Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1853-06-22
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The fancy stores in this CITY Of Kings.
Is the name implies, are mostly kept bJ
Erenebmeu. and exceed oil others that have
ever seen, 10 the splendor and tasty display
Of their goods; particularly 10 the evening,
for the fashionable day does not commence
until about 4 o'clock, u Towards night
Lima is seen to the best advantage. for the
God Of Day scarcely retires to his golden
couch ia the beautiful West. before the youth
and beauty Of the City set out to promenade.
aud the vendors Of sweetmeats. the beautiful
flower girls, the lottery vendors. etc imme-
diately throng to the public plazas, particu-
lariy the Grand Plaza, for the purpose -of dis
posing the more readily OF their wares
This latter really deserves it's name that
master piece Of architecture, the Cathedral
fronts on it from the North; Moran's splen-
did Hotel from the South; while on the East
and West, long ranges OF stores present
uniform front. In the centre Of the square
. rather delapidated specimen Of fountain,
surmounted by q marble statue of Fame, sends
forth it's streams Of the emblem of innocence
to as dirty set Of water carriers as can be
found anywhere. except the Commercial
Plaza" at Lisbon Passing thro' this square
we we're struck with the appearance of comb
ing of sculpture. as we supposed it to be. ex-
tending the breadth Of this square along the
caves Of the row Of stores. 1t represented,
(ald splendidly too, We thought about two
hundred buzzards standing, each on one foot.
their wings extended so as to let the tips of
each touch those Of bis neighbor As we stood
gazing intently at the novel sight some unu-
sual noise was made in the street, and To-.
our sculpture took wings, and few away IT
seems that buzzards 10 Peru perform the same
Office that dogs do in Constantinople viz;
that Of City Scavengers, and any one renders
himself amenable to the law. by injury or
killing one Of them, aid these had performed
their daily Office, and were resting. My
companion was rather disposed to be out Of
humor about the disappointment but soon
the ridiculous view of the subject restored
him to good humor, and many hearty laugh
had we at our mistake. even long after we
had left the beautiful City far IN the lea
We entered the Cathedral, after strollipg
around the whole Of the Eastern portion Of
the City, and spent three most pleasant hours
viewing the various peculiarities Of this mag
nifcent edifce. At every ten stels, advan-
cling from the side aisle. one meets an altar,
dedicated to some Of the Saints had intend
ed to coun. them. and did 60 as far as t5ir-
ty three. but my .companion calling my at.
tention to something else, banished the idea
from my mind. At the foot of the grand or
central altar we met young French padre,
who saluted us. and kindly offered bis servi-
ces as guide, which We most gratefully accept
ed. The grand altar is fully eighteen feet
long, the Stone being Of the purest Parian
marble; sixteen massive golden chandeliers
are placed on either side. while artificial flow
ers Of various sizes and hue greatly relieve
the glare Of the precious metal. A splendid
gilded image of the Virgin forms the taber
nacle, while three lesser ones ascend taper
ing to height of about twenty FIVE feet a
rich coronet Of pearl studded gold. suspended
on crimson and purple field, and surmoun.
ted by the emblem of salvation, crowns the
whole, presenting scene Of graDduer which
compensates for many weary hour spent on
ship board.
But wished for the loved onss at homo
to share the pleasure. Moore says
ssthe best charms of Nature improve
When we see them reflected from looks that
We love-"
and why might not that same reflection lend
on additional charm to those grandest works
Of art : l would have been happy to try the
experiment.
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