The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-07-28
The Castle Of FrOhsdOrf, the Home o'
the COmte dc ChambOrd I'm Ausfrfa'

correspondence OF The LONDON Ne"s'I
Not far from Wiener-Neustadt Zone
hours distance by railway from Vienna)
Castle Frohsdorf shines out OF the dense
forest like a snow-white Eastern-egg in
green nest. 1t is plain, square building,
and II it were not for an enormous coat-oi-
arms. with the traditional lilies, no one
would suppose it to be the residence OF a
wouId-be King. During the whole OF last
week deep silence pervaded the park ana
buildings, and the numerous messengers
who arrived from all parts to inquire
about the health Of the Comte de Cham
bord were dismissed without being al
lowed 10 cross the threshold. When the
Comte de Chambord stayed at Goritz 1t
was net difficult TO obtain admittance into
the castle. The first thing that strikes the
visitor upon entering the vestibule Is
life-sIzed statue Of the Maid OF Orleans,
bearing great likeness to the Duchess de
Berri, "the man OF the family" Oppo-
site to it the wall bears an old coat-of-arms,
with the lilies and the date 1859. On the
back wall are hung two large pictures, one
representing the Virgin and Child, the
other an old gray-bearded man with a
baby in his arms. The old mar IS the
Comte de Chambord's patron saint and the
baby the Comte de ChambOrd himself.
The portrait. OF the baby Chambord natu-
rally reminds one OF the scene which hap
penened in 1880, I'm which this self-same
baby played q prominent part, and which
Odilon Barrot describes in his Memoirs.
or all the kings who have fled from the
Tuilleries, none did so with more dignity
than Charles X, who brought away his
court, his military cabinet, his master OF
the ceremonies, and court marshals. But
the people, and the National Guard espe-
cially, opposed the flight, and while search
ing the royal carriages gave vent TO no very
loyal feelings. In Clarendon the mob
would have stopped the royal procession
altogether but for the little Due de Bor-
deauX afterwards the Comte de CHAM
bord) and his sister, who. sitting in the
first carriage, bowed to the people and
kissed their hands to them, as they
had been taught in days Of happy
ROYALTY. The mob was touched; the
women cried, and the royal party passed
through the crowd. which did not even
murmur. The vestibule of Castle Frohs-
dorf formerly Krottendorf-tha is, toad
village; then Froschdorf-frog's village)
opens into a courtyard resembling the
garden of a convent. Not a flower nor a
shrub to relieve the monotony OF the cold,
gray stones, the closed windows, the tidy
gravel walks. On the stairs and in the
halls there are no ornaments except life
sized portraits of dead and gone Kings Of
France. Thirty young French noblemen
alternately do service as the Kings cham
berlalns, and all they receive for their
pains is a smile OF the "Kiug!" From
Monseigneur's windows in FrOhsdorf
we see small castle on hill, which also
belongs to the Comte de Chlmbord, and
which he inhabits during the hunting sea-
son. Here all the rooms are adorned with
stags'-heads, stuffed eagles, and wood
cocks; the furniture is simple, and nothing
reminds the Comte de Chambord's visitors
of his hopes and aspirations. Two years
ago large parlor was added, whose bow
windows offer a splendid view OF the Sem
mering and Leitha mountains. The Prince
is said to have expressed wish to die with
this view before him. 1t is a scene Of rare
Observation-Disclosures trees in the fore
ground and the mountains Of Austria in
the distance.