The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-03-13

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Enormous Quantities Drama by the
PeOPle---GOssip about the King and
his Beauties---The New Premier and
his PruSsian POIIey.--Orders Against
the JesuIts and Nuns.
CorTesPoads4lee or The Cincinnati Co1ElnlereiaL
MUNICH, February Is, 1867.
am still here, dating my letter from
the Bavarian capital, instead of
from Frankfort, where as diligent and
conscientious correspondent L ought
TO De. But, scold me as much as you
please, cannot help it.. The lager
beer is too good; am at its fountain
head, and the excellent beverage of this
year has charmed me down among
these monstrous beer consumers.
Do not think hard of me. This beer
has become kind of civiIizer all over
the old and new continents. II banish-
es here and there the poisonous, adul-
terated liquors, and offers a genuine
and wholesome article.
Without counting the small brewer
les, there are at least twenty monster
! breweries here, which send their caIa-
brated beer to all parts of the continent.
Young King Louis himself, who now
begins to take an interest in other
things, not less than in the music OF
the future of his famous friend Richard
Wagner-His Majesty himself visited
a few weeks ago, two of these brewer
anu " as HI kllG
OF these factories He tasted some
glasses and became so fascinated, too,
that IN each of them he distributed sew
eral hundred gilders to The workmen in
order THAT they might have a frolic
too" They all went on spree, drink
ing the health of His Majesty, and were
brought home as beer-drunk as onIy
the good stout citizens of Munich can be
In order TO give you an idea of these
breweries, let me relate the following
anecdote: King Louis, of Lola Montez
memory, the grandfather of the present
King. had his own notions about the
dressing of each class of his subjects.
Once walking through the city he met
two ladies, dressed in the most fashion,
able and costly style. He looked at
them, and being well acquainted with
the artstocracy, he knew that they did
not belong to this upper-Jendom- He ac-
costed and asked them who they were.
They answered him with 4li possible
noncbalance, the wife and daughter of
the brewer Pshorr. He scolded them
for being dressed in such extravaganza
style. But not daunted a bit, and not
used to the cOurtier's smooth style of
conversation, the lady answered: ''Sire,
people who are able to pay annually
into the Royal Treasury a mere malt
tax OF two hundred thousand gilders,
are, of course, also allowed to dress as
they please" The King smiled, bowed
and walked of.
But Bavaria has not only the best
beer, but also the best hops. The coun-
ty of Hershbruch and vicinity produces
so far, the best hops on the globe, and
contributes largely to the excellence of
the Bavarian beverage. OF course the
hops produced there do not even fill the
wants OF the Munich brewerfes; and as
beer is now brewed in England and
France, not less than all over Germany,
hops are cultivated almost all over Eu-
rope. The business has assumed gil
gantic proportions, and hop dealers,
who, thirty years ago Were in quite
moderate circumstances, are now com
manding unlimited credit and inde-
pendent fortunes. Your American
hops cannot yet rival the European
ones; perhaps when, after some decades,
plant, you may export large, very large
quantities to Europe.
The King has become quite a favorite
since his betrothal to his fair eonsin.
People always thought he was going to
marry an Austrian Archduchess with
an immense fortune But what need
he to care for money? He has an an
nual civil list of three million gilders;
inherits fortune from his father, and
Will be the heir of his grandfather, who
is considered the richest man in Baya-
ria. He is shareholder in the Bank of
Munich with nearly five million giId-
ers. The royal bridegroom Is therefore
Wei provided for and abls to hive with
sout working for = living. of course
you Americans must consider all these
kinglets, princelets and dukelets regu-
lar parasites. Your President has a
salary of about fifty thousand dollars,
and these men, by the grace of God,
count their income by the millions.
Well, yon are right, perfectly right, but
1 can not help II.
The King is now visited by some of
his royal relatives, who have come to
offer their congratulations. Among
them rank foremost his uncle and lady,
the ex-king and -eS-Queen of Greece.
In Europe almost every country has
now its '.ex," and If We are going to
proceed in the same ratio as heretofore,
we will soon be overstocked with them.
The ex-Basileus dimes daily with the
King, in company with the royal bride
and the Queen dowager, and the King
is in ecstasy when admiring the beauty
of his intended; but still he is not g0-
ing to get married before next August.
Munich Is renowned for its hand
some girls. Nobody better under
stood how to appreciate female beau
ties than the old ex-King Louis. He
was Il lady-worshiper all his lifetime
When he was in love with Lola Mon
tez, the Archbishop of Munich took 1t
upon himself to reproach him with
this indecency. and to remind him of
his royal dignity. "Pah," replied old
Louis, IL leave your eminence your
stola, and you will leave me my Lola"
Once he resolved upon having the
seven nhandsomestgirls of Munich paint
ed for his private gallery. It was no
easy task of making the proper selec-
tiOns, as you ind exquisite beauties
among all the classes of the popula-
ton. The King made the selection
himself, and introduced to Stieber, his
royal artist, seven of the handsomest
figures and faces he had ever met; one
WIS the daughter of the British Min
lister, the second Jewess, the others
daughters of mechanics and servant
girls The portraits are now 10 be seen
in his private gallery in his msgui6-
cent Wittlesbacher Palace, and chAi-
lenge competition. When, during the
tern folks may come 70 Munich, let
them not fail TO visit his gallery. II is
worth while seeing, indeed.
While the royal groom thus passes
his time most pleasantly, dividing il
betEeen his two favorites, his bride and
his piano, his new Premier, Primes Ho-
henlohe, has to attend to the cares of
the crown and the troubles of the stu
alton The confounded Bismark there
in Berlin, on a spree, has spoiled the
usual spree of the simple-hearted Ba-
yarlans- Shall the southwestern States
OF Germany, Bavaria, Wurtemburgs
Baden and Hesse, become allies OF
Prussia or not2 is the fatal question of
their Ito be- or not tosbe.o sa-l-s--
The Prince Is = man in the prime OF
life BE Was born in ISIS, and studied
law at the Universities Of Gottingin,
Bonn aud HeideIburs- He then enter