Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1856-04-19
Correspondence Of the Spy,
,-,.l Of a Traveller i'm EuraPe'
BAprr BApEs, lesrmany.l aug. eth.

railway about one hundred and twenty miles,
stopping part of day at Strasburg, frontier
French city, on the Rhine, which here dlsioes
France from Germany,
Strasb,.rq is a large city, with more than sew
eu,v thousand inhabitants 1t has two walls
around it, perhaps one hundred and seventy fee'
apart. Of great hight and thickness; having
circuit Of several miles, and they must have cUs'
prodieious amount of labor and money Inc
CITY has thousands Of soldiers in it, as Is usual
here, in all the large places.
We spent few hours at the celebrated oa'Ns'
dral in Strssburg which is called one oil tne NO
blest Gothic edifces in all Europe Il was COM
pleted in 1889, having been commenced ABOUT
four hundred years previously. The steeple'
which Is about four hundred and sixty feet high,
1. said 10 he the tallest spre in the world, and is
truly wonderful curiosity. We went nearly 10
It's top, and had an extensive view from W. OUT
think no one would wish to go up second
time. There is no difficulty or danger IN the as
cent to person of ordinary nerve or steadness
ofhead; but the stone work of the steepie is so
completely open, and the pillars which support II
are so wide apart, that, at such great hight It
II seems like being suspended in cage over the
city, and If the foot were to slip, the body might
possibly drop through the open fret-work. WITH
in few feet Of the top the winding stair termi-
mates, under species of cavred rosette' oeVerai
instances are recorded of persons who have
either fallen, or have thrown themselves on the
top The entire steepe, to its top, as well as the
whole ediHce, is built of red sand stone; and
even the pulpit is Of stone, and OF unequallea
workmanship. We saw the famons astronomical
clock, which is on one of the smaller towers 1t
is said to be more than two hundred and fifty
years old, and is most deliberately finished, COM
plicated, and surprising piece of machinery.
The country through which we came, ION the
German side of the Rhine,) presented the same
luxuriant appearance, and high cultivation no.
ticed on our previous route. Tobacco is exten
sively cultivated here, and we saw hundreds OF
acres Of it growing on each side of the road We
passed many large villages, in which good deal
Of manufacturing Of various kinds is done. and
the tail chimneys were very numerous-some-
thing you would not see in travelling the whole
length Of Italy.
Baden-Baden is celebrated fashionable Ger
man watering place, and is large and beautiful
~ SITUATED VILLAGE Az Wdtcho aAC SoA-SAASASA.
healthful, and it has been resorted to by the
fashionable as well as the invalid, for more than
t,oeaty .fUe centuries At present, the number Of
visitors average over thirty thousand per annum,
anoNe town is pretty much made up of hotels
water there houses. Besides springs of cold
water is hot enougkeeA hot springs, in which the
pleasant to drink, anan egg The water
tastes very much like new milk;.a little warm
might be readily mistaken for it. the dark,
Baden-Baden is reputed to be the greatest gam
bling place in the world, and throngs Of gam
oiers from all parts of the world resort here. A
company of spectators have the exclusive priv.
iege OF opening gambling rooms, paying the gov.
eminent for the license the enormous sum Of
tA'Tfy thousand dollars per annum a-s agtS~
ing, IN addition, to expend one hundred thousand
dollars on the walks, and the buildings they oc
eupy, which belong 70 Tie government show
a.e SOaglHspesy, that immense sums of money
must be yearly lost by the dupes who frequent
the gambling establishments here.
The beautiful walks and paths in the village
and eRvirons are celebrated for their beauty, and
extend in every direction through pleasant groves
and fields, and have many charming views.
We rode to the top of a mountain, near by the
village, upon which are the ruins of an extensive
castle, which, many centuries since, was occu
pied BY the reigning dukes. 1t stands on the
pinnacle of rock, and it must have been diff
6cult job to build it; and, in these days of con-
venience, it would not be thought very com
Portable abode. 1t has been so long ruin that
trees tho feet in diameter have grown on the top
of the fallen walls.
Heidelberg, August sth.-To- day, we visited the
world-renowned Heidelberg Castle" an impos.
ing and stupendous rain, rendered otherwise in
teresting by Its historical recolections as well
from its immense size and strength. Its vast
dimensions, and smagnifcent appearance, can
not fail to make deep impression upon the
mind of the visitor. 1t covers several acres of
ground, and was built about FIVE hundred years
ago but has been in ruins nearly one hundred
years. 1t was partially blown up by the French
army, = long time ago, and has been the scene of
many bloody encounters but the walls being
about twenty feet thick of huge blocks of stone,
have pretty well endured the ravages of time. and
ofmsn Much Of the standing walls and ruins
are covered with trees and bushes, and also
great quantities Of ivy of gigantic growth, some
of the branches Of which would measure over
foot in diameter, instead of the pipe-stem size
we generally see.
The castle Is situated on the brow of mountain
about four hundred feet high. from which beau
tiful view ia had. In one of the cellars of the
castle, we saw the two famous large wine casks,
which are kept there as ouriosities. One of them
will hold eight hundred hogsheads, and the other
j. nearly as large. They measure thirty-six feet
in length, and their heads are twenty-four feet
across. They are now empty, and were never but
once hlled with wine.
Brussels, Assgtst l2th.--We came to this city
from Heidelberg through Frankfort and Cologne,
part Of the way BY railroad, and down the Rhine
By steamer.
We we're much pleased with the appearance Of
Frankfort The streets are mostly wide and
clean, and are lined with handsome buildings
and the suburbs abound with elegant houses and
grounds, which are occupied in part by the many
foreign ambassadors who reside here. Frankfort
has about seventy thousand inhabitants. 1t is the
head quarters for the Jews in this part of Europe
six thousand Of whom reside here. The Roths.
childs, the great Jew bankers, originated here
and we saw tho house they were born ina very
shabby looking building, in Jews street. The
house the poet Goethe was born in, was pointed
out to us; and. near by, fine bronze statue Of
him, which issaid TO be a very good resemblance
Of him, stands in an open square. Luther also
resided here. and we the window from which
be preached his reformation sermons, to the poo.
pie assembled in the streets.
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