, 1876-11-12
A NOTABLE WEDDING.


lunich Correspondence Detroit Free ness.
On one of the afternoons Of these halcyon
davs the quiet little town Of Salzburg became
suddenly glori6cd by the almost simultaneous
arrival of all the Royal and Arcl-Ducal and
Priucely personages aud their suites and stats,
to attend tho tsHochzeit" Our windows looked
down into the little square before the door OF
the pre-empted hotel, and we saw all the fun
without having any Of the bustling and crowd
ing of the gapng spectators below. Carriage
after carriage dashed up from the railway sta
tion, and discharged their hochwohlgeboran
freights at the door; the 1nagnates, male and
female, in thsir travelling dresses and undress
uniforms, but the Aidde-Camps, and pages, aud
and subalterns Of the suite, after their wont,
radiant in cooked hats and ostrich plumes and
sashes, epaulettcs, sisuilettes, broad belts, and
swords. And at each arrival the Whlte-co1teu
Aus !rian guard, which had been stationed at
the door, presented arms, and the landlord,
with all his following Of clerks and walters,
would rush out barcneaded and bow and bow
like so many nandarins until one would have
thought their heads likely to come of And
then came up ~asggonettes full Of 1ackeys and
maids and baggage, the former more pompous
in lnicn than their masters, and gor-
Tainbow. And the blue-bloodcd arrivals at
the Erzherzog Karl grew to be SO many that
the surplus swar1ncd over into our house, and
his uncle, Prince LoeWensteln, and their male
and female relatives and fol- overs. And then
our landlord aud his people began to grow de-
meptcd also, as it required much patience and
tsttlk,geld to get anything to eat. And all the
afternoon the pcrsonagcs kept rushing about
the town in their carriages, with their liveried
coacl,nen, and footnacn, and ot1triders, calling
upon each other and the local nobllltes {for
ours is III intensely aristocratic little place., and
the poor whte-coatcd sentrics grew hoarse with
frt the III
ent military potentates drove past (Archdukes
are I'LL Alarshals and Generals, when they are
not Cardinals and Archbishops).
And the Castellans Of the several palaces
around our square stood en- per7nanedee ct en-
qraude tenate at their respective DOORS wonderful
to behold in their tailoring, yariegated tn hue
like 50 many beds of dahlias, each holding IN
immense baton Of office, capped with gold
and silver crown OH top Of bulb; and they kept
waving these and dotling their cooked hats, and
spinal column incessantly, as the personages
drove III and out Of the court-yards Of their re-
spective palaces. And all the personages went
granlly at dusk to due with the at his
pa1ace Of Mirabell, just around the curner (for
Salzburg is very contracted little town., and
oil the military bands came in the evening to
screnade the bride in the Flat= opposite our
window, and everything was lovely aud tue
goose hung high!
The pcrsonagcs Of particular importance who
nave u1IEAlt alIlSCut 81 4it1 IL i<AA NoAA1lk
their names from the dementcd landlords, are,
Henri Cinq, of Bourbon, the descendant and
heir OF St. Louis, and of the Citizen Capet,
whose head WIS cut of, the Austrian Arch
dukes Karl and Rainter, and Ludwig Victor,
and another whose name is hard to write and
remember, all of the Hapsburg blood Royal
(but woe Is me! the Emperor has changed his
mind aud conleth not, and life is burden), the
Prince Of Locwenstein, and the ex-l,rince OF
Parma the bridegroom e2pcctant), and Prince
+I,a fa{tn +1tH Hriffo
that is to be), the ex-Grand Duke and Duchess
OF Tuscany, and the cx-litto's Of Modena
{Gabriaidi eE'd them alD, and as for the small
fry OF Grafs aud Barons aud sich, I really can
not condescend to mention them.
