The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-19

implying that bis own CO.. ntry possesses not al the
combined excelepcss OF the world, he does II only
to measure mankind by his local culture-whilst the
Englishman, {making all proper exceptonsD goes
freely and critically into foreign countries; but when
his book is written it Is net unirequentiy evident
the Island Home has furnished him. The travelleg
at all possessed Of the wisdom and spirit OF his cali
ing, has wider reverence and q broader nith; nor
is II the least hun iliation to Americas PRIDE the
concession that in philosophy in science, in poetry
in the fine arts generally Europe Is not only s elder
in years. but in actual attainment. The latter is an
Ss Young sSass looking hopefully
to the time Of taking his degree, which - every DAY
drawing nearer
know that there is q prejudice in son some
would root each ran and woman Of the world into
the ground, az fxediy forest OF trees and all
gong from place to place, except where money y
70 be made by the expedition, comes under the head
Of vagrancy, to their narrow and silly perceptions.
Even Won Humboldt the man Of universal know.
ledge and sympathy, had been, in their philosophy,
sia. Nature, we are glad to know, is no. bigoted
teacher; and, speaking in the child, the woman and
the man. when unnsstered by Mammon, it urges
W @ depa.uts rom nxeaness OF local ponuon:
when he saw around hiIa the signs of going abroad,
which, though it be but five mile, is TO him o voy
age-a journey? Woman, though fond Of home as
queen Of her empire, is quite generally happy in
the act Of going abroad; and trust that the very
many graceful, and sweet singing birds that are adj.
dicted to the exceedingly bad habit Of changing To-
cations every year, will not lose their good standing
among MS, without first having fair trial. Tell
Mr.. Solid Fact that nature would probably beincom-
piete without its tus natans. its grass which,
you know, Grows and deyelGpes chiefly in state Of
the sea; nor does the naturalist know any difference
between the goodness of these and Sir Timothy,
who bravely holds on to his clod In the meadow.
The planets, solar system and the fixed stars" are
inTeality endless diversity OF unceasng voyagers
they travellers ALL Having thus vindicated the
travellers calling by distractions" which, OF
come to facts Of Observation and to facts Of my
Skipping over the oceanic distance that was over.
come between the 10th Of June and the 7th Of July,
by sea voyaging, / will write you az a landsna1,
which, indeed, am, and ever wish to be- Ihold IL
relgiousy and firmly, that sickness should never
be described nor alluded to, except in haste, and
henceiorth Cato the venerable old stoic shall not
be abused without good defence, for having put
among the three great regrets of his life that he
ever went by water when he might have gone by
an idle day, and that he evertold his wife secret
may go only for what they are worth Allow me to say,
however, that not a few attractive phenomena were
presented by the sea, and that the passage up the
English miles from the North Sea, was in the luxnri-
ant month Of June, faught with some OF the lowell
The city Of Hamburg was the destination of the
Germania, at which place took lodgings at one Of
the hotels, on Yurgernstieg street. which, an Amc-
rican would gay, Is the Broadway Of Hamburg; and
in that town, YVES enabled to learn is genenI
characteristics. Hamburg though the birth placa
and former residence Of some literary men-of the |
poet Hagedornalso the residence of klapstock, one
OF the earliest German bards, for thirty years-of
Heine, before his contentious with the nsttutions
and sovereigns Of Germany obliged him to live
abroad-and the place where the poet Matthias
Ca dus ended his days in 1915 It not in any respect
among the literary localities OF Germany. Its CHIEF
distinction consists in its being the iirst seaport
town for trade in Germany: 1t is said to have about
ton Of the Ehe and the Alster (the latter small
stream) has not only all the great commercial advan-
ages but those agreeable prospects which, especially
in city, belong TO and accompany water scenery.
The Binnen Aster, basin of water fronting two or
three Of the finest streets Of Hamburg ia an orna-
ment to the city. The houses, which are generally
tasteful and large, the combination of rural aspects
In the form Of trees and extensive shaded walks,
with the masses Of buildings that form city; the
gay and busy appearance Of several of its streets,
the polite and leoue manners Of its citizens, al
render Hamburg city ofpeasing interest particularly
so American who there Tor the first time meets
the wide contrast between German and American life.
The fire which in 1912 destroyed nearly 100 build
ings, though the cause of much suffering, made way
for Of the widest streets and most elegant ed
fees that now ornament the city. The people are
cheerful and social race, and seem to live as If
joymcnt were the end Of life. Everybody smokes,
drinks coffee beer, wine; and What at first view
would seem to be amazing, scarcely any one Is ever
intoxicated. In Hamburg and in Germany gene
stance the Alster Pavilion in Hamburg, and Krolls
Garden In Berlin, have apartments filed with large
number Of small tables, on which Coffee beers,
and wines, with eatables, are served; and in Ger
many no one among the general mass seems to have
any scruples In respect to drinking. This is the
| universal custom, and though have endeavored
very critically to notice the people, manners, and
peculiarities Of German life 30 TAR as IL has come
under and tI,iy hQq been n far
| der circumstances not disadvantageous, have
not yet seen solitary instance OF drunkenness
or intoxication: Why is 1t go, when in tenn
you, in the large city, with the spectacle Of some
drunkard Keeling along the street sleeping against
the doorsteps Of some house3 have never learned
lieyc that the constitution Of needs these arti.
fetal excitements, yet it strikes me as q pheno~
menon worthy Of thought that in countries where the
habit Is 60 nearly universal there should not be the
that all along the regions OF the Rhine, wine is free
ly drunk by the people, and that wthogtbe excesses
Of intoxisaton Ias greater purity Of these bcyc:-
ages and the dsuse Of the stronger forms of ardent
this result but do they solve the whole problem
Hamburg is wealthy city, and generally speaking,
presents all the appearance Of it; still there are,
poor houses giving the impression Of neither wealth
ncatness, or comfort. t@
| The glory Of cities IL opposed by contradic,
tion OK extremes, and It II only in the partial and
the exaggerated use of words that New York, Lol'
don, or Berlin ever called magnificent. The al
| cent trenches once dug for purposes Of defence
| are in Hamburg now clothed with pleasing verdure
| and their banks are handsomely ornamented with
trees. The gates Of Altoona divide the State OF Ham
| burg from the dominion OF Hosten which includes
Atona, the most commercial and popuous town in
Denmark, next to Copenhagen, having $4,000 inhl-
btanfs. On Sunday, passed it to visit the tomb
and monument Of FREDERICK Gottieb Kiopstock Q
name that stands quite to the fountain of mo.
dcrn German literature though by no means re.
grdcd as one Of its greatest masters; in Ottensen
Mt the extreme border Of Altoona, within a few
PAGES from the front door of the Lutheran
church, In time and weather worn monument
about ten feet high which in German letter
and language informs the vsiter that Klopstock
was born July 2, 172i that he died March
~, 1903; that Germans should ever, with
awe and with love, approach the mortal re
mains Of their greatest poet; that Christians should