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Correspondence of tho Intelligcnccr.l
ST. Louis, Nov. 25, 1859.
AtcssrS EditorS:-Ay remark in my last
letter, that my visit to Chicago was attcns
ded with the usual storms, needs nm cy-
planatlon, us your readers have no moro
idea of the weather during my visits to
Chicago, than they have. of nv visits. hnt
to be short, never arrived at that notori-
rlous city unaccompanied with storm
therefore, my remark; ana to this fact I
lay the charge of my dislike to that CITY.
Mt the same time, have no idea that file
inhabitants there consider my dislikcs of
thelr place as amounting to any particular
sum. Chicago is notorious for many
thlngS; first, its independent way of doing
business, and to this fact may be attribu7
tea Its almost unparalleled success: as I
nave been informed by many persons en-
S'geu IN business, that their element of
success was their independence: and NO
doubt, some of lis fromtthe t.OId Dnm;bo
lon' might graduate successfully amon,,
such PrcfeSsOrship of sharDerS. II has
many fine building that would do credit
even to New York, and large fortunes have
neeh invested IN this way, to give cast and
character, rs we'll MS permanencc, TO their
clty' Ior a few years ago, Il mean in 1856
ana 1850 there was an opinion prevalent
that Its growth was premature. and woulj
not be sustained by the surrounding conn
try, and had there not been such concen-
tfatlon OF railroad interest there, pouring
III such masses of strangers, their city
would have been like 'Jonah Goard." una
Die to stand the pressure of noondov's
sun, nut it is now large city, and pre-
sIile LOO large to move, consequently will
always DC Just where it is now, in q "nud
noe noe with their houses on stills, and
their cellars in the gdrret. Much praise f.
due to the authorities, however for tbcir
lndomitablc perseverance to overcome the
dlsadvantagcsSpf n bad location.
all other western cities, and is to-day tLe
New York of the West in that respect
1t was my privilege, while there to visit
celebration in honor of the almost i'm
mortal Schiller, the German Poet, whose
literary accomplishments stand SO high
upon the scale of fame, pure, chastc and
elevated i'll sentiment, they are truly wor-
thy of the honor that has been bestowed
upon them by an approaching ancestry =
When Schiller rose upon the literary hem
isphcre of Germany, there were shining
lights Of the first magnitude; yet he so
successfully competed for honcrs, his ge-
MUS entitled him to, he soon found him
self an ally at the brilliant and intellec-
tual Court of the Duke of SAKE Weimar.
Schiller commenced his career rs stu
dent at military school, but soon found
himself crampcd by the strict discipline of
hR 4 I
that pervaded it; he gencrnlises the asso-
citation and feelings around him in his
celebrated play of tile Robbers, the first
outhurst of his immature geuius-gather-
ing his feeling from the esurrounding choas,
he here presents society to the reader rs a
whirlpool of disorder, while virtue goes
clad i'll undulAtions of mourning, his hero
Charles Moore, carries into this very dis
order the magnanimity of Brutus, and
the graceful department of Grandson;
but even in this strange charicature of the
real action of life, has gcniuus displayed
itself with SO much power as to fix upon
hlm the gnZe of public attention, and make
INN conspicuous character. He found
himself gradually ripening into an indc-
pendent flow of thought, and transplnntcd
himself from the Military Institute into
the literary circle of the Court of Wei
gllttering with the beautiful coruscations
OF genius, in the no less renowned poet
than Goethe; but he soon brought forth
those splendid creations of historical tra-
gcdy which have been regarded by his
countrymen. and nearly all of the literary
world OF Europe, as among the best pro-
uuclonS oil modern art; for in them the
iotqeSt and purest characters of different
! ages and countries, contrast the place of
the rnfinns and robbers in his first pro-
unctlou. Affecting catastrophies, noble
sentiment, revolving horrors, the purity of
liberty, the superiority of IovelineSS, and
the 6rllliancy of wit, seemed alike the
Crcatlon. OF his fancy; and he soon found
nlmseli cotemporarywith his rival Goethe.
HIS how of thought was as inspiring MS it
was lofty, aud he filings the masterpiece of
ms characters. the beautiful and high
minded Maid of Orleans, with her stand
ara otfhoerty unflIrled to nn oppressed
people, with so much force. that the ar
mes OF Germany pay reverence ut the
shrine OF her humble dwelling rs theypass
by its deserted walls. And though he
ingers at the fountain of human inspira-
tions, he yet embelishes before our gaze
the perfection of character as though
ldeallzed by directinspiration from above.
lie docs not war with nature, but presents
1t as it is-noble, beautiful, sublime ma
ture, and the perfection af Apollo, and the
graces of Venus, seemed to characterize
his productions and listened to the
songs that echoed upon the air, the elo-
quence that resounded his praise. Nv
soul Joined in the flow that transported
back to the Court of Weimar, and even
later. in. his life, until could almost see
character.
The occasion was one full of interest
and the Germans did honor in their. cele.
Hr9tion other noble ancestor and .immor-
tai poet. -'.t',.,-'