New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-03

lSseAtige Hohett) the little Grand Duke OF Weimar
Of some rank withal for his annual pay is, am
told, sOu @ six hundred thalers; believe ne ]"
bit of count TO boot; aud yet this man has u
wait ust as long ten minutes as tne uhoetsigncu'
who stauds on the hotel books as tlmple pdrfieanr,
between the Y, al cutlets and the puddihs' "hlcu
is a consolation 10 my Impahence.
Most Of our dinner company changes from day
Ia dsv. II is the hight of the travelling season,
End the Germans are great Summer travellers over
their own land Almost every German OF suifi-
ci, Mt neans- and 10 one so well as German
know how TO make very moderate means suffice
must 10 tie cOurse of the Summer 60 to bathing
place or make the tour of the Rhine, or visit
some one of the many picturesque regions of Ger
many The love and appreciation of fine natural
scenery is strorg and general among tnem nearly
81 strong and general should say, as their love
sId appreciation Of beer, though that is saving
great deal. Their enjoyment of the scenery is
tiehteued by the historical associations, which in
this old country, are connected with every hill and
plain and valley; to these add the rich cOOriog
of old superstitious aud legends The wooded.
hilly district known rs the 1huribgisn forest
combines all the attractions, aud Eisensch, which
lies directly On the northern edge Of it, and
is a convenient point from whence to beein eKcur.
sions through the f rest, is consequently thrOnged
With visitors. There are fifteen inns, great and
small in the little town, and all Of them that are
any way toltrable, are filled every night and nearly
tmpSed every morning. In this tavern, dedicate TO
the I'alf Moon ] am already become the Oldest
iDhabitsnt-my left band military friend does not
lodge bere-aId ] am treated with that respect
due to antiquity by chambermad and bead waiter.
The first thing that a newly arrived German
traveller does is to take something to cat the next
TO ask the way TO the Wartburg, which is situated
on and covers all tie top Of bold conical hill,
mile back of the town.
The " Wsrtburg, ss need not tell your readers, is
celebrated bing, for time after his return
from the Diet Of Worms the abode Of Martin Lu-
ther, the PdmnOs whence he dated some Of his pep
ptriest pamphlets, where he did part of his great
work the translation Of the Bible. And glad am
! that need not tell your readers about ell this.
On the historical side they are already informed;
and ss for reflections although when ole finds
oneself in Lutbers room, one does, in spit. OF the
descriptive notes Of the guide and Of the cacke OF
fellow visitors and OF DumbeTess other dlsenchant-
men's, aud although indulgence in reflections has
cone out Of mode, one does yield somewhat to the
influence of the genius of the place; you try 10
| vive tie image of Luther working at the table;
you remember what the work wss; you think Of
Lis fight with the devil and lis victory over him;
ard Of the reformation snd its consequences. In
spite Of yourself these reflections become exceed
iDey iDtereptiDg to yourself; but being, for all the
world the same as jenkins bis reflections theyWould
be as uniDtt resting 10 readers in general your ba
bes little beauties and marvels ss they appear to
your fond eyer, are TO parents in general Will pre-
sent only one of these the littest Oneit was bego,
ten on Luher's beeI mug, which is Of the capacity
ola quartz pot and nursed to deyelOpInentn in the
next to hs, where found half dozen of his cOun-
trymtn drinking beer. What q complete type Of
Germanity was this great Luther, Of full emo
tional uature, cOarsely but richly organized, with
strong mind, much learning, great fOndness for
music and beer and vigorous digestive faculties
spiritually and physically a siDguary whole and
true representative man of his nation. And so he
touched all classes of the people at all points, and
possessed rather than acquired his wide influence
over them and the leadership of his fellow workers
in reformation, though many of the latter were his
superiOrs IN single qualities.
JuIker George as Luther was called during his
residence in the Wartburg is not the oLly per son
of historical note whose memory illustrates the
place In I'D times the lords Of Thuringia held
their court in the Castle; there, in the yesr 1907,
the six most famous MDnesingers, the troubadours
of Germany, Gang, in emulOus strife, of holy faith
and kniCbty deeds and ladys love; thither was
brought, in the following year, the little Princess
Elizabeth of Hungary, rs infant bride OF the Land
erafs son; there she grew up in all piety and hoi
uess a very saint on earth, dispensing miraculous
charities by divine aid, to all the poor of Eisen-
scb OF Saint Elizabeth will say something in
my next. She bas ct the present day worthy
successor here in the person of the widowed Ouch
tss of Orleans, whore praise is in the mouths OF all
the poor of Eisenach. OF Ter son, the Count of
Paris, people can tell me little, except that he is
vel. behaved, unassumiDg lad. and spends great
deal of his time riding, hunting and fishing, in the
forest His recent letter to Roger du NOrd, with
which French and Belgian newspapers were so
busy does not in the least occupy the attention of
the Eisenachers.