The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1865-11-08
An ALBANIAN in Hungary and Austria.

ullc vi OuT laTutSt HltIlulhCtUUlnH COlnllan-
les, and now travelling in Europe, gives
us the following passages in highly in
tcresting letter from Vienna, August
10Th =
"NIy trip among the 1Iungarians has
boon very pleasant. OF all European
nations, they and the Italians sympathize
the most deeply with us and our political
institutions; and the sympathy of fifteen
millions who never bent willing knee to
tyranny, including the five million noble
Magynrs whose heroic leaders sent terror
through the Austrian dcspotsm in '4S, is
II treasure too precious to slight
"l'hc original Constitution of Hungary
is as free as that of England. 1t ac-
knowlctlges the Austrian Emperor only
as its guardian, not ITS creator or cx-
FOUNDER 1t is II thousand years old
Hungarian agitation will never cease I'M
til Austria re-cstablshcs that Constitution
in all its completeness. The aristocracy
lead this agitation, as the lower Glasses
are OF course ignorant, too many OF them
indolcnt, and all Indifferent as Lazarone
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thing Austrian has nbAted lately, since
the Emperors visit to Hungary, and his
public compliment to them as faithful
subjects
"The schools are excellent. Except
at Pcsth, the mechanic arts and agricul-
ture are in their infancy. The latter is
the only paying pursuit. Though the
methods and implements are bsrba ou-ly
rude, the soil is as variou>ly rich as our
| Virginia. Just now. labor is very scarce
and dear-commandins dollar and a
half day.
The farmer here builds no barns. -
! lie piles his products behind his house
The threshng is done in the open air
upon the ground near the house, in the
antcdiiuvian style of treading by oxen,
while the farmer directs in his immense
white linen trowscrs, snug white jacket,
low black hat and with the perpetual
pipe. The regular national costume is
handsome-a dark jacket, richly braided
up the breast, close pantaloons, h Oh boots
In some parts, the country people wear
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cover their coats with the coins in evi.
denbe of their wealth. There is a
strange class among them; who wear
only a linen sack, descending to the
knees; filthy, begging and thieving.
Hungary is in its decadence. 1t
needs Teutonic blood, to revive it, if re-
yival Is possible.
"This town of Vienna has an antique
and classic interest. Marcus Aurellus
died here. Six centuries ago, the first
Hapsburg took possession OF the town
The city proper has dark aud narrow
streets, but the largest shops, the hand
soonest churches and the Castle. The
new town which surrounds the old one, is
one OF the finest on the Continent. The
largest church, st. Stephens, is eight
centuries old. 1t is over three hundred
feet long and has the tallest tower in Eu-
rope.
"The country around Vienna is very
beautiful. Its chief attraction is the
Emperor's summer palace, the favorte
residence Of Maria Theresa, the head
quarters of Napoleon and the abode of
his son. Two obelsks crowned with two
golden eagles, as with helms, hold grim
guard beside the noble entrance. A
bronze group of Hercules killing the Ne
mean hon, and another of Hercules sub
DUNG the Dragon Of the uesperides, meet
pou at the entrance of the grand garden:
and from their base stretch away noble
walks, rich eXpanses of flower and shrub.
groves of greenest foliage glnting with
colossal marble statues of classic history
and mythology. a superb fountain forms
background to this magnigcent view
It's statuary representing Thets begging
the protection Of Neptune for her Achil-
les. The well from which the palace
(Schonbrunn) takes its name, is projected
by temple and guarded by sentinel'. Its
delicious water supplies the Emperor's
table. An old Roman ruin stands near,
the remains Of a tliumphal arch. The
nenagere and botaric gardens are not
surpassed in all Europe. High and low,
rich and poor, crowd bither on Sundays
and indeed every fine day, by thousands,
and roam at will amid these objects of
art and nature. All bahave with perfect
propriety. The pleasures are free to ALL
"Perhaps your readers would like to
hear about the great Semmering railroad,
one of the Srandest works of this century
OF It's kind. 1t is twenty-five miles long,
and has seven stations. Its grade is seven
hundred and sixty feet. The entire struc-
ture is laid in solid masonry OF sandstone
and granite, without one piece of timber.
Now we see immense walls, forming i'm
pregnable barriers against the rushing
liver and the avalanches of the mountain
side; now the road creeps on the edge of
dizzy precipices; now on colos sal via
ducts, which span the broad valleys
One Of these last is seven hund red and
fifty feet long, and another is one hun
dred and twenty feet high. There are
several tunnels, one of them nearly a mile
long, In this tunnel the grade reaches
its highest point-the highest railroad
pass in the world
The scanery along the whole line is
superb. On one side, deep valleys sweep
away into the horizon; on the other,
Alpine submits tower, peak beyond peak
Gigantic rocks of the most gIotesque
forms frown down upon you. Black for