Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 14, 1873, Page 10

10 CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: . "SUNDAY, " SWITZERLAND. Chamounix ==« Mont Blang --- Coleridge’s Hymn...The Mer de Glace. The Simplon and the Hospice of St. Bernard. Correspondence of The Chicago Trilune, Laxe Macorong, Iuly, Oct, 15, 1873, On tho 20th of Septombar, with an Iplscopal olorgyman, whose wifo is tho dauglitor of ous of Ohicpgo's oldest citizons and early sottlers, wo atarted from Lausanne for Chamounix, Wo had boen waiting soveral daya for ine weathor, and, after the storm which delayed us, wo woroe blessod witha woelk of abaolutely cloudless weath- or,—days os charming a8 one of our brightost, clearest days at homo in Octobor; ond I am Eure no country In tho world can bonst of finer Quys than thoso of our Amorican autumn, We stopped thae first night opposite the Gorgoe do Triont, to visit this gorge and the FALLS OF BALLENCHE. . Tho falls aro besutiful, but the gorge is a wouder, A rpld mountain-torront ruehea through o high mountain, Thd granito rooks, by some tremendous convulsion of Nature, have been torn asundor from baso to summit, and tho stream comes rushing, foswming, roaring, over its rugged patliway, croating rap-~ ids, falls, and caecndes of evory Varloty of form, “I'bis stronm is at tho bottom of a deop chasm; 80 doop that the raya of tho sun never flud their way to tho bottom; and the chasm, or gorge, is ouly wido cnmough for the stream. Ovor tho stroam, and far abovo it, aud yot hundrods, and in somo places thousands, of feet down in tho chasm, has beon susponded, by wires, fast- ened into the rocks, s foot-bridgo, or senffold- ing, olong which you wnalls for o half-mile futo 4ho henrt of tho mountain, steadying yourself with your hands against tho rocks, sometimes on one sido and sometimes on tho other, From this bridgo thus susponded, you look down to the torrent, and up, fur up, to the sky, whea the racka do not meet over your head and shut out tho light. The next morning wo started for Ohsmounix «§ way of Marligny and the ‘Toto Noir. Aftor loaving the path that leads to thoe Great St. Bor~ nard, wo commencod rapidly to ascond, snd pent pix or cight lours in climbing, by zigzag onths, ono mountain pass after auother, wntil we roachod and passod around the Toto Noir, sad then ONT BLANC, +rith all his majesty, burst upon us, and, for the lonst four hours of our journey, ho towered up before us, without a cloud, or evon o wisp of vapor, to intorrupt our view. Thore o stood For honrs, with his mojestic dome coveréd with the oternal snow, cutting tho clear blue sky as sharply ag tho whito sails of a ship, when tho sun shines full upon it. To the right roso tho sharp sud pointed piunacles of tho Aiguilles Rouges j and the rosy light on thess naked granito noedles, that litorally plorced the sky, suggested their pamo, Amid scenos of un- oqusled mojesty and grandoar, wo pessod on towards Mont Blane, but wo never seomed to approach any nearcr to it. Tho valloys wore somatimes a8 wild, dreary, and ‘sombre a8 tho dark ehndows of unclad rocks rising thousanda of feot on ench slde of ouw path and mouulain torrents rushing down thelr ides conld rendor them; and ot others thore would be a green valley, with fruit-treos and vives on its sunuy sido, Swies coltages, tho swoot smell .of now-mown hay, and the gontlo tinkling of bolls on tho cows aud goats, as tho animals cropped the rich grass along the hill-side. Nowaud then wacould oar THE ALPINE JTORN echioing up the vaileys, as the hordsman signaled his bord or his associates, Tho meadows and pastures of there valloys were covered with tho grentest profusion of the moat lovely flowers ; pometimes tho moadows were go full of tho, blue erocus, now blooming the second timo this sca- son, that it would be diflicult to plave your foot upon the greon turf without crushing them. Blue-bells, violots, and heath, and the most beautiful forns, were growing in the grestest profusion snd luxurisnce. We passod at almost svory balf-milo tho way-sido cross, tho sbrino, tho erncitix, to suggest or -stimulato the .devo- tion of tho herdsman and tho travelor. Amidst theso varied sceucs we passed on until evening spproached, and wo waw the shadows vreop up ' the sidos of tho moune fnivg, and the rosy and purplo light linger on their summits, and ot sunset we arrived at Chamoum, directly under the shadows of Mont Blane, and at Lis very feet. "The next morniug early I threw my windows open; it was quite lght, but Mont Blana was bo- twoen mo aund the sup, and I waited long before he roso above tho alear, pure suow of the wiun- mit ; 8o Joug I waited thut I recalled the GUAND HYMN OF QOLERIDGE, written in this valley, while waiting for the sun, Apostrophizing Mont Blanc, he oxclaims: Hust thon a charn to stay the morning star In Lls steop courso? 5o long he scewms to pauss ©On thy Lold, uwful bead, ol vov'refgn Blano] It was Sunday morning, and I read this sub- lime bymn, worthy of the scone in which it was writter, Lot mo quote o fow moro linoss Yo Uving Sowera that skirt tho eternal frost] e wild gouts aporting round tho eagle'a -nest] Ye cagles, pluyuiutes of the mountain storma Yo lightulnge, the dread urrows of (e clouds] Yo eigus aud wouders of the eloments | Uttor forth God, «nd 1l the hills with praise, *Thiou, too, hoar mount ! with thy sky-pointing peaks, DIt from whose foot tho avalunche wilieard 3hoota dowuwurd glittering through the pure serenc, Thou kingly spirit throned among the hills, Chou draid ambassador from earth to heavon, Sreat Ilerarch I toll thou the silent sky, And tell the stars, sud tell you rlsing sun, Earth, with her thousand volces, praises God | Tt way the Sabbath, and wo all gathered in the English chinpel, right under Mount Blang, to Join in hurblo worship to the Groat Being ~hose sublime eroations wero around us. Weo mero etrangors from many far-off lands, dut tho lttle room was full. Noarly all joined in tho responses and in the Liymns, snd it was very pleasant in this wild valley to acar tho sorvico to which we worlo acoustomed at Lbome, - On Monday morning wo all mot at an oarly wour around tho breakfast-tablo, and congratu- ‘ated oach other that wo had a Lright_aud cloud- 088 day for our oxenrsion Lo the MED DE OLACE. Our party had been fncroased by two intorost- h§clnrgymen: one from Wiscousin, aud the sther from Mussachuenlts, Thoy wero of differ~ ng donominations of Christians; but, meetiy, nnong the Alps, had liked each other 8o we! that thoy wore nmkini: the tourof the mountaing ogother, on foot, At 8 o'clock the mules wero it tho door, and with each a guide. We started 1p the mountuips, At fist we passod some green pastures s and then through forosts of asine ond fir, fragrant with tho gratoful smoll of svergroons. ‘Tho clear, bracing uir of the moun- suing camo rushing through tholy brauches, and sthess “ murmuring pines” recalled the noble svergreons, tho pines aud hemlocks, of Otsego. The clergymen on foot soon overtook aud pasged by our mules, and wo saw no moro of thom until we ronched the liftle chalot whera tho mules aro left, and whero wo ctross tho ico on foot,—tho Bea of Glass, On such ide the mountalne rise, Ligh and procipi- tous ; and near are somo of those peculiar granito poaks called needlos, rising thoussnds of foet, very nearly perpendicular; o stoop that enow will not lay or lodgo on thoir sides ; their gharp poiuts plerce the very clouds, T'he space between the mountsing—{rom a quarter to » half, porhaps in placea a mile wide—is oceu- pied Ly tho glacier, The ico way rough and rrogulor s the waves of tho sosin o storm. At places wero holos, and oponings, aud crovas- ses,—somo small and some large. ‘Thtough jome of the openings the water came, and you night thrust in your alponstock and find” no sottom, We starfed to walk across with puntu- wous rolled up to keop themdry; but it was 10t yory wot. Tho passage was not vory dini- ult. Occasionally our puth lod over & nidge of ce soveral feot high, with crovasses of unkuown lopth on