Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-30
Cape, 1.-THE animal unfortunately broke

Cape, but the animal unfortunately broke
Its neck coming on board.
In the evening we set out for the Old
Rock Theatre, the ladies walking down
IN evening dress, without any need for
shawls or hoods, although, as we were in
the month Of June, it was the middle Of
the st. Helena wiEter. The room DIG
nltied by the title OF the Old Rock
Theatre is reached by very shaky flight
OF steps, dimly lighted by an ancient lar.
tern, The stage, very diminutiye one.
is at one end Of the room, and raised
aeout a foot from the floor. The band,
by wise arrangement, plays in the yard.
We found the room we'll filed, and learnt
that the comedy was to be played by
ladies and gentlemen from the principal
families in st. Helena, with reinforce
ments from the garrison stationed there.
Ut the performance. suffice it saw that it
equally surprised and pleased US. thourh
mad the ghost of Sheridan been present,
It must have been gretly puzzled when
two of his characters sat down to exam
Ire an album Of photographs.
The following day we devoted to the
object OF our stay upon the island-a visit to
L0ngW0od. TO the stranger, anxious to
visit Longw00d from Jamestown, there are
three courses open. He may drive. or
rather, he may sit in basket pony-car-
riage, with man walking at the pony's
head, or he may ride, in which case he
will be accompanied by small boy, who
tearlessly holds on to the animals tail:
OF, thirdly, if he is energetic enough he
may walk. The distance is probably not
more than three or four miles. but the
road is continual ascent, and the walk
is fatiguing to any but the robust. The
horses OF the island are a rather sorry
crew, and some have vicious habit Of
pounding the riders legs against the wall
OF rock that skirts the road So we de-
clded tor the pony-carriage, and, IN a
leisurely way, started on our journey.
When the winding road has brought you
about half way to the summit of the cliff.
you see, on the right, ':The Briars,''
a substan'ial-looking house, with pavil-
ion adjoining it, which was placed at Ma
poleon,s service By its owner whilst the
furnishing of the house at Longwood was
being completed. Leaving On the left
the footpath leading to Napoleons grave,
you reach a little colony of houses.
amongst them "Rose and Crown hotel,n
q primitive little establishment at which
prudence suggests your ordering some
lunch, which May await you on your re-
turn.
This accomplished, another mile of
level road brings you to the gate of
Longwood. However thorough Briton
you may be, think the feeling on see
ing the desolate little one-storied house
must be, What terrible place Tor a
man who had lived the active, restless
life of the fallen Emperor" High up
on barren cliff, bleak and unsheltered
with watch-house and signal-stations on
every point of vantage, with regiment
encamped upon the adjacent plain cor
don OF sentries round the house, he may
we'll have felt that he was needlessly re-
minded that he was prisoner, and have
instituted imaginary comparisons be-
tween his condition there and the way
he would have been treated had he sur
ruedered himself to the Emperor Alexan-
der OF Russia, or the Emperor Francis
II. of Austria
Old Longwood and Napoleon's grave
"oAS oOASAL ny Tic L IeHCu III 1000, the
house having then been allowed to
fall into very dilapldated state. The
buildings wore repaired, and each room
was repapered with paper Of the pattera
used when Napoleon was in residence
there. The French government, with
characteristic good taste, forbid the at
PENDANTS to receive any gratuity from Wis
itors to the house or the grave, the one
condition being that you shall inscribe
your name in the visitors book. Perhaps
at some tar-distant date. Frenchman
will be able to visit The tcmbs of yelling
ton and Nelson IN our metropolitan Cathe-
dral without being pestered for sixpence
| at every turn
The first rooms you enter (bey are ali
mlseraby small and low is the drawing
room, IN which are placed the French and
| British flags. From it you pass into the
room in which Napoleon died. Where
the head of the bed stood is now fine
marble bust of the Emperor, surrounded
| by wooden railing; with these exccp.
tons, the rooms are destitute of any furni-
ture. You pass from the dining room, in
which Napoleon dined, to his bedroom
! bathroom, library, and billiard-room.