New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-07
THE ELDER GUELPHS.
>.cr,oN or FAMOUS LINE.

- ;s 80, event Of no European huP"'"
ossons,aerabe interest to those acanni"'o1
81, Wilhelm. the lst Dake cl bf"','
"S,eto,cd rather than governed lie WIS o",, Of
-, over tho Guchy III col" ". |
.he intrirues Of hls rclaHNo'' - The |
and Ernest Duke OF '"'' .,stria Who |
' in.ri.rss of Prussia aud AuSi'', ,
eou"'' ,.', tI,, uo,so of Hanover to he 700 So
o'', Wv. - and If the turbulent eccehliio'' S't
IL "'''''''' ,d dcsootic tendency oil MS ,
Cd IL This latter po'ehI''r !"
A. old ducal palace oi
WI" aoled by an angry "''' r
We" n,one library and portraits oi %
-, mon who advanced the '""' =,
po,or,nation burned. was tweniy-s'A No''''
-, and AS careful of his personal "Ppo"'" 49,.
IL vino fears the approaches OF oiu "s'' Nv
A. rctsop of sixteen first and secoh' V'"' ~
- male and female, including ms "'"' to
Im,r,,ss Of Russia. the Qaeen OF H"'"'" ,i
n.ann ~, Denmark. and his great"
Q"o'" ~ - rnctond In 1880 he was also the
,,.hest man in Europe. The eccen''V 1'iob
'aor,,v was long. and the personal estate WV"
~, r.,,so during the eleven years intervening
,,,s "a tbe,', death and his majority, ahlo"',"
g. GOO con sterling or S4O,ooOooo. ="
h..,dos vast teudal ana aHo" d"
,,os7os, lions. aud the finest plae' Po'.
and diamonds in Germany. In point Oh ano'S,,' ~
,,os only second TO the elder oraach o. INC ''0
-, nnt b,s sencaogv was IN one respoc'
.r,o,,or to theirs Most of his iorela'ne''
,ionod m brunswick were men OF cou'''"
iYc personal merit. They were s1 ,od
booause great hearted ana h''u .',o,~
some of them took the S,''"e ,ro.
ga thot Marcus Aurelus DID, ana NV
OF ''io 'i"' ,,ir,,,ent at Zell and other places
49, ~ commune with their own hearts a""
~ - o., and evangelical dIvines. rather imam
-, -, rrrnsyick Henry the Lion, hnpe' i
oCCornopy. and OthO the Gfeai were N""'' ~
,,.'',,i.t The former was hiothcr-ln-ia" oi
p,chard tnur De Lion. dlcal A4D'I' was
olso snrnaned the Grea aAo |"V'''
Na.pus. a frederick and an Ernest were '"'''" '"
p,ous One of the others oil LIE me - ''''-o
,Lo Ni,.,o,ni,nous Indeed mtgn1nImny was
. FANNY characteristic. Soldering was an "'i
torv n,,,it. and the chiefs and younger SonS'' ire
- ,ft,, Killed IN battle. Alb 'rt defeated
a.. unn..ria.s. He,rv the Lon WI equal IN d 'sn
IL oi.c. 81, las PIantA-tuet broihe, -io- a"' '""
r,,,..,i,,, ID. hmm IN head. Ferdinand won the VIC
tor,. nl Aiiaden in the Seven Years war; NH'.'
W,lnaul. waon NrIheau thought t1e lH'' 'o"'''',
.,tc.mlr. sage. and soldier Of ms tnne' was N''''"
10 wound ,,celycd at Auerstadt Al comndt1ihS
Nsn,.,on. He was struck htcI'Uy ~
s,,,,tcr Of a shell and both eyes were
carried clean away. In thS stare ne "'''-'' -
an aIdr in llar, aud pou,ic" testament " .'' " "
-. q, ..,,loyy. winch h, executed and winch
bclned Germany to conquerFrance at Leap i' ''''
lo.sLcd some one near him - sing hlm hu'u.I '
Oid IIu,dtcd,h Psalm. and dlcd IN tHc c'n'''-
,io, hat tbesiar of Douaparte would he ,u'H'n9
ccl,rs,dald an would eycDtua ly 80 wei I'' '"'
Father and.
Duke Carl H.. who lived IN he rose pink house 10
the cue e.. 3oaugpn from Inc time ho wa '"' Vi
from Brunswick 10y his sui jec.. to thc year 'N'''
,,rr,,a with hun from Germany 100000 OVo'r'", IS
or sto.ooo00O ia money, gold amt SILVER
and rr,ciou, stones Ina England t"l'
was an idea thai all the MINOR
German sovereign, were poor as church NICE 'H'
f.e,inr was ri e in the eighteenth century Squire
Western exl rcs,ed il in ms abuse OF tine llaho' -
,iau tais' and of the lIonso ol iiant-oNcr Ohc uY
In Fledias', time the daugh cis ol &c I'' ~ WI
hootcd bv Loadonmoh ~ Fiiho,'s AI" oi yam,
Olcen of aOIand put hcr be- q ou' Oh my 'Wt''I
vIndpu. and ma strong Gcrmaud'c'hicil'u'" ~ "'
Won hoot l> ,lat Wat Are "' no, v"',' ~ i,r
land tor 1000 youI Goods tNu' meant - ,SN III
,onrco,d ~ Yes, he hanged 10 YOU! .ly'plt'u
iLc croNd AND lor al our chaileis 700 H.
probable that the hereditary '',ts My.' ,,,
ilauny.rat tnr cost of ENGLAND. bc thl' d" J. MAY :
tIe tr.g,ue Of tine Crown oI I"H'' 81
ON winch tac lIna>Ians Sc/'d .l"' ~
a faIulou. amount. and alter ITS loss th '.''v'No
fortune remained To- the iaie hine "hi'n l,'
ana la, sou. the Duke OF Cumbciliho, nov 'uJ'i
II 4, rcuurt.d tlat the last DdNe "I pIu"N" - w.
who was lu ia bottom al h.s h'dlt T. ''D'iN''
H.. ... fl. best part of hiS lorraine ID ih' 'ii''
lie second best part 90 The Emperor "I AH,lI'
and all n.- private artistic treasures To the crow"
r,' .l.' Of Bonapaltc- arms in 1906 in Ger
many ob. .-.i the ducd family oi Drum" 4" "l
',.. nv adrc. Times by "a ~ an sea ~
rlved ~ Eulaud IN $685. under the 'tn+' 90
brave old colonel. Carl wa, Tour AID WING '" '""
yea oiL laeu loIed4th 49, ''i.'l'i l, ' ''l
las. l9u.tev fond oi chut,cn asa u'oa lgd
Inn ;, ING heroulv dan -ht"r. nearly hie-'" 'h'h
e. dcuh and batlod ucI. YONG lac Win "l
I'm De- A.