen, where the old Castle in which the
Princes Of Saxony formerly resided, has been
converted into a mandatory for the we'll
known Dresden chns or porcelain. The first
china that Europe produced was made here in
ITO.
While ct this station, We learned that the
mother and sln Of Kossuth with other mem
bers Of the family Of the Hungarian patriot,
were our fellow passengers. They are on their
way to America via Hamburg and England
| learned from Mr. McCurdy, at Vienna, that
he remitted funds for this family (Which bad
been saved from the wreck of their iortune) to
Mr.. Lawrence, in London, and that they we're
on their way to England; but did not antici-
pate the pleasure Of meeting them.
We have reached Leipsic at moment of
such deep interest, that | regret TO leave il as
soon as we are compelled to. This is the week
Of their greatest Fair. The city is full of
strangers, and literally crammed with rich and
beautiful fabrics. These fairs draw people from
all partslof Europe, to the number Of 30 40 So
and in 1894 of $4,000. Then q834) is is said
that the sales amounted to eighty millions Of
dollars.
Leipsie is the great book mart Of Europe 10.
deed, OksfOrm the most important part Of the
trade Of Leipsic, amounting 70 nine og ten rnii
lions Of francs annually. There arc a hun-
dred book publishers and book sellers here, and
five or six hundred more are here now attend
ing the fair. went this morning through an
entire street devoted to printing and binding.
The rattling Of presses and the clicking of type
sounded familiarly. then called upon Mr..
Toucknitz, who Is the Harper Of Leipsic, whose
establishment reminds me Of that great Ameri
can publishing house. Mr.. Toucknitz repub-
fishes, in English, cheap editions Of all the best
works Of English and American authors. In
his ware rooms, besides tons of English volumes,
were the works Of Washington Irving and j.
Fennimore Cooper, complete. Mr.. IOucknitz' 5
books are sold throughout Europe. The
present head Of the house is a Young man of
cultivated mind and agreeable manners, who,
in his mode Of dispatChing business and receiv-
ing strangers, reminds you of Fletcher Harper,
The University of Leipsic has world wide
fame, and, next to Prague, is the oldest in GEL e
many. II has upward OF 60 Professors, and
over 900 students.
In cellar near the market place, DR.. Iaus-
tus was supposed to have lived in collusion with
him Of the cloven foot The market-place it.
self is queer, from peculiar order, or disorder
of architecture. Here is the town-house in
which the allied sOvereigns met, when, after a
tremendous battle, they had driven Napoleon
from Leipsic. That battle lasted three days
Bonaparte contended, during that time, witt
his 10000 troops, against an allied army oI
23O, ,O00 The odds were too great and altel
performing prodigies Of yalor, Napoleon passed
out Of Leipsic at one gate, while the allies wtr,
entering another. 1t is said that but for thu
gallantry of Macdonald and Poniatowski il
covering his retreat, the French Emperor woult
have been taken prisoner. The gallant Pol
lost his life in attempting to swim the river
with two wounds his horse having been killet
from under him. The regiment which Ponia
towsd commanded raised a monument to hi
memory near the spot where he was drowned
We saw, too near Leipsic, the spot which we
fertilized for many years by the blood an
bones Of those who fell in the terrific battl
between Marshal Ney and the Crown Prince Q
Sweden, and where the Saxons went over
The allies.