The weekly standard. (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1865-1867, 1866-02-10
icG cGRAND HOTEL DE LOUVRE,
December 10th. 1866.


We then passed into what is styled
the golden chamber; among many 9th
er things, it contains the crown of
Chaflennagne, coronation robes of the
Empress Josephine, and a aonumber OF
articles that once belonged to Napc-
leon,1 such as 5he carriage used by him
in, the 8 campaign ,aof Russia; also a
beautiful set of Jewels and the sword
used by him in his campaign in Egypt;
and many, many things of thrilling In
terest, which 7 have not time to men
ton. Fromsthis room we passed into
the one adjoining. called the chamber
of horrors, which contains figures of
the most noted murderers, assassins
and tyrants; John Wilkes Booth lis
not the least conspicuous among the
assassfns. We also saw what is STYLED
(and 7 know Of nothing that could be d
greater curiosity .'the most extraor-
dinary relic IN the world, the identical
instrument THAT Adecapitated $4,000
PERSONS amongst whom were Louis
XVI, Marie Antoinette, Due D Orleans,
Robespierre, &c. I could speak of
many other things that were interest
ing to me, but it would require too
much time and space. The next day
we set out for the. London Tower,
which is situnted 'on2the Thames, in
the heart of the city. I scarcely know
how to commence this description, for
myleaof efforts can give you no idea
of the. srandeur and. niagnifcence of
the structure; but as T promised to
write about eyerytn4 2g g OF Importance,
you will please 'pass ali my lmperfec-
tons sby, land IawIp endeayor - - give
you some idea of. the Tower and wha.
it contains. 1t occupies an area of
twelve acres, and is surrounded by a
moat; but it has been drained offfor the.
last two years; we crossed over on a
bridge, passed under gate into
the court, where the knights were wont
in days of yorel to hold their toarlia-
mehts;3 there is also IN this court a
marble slab Indicating the spot on
which Anne, Boleyn, Lady Jane Grey
and Others we're beheaded; the whole
tower is series of towers connected
with each other, there being no less
than twelvein all; the most noted and
conspicuous is called the White Tower,
built by5eWilliam the Conqueror in
1919; the smallest division is called
the Queens Armory; tradition states
that the apartments were used by Sir
Walter Raleigh during his imprison-
ment, at which time he wrote his His
tory of the World; the largest room
was used as council chamber, and we
were told that it was there that the
Duke of Gloucester ordered Lord
Hastings to- instant execution. We
then visited the bloody tower, SO called
from. the fact of the two children of
Edward ~ having been murdered
there, The next place of Importance
was the horse armory, as the armor is
exhibited on equestrian statues;I be-
sides the arnior there are swords,
spears abattle-axes and other weapons
used by, the ancients. The most no
ted armorswas that of Henry VIII, it
being the first suite of the collection,
which IS known to have belonged to
the monarch whose efigy it adorns; it
is called damascened armor, being & IN
laid with gold; we could see the
changes as every new monarch ascend
ed the throne, and as new weapons
came iEto rogue until there was mo-
thing left but the breastplate, and
fpallyit waslaid aside when firearms
were introduced; after reviewing these
we passed into the adjoining room
which contains specimens of every kind
OF arms used by all nations from time
lmmemorial; much more interest is
added when looking upon the arms
and armor to know that many of them
have shQRe9 IN the lisfLwhens tourna-
ments were given, and instead of the
dark sandz gloomy aspect that now
meets the eye, The place was filed with
Ae7 nobility chiyalrys and beauty. of
England. But lam again DEPRESSING,
We Will hasten en- tesdthe next room,
which was formerly used as the council
chamber and banqueting hall. but is
aessa depositoryaos small arms; the
arrangement fthei weapons in various
groups, SO as to resemble flowers, suns,
siats and many othefEohiects, is per-
sestly magnificent, and has been car
NED out with great skill and taste. We
nsSt visited the yegalia, the tower in
winch are the jewels Of England; first
snQ most conspicuos1e il The crown OF