The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1843-08-18


assassipatcd here. The old church contains
fine monument to the memory of Admiral
'rromp, the hero Of - sea fights, and who con-
quered the English under Blake in the Downs in
1862. The new church contains the burial vault
of the royal family, and beautiful monument to
William l.. also, monument to Grotus.
The next place is The Hague, the residence of
the royal family. 1t contains 5000 Inhabitants,
and is the finest place in Holland. ~ picture
gallery contains many fine paintings "! the most
eminent artists. Paul Potter's young bull i, the
mos. remarkable, 1t is as large as life, and APP
pears as if it was actually leaping from the can
vass. When Napoleon removed the paintings
from the Hague 10 Paris, the Dutch offered him
100000 il he would leave this one. Another
painting byRembrandt, representing surgeon dis
secting dead body, is remarkable piece. Ru-
bens' Wives, painted by himself is very good,
There are some fine portraits by Van Dyke, and
also some of Wouvcrmans best pieces, and many
others by eminent artists. The royal cabinet of
curioSities is very interesting. In one room are
the Chinese collections, showing the manners,
customs, habits, and pcculiarities of the inhabit-
ants. The royal library contains 100 0O0 volumes
The palace of the old king is plain building,
we'll furnished, and Eany of the rooms contain
good paintings. The palace of the young king is
still smaller than the other, but il contains the
best collection Of paintings in Holland. Many of
the master pieces Of Raphael, Corrcggio, Angelo,
and Van Dyke are among the collection. The
young king i, very plain, good-lookng man,
with easy manners and pleasing address. The
queen has rather masculine appearance,
dgnfcd, reserved look, but not handsome or in
tercsting.
next came to Teyden, which is rather plea
SAINT place, and contains IS 900 inhabitants. The
town hall contains the famous painting by Lucas
Van Leydcn, the Last Judgment and the Cruel
fxlon, by Cornelius Engehrocht, and also, a por-
trait of Peter Nanderwch, who SO bravey defend
ed the place against the spaniard, in 1874. After
the siege had lasted long time and the inhabi,-
ants were summoned to surrender, Vanderwerr
replied that, when their food was exhausted, they
would cut of their left hands and eat them, and,
with their rgh, hands defend the town. For this
famous defence, William, prince or Orange, offer
ed the inhabitants the choice of two favors-a uni
versity, or exemption from taxation. 70 their
immortal honor, they chose the former, which has
held high rank among the European UNIVERSE
tics. Descarles, Salma>ius, aud Boorhavcn were
professors here. Goldsmith and LinDDus studied
here also. It affords the best opportunity for the
study of comparative anatomy of any school in
Europe. 1t contains the skeletons of every kind
Of animal upon the globe from the elephant to the
mouse. The botanical collection is also very
good.
From Lcylcn went to Harlem which sn We
ry pleasant place. 1t contain. 81 QUO inhabitants
In ihe church Of st. Bu>an is the famous organ
supposed to he the largest in the world II has
5000 pipes; the greatest meta! pipe is 10 inches
in circumference. Two pipes are 80 feet long,
and eight pipes arc Is feet long. The sound pro-
duced is truly woulerfu it may he made to ni-
tate the Softest voice the loulesi thunder. Near
Harlem are many prlncely country seats Of the
nobility. The most splendid among them is that
of Baron Wonder Hope, the rich banker Of Am
stordam. Harlem is celebrated for its tulips and
hyacinths, in which there was once as great spe.
culalon as there was in town lots in Illinois in
1886. The good people Of Harlem and Alpster-
dam have become alarmed at the encroachmcnts
of Harlem lake, and they have formed the bold
plan o! pumping it dry. The work has already
bcen commenced, aud ia estimated to cost SOC0,.
90 guilders.
Grazing farms ore the only ones to be seen in
Holland. They bring their grain from Germany.
The principal exports are cheese, butter, linen,
and gin. Holland has psbc debt on which she
annually pays s!5, GOO, 600 iuorcat. ALMA.