The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-10-01
Correspondence of the Spy.

The western half Of Belgium is so level as to CONT
tute an almost uninterrupted pain 1t is laden with
"boundess conguiiy" of grain and grass and the rail-
road uaverses it as trinity kept alley, grayeed and
bordered with flowers and hedges, passes through d
highly cultivated garden. The estern portion very
different in aspect |, insists Of succession of amos,
parallel ridges ofhls with intervening values, run ing
northwardly and uthwardly The general direction Of
the railroad is consequently nearly at right angles with
them. "Dsep eu,s' are somewhat numerous and the
number oftunnes between Louvain and Cologne cannot
be less than thirty or forty. This section like The
ern, generally cultivated, but The variety of produc
lions greater the land is more divided by hedges
separate fields, there trees and fruit aud the
face of the country bears striking ublance to
Of the most beautiful districts of England.
The word.renowned Hotels de Vile, or City Halls
of Brussels and Louvain arrest the attention and pro
woke the admiration of the traveller, admirable spec
linens of the elaborate Gothic architecture of the late
part ofthe middle ages but, throughout western Europe
the American hardly find of greater novelty
than that which, upon markel>day; is presented in he
market. place of the city last mentioned The la rye
square is filled with dense multitude, say two
three thousands, women>hucksers retailing their veg
etabes and fruits, and making purchases
Every head covered, and YET throughout the ,hrong
YOU will discover scarcely halt.a dozen bonnets Hand
kechefs ofeveTy color in the solar spectrum shawlS Of
as many hues the of JOSEPH, The hoods of the
mantia, hat legacy of the Spaniar IS TO the Flemish
peasanry and occasional cap-such the er.wel-
opes of the of heads by which you surrounded
The scalding rays OF Jtly sun stream into the pen
square but there is root, she ter for man or fol
merchandise Apples and artichokes butter and beans
carrots and currans, aud throughout the whole al
phabet of eatahles deposited in baskets, in tubs ii
boxes, IN cannisters, upon the ground, upon aukS
upon stools, upon tables upon platforms, yet ZEN, ah
canopy other than that OF glowing sky Of The clout
which showers upon them the summer rain. Old wo
men and young women, homty women and - blu
no, the antiihcsls here would he exaggeraion
departure from iruh-buyng and selling, wei. hing ant
measuring, standing still, walking, sitting upon boxes
baskets, wheel-barows, planRs, stools Of three legs
stools Of four legs, and withd few chairs CHATTER mt
the ears ofthe traveller the wretched Waoon paois
the Flemish language, of which he may think himsel
fortunate he undcrs ands enough enable him to buy
aluncheos OF their mugnfcen, cberes-and il he pur
chase and eat these he may be thankful for second ia
vor should he escape the chol.ra which is ragns
in Louvain.
The frontiers OF Prussia passed at sh 1T distance
westerly from AK ld>Chapelle The inspection of bag
gage, that annoyan to rayeIers-:ha invasion upon
their domieiary belongngs-was but slight and
were moi even asked for passports remained one
day al AK renowned for It's treaties and lis antiquity
Tome tile most interesting object in the city is the
thedral-nearly thousand years old-benealh Which
the body of Charlemague rep9sed. Tae pl zee o
his ntermen directly under The do ne, is till inca,a I'd
by large stone slab, bea ring the inscription "CAKoLo
MAGNo" AK, as you aware, is Of he celebra
ted "waering places" O. Germany but the cho' and
the political difficulties have couspIred diminishing he
number of visitors tine present The hotels pr
sent but "a beggary account Of en- ~ ioom., and tie
unpalaabIe mineral TVS its fountains CONS
paratiyeIy UNLISTED
What shall ! say Of Coogne-ofhs crooked streets
and IFS extensive and almost Impregnabe forfca'ions;
IFS magnificent hut unfinished cathedral con'ang "the
shrine the three Kings" and Ire heart of Marie de
edicfs, ofiis bridge of boats its n its pictures
We will let them pass and simply remark that there
now here somewhere about half dozen vcrabIe J.al
Marie Faninas, all of whom concoct the veri,abe
@originai" Eau de Cologne The unique cur;o,it,
in Cologne is the church Of Saint Ursula and the eirpen
thousand Virgins The history Of this SAINT and her
numerous train Of madens Iusra ed hy pictures upon
the internal walls and thousands OF skulls and tn OH
bones of the human body deposited in uc and
upon shelves. They are said to be the bones Of The
Saint and her followers.
CoIeridge commentaries this city in the following
piquante lines which extract from Murray
Yenymphs who reign ore sewers sinks,
The river Rhine il is we'll known
Washes your city OF Cologne;