each sido; bub the guides with tholr uatchata cut stops, and, with the stool-poiuted uipenstock in ono hsud, sad tho other hund in ibiat of the guide, ladies can muke the pnun!;n without danger. It was amusing to watch thoe party of travolers cross over themoro diffieuls placos, Home woro quite timid and a little diz- ey, A vory fat oid Linglishman wished to turn Buok, - o wtood hiosltating on the aido of a rldga of dco u' Jong thme, until noarly all the party had passed, and ho lovkod very wist~ full; towards the ahore from which Lo started, Dyapdbvelad of 10 or Young Amorica "—ran back aud farth - sovora] Hmos noross tho difficult placo, and af Inat cried auty *Como on Johnny Bully 1t s quito safo,” uuid 5o fndood tio old gentloman fomnd it, ag lo solzod tho hand of the guido and made tho pas- snge. Al baving crorsod, wo luncliod on the mountain noar J THE ' MAUVAIR PAS," and thon descondod to the valloy, ‘This pass is tathor serfous to thoso who have not atrong uorves, ‘Cho path londs along tho sldos of a vory precipitous ¢hif, rising high abovo, and hias boon sunde by I)lnuungn pathway in tho side of tho rocks sufliclont for o passago, A ohain by whioh you hold on Is fastonod into ¢he side.of tho rocks; 80 you liave a arrow path in the rools, with no lu'umctlml on tho lower sido, tho chaln clogo to tho raoky on the othor, and thon rocke rising abovo you na far as you chooso to look up, nnd below you, Bome hundrede, and nt placea some ‘thousands, of feot, ia tho gloolor. Tho viown a8 wo made tho doscont wore very grand, In pddition to the wild patli, tho granite peaks, Mont Blane, tho glacler, and tha swoot valley ‘bononth us, wo had, evory fow hundred feot, watorfalls rusbing over the rocks into the Soa of Ico which wo had crossed. On out way down, I noticod atons time a view which 1 had novor boforo soon : . TIHE VALLIY OF OHAMOUNIX wag divided Into two homispheros,—the upper ono, mnde by tho high mountuius which fuclogo tho valley, conatituting the sides, tho cloar sky overhond ' boing tho roof, and & stratum of olouds floating half-way down tho sidos of tho mountaing, audon s line with us, was tho floor or bsis, Bewoath theso clouds we conld look, down into tho valloy, the clonds forming an arch frdm mountain sido to mountain sido; and boneath the nrch was the whole valley, with vil- lage, churel, mondows, bry-makors, coltages; aud oceasionally tho Lark of a dnq or the tinkle of o bell could be hoard, as if coming from nuothor phoro. It waa to mo a scene ontirely novel and vory beautlful, In tho ovoning I called at the house of an old ghldos A Russian Profossor hud lost his life while oxploring the glneler the weolk bofore, 1ls lad boon abandoned by his guides, and left to dio nlone onthe ice; aud every ono wns justly, as it soemed to me, condowning the guides, I'ho old guido whom 1 was vielting (whose namo I cannot recall) told mo . “TIIE STOLY OF 118 DOG, a fng, noblo fellow of the 8t. Bornard breed, \who loy on tho floor at our foet. *‘‘Iliat dog," #nid ho, **soams to love to explore the mouir tains, Ho knows whonevor & party s going to nscend to Mont Blane, and will always go slong 0T will let bim,” Ho sold his anfimhy and in- tolligeneo wero almost human, Ife would re- turn to tho village for aid when necessary, aud was vory useful {u fluding the Enlh whon a party had gono astray, One day ho hiad slipped into o doep crovasse, from which it was impossible for Lim to escapo. Ad Boon 8d it was known the- guides gathered as quickly as possible to tho placo, aud lowered one of their number by a rope to the bottom, and both guide and dog were drawn up in safoty: Mo showed me the copy of nsad lottor, writton by an English gentleman to his wifo, aud found aitor his dosth iu his eoat-pocket, giving the history of tho circumstances preceding 1118 DEATIZ UPON MONT BLANO, Ilo hadbeon ono of s parly of cloven—four travolers and soven guides—who wore all lost in 1860, They hud made tho sscent, renched tho summit, and wore returning, whon thoy wore overtalkon by a torrific snow-storm, and loat their way. They found sholter at firat in asort of cavo fu the rocks; but, the storm continuiug, they bocamo uttorly bowilderod. The letter rep- vesauted that the first day the party were Lopo- ful; thoy lind somo provisious and spirits, and with considerable offort kept thomsolves from froozing. ‘Tho storm ‘incrensing in fury, their provisions oxhausted, utterly bowilderod as to their Poaitiun. they bocamo loss and less hopo- ful. ‘Lhe lettor 18 in tho shapo of & journal, aud rocords the various efforts made to flud their loat path, and tho continued increase in the 13 yoaxs-evidently violenco of' tho storm. Thoy dug with their Latehots o holo in tha jco sholtared by tho rocks, aud for moro than twenty-four hours hoped for roscue by the guides from tho valley; but, none coming, thoy gradually sunk into despair, and, when bope desertod tiem, rapidly one after an- other sunk into ‘‘the sleop that knows no waking.” Tho writer moems to have boen the lost survivor: Ho mentions in his latter the uames of his compsnions, a8 ono after another yioldod to the torpor which procedes death; he then ndds: “NMy foct aro alroady frozon; my hand is so nearly frozen I can scarcely guide the pencil.”” Ho eonds affectionate messages to his childron, commends his soul to God, aud adds: “I die in the hope of buhui saved by, Christ," aud drops bis poncil and eloeps! Bome yenrs ufterwards the bodies wore found near "ench 'l)‘ll.)tur‘ andin thoe pocket of Lis cost was found the ot ter. Tho ah'flfl?’g picture of ,Nngolaon olimbing the Alps by tho Gront 8t. Bognord is fawiliar to all. 1n 1800 Lo determined to construct a grent mili- tary rond over the mountaiim into Italy, aud om- ployed, undor the most gkillful onginoors, 80,000 mon for six years, and tho result ia ' TIXE SIMPLON. . Considering the obstaclos overcome, it is the tlucst rond in tho world, and well worthy of the wagnificont triurophal arch which at. n com- meworates ita completion. Ou Thursdey morning, Oct. 5, I loft Brieg, starting with my family in & light oarrisge wil four horees, to go aver the pasa. It, had beon rainjug all doy on Wodnosday, and, although clear on '] ay, the ground a uttlo Wwuy up the mountaiu-side was white with snow, As we climbed highior, the snow wag everywhere, and kopt getting decper and deeper the further wo aecondod ; but, nsthe weather was not very cold, wo were glad of an_opportunity of sceiug the ' Alps cutiroly covered .with suow. It was a constaut climb forsix or o{ghthoum,—\lp—na.—— one zigzng after another; aud a8 we rose highor, peak aftor pouk, all around us, wmado their ap- pearance, allcovered with snow; or elso the clear, clean granite was too steep for snow to lay upon,—until wa were surrounded on every side by tho bigh Alpa. Thisride gavaus a clearer oa of the wild, stern, gloomy charactor of the higher Alps than sny thing we had before seen. ‘Iha evergreens—tho pine, tho fir, the larch—ex- foud fur up thesides of the mountaing; the leaves of the birch had not yot fullon ; they were o! & deop orange, and contrasted most beautifully with tho evergreon, and buth with the white suow, wlich lay in maeses upon the branchgs. The grass was till of n rich Erunn, and, wherover it could Dbe soen, wo had the most Loautiful contrasts. Flowers, too, were to be scenunder the over- hianging rocks and iu sholtered places, and we bad the rare good fortuno of secing i BPRING, AUTOMN, AND WINTER in the'same landscape. "Tho road was as perfoct a8 tho bost skill of the eugineer and the most camplete execution could make it,~everywhero of & parfect grade, hard, smooth, and thovoughly draincd. It was often 1ade by blasting outa Led first in the golid xock,—the lower side sus- tuived by solid walls of masonry, 60, 100, 200 feot high ; evorywhere the beat culvorts, bridges, ond aqueducts to Pass over, OF CAITY OVOr or uuder tho road the mountaiu-torronts that camo rouring down tho sides of tho rocks, Along all dungerous places solid protectiou-walla were built on tho lower sido of tho roud, to