Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1864-02-13

We we're soon through with the sights Of
Rotterdam, and came to the conclusion that
the young English traveller whom we laughed
at last night for saying he proposed 70 do
them in q couple ot hours, was not so very
ridiculous after all sriIv. of s.,,,.l..ts ..
Wishing to do in Holland as the Holland
ers oil do, we purchased some meerschaum
pipes, and wandered abbutthe city carrying
on riyRlry ia the coloriug Of them, and
hattering ourselves that we had by this one
step, 80 completely assumed the customs and
habits Of the country, that no one would sUs-
pect that we were not native aud to the man
ner born. Early that ieysning Mr.. H. went
10 bed With splitting headache, an attack, he
thought, OF "meerschaum on the brain,
The Hague" 5 Hage'--as the natives
callIit, distant from Rotterdam, thirteen miles,
is a lovely city, containing many elegant
mansions aud public buildings, gardens, foun-
tains and parks We found a guide and in,
.terpreter at the hotel, under whose direction
we went first 10 the Museum where iwo saw
the ibuckskin goat worn by William of Orange,
the Father Of his Country aud one OF the
best aud noblest characters ia history, the
day. he was asstssinated The mark Of the
fatal bulletis in the right breast, aud spots OF
his blood are still to be seen aboutiL Pot.
ter'b pictnte OF the Bull was all bat unannis
mopslyvoted by-onr party TO be the finest oDo
of the kind we had ever seen, although some
of Landseers and Rosa Bonheur s. are in my
Judgment no diseernble distance behind H.
Napoleon carried this picture of TO ornament
the Palace Of the Louvre at PARIS in 1872,
although, the government 0i Holland offered
him one hundred thousand dollars il be would
permit it to remain. After his downfall in
1915 it was restored to them, and they have
guarded il with great care, and exhibited i
With great pride ever since, Rembrandts
picture Of the aLesson in 7Anatomy,p has
some fine faces in it, and a,bmost horribly
faithful representation Of ''spbject An
immense picture, representing the murder of
the .innocents, IN which the soldiers are tear
ing the little ones from their frantic mothers,
is too full OF agony to look at. A picture Of
Eve tempting Adam is well done, but Ewes
hair is smoothly parted in the middle, artisti-
cally waved at the sides, and coiled in knot
behind, whichIas Mrs. Ii. suggested, could
not be held in its place without hair pins
Where did Eve find her hair-dresser
From the Museum we went to the Kings
Palace, which is almost as fue as the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, in New York-then to the
Queens Palace-the "House in the Woods
which in the particulars of paintings, carpets
and furniture is still finer, The ballroom
has allegorical pictures in it, forty or fifty
fset high and thirty wide which were painted
by no preRtce hands. rs.a aus lsf..
Our conductor would not permit us to ap-
proach window OF this room to look oct
into the gardens, lest we should intrude upon
the privacy Of the Queen who oceu.
pied boudoir adjoining, so We were lain con
tent with distant view Of the lovely flowers,
which give forth their perfume for royalty
alone The Queen Is neither yonng nor beau
| tiiul and we hear the outrageous unfaithful.
ness Of her husband makes her miserable
woman; so in spite of the elegance in which
she lives, we humble republicans, rather pitied
than envied her s'"N.aeN hih" H
Inthe evening we drove through the Kings
| Park, Shich is vast in extent, ard filed with
immense forest trees There were several
pavilions in the center, and we stopped near
them for an hour, to listen 10 the music of
brass baud, better than DodwOrth's 5 or Men
ter's, and TO look at the people who throhged
there to see each other, and hear the music
very large part Of the whole population Of
the city was there, and as they sat at the little
tables drinking their tea or beer, or PRONE
nading with their wives or sweethearts, they
ell seemed eontented and happy, A great
many soldiers were n the throng thoroughly
frAternising with the people. They have a
constitutional monarchy here, and king who
seeks and obtains the confidence Of bis sub
jects, and his soldiers therefore are not re-
gRrded with distrust as they are in less fortu-
nate countries. Morally, as has been before
intimsted, the king is a scamp Hsis said
10 have harem equal 10 the suitah's and his
evil example is by no means lost upon bis
people, III.