Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-04-18

scape sWimS before me in such q burning
sun that cannot look out without being
blinded. After minutey describing
the antique furniture of his room he
looks out again upon the Danube and
says . Below float, upon long timber
RATS, the strangest, Drawn, broad hated,
wide pantalooned forms along the Dan
ube. | am sorry that / am not an artist,
or l would gladly have introduced to
you these wild faces, mustached, long
haired, with the animated eyes and the
sing artistic drapery which hangs up
on them, as [ saw them the whole Of
yesterday. Now l must make a close,
and visit. l don't know how you will
get these lines perhaps l will send a
messenger TO Berlin tomorrow and he
can take them with him."
On the following day he adds quite a
lot more, pleasantly describing the
proceedings of the day, saying that he
had worn a great deal of uniform" and
been presented, and thus closes the even
ing 1t is fow quite still and pleasant
here. l hear only the ticking of a
house-elock and the distant rolling Of
the wagons far below. May angels
watch over you-be my watches a fur
capped grandier, six inches of whose
bayonet, about two arms length from
me, see projecting above the window
sill, and foot more reflected. He
stands over the terrace on the Danube,
and perhaps is thinking about his
Nanci."
Bismarck 5 description of his journey
upon the Hungarian steppes is exceed
ingly picturesque, well drawn and in
teresting After comfortable break
fast under the shadow Of Scheehausen
linden, | climbed into a very low Hun
garian wagon, with sacks of straw in il
and before it three-steppe-horses the
ulans loaded their carbines, mounted,
and away we went at a gallop Hide
brand and servant upon the front sack,
and the coqchman, a dark-brown peas
ant, with mqstache, broad brimmed hat,
long, lardy-skin hair, a shirt which
ceased below the waist, and a hand
broad-dark- brown belt allowed his own
shin to be visible until the white
breeches commenced, of which each leg
is wide enough for a womans petticoa Dat,
and which reached to the knee, when
the boots provided with spurs, COM
menced. = :; : Three little horses
drew qs-named BOsa, Chillack (Star,)
and the one running alongside Betvar
(Fagabond)-whic were continually
called to by name by the coachman in
entreating tone, until he holds the whip
stock straight over his head and cries
out mega : mega' (hold on y then the
gailop changes into rousing career-a
very agreeable feeling. The robbers
did not show themselves. = <
The heat of the sun was scorching
throughout the day. [ al. as red as a
crab in the face. : = > | have
zAade eighteen (aerman) miles in twelve
hours, Of which two or three hours, ifI
not more, must be reckoned for the
Harvesting and waiting, as the twelve
horses which [ used for ourselves and
the escort must first be caught"
Finally bismarck arrives at Czolnok.
after his long ride, when he gives us
good ethnographical picture of the
native Hungarians 4 variegated crowd
of Hungarians, Sclayons, WalIacbians,
thrOnged the streets (Czolnok is a vii
lage Of six thousand inhabitants. but rail
road and steamboat station on the |
Theiss) and greeted me with the widest |
craziest gypsy melodies, In the mean
time they sung, through the nose and |
wide open mouth, in sickly moan
ing, minor dissonanee, stories of |
black eyes and of the brave
death of a robber, in tones which |
remind one of the wind when it howls
Lettlandish songs in the chimney. The
women are, altogether, well-formed, and |
;ome extraord; larily beautiful all have /
Jet bla"h hair, plated hehind into
-, With red ribbons in it. The
women wore either lively green red ker-
chiefs, or red velvet hoods, trimmed with
gold, upon the head very beautiful
yellow silk shawl around the shoulders
md breast-blaek and also primitive blue
'hOrt dresses, and red morocco leather
boots, which extend under the dress,
lively color; mostly a yellow brown in
he face, and great, burning black eyes
lltogether such troop Of women present
/ blending of colors as would please
you, every color in the picture as ener-
,etic as it well can. 3 : Since
ny arrival, in waiting for dinner, have
lad a swim in the Theiss, seen the Csar-
las dance, regretted that l could not
lraw, that | might bring on paper the
most fabulous forms for you then eaten
oaprika, Hahndel, Sturl fish and Tick,
drunken much Jagar, written, and will
low go to he'd, if the gypsy music will
ct me sleep. Good night. Istem adj
mex
On the 2Sth of the same month he
Vrote from Pesth; "The heat was again
ingeing to-day, it has peeled the skin
If my face. A warm storm is coming
o violently over the steppe that the
Houses tremble. | have swum in the
Danube, looked at the magnificent sus-
'ension bridge from under, heard some
cry good playing by the gypsIes on the
and viii now shortly sleep.
The region on the edge of the Pusta,
there it commences to be cultivated,
eminds me of Pommerama. The gyp-
les are gray-black in the face, fabu-
ously cOstnmed, the children perfectly
aked, except a string Of glass pearls
round the neck. The women had
eautifully. regular features, were also
leaner and more ornamented than the
zen. When the Hungarians wish to
ear a dance repeated, they call out,
erfeetly astonished, Hody, vol +?
Iody? How was that ? How y and
ook at each other questioningly, as if
hey didn't understand, although they
now the music by heart. They are,
a strange people, but please
lie very much.
This will serve as an example Of Bis
larck' style, which is, like his speeches.
ugged and unpublished, but full of power
nd telling OF Bismarck's genius as
q author the Germans should really be