New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-21

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been less than $500 OF 5000 feet high and which
conld hardly be reached by the fainthearted or talr-
weather worshiper believe this prediction for
b;ob nloces has come down from Pagan as well as |
Jewish antiquity and still survives, to certain de-
cree in some of the primitive regions OF New
England where the seepest hill top is made the site
of the Westinghouse" but have never before
seen such remarkable fulflment OF the old
Hebrew hope that lin the latter days, the mountain
of the Lords house should be established above the
top of the mountains" though it will be long time
fancy. before the "nations will begin to flow toH
in the midst of these Alpine wids.
The attention of the traveller is usually clalmoo oy
the extensive quicksilver mines Of Idria, which lie
bot % miles from the line of the railroad, and can
easily be visited by the interruption OF his Journey
for a single day Asis well known, next to those Oh
Almaden, in Spain, they are the most lnpoi '@I'
quicksilver mines in Europe, ana form Valuaoio
element in the industrial resources OF Austria. All
other object Of curiosity on this route whch was
not able 10 examine, is the Lake OF Czlrkmz' re-
unarkable sheet Of water of irregular form, contain
inc about 10 square miles, which disappears pc
radically ard after an uncertain interval resumes
its ploce among the surrounding mountains during
the latter part of Summer the waters begin to sub
side gradually, and in the space of three or four
weeks the lake is entirely empty. Itremains III TINS
condition sometimes for nearly two months ana
even longer, when few coarse crops are ODtaiheu
from its bed now completely dry. The waters re-
turn with great rapidity, and q hours are OFTEN
enough 10 fill the basin of the lake. Many wonderful
stories are related about this singular phenomenon
which, however, finds al easy explanation
from natural causes The lake, Whch
is about twenty-five feet deep lies on bed of lime
stone which is honeycombed with innumerable
6ssures and orifices some of them reaching to the
denth Gfty feet or more and communicating with
caverns i'm the interior of the mountains. Through
part of these openings the water returns after the
rainy season has set in, and as there is no outlet
above ground, the supply is sufficient to preserve
the level of the lake. until the regular occurrence OF
the drouth.
Twas ALDO compelled to pass by the other side
the far famed grotto of Adelsberg which i'll vastness
and magnifoence surpasses every similar OBJECT III
Europe ard even vies with the Mammoth cave OF
Kentucky. The descriptions OF this celebrated natuI
curiosity are familiar to readers of travels, although
the chief points of interest are of comparatively
recent discovery 1t was in 1918 that abOrer break
inc through mass of stalactite on which he was at
work came upon a vast cavern, resembling solemn
cathedral in the heart of the earth So late as 1884,
another grotto was found, containing many cham
bers Of wonderful beauty filed with clusters OF
staactcal matter which form columns of rare purity
and grace, shooting up in curious specimens OF ian
tastc architecture interlacing with each other ike
the branches Of an ancient forest, and beWlderhg
the eye Of the spectator by their manifold and novel
splendors The whole grottO has thus far been ex-
plored TO the extent of about five miles, but it is not
impossible that fresh marvels may be brought to
light in the progress of discovery.
The third day of my journey brought me to
Trieste which apart from its great commercial i'm
portance is interesting chiefly as the point OF de-
parture by water-carriage as well as by rail to
Venice and prominent landmark on the entrance
TO Italy Situated the northeastern shore of the
Adriatic the city has a strong Italian flavor large
proportion of the population consists of Italians,
many of which were among the original
founders; the prevailing language is dialect of the
Italian, which until recently, at least, was the
language of the courts of justice; the theatrical
exhibitions are mostly in Italian; and the climate
of Trieste in it's sudden changes from almost tropical
heat to the chill blasts of the North gives presage
nj of the seductive reachery of Italian skies. Still
the streets of the city have more decidedly cos
mopolitan aspect than most of the larger European
capitals Every phase of nationality is represented
in its population. The Greek and the Jew meet to-
gether in the places where merchants most do con-
gregate" The peasant from Dalmatia and the
trader from America found in intimate juxtapOsi-
ton. John Bull makes a slightly figure in the fore
ground of the picture, while group of shadOwy
Onentals appear in the distant perspective tragic
celebrity is attached to the name of Trieste by the
murder of Winckelmann, the great German anti
quarry and critic of art, which was perpetrated In
this city toward the latter part of the last century
He was in the ripeness of his manhood and the full
luxuriance of his fame, when returning from visit
in his native country to his adopted residence in
Rome he was nveigled into the acquaintance of
stranger whom he had accidentally fallen in with at
his hotel in Trieste. This person, who was ofhcOus
in his professions Interest in Winckelmann, proved
TO be a notorious criminal who had recently escaped
from an Italian prison. His plausible manners soon
won the confidence of the supplemented student,
Who with an innocent vanity, exhibited before him
the costly medals and other gifts which he had just
received from the Empress of Austria in Vienna.
The temptation was too great to be resisted by one
with whom crime a second nature; admitted TO
the privacy of his chamber, he first attempted to
stranglo his victim with a cord, and then
dispatched him with repeated stabs of a
dagger Winckelmann lived a few hours, long
enough to relate the story, and died i'm
ploring mercy his murderer. The wretch, how
ever. who had escaped for the time was arrested a
few DAYS after, brought TO trial in Trieste and
within fortnight from the commission of the deed,
was broken alive upon the wheel in the public
square of the city, / visited the tomb OF Wlnckel-
mann in the cemetery Of the cathedral. 1t has no
artistic pretensions bearing tho name Of the great
man in prominent letters, but with nothing to ind-
cate his high rank in literature and art.
NV visit to Trieste recalled sadly to mind another
eminent scholar, one of our own countrymen who,
worn down by excess of literary labor, and the eff
fects of hereditary disease sought asylum for his
latter years in this beautiful city, Distinguished at
home as historian, politician journalist, pow
erful writer of romance. and in other branches of
elegant literature, Richard Hidreth resorted to
Trieste not literally to diefor his grave is in Flor
La, tho sda of Theodore with he