prevent tho possibility of accident ; aud overywhere, at equal distances, low grauvite pillars wero sot along its bouudary. It s a grand work, and o noblo monwment to the memory of Napoleon. Ay you approach tho sumuwit, the gorges avo deoper and more gloomy, the sides of the mouutaing moro’ precipitous, and the danger from wva- lauclos, especially in spring, groator. Iore are a gories of stone Liouscs of groat sirangth, often buile under tho shadow of overhauging rocks, callod ** Relugoes,"—places to which travolers, wheu overiaken by stormns, may go for sheltor, Ihioro are nlue or moro of theso ; at one pluco thove aro six within aspace of two milos. In places whero the daugor from avalauches iy Fx‘ontau!, stona gallorics of fmmouso strength lavo beon built, In one ortwo places water- {alls pase over tho road. The gallerics are mude by blusting a ruudwn{thruug tho solid rack, and his is protected by a loug roof, made by turning archos from tho rocks ou the upper side, sud the lower resting on immonsse buttrosses of masonry, They remindad me of the buse of tho columns of somo grund old cathodral. So strong aro they that avalunchos pass over them nto tho valloy without crushing thom in. ‘Thoy are in- unm‘pux'nhly #tronger than the snow-sheds which aro futonded to protact tho track of the Paoiflo Xallway over the Slerra Novadus, Noar the summit Napoleon caused tobo builta very large stono structure foi the *MONKS OF 8T, DEINARD, ‘This they keep us u llospico, For some time Lefore we rouchod it, we had folt the chill of the mountain-gir; thosuow lud been croaking under our carvizge-wheols ; and, 88,we drove up to the door, the welcome-bark of & noble 8t, Bornard dog soundad vory pleasantly, It ia aweet to hear the houest watch-dog Bay goup-muulhnl wuleome s8 we approach near e § but nevor was ** watcb-dog's bark " swooter than thut of te Bt, Bornard as wo reached this rofuge, moro than 6,000 feot Ligh, We were kindly welcomed and warmed by tho monks, and wo wont over tho building, finding It very comfortablo, Dlctures of 8i, Deruard and of Napoleon wore in tho parlor. By the side of anch bed wo found a rug mude of the ekin of a Ht, Bornard dog, drossed with the hair, on, and his Load stulfed ko as to look Iife-like; so thut the occupant of oach bod would ssom to be guarded by ouo of thoge faithful auimals, 5%a sl at the Littlo tasales of Blmploa, Here, around o bright, blazing wood-firo, and with mountain-fare, wo were made comfortablo ; and in the ovonlng road in tho rogiator of tho (un tho momorandum of & travolor who, in passing over from Tialy in March, 1893, had boou ovortalion by astorm; Lind sought sliolter n ono of thewo rofugos, but had found it ontiroly burled under an nvalancho of enaw, At Inst, aftor groat dinl- culty and dangor, ho succaoded i ronching tho fun,” Hero o wos dotalned five daye by tho 8uow. Aftor ve dayn'hio wont on to the ITospico and ovor to Briog, passiug ovor tho tops of-tho gnllorles, tho moutlis of thie intorlor boipg closod up Ly tho deop anow. ‘Iho noxt moruing wo wont down the moun- tain, thiongh the maguificont GONOE AND YALLEY OF GONDO, This is 2 narrow upunh:fz through rocka which almost moob thousands of feot over your hond, baro and steop; with watorfalls sud mourntain-torronts, of ‘almost ovory shape and hoight, at almoat every turn; with’ many tun- nols blnsted through tho rocks, somo of thom mora than 700 feot long, and yot so woll cone structed, and so_oasy and porfoct -tho grado, that you may safoly drivé a four-horso cariiago on a trot all'the way down! Iu this gorge wo #nw ono of the stone refugos which had boon complotely crushod in by an avalanche ; and not far away in tho valley waro the romains of snow- banks which wore ovon thon, in October, sevoral foot deop, But gradually tho snow ontirely dis- appaarod, oven from tho sidos of tho high moun- taing ; tho grass nnd foliago became wiore and moro groon and luxuriaut ; pines, chestnuts, birch-troos, figs, sud vings becimo comimnon and soon, muking n sharp turn arcund & mgund i | cliff, A LOVELY ITALIAN VALLEY Iny nt ourfegt. A granito column marked the bouudury, Wo pulled up at tho Custom-llouso, Italian girls brought us grapes. An Italinn ofil- cor approbehod, and politoly touched his cap, ** Good morniny, Signor, have you morchaudiso or tobno " ‘‘No, sir." * Pass ou, Biguor," said Lo, and wo wore in Italy. I can searcely concoive a groater contrast than that of the storn graudour of tho Alps, and tho darlk, wild porgo of Gondo it tho smiling land- geapp which wolcomes you ss you approach Lago Maggiore, i ““SAVED ALONE.” + *T'wan night, and o'or tho watora decp A enlilo mitlo sproad s "o Villo du Liavre spad along, Without fear or dread, Bweot wore tho dremms of sunng lands, Of homes and friends afur, - An niglt, In quiet, peucoful folds, ud wrappod esch slumborer thare, When suddonly, in wild dlatress, ‘Tho dread alarm was given,— Liko thuudorbolt from cioudloss sky, Sitehh wan tho dread collision, 0 God what torror solzed cach heart 1 What anguish oud dospnir Woro born n necents wiid and fros . ‘Upon tho midnight air | Awnong tho many kindred Learts "I'liat perishied 1n o wave, A mother tried with feobls nrm "Throo chlldron dear to sivos But vaiu tho holp of Luman power ‘Whore ocean-blllows lave,— ‘The perils of thelr short lifo ddne, Thioy sank in ono low gruvo, But one was left of that loved band To tell tho tale of grief # What sliali I do? ” the mother eried § O whiat can givo rellof 7 Hope bids the (roubled brenst be calm ; ‘Thoir struggles now are o'er; ' They're waitiing on the other s{ds, Upon the sunlit shore, “Though pleasant scenes may greot lho oy "N mieth and. joy abonnd o And feela faith pirctch every nerva T catch ono cheating sound, BHIl weary hours will come und go, * _ Nor wlii tho gloom dopart ; ‘Whilo Mermory wakos, tliat séono of dread Must lingor in tho Leart, a0, Munx A, BTRAUD, A Liternry Curiosity, From the Nution, In the Boston Public Library there is s book which dosorves to bo classed with the'famous Portuguese ** Now Guide of the Conversntion," a8 one of tho curiositios of litorature, It is on- titled “A Qulide for Strangors in the City of Antwerp,” and scems to huve beon publishod about fflt!{ {unm ago. _ Tha work commencos with the following * advertisement:" “Tho undorwriter prevonts every Gentleman and Strangor that wll tho altorations, and improva- ments which may bo projected snd oxecuted iu one or other public esteblishment, sball bo immediately roctified, and that the plates of this worlk shall thereforo romdin untouched, Phil- fimn Villo, iho Editor.” A fow pages arg dovot- to an historical account of the city, in which tho author, with a praisewortby dovotion {o tho truth, romarks that, “ when thoro is question of estnbihshidg the Loginning of somo famous cities, they have racourso to motveillous ovenements, and for not throwing oursolf fn the doubtfulness of fabulous antiquitios, wo ehall only keap us to what histary offera,’ * Ho Lias no neod, hows evor, to trust “on the anuals,” as *‘the con- struction of her buildings prouves its aucient- novs, and on examiuing this city, one shall flud vestiges, which will bring us from age to age.” “Its origin was of & middling oxtend. His most_considorablo augmentation has been dono by John tho Lhird in 1814 3 by Charles tho Vib iu 1548, the eity, could not contain tho prodigious nombra of inhabitants, who camo thither from ovary part, for establishing thowm- solyes, encouraged by the situation of Lis Port, and the woalth and abundance of this trading C“I on onlargement of 1600 steps in leuth on 244 brond, was required, that Jortion of ground contains the mugnitic Hauso-House of which we shball etill spoalk aftorwards.” Dut, leaving theso dry details, we pnsa to the doscription of the bridgea s ‘““Four magnille swiping bridges on the’ same mnnuer ns those in llollaud serve for the commuuication of the quais, from the citadel, Lill the doks, thoy are placed on the ontranco of four cunaly, wich entor in the town, vory commodious and gure for vessels of a ‘small description to load and unlord thoro.” AL Ville i most_interostiug, howover, in his nccounts of tho various works of art 1n Lis * na- ture country.” Commencing with the cathedyal, Lo eays: “ Every one avoud, this templo is fare out the finest in tho kingdom, its lengthness ia of more than 600 stops ite largencss of 240aud its olovation of 800. ~ . . . 