Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1843-02-24
From ihs !Neap Iinrl4.
From hs NeO World
NEW LETTER FROM MRS. RAMS
BOTTOM.


My DEAR EBITUR-AS IL is some little
time since last wrote 10 you, think
you will be glad 10 hear what we have
been about. | have been staying at
Brighton for the benefit OF the vapid
bath, aud have been bamboosd by va
hornets three times n we, k, which has
done my rheumatism a world Of good -
| recovered so well that have bceu en-.
adj ed to cross over TO DIP. so called on
account of its seabalhing; and from
the nee have come on to Paris with the
Fulmers, when we arrived On the 25th
inst. You are aware that have been
in Paris before, but | send you some ac-
counts of ditTIrent places which did
not notice in my former tower
The morning after we arrived we
hired an eXtemporc servant, not having
brought one with us The French call
him a lack a daisy de place lie Is to
show us all the lions, bat, for my part,
have seen quite enough wild beasts i'm
England. We walked through the
Faur Ids something, forget the name.
where the Bar-sioel formerly stood; So
called from the many iron bars TO Sc
cure prisoners We then returned and
cross d one of tho. bridges, which the
French call Ponds; never could under.
stand why. The name would be more
appropriate to the water underneath -
This took us To- the PalGce OF the Look.
sonbre; so called because it is in such
u dull situation. Here we were inda'g-
ed with prohibition Of pictures There
was very line one, of Runymede pre-.
sentings Cup Of Neclarine TO the Gods:
and another, Of Morpheus perspiring al.
the Birds and Beasts with his Music
here were tigers, and lapers, and pan.
theons, and all sorts Of animals. both hi
ped and hIped, dancing with all their
IN ght. | was mich struck with a full
length portrait OF Il lady, pain'ed by one
Nj Angle (?)whether the men Der Of par
Lament. We afterwards visited n small
private gallery of siatuls, where we
saw some beautiful culpture-particu
The head OF 81 era, the great Roman
orator, by tho celebrated Canuto. Pro
Ceedi2g from thence, we looked into the
Hospital Tor lncurables. wonder they
get any patients to 60 into it, if they
cannot cure.
Returning homo to our hotel we were
nearl run over. Lazy was SO much
frightened, that she went in yiolen,
high astericks; bu; fortunately had nv
bottle Of romantic vinegar with me,
which, with the help Of some hearts,
ease from chym:st's shop soen put
her TO rights. | was a long time, how
ever, before | could make the people I'm
derstGnd me; for though can parley
French pretty well, | don't speak il ge-
omtrlcaiy, If my daughter does. The
words are simple enough, bu; The idiot
Isms puZZ me.
Lazy was too weak to walk further,So
We got her into a polacre-a thing like
u hackney coach. In the evening she
was well enough to go with US 10 the
theatre, where the play was Ohio the
Moor Of Venus. | didn't like the man
who did the Moor. They called him
Tall moor, but thought him rather
short. lie was taller tnan Mr. Kean, to
he sure. And after |, it was not Shak-
spurs Ohio, but only French trans
portation, by one Lucy.
a gentleman, near me, said d. ece, |
supposed he meant dueced bad; and
thought so TOO; but it wouldn't become
A lady to make such an cxcolpation.
Early the next day we hired an over
lure for an eKcrescencc TO Versailles;
Mr. Fulmer followed in crabriolee,
which is large gig with head. We
passed the Place Louis Quincy, where
Louis the 10th was bulletined by Rogues-
pear, and the other butchers Of the Ra
oRaSConvention. 1t makes one blood
cradle 10 think Of the many bloody as
serbations and massycurs which took
place on this spot; yet those wretchcs,
like the Hunts and the Watsons. aud the
Thistlewoods of our day, call the5Aselyes
patrarchs.
We made a circus on our return to
visit Moll-mason, the Gavorite retreat Of
BuneParte, where he spent so much Of
his time with the Empress Josephus.
In the evening we went, by invocation,
10 party Al French Marquizes. They
called 1t a sorry one: but | thought eve
ry thing was grand. The ladies pres.
sed me 10 take hand at cards, and sew
eral offered to give up their places in or.
der to take me in, which was very com.
Placent; but did not see any cribbage
table, or all fours, which are the only
games understand
The next day we saw the King 20 to
high Mars; he looks very infirm with
the govt and rheum, and his legs we're
wrapped up in tunnels. We saw a good
many more sights, such as the Hospital
of SaltPctre the Malelactory Of Gebins
the Ecole de Fallacy (Which answers to
our Potlecary's Hall, y and the Garden Of
Plants; by the by, how could it be gar
d en- Of anything else? And, taking a
shnrl nnmrnaln I'm lhn EIlz.h .lh EnIL-