TOPLITZ, a town in Bohemia, celebrated for its warm aulphuroous springs, is situated in 50° 38' N. lat., 13° 50' E. long. The name is Slavoniau, and given by the Bohemians and Croatians to warm springs in general. This small town, which has not above 2S00 inhabitant.., is situated on a stream called the &tubed', in a beautiful plain or valley four leagues in length and one league in breadth, formed by the Erzgebirge and the Mittelgebirge. The town forms an irregular quad rangle, is about half a league in circuit, and has three gates. Tho principal buildings arc—I, the palace of Prince Clary, to whom the town belongs, with an extensive garden and park open to the public, in which there is a ball-room and n pretty theatre; 2, the church of St. John the Baptist; 3, the town-hail, built in 1806 ; 4, the Chapel of the Cross, outside of one of the gates. The town is couuceted by a row of handsome houses with the village of SchiMau. There are several springs both in the town and in Schiinau, each of which sup plies several public and private baths distributed in different establish ments. "The quantity of water which the principal spring yields,"
aya Dr. Granville "is one million one hundred and eightymitie thousand six huudred and seventy cubic inches in an hour." The temperature of these springs is 113° to 119° Fahrenheit iu Teplite; in Schounu 101° to 104". The hot springs of Toplite are very bene ficial in coma of suppressed gout, chronic rheumatism, diseases of the joints, contracted limbs, old wounds, obstinate cutaneous eruptions, and paralytic affections. The waters have been used almost exclusively for bathing; of late they have been recommended and used internally. There are about 90 bathing establishments, many of which are flue buildings. The Austrian end Prussian governments have erected military hospitals. Between 10,000 and 20,000 visitors, including sometimes imperial and royal personages, visit Ti.iplitz in the autuniu. Gaming in TUplitz is wholly prohibited.