'This monument was burned in 1533, oxcopted tho choir, & great part of it bhad boon damnged’ with- out tho vigilauco of the burghmaster, + + o In 1797 thie maguific Tomple has been spoliated by profunus and sucrilegious hand, 'Tho famo yoor they sold very cheap, tho procious things, which Lad boon rospocted till this poriod, aud soon the enemics of holy religion attained thoir wishes, this tomple ropre- sonted in & fow time but & confounded heap of ruines | If any chmuu things have been con- colved, it was only by zeal for arts, and it is & wonder that we can atill admire this church and steeple, yet elght duys and theso tvo monuments were for over demolished, In 1810, these moun~ menta took & now aspect by the cares of Mr. H——; and by the solitudo of {he administra- tion, ‘at the” gront satistaction of the true frionds of religion,” Following the load of our author, we pasa through the Cathedral, stopping for an inswmg before * the Pulpit seulped by P, Verbruggo: until wo como to Iubens' mastor-* poaco, ‘“‘I'he Doncont from the Or At this point the simplo doscriptive style is dropped, and lnngunge botter suited to the subject is used, The birth-throes of genius are vividly portruyed a8 followd: * Rubens hay been Leaving in sev~ oral parts of this picture, it is smoothed and ac- complished, aud however all is vigorous and animated.” Tho highest eloquonco {3 ronghed in tho closing words: *“1fo denls with tho wlsost discorning to every figure his just part of afilio- tion in this hLavd "case, and with the greatost lmowloedge ho unitos sentimont. of love to that of voueration, it is an hart-felling scene, which electrises tho soul it iy an nugust corcmony of roliglon which penotrates it even to oxaltation.” An oxict knowledge of vt is shown in the criticlim of another of TRubons' works: ‘It has beon acknowledged by juridict Juges that this pioture . . . is of ‘& flue drawing, audf recolloct under this rapport the grandioso of tho Coraches.” Bpeaking of an ' Agsumption of the Virgin,” M. Ville saye: * All is 1 movings and occupied by the principal netion, theys follow with their eyes, the holy Mother . . , thoso umnzed of the miracle and boing ns tranqull, cast thelr eyos towards the glorlons way . . , tho nerinl sight is produced there to the highost top of undor- btauding.” Over tho grave of Hubeus {s “a prooious picture composod with gonius, drawed with purinoss, gracefulnoss seducos evorywl and et overy mowout we discover them." A “QOruollixion ™ by Tubous (in the Musoum) is tho eubject of this favorablo oritfeismny “Tho Virginis doeply afilicted ; but the promiscs of Lis won fortify her agalust the {:nngu of agwoon, The horsod are of oxynisite oauty that In the corner of the picture who #cows Lo choor up, {s a mighty good thought which makes diversion.” In s dosoription of #tl]] another of Iubens' **workkx," wo rond: *8t, Fiancis of Assizo foeling hin dead ap- prouching desired to bo lod to the foot of the sltar, . . . llisclothos are pulled outand uaked, But wo must end our quotations, though wo have loft untouchod * the magniflo church burned by thuntor,” tho Embaroadore, *with its two landing places, botweon which aro double stepa of blew marmor,” aud the ** Galery where iu a picture of Zaccheus, ong of the load- aré of the republicsns.™ 1 Unlted Btatas DECEMBER 14, 1875 THE MISSING BONDS. Ilow '$20,000 Was Taken From (e Fountain Savlngs' Dank, And How the Money Was Re= covered. . From the New York Times, T do not think that any atory in this incredu- lous nge gains nddltional strongth from the as- nortion that it {s foundod on fact, All I have to sny {n rogard to what follows is that, as o tho - main ovontd of my story, what I writa is abso~ lutely aud unoquivocally true, and that if it was nocossary I could place my finger to-day on some of tho principal actors. I have purposely dlygulsod all the numos, placos, sud porsons, and havo, with intontional carclessuncss, thrown tho story-tollar's drapory over tho mein faots, as an artist might cast s somowhat flimsy fabric ovor a lay figuro, ¥ ‘Wall streot is full of BTONIES OF BTOLEN DONDE, and tho offorts of tho polico and deteotiven to find out whore tho missing vnlues lave gone to. To catoh tho thiof is ono thing; to flud the monoy stolon i somothing olso. To detact tho formor is not so vory difficult, but to find tho latter is quite an- other thing, Itmay, I thiuk, bo safoly sald that twico out of throe times tho missing values aro undiscoverablo, Why should wo mouth {t? Compounding folony is, If not quotly whispored, very ofton broadly hinted at, That such arrangements mado with thioves and robbers nre of frequomt oceur- ronco, no one doubts, Human naturo is wonk and doteotlvos arc unroliable, Tho bunkor hag $60,000 worth of Unitod States, bonds stolen from hissafo, This amount of monoy or its ropresentativo suddenly withdrawn from his cap- itnl moy ruln him. If ho leaves the matter with tho dotectivos, ho may or may not got his'monoy ‘back ; tho probability of chances is decidodly against it, 8oy he is fortunnto . enough to recover his movey; ho will have to po¥ roundly for it. The fact of his having lost such & large amonnt of monoy, if his eredit in soneltive, may wreck bim financially. If tha banker or morchant is s norvous man and of an excitablo disposition, his name and the sircumtancos of tho robbory, printed ln laryo lottors, will be published in & thousand papers throughout tho cauuhH. Yery, froquently tho facty of the larcony will be writton in such an exaggerated manner, containing even lnnuentloos oxpressed as to his carolossness and imbecility in regard to mnuefl. or justssoften tho sus- plcion atated that the nmount was nothing like s much a8 was reported, that the unfortunate loser will be driven to desperation. Itfs hard enongh to lose monoy, without being called an imbecilo or & tascal, Tho most cool and cold- blooded men ofton, uuder such circumstauces, would bo i . GLAD TO COMPOUND FELONY. Of courso I am no advocate of tronting with robbors, and what I write isnot to Lo undor- stood in the loast ns advocating it. Tho bonds are loat. Thoy are worth 100-conts on tho dollar, Tho losor may have to passtwolve months of constant agony befora he gota them Dack (we are taking ono of tho guyes of themore fortutinto _charactor), and thon has to pay for them, in_dotective {dos, say but 10 per cont in 1wmoney, but at ovor 80 per cent in porsonal woar and tear and mental anxiety. Say that in some mystcrious way tho banker recoives an intimation that tho thioves would liko to arrango mattors for a mere 15 to 20 por cont, und ho scoopts? o has been robbed ouly & waelk o, and then ho gets his bonds safo back again, thongh ho may have paid soveral thous- ands of dollars to sccuro them. 