Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-07-22
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS.
a Nashville Bsy On His Travels in
Europe,

MILAN, Italy, June 20, 1S73.-Leayipg
Antwerp our road ran through most beau
tiful ard highly cultivated country TO AK
La Chapel, We having concluded that as
Brussels had very little attraction except
IFS bsttle-felds we would not waste time
on 1t, where We remained q few hours TO
see its catheC raj, the resting place Of Char
lemagIe, and then on TO Cologne. I he latter
place is anything but what its name would
imply, being miserable, dirty little town,
whose Odors il would take all the cologne
in the world to make pleasant. Our next
resting place Bonn was most del ghtful;
1t is beautiful place in itself, and as We
had the pleasure Of MIR. Frank Moore's
company during cur stay Of two days, We
were very sorry to say goodbye to its fine
walks and cozy little gRrrens, where the
people meet after the days lsUor to drink
coffee aid beer (nothiDg strongeI) ard dis
cuss the topics OF the Gay. Just here |
would say that this feature of German,
and might say continental life, Is to NE
most attractive and the only one | would
be glad to see introduced into Americ..
The affect slavery OF the people of the
great Empire TO military rule, which is
everywh re apparent, is most disgusting,
and il key have any feeling left they must
pay dearly for the boast that In ten days
they could bave an sImy If 12,C00,0O0
soldiers in the fel5.
Much as bad expected from the scenery
on he Rhein | was ECt disappointed. The
bi Is, rock ribbed and ancient as the sun,
which wall it up on either side from Bonn
to Bins in, are vine clad in reality from the
river hank to the very top. In many
places where there was no soil and no place
for retsining it, walls from three to ten
feet in height and ten feet apart have been
made all the way up and filed in with
earth by hand, SO that every Itch is made
to bring forth fruit. The ruins of CASTLES
all along, and sometimes in, the river re-
minds rs of legends Of knighlly exploits of
old, before gunpoWder put the classes more
upon an equal footing, aid we almost ex.
pect to see some armed band rally forth to
collect toll. From Bipgin we went drect
to Swi zerlsnd, only stopping ct Worms TO
see the cathedral in which the celebrated
Diet OF 15Ll was held, and at SlresbUrg to
see the clock. AS soon as | crossed the
line into s ilzerlsnd j imagined that there
was difference ia the bearing of The psC-
pie. They seem free and inspired with
love of country and not fear Of rulers, anu
the only Objectionable feature l noticed
was that tie women do most of
the Work, the men seeming disposed to
pay the gentleman. Th IS is the case not
only in Swii zerland, but every where we
have b zen since leaving EGG and. The
bundles Of faggots and baskets of bay that
these girls and woman carry would be looked
upon by our negroes as perfectly out Of the
question to ask such a thing.
Our ttay at LuCerne, a beautiful little
town al the head of the lake, was too short
to see much Of Ibe country, IS We had time
90 visit oDly the monuments, erected by
. greatful people to WinkIereid and Tell,
two of Switzerlsnd's most noble defenders,
and passed on TO objects of more interest,
but less beauty. The Alps "with their
Thousand years Of snow" have been too
often described for me to attempt full
desc ipliOn Of my trip over the st. Gottard.
GTaud and magnificent are not strong
enough TO express it, but reader pen than
mil might blend purity and beauty with
then SO IS to give you some idea of what
1t WAS. The road, one of the best l have
seen in This land of fine roads, winds back
and forth, under tunnels of rock and snow,
along the mountain side, often making
circuit Of mile to get up a distance of fifty
yarGs.
"Would that my heart could utter
The thoughts that arise in me"
is my constant CRY, when viewing this
maonifcent scenery, or standing before the
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