Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1860-03-23

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HEIDELBERG, Feb 3, 1860
The world keeps "waggiug" much th,
same as usual, | Suppose, and yet, stand
ing here on European soil, it appears to b,
q somewhat different wsg from that whicl
it seemed from the "other side Of the
water" In America, we look upon The
afAirs Of this side as it were through t
glass, and the great distance makes every.
thing little mjsy tha, is, We scarcely
knov what to believe and what to rej cr
of the long columns Of the State of Ea.
rope which "our special correspondents
write in .cturn for fat fees. 50 here we
are really AZ loss what to believe in re-
CARL TO the United Statcs-especjally at
times Ike this, wLeu every newspaper
brings Us different account of the polti-
cal health Of the country, AMI charges "the
present doiefa, state Of Affairs" tothe party
opposed to it in politics. Has John
Browns invasion Of Gov Wise's premises
actually had the effect to shake the bolts
which fl-,cu the Uulon? or has there not,
after ali, bacu a great deal more noise
than wool are questions concerning
which We are yet somewhat in doubt. One
thlus is ccrtain-tbat the SAID Governor 5
chisalry far exceeds his discretion, and
that, by his whole conduc; IN the John
Brown af4jr, and his over .valorous speech
to certain ab>c5uling medical students
(repor,ei in fan in some Of the principal
European plpcrs) he has gained most
uuenviab.e uoto-iety.
Here, too, there is considerable excite
meut politically. "The Italian question"
is one which deeply concerns Germany in
general aud the Southern, or more Catho-
lie portion in particular; aud as the settle
meEt Of that question is yet matter of
doubt, you can ina giue the s-ate Q! feeling
which here prevails Besides, the Con-
cordat which 1t was supposed the Graud
Duke Of Baden would Try to force upon
his people, aud in which the most absurd
rights are caded to the Cltho!jcs, has
brought the excitement to our own doors
Iu Heidelberg, Frey burg, and al. through
the Grand DucAy, the proposed Couc0rdat
meets with the most determined resistance,
on the part Of the Protcslauts, and many
Of the more intelligent portion Of the
Catholics condemn it ia the strongest
terms. Petitions and demonstrates aeaiust
it have been sent into the Capital (Carls
ruLe) from all quarters, and although the
chief advisers of the Grand Duke are siren
uous Catholics in favor Of the Concordat,
the prospect now is that it will fall to the
ground.
OF the University at Heidelberg have
as yet said little. Founded in the four
Iceuth century, it has passed through the
various gradations, of prosperity aud de-
cline, to which all Universities seem TO be
hjec,-having now a larger, aud ROW
smaller number Of stulents-at one time
rising to the highest pitch of emiuence,
through the renown Of its Faculty-again
sinking gradually to third or fourth rate
position, For years, the institution has
,een slowly but surely Gu the decline, as
5 the case also with a number of the other
ierman Universities /; aud it is plain that
n the end some Of them must give way
n'Irely-leaving the course to those silu-
Ted in the large cities, such as Berlin and
Munich, whose resources enable them 10
raw to themselves all the highest talent
f the country. At present, the whole
lumber Of professors and teachers, ordina-
y, extraordinary, and private, is some
7here between sixty and one hundred, aud
he number of students, as set down in the
dialogue, six hundred and ten. Law is
ere the speciality, and in this dos-rtment
Heidelberg occupies perhaps as high po-
liion as any institution in Germany but
ne of the principal professors, Mittemaier,
5 becoming gsupcraunuated, and his white
air and beard and failing voice indicate
pecdy end of his usefulness Vangerow.
be chief professor in this branch, has pro-
ably no superior. In the department of
hcology, ko;he, Pitt, and Shenkel are
lie principal professors-th first of whom, {
though protessedl J not orthodox, is really
ie most prominent, and well known by
is writings. As regards his life, he is {
id to put the so.called "orhodox" to i
lame. Bunsen, in the branch Of Chem {
try, has quite name in Europe, and is t
id TO be much more practical than Lie =
2, in Munich. His laboratory is a fine S
rye building, erected by government, '
lmirably arranged, aud fitted with every S
'nvenience for experimenting. Here, in t
ie very large room, are gathered some s
1zens of students, who, each in his own b
ace, and with his own stock Of apparatus, u
lrsues this d diifrulf hut iptarestin, sc;a,oa =,