'The facts I havo briefly descanted ou aro known to man ‘Wall and Urond streots, and on Exchange place. Sone five years ago two or three good places were wanted {n Temploton for cortain QUITE RESPECTABLE OLD GENTLEMEN. They wero by no means superannuated wmon, nor Tud they gono beyond their period of usefulnoss, These old gentlomon, who wero perfectly suave, Tonast, and correot, had beon unlucky hu life, but were fortunate enough to have younger fricnds whom they (the old gontlemen) lind hielped av the outsot of their careers. Clorke hiad got to be men of wealth and position, while the old honds of tho firms who hnd firat om- ployed them had gone down in tho world. A savings bank, the Fountain, with an ample capital, furnished by the younger mon, was foundod, uot so mucl for tho' accommodatlon of the thrifty poor, aa for the porsonal advantage of the ominontly honest, quiet, and respcotable old gontlomen, who, drawing a modost £1,600 to $1,600 a year, could munags mattors uits eatis- factorily for tho Fountain Baviugs Dauk, tho stockholdors, the depositors, and themmelyes, As ecoffomy was & paramount consideration, no oxtra clorka wore to be bhired. The two old wontlomen wore toact as Casfilors, Treasurers, Enul(kepam, ontry clorks, aud genoral acconut- auts, Mattors went on quite pleasantly, Oceasionnl doposits came in, which were increased, aud tho ohl’. gentlemon, cultivating the neighborhood, warmed up with the work, and conscientiously did their duty wheu thoy advocated thrift and cconomy, In fact, the ruqulls wore quite satis- factory, aud the old gentlemen, for o certaln time, woro mever happior in their lives than when mauaging the Fountaln, One day, thero lounged in A QUIEI-LOCKING MAN, certainly a moclinnic, aud of the better class, too. Tho mun’s clothes wore decont, s tnfle vorn, sud be had on a colored shirf. Thero might bave beon just a onl of wood-shnving wixed with his hair, and from tho brim of his hat, 24 o took it off, thera fell a littlo sower of sawdust, In fact, ho smolt of yellow pine, and was, to all intonts and purposes, a carpentor. +'Io was not a rich man," Lo said, ** only able to savo a serap Loro and thore. Careful wifo, Nothing like that, but & growing family. Good boss and all that, aud fuir wages, What the boss paid him, on » pinch, might keop them all, but was dulnfin fair stroke of night-work. Wasn't 3. spreer, Took his drink sowetimes, when he wuntod to, but not habitual, The gentlemen in tho bank kuew that & little naver did any hnrm. Yes; ho thought thiey woro seusiblo. Woell, pussing aloug—ko went by the Fountain Savinga ovory blessed doy—tLought he would drop in, ‘Was it only G per cont thoy gave ? That wasn't onough. Wasu't & businoss man much, but kad Lenrd that monoy was worth as much as that by the single month over in New York. ‘What did they do with their money? Well, boud aud mortgago waa safe. Would they let him hiavo o statement? Didn't oxpoct ho would un- derstund mueh, but tho oid woman and the boss would, and he would carry it home, Liked tho look of the Fountain. Wus g plain man himsolr, sud, though Le would be glad enough himself to build the insides of somo of those suvings baukes, with their rose-wood mumlnfiu and heedings, aud that sort of thing, didu't boliove it helped a con- corn much., Wauld do for s hotel or o barbor- #hop, but be weut in for what was plain, he did, and he would bid thom good-morniug, and Lo might or might not call aguin,” k waak afterward ho did call, accompanied by & friend, and tho two old gontlomen felt sure of apeuing & new acconnt, * * I’ THE 08B, Mo belioves in suvings banks, and he aud the old womun eays thoy thiuk you aro safo—thoy do," suid the carpenter, “ Pily you hadn’t thought of it boforo, [fosos," sald "the boss, * tlmugfi I ain't o bit Lettor off nor you. What I have got is wome mighty sorry houses—had to take ‘om for’ meohonic’s llon, Mang me, if workmen aiu't botter off now than tho bosses. If this hero Hosea doos make n dopoait oreo, and & follow wanted just o little wmorigage on a fair house—first mortgoge, mind you,—you wouldn't mind obligiug & man, would you? " Of course I kuow that's o matter the Directors usually looks to, Iloses, you ain't got s circu- lar, have you? Left jt at home? Woell, then, lot mo have wnothor, Ioses, put your mouoy in st once, aud that'a my advice,"” wnd, hayiug given lls viows, ruking for a olrcular, the Loss coasod spaaking, P'hio journeyman carpentor hauled out & wallet, snd counted out slov] f' une, two, five, ton, fit- toon, tweuty, thirty dollars,—mont of it 1 bills, and o great deal of it in fractional currency aud #omo b-cont picces, Bome of tha small bills foll ou tho floor, Now tle ubllpl'lug Oushier pade it 76 conts too litile, aud now it was &0 oduts too wuch, In the moantime the other okl employe was looklug up s ciroular, Ho wautod a frosh oue, with & pea-groou covar, for Hoson's Boss, At lasf the count was. mado corroct,” & pass-book was brought, and tho big book for signaturcs was graoed with Hosea's wsiguatura after quite an amount of labor and a blot, Tho ciroular of the Yountaln Buviugs Baunk, with tho pea-groon cover, way thon politely Lauded to Hosoa's Boes, sud dmy loft, oy DID AT THE BAME TIMB & oortain tin box, containing oxuctly 820 000 '~ xflnn\h. the {«lmls-mnntlmiud Tountaln Bavings Bank of Tom- oton. Ly How it was done no one oyor knos, and no ono will evor protoud to know, All tha old gontlo~ mon knew about It was, that when tho doy's Inbors woro ovor, somo flve hours aftorward, whon they. want to tock uptye wafe, tho bluok lacquer box wns gonol” Policol Detoctives!! OI courso thoy wore put to it atraight, and they moused over it, and_ forrated at it, nud got on & trail, whiol thoy doclaved to Lo as strong ne o cablo, which twisted ituolf into two trails, thon into threo, aud then into athousand, ench strand of which tirned out to bo as flimsy ns »_cobweb, and would nat stand avy tension. Thon the Fountain Bavings Bank Directors, with much good songe and no #mall expediture of monoy, GAVE TI[E DETEOTIVES UP. Quaonsby was ouo of the Dircotors of tho Fountain, nnd though tho loss of tho 20,000 nover worriod him atall, as the Fountaln wne Kar[cclly golvont, and, if necessary, he could avo mado up any deficloney in thelr capita] in five minutes, novortheloss Quocnsby was ourious to know how tho trick wasdone. Leing of u sin- fin\nrl Furaiatont snd obstinate pature, ho hought it over for months, aud thon was forced to givo it up. ome ninety days aftor tho robbory, Quoonsby wag lu the Corridor Ilotel, in New York, IHo bad nn engagoment with o capitalist, and was walting for him, T'rosently a gontloman cnmo toward him, lookod him straightin tho faco, and said: *' Aro you not Josoph Quoonsby 7" 41 nm," was the mpl[\l’. “ Woll, thon," kald tho poron, presenting.n card, ‘‘this is my name, 'Wake it.- It moy bo of use to you aoma day." Mr. “Quaonsby took thofecard and rond, # Chancer Loftua." . ";l},h- Loftus? And how can you bo of uso to me “Tam to bo found vory often hore," said Mr. Loftus,, “though I make no appointmonts, Pooplo mostly find mo whon thoy want me,”" added Mr, Loftus, rather sharply, “T am still ignorant of how you can serve me," roplied Mr., Qudonsby. “'WIAT ABOUT THOSD NONDS?" inquired Mr. Loftus, in the moas nonchalant way, sud, bowing to Mr. Queensby, vanighod. Now thore was nothing remarkable about Mr. Loftus, allls mien was quiot and Dhis bearing that of a genllemsu. Ho wore no jowelry, save a quiet guard ‘ chain. His ‘mustache wns nob dyod, aud thero was not even tho faintest glimmor of flavh about Lum. If thoro waa nn{thluu romarkableabout the, mun it was that his Huon was particularly woll done up, and that his hands and feet, of poouliarly clegant proportions, wore mneatly gloved and shod, “DBouda!” snid Mr. Queensby: ‘“‘can thig mnn know anything about them? * Can he bo o rocelver ? Impossibla.” Novertlieless, Queony- by found it worth his while to froqueut tho Cor- ridor Hotel quite ofton, quiotly ap- Once agaiu Clinucer Loftus, Bsq., pronched lifm. The words woro fow. “Boudu!* said the Diroctor, * Precisoly,” was the reply. *You have them 2 * *I novor snid vo,” #'T'o come to busjuesa—iwhat are thoy worth ? I ask for curiosity snke, What would wo have to poy to got thom back 2" - *OTWENTY-FIVE PER CENT on the doller—sny £5,000, noither mora nor less,”" and away went Mr. Loftus, TPolice and dotectives again. More chain cablos of fucts, twisted around de- tective capstany, Some of them thia timo, at tho start, seom a8 if thoy would stand some snall amount of tugging, but whon n true strain wns put on thow, zhux cominenco patte ing again, like rotton .fishing lines. ~Now aud thon somothing was haoked up, but, when it did como up, the snoods wore found either to have had theirhooks suappod, or to hnve brought to the surfaco bunches of worthloss weaeds. ZEvery possiblo preserve was flshod ; aydat lust, somo person was arrested who lad bLeen trying to soll the bonds, Not that the detoctives found it out, but it czmo to the surface in & natural way. Examiuations took placs, aud the court ot up o blind alloy, Justice somelimes gots thero of its own accord, tho goddess being blind itsalf, and that was tho end of it. Young man who bad the bonds Louorably discharged—only #ow the bonds for & sccond—never.handlod thom, sud that was the proper conolusion, for the young wan was undoubledly inuocont. Now tho Fountain Directors met og Wiggles mado an improssive speoch, as did Wog- gles (the latter the more exhaustive). 