Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-10
(niiit Nnl,kn II iinmn.

The special c"rrr-ponlcnt Of the fI5uo
II Berlin ~ivr> IN account of i visit 10 VI.
de- Moitl>r'~ house NJ dr Mulik"', resi-
,icnrr j. the Staff Palace. a larg- brick
hlillim- which resembles = hlrlvk or a
school. The door is >rclrrlv guarded
\ stately staircase, leads to the privAt,
appointments of the Marshall Which con-
~i>t uf 4 ballroom where nobody hl> ever
danced. >nil- dt> c0nt,rrlrt, or lectur,
room a dining room, lntr-c!:tmbrr. WHERE.
visitors wait. study and hr.irnom The
lecture Ii iii ht> no tIlni,ure save a luny
table. covered with a Green cloth. am
plain chairs round it. The cloth is
green and un>oIled that it appears 10 hav,
been never used. There is not i paper.
pen. nor ink~tand thereon; no ri, ,rlrc
h,nw~ on the walls. But in a corner ar,.
TWO chests, continuing. Iouhtle-S. papers
of import lncr. Here NJ. de Molike gives
his famous lessons on the military art t.
tw, ntv ,,r thirty officers, who in their turn
pass them through the army. In the din
nr room a Ike col nr>S n tkr,inr-S. sever
tv-not the smallest object to please Tie
eve The rcfcctorv of the Grtnde Chart
reuse Monastery seems less bare. On ::
larcc table four places We're laid for those
relatives of NJ. de Moltke who shire his
existence of retirement and Labor. The
ante -rhambtr i somewhat more lifcli-r.
On the ri.ht OF it folding doors give pas
stre 10 the Mar>hal's studV. Il large apart
ment lighted by three fine windows look
mo on the koni-~plntz. 1t i Lofty and
lar.e enough for the Marshal 10 walk up
and down. rs is his habit when thinking
/ Thrc" tables there are. one in each window.
| Tnc correspondent expected to sec them
covered with books and papers, but he
! found himself mistaken. Ga the table 10
the left where NJ. de Molthe prefers To-
sit. stood Il i'm" double chrunomcter. and
all the papers were 4 dozen military re
ports. with enormous margins; beside
which We're the Great mans >pertarlrS.
On the middle table was :: single news
paper. the .NUi air II'orIic cub'tut, one OF
the few prints he VIII read Thr third tt
bic WAS covered with IN immense map.
which hunr over To the carpet. \ lon1
red pencil lying across it showed that the
NJ .r,hal h,I been lately 4; work thereon.
1t WIS Il plan Of Str;,sb ne and the new
iorltic.,tion>. with several marks AMI notes
of the rel pencil. The Correspondent
ruide would not allow him more lhtn ::
glance. but called lli- attention to the pa
,,cr wriyht,, which were two fragments o
of their capture. one from France and on,
from AUSTRIA Three walls of the study
had pictures in tre>co of "anci, mt fight.
and deeds done long ago The p,intel
has introduced therein The likeness of NJ
dc Multke. under various arms, and mis-
cellancous situations of triumph. Upon
the corner of II small open bookcase Lay
!! the remains of the Mtrs!E,l's breakfast
,yLi,.I never ylripS-:l q lass of clHrpt an
some tiscuit>.sid by side with cigar boxes
for he is Il great smoker and even takes
snuff. The bedroom which leafs from
this apal tment is rs simple rs the Fest
Behind screen stands u little iron be.
stead. like that of Il >choolboy From on,
/ Of It's corners was hanging a fnrred cap 0
small valsc ready packed. and u E.rg'
/ Madame de Moltk., who died in 1865, :,
Christmas There WAS another pOrtrait
representing Ii + at twenty years Old or So
Milmc de NJ like. father WAS Il ricl
= Engli,llm IN. who married the Marshall
sister as his s..coni wife. Tie youn:
, Encli>h GIRL fell in love with her step
: mothers brother before meeting him. i'm
pressed bv his letters home. NJ. de Moltk
: was ti,en at Const;,n inople. Besides theS
: private. ap,,lr; III nts, there i, little to Sc
t in the San Palace. Jist rs the CORES
c pondent entered he library IL great nunbe
i of mp, were brought in, all careful
y packed and seale, They were des' inc
ii no doubt for the army. His guie offere
= to get one Of the packets. but in spite
f. his high position lie WIS ref scd bv TIL
e clerk single copy.