The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-11-16
SOME OF THE SIGHTS
Extract from His Letter to New Orleans
Christian Advocate.

A boat ride up the Thames was re-
commended as one Of the agreeable ex-
periences about London, so we took
advantage of the return from Green-s
which, and secured passage on one OF
the fght-built, swift-running steamers.
1t happened to be the day of regatta,
so that the river was covered with wa
ter craft of all descriptions, with flags
fiying, and parties of gaily-dressed men
and women. The steamer was so crowd
ed that we could scarcely get standing
room. Most beautiful was the view,
and most exhilarating the influence.
For many years London Bridge was the
only viaduct that spanned the river; 1t
was considered a marvel Of architecture.
The phrase, E'as fines as London Bridge,
became of common use, and expressed
the very acme of grandeur. Now there
is Waterloo Bridge, Black t'riars, Naux-
hall, Westminster, and five or SIX more,
over which a constant stream OF vehl-
cles and people are pouring. Many OF
them have railroad crossings underneath,
over which long trims are momentarny
passing unheeded by the characters
above or the boatmen beneath. The
Customhouse, the Tower, the Monu-
ment, Cleopatra's Needle, the Shot Tow
er, the Houses of Parliament and West
minister Abbey present an imposing
SIGHT from the steamers deck. Some
places, as we passed, possessed to me
peculiar interest. Mapping old stairs,
for instance. l could see in my imagin-
alton boatmen and their sweethearts, as
described by Dickens and other writer's,
landing here in the gray mist OF the
morning.
Madame Tussand's is one of the re-
cognized institutions of London. No
one can claim to have done the city
thoroughly without taking it in. 1t Is
an exhibition, in wax work, of all the
characters of celebrity in the world.
The figures are of the exact size OF the
original, with the same color OF eyes
and hair, the same costume indeed,
the very fac-simile of the living charae-
ter. The evening spent in Madame
Tussand's, with guide-book in hand,
leisurely studying up the characters re-
presented, makes one feel as if he had
been conversing with kings and queens,
with artists and poets, with philosophers
and divines, and even with highway
men and murderers. face to face. There.
they are ready to greet you, their eyes
beaming with intelligence, their lips
ready to move into speech. | found
myself liable to- make two mistakes:
First, l quite frequently took wax
figure to be a living person looking at
the sights like myself, and was
ready to ask him Il question and,
again, several times when some visitor,
deeply interested in scanning some strik-
ing object, would assume an attitude OF
attention, with body erect and eyes
fixed, | would find myself gazing upon
him, and about TO say, "well, surely
this is as perfect representation OF llte
as could be-" when a sudden movement
would show me that it was indeed flesh
and blood. In the Chamber OF Hor-
rors'' we're the model Of the Bastlle,
guillotine, the headman's axe, the gal
lows, all of which were the exact coun-
terparts of the originals. Then there
were Misrepresentation OF men ana
women executed for murder, whose ma
lignant features, made even more repui-
siye by the sombre light of the room,
were we'll calculated to make an imagln-
ative person to be looking out for the
CLEAN of dagger or the descent OF the
bludgeon. One room is devoted to the
great Napoleon, and his court and his
tory. There are representations OF the
great man in various capacities, togeth
er with those of Josephine, of Mara
Louisa, of Napoleon LII, of Marshall
New, and of many others OF his asso
ciates. Here is the camp bedstead usee
by Napoleon in his seven years, Imprls
onment on st. Helena, on which ht
died, and on which he was laid out II
state in his chasseur uniform. Here L
also the military carriage in which h'
made the Russian campaign, which wa
captured at Waterloo. 1t has very
, MANY eonvenieuces; can be converted
: into a bed, on which one can reeilne a
full length, has table for writing, ans
receptacles to carry provisions ana az
necessaries. Many distinguished Amerl
5 cans are in Madame Tussand's colIee
I1O11. w
) Grant, Garfield and others. | wa
much impressed with two figures, repre-
senting the meeting of Stanley and Liv
lingstone in the wilds of Africa Th'
/ costumes worn were fac-similies of thos
4 used on the occasion, and the expires
: sion on the countenance of each showe'
: the surprised delight at the meeting 0
D Ifellow.Englishmen upon the dark con
: tinent. There was another figure
e around which l fingered, and on whieI
t I looked almost with veneration, tha
e of Rev. John Wesley, as master
! arts, son of Rev Samuel Wesley, borl
D at Epworth, in 1703; died March 2
+ 1891 It was attired in faultless eleri
cal garb, the mild eye beaming uPol
YOU with benignant radiance, and tn
i light arm extended forward, as if pre-
| Inouncing upon you that blessing whicl
i his life so signally gave to the world.
a Female Professor.
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