New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-27

nece.sary that should visit London
letters Of business, before proceeding t. Non.
-.v took the opportunity Of accompanying my
,,a,hsr and sisters as far as southampton, on their
yo,ses home. Leaving Gotha on the 9th of June,
we vent by rail TO Bremen, 10y way of Cassel and
Hanover The only thing in the former city which
We had time to visit was the celebrated Raths6eteT,
or crypt Of the old Hall of Council. This 10 re-
uowned through all Germany for its tuns of Rhen-
ish wine. Of the most undoubted antiquity. They
ARE hept in great vaults, distinguished by different
titles. That Of the Twelve Apostles has been
;muortazed BY Hauff and Heine but the apostolic
cal wines are not so fine as those authors would
have ms believe. Each cssk bears the name of one
Of the Apostles; they contain wine of the vintas
Of I7IS, which has now, was informed, pungen
acid flavor That of Judas, alone, retains pleas
ant aroma, and the sinner, therefore, is in create
demand than all the saints together. In the :" Kos
Cellar are enormous casks, yet filled with Ii och
beimer (fOck) Of the vintage OF 1924 For
couple Of centuries it was carefully treasured, but
the City Fathers Of Bremen finally discovered that
the longer it was kept the worse it grew, aud now
sel IL 10 visitors in small bottles, at moderate
price. s-.
We sat down in one of the stalls in the outer
cellar, and bad bottle uncOrked Think Of drink
ing wine which grew when the Plymouth Colony
was but four years old-of the same vintage which
Arosto might have drunk, and Milton, and CrOm-
wen. and Wallenstein, and Gustavus AdOphus
Shakespeare had been dead but eight years when
the grapes were trodden in the vats and Ben JON
son may have sung his Drink to me only with
thine eyes, over goblet of the golden juice. We
filed the glasses with great soemnity, as these
thoughts passed through our minds-admired its
dark, smoky color, shifted up reyerently its musky,
mummy like odor, and then tasted. Fancy mix
ture Of oil and vinegar, favored with small drop
Of kreosote! This, as afterward recognized, was
the impression made upon the palate, though my
Imagination was too busy at the time to be aware
of II. We all raid, lit is not so bad expected"
and, by keeping the fact of its age constantly be-
fore our eyes, succeeded in emptyiDg the bottle
So puBgent, however, was the smoky, oily, acid
uous favor that it affected my palate for full TWEEN
fy.four hours afterward, and everything ate or
drank in that time seemed to be Of the vintage of
1924. ..-....... '...
small steamer took us to Bremerhaven where
the Hermann aud North Star were lying. We
had taken passage in the latter vessel, on account
of her being the first of new line, with fares re-
duced TO reasonable rate, but if she is fair sam
pie Of the new enterprise would advise every
body to take the old lines in preference, aud pay
The old rates, exorbitant they are. have never
seen, on any ocean steamer, so sl0yeniy and care
less management. The lazy negro stewards seem
20 have everything in their own hands, as far as the
cabin is concerned, and they neglect their duties
Nth great assiduity. The fare is like that of a
second or third class river steamer 10 America,
ever, thing badly cooked and thrown upon the "a
bic in heap. Why cannot steamer be reason
ably cheap without being "cheap and Nasty
should like TO see az enterprise of this kind succeed,
because the return fare from Europe is uureason
ably high Oh all the old established lines; but the
form Will never be accomplished by such careless,
nggardly policy is practiced on board the North
Star. Having said this much, must admit that
found Capt Lefevre most kind and amiable gen.
tjeman, and that the vessel proved herself very
fast sailer, making the run from Bremerhaven to
Southampton (under the Most favorable circum-
stsnces) in little under thirty six hours.
We rpent day in whiting Stonehenge, the an
cient Temple Of the Sun, on Salisbury Plain, aud
the singular ruins Of the town of Old'Sarum. For
full and clear account Of these interesting spots
must refer you TO Emers0n's "English Traits,T a
book which have read with great relish One is
always glad of an for not writing about that
which has been written about much already.
when the North Star had left with my three pas
sepgers for New. York, and Braisted and | were
once more alone, we went down to Portsmouth to
zee some former shipmates on board the Niagara.
She was lying in the Dock, which in ordinary times
can only be entered by an order from the Admi.
rally; but, with great courtesy, we were allowed
instant admission, on stating that We had friends
On board Of her. 1t was pleasure to fiod those
365 feet of American ground 10 such place. One
Of my shipmates in japan had the deck a compan-
ion On tie exploring trip in Loo-Choo was in the
ward room aud found two or three familiar faces
elsewhere. WOrkmen had been busy day and night
preparing the great fgate to take the international
cable ON board, and i'll three more days she would
be ready. The cable viii be wound in two i'm
mense coRical coils the forward one containing $50,
and the after one $50 miles To allow this, the
center sancaiops have been cut away to the extent
~ the diameter Of the coil and the decks braced
WIN powerful iron straps, which pass through the
PianAhe' and are kept taut by screws on the eDds
Inc weasel VIII, therefore, receive no damage from
Inc alterations which have been made; aud it will
nos De her anlt nor that Of her officers il her part
Of the cable is not successfully laid.