'The two ‘old goutlomen who took Hosea’s €30 whon bo took their §20,000, with the assisiance of nis boss, were eatechized for the fiveundrath timo, aud wero worse muddled aud more at son in their statoments than over, Like the cat in W Little Alice,” all they conld suy was, that */1t vauished.” Tho poor old gentlemen went homs, uttorly oxtinguishod, and toak to thelr bods for wooks, ‘Wigxlos said: © Philanthropy demand- ed that the money must be found;" “and eaid Wogglos: “Much good.can b dono with £20,000,~10ss 25 por cont. Baid Wagglos, tho flnanciering Director, “With great care and Food judgment them twenty thousand dollars, ess 25 por cout, ss my brothor Dircctor says, moy fructify—in fact, put us on our legs agsin,” *The Founisin muy still give out stronms of fluid to tho thursty,” ssid Wiggles. ¥ Dut you are COMPOUNDING WITIt FELONY," remarked Mr. Queensby, quite sharply. “1 ask you if thero in tho least chance of our otting our bonds back auy other way ? " put in (Viggios, dogmatically. **Nono in the least. on to gny Queonsby. ‘*Are quite ns bad 88 tho thieves,” aroso as one voico, the cry of all tho Directors, % Compound then,” aid Mr. Quasnsby. Not ono of the other Dircctors said ves; but they sll nodded, and though the book of minutes Las no record of the fact, Alr. Quecnsby acted on their judgment, ¢ I{ow much now 7" asked Queensby, mosting Chaucer Loftus st the Oorridor. #Now ? Tho dotectives—" went o, 85," benignly said Loftus, 41t wan 26 bofore.” ; “ Now they sre 85; thoy may bo 50 beforo long,” "gIs this your address?” ssked tho scting Director. . = “ Cortainly it is, and not sshamed of tho neigh- borhood.” 3 ® I will think over it. X may sec you again, porhaps to-doy.” Queensby wont to his bank and drow s certified cheek for $7,000, and hurried to the sddross on Mr. Loftus’ card, - 1t was a noat, quist-looking residence, A tidy anaid-sorvaut who opened thie door said, * AlF. Loftus {s in," and Queensby was ushered into the drawing-room, The parlor wns pluinly, yet comfortably, furnishod; on the walls thore hung quito & neat colloction of engravings, aud the tablo was coverod with magazines and with two or throe rocently-published Euglish works of morit. . Loftus came In after a fow moments. “ [ have brought with me ¢ TIIS CERTIFIED CHEOK for $7.000, and uwow the bonds” mid Mr. Quoonsby. ¢ Whet bondsl Bonds? You must be mis- takon—un oiror, doubtless! I mever had the loasure of sooiug you befora, Uatharine?" glr, Loftus touched the boll. *‘Show this gen- tlemau the door,” - I this your card, sir?" asked AMr, Quaensby, ouraged, How did it come into “My eard? Strange! your hunds? A mistake—n comedy of orrors. Catharine, show this persou the door, Ind say to your mistress to havo little Gortxude drossed, and ,Llnt her papa intonds taking a stroll with Lor.” Queenuby was dumbfounded at this cooluess, paused & moment, thon loft. Next day ho was sgain at the Corridor Hotol, aud thore wus Mr, Loftus, This timo ba Lad to appronob Mr, Loftus, ‘This goutleman's words were brief: 41t you think [ am BUGK AN INFERNAL FOOL 3 a8 to tako a cortified chock you must havo a vel hoor opinion of my ability, Bring notes Lo tha ouse, auy time within au hour,” And Mr, Loftuy, ovadiug ooy moro conversution, lott, Queonsby drew out the mouay, and in an hour aftorward wasa at Alr, Loftus' Louso, Now, my sweet pot,” sald Mr, Loftus tos protty bloudo-baired child, who was building Llouku on the floor, a8 Mr. Quoensby enter- od, *Paps has. business now, and esnuot be disturbed. Ho, now, that's & darling; xun to Uatharing and’ gob drossed, and, by-aud-by, paps will takoe you out for a walk, You will ex- cue mo, Mr, Qiloonsby,” gontinued tho fond pa- rent, as he ligsed the child and waved her to the daor, © Lituu’filrln want fo muok more pet- ting than boye.” Now the child was gone, sud Quoonsby and Loftus wore alone, His mauner Lardly ohanged. ** Ab, I porceive you have tho uotos, You will count them, —Hovon thousand dollera? Qorrect, You will give them to mo,” * Aud the bonds ?” inquired Mr, Quoonsby. *You shall have thewm; but I want, aud must have, tho woney first," said Mr. Lottus, just us quiotly a8 evor, catting tho loaf of . magezine with & mothor-ot-peurl pnl)or-kuh'u. # What sceurity have I thut tho bonds will be roturned 2" inquired Br. Quoensby. W * TiIE WORD OF A TUIEP, 8IR," a#ald Mr, Loftus, closing tho book with a spap, and lookiug aquarely at 1t you wil Quouuuh{. glve mo'the monoy, I abajl lock {t up here, and DIQDOIRY of the be- | You muut trust wmo. Zf nok take your wioney | deavored to away with you. If you consent to my terms, in {fivo mimutos tho bonds will” bo In your possos- alon, I could not givo thom to you if I wauted to, for thoy are not hora,” With o tromor Quoonaby handed over tho piles of bills to Loftuy, who, oponing a eafo in tho back room, locked thoni socurely up. **Wo will now go to the hotel'--and anying this Quecnuby aud Loftus went into the stroet. Tho wenather was cold, sud both hnd on thoir ovorcoats, 40 A drink fhis raw_morning would bo oxcol- lout,” romngked Mr. Lottus, *“‘Cho brandy ot tho Corridor {s passable. Iinostly import my own in small quantities, In New' York, evorybody adulterates brandy so muoch. Is it not a shnmo that Union Squnrs, which should bo the tidiost of all ylncuu. is nlwn{& in such o shocking con- dition ? nud that little scoundrol of a nowsboy, who baa splashed the mad over us. No, I do nat want o uu\\-npnpnr," bo said to the nowsboy, “*aud olonr ont.” A DIRTY, RAGUED NEWSROY, thus addressod, who had o bundle of papors under bis arm, Fnzud at tha speuker, Mr, Loftus, for a tnoment with the utmost contompt, aud thou mado use of somo doeidodly importinont oxpros- slon, Alr, Loftusmadoan attompt to strike tho rudo boy with bis vens umbralls, which blow the boy ovaded, jostling agalust Nr, Quoonsby, The wmcident was soon forgotion, s thoy neared the hatol, whou Mr. Quocnsby’s anxiety incronsed, ““Havo 1," ho romarked to himkalf,” * been fool enough to throw away $7,0007 If Lo Iu golug to humbug mo, T am capablo of shooting him. Whint about thoso bouds ? " ho said aloud, “Bonds! Why, my dear sir, my dear Mr, Quaonsby, hore you lave been dnrrylng on Troadway, in tho most crowded Lhumllb' \fure of tho city, somo twenty thousand dollars’ worth of United Btutos bonda ® WRAPPED UP IN AN OLD NEWSPAPER in your pooket, It is n mercy you hnve not beon robbod. Your cscapo frum” losing them can only be accountad for by tho fact that the outsido of tho puckago by no moaus represonts thie valno of tho contents," MMr. Quoonsby folt iu liia overcoat pockot, and suro cuough thioro wns a goodly-sizod puckage. Tho hotel was roached, und “in & private corner tho packsgoe was _oxamined and tho bonds, twenty-thousand dollurs' worth in all, ‘wore found to bo correct. ‘Whothor Quoonsby aud Loftus tried the bruudy at the bar of the Corridor wo do not know., How tho bquds cama Into Queensby's pockot can only Lo accounted for by the supposition that the newsboy put them tlicre, but how these bonds weroe tuken from the Fountain is still s mystery, TINB 18 PUECISELY 1OW, g in this particular instance, s felony was com- Fouudod‘ There {8 vo sufer savings bank than o Fountain of Tomploton, and during tha late pauic thoro way not oven & run on it. Of courso, no pilcler can always Lkoop going totho well nud not got brokew. So Chaucer Loflus, Eaq,, or the forger and bond-thief, whoso renl namo ik Spencor or *Spenca” Pottis, got hauled up in duo process of timo, nnd is now an inmato of tho Stato Prison of Massachusotis— Dbut