The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1859-06-16
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London JurIosIItcs-
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LoxDox, March.


LONDON, Mach. I~'& y
ssw Yesterday among the rlarveaaI s.
leetloas Of the British Museum. ful aas u
the leading New York Journals. e,arta
bound, at.ordsnI a wonderful ceuJr-.5s - tte
Htte four oy SIX inch volumes 81 tho nts-
newspaper ever printed. Surely aa g3ls II
should be eaGefal otwhst he wgl.a~, laf -
preserved n everlasting rea1Sisovaae.. us
Headers" too often miSleaderS VII Stt2
bIu1hinr nos.eritv In the face tag@a-3 Al
coming tiu3a. | lt;le dreamed when ing
hasty paragraphs for the "Eyenlns N.ss'g
in Ann street, II the last minute before .'syo-
ing ~ press that / should see eyetg word
- >crupuloEsly preserved ln the arca.N. q
the British Museum. Such l0neFtaHss et
Eaags should make Is word weah es7 p .-'Se
AMI consider 1t is like Phantom Memory
in the future world rising Gp t5 eatse y
Mess Us be As wary aud wise Is Va M
Tie British MaSeam with is five Laafrai
sad sixty thousand volumes Is stunning IA
stitution. The great dome. enc hundred an
forty fest IN diameter filed g the very aoeS
with richly bound books, soa1s over rs ike
au intellectual heaven. The "hluS LII
brary," three hundred feet ia lengta, + j
perfect wilderness ot magnificent works but
the Autograph" and Manuscript faamls
most wonderful Of all Every h'ng Q@een,
Poet Statesman, Artist known "a history i
represented here IN the original hand Writing
Best ot all. are carefully kept IN curt aasd
glass case Is the signature q William @Hak-
spere! (Hencetorth | shall Away s4 i
As he wrote it,1 The autograph Is app aaed
to the deed ot a house aud los, bought one
day and mort5ased the next, q haaaesaa.ag
operation indicating that even tha l>.g =
Poets was occasionally "har1 M
The Museum paid three hunGrcd gaaess
for the signature Here Is also tha ...asl
contract between John Milton aa1 lis pub
fishers. ia which they stiPulate q paE
pounds each for the first, second. and sa.ri
editions of Paradise Lost The ear1osldes
OF the Museum are overwhelmsne . tsiak
of-mueh more 50 IL an attempt 70 desef -
them | dare not venture into th9 Naas
world ot wonder in nature, art, ald science
Here Is the first specimen Of the art q P..l'-
ing the first edition of the "kiag 4an1es
and the "Mazarne" Bibles and the first aai
/, last of almost everything the world has ever
, produced in the way OF invention, el dl-cov-
+. cry, and Of philosophy And yet, IA all th.s
| nfinity OF thought and theory, of code creed.
Of science and Psychology, what Is there to
isxplain the meaning and mystery q ihez-
lWhat, except the beautiful balm dHtIied
ifrom the sweet flower words which teA from
lLhe lips OF love in the sermon on the noun
Itain.
I TO so1th a passion Fans
Easas3 on human heartsf
| The British Museum employs one hundred
land fly mea in its various departments
land the Government IS annually making h5-
leraI appropriations for the enIlfla neut u Is
Recommendations, and the increase of T. col
llectious 4 recent order has been given for
Icopy- -ofeyer, edition OF s'Unce Tom Cabin
tthat has Yet appeared in ali the salioas
tlangaagss of the world, which vii em a
l.ur.aus library cf 10 iucauaiIera5le dtnen
l~i9u~
| Will the bump Of wonder atli active,
L. Its leave the Museum for an exhibition
isearc=iy less extraordinary. aud stIi more
istart1ing Madame Tu9sanAs Room IN
IPortmoa square, are among the maE. Is of
iLaalon. The rooms are spacious and lslen-
iIil: aud tie life Ike figures and graaP= Of
WAX uumber nearly four hundred. sa per
feet are these cures ia form, EXPIRE 5a and
drapsry, that l felt FIR some time guilty Of
ru1encss. Ia gazing at eyes which seemed
almost to look into mine. and On lips that as-
fectea almost a living snde The sen a.i9a
Is almost iu1e,cribable. The vIrtupas }ie-
toria ard the beautiful Eugene seem - ir,
yite some ralpalae or audible deiaoa.r.tiJn
Of admiration, white the respectable Oh gen
tleuan who slowly tuTns his head and -t7res
through lis speatasles compcls lavs4ug-
tary motion sad recognition.
Bat strangest, loveiest, and most fcartal
Of all IS tie reclining form Of the brave
and beautiful Madame St Anaranth, vi 10
chose safe alternative Of the grave rrEer
than di-hga5r al the hands q Robes pserre -
Afer tie death of her husband. Cyl ~ "a
the b5ly-zuarl Of Louis XVI. at tho ace of
-. the loyelie It lady IN France, was aHrned
into eternity bv the tyrant Of tie "RcIgn Of
Terror'-a martyr to the virtue which moth
iup could overcome-faithful to a love v. ich
even death could not discourags There %
lies on her vclret covered coueA, - a
black lace veil partly coueealBg her Fa et
face. the soft blonde rngiets oIusiela5 Ike
tendrilz around her fair neck, aud WA.. zaz-
jng with emotions Of the tendeIsst s3m.ra-
ton upon The angelic sleeper wa start with
almost breathless wonder to see the agtl-
ful bosom rise and fall as gently q 81 e. I-
larlv as tie breast q a sleeping mar
on it Is fearful tirus -
a 4lg 50 richly clad -4e--
Baaat.f4 exceedingly
Anong the relics shown are ths sl z4ral
knife and handle used in the deeap.'at d =
Marie Andauefte. Louis XVI, the baas #
Orleans. and Robespierre. the lmP-6sl car.
rage of Napoleon. taken from tue Ae.l y
Waterloo; aud Helena; the coat "oF4 -
Nelson At the battle Of the AIir; piece Il
the cloth Of Cold. from the field q iha. name.
the sh.r. worn b. Henry " Of Frss7s,.
when stabbed by RsvailIso. with ti-s b.
; stains sill asstiact-a relic for which ist..s
X aFa-aI .w9 hundred guinea. &c. 81
rvA Mr. Hunt Of Clark county. oai1.
recently haI one hundred head d. s-esp
F. killed BY Paek Of worthless dog u 2f@
night.
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