Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1861-06-11
Mortester 9a1lp Spy.
[From Carlyles History of Frederick the Create
THE CAMP OF RADEWITZ


erly the Camp of Radewitz, was one of tie
sublimest scenic military exhibitions. in the
history OF the world, leaving all manner of
imitation tournaments, modern "tin tourna
ments out OF sight, and perhaps equaling the
Field of the Cloth of Gold, or Barbara sa's
Malntz Tournament in ancient times II last
ed for month, regardless of expense-June
month OF the year 1730-and from far and
wide the idle OF mankind ran by the thousand
to see it. Kidding or screening certain cart
loads of heavy old German printed rubbish
we obtain the following shoyelful of authentic
particulars, perhaps not quite insupportable to
existing mankind -
SIZE OF THE CAMP.
The exact size of the Camp of Radewitz,
nowhere find measured but, to Judge on the
map, it must have covered, with its amen
dages, some ten or twelve square miles of
ground. All on the Elbe, right bank of the
Elbe; town OF Muhlberg, chief town of the
District, lying some ten miles northwest; then
not much beyond it Torgaul; and then famed
Wlttenberg, all on the northwest, farther down
the river; and ON the other side, Meis-
sen with its Potteres, not far to the
southeast OF you, up the river, on the Dresden
hand Precisely where the railway from
LEIPZIG to Dresden crosses the Ebe, there. if
you happen to have daylight is a flat, rather
cayey country, dirty greenish, as if depas
tured partly by geese, with big, full river
Eibe, sweeping through it banks vanish for
mile or two; river Itself swift, sleek and of
flint color; not unpleasant to behold thus far
on its journey from the Bohemian Giant
Mountains seward precisely there, when
you have crossed the bridge, is the southwest
corner of August the Str0ngs encampment-
vanished now like the last flock of geese that
solled and nibbled these localities and with
OUT knowing 1t, on are actually on memora.
BILE ground.
LUXURY OF ITS CoMMssARIAr.
The ten square miles have been industri
ously prepared for many months past; shaved
swept by the best engineer science; every
village OF 1t thoroughly cleaned at least the
villagers all let lodgings at Californian rate
IN one village, Moritz by name, is the slaugh-
terhouse, killing oxen night andGay and the
BAKE house, with l60 mealy bakers, who new
er rest; in another village, Strohm, is the
playhouse of the reg ion in another, Gaubitz
the post office; nothing could excel the arrange
mentsi much superior, l should Judge, to
those for the Siege of Troy, and other world.
great enterprises. Three temporary bridges
besides the regular ferry of the country
cross the Elbe; for the high officers, DANES,
damosels, and lordships of degree, and thou
sand told spectators lodge on both sides the
Elbe; three bridges, one of pontoons one of
wood rats, one OF barrels, immensely long.
made for the occasion. The whole Saxon mr.
my, horse and foot, with their artillery, all in
beautiful bran new uniforms and equipments,
lies beautifully encamped in tents and wooden
huts near by Zeithayn, its rear to the Elbe.
This is the Camp of the Army NortEward
OF which, rises on familiar ground, high
pavilion" deliberately painted and gilded,
with balcony stages round it, from which the
whole ground, and everything done in it, is
surveyabe to spectators of rank Eastward
again, at the right flank Of the Army, where
again rises kind of Height, hard by Rade.
witt, favorable for survey-these built of sub
lime silk tents, or solid, well-painted carpent-
a ~. the general color of which is bright green.
TSsiSss, and gilt grtfrrgs all about, his
prussiani majesty and his Polish do, with their
suites, are lodged-king-li like wholly, in exten-
sive gEeen palaces ready gilt and furnished |
such drawing rooms, such bedrooms, with
floors Of dyed wicker work = the gilt mirrors,
pictures, musical clocks-not even the fine
bathing tubs for his Prussian majesty have
been forgotten. Never did man or fiunkey
see the like. Such immense successful appar
atus without and within; no end of military
valetaille, chiefly janizaries in Turk costume ;
imprOYised flower gardens even, and walks of
yellow sand the whole hill of Radewitz made
into flower garden in that way. Nay, in |
the Army Lager, too, many of the Captains
have made little improvised flower gardens,
in that camp of thiers, up and down. For
other Captains not of poetical turn, there
are billiards, coffee houses, and plenty OF ex-
ceent beer and other Ii ,uors. But the noun
tains Of cavalry hay, that stand guarded by
patrols in the rearward places and the granares
ofcavalry oats, are not to be told. Fritz (crown-
ed prince, afterward Frederic the Great is lodg
ed there; has magnificent bed poor young
fellow, he alone now makes the business of any
meaning to US. He is curious enough to see
the phenomena, military and other, but Cd.
1xuftl I'll A
here, and the tyrant father is-tyrannous with
his rattan, ye gods! !"
THE NoTABLEs IN CAMP.
We could insist much on the notable people
that were there. Weissentes, Wilhelmnas
untavored lover, how busy is he, commanding
calamity, in the terrific sham-battle, against
Wackerbarh; Old Leopold of Anhat Dessau
is there, the Old Dessaner with tour of his
princes, likely young fellows, with good
stroke OF work in them, of battle in them,
when called for. Young Anspach, lately we'd
ded, comes in what state he can, poor youth
lodges with the Prussian majesty, his father
m-law. Seckendort with his Grumkow, they
also are here in the train of Friedrich vii.
helm. Grumkow shoyes the bottle with Pol
ish and Prussian majesties; in jolly hours,
things go very high there. | observe they
call King August "te patron" or ''palroon."
fine jollity dwelling in that Man of Sin. Or
does the reader notice Holstein-Beck, Prussian
major general, a solid, dull man, capable of
liquor among other things not wiser than he
should be; his next brother, here likewise,
major general in the Saxon service, is still
more foolish. He poor soul, is just about to
marry the OrZelska, who had been her fathers
mistress; marriage, as was natural, went asun
der after couple of years. But mark espe.
cially that middle aged, heavy gentleman, Prince
of Auhalt-Zerbst, Prussian commandment of
Stettin; solid, heavy, taciturn man. OF whom
there is nothing notable but this only, that
last year his wife brought him little daugh-
ter, Catharine the name of her. His wife is
foolish, restless dame, high born and PENN
less let her nurse well this little Catharine
little Catharine will become abundantly distin-
gushed in thirty years hence; Empress of all
the Russians that little girl the fates have so
appointed It, mocking the prophecies OF men.
In the train of King August are
likewise splendors of sort, if we had time for
them; lords and dukes, and vast flights
of airy, bright-hued woman-kind, Crown
Princess at the head Of them.
GORGEOUS DISPLAY.
OF the terrific sham-battles; of the charges
of cavalry, play of artillery, threatening to end
in very doomsday round the pavilion, and
the ladies and royalties assembled on the bal
comics there, shall say nothing; nor of that
supreme attack on the entertainments blow
ing up of the very bridges; cavalry posted in
the woods; host doing its uttermost against
host with unheard of expenditure of gun pow
der and learned maneuvre, in which the fleet
took part and the "Bucentaur" with all its
cannon. will mention only that assiduous
King August had arranged every thing like
the King OF Play House managers; and that
OH the morrow there occurred an illumination
and display OF fire works, the like OF which is
still desideratum. For the Bucentaur and
Fleet wit n,l,,r la,,, -.