Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-10-29

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t" N h'f ii Tie late maras- 1nd the cou, las u.r"
ca'tf THAN lof nloy yrafS rast.
Another interesting day have spent in ,i>tng the
IL tai Palace o. 1s,es,ae' s.la--a uo distance from
tr'ef''afs which reached by rail way | wss
moe pleased with his palace ,han any n'het We have
''en hc'e lis noble structure oi great eAbn. hss-
i"e Nv" iaI-r "iuas, running b, and forming slud q
''oh. SURROUNDED by beautiful railing. We as
'e"drd m'sn hcen marble star case. aud frat visited
lie chapel OF The Imperial ftmy. win Sc srlcador and
feehrSs SURPRISES my ability 10 describe. The pant
'"eS are very for. Toe gliding the ceins and
WITS together "th the precious stones and bright gold
a'a'S' da4z'es the sghi. L. the the apart
"ti' 'l The sovereign AMI his family. viii not de-
s'iihr each "i these rnams, a, Of them resemble
muse ia other Palaces. which have already nptlced -
ne most remarkable onr AID thai which attract
ed my attention. was covered all over with costly Am
o'f Il exquisite hean,, and In many part, o the
were Clown Il Anhr' set with ruhes dia nunds and
emefals prfaps 10 The ou nber ol fifty. Your lmagi
hAn" would tai Ia conceive The splehdur Of this nom.
much less Is nay pen able descabr H. could scarce
~ realize that all tins "as fu ore n an aud asked
"SNti II II "tfr possible thai he could MS head up
on quiet plIlaw amid such gorgeous splend,r, while
m'll"nE Of his soJ'cts "crr llvn, IN squihd wretch
edneSs. IN want Of the cominonesi comforts Of hte-
The Il mr OF one foun nlad With real pearls and ma
ny rooms were supported by ar!e columns o amber
maanIed by gold capitals We saw the apartment,
appropriated by The Emperor 10 hi. late daughter Man,
the sleeping being liver aud The dressing rcnm
all oi ,7ld. On2 ii The covered entirely with
whlie-mlihant even an embroidery Of any cout-a
lung had never seen before. ard had must beauu
tu II tI,t nd .Ec 4 r.,
same color. The tables were Of massive silver. Eve
~ thing IS attractive one knows not upon which Ia
resi- tho eye. tr TINS ~pendur aud oriental uSufy mee
y'u on every SIDE throughout tie Palace THIS Palace
vas fnerly the lavotle residence of the Emperor, bn
since his lavutite daughter AltAandrne died here h,
seldom visits H. The gardens very extensive viii
long avenues aud hale cottages here and there In the
'ene, there Is quite large lake witt, many e island,
on one OF these Islands there greal many white
and grey raJ5s. Water from this lake is carried all
over The garden onn.,o little canals. We wandered
about in this lovely eardeG le'er than half day
Every step was made Interesting u; SINE new ding OF
novel scene. In one parl you would see i,le Swiss
cottage, the exterior appearing very rude If it WAS IL
habrd by some humble peasant bat upon entering You
would hod II most Sumpuou,ly fitted up lrlc pafur
In another pau YOU would STE sanc old ruiu-then fl I,
Stalurs-a hlle oriental summer house II rent kind,
ut bridges oyer the lule canals pretty suspen
'on bridges aud every variety. There is most
beautiful he house in The garden where they send up
meals by means II machinery. Tie dishes are placed
o. The machine Glow and senr up stairs, and each de
posted IN lis Place on The table In part there is
neat Intle temple containing very pretty siauary
In another PAT small Swiss farm yatd with caa, from
lyf'I. 10 reality, in al my travels. never before
have seen garden more beautiful or one with such
variety. must not tire you longer with descriptions of
II. Petersburg aud lis ,uvlfuns. We have now been
here almost ten days ard Shall take our departure
Iof the loer"r-and viii probably only occasionally
be III our power 10 write You Of our wanderlngs