, 1877-07-15
The German Warriors Visit +o
That Country in 1856.
Coronation Of the Present Czaru.,
The Aged Elnpress-nIother.
Singing In the Churches--A Conyent---
In a Procession---Moscow.
The Country, lis Institutions, Its Peo.
pie, and Its Soldiers.

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1fe'en- IN attendance on the Prince v.
r1cihefr General von Moltke, now Count 70
ao!tke, who sent his observations and exper
ences' III tue form Of daily letters, to lady, Ii
relative, III Copenhagen. By some accider
, these letters came into tho possession Of
, ! Copenhagen journal which published them
Danish translation. Though read with grc.
interest in Denmark, they would appear to t,ay
been overlooked in Germany till February las
when they were retranslatcd from the Danisl
!. and published, though incomplctcly, in til
Dtufsche ffundschau. They have now been Is
sued in permanent form with the pcrrnissio
| OF their illustrious author.
AS We. turn over the leaves OF this littl
volume, our surprise increases with each page.
| THIS LIVELY GENTLEMAN.
who enjoys life SO thoroughly and describes i
so gcniaily, who basks in the sunshine ant
abominatcs cold, who sees and svmpathizc
| equally with the emotion OF an Emperor ant
the needs OF bceSEg,aF, wLo describes like
poet thc pnbblIng Of 4 brook, aud like q painte
| Doth pictures and sccncs, who seems to melt in
to sympathy with tie delicious singing he hears
! In the churches ana conrcnts, who withal is full
| OF quaint hunor, and docs not even forget to
I notice the ladies' dresses, can this indeed be the
stern !Motke,-the man who Is said to be able tt
keep silence in ten languages! The popular
l II q
which was current in Germany after the Aus
trian war, that young suba.ter1,, having been
put by mistake itto 4 carriage With his great
chief, venturcd on entering and leaving. in the
greatest fright, to nurnlur, "Ferzeihcn Sic,
Excellcnz" Pardon, your Exccllency}, Mo)tke's
| coinn,cut OH which was n gruwl Of Uner-
trag1it her Scilwactzer' Qnsuffcrabie talker1!
Of such harsh ta:iturnity there is indeed little
/ reflection i'll the pleasant paEcs before us.
/ THE CzAR's MOTHER.
] At Moscow, at the coronatlun, Count a1oltkc
| found it
Fine to how the agcd, stately Empress
| mother followed all t.ese movements with eu.er
| attention. Her Youngest son showed much
anxiety to support her. and to dsaw more closely
her cr1nine furs. lest she should feel The cold The
wife oi an american d1p!omatlst near ME tainted
away, anu the Princess Helena fell into her hus-
band as1ne+ bnI the Empesors aged mother stood
; all on. s'ate'S she rose and advanced with
Of gold broeade trailing behind. Here before
blessed him. The Emperor kirsed her hands.
Then all the Grand. Dukes and Princes followed,
oowins low: and the Emperor embraced them.
Whilst all this was going on. Damiae sa1e~n. yac
}Hper0oreA was sung. the bells in all tho churches
rang outr hundred annon-shots shook the win
dows, and all tie spectators bowed three timcs
Next the Emperor, arrnyrd In all his lmperini
robes, stepped down frunl the throne and knelt in
prayer, all the compauy knee,iny or bending low
IN the hand Of no mortal man ia such un-
limited power laid as in that Of this alb
n
habitan1s Of tic earth. whose sccptrc stretches
over four quarters Of the world. and who laws
his commands on Christians and Jews, Mutsulmans
aud heather. Who can fail 10 pray God that Ills
grace may eulighten the man whose will la law 10
sixty millions. whose word is ot'cyc't from the Wall
OF china to tho Eistula. from the Polar sea to
Mount ArarAt, to whose signal half million OF
soldiers are obcdicn1, and who even now (1k,b)
has given pence TO Europe: May he be victorious
in the peaceful eonqucsta he Is about TO attempt in
the interior OF his s4,t Kingdom and rcmain trm
support OF law and order:
After the cxhaustiug ceremony
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oF TIRE EMPEROR Hr wR.rrs. /
He make. ycrv pleasing Impression on me. He |
has not lie statuesaue beauty nor the marble riq
ity OF his father, but Is aa extremely handsome.
majestic man lie appeared somcwhat worn. and |
one could imagine that escnts had impressed !
Etasity upon us nuoic 'eatuIes,, WHICH eoIt.asts
strongly Will tue S'no EXPRESSION Ut MS iafSe
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Count Moltke describes the grand palaces and |