Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-02-20

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pipe ta l,sisI5 y,
There are 20 crossroads or bridgos 9y6f DE
canals BY which we could take q "hoaf cut
to the town of saafdam, so wo went back d.
most TO AmsterdAm and took auolhof road on
top OF a dixie, whiehwas not broader theA BE
levee around Dayton, against which cha Wapoa
OF the sea we're rushing and f6ksniue "a 4
furious that man should preaame 10 eay ID
them thus far, aud no farther Tbs town
was ~ sigbt almost from lbe place uf iafEhe,
and the scenety, as before, low ilat and Hhlis
Arriving Ia tho town, We lound WITHOUT. din
Gully, the house IN which Peter the Great lived
while learnings 70 build ships The little franfe
cottage IL nov enoasedsby brick house baisl.
around and over il, to project il aa much IA
possible from the rayageaof time, by AloxAn.
der, ono of Peter suecess6rs 10 the cxarshsp
Of all tho 'Russas, who also pinced IN II alitgs
tle tablet, which tells visitors, in Rusaan and
Dutch, that "D6thing Is too small to q great
man Two portraits Of Peter and one Of
Catherine hang upon the wallis and, as NJ
Shakspeares birthplace, thousands OF au'
graphs darken aud dishenra every ayaihs 30
inch Of the interior The place was not es,
sintetesting 10 me rs that little house on shS
Avon side. Potter was an emperor and left
his throne and became, doubtless with much
pains and weariness Of desh, a good neshnn.
ie, and then returned 10 teach what be had
learned, TO hs people, aud, BY bis patrip,lc II
bors, awakened them to realize something, pf
the greatness which, with their resourees, tia3
ought TO obtain as nation, but notwithstand,
ing AL that be was an unoiyilized hasbariah,
and IN many respeuts little better than Z heaal,
70 bo eontrasted, Ept compared, with that W
bleman, whose pattnt was issued from Aia
Courts Of Heaven, TINT wise man. psc whom
fell the mantle OF Solomon, that eentlhman
"6enlle Will' Shakspearet Macsuiay saya
Of Peter "His chief ambition was 70 be.a Z
good boatswain and good ships carpenter
de repaired to AhsterdAin, took y lodging.in
the dock yard. assumed lhegarbs OF pipk,.
put down his name on tho hat OF workmdR
welded with bis own hand the caikinK iron
and the mAllei, Fixed the pumps and twisted
the ropes Ambassadors who came 10 pay
their respects 70 him we're forced, much against
their will TO Chamber up The rigging OF man
Of war and found him enthroned on tho crosl
tfeee His stately form, his inteleQQ
nal forehead, his piercing black eye, his Tar
ias nose and mouth, hia gracious smile, his
frown, black With AL The atormyraes and hatss
|ol . barbarian tyfant, and above all, strange
heryous eonVulsion which sometimes trans
formed bis connteuanoa during few moments
lHAu hu oDJtNh Oh NhiGH II was itAlluhht1lot 70 u
look without terror, theimmense quantities of
meat he devoured, tho pinis Of brandy be
swallowed, aud which, itswas. said, hs had
carefully distilled with bis own hands, the fool
who jabbered at bis feet, the monkey whiek
grinned at the back Of his chair, were, durine
some weeks, popular topics OF conversation.
He had all the filthy habits which were
common among his eountrymeh Tolhe end
Of his life he lived ia his palace like hogin
bis sty; and, when he was entertained By 9th
or aovereigns, never sailed,to leave on tholf
lkpseried walls and velvet state beds. ane
quiys-Nl proof that.a savage had been lhoreS
saarS$m contains l 900 inhabitants, but
Il ia as que. as a churchysrd We SAW in Il
but single vehicle and dozen people, and
we bade il goodbye with no regrets,