The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-07-28
Prominent streams and Phases.

"a tAO OOuSOA0AnB dImi6S on the Dor
ders of France and Prussia, we copy
from the Cincinnati Chronic e
sketches OF some of the prominent
rivers and towns:
THE RHINE,
One OF the most celebrated rivers In
Europe, formed ia Switzerland by the
junction of two small streams. the
Hunter aud Norder Rhein. The
united stream leaves Lake Constance
al its western extremity. and flowing
past Schaf hansen and Laufenburg,
separates Switzerland from Bavaria.
At Basel the river turns to the north.
and flows past Breisach aud Stras-
bourg, Speyer and Mannheim, be-
tween Baden on the east. and France
and Rheuish Bavaria on the west.
From Worms to Mentz it traverses
the Hessian territory. At Mentz it
receives the Maio, and flows west to
Bingen. where it turns to the north
west, passing Coblentz, Bonn, Co
logne and Dusseldorf, Vessel and
Emmerieh, below which it divides in
to two principal arms. the larger of
which, called the Wall, joins the
the Mense. while the other flows into
the North Sea. The principal ahu-
ents Of the Rhine are the Klnz,P,
the Neckar. Main, Zlhn, Ruhr,
Lippe, the Thur, Olar, Ill and Mo-
selIe. Its breadth between Stras-
bourg and Speyer is about l 100 feet,
at Mentz from 1900 to 1,7OO feet.
From Strasbourg to Mentz vessels
may ply of 100 to 125 tons; from
Meatz TO Cologne, 125 TO 200 tons.
and from Cologne, to Holland fro N
300 to 450.
THE MosELLE
Rises in the southeast of the Depart
ment Of the Vosges, passes Remire-
mont, Epinal, Toul, Frouard, Pont-
a Moussin, Metz and ThionvilIe, in
France; it divides the Dachy of Lux
embourg from Rhenish Prussia, and
joins the Rhine on the left of Co
blentz. lie is navigable from its con
huence with the Meurthe. The chief
amdents In France are the Meurthe
aud Seille on the right, and in the
Prussian States the Saare on the
right, and the Sure, KylI and Elz on
the left.
AhG GAAns
Sometimes written the Sdrre, also
rises in the mountains of the Vosges,
and flows through the French depart.
ments of the Meurthe and Moselle,
and part Of Rhenish Prussia. Il
joins the Moselle about four miles
southwest of Treves.
sAAR LOUIS
Is a frontier town upon tAe, Saar,
thirty miles s. s. e. of Treves. It was
fortified by Vauban, bat by the treaty
of Vienna. in 1915, handed over to
Prussia. It is strongly fortified, and
was the birthplace of Marshal Ney.
sAARBURG AND sAARBRUCK
Are both towns of Rhenish Prussia.
the former eleven miles s. s. w. OF
Treves. the later forty miles s. s. E.
of the anne place. Both are, as their
names imply, upon the Saar. The
population OF the former is over 1000,
and the latter more than 5000.
TREVEs.
To which we have Just referred, "a Al.
so in Rhenish Prussia, on the, righ,
bank OF the Moselle, 6~fty-sevaa p,iIe,
southwest of Coblentz. t "a the old,
est city In Germany, and fall of Ro
man remains of great antiquity and
beauty. In the time OF JulIus Caesar
it was the capital of che Treviri. and
subsequently, became the chief town
of Gallia Belgica. st. Ambrose. the
great Bishop Of Milan, was born here
and here also the ''fouI-mouthed"
Jerome studied. In the Middle Aces
It suffered repeatedly from wars, and
was hve times taken by the French.
The population is about $4,000.
T~hionville. Metz and Sierek we de-
scribed at great length on Wednes
day last. The nrst named is abOu.
seventeen mics north of Metz. on th,
left bank Of the MOselle; the second
Il hundred and seventy miles 4as
of Paris, on the confluence Of the Mo
s9ile and Settle; and che. third tI,e ex
treme frontier town of Franc On IN,
right bank of the Moselle Ih;cb !,
its n~eigborhood separ, -. Franc
from Germany. @eS
IL BAD'-N,
Or LBadsG Be ~ q. the well. know
Water.ng-plIce in the Grand Ouch.
OF Badesh, ia on the Oelbach, eighteer
miles south-southwest of CarlsruhC
TIE population is about $500. Th
Grand Duchy occupies the angl
formed by the Rhine on turniD
northWard at Basel, and is bounde
on the nOgth by Bavaria, Wurtem
burg, and the principalities of He
henzollern; on the south by Swiizsr
land; on the west by France an
Rhenish Bavaria. Its area is $50
square miles. Among its towns point
ed out in our map we may mentio
Mannheim, where the Supreme CouI
Of the Duchy sits; Constance, Free
burg and Rastadt.
HEssE DARMsTADT
Is bounded on the south by BadeI
on the east by Lower Bavaria; til
i northern portion of the Grand Ouch
is bounded on the west by Rhenis
Prussia and Nassau, and inclosed o
the other three sides by Hesse Case
The area of the whole Duchy is 3,76
/ square miles.
BAVARIA
Is composed of two isolated masses
. territory, the eastern and largest
, which is bounded north by Hess
Cassel SAKE Meiningen, Saxe-Coburs
Gotha, the prIncipality of Reuss, an
Saxony; on the east by Bohemia an
Austria; on the south by the Tyro
and on the west by WurtemburI
: Baden and Hesse Darmstadt. Tt
I western portion, forming Rhenis
! Bavaria or Pa~latinate, is situated we
: of the Rhine, bounded on the mort
, by Rhenish Prussia and Hesse Darn
Z stadt; east by Baden, from which it
3 separated by the Rhine; south
! France, and west by Rhenish Pruss
: and Hesse Homberg. Munich,
q capital, is celebrated for its works
art, it's music, and there are no le