New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-12

oftbc famous Dutch yea, made IA son. way Il COT
pe,,iou " mn the in isc,orl-. which used al over
the Low Courtries and exported in great quanses TO
England, b.; as il can be kept oaly aeoG, q "tsh'
hone Of ever reaches America.
We sbsll do well Z, stop little rhle at D.hs-sn
outqus,eJ, queer Oh c,y-bccsnse VILLAIN lis,l o.
oargc was a>sa..ia;ed ere, and !, s the birthplace
Of Cn,i us also the place where pottery had It's erga
but rore speedily l.cause shall lind here s.sG-
oGt'd Daik. No streams Of Traffic stir np The pabho
nindi No horl.s Of bavel.rs int. sge their foreign
cltmerts ell quiet in the great make, Pike there
has not been cn nnoy alton within the walls OF Dstt
srce TIE days CT the great Wouter Van rwiler.
Sere me, torihs drst time perhaps, begin, to have
adequate hlea Of thai disastrous affair a, Babel
ioi the u:o ofo tongues suddenly sls. French,
Er -lsb, German -anytbins bs, pure Dutch -of no
account here and has nothing 20 do bu, iaI back
upon bis genius a. trust amself To the language a
psutonime and the science OF wopi-suossng. We
lapr, nd 10 kuos that RvKre meNpt new and that
Ki,k was The Dutch for churh, and by aid Of this 10
found sni 60, admi,tapce 10 Re Ecr ceErek, bull;
the year. 1900 OF So wherein, among other th.ngs
found the monument Of william Of Ocsnge, sni the
tomb % Grotius, and any number Of enormous oil
clasp Dutch Bibles, ope before every pewl-any one
of which nigh, De easily believed 10 be one of toe
Identical edition Of five issued BY Faust as the fret
fruits OF the aEt of printing
Holland. however, has not always been ss.esp, snd
is by no mears whou, its historical interest, Espe-
calv are the marks still 10 be seen IN many e'ues OK
those Or, adl days when, afler enduring the horrors
of slaughter sud starvation for many long months tho
d>kes were at last opened the whole land submerged,
and the hord,s of the mecile.s Alva dro~ned ont
When. after long siege lie, den was summoned 10
surrender he commander replied IN the name OF the
inhabitants, that when provisions failed they wocM
"d,vour their let hands, resevng their right to De
4" end their liberty
When, months after, provisions It'd Jat, aud ter
seven weeks there had been no bread in the cy, ani
tie ro-s and gass between the paw emen stones weIo
all devoured, and the pestilepce already sweeping
away its thousands, two caierpigeous few over the
wells bearing dngs that thc dykes had been cut AMI
relei was at hand But when the water faded to rise,
and the enemy still held their position, then the fam
ishiug inhabitants who had long defended the town
without a murmur surrounded the burgomaster in des-
pair demanding bread surrender. II have sworn
10 defcrd this city, answered the brave old burso-
master, "aui by Gods hip ! will keep my oath.
Br, al have none; but 4 my body can afford you
relief and enable yoa to proong the defense, take
and share it among you. The crowd retired sbashed
in s,nce directly the wind arose and forced the water
through the dykes; the Spsniaris who had boosted
that was as Impossible for the Dutch to save Ley
den from their hands as to pluck the stars RON
heaven after feree amphioious battle, werc
CON PEELED to retire with great slaughter and the city
was delivered
On the whole, ones opinion Of the Dutch will net
fail TO be Improved by going among them We made
the tour hopes 20 find traces OF our Puritan an
c. stors, but though our curiosity furnished US good
p.teNt for visiting the University Of Leyden, and NJ
loded US a very agreeable interview with one Of the
professors we got no track of John Robinson. Profess
sor R.inward remarked that they had in their library
the work Of distinguished American that gave some
account of those things he believed but he had for
gotten the name. We suggested Mr. Bancroft "fe-,
:. that was the man." The Museums Of Natural He
tory in connection with the University, are well worth
visiting The collections, particularly OF birds are SAID
to be the finest in Europe Our IDEAS of Dutch beauty
| too, have been very much improved There IL vu-
gar tradition in America, that the Dutch women arc
not only stupid but III looking. This we feel it ous
duty to contradict The Dutch women are beautiful;
far the most beautiful we have IN Europe. 1t
| must be said however, that they have some queer
customs particularly that Of wearing caps with enor-
nous wing. ike opp,ndages few bonne1 It all,,
ard the younger ladies another peculiar sort OF head
gear from which long spiral horne protrudes either
| eide.
These costumes especially prevail away up in Fr'es
land in the vicinity OF Lecuwapen, where the women
are said TO be of almost fabulous beauty but where mo-
body goes much, aud consequently old customs AMI
costumes remain dnmolested-as in some parts Of tho
black forest in Germany the different villages, u .
.ad, can still be distinguished by the costume OF tho
npaeanta