Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-05-12

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Statue Of Luthor, erected in 1922 by Shad-
oY, a Prussinn sculptor, by order of kiuy
Erederick William,ll The cornerstone Of
"a monuuent to. 9ielNuchton, is to be laid on
the 10Th Of this month, the Booth anniversary
of his death. The celebration is to be con
t!nued several days; the Prince. Regent and
other members ofthe Royal family of PrussiaL,
are to he present. Luther's dwelling remains
Just as be LETT this table, beer cup, z wine,
glass, nice, cosy wooden seat or tute-a,tete,
/ IN which Ire and his, wife used to sit 10y the
wndowand fine picture of him by Cranach,
enable. ono to imagine how things wore there
'throc centuries ago, As the Church aud Sem
mary are in different ends of the town, | Ihada
long talk with the .fiuQiep, who was quite con-
muslc9tire, giving meaIl the information |
asked for, andn good deal more, besides
Among other thipgs, she told me, with the
most unsoPhiSticatcd fYanlncss, that she was
engaged to ymsng preacher in IIoIhnd, and
would be married in the Summer, though she
could speak no Dntch, and he no German.
On parting Y!th her, she remarked in Eng
!lsh, " lt has given me great pleasure 10 90
with you" give you this ms a speciuemo OF
that whofc.soWosl cerdiality that ill this coun-
( try IS so refreshing To the traveller, aud cspc-
crafly to the foreigner, In the afternoon
delay in Halle, gave me an opportunty to
wander throagh the principal streets Of this
famous University town, where so many great
Dvines have taught, and where nowthe yon,
er'ble Tholuck, with his colleagues Mueller,
IJacnbi and .Rocdiger, attract many students
of Theology Fs
&efmqr, the e1pitaI of Sake Weimar, is
beautifully situated, on thc HINT is the Ger
imam Athons-celcb1c as the residence of
tour OF sHerina9ys greatest poets, viz Gorthe,
Schiller, llerder and WieE,nd, to whom there
ave beautiful brenae Statues in various parts
OF the city, amd whose dwellings, are pointed
out to the stranger. The strnets arc paved
with slaty stones, and Kept remarkably clean.
I:1hc houses are for the most part, small, but
elegant, covered with slate instead of tiles as
IN North Germany. The eharning cnyirons,
with wooded hills, the warm Spring sun Shine.
the bursting buds and warbling birds formed
a picture in pleasing contrast with tho endless
mOuotopous plains, and gloomy, wiutry eli.
mate OF Berlin, Here saw number of re-
cruits mustered into the army. The poor fcl.
lows had been drafted the day before, and
would be Compelled to serve two years, aud
what is worse, there is u gencra impression
thlt thcy will be called into active service be-
fore their tune cxpirs. From Wcinar the
| Railroad passes s. W., through the romautic
ThnrlngiaR fprcst, which could not help ad
mrlngv though one sees nothing satisfactorily
from the cars. The next town. of importance
is Erl,'rt, where Luther commenced his ca
rcer ms n Monk, in an augustine Convent. in
! consequence, of. a vow made, on friend of his
being struck dead at his side by lightning.
Here ne first read che Bible, a copy Of which
he accidentally picked up in a corner of the
In I,At, l.
resulted to. the<world hom these apparently
triyiql cirepnmtsnccs? The town is very old
imappearances. 1t is entered aud left by two
short tunnels, ls,upder the forlfcations.
AT Gotha, a nWuber of young men eamo.
into, the cars, taking leave of their friends
with very aiEcctiOnate embraces and kisses,
winch Is very common among the,meu of Ger
many. SOuthwrd from the Railroad here
are mountains many of them covered by an
eleDt tcadal castles, tho most remarkable of
which arethc Drci Glcieheu, {Three Equals, )
lirsiSht,ot each other, aud, very much alike
fhese are not Wild. savage .mountains, but
pictures que, aAd, so to spoak, civilized, sus-
ecptlBle Ut cultivation, and so combining the
useful with Che agreeable,
At EisGnaeh. again left the cars in order.
to visit the towers of the Rlrt6my0, the for,
mer residence OF the. Landgraves of Thurin-
giers with many legends and some historical
associations, whichrcndcr it quite interesting.
AS an example of the former, one of the freseo
paintings represents ST. Elizabeth, one of the
early. prineesscs, who was detected by her.
st!hgy husband distributing food to the noor
; IRON her apron, and being asked what she had
there, replied, "Flowcrs" The husband tore
open the apron in rage, thinking to detect
her IN falsehood, but by n miracle the bread
and cheese had been changed into roses and
lilies, to cover the pious fsuud! Here Luther
WIS dcclaimed as n prisoner in 1922, by his
friend, the Electorof Saxony, who took this
method of defending him from the dangers.
that threatened him after his defence atr
Worms He pass I'd fora young nobleman,
Squire George, ("Juhker Gcorgp) wearing
amoestache. and suitable clothing. Here he
wrote some of his translation of the Bible.
which Is stilltae standard in Germany. His
room and furniture arc Just as be left them
more than 300ycars ago, Here, according
to hls own account, he was attacked by the
Evil One and repulsed hiln by tIifowing the
inS stand at his head. The ink.spots had
been carried away blythe reiic.huutcrs, and
the guide told ME heiIiad sanade seyeral new
ones which had shared the same efate, 30 that
there ie now considerable hole in the plas9
terine. '9@f4.a ~ ~ sT%''
Hdlf on honr's walk down the uourstain
through 9 iasty April slower; brought me
A..fk Tsa - a.