The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-03-16
A TRIP UP THE RHINE.

Wisconsin .St1te Journal, and at pre-
4.nt United States Minister to Switzer
land, recently took a trip to the River
Rhine and has published in the Stat'
JurnaI lengthy and interesting &C
count of sights he saw" in that romantic
region. We copy few paragraphs ron
hs letter:
At the mooted question whether the
scenery of the Rhine is superior to thai
If the Hudson, am in doubt, and with
hold definite opinions till / see the letter
once more. Some of of the Rhine scenery
is more rugged /; the river itself, if MOI
wider, moves in stronger volume and
i has the attractions which immemorial
legends, and manifold historical assocla-
IONS impart. In tue highlands of the
Hudson, the sun may light up scenes as
fair them yes, as those of the Rhine,
Dat here
"The spendor falls on castles walls
And ummlts old and gray in story"
You are rarely out Of sight of some
picturesque ruin nf the old feudal days
M It of these castles were destroyed by
I'll, French IN 1869, when Lous XIV sent
his DAuphin with an army of $4,000 men
I u
Sin what stuff he was made of to the
sd tnaC the people OF Europe nigh
know thai when the Great Louis should
die, The King would not he dead. The
Dtuphin according t. instructions. burn
ed al towns and drove thr inhabitants
,nmeless and destitute across the Rhln.
ewing recollactions of the 5arbarllie>
| )crpetrated tn rankle in German hearts
Or e, narationS,. and scoring up some
leading items in a long account which is
| jtlst now in course OF settlement, with
agic ACCOMPLISHMENTS upon the soil #
| rance. Auoth.r French Prince has
lately started for the Rhine tn show En-
DO what stuff he WAS made of, but with
quite q fferent consequence S.
rhe remainder of TINS excursion up the
Rhine / will hri fly sulumalize AT
ter night at B'ngcn, we sDent a fort
IJnhaunisbGrg. W isbaden, Hombourg,
Frtnkfort Heidelberg, Baden Babe !,
CallesruIe, ana Starsbourp. at Weis
baden, Hpmbourn, and Bud Baden
which are among the l,auing fashionable
Sa ering PLACES III Eu ope, aith u45h '
i'll the season, tue glning tables were
doing lively stroke-ofbusiness At
Baden Baden, | SAW e player win GO,O00
ftancs--4bout $4,000 IN the course OF
All hour, pocket his MONEY and retir,
lpakiuS little pale and nervous. The
next day he probably went back and lost
1t. The musL interesting sights at Frank
fort iUr me were the ancient Jewish
Quar- er and the house were Goethe was
born, and passed his youth. Many me
mentoes are preserved the e. some of his
manuscripts, several portraits taken a:
different ages, and cast of his fste e.
II IN lif, which has more Of the grant
xpressIon that is ascribed to him than
have observed in any OF his pictures
The castle at Heidelberg is the most
super ruin have yet seen. The Ca
tnedral and the storks at Strasbourg re
ward the sghtseer. In completeness
aud finish. and In the marvellous beauty OF
the sp,re, the Cathedral is one OF the
finest in the world. Al Strasbourg, q
the good fortune to make the acquain
lauce of u native of the city, an lntelll-
& mt and refined gentleman, who, for
many years was a resident Of New York,
who accompanied me about the city, and
pointed out many things of crest that
| should not otherwiss, have seen. AS he
looked at the elaborate and massive for
tifieaJI0ns, and discussed the capacity
# the city to resist a siege, 1t was far
ffola our thoughts that the trial was SO
near at hand.