Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-08-05

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The MACE He married the house keepers
10 and with >. GOOD wife got 100000 not
.I,o,ake; and nov though the engineer of
T., H. Ike. he is baronpt. and lives in good
IL not far from the palace. The entrance
IN ,sa oio,io of Derby shir' marble. and
.'..on,bt " irh zing skill and finish: spen
III n;c;ures hang around the walls, and curl
,.;,;es of great value, from Rome and Greece.
,a,as,efnlly disposed. The sketch gallery
.x,ens;ye. exhibiting the various schools OF
81. and along the halls, as we were c,ndu cted
h., a you,bfui female guide, we were pointed
=, ~ n,;ntnos by the old masters, many OF which
..;rb, he with more rroprety yelled VIII, n par
,;as orIadies and gentleman are gazing at them,
"a. niece of staruary was inimitaby beaut
fI. q mother rising from the tomb, with her
lahs !, her arms--a resurrection 10 lie and
glory.
3 Thor, al sdep. Canova, Chantry, a fine
III IF Edward Everett by Powers. and a
Hebe. so little and sweet tha, she seemed just
a,;,o axav And then we walked through
he earlens aad that Conservatory which was
,he Germ of the Crysta Palace, and saw the
Ranyan tree, and the Brazil Pine, the Cocoa
m, palm, and The Australia Palm and null
titnde of rare and gorgeous plants and trees,
Tho olors Of which We're not less fragrant than
the Groves of Araby the hlest. At our com
maod az we came out Of this tropical cline,
the waters from lofty precpice came pouring
down; the fountains leaped into the air, and
the rainbow hung around them in the glowing
sun. These fountains are of various forms,
the Parasnl is beautiful. and still more so is the
willow tree, from all the leaves of which The
streams descend like summer showers but this
gives YOU no idea of The scene-When Veto
ria, or the Russian Princes vsi, Chastsworth,
these grounds by nigh, are lighted with tens of
thousands of various colored lamps suspended
among these trees: the fountains rush go feet
into the air: these artificial rocky glens are alive
with music, and Oriental megnifcence is
thrown into the shade by the nightly tpen
doris of this royal scene.
Not far from the front entrance of the ducal
palace. and close by the river Derwent, and
the Chastworth Bridge stands an ancient tow
er filled with water. forty stone steps lead up
to the entrance. and within great trees are
growing from the earth thus high above the lev
ell Of he ground below. Here, Merry Queen
Of Scots. was lonely prisoner for thirteen
years: in those old days of violence and blood
They past, and peace now smiles in living
beauty all around. Nature has lavished her
most munfcenr charms, end art has fairly spent
her powers 10 make this the fairest of all her
works. On this old tower sat and thought
ofall the hours in my memory, incl ding youth;
manhood, age. not one ever spent in such
luxury oil the beautiful rs this And the |
cried out, and the groves heard me.
80 earth! thy spendor and thy beauty how amasing,
Whene.er, anew, Il turn to thee innntly gazng,
With rapture | cxcaim how beautiful thou art
How beautiful"
And it was meet to look up to the clear blue
vault above and say,
"Oh, if now great the glory.
In the heavens and cath see.
What delight and Joy forever
Near his throne and hears to be-
As | left the oil tower step on which had
been resting, and walked out on the bridge, ma
aged m n was totterlng along on a staff.
babe him good evening, and he said to me,
touching his hat.
"You admire this pace-hlve you looked
at the statues on the buttresses OF the bridget"
| looked over the all and saw them, and
he continued:
arms-th the other is a Young woman, and there
is story about 4 en-
"And will yon tell il to mel'
at Is said that the daughter Of the nnble-
IN time long ago had the misfortune to be.
come mother, but she was no wife In the
dead OF night she left The palace to throw her
self and babe into the stream, but her fond and
wrelched father followed her. and seized her as
she was about to fall. These statues tell the
tale"