, 1866-04-15

ttAbLLNN9h IN IAGai. :

y 1,OLL 1vn Il iss.,,
1ne ancient Kingdom oi the Netherlands Il
especially en4eAed 10 sheAn,cdesn beAst hy
~ t7tsso11 a1s<'cs.tions With the tsin,urh< nf
civil nnt- <hCtoul 1ilerty, which Asu - rto-
| quensf5 described ',y~aIs. Motley, aud Ly the
1 departure Of The Pilgrim Eatassa iloua port
| of Holland, and a1so t.. the. Dutch pioacc.
trttEFs OF New Sera, Of waopa Warrington
lEr!or gave such Esnis1 -A3e,incations. The
strictly Roman Catholic Jzuvhces II the
| Neil beY2aadk-- vht~A lad rcs1xy1ed nnder
Sr.ps-n ruls sftes ths Krrzt 1csololiou OF
! the slHtcsnA csnta1y, sud bad .utses,aent-
ly bclcuG:d 10 Austha, uesa annexed L,
! Holland m 1el5. bat conquered ttsts tndc-
| prEdeps An lsan. under u,c name Of Tho King
uou5o: t'elslnzn. WhEss The rrrrondsr..tr:.
rEns7ca or lti.anm is Roman Catholicism.
thatEf Hcllsna hthe Dutch Reformed Church.
bo't!GE 10 The confession uf faith drawn M Ia
INC sixteenth century, Arcotll.e TO lhe
doctrines Of .sstngl le and Calvin. OuEy one.
nth f,f the u hole two 1aillions VI rrutr.t.ut.
belutr 10 other >ects {chsc1y Iuthesan,.
white there M about ,2al flo0 Roman Catho.
| Vs.. eiarfy in North BratAnt sna
| h.7eure, and nearly 1880 Jerp
The >nHsme1ce OF Ar,sserlaua and Kotter.
dam rna.'tnncs to tr ttn.ncnte with The East
lnditn cs'sou:-s md oths- ra.t1 of the world.
The Dutch pos>.<elons In E.atrru AA.a cyra-
prize Population OF eighteen ,slt;Ions. wt,1e
that ni Hplland Includes only thrce and =
half millions. and lhc West 1nlis and the
GalaFa coast' not above two tundress hoa.
sand, '''<'~ r..
All In Hn1lsnd savors Of the sca. It. com.
mercs, as we'll n ita territory has been rescued
With, dlnieulty lsuz, ll.e xa:er-. a.nalI n tho
euu1s1y k, ,ltisrepletc1anh 1t interest, not onIy
IL tie great t7ttes ana se.-rosts Tx A,ae,ef-
dag: ::sue Rotterdam, hut also IA those f.
E1rEs * ats uf lestnEnx, ieyden, Utrecht aod
tisopiueens IN tie se.-dtaln!ns apIa;atra
4nd tul!p-Sarlena uf NaArle.n: In the coart1Y
ltl diplomatic atmosphere or tho Hague,
The seat oi tho Government !; in Sehcveaingcn.
ncas fac 1fnsur. .1ae fashionable Watering place;
In quaint Delft.Ifaven and Do,tr=cai In
lovely Arnhca- and Simerae, ulert the 1sAs-
ener GndA kllp.eI heaF: the {;sy1naa boundasJ
line q the llhsnc In the ssnan Duich pozss
and tosps. *terc The Did tars pass The even.
irS cd thetr lives with their families and their
rire4, attcs IcuS rtrnSsies with storms on the
co.at Of JAVA aad sumAtla !; IN Geldesiaud,
where kx1cp.l1e con,aty tzts Azc inhabited
ts Etapy of the ancient Sefsesiznd mobility,
FOL I few Of whom 40 II much devoted to
li.tItry IA 10 agricultural pots4lts
In Gsrninscn, xhe-e the stranger
. dnds. himself, After \ sho:t journey, CO the
shores Of tae little dvc1 E1s,, In tha Hknuve-
Tim {oFs Q, Etntsn, In sshtedAm Aa noted
'ut its sln, Is ltlit Is for It's e~,thenxl:e, -
Amsterdam To-. 11a, sugar ra1peI5tA aid as
. o'hcs towns Tor ,hrif liurn Enauui.etosia- .uu
r. seRs1t:l Il u ssss sssss -: :.
ION estl ~ was The iste : Enxll.h E.s.
inass Company, md mouopsllzas "A in.
nlcute trade with The far Ea.t The great
tnrkcrs Of Holland, hkb- the Hopes.
oeeupy the same. max - the Bar
ing. With wh,u they n. ia,.1u...
