New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-06
FROM NETWORK TO NINEVEH

a SECOND TRIP THROUGH BELGIUM AND W
THE RHINE.
rAsor,al Correspondence OF The N Y Tribune.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
Thursday Oct, 2, 1851.
Nv eight days in London passed away
,.o,dv enough, but toward their dose the me
Autumn weather disappeared The exhaiations
AZ the Giant City hung low in the streets, and
the air had damp, heavy and STICKY ieehhs'
which 70 me was painfully oppressive. fei'
,,,.sn growing more bituninous with every
breath. and was not sorry when the cab which
conveyed me and my luggage, and two compan'
ions and their luggage, rolled up 10 the bohdoh
Bridge Station on dark, rainy evening D. was
a dismal night when we left, but IN three hours
,herward. as we rumbled under the Cliffs OF
Dover, the stars were sparkling brightly over the
Channel.
The O,tend boats leave in half an hour after
The arrival of the Express train, so that the
traveller is now freed from the clutche. o. Dover
landlords, and hope that variety of the genus
scamp will soon become extinct. Il had occasion
20 learn something ofthem on former VISIT But
on no other great thoroughfare OF travel Is the
conveyance SO astonishlngly mean as on this
Fancy boat about the size Of one OF the New
York tugs, making her trips wholly by night,
frequently carrying one hundred passengers. and
svithom single berth, or even decent standing
place for more than twenty or thirty. The after
cabin fare SO rs for five hours voyage) has
barely two hard. cushioned benches, on which
ten persons may stretch themselves. Fortunate
", our number did not exceed that, and ! man.
aged to get little oblivion The fore cabin
flare 81 SOY is dingy little hole, with bare
bench for three and air enough for one, though
that one might object to its quality The compe-
tition ofthe different lines to Calais, Dieppe. Ant
werp, &c, seems to suggest no improvement
whatever TO the proprietors.
We reached Os,end before dawn, and passed
through Custom. house and Passport Office with
90 little delay, that we saw the sun rise behind
the spires of Bruges. Ii was Sunday, and the
Flemish lowlands stretched broad and solitary
on either hand At every station we took IN
numbers Of peasants III gay costume, making
holiday excursions to various points along the
road. At Veryiers, the last station IN Brussels,
which we cached by o'clock, the people were
making preparations for celebrating the anniver
sary of the revolution from which Belgium
dates its existence. The result OF the late cleo
ZION for Deputies had Just been made known,
and the victorious party were making the jubilee
partly their own. Belgium Is almost the only
Kingdom in Europe which has remained quiet
during the stormy movements of the last three
years, and n the motto which | read IN golden
letters Oh the facade OF the townhall Of Yer
viers--" Psbtene, Saursgarde du People lis ne
yer falsiGed by her rulers, she may remain Sc
cure in the ferccr strife at hand,
At Herbesthal we were greeted by the black
Prussian eagle-blrd of i'll omen-and gave up
our passports TO gend 'arme in pickelsaube, as
the new fashioned spiked helmet is called, III
common parlance He was followed by Gus
toms officer, who lifted his hat with "thank
you, most heartily ;" when told him had no
contraband articles about my person. At AK
la-Chapelle, where our baggage was examined,
the scene in the Passport Bureau was amusing
The officer made terrible work of the foreign
names, and as most OF the passengers were going
on to Cologne by the train in waiting, their haste
and anxiety added 20 the confusion. | saw one
American, Cinnocent of any language but his
own,) who, growing desperate in the effort to re-
cognize his name, commenced calling Justify ::
"United States United States as II he had
discovered the clue which could lead him out OF
his perplexity.
At Aixla-Chapelle, where renamed TIL the
next forenoon. revisited The Cathedral and
Stadthaus, and saw for the first time the trea-
sure chamber belonging to the former. The
vaNables consisted OF silver and golden caske,s,
studded with precious stones and incloSng frag.
ments OF SAINTS. For instance, in cross pre-.
scented to the Cathedral by Lothar. nephew Of
Chariemsgne, was blessed with beholdinc the
tooth of ST Thomas, the hair of 81. Bartho'o
new, piece OF the tine cross and the girdle
worn by the Virgin In another casAet, present
ed by the Emperor Barbsrossa, the head of 81.
John, the garments OF the Virgin aud the robe
worn by Christ. are preserved, but are OF such
peculiar sanctity that they are only shown once
In seven years, when pilgrims flock to AN by
tens OF thousands from all corners OF Catholic
Europe. The fact that Tteves also has Holy
Csat, does not seem 10 lessen their faith in the
healing virtues of It's duplicate al AK. How 1t
happens that there are two heads Of st John,
one IN Germany and one in Italy, will not PIE.
tend 10 explain. More interesting than these.
because more authentic. are the relics OF Charlie.
magne-his skull, ,high.bone, arm bone ewel!ed
cross, and the mighty hunting horn Of carved
ivory which hung at his side As | looked Il
It's heavy mouth-piece, thought wha, a heavy
blast those bearded lips of his must have sent
through II, IN the strait OF Roncesvalles IN ar.
swer to Rowlsnd's dea,h-peal'
spent the next afternoon in Cologne. seeing
It's many interesting sights. and smelling its
many dstestahle smells. VIVA, most surprised
me- was the progress made in the erection of
che great Cathedral When frat saw;, .sv.,