Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-10-20

wonderful piece of mechanism At noon tho
Drazen cock over 1t flaps his wings and crows {.
inc angel OF death strikes the hour on tho
Oell with hammer and the figures of the
| WE'VE Apostles come out and move round tho
ngurc OF the Saylonr which stands with IN.
ii'ted hands as If blessing them. The DAYS of
INC week too are represented by their mytho-
logical hgurcs for instance, we saw Mereurv
(Wcuhesday, in French, 4Hcrcre-dt,) PRESSING
on after the war chariot of Mars; CIueed.y'
French MdrdO Strasburg was one of tho
free cities of Germany until Louis XIV seized
upon 1T and annexed it to France in n fine of
peace.
From Strasburg VIC took the cars for Baslc
IN Switzerland, stopping an hour in Frciburo
the scat OF the Catholic University of Baden,
Inc cathedral is Il magnificent Gothic struc.
ture, built seven centuries ago. The spira is
"oo feet high, and much like that of Stras.
burg, built of open filagrcc stone work. The
streets arc kept clean by nice little branches
! conducted from the river above, so as to RIM
through nearly every street; but it is a very
du'l' lItecss city. From here on, the valley
oi the RhInc becomes narrower To the North
1T Is from 3U to 10 miles wide, MS level as our
western prnries, and very productive. But
here the Black Forest and Vosgcs Mountains
| close IN, and the railroad runs on the bank of
the river, passing through three or four tun.
neiS he!ore reaching Baslc, fit prelude to the
scenery of Switzerland On the cars had n
long conversation with an interesting lady, a
protestant sistcrof charity. deaconcss and
daughter of the Rev. DR.. FLEETnE, of SchaG.
hauscn, who is the founder of great many
hoSp't'lS; among others, ono in Pittsburr.
Pennsylvania
l}''sle is 1" busting, busy city, by no means
beautiful, having narrow, crooked, filthy. hilly
streets, situated on both sides of the Rhine.
which is here deep, broad, rushing river
After doingup" the curiostics of the place,
we went ot!Ic depot to start OH to Geneva.
whch 10 whom should VIC meet but DIR.
HoRNwELL and large party of friends
III Is pleasure to meet him anywhere and
~ any tihc, but the pleasure WAS greatly en-.
naHced by tins unexpected meeting so far
trVm home, and finding that our routes law in
the same direction. His many friends there
WIN Dc glad to learn that the journey so far
has been very benefcialto his health.
That evening We had thunder storm while
crossing Lake Bcnnc in steamer, so We all
went to work trying to quote Byron S dcscrin-
tion Of lake Geneva in a storm:
Tho sky is changed and such change Oh nisbt
hhu storm, anu darkness We arc wonlrous Strong
yet yet lovely in your strength sis tho light
VI " hdarS eye in woman! Far along
From peak TO peak the rattlng crags among
Leaps The live thunder. Not from one lone cloud
b"t every mountain now hath found tongue.
Ana Jnra answers, through her misty s!roud.
'nGX TO the Joyous Alps. who call to her alcud"
We had been promised a view of the .Jnnu-
.fr"" from along tue Lake of Nrufchatcl, but
the modest "virgin" had vcicd her snowy
face In clouds; so VIC had to console ourselves
with the hope of nearer acquaintance in the
course of II week or two
Yours truly, II