The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1859-09-29

or than they could prepare u AT nome
Wine is a beverage they never omit,
when they eat. 1t costs from 10 TO 20
cents n bottle. 1t is a light, pleasant
drink, possessing little if any of the
Intoxicating properties. As q mass,
it may be truly said that the French
people sit down to eat and drink, and
rise up TO play. They can live re-
markably cheap. A man who is dis
posed to be rigidly economical can
live in Paris on 40 cents a day, and
have plenty,
J have been compe led to notice the
great difference between the French
and English chnw c,cr, The English
are II blunt, rough, bigotcd people,, $50
far AS my observation cxtcnds) and
have "a sort oI contempt for everything
that is not English. The French, on
the contrary, are polite, pleasant and
courteous, and in refusing II favor will
give more pleasure than an EngIisb'
man will by granting it, There are
IA great many English in Paris-for
they are great travellers and very fond
Of sight sccing--and | have found it
highly entertaining to watch them,
and listen 10 their talk.
They let no opportunity pass 10
speak lightly olthc French, and ! find
it u paying ut sincss TO listen to them.
The English make no bones Of saying
Shat they believe the French TO be
"I'guorant h'aSses,' and sometimes
20 50 far as TO call them "lirathcns.'
. They think it wonderful that the
French cannot speak "ll'engIiSh."-
An l,ngIjshlnan said TO tue yesterday
that he was "h'aStonishcd' to find
such a want of "Iicducation' in this
country. Said he thought their
"h'outIanAisn' gibbcriSh was ''h'or-
rid" THIS remark was made in con-
sequence Of his inability to make Il
i'rrnchman understand that he wan
ted a srcond.class railroad ticket tC
Versailles.
From what have seen and heard
am forced to the conclusion that the
;, Jealousy and hatred existing between
the English and French nations is
cordial, aud has well nigh reached Il
eliminating point, A war between
, the two nations at no distant day
seems to me to be- inevitable. In case
il docs come. it will be hard for some
Americans to S%ympathjsc with either
party. For myself, should favor the
success Of the English for obvious
reasons. The English is the only
government in Europe that approac' =
cs !ibcralily. There is almost as
much liberty in England as in Amer.
lea. In FIR nee it is not 50. There
is little liberty here. A Frcnchman
dare not express bis opinions publicly
on any 20 i,lcal question, unless they
COincilc with those OF the govern
men'. The liberty Of the press is a
thing never dreamed Of. Besides,
England is "a protestant Christian
country. ~l'rahcc is InlidrI, and Cath.
olic-lnoStly the former. The Sabbath
; day is not respected in Paris. WorI
aud play, buying and selling, theatre,
! and excuses, music and dancing. g
on here Sundays as well IA other
days. Emperor Napoleon Ill. en-.
couragcs this infdcIi'y, and showed
his emphatic sanction Of it by com
mrncing his grand ictc on Sunday
For these reasons | should favor the
success Of John Bull in Il war will
France, Notwithstanding his bull-do;
gruAncss, and dogmalic bigotcdncSs
Though | must say that | admire The
gay, li@ht.hcartcd French people.
In . day or two | shall bid farewell
; to the French capital for a season,
AMI wcnd my way into Germany, be.
lag ANXIOUS TO be on the Rhine during
the Vintage, or grape harvcsts.
} want to learn what can about tn,
management oTthc vine, and the mar
ulacturc of wine. The vintage vii
begin next week. am also anxious
to breath a little fresh country air
We shall do good deal Of travelling
on foot in Germany. kelhaps | vii
give you some OF my experience whcr
| get among the Dutch. When coo
: weather comes on, we shall pursue
our travels into Italy, where we ex
poet to spend The WinIcr in the cilic.
Of Florence, Rome, Naples and We.
nice may go to Constantinople, an,
: possjbiy to Palestine.
| went Ia the Opera two or three
nights ag,. and heard some Of tn,
grandcst music lever listened to-.
There were Il hundred singers. an,
nearly rs many instruments. TIL,