The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1873-03-27
Life in Berlin.

tunes Of France, in great part, to the goddess
ness Of French society. The atheism and
religious superstition Of that country pas been
favorite theme of many writer's and.. ..preaeh-
ers for years, and especially since the down
fall of the Empire. We have been taught
concerning tho refined and elegant dissipa-
tions of Partisan life, Of, the fashionable
forms of iniquity that, obtain nowhere else
as in the gay capital of, France, and of the
selfindulgence and worldliness which had
utterly corrupted the nation, and made it in
capable of meeting Germany in war. -.
And it has been quietly inferred that the
Germans are q sober, intelligent, rsvsrent,
and religious people, full Of that vigor which
moral principles, when respected and obeyed,
impart That the Germans are well-gov-
erned and thoroughly disciplined people !;
that they have most excellent system Of
schools, and are intelligent and that there
is a good deal of Christian life in the lano,
cannot be questioned. But very dark side
of social life is declared by recent articles Of
eminent German writer's, and it may we'll be
questioned whether Paris was ever wicked
er city. than Berlin. =. Certainly Paris, under
Napoleon, was an orderly and quiet city, in
every portion of which one could feel secure;
and in whatever degree vice prevailed there,
it was not allowed to manifest itself publicly,
much lesq to become violent and dangerous.
But those mighty men of war, who could put
the whole French nation under foot, in one
of the most remarkable campaigns in all his
tory, are either unable or unwilling to make
their capital and court city safe or decent
place of residence. DR.. Schwabe tells US
some very startling facts Every year more
than 10000 women arrive in Berlin, from
different parts of Germany, to find employ
ment, and nothing is done by the au.
thorities to preserve these thousands from
tho snares that are set for them on every
hand. Domestic servants constitute seven
teen and half per cent of the laboring
class, and Of these only three lodge in the
houses where they serve The great ma
jority of the inhabitants of Berlin are from
twenty to thirty years old. and ofthe larger
portion are unmarried. Legitimate births
have attained the fearful proportion Of sew
enteen per cent. Of $4,000 funerals that
took place in 1870, nearly 10000 were per-
formed without any religious ceremony what
ever Gustav Freytag's Review asserts that for
many years the influence of Berlin theatres
has been exceedingly corrupting and bane-
ful. Wachter declares that 'severy evening
the. popular theatres Of the capital trampled
under foot marriage, morality, and religion,
amid the exhalations of beer and tobacco,
and the laughter of tho audience" And
all this goes Oh without any effort to check
or limit it. "By all classes of people the tdr-
pitudes of the stage are frantically applauded.
We are told that men hang about civil
tribunals, ready to become witnesses in suits.
for price, and that the mania for specula-
tion RACES Ike fever everywhere. The
AusJeryer Zeitung speaks Of the "Judiac
spirit at Berlin, which is gnawing all souls,
and subordinates all moral considerations to
lucre" Not only the environs, but the heart
of the city, is made dangerous by thieves
and vagabonds and rufians. The Berlin
journals warn against traversing the streets
by night without weapons of defence, and
loudly assert the utter insuficiency of the
police to protect the lives of people who may
have occasion to be out Of an evening. Du-
nine months of last year three hundred and
ninety children under fourteen years Of age
were imprisoned in the city gaol, and the
'gamins" of Paris would seem to bo a vir-
tuous and selfsacrifcing association as COM
pared with the notorious "Louis" of Berlin.
The scenes of violence and immortality night
ly witnessed in the Friedrich strasse, one of
tho principal streets of Berlin, provoked the
municipal council recently earnestly to ap-
peal to the emperor, praying that some mea-
sures of relief might be devised. -
"Thc dark side of Berlin" is extremely
dark. Is Germany to become, in turn, in
toxicated by the pride of success, SO as to
plunge into career Of godlessness and SEN
suality, that can only end in her complete
corruption and downfall?
A TENNESSEE HoRRoR.-In the adjoin,
ing county of Hancock, there lived family
consisting of father, mother, two sons, q
daughter and son.in-law. Some time ago the
father separated from his family, and with
his son John took up his abode with wo-
man living in or near the Hawkins county
line. From this place frequent forays were
made upon the old homestead, and from time
to time much property was conveyed to the
woman's house They submitted patiently
to these dcpredations until the father took
away tho last horse on the place.
The son, VIM. Sutton, who had remained
with bis mother, procured replevin writ,