The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-06-11

from ". DeWlIt, one Vi Tic Iohordiy NoHio-
sioners to the Vienna Exposition, written to a
friend in this city:
BUCHAREST RouMaNIA, May 20, 1878.
You are surprised to receive
letter on the route to the Holy Land-the
capital of Roamania-among the ancient
Wallachians and Servians. We have been
staying a couple of weeks in Vienna where we
met Nj. g. Mrs. - who proposed a trip to
Constantinople.
After telegraphing to Dresden and
finding all the family were well, we made up
our minds to accompany them. Let me say
first we had been sojourning inVienna, attend
ing the opening of the Exposition, which was
great disappointment, as nothing was at all
in order, while our American department was
in inextricable confusion and the American
name under a cloud of charges of corruption
and fraud. | came expecting to be honored
and feeling proud of what we had done, and
felt mortified and disgraced at what we found
We not unfrcquently overhead the remark -
"What disgraceful set these Americans are,
and coming too after the Credit Mobier and
Tammany frauds, we can scarcely refute the
Clttlkt. anu I'LL Luloptdu pdpcis diO wv Bi"N
to publish everything to our discredit and
dishonor. The whole matter was left in chaos
by neglecting to make a nomination and
set ling promptly the charges. | worked for
two weeks with some of the Hon. Commits
sioners, without being able to effect anything,
for want of authority Mr.. Jackson A.
Schultz has now undertaken it and | hope
IF
We were delighted with the attractions of
Vienna--Sch@nbrunn, the palace of Maria
Theresa, and other environs, the vault of the
Capuchin Convent in which lie the bronze cof-
fins of the Hapsbulg and Hohenzollern houses.
Here with the Emperor Matthias and the
reigning members of the royal House, lies
the Duke of Reiclstadt, son of Napoleon (and
his wife) who died at Soh@nbrunn, 1882, and
grand son of Emperor Francis. Here we
saw the coffin of Macmillan, and lying upon it
awreath from his wife Carlotta, now lunatic.
Sh@nbrunn and its gardens in picturesque
beauty almost equals Versailles.
The Cathedral of st. Stephens is fine speci-
der-its carving most elaborate and fine. l
leave description of the exhibition and
grounds to the papers, always warming
you of their exaggeration, for consider
the whole mammoth failure The rid-
culous extravaganza of the hotel keepers
and merchants makes it more serious matter
to those who are compelled to stay here. A
meal will cost from 81 to SO and room from
81 to $40 each day.
On Tuesday last we left Vienna by steamer
down the Danube a fine river of rare scenery
and great historical interest, nearly as large
as the Mississippi, and at this season of the
year as turbid and rapid We first reached
Hamburg, and Theban, the gate way to Hun
gary, covered with the walls and ruins of
ancient times--these We're very picturesque
then Presburg, the Nuns tower so to Pesth.
the capital Of Hungary. You will find very
interesting account of this trip in Harper's
Magazine, Now 1872.
Here we visited the hot baths, the Castle
on the Hill and other points of interest.
Here we were struck with the superior APP
pearance of the Hungarans over the Austrians
and could not help remarking their love Of
their country, and their distaste of the rule of
Austria. We met an old Hungarian of very
grave and dignfied mien, of whom my wife
asked in German if they chersed the me-
mory Of Kossuth.
His countenance frightened up, as with the
greatest reverence, he raised his hat from his
head, and burst into a fearful eulogy of this
banished patriot. All the Hungarans present
united in expressions Of love. To question
"Do you love Francis Joseph he answered
-" Ich liebe die Kaisern," implying he could
not answer the question proposed.
Pesth is one of the most striking cities
have seen--Ofen, on the opposite side, is of
Roman date, and the scene Of stirring events
Thursday we again took the steamer down
the river The boat is large and pleasant,
with fine living and sleeping accommodations
and not many passengers. We anticipated a de-
Iightful trip. Hardly were we under way he
fore we heard that cholera had broken out at
Vienna and Pesth and the Turks had estab-
lished Quarantine over all their territory.
We had paid orr passage all the way through
and as many doubted the truth of the report,
we resolved to go and test it, We passed
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