New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-28

Yug CITY AND SPIEL BERG-RBLIG 1OS--LiFB AND TINES
KNIGHTS or ST. JOHY--REvIEw REAR AUsTBR-
LIZA PLOTTING CORPS-THE GiPSIES.
From Our Special correspondent ~, ,,..;. a.. , 1876
"A there nothing to detaln longer IN the yiciy
Of Eikolsburg retained 70 the Morayian capital OF the
evening of the IS. Found the country roads eYery where
closely blocked by retroating soldiers and army wagons
Aong the railroad every house containing cholera
Drying through dreary stretch OF forest 10 mas
90, my ungany Slawakan amused me VII there Who
yarn of how he once carried stranger thous 'io
died suddenly OH thew way who had al mhehse aIiOi4.
of money with hmsoine SiOO-and when ne liEn nav
from him without the least dlihcuy ne nu ony
hoaep 10 was refreshing myself with t0ssc OF coffee
NJ the Neuhauscr when the King and his train drove By to
ther former quarters in the St0dthaNerci.
THE CITY AND THE sPIBLBERG.
Rrunn signifies a WE'LL it is situated among hills on
Gao Schwarza Tor black creek and crowned like many
other ancient German Cities by famous historical strong
hold called the Spiebeg. Many horrors told of the
Speberg bubeardsores which have rendered the name
among the peopes kind of synonym Tor mystery an
me Spie6erg changed centuries ago from Rher
Schloss TO an Austrian political prison. Whosocycr OIL
tended the State by cOnessng to noncathoheyo OF ides
consigned to the tender mercies OF ITS depths ts
walls immense its aspect is bleak and f3rbiddlng ana
o. has dark passages and mysterious chambers IN ls n
terror extending, according 10 popular ua1lon as ar
ia,o the mountain underground as the castle-was se
above might tell you some of these ghosty Stories
u nv space and time force me to submit them to your
Inag
Besides which there is the FranclsOerg, another beau
Su elevation, which as promenade though ITS
nsst nights locked in by the walls of convent In
rndertones al am really curious 10 know what is to
come Of all this" remark made to me often, and tho
moaning of it was that no one believed Austria would
,rce to any peace then satrical monument as took
to "The Liberaor Of his Country" of the Haps-
consisting Of great massive stone column, rests
the backs OF four crushed lions who are grinnlng IN
the dust as if they very much used to IT,
Brunn full of cloth factories and the goods produced
80. very extensively 10 the United States But now the
operatives are idle; the little elevation overlooking the
depot like quay lined with crowds OF
unhappy people, some fierce; some giving passive ex-
ovid ~ Tho of
soldiers and passers where there is nothing TO be seem
Professionalism has been trodden ont long since in Mo
rayiaexceptng drop of Lutheranism in the capital SO
visitor may queer things in the streets IN regous
way. One day astounded TO see everybody round
e kneelng rather suddenly into the dirt aud on looking
for the center Of this alteration nothing but in
significant ordinary priest srding cOIsequentlay along
with black Grape at the end Of pole Elsewhere on
che sidewalk have boy of 10 kneeng 10 staring
tnatc and receiving his blessing, which was given with
flourish. In the suburbs saw teamster halt shove his
whip under his arm and walk up reveenty to- and kiss,
cold monument which did not appear to me to have any
bndcation Of religious character about It, Tn inquiry
serward learned that it marked the spot where crim
mails were executed
Every house in Brunn is full of soldiers and the cholera
Us raging sadly Out Of population OF near Soo more
usrored often upon the families of the better classes,
they enjoy the freedom of the house. but while they re-
Ceve avo their due. must say to their credit that
they generally behave cvy often try to make themselves
agreeable. tell stores and carry themselves as to the
81 manor born"
Il is in the cafes however where most life is seen:
PTussian officers with sharpened appetes and powerful
voices enjoy themselves and chat very much in the same
aud St. Louis; only perhaps moro quietly, and with less
rivalry since rank and birth often settle questions OF that
port here without more ado individuals do not DISPLAY
themselves.
