The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-09-19
Corresponding of the Spy.

correspondence OF the spy
BRUSSELS. July 1919.
came from London to Antwerp, and from that city |
went about twenty>fve miles eastward towards the in,
i'ror OF Belgium. for the purpose of visiting Ghee,
township, or commune" long known to dical men in
all quarters OF the world receptacle for the Insane
Patients are brought here from all parts of Be GUM, and
placed from five, each family, IN the houses OF
the residents both IN the village and the surrounding
farms. The. commune has population Of about len
thousand and the present number of patients is ahou,
thousand. The place ing from lis novelty
but the details o! my visit might not be TO you or TO
those who are not particularly engaged in the manage
meni of person labor;ng under mental disorders
The scenes of my observations to>day are Of widely
different character, but il occupies an important place in
the history OF naiions and consequently whatever may
be the opinions of individuals, cannot fail TO awaken
general interest l aude 10 the field of Waterloo The
cabs and coaches of Brussels still occupied, and for
many long, long year will undoubtedly continue to
be- IN conveying travellers 10 the grave of Napoleons
hopes and the birthplace of Europes freedom from the
ambition of the .iuIe corpora' The distance is about
ten miles, aud the road leads through two three small
villages and the old forest of Sognees by Byron his
Chide Harold enormously called Ardennes, perhaps
for the sake of the grea.er euphony OF the word. A
lar part Of The forest has been down The time
when it grieved
("if things inanimate e'er grieve)
Over the unreturnng brave"
Enough, however, remains to give an accurate idea OF
lis beauty. The trunks Of the not large, but
they are generally almost perfectly straight and rise TO
iron fifty eighty feet before they sen off branches.
The shade is dense that but little verdure grow
beneath.
Marathon and Waterloo diverse in aspect rs
can readily be imagined The former is wildly ex>
tended, almost perfectly level, uncutivated plain,
rounded by mountains aud the sea, and lis solitude but
rarely broken by the human voice. The later is rich
and cultivated district Of unduIalmg and, bearing its
burthen Of grain and grass now well as at The time
of the baue.-ne rseced by Of the principal h h-
ways leading into Brussels IN The vicinity of village,
and surrounded by the dwellings Of men,
At the resent time the int resin spots up
on the field the Chateau OF Hougoumont and the
Mo nds of Belgic Lion. The former served as cta.
del for the English and its alls still exhibit many vei-
ges of the awful struggle. 1t appears 10 me that any
one who visits Waterloo and thoroughly examines it,
must come away convinced that if the French had
ceeded in taking this chateau Napoleon would have beer
the victor instead of the vanquishei A lew rods Of
bnck wall erected for The pleasure Of Flemish gentle
battles, aud with it, that Of Europe, and, perhaps of the
world So slight is the barrier between ano
failure. Upon such trivia contingencies hangs the wea
or woe of empires and OF man
The so called Mound of the Beige Lion erected
by order OF the King Of the Nellie rands, in commence
ration Of the wound received by his son the Prince
Orange (snce King of Holland) in the battle 1t is
conical tumuus of earth about hundred feet il
ha;ob nj he lStat IF -
Its erection required the labor of four hundred men f
two years. 1t stands in a somewhat central position, Sc
that, from its summit good view may be obtained o
the widely extended district occupied by the conteGdin:
armies. 1t very the spot which the
the terrible charge of cavalry which closed the bal
te.
For many years after the battle the crops Of grain up
on the field were greatly increased by the fertlzne
qualities of human blood and bone and hesh but now
even this last sad humiatiug yesge of the fallen thou
sands has passed away.
Cowper speaks of
"Preposterous sight, the legs without the man.
Tie Marquis Of Angelsea left leg at Waterloo, and
how "preposerous" soever il may appear, il is never
,heless true that thousands have made pilgrimage to
the espcc ial spot where it is inferred, and paid fee for
the privilege Of seeing the grave Ii treasure TO tie
man who guards IT, Should this meet the eye of any
one who has visited Waterloo, and been directed over
tie Geld by Edward Cotton, they hereby informed
that that Marques apollo Of guides bat few days
since went TO sleep with those in whose companonshp
be formerly batled and his turHess grave is point
ed cut BY bis successors
T In Boston, Tuesday, Eve deaths by cholera. All
the victims we're Irish.
Phe cholera continues TO rage at Bangor, end on FRI
day last len deaths occurred. Since the disease first