The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-08-18

iinired wards away. Were the yine.clad h,lls,
ulI as pretty as fancy or the poes pa ansS
hem. and risins, above them che .Wo9ueu
notritain Med II void below, on tne Itss,;
he famous 8 Mouse Tower = easties suu
,ther characs erfstic featuresof Rhine scen .air
rhe little tawuof Bipgea Is comparuuSe1
mall agd Quiet. There Is not iasn.on ~ y.
l,ss epuugh around It TO disturb ones pc
ecs eripyrnent OF these pure ana p'.a .'sar
f;nrs. The Sun, the skies, tae ri i.
,i,a,rsnes and the Mowerss were Hastets =,
Tho .6tnation. capituiated readhy 70 rhsse
co,nb;i,ed mowers, and left Biugen, as uld
p sideIbere, with . grave doubt Wnesner !
ssas doing the ufsest thing 10 the "orta.
had registered vow on leaving nome 70
on n I'll the places In Europe that were or
s been wicked, and therefore readily
;m,,ped at A suggestion to visit Hamburger.
7, r. !, yery essy trip up from Frankfort, and
we did 1t ak in about FIRE hours, which gave
us three hours at Hamburgh-euough tosee
It all thoroughly. It Is not SO large place
az BaderI Eaden, but It Is far more beauthdi.
no logger wonder that the wicked people
went tbege to play cards, and that the good
people went there to look at them. Ine
walks. gardens. foWcrs. snd shrubbery navea
profuyon of beauty and a taste such az rave
hardiy.seen in Europe. Of course the glory
ia departed With the gambling--one nust g,
to Saratoga or Wall street for that; out al
the fruits of the art employed to reconcile
man to the loss Of his money still remain.
Nature smiles, even though the gamoier -
gone no. eohfess to no great respect io5
the American who prefers the hoaow a ,:sa
Nearisome co,ventioualsm Of European iie
| to his own country, and the society Oh 'lu.,
- IF off
honest people, but for such 81 e'sue. SO
wbo want to be, or to seem TO De, some.n' rs
| else than they really are-say, for insSaace' az
Enplishmsn minciDg bis phrases snu mu.
dering the Queens Eoeiish W'tn n.s .nis et
able rawl and accent, or grimsclhSr fenen
man or German, should say that tney cousu
hardly do better than to go 10 Hamoui gu
Their true health Of mind ana soul Is sune,
Of course-and, fear, 'rretrievaoly-ou: .ney
1 I've raters. and that counts good deal 10
rho came when one has to encounter the
santssiic caprices of German cookery. AS
Sor Raden.Baden, T. consider 1t tsaud ID
overv resnect-a fraud in its shops, bot mine
rol Ustpr' its Victoria Hotel, everything ex-
cont ,he views of the Black Forest mountains,
i,;np miles away, which, though not to be
| compared Tor beauty to the Blue Ridge,
CstskiIl. or Alleghanies, have pleasant
historical flavor; and by recalling AoreauS
exit under great difficulties suggest the pos
tsib,lity Of being able to@get away from the
! whole place. Yes. when the gambling was
4 transferred from Baden there was really
nothing left. 1t was like, sensation mover
when the secret is disclosed--nothing more
lin il. faWhen you 60 to Europe do not fail
to 90 to Blden- Baden to stop st the victoria
HoIel.n said fair one to me last spring.
Well. I have done it, my darling; nave
: done it in the very way you SAID must,
and I assure you solemnly that / would
rather hear you talk your pretty nolhlngs
for half an hour, even with another fellow
sitting by to spoil the fun, than TO
spend a whole season at the Victoria
/ o Ell with my board and wines free. The
last I would give to my worst enemies TO
1 drink, and feel that / hadagot even with them
at last. By the way, speaking of; the board,
the waiter who brought my bill at the Ficto.
ria apologjzed for the charges being so low
on the ground that their regular season had
not vet begun, but next month he promised
me the prices would be higher. To appreciate
this Joke you must know that the bill IN
question charged just one mark sixty pffen'
nipes. or about forty cents, for the candle
sWindle for one night. paid it in full with
out o word, not being willing to mar the
symmetry Of the Transaction l like to get
the best Of eyerything-including the swim
dlers. .7..- ..-t
| Will you tell me whether this is France OF
Germany where am-thiS old city OF S.ras
bourg The people all, or nearly all of them
speak French; the signs over the doors and
shops all have French names; the get-up Of
the shops isFfench the coffee Of my hotel is
Freuch;, the tariff stuck up 10 my room says
I must pay 10 fraucs and confines; pear me,
too, are the restaurants with their little tables
on the ST. est all a la FRANCHISE; and the shops
are open this very Sunday morning just like
the French; but see, there goes steady
column of broad-shor!dered men, with
the German helmet and uniform, tramp
ing through the streets; there. every where,
stands the sentry with his masket
and here and there pass along the
German officer either on or OFT duty.
Plainly, Germany means to hold on TO Stras-
pourg. She has, l am told, twelve or fourteen
thousand soldiers here. In addition to the
powerful triple lue of fortidcations and
moats, which Ulrich held so long and bravely,
they have put up set of strong outworks
of their own on the side next 10 France.
Looking at the Notifications yesterday-and
, went all around them on the three sides
Where the Germans bad directed their tire-l
vas quite amazed at their strength, and l AM
bound to say that if Strasbourg cannot be
neld against modern ARTILLERY and superior
army it is idle to talk of holding any other
city. | was shown any quantity OF
l buildings, entirely new, which had been
built where others had been destroyed
by the German fire. The Germans, you
know, did not spare the grand cathedral
during the siege, though 1t survives in all It's
grand proportions and beauty; and the
French, in turn, did not scruple to direct
their fire on the convent lying outside the
city to the eastward OF the citadel. ThetwO
populations are still far apart. There is no
reconciliation. The Germans pass along the
streets and the Alsatans do. not even look at
4 them. Judging from the talk Of those have
talked with, and from appearances, there is
no love lost, at least on the French side. The
German soldiery, conscious OF their strength
appear to take the matter very co0lly, and
hear no complaints OF their conduct towards
the Alsatians save that, whereas both French
and German used TO be taught in all the pub
/ lie schools, the authorities now have the Ger.
man alone used. | omit, Of course, any at
tempt to describe the famous cathedral, and
still more shrink from pic:uring the archi-
lecture OF the curious old houses in which
Strasbourg abounds These, with the roof,
| windows, and gables, are Us curious 10 their
l way as anything ia Frankfort, and that is
saying a coed dtaL d. | got here in season
Yesterday TO hear the cathedral clock strike
twelve, to see the procession OF the apostles,
and hear the growing OF the cock, and all
the funny proceedings of said clock, which,
think, eyince much more Of the architects
ingenuity than any true reverence for holy