Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1856-11-20

power. He was in the prime Of life and the
pride of his reputation. His present was
bright and his future promising but he was
ardent and brave and his life was the price
of his devotion to a holy cause. "Ah,"
said the young man, 1--WE did not keep hotel
before nv fathers troubles; we lived there"
and he pointed TO beautiful house with
gardens and grounds, "But' continued he,
ain the battle which took place here on the
Goth Of June, 1S49, the Prussians burned
twenty-five houses and destroyed nearly all
my fathers property" "But II seems TO
me-" said /, "that the people love the Duke
very much; | was surprised at the demonstra-
tons they made in the recent fete 10 celebrate
his marriage" "Yes," replied he, "the peo-
pie in the cities" meaning the aristocracy,
"fnd il to their advantage to love him, and
the poor people are ignorant and afraid TO
make any opposition TO him." This was all
he said, but the fire in his eyes and the pallor
on his cheeks, told Of thoughts that burned
deep down in his heart like fires in pent vol
cano. Here you see is the reverse Of
the picture which l painted two or three
days ago. on the subject Of the Grand
Duke and his people. Let them both go to-
gether, for they are both true, making a few
grains Of allowance for the bright colors of
the first, which are probably owing TO the re-
Election Of the banners. BE this as 1t may,
the idea Of peoples being happy under the
government of an old monarchy is quitegOne
out Of my head. Give me the government
of our own free land-may the stars and
stripes wave over il foreverl
But to continue our adventures. We staid
all night at Gernsback, took breakfast and
backed on our sandal shoon, took my pill
grim staff, which is an immense umbrella,
aud we started back to Baden Baden. -Four
/ miles from Gernsbach, and three from Ba.
den, n road turns of TO the Mercuriusberg,
which is mountain so high that the zigzag
road from its foot to its summit is some three
miles long. BY this time, however, we were
so accustomed to climbing that we scarcely
, know whether we were going up hill or
down. Then the roads are so fine and the
air here so exhilarating that one can walk a
long way without being much fadgued On
| this mountain the Romans, who had an eye
J for the beautiful, built an altar and dedicated
it to Mercury. II is there still, old, and gray
and broken, it is true, but still most interest
ing milestone on the great highway Of Time.
There is tower there, also, which was built
in 1887. One hundred and thirty steps lead
up TO the top Of il, and from there we could
have seen America il il had not been on the
other side of the globe. / thought had
seen fine views before but nothing ever car
: ried me captive to dream-land like this. The
, sky was perfectly clear, and the atmosphere
tinged with that soft blue which makes every
thing so beautiful The Black Forest spread
out around us in its whole extent, with its
Q mountains and valleys, its rivers and villages,
til L.. .f.1~ \. L..
the Rhine for hundred and fifty miles of
its length. 1t looked broad and bright, but
seemed to flow through a perfectly level
plain; on neither shore did there seem to be
, the least irregularity OF surface. Not high
4 bank, not hill, to say nothing of the noun
tains which we have heard of all our lives.
> counted thirty-four cities and villages, with
their white houses and dark red roofs nesting
n away in the blue air. o, if should live to
: the age of the patriarchs should never forget
n this view from the round tower on the top Of
fredericksburg. But everything must have
> an end; so did our promenade on the balcony
!, of the tower. AS we came down the noun
e tain we met several companies coming up,
: but the ladies were ali mounted on donkies, OF
j, seated in carriages. L doubt not that we have
= done more walking since we came to this
place, than any other two women who have
v spent the season here. We got home at two
b O'Clock, having walked, since eleven yester-
a day, just twenty -four miles. We found our
landlord and his wife in a perfect fret about
us, fearing that we had got lost in the noun
}. tains, and they would be suspected Of having
= made way with us for our money. If we had
remained another day they would have had
half the town out exploring the ravines and
"lrfvo 10 vhot III &c II
,, not think that we were Of so much import
:, ance in this strange land. But it seems that
d the moment stranger stops here his name il
! reported and recorded with the number OF
, his dwelling, so that everything is known tc
o the police.
n SEPTEMBER Oath.
e l am as we'll to-day as if L had not walked
). a mile yesterday or the day before. 1t has
: rained all day, and so / have remained in
n doors writing up'' as Bayard Taylor says
g Sallie has gone TO concert with Madame
o Adele, our landlady, and am sitting in oul
4 comfortable parlor all alone. But the music
J, trembles in at the windows, now in wild burst:
= like the clang of contending armies. The
d swords clash, the guns rattle, the drums beat
l. and the shouts Of host proclaim the victo-
n ~. Then the strains are soft and soothing
a like the summer winds singing to the fat
: flower, when the day goes down and the soft
g light fingers to say farewell. Now it tells Of
e loving hearts and happy homes;then swelli
= into bewildering strains of festivity and Joy
\ that ring out through the still night peoplins
all the air with voices. No wonder that DR.
% H. did not like American music after he had
g listened to music like this. But Sallie ha
k come home, and it is late; SO good night and
n may you have pleasant dreams.
SARAH T. BOLTON.