The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-07-18

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have had much Sirst. sssiug IN ffaacs thsa
have not had time 10 wriss yoa sincs iasysne
London. have noted down many ihinas ssilou'
noticed by TRAVELLERS Of ths boa. apzkinx roaus
together with such Impressions a. have heen nsas
upon nay mind By AL have seen. ThesA asay
not be very profound OF lEiersAiIng. bet vli serve
to crafty any curiosity yea may have IN ths pss.
London, I was ssill more amazed Ia ths csriisl q
France.
thought that had scen Ia London tlss 80 ptna
ultra OF all that gsAnd and imposing Ia ascil.
lecture, and all that was beausifui ard naEnih
Gently tasteful in outdoor embellishments and
floral decorations generally. But hsurs ~alk la
Paris Knocked London, in my csfimstica. ~ Ca
as natural and artislic spectaclcs are conrcrncd,
''Ho-tchar" We arrived ia P4ris sbont p. ~. /,
and, after changing dusty clothes, started foF
walk. block or two from hotel we launt
ourselves in the gardens Of the TuiIIerias and ~
continued our walk til O'Clock. (at which Tins
it was still dayght-) II Jenny Mahsr could
spend ono day In the public grounds u Paris, hr
would abdicate-yote the ornamental improve.
ments of Washington did "srnAll potatoes - and
incontinenty beiakc hnsef to ''sognc vast wilder.
mesa" had an idea that ours was great coan-
try''--that we were stall people" and that even
in the matter of parks, gardens. &c. We we're
"some pumpkins and the two hrst opinions ! yst
entertain but the last "squat" absolutely and
most unequivocay "cave in" Why, believe
that all the public parks in our principal cilies
could be conveniently located within the area en-.
braced by Hyde Park. and then leave spare room.
And as for the variety OF trees, owers, shrubbery
&c, and their tasteful arrangement they are "a
far ahead OF any thing we have yet produced "a
the Capitol grounds superior TO a backwoods.
mans 'front.' door yard in the first year Of his occu-
pancy. Superior the English, the French
leave them far behind. In the public gardens Of
Paris rows of trees from sixty TO eighty feet
high and perhaps an hundred years DID, whose
upper branches have been trained TO incline in
wards until they intermingled, producing an ex
act resemblance TO the dome and interior Of
/ gothic cathedral, and impervious TO the rays OF
the sun as If covered with zinc any other roof
ing material. Beneath these emerald aisles, which
extend in many instances for half mile, thou.
sands of pedestrians Of both sexes are constantly
promenading, or Longing and chatting on the
chairs with which they are provided. In addition
to trees, flowers, shrubbery, &C., magnificent
groups of statuary meet you at every turn, the
fruits of Napoleon's breign robberies.
My opportunities Of seeing the country in Eng
~
we passed from its mouth to London, and such
chances as could catch in the railroad cars on my
way thence to New Haven, distance of sixty to
eighty miles. A beautiful country it is, and most
admirably cultivated. Having eeen 30 little OF
England, OF course | am not qualified TO make
comparison between it and France, so far as agri-
cultural excellence is concerned; but trip Of six
hundred and fifty miles, from the northern to the
southern extremity of the latter usties me in the
expression Of my opinion that G od's sun does not
shed its rays on 30 fair land, or thoroughly
cultivated. The whole country ia literally gar
den. Every square foot, from tho mountain. top
down the lowest ravine, is made to produce
something, If it be susceptible oft Their mode of
planting or sowing their crops, whether ON plain
or hill side, produces the finest effect the APP
pearance of the landscape; the space allotted for
each crop is laid out in squares paraIlelo
grams with mathematical precision, and, whether
large small, the best garden could not be
divided with greater accuracy. As there are
no fences or hedges, and the different crops
arc in various stages of maturity, you can i'm.
agine the variety Of hues that meets the eye,
and the magnfcence of the panorama that stretches
out in every direction far the vision can pen
citrate. lam sorry to add, in this connexion, that
eighhs Of the agricultural labor is performed
by females, while two three hundred thousand
stalwart men in uniform idling away their
time in the barracks of the cities and villages. In
the absence of fences cattle. secured by ropes
driven about their pasturage by females; and sheep
are confined within the required limits by boys
assisted by shepherds dog. Speaking of cattle
reminds me that, Notwithstanding fresh pork is
abundant enough in market, both in England and
France, have not live porker in either
country.
On the 4th instant we left Paris for Chalons
per railroad arrived at 10 p. m, and took
steamer down the Sayone for Lyons, which we
reached at six in the morning. Here we missed
the steamer for Avignon, and were compelled to
wait till next day. Icalled on consul, Oittle HUI
debert whom you must recollect in Washington
and he was excessively glad to me. He took
me ride about the town, which is the most
business one in France, and showed me through
some Of the heaviest silk manufactures in the city.
There great number of beautiful chateaus in
the vicinity. On the morning of the 9th, at ak
O'Clock, we steamed down the Rhone for Avignon,
three hundred miles distant The river winds it's
way in narrow valley through rugged noun
tains, cultivated TO their very summits, wherever
an inch ofso can be found, even among the rocks.
Grapes almost the only product. The river is
narrow and very crooked; there is average cur
rent Of eight or ten knots, and in many places are
rapids fully swift as those of the st. Lawrence.
This you may readily conceive, we made the
passage of three hundred miles in little less than
twelve hours. In every element of the beautiful
and the picturesque, the Rhone exceeds any river
on whose current it has ever been my fortune to
be borne. On arrival at Avignon we were
hurried off so quickly to the railroad station that
we hardly had glance at the town; it appeared, |
however, TO be of considerable size, well fortified,
and swarming with soldiers.
The only town OF any consequence which we
passed while daylight lasted Arles--a place of
much business, and containing large population.
At 10 D. m. We were in Marseilles, and by II safe
ly housed in lie Hotel des -4nabassadstrs. In the
morning, after breakfast, we found thecaptan of the
barqoe Columbia, who bad anticipated VA twelve
days. having made an extraordinarily short pas |
sage He invited US to dine with him at an Amer
lean boarding house, where most of the English
and American captains STOP In the landady and
her two sisters found old residents of Albany
Madame Gondran is a sister-in-aw of Ramo, who
h,. f.