The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-07-29
the worsbipping crowds that throug the

the worsbipping crowds that thropg the
vast temple.
There are no galleries here in these an
cient chui ches 10 spot the effect OF their
lofty ceilings. The Cathedral OF Cologne
must be seen 10 be appreciated.
OTHER GRAND CHURCHES.
The other churches are grand also, but
one must enter them before going into the
Cathedral. In Great ST. Martins the walls
are papered with pictures done in the year
543. 81. Maria's church is built in the form
OF a small cross. The floor Is laid with rich
Mosaic carvings. The altar was lately given
by the Queen Of Biyaria, and cost $4,000.
Over this altar there Is grand picture Of
our Saviour crowniDg bis mother. st.
Peters Is full OF rich antique carving and
pictures--one by Rubens. st. Peter being
crucified with his head downwards.
There is no market-house in Cologne.
The sellcrs-al women-st out in open
squares. The peasant women are forbidden
to wear hats. / never admired our free
Constitution 90 much as since | learned
this hat busness-womeu not allowed to
wear what they please ! Dogs in Cologne
draw carts. Isaw one, assisted occasionally
by It's lazy owner, draw cart with three
barrels OF flour in II. Horses are very
scarce, and one-horse carriages are used
altogether. No water conducted to the
houses. The hcavest d-fashioned pumps
Imaginable, built by the Romans, are on
the sides OF the streets.
"FAIR BINGEN on THE RHINE"
We left Cologne after brief visit OF in.
tense enjoyment and took the steamer for
Bingen. We long watched the old Roman
walls Of Cologne. In fancy | saw the
plumed knights going TO and fro and the
Roman sentinel standing firm 10 his post,
all full OF that honor that Falstaff said
would die with them. but without which all
ages past would indeed lie a baUk-great
names. the lofty marks only OF what has
been. A heavy pontoon- bridge connects the
city with the village OF DentZ. over which
crowds were passing. The Rhine, the river
OF poetry and song, OF chiyalric exploits
and feudaI wars, is pure and sIyery-look-
ing. Along its banks the farmers are quietly
working with douDle.plows, as in Virginia
low.grOunds. The cottages Of the poor are
misunderstanding, many OF them having no
windows al all, while the villas OF the rich
are encbantingly beautiful. They have
high walls built around them, over which
grapes and roses are trained together.
We Get presently to the mountain,
and here commence the viHe-cad hills
OF the Rhine. And perched upon lofty
crags are the ruins OF many old
castles, actually wearing gray and
grief-wOrn aspect. About them all there
are many legends. Drachenfels stands on
the highest summit of The Seven Noun
tains. EhrenbreitSlein, rising perpendlcu-
lally from the river, is said to have been The
strongest fortress in this part of Europe. 1t
was reduced at last by famine and disman-
tied and blown up by the French at the
truce CT Leoben. The famous "Lurley
rock " rises in a solid mass four hundred
and thirty.ihree feet above the water. \
word spoken on the top echoes five times,
and a gun fired off produces astounding
effect. The country after awhile begins TO
grow frIghtfuly wild by nature. All
around, though, where you would think Il
man could scarcely stand, are rich climbing
vines. Here industry and art have fought
against nature, and triumphed. Perpen-
dicular bills are laid Of round and round
in terraces and rock walls built and those
terraces filled with earth carried on the
back up the fearful heights. where slip OF
the foot would be sure destruction. 80 the
main in these Businesses where nature has
been sternest. The vintage gives promise
of an abundant yield this year.
We left the steamer at Bingen II quite
a small place. The touching piece OF poetry
called "Biugen, Fair Bingen on The
Rhine" has given it romantic interest. We
visited an old church there, the baptismaI
font OF which was gwen by Cbarlemagne.
We took The train for Naunkirchen. Passed
st. Wendeps church, built by a Royal
house in Scotland. One OF the heirs to the
throne here passed his days as an humble,
pious shepherd, aud when dying disclosed
his lineage, and his family reared tins
church TO his memory. The Royal consort,
Prince Albert, and his brother were cdu-
Gated here. Naunkrchen is a place Of i'm.
pOrtance only as a mining district. Eight
thousand men are employed here in the
iron mines.
With loving remembrance for the Rich
mond people generally, | now close.
Mrs. u.