, 1874-08-29
CHICAGO DAILY rR1BuNE SATURDAY AUGUST 90 1874

11NApO1SEi SAIUhlJA u
oroat ion, which has an elevation df 600 to
1000 foot above tho plain country TO tho north
and south Of thona. TLo 1nno winda about
nmong thoso hills or low moutltatns and hAs
lower than tile original bod OF the rivor attor It
hroko through tho TaunuB chain at Dingon At
| n dozon ptncea whore ridges OF rock cronacd tbo
pathway Of tho river, tie ohnnnol Is worn harnly
| wide enough to allow pAhahgo ROOM for the ruBl-
| ing wnter. 1t IL At theao nointb wtlore
| THE OLD FEuDAL uAsT1Es
aro percho5, like oagle-nests, on tops Of inac-
cetsbe roehr an And Indeed ,dp taos wero moro rob
defensive pnrponest and not for ,shohe Of ro-
ntahod tho only channel Of communication be-
twsoa ca.ral Germany Hnd !, IT, how Countries
sailcl up Or f!uatod down the river and It's afu-
| ents. ladon with merchandise, rroducb, aud val
,lablcB Of all kfuds. 4 atrong wind from tho
s ws Or gsnr n9t ne,sy ,sGs swsy. eng STs u h v
10 sail nl1 tue way from Rotterdam or Amsterdam
! to DaaIa, coo miles. It waa upon thio
ascendlng and descending marchants tcot that
tho roDbor Barons, located aloug tbs river At It's
narrow and dangerous parts, pouncol like bfr1a
Of prey. Eaol, lordly ownor Of casfle had hlH
hundreds or thousands Ut fighting rotanorB,
who wore supported from TUG apoils o{ Tho river
commerce, Or the bac1'nail lsvled on Pill passing
| vossela. Evory caHtlo claimed tho right to levy
toll or transit duties OF nil craft which pssaod i
! particular point Oh tile river. A. ycBabl going IN
or down wan thus "blac%nlnilod shi! ty or forty
times In distance OF so miles! At aoiino bonds
nnl gorgca ti!ora aro hnlf-a-dozen Of thepu
thiovcB' s.rongllolds in Hiyht At oncs,-porched
cliffs On tho sideA Of the mountain 500 to 500
foot aboyo The water. The blnckmatl aud rob-
bericA bccame at length 30 insupportable that a!l
THO river, to tho humber of e'xty, ontcrca lnta
soumn league for thor total determination.
which was known an t!io
" CONFEDERATION or THE RHINE"
wllose numerous and formidable nr,.,ics, attack
lng tho castles from tic roar or tho hegbta above
them, captured Quo nfter nnofher and burned or
disnantlcd than. Tho contest With these land
pirates Nas long aud dosrorato ono, bnt tho
Law.and, ordor n4rty wns finally, .siccoesful
stroying the bandisH, as we'll as In demosling
tholr nests. and freeing the river from ther
doprodatiol,s, Which had continued for several
centuries, commencing nbout the time Of tho
first cfuaadeu sud lasting until tho and ftho
fourteenth century. Soma of tho strongest Of
tho castles were afterwards repaired and cou-
vortcd into fortroases by tho derman rulsra:
tint Of Rhncfofa, tho most extensive ruina on
tho Ehine. w'tl'stood 4 long siego by French
nriny IN 1092. a fow Of thom lave, OF recent
years. boon repairod and restored for romantic
sumner-realtoncos Of Gel,nan mobiles. Ono,
called tho Eagles Nost,' is occupied nhort
portion OF the year by Prince Charles. It stands
on q intttng point III most pictule es1uc position
But, nftor all taat llaA boon wr.t aud 1hymod
about the romance and beauty Of tluao ancient
caatlos they have boon greatly exaggerated by
tho poots anil ronancers and 1t rc1uires con-
Ais'orabio atrctch Of tile Imagination to arouse
much enthusiastic wonler over their blacx and
brolsen old walls, crumbling turros, or villainouu
ori!1n aud puposrs.
All thu WAY up the Rhine, from Bonn to May
eneo, tho hill and mountain sdea, where tho sun
falts at aoou, arc covered with
VINEYARDS.
The stoep places aio torraced an one seeB along !
Tho Valley Of tho Rhine, In France. In sonlo
one above anothnr, like flights Of stairs. At one
point I counted thirty-two, extending from tLo
rivers odgo 1.100 feot upwards. Each terrace iB
supported by strong wall Of solid maBoury, mud
width Of tue strips Of ground, varica io accord-
nnee With the steepneBs OF the mnuntain-sltlo.
Some of them arc 80 foot high and not 10 feet |
broad, and otlors arc tue royerso at those fig |
1sses " Seh arc set set 10 te asea a
cut out of tho face Of tho rock. All |
manure for those terraco-rines .is carried up in |
bastots Oh tho hoads Of tdo oultivators,- s,-gonsr-
ally by womon,-and earth is also conveyed thith-
CT By tho satno means. From all which tho
render n'ny form soma ilea Of the labor re-
quited to cultivate tue far-fan1od Rhine wing
yards. The best wineH are produced from tho
Erapos grown OH tho right bank Of tho river, al |
tho rayH Of the midday SIN fall porpondicuarly
on tho slopes on that side. but obliquoly on the
other B.do. Tho gaty lebrs OF tho mountain
ados seems to be peculiarly favorable to retaiu-
inE nt night tho heat OF the Bllu'a rays and tho
aud richest red wines ara only
produced untlor such circumstances. For 100
1niles up and down, aud for 5O on eao!l side OF |
the Rhue, among its mountains, and along its
nfl!ncns. OIL sunny hillsideg, tho crapo s grown,
Within this brokon and mountainous district of
upland is Produced porhapa. four-fifths Of all
tha wine made in the German Empfc.
GREAT CENTRE
for tho manufacture aud stotago Of vino III
There arc Hcoraa OF wins 1uorcLauts
u! thls o'ty. who have aorel in their vaults mill
ions OF gallons Of what in commerce Ia known ns
Ntllno wines. Some OF the vintage dasos back to
tho time of tue lust campaign with tho French,
III 1911. The best dealers d. not pretond to offer
OH the market or recommend tbeir wines until
they nro five years old 4 certain por W cont 'i Is
added eac!l yoar to tho prico of wines Thus,
vntngo of 1850 will cost double as much aa ono
NJ lb70. 1t js by thiR mo0nB tho dealers arc on
abled to bold t!sor vines for MI Indefinite period
of time. Ihcy feel no particular desire 10 sell
10 long as tho prco nj their wnoe is increasing
no bottor ',se Of ther capital than to lot 1t fer
mont and ripen in their wine-vaulta,
some observations intended rospecting this
great headquarters Of Jewihl bankers and The
" CRADLE or THE noTHso1I1LD FAMILY"
~ frankfort II called. muat be postponed, with |
ooklng cities in Germany, and ID filled by Ger
aans from America. who, having malo thoir for
lnes III Now York, Boston. Philadelphia, Sau
francisco, Chicago, and other American cities,
lave rotl1raod here to spend mud eujoy them,
sliilc, at tic same time, they hold faAt tn their
american citizenship for tho sale Of the privi-
oGess o!ns md exemptions it affords thom. u this
SIIOIsr-HORN CA1vrTIE.