Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-05-25
From Our Regular Correspondent.I
Vienna Letter,
VIENNA, May 7, 1St

VIENNA, May 7. 1881.
Crown Prince Rudolph left Vienna for
Salzburg at seven o'clock this morning,
accompanied by small suite. The special
train by which they travelled was to reach
its destination in six and a half hours.
being due at Salzburg at half-past one. A
telegram from Augsburg announces the
arrival of the king of the BelgianS, accom-
panied by Princess Clementine. at nine
this morning. His majesty and the prin-
cess were met at the station by the queen
of the Belgans, who arrived there with
Princess Stephanei yesterday. At ten
O'Clock the royal party lunched at the
hotel, where accommodations had been
provided for them, and at haIf-past eleven
they proceeded by special train to Salz-
burg, where they we're expected to arrive
at ten minutes to four this afternoon. Un'
fortunately it has ben raining at Salzburg
since yesterday. and the picturesque old
town, which has been splendidly decorated
for the occasion, does not look to advant-
age. The princess and her royal parents
will arrive at Vienna tomorrow afternoon.
Here, too, the weather has been unfavora-
BILE for the last twenty-four hours, and the
rain has done considerable damage to the
multi colored flags and bunting that have
already made their appearance. All the
bands of the capital have been studying
the Belgian national anthem, the " Bra
banconne," and I hear, though | can
scarcely believe it, that M. Grevy's broth.
er will be greeted with that insipid and
meaningless composition, Partant pour
la Lyric" The French national anthem
adapted by the republic is " La Marseil-
laise," and, if only on grounds of musical
taste, it would be thousand pities wer
the tiresome cantata of Queen Hortense
substituted for it. The grand master of
the ceremonies has appointed eight pages
belonging to the. aristocracy Of Vienna to
ride alongside of the carriage that is to
convey Princess Stephanei from Schoen'
brum to Vienna One hundred and twenty
young girls will receive her royal highness
at he outskirts of the town. A suite oil
apartments has been taken for the Prince
Of Wales at one of the large hotels. His
royal highness is as popular in Hungary
as he is here, and doubt whether he will
be able to leave without paying visit to
Pesth. The duke of Teck and Hobart
Pasha are amongst the most distinguished
guests at present. Illustrated programmes
of the coming festivities, and more or less
accurate biographies of the crown prince
and his fiuancee, are sold all over the town
and are almost as easily disposed of as
nihilists procamations in the streets of St
Petersburg. There is wholesome dis
play of loyalty in the local press, enough
to discourage the most determined propa.
gator of republican theories. " This after
noon." says the Vienna Atlgerneine lei
tuna, :" the bride of our crown prince, she
who is called upon to share the throne Of
this empire with him, has arrived on Aus
trian soil, in her new home, her secon
fatherland Millions of hearts beat in
unison with hers and hope that the years
she will spend among us may be years o.
happiness and con,entment, and that the
tie that unites her with Austria, from the
day she becomes the crown princes bride
may ever be drawn closer" The offica
Weiner Abendpoa comes out this evening
with a pink border and its two first pages
devoted to verse written for the occasion.