went over, with MY cigar, later In the even
ING, to the main door Of the gloriied hotel, all :
wreathed with banners, flowers. and evergrcens,
to watch the personages al,ghting, as they went
upstairs to tile q i1otter 4te'4d," for Tcutonic
perspnages have Potter AteAds when they get
married, as well us simple German persons. BY
the judcious investment Of rare American
cigar {alas, .AicAlilien, they are all goneD with
tic Captain Of Police on duty, won the officials
heart got him to tell 1ne vino was who, and Sc
cured q good standing place, where watched
the ladies go sweeping in, in long trains al
edged with erminc auG swans down and mini
yer, with flashing tiaras and coronets Oh their
heads, ana full dressed royal aud princely mill
tary men-foIks in most elaborate nan-milli-
uery, and old Henri Cling, proudcst ct them
I'LL, Duk WILL pIl0E LuIt stCS IL u
plain black coat, with his limping ley, and grz-
zlcd beard, and Bourbon, pear-slaped tace,
rather portly and bald-headed man; aud the
Archdukes, grave, solemn-looking, middle-aSed
men, all with tue ugly Hapsburg undcr-jaw,
synicn has marked the family since the days OF
its founder, Rudolph '.of that ilk," a the
Scotch sal aud the portly Archbishop Of May.
ence, in Lis long, black robes, before whom all
hats went off, and many of the Tyrolese peas
ants went down on their knees On the pave
:1.> t., %t,rt, IA
blessing them as he went, with his two fingers
extended il orthodox fashion. Salzburg is just
standing on its head with excitement, and l |
fancy it will he well into winter before the |
luiet mountain capital becomes sane and sober
again.
On the morning Of the cycntful Sunday, great
:rowls collected ut breakfast time in the square
before the hotcl and in TINT before the little |
:hapcl, who were kept III order by tue entire |
3olice force OF the town, aided h} heavy detail |
[roul tnc Austrian garrison; all o1 whom,
3nleers, soldiers, and policemen, as well the t
,iyilia1l inhabitants, were in tue brightest and
pest oI their good clothes. at II the party left
silc hotel for the chapel, and, although the dis,
,aucc WAS no greater tnan from the C1ty-Ha1 |
% the monument, all had to ride in gorgeous |
:oact.Een anu 10ot.1cn blooming on the drivers
oox anu behind. Then We repaired to our little
siudow just opposite The altar, and carefully
,penin. it were the only spectators IT the ccre-
uOQJ UCEluEo Luz 1to5al plEtlES Ll4E a4GAAAhG15
md Duclcsses, Princes, and Pr1ncesses, and the !
:cclcsiastics. Bccause, in the first place, all
,thcrs were rigidly excluded, aud then Our
ecrcr place belonged to our rooms, which We |
rad carefully darkcned SO that VIC could sec and
lear all that transpired III the bright chapel be-
on, aud NO one could see us. Tic bridegroom
uttered first and knclt ut pr'e-dleu Ill front o1
he altar, just without the rail, where he re-
naiued alone for some time, while tue body ot
he chapel filled up with the rest OF the cortesc:
'Aen the bride came in with her mother and
rother and her train Of bridesmaids, md knelt
|eside hin, and next Cardinal OF tile Aaps-
urg house took his seat within the altar rails,
ul took no part in the ceremonies Ihen from
he sacristy came in the procession OF officiating
the Prince Archbishop or
fayence, of Bourbon blood, who performed the
the Archbishop Of sa1zburg, gor~
eous in the embroidery and lace OF various hues
nd great beauty OF workmanship, who cele-
rated Low mass; and train OF tozcn-bearers, |
ross-bearers. and other attendants.
Then he Of Mayenue was arrayed by his at
endauts in rich episcopal robes, and advancing,
18th mitre on head and croziet IN hand, ad-
ressed the kneeling pair, both OF whom, he
hid, he had known almost from Their infancy, !
a touching, appropriate, aud eloquent allocu-
ion lin Germany on the duties and responsible
les OF the Christian husband and wife, and that
ON none Of these we're they exempted because !