Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-01-09

anu ease 10 and from the continent tba,
only know = what they there "a. az
hear and to them We owe our imnra.
''ons OF all cont Aen'al life and attractive.
ness 50 lar, at least, as the psst has hoen
Hut now We see and know for o,,,.,,.'.
IN comparison, Il beauties AMI -. 81.
ny Of the noble land OF our birth, n.
can ! forget the enthusiasm and da =.
of two young English travellers in n na'
sage from liverpool to New Yogk ON N.
steamship Pacific" as, in nearing onr
coast, one of the ,1ost beautiful gorgcon.
autumn sunsets painted in beauty an5
loyel'ness the western hcsizon. The, Az.
clama~ons of surprioN and summon, Ia
light was most enthusiastic. NOTHING
could te'-P' t'asm from the deck. They
were afraid of losing a moments rap,urc
and when assured " us that many n sim.
liar scene of beauty and brightness would
be theirs, IN their intended janrneyings
Westward no. they saw it q1Ietly fade
away into the brillianey and purity < our
autpmnal evening Eght, with feelings al.
most of idolatrous homage, And bsyt
leave the Rhine, 50 f,r as not 10 tempt my
pen in the futile effort 4 It's Just prass,
and story, To s-e it is 10 knog il. To
read of it must create the desire 10 find il.
The fortress Of "Ehrenbrei,stcin, opposite
Cobleutl, i, one Of the strongest in Ger
many, |, Gates back 10 the middle ages.
as the resort and refuge Of the electors ii
frccVcs, II /, considered imprcgnalr
Its possession has bocn an object Of IN
! tense desire 10 France fron 1853, when
it was bcscigcd by the French. In 1893
it was again ~ them attacked and
taken not, however. until the garrison
Wa, reduced almost To starvation. the flesh
Of horses and eats being alone left for sub
sistepec, In it., evacuation subsequently,
by the Frcnch, it was blown UP II wa.
thoroughly restored by the Prussians, in
whose possession it is, at an expense Of
fifteen million. Of francs. $3,o0O,0Oo
that umouu, being paid by the French q,
th.ir proportion of expenses incurred in
rhe allied war Subsequently Prussia
has expended nearly six million, Of dol
lars in ir> rebuilding and preservation
There j. a1rs~yr but corresponding Tor.
tres ou she western bank Of the Rhine, 50
Cohlrutz, aud both foruc~,.- ara eapaul.
If sustaining one hundred thousand myr
Five Thousand ,vldiyr, il is supposed, rar
defend the fortress. and il cau preserve boo
Is magazine provisions Sufiiciau, ion
torcc Of eight thousand men for ten year
Covered well, supplied by spring, without
the walls c1uusn ,ut'isiu, Wa cr for thre.
wears supply, and deeper Wei receives
the water from the Rhine /, i, an i'm
porraut adlunc, in the beauties Of th,
liver scenery. The most agrceabi.
mole yi seeing d., h,autie, of thr river
especially it IN amy way pressed
or time. j, - take ,hc riivs, h"m
Cologne I, y,blr,g. auI thence by
tcamcr up thc river. at between C'Iegn"
nd Cobl,u,L ,h. country i- very dat and
luiutrrrstmr Their. arr lnsI4y town, ami
yill.er-. and the city Of Boun, bat
the renowned le,Au;.e- OF the river sc,n..
Y arr above. c ,Aau,l Leaving hnrc 81
$50 a. m. You arrive at Mayemc'' at
p, IN. Our destination was BAD Hon.
1urg. near Frmktor'-an-ihr-% VAIN. ANA
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