The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-22

and left. AnotHer conpauion piece, siiu
10 have been painted in the thirteenth GEN.
tury, represents the different periods OF our
Sayiour's life. When baptized lie Is repre-
sented as standing, aud water IL being
poured upon Him. The ceiling IL studded
ihlckly with stars, and all the bani,ters to
fbe baud.railngs are brass. The relies OF
time are strewn all around, telling OF
races gone and decays disfguripg hand.
MANY tombstones have been torn from
their original places, and are just propped
here and there against The walls. The
church Is paved, nearly, with tombstones.
Upon one the Latin inscription Is just dis
csrnable: al to-day; YOU tomorrow"
"June 9th, 1861" Adjoining is vault,
In which bodies embaIm naurally-sO
'ts said. These gbostly relies OF hu-
manity were shown me, and / give
the names and ages: An English msior
died $50 years ago; a student killed In
duel 10 years ago-tbe wound plainly
nerceptible; Swedish Countess, $50 years
ago; a Swedish general and his adjutant,
who fell In the Thirty Years war, $50 years
ago; m English lady Lady Stanhope-370
wears ago; an old unknown workman, fell
from the steeplein repairing, 450 years ago !;
Swedish chancellor. 149 years ago; and
one person, name unknown, 3I5 years ago.
| Lady Stanhope Is said to have been great
| beauty. She is lying with her head little
raised. and her hueless eye (the color OF un-
! blacked leather) glares upon you as you en-
ter, giving one the uncomfortable idea that
she Is bidding you welcome. Her lips are
open, ard ber teeth appalliugly white. Her
| ipstep IL arched and her foot very small
the only trace Of beauty left after being dead
$40 years. In here are immense bronze
statues OF the four evangelists bsnished here
by the Reformers rs savoring too much OF
idoatry. There sfe coffins in here, too, said
TO he one thousand years old, turned to
stone. They were dug out OF wood as the
farmer now digs his chicken-trougb.
Tie next item Of interest il the Church
OF ST. Ausgarus. st. Ausgarius was the
first bishop Of Bremen. The steeple to
this church is three hundred and fifty feet
high, and is the landmark OF the place. A
magnificent monument stands little way
of, where the Bishop is buried. All around
was once burying-ground. but bis tomb
stone is the only one left. The other tomb
stones are torn up and the streets around
paved with them. Tlattery sleeps with the
people who owned them, and history snd
tradition have alike forgotten them. Amid
these fallen relics OF mans pride we ex-
claim with Byron, "Can volume, pillar, or
pile preserve thee gTeati" In one OF the
principal streets stands a more than life
SIZE statue OF Gustavus Adolphus, grand
looking even TO the satisfaction OF Dugald
DadQelty. The new Town Hall was for
merly the archepiscopal resdence-an old.
looking building, but spendor still lnger-
ing in every carved niche and statue.
Sunday morning in Bremen Is Ike every
other day. The stores are all open and
everybody at work. They work until the
middle OF the day, and then repair TO the
pleasure-grounds. There the military band
plays-a hundred instruments going. and
more than thousand people promenadlng.
The Wescr is in sight. and the surrounding
scenery beautiful. After while they go
home TO dinner, and then TO the beer sa-
looms and dance until late at night. Calvin
and his austerities are orgouen-amuse-
ment is the order of the dag. An armed
soldier and a policeman travel With every
street. tear.
We left Bremen at II O'Clock Sunday
night. There was a ball at the hotel, and
they were dancing when we lett. You
travel in Germany under many provoking
difficulties. AT leaving Bremen your trunks
are searched. When you take the cars you
orc lo.hod UP, with tho comfortable assn.
rance that under no circumstances can you
cet out. At every station an armed soldier
pokes his head rudely in and asks for your
ticket. You show it, and then he pokes 1t
back at you, locks the door, and goes on.
Their jargon ard angry gesticulaiion and
locking up are all very annoying TO an
American. We went TO Dusseldorf to at
tend a large fair-an exhibition OF fine arts
and machinery; and when the reader re-
members that Germany is said 10 be " the
cradle OF thought" they will form some
idea Of the quantity and quality OF the artl-
cles on exhibition. Unfortunately | must
condense. There were fourteen large rooms
full OF pictures-all grand. | VIII only
mention one-Peter the Hermit leading the
Crusaders. Hundreds Of knights could be
seen In the distance, with flags and knightly
armor shining.
There was not much statuary, but what
there was was almost perfect. Cupid asleep,
lust as Physche inspired 10y her enylous
sisters comes to look at him; they were
done in a yellow clay that looked little
njnkish. A statue of the Virgin Mary and
the infant Jesus, made OF the same clay
petfectly beautiful. There was large
pro;to made OF fossil from every salt sea
barbor in the world, and that Yves fitted up
as an apothecary-shop. Farther back,
still larger grotto, and over that leapng
from rock to rock. and step to step, was an
artificial waterfall-the water being USED 10
work all the immense amount OF machinery
on exhibition. In this grotto grew all
kind. Of water.fowers and creeping vines.
Show. cases of diamonds, valued at 100000,
and sometimes more, were in great num-
Der. There was marble pulpit and steps
exceedingly handsome, and rooms full OF
every kind of musical instruments. A
large house built entirely OF spools OF cot
ton. in which all manner Of thread was on
| exhibition.
Tha grounds themselves are show and a
curiosity-fowers everywhere blooming in
Oriental luxuriance, and roses as sweet as
the roses OF Cathay; while thousands OF
people strolled over the grounds and sat at
| the numerous beer-tables out (German-iike)
! In the open air. The river Rhine Is in sight,
and close by it the ruins OF an old Roman
castle. Much of the old castle is still stand
ing-a tower, tufrets, and steeple. From
this tower counted more than one hun
dred flags-nationsl and commercial-6oat-
ing. Tbe Fair commenced the Both OF June,
and will last until September.
| Tired and weary even Of sightseeing, we
took the cars that evening for Cologne, and,
lest as the sun was setting, the Rhine, OF
which we had lost sight, and the ancient
city Of Cologne, with its strong Roman
fortifications, came TO view.
have written you quite long letter. l
have conden sed, and have not advanced a
single opinion OF myaown-two remarkable
tbiSgs, YOU must admit, for woman. AS
/ close think OF my own people, and send
nv love across the Atlantic. MRS. M.