tied! -1hcy -ba,e Negotiated many OF
! TIC kaaa OF the Dutch Government, wht}e b,
connection ~7th Abe st Peler.1urz e,x1asts1
/! they hs7e Eeto.sAted m.-s- sstneAa lo@sa-
| Anstrftsu4 u ssr r"onfs remarkable q tls
-rtadqEaE:e1s Of there grcaa commercial and
!: trkLciSl establishments, but also ~ species
| OF latch Venice, 3uiersecled By canals, bot
| iriini:ely mrtc hu.1nz4 Ike, aad nore'
! Iorol..as than she city OF the
| 1c;tr-epntame upward OF .:.:s',1%t 1O-
bst,t arts. Tie wharvss and docks a Am
| ,s-t.m arc 7arnorE fhc rno-t etupendous In
!: EuTbpc. Every street l. u. ty canals, aid
!, every canal Il ias Of -.ht2s, : Az u bust.e
T! aud activity, rnd The principal s:sect IL u
! rr,tdet IS C&apslde or Eufewur. 1Ialfof
,he Jew rortlaltm cr tie whole kingdom
h, hrc In AmHc.dan,, saG the'r oriental pt ss7-
!: GEramy. .een ryertuhe7r. cnntsinute+ Eot
iitl. = enhancing the 1eoiicT aspect
Of the city. They Ere ..ostly descendants
Of Jews expelled troxn, srab md Portugal,
by Ferdinand. xnd @1sabesta, 'ans: arc called
Portuguese Jevs In cantrsdasttneaion,t 10 &s<r-
man md French HotsswK' While msny ol
them arr stu haadled together - in o.den
times, Ia ,htir. peenliasi quarter. MAsra: h
summer evenings they dwazm In the streets
Ike 1.-The L1zxaToul ot SAples, not faw Of
them bare attained TO great. wealth., Ehtle
one pf Them ls the principal iurtst and public
man Of Amsterdam, and the great Hague and
Rotterdam btnkcrs aTe hkeKise OF that Per
sua4on. They enjoy The same rsshts In toler-
mt Holland as other religions denomina-
tlant. Along the principal canals run stately
: res[Kalse., 77Ieerta and Pr1nsc Grseht1,
whcte arc Tie maneious Of the me.cnaut
pItneea, and whe1s1 partscalasly in the
two! lr.t named avenues, the Ladies' tuEn
ont In great numbers on pleasant daya, this
fash souAhlc promenade ;neing called "Pau-
toGsi-pasade." Steamers connect Amater.
dam and Rotterdam with Hamburg, and also
viii Londnn, Bordeanx and, e.. Petersburg,
~ht1e 1sutte1tls1n vas for 4 inag t!ms thr
| Ear4ite port lor Engllsh and Rhine steamers,
: but las lost gcz,d dealof this tratnt by tht
rtrntfy Of Calais, Boulosnc, 0stead and Ant.
Ecrf and by The railways to Ge1m4uy, Bel
klun and Franee- -
-AinaseIlsm L. noted for Ii Ihssal, and its
Hague for It's conseryatisc tendencies; Tha
turbulence Of Amsterdam made It preferable
for tbcCo. cznEcnt 10 have tho political capits
.u ihc murr tndo1cnt. Atmosphere Of II.
} l1aEur, but thls p5sAs n ~uoth&,E but the rr.l
. deree Of d.plo3ai1sss, eouEticr~ and bnreau
uas xbIle i'll tho POKER OF iAc aAtiou
: centred IN the opuleut bur9hezs of An.tez
dsu; and Rntteraaus. The cnisure Of tL
than among thc coTrczpoudin- clsAsss N Eng
). land, the people blending s'u.s~ha. Of &c:
- man lntelleetns!;lS With Epslllh pluck sn
, u,thle. Learning il not ou:y cultivated
d the Crt,e:si:irs nf Leyden and Utrecht. bu
n Ii hopossJ In the sotia, circles Of the An
= sicra1ets- The wa:cry a.mo4phere give
y I.ttes raIcSna,ic look 10 the Holiant
q .csst bu: Without tupairinE their energy
"A Tk4 constant coptsc< with the xa.t
:, develops general sense Of rcposs, which i,
\ ccrr,a,es Into The aidlenlous In IN Old fe
." " Low lfks Rip m tWlakle, but daea 70 h
ii mott sublime rnHer NJ meditation In phil
n scrs.er iIke spsnosa- :, =" =.
n. T1:c ean,e Hol1n.dc., " hc seems % wI1ppe
IL N In Inc enF"ynent uf he rsps' md
n. inP~tturlsole serenity, u, like the eatm X,
n. u, 3 Mss,e TO be ctnrusscd By sudden gust
Metropolitan or Roman carnival can eQu,
). In inlepee jvynnen-~s the. frenzy
i: thct Dutch population during ,the-s.s'
!, nj hEra, os tthtit 1aptnr.s On the Aka
!. .agt efvun4s Of their trosen cah*ls- II
q i)r{rh tar, the. .meeke6t OF Ill sailors IA fl
II weather, becomes deefl Of daring IN time
4 of sta:ras. Thc 1lollauder1, 70 quiet, osderl
n a.id nnassuming III eras OF .nas{onsl contcnt
!. mcas. 1re ctrsSis Of the most inpasslonc
~ 4sEu..r:, whenever tae.r E'.ettiet 4re utaae-
~ or tl,Lr rrlt.Icn l. a.k4i,sA. WAcaaves N
~ -htrc,ar e.ei, d-fcHeions Lherty i COZ
cespr3, tae Iio1!4utcs 81 fsb5 viii b. foan
a, ,orr.noet lathe tsnls Of p71Svcks Hike his grc1
~ t.::::~-.: .....-'rr- lhesu, william o! Oranrc
the E'pstri 'u> opr5uru: e f..E. we Y
=, N.z,c, md I.oli.lts1 tyrtnuy, g. y:
a5taAs1n5.ed Ia tl4t by Roman cA:S-'' Il
!. raac In ihe SANG toau ct Dtlfl- ph-n-.. y
j. p,S7im Fa:tssl v+sr destined 10 SAL Il
~ F1ylnou!n EAtl.
I'd - NEs1NAuD. 40:
H. We learn that the great tailtosd br4dl
" ortr The Des Mofncs Rtvcs u Doonestorn, (
be lhc llnc ~ the Cedar KarllA 4 Missouri nss
be f.s{froa d, K cstnp!e:ed nad the eara Will "
Ia The s-.: Side er .se t1tS s1otnes uert we