Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-12-24
MISCELLANY.
Foreign Correspondence of Keowee Courier

BERLIN, Prussia, Nov. lj, 1853
M Editor: In compliance with your re-
quest send you a few lines concerning the
city of Berlin and its University, which you aro
ut liberty to publish or not, according as You
deem them worthy or unworthy Of place ia
your columns and the attention Of your readers
j do not suppose they will contain anything
new to many of your readers, bot they will show
YOU tho Impressions made by things here upon
al citizen uf pickons:
entered the University here some weeks
ago, in company with another South Cirolinian.
All that was rcquiredpf us in orderto matrcu.
late,beingto give them our passports and answer
ngcnte1hismnboutour birthplace, parcntagc,
'relSon, lUrmcrStodicI, special study here iEc
In this We greatly assisted by tic kindness
"i the Rector, pr. DOVE who cunIcScendcd to
sspea& EnSlish with uS and Interpret to the rest
,pl the grave Senate, who all seemed specially
interested M as, who had come so far tn drink
from their fvunt Of learning. The Winter Scs.
SIon began On the 10Th OF October, which was
celebrated by tho Inaugural Address nf the new
Hector ar President. DR. BuECKn. and the Vale
'!ictory VI thc tOrnicr one. This day is selected
-b.19nse il is the brthdly OF King Ere lorick
N'ilnm " wi) Is the patron of the Universi-
ty Ihc h'as Is, at present, sick and not ex~
lected to live ions. His brother is the Regent
at present. after whom will come Frederick
Wuliitn v, who married the Princess Victoria,
of England. The Professors about unc hun.
dred aud seventy in number, have nearly all
commenced their Lectures, though tho students
arc still Hooking in. am told that there are
near TWO thousand now hcrc. Yesterday and
to-day however, but little has been done except
the cciebmtOn ut Schillers centennial birth
day. HE iirst programme for the General cclc.
brnti"n OF the day, which WAS gotten up lIy the
citizens ON "A magnificent scale, WAS forbidden
Ny the authorities, on the prccMt Of the Kinrs
lllhess, though it's believed that tile real reason
was an apprehension of danger to The Regency
IN an immense mnltitnde enthusiastically hon
orinB the memory at their great puet. who, while
living, was banished from his native hand ON
account of the hatred of tyranny anil l,Jvc of
liberty. expressed in some Of his 6rst plays and
poems (eapecially the II ,bbcrs,') wilich were
written som after tie American Revolution
The celebration was suffered however, iIi n md.
'tied form aud on smaller scale. About 10
O'clock tho MasoRs and other Societies of the
city bcSau to assent blc.in the street ,par excel.
tehHe Unterden Linden. in full fcatler, with
flying banners and martial music. The police.
which had beon increased to an enormous ex.
tent, were buStling about in every direction, on
foot and on horseback, Keeping things from he
coming tangled. a. half past ton the process
SION which extended as far as tire eye cuuld
reach along the street, commenced moving to
tho GGht3 a 'drnes place, al immense open square
wberc the cornerstone of IL monument t,l Schil-
ler was laid with great pomp and ceremony. !
tried hard to get near cnOhgh to see and hear,
bat only succeeded in ac:"ing wedgcd up so that
Tor tw1 long hours ! eoItla tny move MS the
crowd swsyed to aud fro like ;"avo of the
ocean. At iirat it was rather amusing TO be
ss'edgedGn go thst IL /! stood on t;p,tne I eaaiG.
not come down again, (itsa nice thing to be
tall IN observe how some would joke and 9th
ers swear; how tue iadics would try to take
care Of themselves and their crDolne, and find
ii oil in vain. Bat after an i,our the mass be-
c4alc.sulen, and restless, and several near where
we'wsre,' tried TO fight. though they barely had
room to nat one another on tho head, aud tho
police through the crowd would wavo their
swords and cry softly" At night the city
was illumped and looked very finely.
To-day the University took up the subject
with long programme, the best part Of w6ioh
was an oration from the Rector. Then camo
speoches, songs, poems. &c. Tomorrow ove-
ming splendid concert ia TO be given Icy the
Sing Academy, consisting Of 200 gsntle1,en,
400 ladies and the Royal Orchestra. consisting
of 100 or 200 instrumental musicians tho pro.
cees Of the Concert to be applied TO tho erection
ct the monument aud tho purchase Of the poets
homestead. These dAutonstratiors show a dis
position to honor tllents, especially whom coup
ted with loyn Of liberty and boldness to speak
u out Tn.nnorrog Cay Maienr our miniaicre
PleHipotontlary. has his first icyee for the sea-
eoR All the Anericaps in shc city receive q