Daily gazette and comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-186?, 1860-03-02


from Germany. confirms the view
we took some time since that there
IL no much intenpetance oh the
continent Of Europe nc IN the Uns
nilpd States. The difference being
only in the constitution of The poo
pie, aud In The fact that The liquor
"a general used slnpelips instead
~ maddens the victim lie says
The fact 10. chat drinking 60 on
cess is The epinmohest thing in The
world apre. and The state Of public
sentiment with regard to " Is dn-
plofablp l!eef drinking aud wine
drinking are universal, aud drink
ing ~ excess, 10 private aud with
friends. Ia yety common indeed -
There are multiiudes II oil elas.
ses who habiiually ptupify them
selves with drink IN oil classes.
however. II 10 only good Ike when
a man drinks himself under The Ia
bln, The moral sense docs not seem
10 condemn tho ollense. but rather
60 applaud II, aud that boo IN dit
olps where one would think n hot
ter state of feeling must exist The
Princes II The Royal family ot rfus
sia lead The fashions ~ tho State
IN great measure. aud they arpU nu
totions lfunkards and libeltilipA .-
The King himself who ia now in
Asnp. was aud supposed is. con.
stahlly in tho habit Of drinking TO
excess, And here In one of The
most shocking features Of continent
tai morals the highest class IN The
State ia openly dissolute, What
can you expect from those who live
only IN the smile of their favor
whose great ambition IN to follow
o. their steps 7 The standing NJ
mies of Prussia aud Austria. com.
posed entirely Of young men, iust
brought from The country, with
nothing ~ earth to do. idle u great
part " the time. exposed 90 all tho
eotfuptihg influence If evil com.
panions. Of tho example 81 their
officers IT the splendid aud Haunt
ing seduetiohs of metropolitan vice
what Ia a. be expected Of them as
iiHseminatofs Of morals. when they
return home after theft three years
and half Of service ! de- not
think that Tho Pfussian character
IN 80 ifreligious, so unbridled IN ils
contempt for moral RESTRAINT nor 10
the German temperament so vol.
atilo and given 10 pleasure-secking
M the French. but nevertheless II
IL certain that tho most shocking
immortality is oil but universal 10
tho Prussian army. aud ! suppose
IL is worse IN Austria, II Ia MS
tpniHhing 30 n foreigner 10 SEQ how
little ohnrobgoing there is In Der
lin. aud how iev churches there arc
for M great n city do not rc.
member tho figures. but ! think
there Ia only ono church 60 about
10000 Inhabitants aud tho church.
90. with the exception Of tho cath.
odral and Few others were n
great preacher aud fine music
draws u crowd. ate never more
than quarter full. Only n couple
Of Sabbatha before | left Berlin. |
attended ono Of these great church.
oa. built by Frederick tho Great. IN
tho Gen d'armea Platz, A colobra.
ted preacher was 10 deliver the scr
mon tho day ! went. aud expect
ed 60 poc tho house crowded. Tho
ncrmon wan nh excellent onc, full
of argument aud rich IN earnest TO-
lig!0ua spirit, but besides three
of our Americana. only two other
men were present IN the great cold
church, tho twenty OF thirty 9th
era who were there were all WON.
on. aud the most of them old won.
ON. Tholuek says that there are no
young men 10 iill tho places of tho
orthodox thoologiana who are juat
gone. There are great forcbodings
for tho future in the mindA Of some
of the beat theologiaua in Berlin.
-.
LEAR YEAn.-This being leap
year we trust tho number of unfor-
tunatc bac hclors will decrease. A
venerable female fossil. who has
given the reasons 10 her niece M 10
why she was so " fcnrfully maui"
thus adviccs: "My dear, half the