The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-11-13
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growth Of centuries; the walks are lined with
orange and choice shrubs; but there is stiffness
and want Of life in the old palace Sand felt as il
moving among scenes Of days long passed away,
while really stood in the home Of living mon
archs, The marble statues scattered through
the park have dingy appearance; they look like
neglected monuments in o deserted ohurchyard.
The most interesting spot in these grounds was
the mausoleum in which the late King FREDERIC
III. and his queen lie inferred. Except that OF
NApo1RoN's in Paris, these tombs arc the finest
have seen on the Continent. The lay figures are
exquistey cut in pure white marble; the delicate
blue light admitted from the dome of stained
glass adds greatly to the beauty Of the monu-
ments. The Queen was quite young when NApo-
LEON, in 1906, entered as conqueror Of Berlin. She
was clever and spirited woman, and NAPOLEON
suffered in the estimation of the Prussians in con-
sequence Of his treatment Of their favorite Queen
She died at the early age Of thirtyve, while FRED
ERIC lived to the age Of seventy-two. No travel
Ter should leave Berlin without visiting these mag
micent monuments.
In one Of the public squares are exhibited
large number Of cannon captured recently from
the Austrians. Tie Royal Botanical Gardens in
Berlin are not as extensive as those in Paris, but
the exotics, which grow in mammoth glass houses,
interested me very much. The environs Of Berlin,
with their handsome private dwellings, and magni~
fcent public parks and pleasure grounds, filled
with beautiful trees and towering shrubs, sur
pass anything have yet seen in Germany. Villas
and summer-houses for refreshments are scattered
through these parks. Under these grand old
trees rich and poor assemble to listen to the music
or ningle in the dance. Berlin was the birthplace
Of the most distinguished naturalist the world
ever produced-Baron Won HUMBOLDT. He was o
great favorite with the sovereigns and people OF
Germany; and his name is universally honored and
respected for his vast acqurements attained by ex-
tensiye travels, research and study, and his mind
was clear and active even at the advanced age Of
eighty -four. No man Of his day possessed such
general information or had seen 80 much OF the
habitable globe. His great mind grappled with
and comprehended nearly every branch of human
knowledge. He was eminently a working man ; he
knew the value of time, and that knowledge was
only to be acquired by toll, and it is said that he
seldom slept more than four hours out Of twenty
four When this ripe scholar had reached the age
Of three-score Of glory and fenown-
it seems he might well have rested from his labors;
but not so; he was as diligent in scientific re-
search at eighty as at any former period Of his life
Would that the young men Of our country, whose
ambition it is to retire from business at forty-to
live q life of ease and idleness would study the
life and initiate the bright example Of the great
ALEXANDRA HUMBOLDT.
T left Berlin early in the morning. A few hours
by the slightning express" and find myself in the
quaint and to me deeply interesting old town of
Hamburg. In the new town are splendid Streets
with magnificent buildings and royal palaces,
while the old is composedof narrow streets and
alleys filled with a population Of the POI,
explored one of these alleys, where found tho
people even moro degraded than in the Five
Points Of New York. I proposed to my guide to
accompany me. He declined upon the plea that
gentlemen did not visit such places just imagine
@ street six feet wide, with houses on each side
from four to six stories high to say nothing Of
the cellars beneath, all of which are occupied each
room frequently accommodating two or more
families
These marrow streets are several hundred yards
in length, and what adds to the fithiness and
discomfort of the buildings, is that there is but
ono ingress or egrcss The dirty, half-clad wo-
men stared at me, tho smut and grease dripping
from their black faces. The squalid children bell
out their hands, begging for coppers. stopped to
take q poop into alley No. 2, when my guido as
sared me the smallpox and .cholera were raging
there. had seen enough Of poverty and Wrctch-
edness, and had no desire to extond my visit
among that class OF citizens. inquired of aphy.
e;clan in reference to the health of those dirty
alleys and he informed me Chat the mortality was
not greater here than in tho best portions O.
Hamburg. I was surprised to find in one OF the
richest cities on tho continent so much poverty
and degradation. The children who are born and
reared in these dismal courts, or the Five Points
New York, are no more affected by the polluted all
they breathe than are the rats which infest these
heuntg of filth but as immortal beings they arc
corrupted by tho vicious atmosphere chat sur
rounds them.
Hamburg is one Of tho oldest Of the FREQ Citlos
OF Germany; il invites tho rich commerce OF the
world to enter it's magnificent harbor almost free
OF duty. lmmense cargoes Of merchandise arc
discharged from vessels that lie in the middle ol
the stream into small baggcs; these arc rowed to
the warehouses, at less expense if the goods
were landed ut tho docks from The ships. i drove
along the banks of tho river looking at the miles
of shipping, and was surprised to SEQ no docks;
but when witnessed tho facility with which the
great cargoes were transferred by means Of light
crs, to the storchousos, tho absence Of docks was