Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-11-14


some were open, so that both priest and
penitent could be seen by the spectators.
a side door leads, through a long COW
cred passage way, to the Bishops Chapel,
fifty yards to the east Of the cathedral.
We found it to be a small room without
pews and furniture, but oruameD'ed With
superb paintings, of religious character,
but divcrging widely in their character,
from Protestant notions Of ecclesiastical
history.
Returning we next sought the towers
of the Notre Dame; and leaving shilling
in the palm cf the jovial old freuchman,
in charge of the vestituie, began the as
ceut by stairs very similar in sly le aud
arrangement to those IN the tower Of the
Baptist meeting house in Lewi-burg. Co
ing NJ, up, up, We at last, with painting
breath and failing knees, reached the level
of the great bell, weighing more than
eiccea tons, and from which, through the
arehed openings in the walls, We could
look down upon the spires and roofs OF
the city. After a rest, We We're about to
descend, when some of the party insisted
on going up another storey, on to the roof
Just over the bell, to have 1t said they had
been at the "tip-top." But getting to
the next floor, twenty feet higher, instead
of the blue sky and open heavens, found
only rough stone walls and looking away
up, seemingly endless distance, diseov-
cred that the bell was scarce half way to
the top. A shout Of laughter followed
this {" SELL and then, climbing and rest
ing, and resting and climbing, the topmost
pinnacle was gained, at the dizzy heighth
Of 80 feet about the pavement below, and
near 400 feet above the river-with the
city and It's environs like map at our
feet, and sweeping range of varied and
beautiful scenery from fifteen to thirty
miles in extent, that richly recon-
pensed the fatigue of the ascent, but which
pen can not put on paper
Farther up the same street on the op-
poste side, is the new Court House,
granite building similar in front and size
to the Market House, and vastly superior
in its arrangement aud completeness to any
law building in the States that am aware
of 1t accommodates all the courts of the
city, with the various offices, as well as the
higher courts Of the Province and with
the multitude of rooms and convenicnces
for Court, counsel and client, the massive
solidity aud costly finish of the building
and furniture, it altogether forms such a
Temple of Justice, as might well make
West or North Branch lawyers think they
had got out Of purgatory into paradise.
A Philadelphia lawyer in the party regret
ted there was no clause in the Reciprocity
Treaty, by which this edifce could be
to Independence Square, in
place Of the nuisauces which now cripple
the movements of the courts of the Qua
ker city The bar in one Of the ntsi prigs
court rooms was furnished with forty sep
arate desks and arm chairs, one for each
lawyer, like a little Senate Chamber
There are arbitration rooms, and a separate
suite of private rooms for the judge of
each of the Courts, richly furnished, where
they can consult authorities, prepare opir-
ions, smoke or snoOze, ad hGttHm. There
are also two large retiring rooms for mem
bers Of the bar, to prepare briefs, hunt
cases, crack jokes and e,aporate cigars to
their hearts content. They contain a large
law library, with some volumes of great
value, bat others of somewhat doubtful
For instance noticing long
row of books on one Of the upper shelves,
labeled " STATUTES" and numbered from
] to so, | took one down to see what
Lower Canada &" acts Of Assembly looked
like when 10. it proved to he merely
pine block, painted in imitation of " law
calf :" Tricks III all trades you know.
The courts were none of them in session,
and We therefore had 10 opportunity to
see the black robed fraternity 'plcad' in
their long gowns, according to the English
custom.
immediately in the rear of the Court
House, is the parade ground /; where, twice
a week at sunrise, 500 Of Eng land 5 scarlet
coated infantry can be seen drilling in
and battalion evolutiops. | had
been of the impression that scarlet uni
form was more dangerous than blue, be-
cause it could be seen palmer and at a
greater distance But am told it is just
the reverse aud from observations here
and at Kingston, am convinced that 1t Is
the fact, and that, at long distances, blue
coat would be distinct and clear y defined
target for marksman, when a " red coat
would be vague aud uncertain to the aim.
Half mile farther up town, the driver
pressed us to 90 over the "splendid''
grounds of a private gentleman residence,