Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-06-04

the base Of the nose, aud there was still room
there for three or four more The figure,
though 90 immense, is perfectly proportional,
end II qulliver's Brobdignagian damsels had
been possessed Of ooe half Of her beauty, that
worthy traveller would have been filled with
awe aud admiration, instead Of aversion and
disgust l don't believe the colossus OF
Rhodes itself was greater wonder than this,
and an sure it was not hslfso pleasant
thing 10 see.
0fcourse we we're anxious 10 see the foua-
derry in which taese bronzes we're cast We
found It on the other side OF the city, aud were
dlsappointe IN il Any one WIN has visited any
Of the iron fouudries 10 our western cities, has
seen works more extensive and equally Curl
Gus. In Rn sdi Dining building however, we
we're interested in seeing plaster models OF
all the great works Of art they have sent forth
from here, and we're not little astonished 10
6nd, that a maj,rity Of the subjects are Amer
cans Among them was the noble equestrian
statute Of Washington erected in Richmond,
Va "a figure Of Captain Lewis the explorer,
Elk Governor Nelson Of Virginia, Patrick
Henry and Chief Justice Marshal, all be.
lieve, in Richmond. Besides these there was
the statue Of Henry Clay, which belongs to
New 0rleans-the modls Of the great bronzs
doors Of the Capitol at Washington, which are
covered with scenes from the life Of Co'um
bus, and In process of construction, they have
u statue Of Horace Mann, formerly President
Of Antioch College 'of Green county Ohio,
designed By Emma Stebbins. and ordered by
the ely Of Bosom and one Of Thouas H.
| Benton by Harriet Hosmer, ordered by the
city of St, Louis Both Of these are excellent
likenesses, and splendid specimens Of art,
1 al tstH L.. II ka..kl Lee he h.
cities they are expected TO sdorn
The cemetery in Munich has some extraor-
binary features Il is surrounded BY hand
some rows Of buildings on all four ofits sides
and IN the arcade or cotonnsde which they
form, are the monuments to the defunct wor
hiea who rest within. In large rooms, pre-
pared especially for the purpose, the dead are
kept in three or 10 lr days, with wires attached
to their fingers, the slightest motion Of whict
will ring bell in the room where attendants
are ever on wstoh The object is TO preven
the interment Of living persops--the possibility
Of which is so horrible ,houk kht-but for centu
riesthe bells have He1sr once been rung,
We looked through the glass doors and sav
corp.es by the dozpu-youug and old, rici
and poor---dressed in their beat garments ant
covered with fresh flowers. Death ia terribly
repulsive st best but never ssR it less 81
han here. The venerable old General Car
isttorie, lay there in full uniform, with f.e
ures so fresh and calm and peaceful, that i
vas hard 10 believe him dead Babies wert
here hy thr score looking more like colec
ZION Of waxen dolls, than miniature human
beings
This Is one Of the peculiar customs Of th'
Bsvarisus They are peculiar in anothe
hing Wig Their early hours. We went L
rhe Opera one evening at hal(-past siK--IonI
before dsrk--and at Eve minutes after mini
we we're at our hotels-the performance beinI
over The old King was there, good look
ing old man dressed in plain CLOTHS tall, will
light hair, blue eyes and regular features---and
after returning kindly greeting from the All
dience when he entered he listened closely I,
the music, careless Of the fact that be wa
gaped at INCREASINGLY by the strangers snc
; travellers in the house many Of whom il
their anxiety to Scrutinize real king" KEEP
their opera glasses leveled at him, as if the
would look him through