The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-08-27

front and at each station, 1 saw lines OF Government
cars with $40 men, 6 horses " marKeu Oh .nemi
all ready for use. l formed the aeqGa and w;tb
Obergerichtrath D. Cesar, on the tram ana Win
his poor English >nd my poor French-We Hanaseu
to keep up quite q conversations Some OF oui ton
lulu newspapers astonished him. Ihey r1a nanSa y" ~
better looking papers than L have seen IN franIe y
Germany We stopped at Magdeberg winch Is
strongly fortified on the river Elbe, also at branuen-
berg and Potsdam, and at 81 z M, aIter III
hours ride l was glad to get a bed al TINS ho,ei' n,
though the Prussian railways are smooth, anu tue
carriages of the second class as com1ortaOie as Ie
first class in England, the weather was not anu L AN
quite feshy, SO l got tired. o,;et Init
walked down the Inter den Linden to large cnurcn
at which 1 saw the Kings carriage standlhg. wen
in and heard an old clergyman conduGt tne se ~ =.
IL was all Dutch to me, but l was pleased with us
simplicity. The hymns were sung by the congreSa-
ton. "Erfuth,'' in the Plymouth COLLECTION Is d
good example. The church is extremely plain
one end was an altar with a golden crucln4 anu two
candles lighted. I think Martin Luther Wouid oruer
them out, if he were here. They looked very moon,
ornous. The old King, Wilhelm l., sat stun ana
new up stairs. The Crown Prince rode with MN
and the next carriage contained two LADIES', one Oh
whom l imagined was the Princess-oueen 'lcSorla
Oldest child. No soldiers accompanied mm-thous9
the streets are full of them. His palace is. large anu
notwithstanding, but plain. In TACT there Is
nothing ostentatious here as in France ana . hke II
far better. The people seem more thoughuui .n1n
the French-who are a peculiar race. Aoout 1@2
nj q large number of officers collected in the court
way of a handsome building opposite the Gro"n
Princes Palace, 1 should think 400 OF them, appar-
emily receiving orders. Gen. Molke was there; ne
was the onlv one who wore q white plume. All the
rest had the regular Prussian helmet with the snort
spear blade on top. or the cap of the . Landwehr.
+ I feel quite at a loss in not being able to ask ques,,
tons. In France | could do this, IN fact, learned
a great deal of French in the week l spent In Paris,
by talking with drivers, and persons met
e You remember Gen. Molke planned and conducted
: the whole campaign against Austria without leaving
Do.i.1 This afaPpOnO the ling drove raDlQlY Dy
to his Palace. He was in the uniform OF the Lahu-
wehr or Militia. The people all cheered Justify as he
passed. But he is not much beyond q soldler-
y Bismarck is the man.
This hotel like all German houses has no mats or
: carpets, except a little strip in front of the bed, and
e for the bed covering is a thin mattress OF Ieatners y
o think) encased in lnen-nothlng else, anu tnaI II
y quite enough for this weather-though IL is coolel
! here than in Paris. The living here Is good, IN the
French style, and the walters are respectful an0
= speak English in their line of duty. L find that they
cannot 90 into a general conversation very deep.
= am anxious to know about the movements OF the
2 troops. but cannot read the German papers and have
h no one to talk to. | found a gentleman here iron
Vermont who was in the same predlcament: 10
morrow I shall see my bankers here, and call on
friend of Strehz's. also on the Grlnoaum'sT VII
say q Good night - now.
lime Swell have had a time of it to-day.
g went to Bleichroders', and found | had come to tn
wrong Mace went to the other Bleichroders', the.
said as there was war they would not cash any dral
on Paris ; went to Robert Thode & Co., ana they re
luctantly gave me rs thalers for a draft OF oVoIrahcS
I then went to find Mr.. Grinbaum. He was not q
Raupach street, but was at Ems, a watering piact
AS he is expected back tomorrow, L shall have a ca
to from him before [ leave, probably. L then went I
no find a friend of Mr.. Strehz. He had moved at tn
true place / found Mr.. Steihen's wife, a COUSIN
he Mr.. Strehz. Mr.. Steihen was on the Rhine. Inc
could not speak a word of English nor L any German
he so they sent for o Mr.. Williams and L had a pleasaI
he conversation with him. He says the newspapers al
ne forbidden to publish anything about the movement
at troops and they really know nothing OF what
going on. One thing is certain Prussia Is maxim
mo immense preparations all able bodied men, up
the age of 40, are called out ; this will give Pruss
several millions of men (Gr1noaum says 93O,cN
men, The Government are buying horses ana L 81
Tor a great many being led through the streets. l sha
he have to give up visiting the Rhine-an Amerlca
oh tourists are rushing to Switzerland.
he EVENING" have had a very pleasant surprls
,al After dinner a droskie drove up to the Hotel and o
no jumped A. S. and NJ. S. Grinbaum, who were yer
glad to see me-, as l was to see them L took a d1'
~, ~ with the younger Grinbaum through beautiful III
on Garden and heard part of a very fine opera ana op.
air concert-admission u silbergrossen, or about II
m The Grinbaums are much excited about the wa
he They say that an actual battle may not be fought I
T two weeks, as Prussia and France will make lmmen
preparations. France may win In the hrst engage
in ment or so but Prussia rs bound to succeed IN
TX end. The effect has been CONTRARY to Napoleon e
pectation) to unite all of Germany even PROVING
like Bavaria, Wittemburg, &C., who rather dIsllk
ins the Prussian Leadership, make common cause M
Ice the Faderland is to be invaded. L have made
its appointment with Grinbaum for tomorrow and lea
the here on Wednesday. l hope that your letters leaVl
per HJdT, on the ZZd June may reach me III wen
the by the 28th July, though that gives rather a sht
tie time. I want to write to Laura and Sophie In t
n morning, 80 I'll close this letter now. Good bye.
COO Your affectionate brother,
FRANK.