Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-06-15
Written expressly Tor the Dayton Empirel
A SUMNER In EU Il D u L.

sTRAsBoURG THE MONUMENT TO sANE-rhE
CArnEDRAL--THE GREAT CLOCK.
Germany is the smokers paradise The
cigars and tobacco are good aud cheap, and
there are very few places where one is not at
liberty to blow a cloud" if he likes, and very
few occasions when It's not perfectly in order
TO do so. In such place as Baden, which Is
filed with French, English, Russian and
American travellers the good old German
custom Of smoking during meals has fallen
into disrepute; but as we took the train Tor
Strasbourg one morning, we noticed that the
smokers rights were fully respected Two or
three little apartments are labeled "tUr Etcht
rducher," and are intended for the accommo'
datiou Of any peculiar people who are unable
to enjoy the fumes of the to acco, but in no
other part of the train can any one gainsay
body's right to as many pipes or cigars sa he
pleases He can lounge almost at tull length
upon luxurious cushions as he smokes, and
without rising, can drop his ashes into the
little glded cups, which are fastened to the
inside of the door especially to save him the
trouble OF throwing them out of the window.
Our course from Baden to Strasbourg was
south, up the broad, rich valley Of the Rhine
for sixty miles, to the village of Kehl, and
then across the river, which is here large,
clear rapid stream, into France. The bridge
over the river here is interesting because it
was once the scene of most fierce and bloody
battle between the French under Kleber and
the white.ooated Austrians The spire Of the
grand cathedral was in sight as soon as we
gained the other side, but we were still fifteen
minutes from the station, and it was not until
we had become somewhat apprehensiye lest
the train should carry us on to Paris that we
reached the depot After d slight detention
there by the custom house officers, we were
let loose to circulate freely again in the do
miuions of Napoleon III
The cathedral is the only thing that is no
ticeable in a general view Of this city. 10 q
walk about it, however, we discovered some
very good public buildings, some magnificent
hotels, bronze statues Of Guttenburg who, witt
Faust, shares the honor OF the invention o
printing, and of General Kleber, the dashinl
soldier, whose appearance on the field of bat
tie at It's crisis, often reused the enthusiasm
of his men and incited them on to victory
He was one of Napoleon's most beloved gen
erals, and when the news OF his death at th'
hands of an assassin in Egypt reached thu
Emperor, he was for a long time overcome
with inconsolable sorrow. We also saw in th,
church OF St. Thomas a monument to Marsha
SAKE, which surpasses anything in St. Deui
or Westminster Abbey. He is represented a
descending to a tomb, at one end Of which
shrouded figure representing Death await
, him, A beautiful female personiiying Franc
kneeIs between Death and her beloved sol
restraining his further descent with one hand
while with eountenAnee expressing indig
nation and terror, she expostuates Will
the remorseless king Hercules leans upo
his club and weeps at the other end OF th
black marble coffin, while on the right Of th