Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-02-18
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Correspondence of the Keowee Courier.

DRESDEN, 1889
We lanlei safely at Bremen about noon of
the 2jth, having been out fifteen days Bee
men, as you know, is II free city, hnvin,, a histo.
ry of about fifteen centuries and tradition
reaching nearly to the commencement of the
Christian era. Its harb)r, called BrcmenhaGcn
Is at the mouth of the Wescr, forty-iivc miles
below the city; from which place we were con-
vcycl in very small steamboat, in about Cour
hours.
bremcn has very marrow and crooked streets
ana the tall houses with steep tilc.roofs ana an
cicnt walls, look very strange to an American
The streets are paved with stone and the side
walks with plaster of aspaltum, which is perfect
~ hard and smooth. There is canal or mont
around the ancient part of the city. which has
been enlarged until the greater part is outside
OF the moat or a" wall, =" rs it is called On both
SIDES OF this arc the parks in which the people
Walk and refresh themselves in the pure air.
which seldom gets to their pcnt-up apartments
There are the most beautiful beds of flowers and
roses OF every variety--grcat numbers Of swans
ana ducks swim in tho water, and hundreds of
sparrows hop in the streets; all of which things
are so protected by law that every child knows
he must not pluck flower OF throw ut n bird.
stayed here from Sabbath noon till Tuesday
noon spending the day, Monday, in having my
passport visaed" getting my money changed
and buying guidc-bDOk and visiting some Gu
rosities, viz The Raths winc.ccllar' in which
are wines said to be two thousand wears old. in
immense casks containing 700 barrels, in one
room, and twelve of them butts. named oftcr
the twelve Apostles, of which Judas" is said
to be tho best. Another curiosity is the Dom.
klrchc, a magnificent and very ancient building
under which is the Lcud cellar in which arc
n number OF corpseS, in remarkable state of
preservation, after having been there nearly
two centuries. These are shown and described
by an old German lady, who tells all about the
trighttul looking corpses, lying naked in thaA
open cothnS, as though they were pieces Tltss -
uary, and for her trouble she expects n few
groes. The remarkable properties of the place
are attributed to the fact that the lead for tkAi
roof was melted in this cellar; hence its nnue.
Blir-kellar" or Leod-cellar. On Tuesdny-fa
managed to hny n ticket for Leipsic via InnoSI
vcr, Brunswick. Madgcburg and Halle It15A$l
me up to all the German | knew to find the right
train sometimes, but reached Lcipsic before
night, having passed over one Of the most beau
tifu and perfectly cultivated countries ever
saw. The land is quite lcvcl.and the fields are
divided into narrow strips about eight or ten
yards widc with wheat in one and oats i'm an
other ana so on, alternating with potatoes.
beans, pens, rye, &C., all growing frequently in
the same field. Indian corn docs grow here. it
Is too far North for it. Wheat is not quite ripe,
and the laborers lat least half of whom arc wo-
men) are busily engaged in making hay. The
railroads Hrc very fine, the cars being divided
ihtO ohorI coupicS large enough Tor eight per-
sons, or on pinch, twelve, who all sit facing
each other. The doors arc in the side, with the
appearance of fine carriagc-no passing
through from one door to another, and you are
securely locked in unless while stopped ut n
station ut which long stay is made. Most of
the roads have from five to eight trains per day
each way--some slow, some fast. | like the
express trains best. At Leipsic stayed nearly
tweptY-fOur hours-prcscntcd n letter of intro
dnetast, to yenng CALDWELL, Of Columbia, from
his brother, the poet aud editor. Also, / met
here with our Consul, Mr.. SrocKToN, of Now
Jersey, who haas his residence in Dresden and
visits LoiPsic occasionally on business These
gentlemen were both very kind to me in giving
me such information as needed
From Lcipsic, three hours ride brought mo to
Dresden. q distance OF sevcnty-one mos, for
about $l.6j. went to the Victoria Hotel, MS
recommended by my friends, and spent the next
day in room-hunting which, | can assure YOU
was rich business to me. speaking SO little
German as do. j had some rare fun talking
German with ladies, who we're generally very
: polite in showing me their rooms, and saving
hundred things did not understands After
looking round some time | took room in the
western part of the old city, one square from
the river Elbe, and two squares from the Palace
from the Royal Garden l have been " sight
seeing" every day since ! arrived. l an al
NEST afraid to begin to tell you what I have
seen, for two reasons: First, because it would
take me q long tmo. Second, l never could !
convey eny idea of the things to be seen in Dres.
den The first thing ] went to SEQ was the
Bruhl Terrace, on the bank of the Elbe, where
hundreds of the people 60 every evening to
promenade, drink beer coffee and tea, and hear |
music. The Terrace is very high above tho |
river with good view of the splendid secaafy
up snd down the riyer. AT one end is a large |
eaiing.bouse, where you can get anythina you
can ask for to eat. and from six TO seven every
essniDg is concert Of instrumental music, made
bS a band Of twenty-five choice performefsv-ad-
Z missNea n groshens Or about ct conts, have