Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-01-09
rwAUen expressly fOrShs Dayton Empirs.I
A SUMNER In EUROPE.

a Hhnutfei NntouEh tue hutetA OF LOhoOn.
Viewed from distance, it seems az IL were
suspended from the heavens, rather than rear.
ed from the earth, and from any point of view,
it seems more the work Of superna,ura beings
than Of the little creatures which so densely
swarm around its base
When we entered and wandered through
thA, maze Of aisles and arches, aud gazed up
into that lofty dome we were impressed with
feelings Of awe, such as no other work of
men ever inspired in US before. We climbed
up 10 the point from which the dome springs,
and passed around the walk in its interior,
called the Whispering Gf .lery, and looked
over the high iron railin' on the people walk
ing the church two hun red feet below u.s.
and then up, up again, until we reached the
interior OF the Golden Ball, the very "pinna-
Gle of the temple" The old guide who &C
compauied us said, knew you would 20 to
the top--Americans always do, ladies' as we'll
as gentlemen" We questioned tho ascura.
cy Of the latter part Of his statement aud he
admitted that it was not exactly true but said
that of the FIVE or six ladies whom he had
known to make the ascent, all but one OF them
were our countrywomen
The view from the top is Of course very ex-
tensive and in clear day it must be magnif-
cent; but it is very few clear days that Eng
land, and especially London sees in all the
year. A cloud of mist or smoke is nearly al
ways present in their atmosphere, and when
they have the blue sky aud bright sun which are
so common in America, it is noteworthy oc
oGrrence, and they lay away the recollection
of them among their memories of the beauti-
ful AS far as our eyes could reach in every
direction, there was no land to be seen-only
brick and stone, men and horses, omnibuses
and wagons-.the city Tho homes of three
million of people million more than the
population of the whole State OF Ohio, are
clustered there within the limits Of that vast
municipality, and we were able to approach
nearer to a comprehension of that stupendous
thought from the summit OF st. Pauls, with it
all spread out below us, than even wheE we
were IN those crowded thoroughfares, through
which the flood Of being surges IN undimin-
ished tides, morning, noon aud night. From
this great attitude we looked down upon men
and could with difficulty realize that this i'm
mense building, which seems work worthy
Of the energies OF god was in reality made
| by those moving atomes. Mans works ara
sometimes more imposing to the eye than he
can be in his proudest position, but how inf
nitely more wonderful than even the greatest
work OF man, is the least of living creatures
which God has made More mysterious even,
than St Pauls is the frame of the little fly
that wings its distant Fights through those lof
ty asles or that Of the earth worm that grow
els beneath it.
| In the same quarter of the city, though dis
tant from St PauPs perhaps mile and half
is thr celebrated Tunnel under the Thames
We entered building on level with the
street, paid fee of two-psnSe, descended
stairways distance of seventy feet, and the
entrance was before US We expected to see
something very wonderful and we're disap.
pointed. 1t is simply an arched passage,
twelve feet high, as many broad, and four
hundred yards long 1t is well whiGe.washsd,
we'll lighted, perfectly dry and is pleasant
promenade, Booths, for the sale of nick.nacks,
occupy many of the arches, and near the CEN
tire, great handorgau, turned by q miniature
steam engine, wakes up the echoes with its,
dolorous notes. 1t il a curious place. because
it shows what engineering skill can accom-
plish, and TO what useless purposes John Bull
sometimes puts his money. The Tunnel is OF
no nse TO anybody, and the millions Of pounds
sterling expended in its construction, might
almost as well have been thrown into the sea,
or invested in Great Eastern. We walked
through it, and returned, and then bent our
steps toward the hoary walls Of the ancient
Tower ef London, which is not far away. We
crossed the moat which is dry now, and used
for regmental parade ground, passed under
low arches and through heavy gates until we
we were fairly within the walls, when the
warder opened door and ushered us into a
room where thirty or forty figures sit astride
woode horses clad in all the panopy uf war.
They represent the kings and mobiles Of Eng
land in the armor and weapons Of their times,
beginning with Edward !, A d. 1872 Our
curiosity in regard to iron-clAd men was fully
satisfied here, and it was with something Of
surprise that we noticed that the race of those
days was not larger or more vigorous one,
than that Of the present, and that the armoF,
! Except the breastplate, which in some suits
is the third Of an inch thick, was composed
of very thin plates ofsteel The armor of An
oyergrown fellow, the heaviest IN the eollec-
ton, weighs one hundred and twelve pounds.
| The chain armor is, of course, much lighter.
How people, so armed ndequipped, ,even sue.
eeeded in doing apy damage TO each other, is
rather mystery, for aside from the burdens
they carried, and the strength of their defen-
sive armor, their visOrs when closed, must
have we'll nigh blinded them. All around the
walls Oft room, there are sunhowers, lilies
and roses made of swords, bAyonets, pis-
tolls, muskets and ramrods, most curionsly
put together The old arms Of various kinds
in this and other rooms, form a museum
worthy Of the study Of days, but We could give
them only passing glAnees Among them
is q rifle three hundred yeaTs old which has