not on nccount of auy litilo irrogularity with tho Fountain Bavings Bank. RECOLLECTIONS OF WEIMAR. ‘Che Nlomes of Goothe, Schiller, Wioe land, und Horder=-Fhe Two Courtw of n German Grand Duchy. Weimar (Nov.15.) Corrcspondence of the New York Lening Post. You havo little ides how iusignificant Weimar iato lookat. You may tryto fuce down tho first impression by ropeating ovor to yourself, o8 n sore of shibboleth, the names of Gootho, Sehiller, Wicland, snd Iorder, but it ia of littlo uso. JYour idesls will slriuk nway befora tho migoscople reality ns wild-cat railrond bonds sla’W. in o Wall streot panic. But you may ask, ““Why como to Woimor with such ‘proconcoived thoories of its matorial greatnoss P 'T'here is no authority for it. Has not Gootho himeelf sung: l’oltyl;n:mng tho German Princes is cerlainly my nce; rince; Bhort sud narrow bia land, etc, But I can only urgo, In justifieation of my first impressions, that, in an ago with such a strong drift toward matorialism as tho presont ono, the buwan mind will throw overboard sontiment aud cling to the mntorial point of view. Thore sro in the outskirts of Weimar ono or two prosonta- blo atroets, and tho Grand Ducal Puiace, tho Alusoum building, and oue or two villas attract attontion; but tho coutre, the nuclous, wlhut was all of Weimur & century ago, i6 o crooked littlo village of tho humblest pratensions. Ol] hiow solo-torturing s its pavement! That of Xome, somewhat fanious i the samo line, issoft b buttorod biscuit in comparison. Af first I consoled mysolf that it had nleo tor- turod tho solo of gonius, but I was dragged vack from my oxcursion iuto tho ideal in loavn- ing that o contury sgo gonius walked about hore in the mud, without any pavement at all! With all that, I canuot bring mysell to look upon the pavement of Woimar as & modern improvement. Stumbling along, ono comes to bumblo abodes over whose doors are Lo be read the simple in- seriptions, ¢ Hore lived Hehiller," or *Hare lived Herdor,” or *' Wieland.” TUE GHANGES OF A CENTURY. On the bordor of the park stands Goethe's country houso whore ho passced soven happy yeurs ; & Louse which would now suit vory weil aday lnboror, but with whicha bachelor like Gootho, whose mind was his kinpdom, might woll ba content, eospesially if tho ' Grand Duchesses who camo would now, as tlon, be merey over beer and cold woat, and go away ro- Joicing over the now poom read to them from the fresh manuseript, Smallest and hwmnblest of all ia the little buck hut in_the park, which Gootko had Lnd built in three days 88 a part of the mise en scono of a birthday frolic, but whioh the Grand Duke Charles Augustus took for & summor abode, From this little hut, whoro the gardencrs now keop thoir hocs and wheclbarrows, tho Duke wrote enthusiastio lgttors, about solitude and tho charms of botliog by moonlight in the Ilm. I would not sdvies auy ous to riso up from the rending of thawe lotters aud walk direotly down to the Ilm ; if Lo doos, Lie risks embiltor~ ing lus existence by the shock of disonchant- mout, Tho river is at present a horriblo veget- able brew, but in tho interest of soutimont and all that ia truo aud benutiful, Ihopo it iy the dums and the mills that bave dono it, and that, nsin the cass of the strect puvemont, things wore bottor a century ago. QOETHE'S PARE, Fortuuately, as iu that wonderful fairy talo whero, just as you bogin to feel uncomfortable from enting the deadliest poison, the antidol is found growing on the next tree, so here the boauty of the l:nrk lightons the disappoint- monge caused by tho filthiuess of the river. The park isgo very lovoly, and so much moro im- portaut & fonture here than the town, that ous sces at once the justness of that description of Woiwar, which callod it & * park with a town in it.” ‘Thoro is the further chaim aboug the park, that it was entiroly ralaid out by tho Duke au Gootho, and in ita_prosent bonuly ie worthy to bo classed, s Wicland suggested, among Goethe's pooms, Laudscapo gardouing was ono of Goothe's pessions; he troats of it largely in hin botanical writings, and in tho novel, * Elac- tive Aflluities,” love-making and laying out parke go band in huud, TIE STATUARY. Bronze statues of the four groater lights of Welmar's firmumont graco its stroets. Herdor's atands iu front of the churoh of which he was so long pastor., Wiecland's adorns an open equare which beors Lis namo.y ‘The Goothe-Schillor flmup i placod in frant of tho theatre, in whosoe lircotion thoy laborod 8o many years in common, Tho group is by Rictechol, of Dresdon, Gootho stands fivmly orect with one hand ou Sghiller’s slioulder, aud with the othor offors to Schiller a laurol wreath. Sohiller holds in his hand & man- uscript to which he has just conflded hia thouglts, and gazing upward, with heed slightl thrown back, usif the fit were still on him, he with the disengaged hund coquots with the offared wroatl, Madestysuyuno, merit saysyes, and soho pushosd away an yutnccnrm the proffered houor, Goetlo fs reprossnted at about the nge of G0, 8chillor at 40. o group is intoresting and the mn“TuD" pootio. Schiller is the most success- fully dolivested, aud was uatural, for his char- acter lendy itselt moro roadily to outward ex- pression than the serene and tranquil wisdom of Goothe. GOETHE'S HOME, Goothe's town house—tho house presented to him on his return from Italy Ly the Grand Duke ~—forms an oxooption amoug tho humble abodes of Weimut's poots, snd risos conspicuously above the lowly roofs by whioh it 18 sur- rounded, 'Tho mppor rooms, which Gootho usod as drawing aud recoption rooms, aro lot, und tho lowar floor 18 ocouplad by ifs ownors, QGostho's two unmurried grandsous, who loop their grandfather's bedioom aud study un- ohunged and carefully guarded from tho publio oye. I amnot fond of going to n poot’s Louso to 8o Lis old clothos and Jocks of hair, which are usually what his descoudants havo to show j but in the cage of Coathe, Liu houso 1aeo fu- milier to us {rom hin lettors and from the hun- dreds of Looks which have beon writton about him and bis survoundings, that I join fu the regret thut iu ovorywhera cxpressod in Wal mar ut it Inuccessibility, The owners look upon these roows with 80 exaggeratod urov- orouce that thoy ilreat them as o sanctuary; but this view is not st all in consenauce will Uootlio's own ideas, for bLis whole wiitings ave full of Limsalf, his thoughts, feolings, omations and motlven; &ud uevar. haviug hw Way on- Luia lito trom thao ! iniowls odgo, it 18 not likely o would havo thonght ik nocongnry that after flln death his chinirs ngd tn- bigw whould bo hid away from anybody who folt a desiro to soo thom, In Wioland's and Herdor's houses thore ars not ovon old clothies or locks of huir to bo seon. Bat in Sohlllor's lhonao, hin study, in which he died, in proserved, ag noarly ns possiblo, in its origiual conditfony and o8 the house hos beon purchased by the town of Welmar, this room is open to all visitors, Behillor montions in a lotter that the roomn had o palo groon wall-papor, and & gorap of it having Loen found sti! otinging to the wall, the papor. hanger has earefnlly copled it, no that we fael nunurod that ot least” tho '+ local color is corc roct. I ncod not go Into an inventory of the furni taro; moro lntorosting aro specimens of thy lmez‘fl manuscript and lotters, and ospeclally his draft of tho assignment of parts for tha frst porformanco of ‘' Willlam Tell." I mny montion the writing-table, boeauso 1t is tho one of which ono drawer was always kepb full of docaying apples, whose odor was agroeablo t¢ tho poot. 1t nny one wara to mako out a list of tho various stimulants to llmtht which gonim has mado uso of, this one would certaiuly ligure among the oddest, Gootho, situing down Ly chanco one day nt this tablo, wns overcome bj this odor nearly to fainting. 