Connecticut western news., 1872-08-02
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.

tC twilight, qulCe Llre0 out.
 Early next morning we took carriage md drove round the city to view the ruins made by the Germans during the war Ruins. ruins on every hand. To begin to .numerate the buildings that were de- >troyed during the siege, would take col lmns of this paper. Churches, Library, City Hall, Theatres. University, Barracks and private buildings without number. ,ould be seen in every direction one mass # ruins.
 You could get better idea of the hor- TOTS of war by riding through this town for an hour, than you could obtain b. reading library full of books on the sub- feet.
 We drove to the Cathedral in time to witness the performances of the celebrated clock, which was something like the one ve had seen at Berne, but on a mucl, more magnificent scale. It had cock to row and flap it's wings, a skeleton to ,trike the hours, procession of apostles. .nd much more of the same description.
 The clock is situated on the interior the church, in the south transept, and vas erected about thirty years ago by 5chwilgue.
 Luckily it was not injured during the iege, although the Cathedral was hit it. many places and masons were as work re- ,airlng it while we were there. The Ga thedral is built of reddish -colored on. which is not pleasing to the eye. W. think it is not to be compared with the Cathedral at Cologne, and others shat We have seen in Germany. The height from rhe street to the tower is 524 feet, being
 he highest building in Europe. St Peters, in Rome, being only 455 feet, and St. Paul's. in London, $40 feet We after ward drove to the Place Gutenberg where handsome bronze statue to the great printer. who conducted his first ex- ,erilnents in this place, was erected it. l84O. The four has reliefs are emblemat
 cal of the blessings of the invention il 'nur quarters of the globe, and comprise Fhe likenesses of many celebrated men smorg whom, ! was pleased to see that 0
 ,ur own Franklin. The next worth,
 ,bject of interest in Strasburg is the tom f Marshal Saxe in the Church of s. Thomas. It is a noble sculpture and on f the most beautiful monum ms we have --en. It represents he Marshal. calm ana ,lelbarate in his bearing. stepping down. ,pen, while figure representing Franc, L., T, |,
 Leaving Strasburg on the 1920 A. M. train, journey of two hours from Kt hl,
 n the opposite side of the Rhine, with a change of cars at ApDenwcier station, proughG us to Baden Baden, where com fortable quarters were obtained in the Hotel Holland.
 During the afternoon, we took walk to the "Onnversation House," which is the name given to the legaliz-d gambljng-tem- pie. A conversation, except in whispers. is forbidden in the gambling-rooms, we considered the name inappropriate. The l building is model of architecture, sculp. ture and painting.
 The splendid portico is adorned by eight oorinthiAn pillars. On the south side is < restaurant capable of accommodating thre' hundred guests, and on the north side is E reading-room for cosmopolitan visitors The great assembly or dancing room
 which connects with the gambling saloons. is nearly AS large as Apollo Hall, in New
 York, and itS polished waxed floors, gor
 s.ons drapery, elegant pier glasses, ant
 luxurious sofas are in the best style 0 European art. In the amblng-rooms
 the game commences at II A. M. and con
 riaues without interruption till midnight
 Sundays not excepted. Tie three room we visited had in the centre of each
 table covered with green haize. about si,
 feet wide. and fifteen in length. around
 which were a crowd of men and wOmel
 busy watching the movements of the gam
 blers, who dealt the cards at one of tn
 tables and turned the roulette wheel at tn
 other two. There were four dealers a
 each table, two on each side, whose dutie
 are to deal the cards, or turn the roulette
 watch the various plays made, receive tn
 money that is lost, and pay out to thos
 who are fortunate enough to win.
 With but few exceptions, the playin
 was very light, the most daring playe
 being 'Larry O'Brien," of New York
 who was pla ing S12OO bet. I subse qnently heard that before he left Bade Baden, he won near.y $3O,O0O from tn bank.
 The majority of the players were evi dently old hands at the business, an
 looked hard, impassive ana calculatins At each table were number of femal
 hetters, but they risked but very little O , ''the hazard of the die," while we wer ! ! there.
 We noticed one old woman, dressed : a seedy shit of black. who di not bet br
 was const ntly watching the game an ! pr cking off the result of each turn, on ?, card she hel in her hand. which WI Q printed in black and red lines. It seen ,s t rat in the early. part of the season, sf
 had commenced playing against the banl f struck run of hard luck. and "couldn < win 8 bet whether she coppered or not. f and the result WAS that in short tim f she was broke."
 O Since that time she has been a constar
 visitor to the rooms from the time the F commence playing till the game close f and does nothing but prick off the turr f of the wheel on her card. not having a sou to bet with. Who she is, where sf f came from, or how she lives, no on d knows, as she never speaks to sonl. Tn , crowd that assemblies ouad the tables ar, 2 after all. but small portion of the visito, D to the place. and of that crowd even, th q proportion of players is small compare = with the numbers that idleness, and tf t reputation of the p'a~e, and c.riosity a l tract only to look on.
 n The town of Baden Baden is in itae e int resting in its ancient houses (su , rounded on every side by fine mountai scenery with quaint rural avenues ar t moderRi5ed streets, and buildings in whic d curious wares, in wood and crystal, al n sold to strangers.
 ,t The town owe its attraction. no douh Is in some measure to the hot springs whic
 gnsh from the hills on which he town
 built, but it is indebted also to the lovel
 ness of it's So ,nery. the beautk of it's DOS