Z Officers of every rank are unassumng Apparently
hhere the good and freedom Of intercourse
ewcea ALL yet closer observation will show that there is
well defined line beyond which such intercourse docs
po presume TO extend itself Only once dld see rank
chafng itself and that when Prince Reuss came
bsng and banging with his sword into the dningsaioon
one day. bowling screney, and then looking soury in
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of honors which not paid him.
lie represents Of the late little German princpaes
and though not smart himself was wise enough TO let
Prussia swallow his country the conoton That IL
should swallow him along with it, and judge that the
brmy does not like the dose
CHOLERA
remarkable feature of the Prussisn campaign is the
constant presence of pestence in the camp as war had
needed its aid decimate the land. Amid the hundreus
thst are dying daily F&enn and in the army, the end
romes FREQUENTLY at three TO six hours notice Officers
heard spoken of dead who last evening were knng
per cent that get cholera die You would scarcely think
however that the cholera ragged rampant IN Bunn from
what may be seen in the streets or heard ANYWHERE, OF
n sufficient in ordinary times to render the streets
silent Sabbath produces no percePhble enee IN me
presence of greater i'll under which the country bodily
Suffers Nobody thinks about the cholera nobody fears
It, Tho lazareos scattered all parts of the town,
pad the Spcberg has its share People only half believe
On our train from Lundenburg to Brunn three died
Ease of saiow Lieutenant who travelled in the same
eoupe with me- and the seat facing me- He seemed
smoked thought without enjoying his cigar at ALL
BIT cholera that had its grip on him and the poor man
left way station in charge OF the military physi
with prospects only too dark If his looks augured
orrecty, of getting away from the place again. Red
wine the common preventive beyond which little is
Thought DO necessary except regularity and generous
Food So each Of us had one bottle Of Melnicke and
merrily enough We emptied them.
IL would have been quite well II the Chinese cholera
HAD remained in China but that it is here may
e talk about it, The lips get blue the face salow, the
eYes reess and the eyeds half close themselves anguld
~ Ask the patient whether he feels better, and he will
De quite likely TO answer that he is doing very we'll But
BIT certain stage there will be terrible cramps and COM
motions in the bowels which cannot now describe Tor
kTant of edjectves The best way of getting graphic
kdea Of have the choera-which statement rests on
hhe very decided opinion of all whc have tined II.
The Johanntter Knights 60 earessly into the hospitals
and work hard and great deal they ind to do should
rather say the pyates of the order whose generous aDOr
to DO skmmedsaDd concentrated to manufacture some
kame for the real Knights, tho fameneedy noDes VINO
SayIat home The distributing center is the railroad DE.
pot at Brunn and it is busy pace-at present. indeed
hbout the only very busy shop in town. In Their OBJECT
hnd operations detail the Johanntter organization does
not differ materially from our Sanitary AssocatonIWhere
tredt deserved however, went straight to the mark where
kredt due and where the chiefs who won their aure
DO manfully went into demeaning coneave 70 mo-
hopoZe distinctions 10 their favored few one OF these
pohannittes told to-day that cholera patients might NC
handled for weeks without da OF infection, ana that
Sohannittcr very seldom stricken down py NJ
but that the principal danger and common cause OF iec
kon arises from visiting the watercoset with slcK
person. whence the euyium Of the diseased person ieees
Rropagates its kind like yeast.
10 this way he accounts for the general prevalence OF
Hholera in certain houses and the utter exemption OF III
pthers Doctors with whom have conversed nero pc
teve In the theory that cholera IL nothing but sudden
vegetation of microscopic plant OF the Simplest suuc-
Ere known like the green which forms on stagnant
kyater This documentary vegetation consists OF single
6es which propagate by subdivision and when the CIR