Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-06-25


any vote Of your lordships' Then be gave
sonroos paragraph from O speech Of Maea.
nioys on English Literature, aud others from
Burke and Chaihpm, a whole bundle OF Jokes
nov currcn; IN the Middle Temple, history
Of Edwin James rescahiy, and Of George
traucs Trains performances before the
Euglish public, and thus desoended 20 The
ordinary level, and geatjdcd my curiosity W
regard 10 the pecularities OF the English
practlce--the different courts, the divisions
Of the profession, aud multitude oi other
matters particularly interesting only 10 lAw-
( yers The fees. oil leading practitioners he
said we're enormous, Nc Hope Scott for iu-
stance, upon more thnn one occasion, has
b en- retained by check Of wealthy suitor,
/ signed IN blank to be- filled up by him with
any sum his conscience would permit him to
charge
His friends came ia during bis ecstacy,
| both OF them having been az unfortunate at
/ the table as himself and laughing mt cnch
other for few moments they agreed 10 pawn
! toe watch for fresh capital in the morning,
and then on be went again, told him he
ought TO come 10 Americs---thni his spocu-
T liar abilities would please our people, and
/ that he could soon get into Congress He
1 did not seem 10 consider that much
of an object for mans ambition,
bnt gave the following Whimsical rcason
why residence IN our country would not
suit him You Americans said he, "hpve
some very uuciyili1ed IDEAS about prouuncin-
ton, For instance you call che rk, clerk |
would call It clark, and then Judge, Jury and
/ bystauders would laugh at me, and would
not get on at all
/ II was among the "Wpe sma' hours of the
] Ipt.. IL l.I
I cept when we went iuto their rooms 10 bid
/ them goodbye before they were up Ia the
morninp, we saw them no more
/ My pen has t4ken its own course, and nm
conscious now that have given nearly m
entire letter 70 a single passing strongcr but
/ I have devoted many Iettera to descriptions of
wonderful inarmatc creations, and why shoud
notl write, even at tins length, of the most
brilliant man ever placed in my way2 Bril-.
| liant, but alas unpromising II ho lives, hja
cenius will certainly achieve for him the rep.
ulatlon OF an orator or poet, but he will never
be q great or ua0lal man The granite ioun.
daton principles, upon which alone can be
built n beautiful and enduring supersiruciure
are lacking, | iesr me iE his character, and
consequently he ia IN house built upon the
sand Ia gorgeous flower, destined soon to
7ither and decay
Three miles from Wio5baden il the river
town OF Bieberich iron which we embarked
one beautiful morning, on the little iron steam
ship called the Pr3HS Uon PrHeSsen, for the
voyage down the Rhine We had n deli hl-
fu day, good boat and pleasant company,
aud there was no visible renson why we shoai IA
not have enjoyed the trip Immensely hut we
we're little tired, we had seen mountains
in Switzerland, ruined castles all over Ger.
many, glorious rivers IN America (and ngree
with the Epgllah traveller, Anthony Irollope
when he says there ls no river ia the world
comparable 20 the Upper Mississippi) and we
were going home aud 40 we saw The Rhine
with very little emotion Of any kind and were
glad we we're on fast boat Binpcn is stu.
ated on the Rhine like Newbarg is on the
Hudson, Just at the pointwhere the river en-.
ters the Highlands RhineieIs, the most pie.
tnresque OF the castles, stands half way up
the mountain, "a short distance below Bingon,
and Ia sill inhabited The face of one OF the
mountains is composed Of the sane basaltic
formation as that at the Giants Causeway,
and is as regularly arranged ia columns, as il
II had heeu done with plummet aud line. a
young American geologist who pointed il out
10 me, said it was mpde by volcanic action
millions OF years ago during the six days
of creation. Ehrenbreitatcin, opposite Cob
leutz, famoua in song and story is fne look.
ing fortress, heretofore deemed impregnable
Il would not stand long however, before 200.
FOUNDER PARROTS
The loveliest part Of the river is At Kouigs.
winter, a short distance above Bonn, where
the 'cnstled crag Of Drachenfcli' springs up
almost into the clouds on one side, small
or mountain stands opposite, and II beautiful
little isnud lies in the river hctWppn sto.