OBERWESEL AND CAUB.

THOUGH few vestiges now remain to prove the claim ofOberwesel to a Roman origin, it is nevertheless one of themost striking of the ancient cities bordering the Rhine. It wasformerly an imperial city, but was ceded by the EmperorHenry to his brother Baldwin, Bishop of Treves. The shat-tered towers and crumbling walls which now surround Ober-wesel, bear strong evidence of the devastations it suffered inthe wars of the Electorate; and the whole aspect of thisremarkably picturesque place, as we view it from the woodedheights above, is such as to excite a lively interest in itsformer history and destinies. In the back ground, upon thesummit of a pointed rock, stand the romantic ruins of theCastle of Schonberg ; and on the opposite side of the river wejust discern the little town of Caub, rendered famous by thepassage of the army of Marshal Blucher across the Rhine atthat place, on the 1 st of January, 1814.