New-York tribune., 1866-12-26

STATE OF AFFAIRS IN YIENSA-COSCRNTRkTIO
or pRUssIAY TROOPS on THE PRoNrIBR-THE
DIETS OF LOWER AUSTRIA AND PEsTH-RBMARK-
ABLE DEMONSTRATION DY MEMBERS or TUE
PRESS.
From OR sIe-is' CorIcspondent
yIfnNA, Dec o lsG6.
At little distance from Vienna is the village Wahnng
II was BIZ ght and pleasant Sunday afternoon when Invent
thhcr some days ago. The churchyard lice gentle
slope tho gates kept shut you meot hardly any
living being thero. An old man entered with Inc by n
side door and d; once told me- whcro the graves sought
were 70 be found. Keep along the wall 10 your left
hsrd and nearly at the top Of the you will
them. You cennot help finding them" And going on
along the quiet walk plain pyramldal slab resting
against tie wall, aud il in long gold letters the one
word, Beethoven At first II seemed like dream
rather than reality that before ne in that space,
should be contained the mortal frame Of him who had
filed tie world with bis music sounds which seemed al
most to he part Of the divine organization OF this earth
rather than mere human handiwork Involuntary
thought OF aud compared the smalness Of now
Cupcd with tie immensy OF his works, tho boundess
spheres be Was able 70 m with his music The simplicity
Of the inscription pleased greatly Any addition would
bdye made ess Impress The name alone o. him who
lay there enough That one word said more than the
longest epitapb il was itself the nObost monument
over the grave j. fiat stone, which when was there
lay large flesh wreath lof eyccfeens and flowers The
grave ncosed bY iron railing and in the space be-
tween il and the slab ivy creeps along. The whole is
worry simple; but anything TO the contrary would IL seems
20 me, De mere misplaced.
Two or three graves-One OF hon with the name Count
ODonnel-and then comes the resting place Of Franz
Schubert OF him TO whom song part Of bis nature as
Of that Of the thrush or the nightingale. And like bird,
too be poured il forth unstntlnglyi IL the merry
LOte of the blackbird the ycanugrcloeing Of tho
LARK and now plantiye like the cooling Of the wood
pigeon. stone with railing and ivy creeping round
the grave here just as IN the other one There Is
niche in tie stone erected egainst the wall, and here
tust Of him who lies beneath placed On the stone are
these two lines;
"Der Tod bogrub bier einen reichen Besitz
Aber noch schJnere Hohnungen."
Hier Hegt FRANZ SCHUBERT,
Ceboren den 81 Januar I1g.
Gestorben 10 November ls3s,
81 yahre alt.
II wac well done 10 place the two men near together,
almost side ~ side was glad they here, and not
monuments Here il is Tranquil. On one side you soc
the bills that form pleasing background 10 Vienna,
and on the other the fields and dwellings belonging to the
village. The whole place has peaceful look. Il is ro-
moved from the noise OF the city and what 10 still bet
ter from the crowds Of des that hrong the other church
yard.
The spot where Schubert now rests not far from where
he first saw the light On leaving Vienna aud going
toward the NORTH pass By Liehtentha the WAY to
D6blng suburb alluded TO former letter. Here On
the right hand Just where the street grows little sleeper
than Heretofore substantial house. and over the on
trance is the inscription, Franz schubsts Geburs-
h6rs."
These few words make that dwelling monument. For
my part should prefer such 10 statue The living take
interest in the object associated with the memorable
man who 10 no longer among them, and thus peculiar
pleasure connected with fond remembrance is Afforded
them By the nschponj and the dead II is tho most
honorable tribute; for al the time that II s mark
ths, word alone Is sulient TO invest the cOmnonsst
thing of our daily life with Importance IL supplies the
place Of broRss, Toy can do wishgutit KpE louis OF