Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-24
BopEEs1EDT.s LECTURE.

man poet. traveller and scholar. by invitation
| of number of German citizens, lectured al
| Turner Hall last night. There was in at
tendance a very large and excellent audience
The stage, in honor of the lecturer, who il
held in high esteem by bis ccuntrymen here
had been by them profusely decorated with
ported shrubs, evergreens, palms, bouquets
and large and elegant basket of choicest
flowers At the conclusion of the lee.
| ture, also, a number Of ladies came
! forward and presented the speaker with
choice bouquets, and one young lady draped
in pure white presented him with a laurel
wreath, knotted with white silk. The lee,
| turer was received by a select committee and
| escorted to the rostrum, when he was intro
duced to the audience by G. +. Klink, the
! Chairman of the evening. Bodenstedt was
received with loud applause, and bowed his
acknowledgment of the tribute. He Is a man
about 81 years of age, tail, well pre-
! served, with massive head and kindly
| and smiling countenance which is at once
engaging. lie speaks slowly, distinctly, and
In conversational style wholly, without any
effort at elocutionary effect. lie kept the
attention of his audience perfectly for an
! hour and twenty minutes the interest IN his
L
| subject was The Caucasus" In the course
of his travels about the world Bodenstedt
| spent between two and three years In
| the Caucasus mountain ranges, and
on both slopes, studying the dialect
| OF the people, their habits, literature,
| political system, legends and domestic econ
omy, and the climate, the products OF the
soil, q the industries of the tribes and their
relation to the surrounding governments. lie
declared that these things grew upon hun,
/ and intending a much briefer stay among
these people, he found so much to interest
! him. and was so led on from one study to
another by the developing interest, that even
at the end of two wears he was 10th to leave
them. OF the Georgians he spoke more
! fully, and declared them to be, physic-
ally, the finest people 1t had been
| his fortune to meet. OF the hold
| of the local religion upon the inhabitants
of the Caucasus he spoke at length, and pre-
scented the picture of people who are held
to high moral code, are simple, honest and
pure in life, and live in obedience to a re-
ligion which is not prostituted by the priest
/ hood a people advised and controlled by a
priesthood which does not impose upon, op-
press or ride" them. He spoke also at
| length of the remarkable climate of the eau
| casus, which is so unlike that of any other
! section of the globe as to find no
parallel, or any which may be COM
| pared as approaching it. At the
altitude of 5000 feet upon these sopes he
found climate and fertile soil where the
vine and all cereal growth bore in abundance
aud the softest air prevailed. Again In the
deep passes or on elevated terraces or the
Handicapped mountains he found almost
every variety of climate, ranging from in-
tense heat to the reign of eternal cold beneath
| the crown nf perDetual SHOWS
OF the political situation of the people he
also spoke, the loss of their nationality,
their distribution into tribes, their loss
of power and their semi-submission
to the potentates of the far East. Yet they
are brave, unconquerable and hospitable
people, who know no fear.
He dwelt at some length also upon Arme
MIA, where he was number OF years 8
university teacher, and enlarged upon the
social, political and industrial condition OF
that people. He read, in conclusion, several
poems based upon the legends and ro
mances of the Caucasus At the con
clusion of the lecture number Of
citizens escorted the speaker to the Arcade
Hotel, where he received many visitors. AL
| though but about two months in America, he
speaks English with remarkable fuepcy, hav'
ing made that with other languages the study
of years. He was a companion of De
Tocqueville and the men of his day, aud was
in France studying that country and its IN
situations for a long period just preceding the
coup d'etat of Napoleon Ill, and has been
the friend and associate of many of the lead;
ing scholars and authors of Europe. Boden-
stedt is now en- route to Germany,
where he is due July LIST, to be pres
ent at the issue of works from bis
pen, but is to return later to America and
make a heightened stay. In response to In
quiries concerning his travels and his literary
works, he was as reticent and modest as was
possible under the pressing inquiries of his
ardent admirers. At II o'clock last night
the OrpheuS Club serenaded BOdenstedt, and
he appeared upon the balcony of the hotel
and acknowledged in few simple words his
appreciation of the kindly compliment. He
remains in Sacramento until Wednesday, at
the earnest solicitation of German citizens,
who desire to show him this section of
country.
POLICE CoURT-The Police Court had a
long session Saturday, at which the following
business was transacted: Case against Rob-
ert Mcclure, for embezzlement, continued to
! June 9TH. The cases L. Mashow and A.
Basabe, taken in for disturbing the peace,
and Joseph Sprout, for petit larceny, were
continued until to-day. The Thomas Bluitt
perjury case was dismissed on motion of the
prosecution. Martin Logs offense for break.
ing the peace PANIED out seven dollars and q
halls worth on the judicial scales. The case
of William Wilkinson, grand larceny, was
continued until tomorrow Louis Hanche
and Robert WEIGH were each fined Sl2 so for
trying to get up corner on dissolvine
views and heavenly melodies through
an opium pipe. j. G.. Williams and
ii. Phillips, arrested for vagrancy.
were discharged, and J. Springfield, charged
with same, was sentenced to ten days in the
county jail. Agnes Miller. charged with re-
ceiving stolen goods, was discharged, on mo-
ton of the Prosecuting Attorney. Jane;
Murphy Charles Wright and F. Hughes fol
the larceny of caddy of tobacco, were sen
fenced to $50 each, or thirty days in the
county Jail, but commitment is withheld or
condition that they leave town within q
hours and never return-or hardly ever. j.
C. Woodward's trial for petit larceny was
postponed till to-day. In the case of the
Chinese and italian conflict, they were Sc
verally disposed of as follows All Jim, 70,
disturbing the peace, by ironing an italian
shirt collar while on the neck of G. Nacca.
rini, found guilty All Sing and All Ching,
charged with battery, discharged; also l..
ADAM, upon same charge, was dismissed,
| while IOr sdtue, WAS iounu guilty
sentences in cases of All Jim and e.. Nacca
RIM postponed. This is believed to end the
present race difficulty, although the relation:
between the belligerent powers cannot be
said to be happy.
The EUREKA PIcNIc.-The annual picnic
of the Eureka Social Club came off yesterday
at Natoma Grove, and proved q very enioya
BILE affair." Five well-flled passenger cars
and a baggage car comprised the train, which
left the depot about 9 o'clock with the
proverbial 81 last man " trailing behind-thi;
time in the person of Sam Ginsberg-who
had the felicity of seeing his family, his
sisters, his cousins and his aunts," with we'll
stored lunch-baskets, disappearing in the
dim distance, which probably cid not lend
enchantment" to his view of the situation.
Arrived at the grounds, the party at once sci
about putting in the time to the best advan
tage-some in glass-ball shooting, some in a
baseball game, some in dancing, others in run
ming, jumping, rambling in the green wood,
| while others visited the new Branch State
Prison, many for the first time. The various
games provided for by the programme were
duly contested, and appeared to give general
| satisfaction in their results. The train on it,
| return left the grounds at FIVE minutes to
P. NJ, and arrived in Sacramento in the re-
markable running time of AZ minutes.
MERCHANDISE REPORT. The following
freight for Sacramento passed Ogden on the
Doth: For L. K. Hammer & Co., boxed