The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-08-10

GApS, iSt hie iouoWtuS wv. "S''' So ~.
who accompanied By his lady is now travel
lingin Europe:
Mux1cH, Bavaria, July 18th, 1854.
Ny DrAR rArHER:
The Crystal Palace OF
/; this city opens in great state to-day and
none but the nobility and strangers of dis
I tiaction are admitted. The ceremony is TO
| be under the direction OF King Macmillan
y III and Kill be an stair OF great magaih-
cence. have been 40 Fortunate as TO OBJ
tain ,,okc. Tor myself and Z. but for des-
erip,ien of tic mho.e affair | must refer You
10 wy letter to the Evening News. The
na.ace is all Of glass and iron aud is over 100
\ Tee, long. end through the transep' is 2ao
i feet; in addition 10 which Is very long
wooden building for machinery. locomotives,
&c. 1t is said to be little larger than the
one in New York managed yesterday to
vain Abundance TO il, and was most agreea-
bIs surprised to find il SO well filled. and
containing SO many fne works OF sr' and
exquisite manufactures. Prussia. Austria,
Italy, Baden, Holland. Belgium. and num-
Der 81 the free cities OF Germany have con-
tritu;ed very literally. Munich has Ger
,ainly done herself great credl, in the exhi-
ton. For nation no larger than Bavaria
ii. ID an admirable effort,
Few cities in Europe contain more to in
ierest the lover Of fine arts than Munice.-
And whs,sve. nav be said Of the late King
Ludwig and Lola Monies, he has shown
himselfa gres, promoter of the arts OF the
pre.en, age. Under his patronage the city
has been enriched with some Of the finest
public buildings; galleries Of paintings, and
sculpture; End splendid monuments. He
hss bronze forodry:s glass painting es-
adjustment. tnd a porcelain manutscto-
~.
From ell OF these establishments works
of;he mos, superior kinds have been turned
out, sud at this time the foundry is engaged
in casting the various figures for Cra1fords
magnificent monamen. 70 Washington, for
I the State Of Virginia. One Of the most SUI
perb statues ever produced in the world was
cast a, ,his foundry few years ego, under
the direction Of the great arts, Shwantha-
! Ter. Its statue OF Bavaria. /. il Com
posed Of female figure holdiag wreath II
the left hand which lsr1ised above her head;
while with the right she grasps sheataed
.word. her hand resting against the ffoui Of
her gra.e. By her side pressed close 70
her, stands magnificent lion. This mas.
ter Piece Of az. is 70 les. than "a fee. high
/ freg head to foot, and il 10 said - have re-
CURED IS tons o.netal n lis contraction
Some idea Of i,a colossal proportion may BE-
gained from the fec. that On the dsy OF the
elevation Of the last piece TO its place, the
populace we're delighted and amused with
The novel sigh, OF % men and2 boys emer-
ginr from lock of the BsvaEie's hair, and
descending by ladder erected for the pur-
pose. They were all concealedin the head
and aoisted with H. and before i. was placed
en- the body, emerged enc after another from
1 IT, was disposed to doubt this story until
descended the interior OF the statue by q
winding stairway, and found how enormous
+ Ii large it is. | now believe il. In the
studio 81 the immortal artist measured the
little ingernail of the model and found il
81: inches &c. The symmetry, grace and
|afa - sbio ~ az "a remark
able; and it will perhaps stand onits granite
pedestal for ages noble monun nj to the
Mus Of Shwan,hsler.
! In the Church Of the Virgin, in the So,
burbs Of Munich. are 20 elegant windows,
81 fee, high, and 10 wide; filled with glas;
painted at the Royal factory, in Munich
They represent seems in the life c! the Viz
gin Mary, and for richness Of eoloring. bea.
" Of design, and truthfulness Of proportion
shading, surpsss anything have yet seen
In fact cannot see wherein they can bt
surpassed Many smaller samples Of gIas:
painting Of most exquisite workmanship are
10 be seen in the crystal palace here, man
ufactured in the same establishment.
The porcelain paintings executed at the
Royal Mandatory Of King Ludwig, arc
not iot inferior in their kind to the produc'
tons Of the bronze and glass establishments
Some ofihe paintings seem to EurPass the
great originals Pinakothek from which they
are copied The value Of some Of these
NAY be knowa from the fact that $3.50 one
$500 are asked for some Of the finest, no
larger than /. or IS inches square. OtheI
establishments for glass and porcelain paint
ing besides the Kings are 10 be found il
Munich
We were about s'week III Paris and huc
little 4.h VI July celebration with some
half dozen American friends in our hotel
A few bottles OF champagne were used u!
and some patriotic toasts drank, and absent
iriends remembered. The evening pass
cd off tnost delightfully."-. While speaking
If wiEe, will here remGrkit passing, that i
/. universally used here, and ye. hrae not
seen single drunken man in Europe
We shall leave in q day or t.go FOR auz-
tris, and hope ne shall there lnd some let