Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1860-06-16
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Correspondence of the Keowee Courier.

llEIpELDERd, Baden, May /, 1860.
K NJ. Editor: In my last letter gave you
mn account of my Journey as for as Gasscl,
where | was compelled to spend the night.
After short sweet sleep ON one of those very
comfortable matrasscs, with a feather-bed fer
covering, such as one fluids everywhere in
Germany, the very polite, white -crayatted
waiter calc bowngand scraping in to inform
me that this was tho hour at which had or
dered coffee (Instcad of our breakfast every
one has coffee bread aud butter IN his own
roonn) llaying examined a map of the city
sailed forth TO see it, aud was very ngreea-
bly, disappointed Casscl is a town OF 32 900
lnhabtrnt5 and the capitol of the Electorate
q vt llessust pssSl l--tc ruler still retaining the
title-of eetef,e thoughtlicre is no longer any
Emperor. .of Germany to elect. The square
called Etsheriek's Place, is very large and
beautiful, su,Youndel by The P,l,ec, Museum
and TheatEe. except on the side next the river
Fuldl, which affords fine view of the river
2 and garden on its banks In the centre Of
the square stands tho statue OF the Elcctor
Frederick, who acquired great wealth by traf.
ticking IN the lives Of his subjects, whom hc
hirodto England to fight the americans in
the revolutionary war. The present govern
mcnt is no better than former ones, and has
been recently. making such rapid strides in
tyrdnny that the people have appealed to the
Rend or German Congress for relief The
matter y not yet fully decided, and is giving
great difficulties to the country Prussia and
Anstrlaere pulling different directions. 1t
IS thought that the present arbitrary govern
mcnt will be destroyed, andsthe Elector be
compelled to accept liberl constitution.
~ j met in the streets of Cassel the strange
anomaly, an intelligent man who could say
nothing good of his $ poor fatherland" The
people are leaving the place in scores for the
United States.
On the bank of the river is the foundation
ofan immense palace, not quite one story high,
all oyergrown with weeds,and bushes 1t is.
said to have cost several millions, and will
probablyIever be finished. There is near the
city n Theatre, built by " King Jerome Bona
parte," once cloth,mcrclant in Baltimore.
The wateriworks arc said to be beautiful in
alpnmer, only exceled by those of Versailles.
Tho principal fountain sendsur jet of water
gl2 inches IN diameter, 100 feet. high The
water is kept in a reservoir on the top Of an
adjacent mountain, Wilhclmehoiie.
There is nothing of special interest between
6'asscl and Frankfort. The country is some
what mountainous, with here and there Fer-
.t}l castle on the highest peaks Frankfort
sDrInor%ulIlV 10 ulc Vi IDe lOur Tree clt0S Ullat
Still remain: oY to old Hanseatic league. 1t
was formerly fortified town, but now bloom
ing fowerYgardcns and groves of nice young
trees take the place of ramparts so that the
smiling city greets the traveller with much
more pleasing face than heretofore. 1t Is de-.
cidcdly Que of the most handsome oities have
ever yet seen in Germany / happened there
just in tile midst of the Easter Eair, and found
tho streets full OF people At nearly every
eorncg were bands Of music; some with brass
instruments others With strin ged instruments,
clarionets, bagpipes, aud la Id organs. Bat
one dared not stop uudcr the penaltyof hav-
ing lineup ora hat thrust AZ him to /" pay
tlss fddlcr.1 1'hStepts @efc sSrewed along
tho banks of Che river aid Ia the ,narket,
places, fuliof every 0ofceiyable kind of ,ner.
chandizs -oHes third, at !onat, being toy and
pipe-shops There were also many pavilions
for eiFcuses, msnagesSes and puppet,showg.
AmRla provisions s(ere made, too, for the ep4
teglatnment of tllS littl6 folis They had
what they call flaing schools or oaroseIls,
which paso Large eirculas tents with wooden.
horses made Is !ss;s rapidly refund by machinery,
with music As 80 accompaniment IL othsIs
the shihTcn sat ia llttlc goats made Ike car
riaSe.seats, and suspended from the rim Of an
imnsnse wheel which regclged pcrpondicnlar-
ly like nlill-wheci Theso fairs have been
haaded down from generation TO generations
from time iinmemoriel They were once the
great markets at which nearly all tho trading
Of the country was dope Nov thatraikroads
! have brought about q more general circulasicn
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