Southern telegraph., 1836-07-15

- ""s upt uiS pilhcip0i gate OF en-
trance, b1t was chosen thlt She mirht pass
by the lake, and receive the boniT5 al AZ
fantastic waller gods. The hlT-~l on tbe
west si1e--a small stream now flows ,hr,'
ls bei--ani with that to diversity the
scenery, 1t must, in that quaf.er, have pre-
seated noble landscape. 'fhe park was
formerly twenty miles rjunl; bl. Is nov
pasture and ploughed fields.
The walls Of the buildings left stapd;ne
are very lofty, but the wv creeps 10 the
very top, surmounts the loliiest towers. and
spreads its living screen and soft curtajning
over the richly carved windows. The han
quoting ball was eighty-four feet long by
iorty-elsht broad, and lis windows twentv-
FYen feet high. Alas! the feast and the
song are gone; the gathering Of mobiles and
the flourish of trumpets are heard no more ,
out instead of them, heard single bugls
horn at distance, that came softly 10
am2ngthe crumbling walls and moulderin1
arches, as if to wall over their desola,ions.
and here and there, in court,yards. | saw
picnic parties, carelessly seated on the
grass, as ii in mockery aAihe proud and
guarded festivities and gfdndeur % former
days | thought wiz myself, that they
must be more familiar with the spot than I
was to be able to 81! down, " cat, drink, and
be merry" N''N
Equally vivid and interesting IS the pic-
iure Of sePuIchral Waterloo!l
I'VE arrived at the field of Waterloo
nine miles from Brussels, after sunset W.
ascended the mount raised in comn,emora.
tIon OF the great event Of June Is, 1915.
Il IS two hundred leel high, and has a m,nu-
ment on the summit, consisting Of a bi1h
pedestal, on which reposes the B;itisb lion
colossal figure, and finely executed. From
lhIs elevation, every point in the position of
The armies and the field Of battle is cash,
comPrehendod. 1t is now a ploughed 6e,d
with nothing remarkable about it: bu, hare
ana naked as 1t is, Of every thing but tie in.
tefest which the great action gives it.
woald not but have seen it. We descended
and passed through the very centre of Ii,
held--ho road to Gemappe leading II tha
direction; yes, we rode quietly through tba
peaceful field, where, e.yh:ecn years art
on summers night, the same moon shinin
that now lighted our way-thousands Law !
the sleep of death, and thousands more line
up, on every side, faces marked with II
t death agony, and uttered waiIings that,me
surgd oat the hong, long hours 81 dat dTea
lm night AS if to complete the contra,
we heard the sound of violin as we droy
off from the battle field, and turning asid
t to the quarter from whence it came. Of
served dance before the door of one Of III
cottages. s
!" Al Gemappo--a few miles distant-be
, meath the window of the chamber where
slopb was the street where the retreatin
French raised the last barrier against tn
pursuing Prussians and Brunswickers.-
Along that street sounded the fearful hur
rah,' which, as Prince Bluches's repor
{ says, drove the pGnc-struck soldiers Of b.
naParte from their post. By the very win
t dow from which | looked, rushedahe furiou
Prussian cavalry, which swept away tn
feeble barrcade like chaG, and on ever
5 stone Of that pavement blood-hlman bloo
$ had flowed. Yet now, what but thes
S dread recol.ectlons themselves could be moi
e thrilling than the awful stiilaess, the dee
n rePose, WHICH settled down upon that fen
k ill spot-he moon5eams filling upon Il
a silent walls, and upon payements WHICH
!, t1ois'eP disturbed, aud seeming to cons
crate all nature to prayer and love, not
G wrath and destruction"
Q NoProse Of Alpine scenery that we ha,
e ever seen from the pen Of any traye!l,
n EagIish Or American. stand cut in bo!d
relief than those Of Mr., Dewey. Swi,zc
s land, surely, was never better depicted.
d single birdS-eye passage viii serve as
specimens
IS 81 thought it quite fortunate, as / rc
this morning, that the day was oyerci
with clouds, and threatened rain; but /
bright, fantastic msls that floated arou
y the tops Of the mountains soon present
aspects that afforded compensation for /
want Of clear sky. Indeed, | had not Sc
the Alps before, under these aspects; for
10 Grindelwald it was close and heavy VI
n that settled down upon them. But he
5, nothing could be more light and airy The
!. was no wind sensible to us below, and
seemed as if the mist were moved BY sor
3 power within itself. Now il sailed alo
y with majestic sweep arouad the tiiou
of tain's brow; then it plunged down into sol
Of profound abyss, as il, like the flries, it b
~ victim to the dark prison below; and ags
Is it rose up, disclosing, but shadowing, I
Il awful depths--as il were, the foundatit
re Of the world. Oiher clouds Goated alo
,n the mountain sides, attracting, repelliI
,r passing and repassing, mngling and pa
90 ing, like the skirmishing forces Of an arm
and sometimes meeting, they held n
mentary conflict, and then mounting
"a carried the @ral war into the region Of
clouds---unyeiiing, at the same time, so
Y stupeudous precipice; dark aud awful, al
ats it had boen blasted all bllckcned BIZ
PIX. thunder Of heaven"
ew How stFiling!y beautiCulare the impr
N, siens Of our traveller upon coming in 81
! OF the "eernal city."l M
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