The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-09-17

seen PROSTATE on the ground. Upon this the
whole assembly. Rravey and silently as II they
were executing some Injunction Of the Mosaic
law, marched back and forth over the deiin-
uucnts body until the breath had left IL. OF
course an investigation took place. but nobody
BETRAYED the individuals who performed tho act
OF primitive, rude Justice; and 1t being impOs-
sible to arrest whole community, the matter
was allowed To drop. But the story demon
strates OF what frightful oirnestue-s this peace.
ful, harmless folk Is capable, quite in the grim
way, too, VI that sturdy Saxon race which
Charlemagnc found 40 hard to conquer.
Our traveller could not leave this interesting
village without glance a., iti most noteworthy
object. Soon after entering the hamlet you
come upon rocky cone. not remarkably hish,
but extremely steep, whose crest bears the so
called Michaeis fortress. Schwarz olambered
through the bushes which overlap the ruined
road. and reached a strongly barred and bOlted
door in the massive walls OF the enclosure. His
loud knocking brought out an old and innrm
man, who, together with some w,keful dogs,
sunirei to guard certain public property stored
here 10y the parish. Before penetrating the cas-
tic proper our traveller turned to glance al tho
prospect, which from this point, spans a breadth
of thirty leagIes. The tier Of mountains which
lay before him was tina, known a. the Fogaras
'"h-'' ~ '''''0S''"'i'" 'h'f' "'N wv W N"Ny
are shown on defective maps sinele chain,
but form separate groups. for instance the Pc
troscenv. extending from tho extreme west as
far az Hermannstadt, or, rather TO the rod
Tower pass." The FOgdras range from that
point 60 the city OF the same name, and FINAL
" the kronsiadt series. IL was the middle
group which Schwarz now gazoi over, and far
above 1t like a huge pointed spike sharply do
fined against the blue sky, rose the Negoi, $500
feet hlsh, and near II the broad. square back Of
the Surul, whose lti'ude Ia scarcely less. Where
the western flank Of the latter breaks OF abrupt
~, the wide Aluta river bursts through the
range In order to traverse the plains OF walla-
CHA aud at length fall into the Danube. THIS
deep cut Ia tho main tier is the red Tower
pass" famous in history, which offered to OF
toman armics the easiest entrance into Hun
gary. 1t was strongly fortified, therefore, from
the fourteenth century aud In the desperate
| wars which followed drank blood enough. "a
the name implies, to stain tho Aluta red. In
later times the pass was used 10y the once ac-
! tive, but now d " ndled, overland commerce OF
Eastern Europe with Asia. Before threading
the Tower cleft, however the Aluta skirt, the
| whole length Of the Fogaras range, forming A
broad fertile valley. all of which the eve cam
IN ands from MchelsherR
The ruin. which DR.. schwarr examined, under
/ tut Ol lue hgeu NdTueu, utu never
constituted a true burg or castle, but rather
fortified church. such as were formerly not un
common 10 this region. The structure Is 80
small circuit. but so strongly built ths' although
II ia one Of the oldest cb"-~.ivs m the country
dating from 49, thirteenth century, the larrer
part i So! standing. Nevertheless. the journey
p the steep ascent bas become too fstlguing for
the weaker posterity Of its nrst founders. aud
since a new church has been opened for wor-
ship in the valley below, tho old building has
been converted into storchouse for the heir
looms Of the parish orphans. furniture aud
household stun being kept here until the own
ers could reach their majority. We may men
,ion that the fortress church OF Michelsberg
Is built in the so-called Romantic style, and has
one very handsome side portal well preserved.
Outside 81 the stout encircling walls are
grouped number OF other buildings forming
! the MAGAZINES, In which during the middle ages
the peasants. never secure against sudden inva-
sion. Kept their small stock OF grain and bacon
and their rude munitions, or even IN critical
| cns ~ took nm their own abode for extcndcd no =