Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-05-14

not man yielded TO the shock, The swisa
| fell one after another; numbers lay bleeding
upon the ground; their whols force began to
wayer, when suddenly voice like thunder
exclaimed 81 will open passage to free
dom Faithful and beloved coniederatas, pro
tect my wife aud children These words Of
Arnold Struthan Of Winkereid, knight OF
| Unterwaldeu, were no sooner uttered than he
seized with both arms as many Of the enc
mics spears as he was able buried them in
his body and sank to the ground, while the
confederates rushed through the breach over
his corpse II was like the entrance Of
wedge, and the mighty host was rent assunder
aud utterly destroyed
"Thus Switzerland again was free
Thus death made way for liberty"
Those who accompany me in this pilgrim.
age will, imagine, find no objection to the
breathing spnce afforded by such extracts as
these To be benefited by travel one must be
prepared to read the book Of nature with the
historical harmony An ignorant man sees
nothingIbutA A,heIs scene before him, and acquires
nothing but recollection of objects which
have absolutely no story, lesson or language
to his mind. " A mule would never become
a tactcan even though he made twenty cam
paigns with Frederick the Great" and with
out knowledge OF the history or language
of a country, traveller may pass through it
again and again without pppreoiably increas.
ing his store Of wisdom or happiness He
retains all his prejudices, and very likely as
an old author expresses IL, "loeeds foIeign
countries" and takes home Dutch druuken.
ness, Spanish pride, French wantonness and
Italian Atheism, and leaves the good herbs,
Dutch industry, Sp ,nish devotion, French
I'D ftalt h.h ,nI
cannot hope to photograph in these "pcn
cilngs' the places we saw so that readers
may have u satisfactory view Of them, but ]
eau tell them some Of the scenes which, on
hallowed spots, pilgrim may see
with his minds eye, and which rouse his
enthusiasm and send the hot blood thrilling
through his veins as the contemplation OF
mere inanimate nature never can.
Lucern9Ii1 delightful little city circlinq
the head OF its lake 1t is full Of magnif
icent hotels built aud supported mostly by the
great influx of-Enelish and American tourists
during the summer months, but its notable
shows | WAS glad to fud, are few IL has an
arsenal which is well worth seeing, where,
among curious relics OF ancient warfare, is
still kept the Identical coat of mail worn by
Duke Leopold Of Austria when be fell dead
on the bloody hrld OF Sernpach, referred 10
above. There is a beautiful monument also
Thorwaldson, commemoraiug the bravery
and devotion Of the Swiss guards of Louis
XVI of Frrnce massacred in Paris, by the
mob in &c The face Of hill ia cut down
smooth and straight, and there, out of the
living rock, is culptured lion, with a spear
plunged deep into his side and broken off,
dying, but still guarding shield marked with
the lilies Of France. In design and execu.
tion it is far above criticism OF mine An old
man, who was a drummer boy of the guard,
lives near the monument and, dressed in the
uniform OF the corps, tells to visitors how his
brave comraaes died.
Az lnterlsehen we were awakened by de-
lightful music--in Lucerne, every morning,
by the janghng olamor Of thousand bellss n
the spires Of the Catholic Churches round
about. Sleep alter six was an mpossibiitY.
The Sabbath spent there was notable from the
fact, that in an elegant little English Church,
filed with intelligent people, we had TO listen
10 the stupdest preacher that ever disgraced
a pulpit Said Mr. II in his dry way as we
came out, ~ wonder if all theI church can5i
,n)ons are Of his calibre2'