'Whis trifling ein cumstanco rominds us of tho groat contrast bo tweon the two friends in physical constitution Goelho, as ovory ono knows, wna an Apollo it manly benuty. ITe had o love of pure air whicl bis contomporarics thought fanuticism, Sehilla way always glelly; wroto most st night ami this odor of vogotablo decay, aud was hurried by cousumption to the gravo nt the early age of 4 BOIILLER'S TONES, Twonty yoars after Schillor's death a cortnin burgomaator, Schwabe, took it into his hoad te et Sclullor's hood ns & procious relia, 1lo hnd the vault oponed, where the romnins had boon Inid with thoxso of ten othar mortals, but to his dismuy tho coflina wore all decayed’ away, aud thore was nothing but o contusod” mass of hones ot the bottom of tho vault. 1o took home tho |, eloven skulls, numbored them, ranged them in & row and invited evoryono in \Volmur who had boen porsonally nequaintod with Sohillor to coma aud sco thom. * Tho visitors wore tuion ono by one into tho room, and invited to writo down thoir opinions as to whioh wns Schiller’s skull, without the opportunity of consultation. Al ngroed upon tho same numbor, oud then Prof. Behrotor, of Jens, after much Qilli. onlty, sortod ot tho boaos of the kkeleton frum tho Licap, and the wholo was “placed in_the library ut Welmar, Tt is ovidont that tho ideas of the present duy In rogard tb tho sanctity of tha grave wore ‘mob then provalont. Goothe ‘wrote somo bosutiful lines to tha skull, and overything was pretty and pleasant, nud racally to ud Ilamlot and the grave-diggers. Soveral yoars after, King Louis I of Davaria, camoto Weimar, 1lo wns a man of what, in ordinary people, would be callod great rudeness of apooch, but, boing o King, it was only bluat. noss, Hing Louia was vory much astonishod ta fiud Schillor’s romains troatod as o curosity, 1 do not know how it was that he camo to differ from the contomporary sentimont; it migut have boon that, boing a Roman Cothos lio, ho thought human “bones had bstter bo in conseerntod ground than rattling about in librury drawers, ~Iowever, the King wagged This rough tonguo to such offect that a8 soon ag 1o biad gone tho Graud Duke wrote to Ggetho that, to avoid further remarks, ho desired him to bave a proper coflin prepared for Hohiller's honey, and to have them Joidin the Grand-Ducal vault. Goetle had n_simplo oakeu box mado, and on it hiad placed tho singla word * Sehillor” in bronzo lotters, TILE BURIAL-PLACE OF QOETRE AND BCHILLER. Whon Goothe died o simitlar coflin way pro- [)nmd for hini, and they now lio slde by side in ho Grand-Dieal vault, surrounded by the tombe of the Grand-Ducal family. * Goetho," **Schillor,"—thesa are tholr epitaphs; not a word of thoir titlea as counsotlors, or of the no- bility which Charlos Augustus was fiunlly driven to confer upon Lhom by the murmurs of Lis cours tiorn nt having to Rssacieto with theso plebeians, T'ho wise Goetho know when he placed the one word “Schillor” on tho coflin that postority would demaud no morg, sud thoy who directad Gocthio's intorment did well to follow tho prece- dout hio had mada, THE GRAND-DUCAL LIBRARY, Tho most interesting placa in Weimnr is the Graud-Ducal Library. I st not going to call it a ** Wallinila,”" ns overy Gorman does who writes about it, for tho Wallialla was only Loaven of sevages, and tho namo has_boon made ludicront by King Louls' Bavariau-Grcok folly at Itatis. bon. 1tis a charming idea to decorato o library with tho effigios of thoss who, by word or dced, have enlargod tho domain of human _thought, and this has beon done lers with & simpliclty aud au_ absonco of 'nrnmnaion in thorouxh harmony with tho spirit 'of Weimar's most brillisut epoch. On entering 1 find mysolf directly opposito o full-length por- trait of Charles Augustus, uear which ure ulsa tho portraits of the Grand Duchosses Amelis, his mother, snd Lousia, his wife, The Gran Dulto, whoso most distinguished titlo is that he was “ Qootha's Grand Dulke," was hot simply & Prince who counld confer fuvorsand gather about ‘him cslobrated mon, which any Priuce could do; Lut by tho singular forco and beauty of his chiar- acter he held them hore, and retnined their catoom and affoction throngh long yenrs of familiar intercourse. A man whom Goethe could so love muast lave been more than a woere princely Mwrconas, nor to o weak princo would Goothe have addreased thoso “attributos of affeotion which, how- ever much thoy may vaunt lig viriues, do not sparo bis faalts, A fow words from Gosthe will sullice to characterizo tho Grand Duchnss Amelin, **Whatover can give graco or charm to lifo,” hio snys, *‘sho sought, with wiso modor- ntion, to gollect around lier,” + '+ + ¢35l doligf:tnd in, tho conversntion of persons of talent, aud sought occasions of forminyg counnec- tions of this kiud, of maiutaining them, and of turning them to nccount; indeod, thore is no one of any note conneoted with Weimar whore povors wor not, sooner or later, called forth in or cirelo,” ‘he Grand Duchess Louisa wus of o bigh-souled, sclf-contained nature. She was tho sort of porson to say tho right thing at tho right moment. - Aftor the battlo of Jews, in tho midst of tho eacking of Welmar, sho raceived Napoleon with a bearing so uoble ss to extort from him the oxclnmnfluu, “Yoila une femmo qu'aveo nos doux cout canons nous n'avous pus pu faira tromblor|” Thoto three forin the central group around which the socioty of Weimar rovolved a century ogo. Tho two courts of Weimar, as Goetho jest~ iufily callod thom, tho princoly one and the in- tellactual ono, frenl. us in tho library from bust and portrait. ' I spare you o lisb of names, but, to Bliow the richuess of the collection, I may mention that thera are of Gogthe thyae busts, throe or four portraits, aud a dozen or more dif- ferent copporplates; of Hordor threo busts ; of Scliller, two; of Wieland, o bust and two por- traits; of Charles Augunstus, three or four por- trpits and o bust. I will not dwell upon the stare of tho second magnitude; suflicient to way that in tho whole asscmblago’ thore aro abent forty busts and fifty portraits, not including the large collection’ of commrl-lnto likeuossos. Amniong the many curiositios is the diplomaof citizonship vout to_Schitlor by tho Frouch Ro~ public_in 1792, and sigued by RRoland and Din- ton, Similar ones were forwardad at the samo timo to Washington, Franklin, 'homes Paine, and Anncharsis Cloots. Schillor's diplomn wus piven to tho Commander-in-Chiof, Custine, to Do sont acroas the linos, and, with the dolightful Freuch inaccuracy in_regard to this side of the Tthine, was addrossed to **M, Gille, publiciste allemand.” TFor eix yoars nothing was heard of it until it scoms to lave fallon iuto somo ono'a hands who suspocted thet Gille might possibly moan Hobiller, und forwarde it to Weimar, By ihat timo (1798) the Gonoral to whoso caro it lind been ontrustod, and the Ministors who bad signe ad it, lind already porished on the seaffold. Hore it {8, in' this library, that oue finds the truo signiticance of Weimar, and they who moy bo opprossed by the materlsl Insignificanco of the town go away from the library uomAlorlud. —_———— LIGHT. The night has & thousand ezes, And the day but one; Yet thie Hglt of the bright world dies With thio dying wun, Tho mind hus & thousand ezos, Al thio hieart but one Yet the Lght of A wlole life dles ‘When love is duna, ~=London Speotutor, — ¥ntiuence of a Dronm, Tho Troy Presssays that the sito of the Stato Btreot M, B, Ohuvch, in that eity, wos sstocted through the instrumentulity of & dream. Dr. Jobn Loudon, & pronuncut physician, whodied upward of fifty yoars ago, was o loading mombor and worker of tho Alethiodist denomination, and about the time it wus proposed toorect an editica in tho vicinity of Stato street, tho goud dootor droamed that Lo saw a flook of whito doves alight on the lots at tho cornor of Btato and Tifth strcels, The Improssion of tho vision was #0 vivid that the Doctor could rot shako it oft. 1lo iusfated that it was s good omen, aud that tho church should be erocted ou the lots above named, Ho- slronuous was ho in this that La carried his p?in‘n’z, s;nl‘um old t‘iul‘f nrant l‘c““:l‘: ary was otoctod, to givo way in due timo to beautitul editioe uow locatod an the alte of the L ald briok struotures