Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1871-08-12
LETTER FROM GERMANY.
BERLIN, MAY, 1871

termination of the seven years war-1763-
and finished at a vast expense. One cannot
but wonder how enough money could then
have been collected to do it, On the first floor
was the gem of Po,sdam, might say, for it is
entirely lined with gcms-a grotto with walls
succeed with the most exquisite stones, shells
and jewels. In the inches were large sea SER
pents made Of shells, and statues of objects in
the sea, and everything arranged in fine de-
signs. The whole palace is truly magnificent.
We went into the garrison church, where the
royal family attend service. The altar cloth
is very elaborate peice OF embroidery by the
mother of Frederick the Great. Flags are on
either side of the pulpit captured in the war
of 1918 TO rs, and behind the pulpit locked in
chests, we are told, are the uniforms Of the
three allied monarchs of 1913. But beneath
the pulpit, in zinc sarcophagus lie the re.
mains of the Great Frederick, and in the mar
BILE one by its side those of his father. 1t was
an impressive place to us.
Lastly the City Palace, built in 1860, open
ed its doors to us. The apartments are pre-
served in the condition in which they were
left by Frederick, and must have been very
and silver, green aud silver, &c. Tue walls
of the music room are ornamented with fg-
ures Of musical instruments in gilt His bed
room contains case with his irovy flute,
snuff box, hat gold toothbrush and ragged
shirt he died in, &c. Adjoining is little
room with table in the center, the middle of
which could be let down through trap door
into the kitchen below and laden with provis-
ions drawn up again, in order to be without
servants when he wished to talk with friends
privately Up stairs is the handsome theatre
capable of containing 500 spectators Here is
where BaEabini played whom Frederick COM
peIled to fulfil her engagement with him. Her
picture hangs in the entry. The concert and
ballroom contain large, handsome paintings
The Crown Prince occupies the two wings of
the building when he wishes The rooms of
Frederick William Ill. are also preserved in
this palace and that of his beloved wife Loui-
sa. Their bed room had two narrow beds, and
such PLAIN beds as they all havel Our inter.
estlng day at Posdam was ended, and with
many musings over the grandeur and glory,
the conflicts and changes of royalty, we took
the train at 0 o'clock to Berlin.
The next day we took a droschke and
drove through the "Theirgarten" out to Char
lottenburg. This garten is a park extending
two miles in one direction and one and half
in the other. 1t is very beautiful thickly fill
cd with trees, and unlike Central Park-al
most everything is natural There is pretty
winding stream on which were w-boats
gliding along as we rode by. Wide avenues
lined with trees, extend in all directions away
off in the distance. just outside of the park
are rows ofpalatial houses with large grounds.
AT Churlotenburg we did not go through
the palace in which the dowager queen lives.
1t was built, ! learn, in 1896 :or the wife OF
the Great elCctor-Sophia Charlotte. The
| grounds are large and well filled with grand
old trees. We walked through them until we
cane TO The mausolcum, in the vault of which
arc buried Frederick William Ill and his wife
Louisa-the father and mother of the present
Emperor. The building is of brown marble,
very chaste and beautiful! in design. In the
first room above the vault were the two slabs
in the floor over the resting places beneath
The roof above was of blue glass, which shed
an exquisite pupple shade over the room. In
| the next room are the two statues of them as
they lay the day of their death. The faces
are perfect because taken from mouds Of
them. That of Louisa very lovely fully veri
flying to Us the renown of her great beauty
and goodness. On each side is candelabra-
on one, the Three Fates, by Rauch and on tho
other the Three Graces, by Tieck The stat
ues are nlso by the mastery hand of Rauch
In recess is lresco of Christ, with the roya
pair casting their crowns at Ills feet Tn,
whole impression as one of peace and beau
ty and sublimity.
We could not leave Berlin without seeug
the Royal Palace, So we visited few of III
nine hundred rooms. This is really the mos
magnificent one of all those we have seem
The rooms immense and fitted up in most ele
giant style. The Elector Frederick H. found
ed 1t and the kings Fred erick |. and Frederick
William |. finished it. The latter you remem
Der was very lavish in beautiiying his dwell
ing; one of the rooms had furniture of sOliC
silver, which his son Frederick the Grea
caused TO be melted into coin and the furnitur,
replaced by wood covered with silver. On,
magnificent apartment seemed fairly covered
the walls and ceilings gold. In thi
were immense golden soup tureens, COTE,
urns, platters two feet in diameter shoull
judge, &c i&c In another room were por
traits of the family of Frederick William
The Throne room has a small gallery, II
which the Srchcstm piuy, made from 450 lbs
of silver. Every room seemed to increase IL
splendor. Tue White Saloon is II iumou
room for assemblies on private occasions.
Is large hall of white marble at each en-,
are statues of six Electors of Brandenburg
at the sides emblematieal representations O
The eight provinces of Prussia Magniicen
chandeliers of crystals arc in several apart
menls and in this Saloon is one with $50
burners. Finally we entered the noted chape
under the dome, lis height is llS feet; it |
paved with marble and will seat 1900. TIL
walls are covered with frescoes of character
, from the Bible, reiormers, and ancestors of th
:. Prussian royal family. The picture of the res
|, direction especially is finely executed. III
. floors in all arc generally Of different colore
lai1 in nnn nd ~ tho ana