The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1855-08-17

| the mind was invgorated By wine, ina 4.
would be no fire without luel.' Mr.. Cough vonI s
| be Of different opinion. u
| A handsome seal of enamell,d glsL., de or
! ing OF fifteen OF the great poets British admir-
| (incudng Scott, Moore, Carlyle. eic.,I Was
graved with his motto Dime 60& artr oboe WI VIZ
which has more meaning lsaid one OF my Gern.SV
| friends9 than :he mere words import; il reg''
not exactly to the spur tha; the clear spiri, 49,
| raise
To scorn delights, and live laborious days;
but to some inward impulse TO 'comtiaued tLo,,t
not head2ong. progress : or it might be rendeSSI
by the Latin teStina le"te These are but sm,T
par, OF the costly gifts which might notice w","
writing guide-book or catalogue.
have never appreciated the private life Of
| man of genius-und II has not always been a,
stranger-wilhout being as much struck by Ina
discovery OF his habits OF unweared nppIica,nD
The amount OF this actual manual labor, as had
previously been by the splendor OF his talents
Goe,he's correspondence alone, deposited in one Of
the closets of the book-room, filled hro hundr,j
and tacentu.khree MS. volumes and, in the mid,,
of his multifarops labors, be kept dairy, or Th
eebuch that would itself lorm an extensive work
The last OF the volumes which contqln- it, com.
nences January, 1884, With some observation,
on SCOTS Demonology, and ends the is h MAY,
1892, with memorandum OF his physician Pro-.
lessor oges account OF recent excursion to Jena
with which Goethe expresses himself well pleased
% the 22nd he died.
The visit have just attempted TO describe yns
hut The cnlnmencenent oc my literary pilgrimqge
through Weinar. There was sill TO be seen The
houses OF Schiller, OF WicaHd. aud OF Ilcrder and
he places of their sculpture.
To reach the last rtsung place Of Schiller md
of Goethe, it was necessary TO take rather long
walk to the GottrstcleF, or cemetery; an esIub.
lishmrnt of modern date, where The arrangement
for the prevention Of prjpatpre jnicrmen; sand
to have been lhe modcI for hose adopted at Frank.
fort
Near its coatre rises Dora chapel, surmnpnlpd
by cnpoIn, which forms the mausolrum Of rba
soyereIgns OF Sage " jJnsr, IiejT cofined Temans
beng deposilr9 in it, vault. / wns brTe lha
6 and Huke Carl desi red Iha; the bodies al bis
rr"nds the poets whnn he bad loved apd lpnnr.
ed should be placed beside his own bur his Wish.
rs huye been neglected or found incomPaIabn
with rliGur'te for, though aemit'cA 10 HE same
chamber Of tho dead the remains Of Gorihe npd
Of Schiller ire placed in enrDrr anal;, and MA
very respectful DISTANCE from thnse Of grand dpkc'
aud ducheSscs This Use the words ut li"r
Won Rnu9r"r, on different occnsi"n-is Geihfich
u1d micM nuldi.~-a wrong Zone to he dcnd and
living 1t seems like carrying the iormaes nj
court in.o the SoIemnitits Of another world
We returned through the pTk If ibo
most beautiful in e'TanY, as it has always been
d. scribe d--and passed The small whiir co..
lnge th"t generally, Tor six or 'igh; wee ks, vac
the summer r, Sidcncr OF Goethe, aud j. M n'ion.
ed by him i'll pleasant rcm"n branc"S III his Yer.
SIS on the H4Hht"0"s nm Rt0. has 20 pre-
tcnSl0H, but is precisely the
Humble shed,
Where roses breathing,
And woodbines wreathng,
AROUND the windows their tendrils spread;
WHICH Moore describes the abode of 1--we
Thp"d"re Hook calls Mtmlrry and those in
smoky cities pent pause 10 look at ~ their even.
ing walks. and envy.
From this | went with my companion Ia tho
Grand Ducni LIhrary-a c.'il cnn Of about
hundred and thirty thousHnd vnIVuc>, not on this
occrsi.n. 10 is books, bur is rclics. Here,
again, Goethe, in The bust *, cu'ed yrnr be.
fore his death by DAVID, and Inscribed with q,m.
arion from Schiller "nd there bust Of
Schiller, with GnoAti"A from & 'hr. Thrre
also hH>tS OF U.'rder and ct WIrlpnd n fin,
portrait of Charles Y. rs mnnk (Which Mr.. S rI'
ing should h rye had an ilu~ira nl his 'Cluls.
Ter Lite; engraved on ol Canning; and
we'll Prlnred full ipugIh nf the, Grand D1kr CT.
whose cast VI feature very much rrS'1nhIrS thltm
The great poet whom he was proud I" call his
friend. II would be difficult 10 Gay whether III"
name Of III" grand duke tie au'h"r Of FruT'
the Coz P.-rz e or The Grov p:cIrer had brra
the most fr' qucaIy repeated To during my
brief say It Sax" WrImar. had still 10 See
displayed in the Iibrnry Us Sir Walter Scon's at
Abb"t>furd) the dress he wore at court u COM
mon dark green coat. trimmed with gold lace, and
preserved with as mach vrncratiuE as rs Nigh.
boring relic, The chorisIer's dress of Lu hrr;
kind ct coarse brown runic, well worn, and nppT.
emily without much attention 10 viriur, which IS
still not very strictly regarded by nation who
only use baths medicn lily.
With rh"s" our riIeI,1a finished, md dive Of
less than two. h. urs brought US 10 The he h. a.
b"Ve J'na-the scene of tn" great battle Of - w.
4" an un9:oirssional eye, il seems impOssb.
such steep accvi:cs could be carried ngai=s
strong AMI well lace force My military hi1r:'
tell NE that il d,fii .uIt MS il apprar..-
Much of the fire doan uneven ground il inrirc.
tive; aud, when it comes to The baynnri, victory
does not greatly depend upon the locality
This, however, h IS nothing To d. with my re-
collections Of Goethe They are, | confess Of
little amount and, great as he is, | should no
speak OF hiR4 as Of Shakespeare: but what would .
we not give for notices Of Sha -p~arr's habits ani
his home, ever such as those hch | have chaHc:
ed to collect Of Goethe.
To Young Men.
Some odd genius gives the following elegant