The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-08-15

/
| ,ns~-".',anaerce Of the Richmond Dispatch
V.xcY. FRANCE, july ID, 1880.
,y IN untIrchen and staid an hour
or so at Saarbrueckerr, wnere 'hs n $1,000 s,oas
,mos Mace. Two handsome monuments
,no,t ,he sno,s where the armies stood.
Tha military discipline along here Is very
r,a;d We experienced this ourselves. we
we,e simnly leaning on an iron raiHDe'
whon an officer came along and very posi-
t,veIv ,o,d ns TO "get off," which we did AZ
once. ,...u,,, ,as nor
,o.,i. beautiful. cultivated to the highest
deoree NJ ar, that industry has yet attained.
C,ene.vjnes growing luxuriantly on every
h,II.ide while In the fats vast fields oil hops,
bav. bemp. fax, wheat, rye, oats, ana al
manner OF vegetables meet the eye; ana
beds az flowers are also everywhere. Inc
land is cultivated In very small Strips
or matches, presenting a beautiiui vafie-
gated appearance-like vast bedqu'h put
skilfulIy togetber-%hile In the distance
on every roadside and canal, stanu heuges
Of the lofty and arisfocratic-lookiog Loin-
hardy popular. The ears pass through uian!
tunnels. some OF them OF great iength.
|
massage through one, and said there were
four hundred and eighty-one thuds over
the stills. We reached Strasburg at O'Clock
in the evening and stopped there several
days. Nine host was not lively one. lie
was a Frepchman, and whipped his HUE
son every time he spokea word OF German;
and when YOU remember that bali the town
is German, TO pick up the wrong tongue
sometime. was quite natural with the little
fellow Slrasburg was The ancient
capital Of Alsace and las belonged
for centuries 10 France, but III Tue
late war the Germans gained II, ana
thew are certainly determined TO hoid
il. Many Germans are living there,
but the regular inhabitants have nothing 10
do with them. The Germans are fortiiyin0
the place strongly. They have pulled down
the old Notifications, and have Dlllt ne"
wall entirely around the city. rms new
wall is forty feet high and twelve feet thick,
built OF rock; and then within THIS wall
there is deep moat, one hundred ieet wac,
filed with water; and then another WALL
before one gets to the city. All these walls
are new, and the mOat has lately been NOR
oughly repaired. There are more soldiers
in Strasburg, 80 my Yankee friend 700 me,
than we nave in the entire United States
army. The soldiers here are brought from
North Prussia, while all enrolled here are
sent TO North Prussia or some very distant
most. The iron heel is upon the people
certainly, and they feel it keenly. Every
thing belongs TO the GOvernment-rall-
roads, steamboats,, and all mines and wood
lands. A man only owns his land as deep
as he can plough 1t. All yaluables found
below that are the Governments, though
a mans land may be destroyed in working
the mines. Everything and everybody Is
watched and inspected. In the city OF
Strasburg, as in Cologne, the people walk
in the middle OF the streets. there being
scarcely any sidewalks at all, and never
wide enough for two. The street-cars
are worked by steam. The houses
are the tallest and 0Idest-lookIng /
ever saw. On many OF the streets the
houses are nine stories high, with the roofs
sloping down, sbed-ike. StOlkS have bullt
nests all along on the tops OF these tau
houses, and there have a world OF their own,
caring for neither French nor German. The
priests here are all uniformed. a Is the Gus
tom all over France and the genuine Al
saeIan bow, that the bellies OF Richmond
rayed so about last winter, here meets you
at every corner. | wish those that wore
them in Richmond could see them here.
They are frightful deformitles, and only
worn by peasants.
STRAsBURG CATHEDRAL.
We visited the worId-renowned Cathedral
Of Strasburg. Ii stands upon spot where
il is said cathedral has stood since $40.
And before that time heather temple stood
upon the same spot. The entrance OF the
church leaves a deep impression upon you.
II Is mysteriously lighted by magnificent
painted windows, and supported on each
side by seven large pillars, composed
OF round agglomeraied columns. The two
first of these pillars are mere gigantic
than the rest. These support also the
towers. The magnificent windows OF
this cathedral are, many OF them. OF
the fourteenth century. IL has been
found impossible to improve upon them.
The organ was made in 1904 by
Andrew Sherman. 1t was pierced by
shell in the bombardment OF 1870, but
the organ was thought TO be so SUI
perb that il was skIIfully repaired in
stead OF being replaced by new Que.
The cathedral suffered dreadiully durns
the war OF 1870 and 1871. There are traces
of cannon balls TO be found everywhere.
One grand picture. said to be fifteen hun
dred years old, representing Mary ana Jo-
seph of Aremathea laying our Saviour in
the tomb, Is pierced through and through;
but, strange TO say twas il proyidental?)
none OF the figures are touched. only the
surrounding scenery. We see in this citht-
dral a pillar OF angels, the work OF Il woman
of the thirteenth century. My Yankee
friend remarked that "sOme smart women
! lived even them" IL is superby beautiful,
containing twelve liie.sized statues and
some small ones. This woman was named
Sabina. And here we also saw the wonder
mi clock, the first plan OF which was as
early as 1852. We went two days in sue
cession to hear this clock strike twelve, for
only at that hour are all The puppets put in
motion. There were several hundred reo-
ME present un0n both oc0asOnssand we
were told il was so every day. Tue figures
are 20 full OF life aud motion that, a. the
Scotch say, they look "uncaDny." Child
| hood strikes the first quarter, Youth
the second, Manhood the third, and
Old Age the full hour, and Death
gives each period the finishing stroke.
In a niche above Death aud the World
stands Our Saviour always visible, and In
the rear Gnvisble) are His Disciples. After
the hour OF II has struck the Disciples come
out, each one bearing the symbol OF his
death in his hand pass before the Saviour,
bow, and pause moment, and lie raises
His arm and blesseS them. Near By on
tall. square pillar stands a cock handsome,
gallant, and gay-lOoking. He spreads his
wings, the muscles in his throat mOve-his
very tongue is se2n-and he crows rs natu-
rally as II in barn-yard managing his
many wives. Before the Disciples finish
| no,1;n,, ha crows tbrop rImpst He and the