Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-03-05
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tifal city Of Brussels n the csntbr Of the
sqnure on which DUR hotel fronts there is On
equestrian s,atne ia bronze representing God.
frey dc Bonillon, the doughty crusader, at
one time king Of Jerasalem, which would be
a great curiosity in country where to see
siminr one Of jackson, ia thought to be worth
the expense aud pains Of trip to Washing.
ton. We see a great manysueh now a-days how
ever and after 8 briefinspeetion pass on out
Of the square to The left, where we find great
park surrounded bg four vide streets, to-
selher making as charming city view as
there is auy where n be found One of the
streets is almost entirely occupied by the
Kings Palace; another, by the Palace of the
Priuce Of Oraugei another, by the Houses Of
Parliament aud the fourth, by some of the
finest private mansionsin the city. In the
center OF the park there is a cafe and paw
lion, aud on every evening we spent in the
! city Belginms capital gathered there her
beauty and chivalrY" to see each other, to
chat, to smoke and to listen 10 the exquisite
music arat-ar
As lliete was a lady in our party, we we're
reminded Of coarse thst,the lace OF Brussels
is celebrated, and that visit,to manufac.
tory of it, was something by 40 means to be
omitted Sow6 turned into one Of the small
er streets, which eadsup from the lower
city 10 the park aud after short walk, found
ourselves in a qnarter in which every third
citizen seemed 10 beH ihbricator Of that deli
cate article We rang Mt the heavy lower
doqr Of what seemed to be first class private
residence, aud gaining entrance, assembled to
the second story, aud there in "a carpeled par
Ior, the p-ohiap1f exhlbted his costly wares
Some other and abler pen must describe the
marveis OF "honiton,' 'yalenciennes" aud
'point appiqne' to be seen ia such place.
For the sake OF the ladies who may honor
this letter with perusal | would willingly
go into details il could, but save, that they
we're very beautiful and we're said to be very
cheap, can give no information about them
Ny friend Mrs H.mthought my education
had been sadly neglected in this regard, and
grayely advanced and wish zeal maintained
the proposition that every man who has mo-
ther, sisters or Wlle 20 be Interested IN, sh0u ID
serve au apprenticeship among dry goods
and millinery. No man, she thought, ought
to be ignorant OF matters Of such paramount
interest 80 the other sex was not pre-
pared to say she was not right
Purchases being completed, we were Shown
into a back room, where eight or nine girls
we're plyiug with nimbie fingers, the gossamer
threads, half weaylag, haf knttlng them into
the much admired dgures. they bent closets
over their work, aud though we stood CLOSELY
by them, their fnEefsl nsyer slackened and
their attention never deviaied from II for a
moment Whep our curiosity was satisfied
we passed ont, dropping mite into little
box at the door inscribed "for the profit of the
work wOlnen' The poor creatures PARTIALLY
lose their sight in few years, aud must then
LEAD other means Of Obtaining livelihood
| Alterwardwe dropped in to payour respects 10
the Ametican MfnAter, Mr.. Sanford, who ee-
leeived us, with pOteness and cofdiality
which proved him gentleman. he was
formerly Secretary Of Legation at Paris, and
ia a fine French scholar, and has done more,
perhaps, than any other Of oar Ministers on
the continent to produce = favorable senti.
ment toward the North He is representa-
tive OF whom no Americas need be ashamed.
The Secretary Of the Legation, Mr. G., is a
backwoods politician, fresh from Sc Paul He
was very polite to US. but in his black cloth
coat and pantapons, aud white Msrseilns
vest, (time, IL a. m. } he looked like nothing
in the world bat an american diplomat
Near by the Embassy, is the building of the
New Exhibition in WHICH, much 10 our Sur.
prise, we found a large and most interesting
collection Of pictures and statuary Interest
ling, no, because tul of the chef 4 oeurres Of
ancient masters, but because 1t abounded ia
ideas which were not beyond our eomprehen-
sion. Immediately on entering we we're
amazed at winged figure 10 plaster Of a W.
mar, twelve feet high, touching ihe Earth Hghuy
with but the toes Of the ieA foOt--as f she
we're Just alighting The whole immense fig
ure ia sustained OF conrse, by that leit fO0t
aud how the artist could so accurately deter
mine the center Of gravity, is an inexplieAblt
mystery TO US 10 this day. N4G- Il
A group in bronze, splepdidly executed
was more terrible sight than the monstroui
serpsnts, Tie dapAiri,ig slniegles aud the deatl
agony Of the Laneoon, but | could not read
tbe description Of J, IN the Frenoh caihlouge
and there we're no others. l felt as though
must learn sometbips aboUt ie but ho~ or o
whom, was aol ceag- As forlorn hope,
addressed quiet aud rather stupid lookin,
individual with the question, Can You speal
/, English, sir. He replied ryes sir9 and up
: on my explaining my difficulty he read lh
: description OF a. once ia Engfsh, almost a
: lluently as II Il We're bis mother tongue
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