Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1871-01-05

| and fed out to an unfortunate rabble FROG
the hands of ambitious tyrannizers. Ane
yet after all, the Germans are not spotles
nor the French wholly guilty. pity TIL
poor French I wish they might win
battle or two, to bring up-their courage
I will not say, for they are brave enough
but their spirits. their self respect ant
power to stand straight once more. Ans
if the war only teaches them earnestnes
and uprightness, and consistency and self
restraint,-if it infuses into the masse
the spirit of the noble few who are tru
to the best interests of their country
France. with the loss of war will hav
gained what is of more value, her owl
truer self
The war will at any rate, be the.fortun,
of Germany,-it has already taught Bava
riaps, Saxons, and Prussians, that they
are no longer Bavarians, Saxons and Prus
SLAMS, but that they are Germans; ant
not that hundred petty princes and a.
many nationalities, but grand anc
united people is to work the veal of thu
dear Fatherland.
went down to the Pleissenburg OF
my arrival in Leipzig, to see Prof Kness
I was curious to see what my hind ole
German friend would say now 10 the sol
diers and the war. But tho north gate
was shut and sentinel told rae must &C
around to the other gate; I went and
found not the familisr volunteers going
through the old maneuvres, but only 6
guard of men on patrol, and in the court
lot of French prisoners warming them.
selves in the bright. October sunlight. A
queer mess they were. Infantry, cavalry
zouaves, musicians, and even the Turcoa,
the Africans-were there. They looked
a good deal like other men,-their uni
forms had good deal of red, red caps, red
stripes, red pants. I talked with them,
they said they were sorry about the war,
but couldn't help it, had had good time,
got on we'll here, only the food was not
what they had "enFrance," and it was hard
to be shut up there, deprived of their lib
erty. Some of them were really fine, in
telligent looking men, but most not es-
pecially prepossessing though, of course,
their condition had some effect on their
appearance. One of the Turcos-he spoke
French very well, by the way-seeing me
slip bit of money into the hand of one
poor fellow just out of the hospital, came
up to me and began to talk. He was
rather tall and slim, but well built, black,
forehead shaved up quite bigh-as far as
the turban which was set iauntily on the
back of the head-sharp black eyes, jolly
off hand air, with kind of way that
made you feel as though he would share
his last crumb with you or cut your throat
with equal readiness. He told of having
been in the Mexican campaign with Maxi
milan, said he was from Africa, spoke
Arabic, wished he was at home where
money and tobacco were plenty, told how
little pay he had, only twenty sous in his
pocket, wished he had a good cigar. I
was unable to offer him one, and be turn
ed away with a polite "au revoir, Mon
sieur."
l had very interesting time in Mum
ich, Vienna and Prague. The sail ON the
Danube was lovely, and there was more
really foreign in Austria and Bohemia
than have elsewhere seen. The region
Of Western Austria, the Tirol, Strirmark
etc, are, as you know, the strongholds OF
Catholicism. I was surprised, however,
to find that the people are-msny of them
quite liberal. One old sexton in Salz
burg-a romantic city between Munich
and Vienna-who showed me some of the
places where the early Christian Mission
aries in the 5th and 9th centuries had
saved themselves from prosecutions from
the heather by hewing out holes for liv-
ing and worship in the solid rock, replied
to my question about what he thought OF
the Pope's infallibility, II can indeed be-
lieve in Dreifaltiekrit Trinity but not
in Vierfaltigkrit (Quaternity.'0
The effect on one in travelling in these
Catholic countries is rather unpleasant.
The thousand coarse and repulsive ways
in which the doctrines of the Passion and
of the Intercession of the Virgin, etc, are
obtruded on one at every turn crosses
aud horrid crucifxes on every corner,
gross sensual representations, in wood and
stone, of the sublimest of all earthly
leave one in no wonder at the
tremendous reaction which has taken
place against religion in the minds of
of Europe.