New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-15

thew worc large t6rec-cornered hats. stu there was
something manly IN all this Aud me CHILDREN - atin
same treatment Oh such festivities were fearful
martyrdom. whole hour was oftop consumed 10
(oap5e ard cnrll with wax, pcsea EGirTns, and pow.
der that ii often happened that when three or four
OF us had 10 be got ready in hurry tears would now
freely And when Ft last the poor boys were ready 10
join The company. the round of heroom mad to be mele
gentleman, with a low bow and 10 kiss the offered band
But the ridiculous part OF tins imitation or calcs,
elegant and refined intercourse, was the use OF
High German, which at that time was considered, hnu
is SO even now. as something Superior ana uncoin,,"u
IL without tripping over tic datye ana accusaVe Sone
il was an absolute necessity TOR the ha,a ton OF an Gu
tcrtanment-at least for tho first five or len minutes
IL was not mn the first stress OF poeness was over
aud the embarrassment caused 10y the Interchange OF
compliments had evaporated over cup OF Soec, in
we might descend again into our everyday Piatt-
DeutscG.
Passing over the remainder of Arndts early lie,
the narrative of which is filled with singnlarly IN
tcrostng details, illustrative both of his personal
character and his social environment, we ma MN
al the age of forty in the service of Minister STEM
at ST. Petersburg devoted to the writing OF poilu
cal pamphlets essays and songs, to he Distributed
among the German people They returned 10 Ter
many in the Winter of 1913, constantly meetlng
with traces of the terrible Russian campaign, which
grew more and more appalling they came nearer
to wilma. Houses were unroofed and in ruins en-
oners were being led back toward tic East, ragged,
frozen, blue with cold, living on horscicsh, aud
scarcely looking like human beings. The sick lay
on straw in slcdgcs piled one upon the other, ana
when one died he was pushed into the snow. Ire
dead lay along the roads uncovered and unDuFlcd'
No human eye had wept over their last agony Oh
arriving at wilma the most piteouS scenes were pre-
scnted. The streets were covered with abomnHble
filth In front Of every house heaps of everything
that could be burned were kept smoudenng day
and night TO keep off injection. Some OF the streets
were slrcwcd with French cockadcs solled piuhe',
| torn hats and shakos, which lay trampied Ill the
! dust -
The 13th - January was beautifully bright and not
/ TOO cold. TIC sunshine tempted me out AGAIN, ana
wandered the other gate along tie httIe river
many brofcr-1ovn Fsench wagons and gun-carriages
among i've ruined houses and this road also stIewn
with caps, eOokade,, and dead horses. Most OF the
bodies had been removed hui some lay stll forgotten
behind great and bushes and the pillars OF the
bridge and 1t evident that The wolves lad been
/ busy vita them. II touched me 10 see a Wcuhutd
prisoner WHO had been lmlnG along III i9,t vi ~
pale and bent, and looking Ike one VINO had lust come
out OF Hospital, or perhaps was JUS Eoiu- III, sot
before one OF these bodies ana cOnsluer H. even o9v
with ais stuck. Taus man grows 10 be cold ana hdhtI
ent 20 his fate; indeed. most would at last become CAL
lOus 10 the slght or any grlcl ana ni~eIN NY W.,
not aed to some thng better ana brighter VINE ne
was considering them both the SOUND on music ana iii
ing down he mountain. some priests ana mourn
ers were accompanying with Christian rites conn IN
itG BURIAL The stream of sledges with nak,d
corpses continued, and carried iuyOlunarly INTO
the courtyard Of great building, which showed by the
size Of It's rooms and It's stsDne and by tho remains OF
oInameutcd clmueyleces ana hahghss tndt u ii"u
inside broken and shattered, many OF the h0ofs
burnt aud about the rooms we're scattered broken
pottery, bones, of uniforms caps. plumes, and III
one little room IN The chimney the remains Of pa
tSnts lad crGwied toward tie warmth, as worms to
The light had lost MS senses aaI oled III e nants,
the hafseep of death, desiring to warm their sthened
| limbs. came too near the flames and were burned a
and ran out Of the deserted building. That evening
the town something stI worse; had gone out to
watch the Russian ulllta enter ana pass thIouRh INC
town aud also 20 make observations on the Polish peas
me- and came unnotced TO the Mlnsh G'te, Wnere a
solemn service Oeug held. listened Tor Few min
ucosure of a church not far from the gate Al first
only looked the church, and then noticed the up
nt ike convent or a college Running round the court
A. came closer, what did see l-bodes heaped up
OF the second story There must have been al least
thousand. hospital died out! In the whole building
there no, the sign OF living creature except dog
me hard f[of had 1oppe deeompo.iton or The place
would have been unappfoachabie Scenes Of slaughter
must often have been witnessed France aud Germany
after bloody battles, but only Polish mismanagement
year ike the year 1912 could have brought such
aOOminatiOus before human eyes. But why should
wonder at these heaps Of bOdiesi was not a dead
Freucu-nau lying under very setge IL the filth and
dirty straw IN she4 belonging 70 AuleTs Inn IN
umr aud such lie caIeless1e5o and InhulnaIJ IL TINS
place.
After the final overthrow Of Napoleon, Arndt con-
tinued 10 take lively interest in the politics of
Germany, steadiastiy maintaining bis devotion 10
the cause Of popular freedom and even arousing the
suspicion # the Government b. which he was ac-
cused Of compic.tTta -As revolutionary movements
Of a sub.equea. De-.D- H. was, however, restored
to favor rsiast4,s1 r. tae Official position Of which
be had been B. ys.T1 I'D yl--ed tie remainder Of
his life, which wa prolonged the age Of ninety,
in seclu,on from public affairs, but maintaining his
attachment 10 popular rights, and the object Of pro-
found sympathy and admiration with the great
body Of the German people. Ills zeal in the cause
of German unity was an anticipation Of the Empire.
Among the patriots Of the fatherland, he was
passed by none in enthusiasm and courage; his in
nucnce was superior to that of king cabinet and
ms genuine German character will be cherished in
the memory of the German leart SO long as the
people