Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1863-04-05

Through the courtesy of Hon. A. P. Edperto
we are permitted to lay before our readers a
admirable letter received by him from his 90
Henry, now travelling In Europe. twill be res
with much interest: .
,PAais, Jan. 80, 1868.
MY DEAR FATHER:-I have been in Pari
about week, and most of the time has beer
spent In looking around for quarters for a BRO
longed stay, which at last Ihave found in tn,
new boulevard Sebastopol. You will undoubt
edly demand sufficient reasons for my not beini
here sooner, but when describe nv stay II
London you will concur with me that my tim,
was well spent. have not my Diary here, but
think lett Liverpool for London on the 5sl
instant; at any rate, the next day called upor
Mr; -, at his place In Blshopsgate street
and he finding Intended leaving for Paris or
Saturday following, succeeded in dissuadinp m.
from so doing and offered me 80 many faciIItjeI
Tor seeing things Of great interest that nigh
never have another opportunity of seeing that
am very glad remained. As had neither time
nor Inclination to visit oil the places of inter
est In London generally visited by strangers, /
did not even go much as enter st, Paul's or
Westminster Abbey, having seen enough OF
churches In Rome.
The international Exhibition building wlsb.
cd very much to enter, although nearly every.
thing had been removed, and TO obtain admit.
tance, as the building was closed, Mr.. s. gave
me three orders from the grand Jury of awards
Tor his medals, as they were still at the building
In care of the officers. went there first, and
although there was not very much TO see, INV
curiosity was satisfied In regard TO the interior
OF the building. Twill merely remark that ID
10 very uncouth structure, without beauty or
anything In favor Of 1t except dimensions.
cannot say how much ground IL covers In floors,
6ut at venture, should say fifteen acres OF
door az low estimate. It In situated In part
OF the city called Bcompton, which used to be
suburban town itself, like oil other parts of
London nearly, which, when incorporated, re.
taln their old names to tho great perplexity of
travellers, as each Of these places is pretty Ger.
tain to hive streets Of the same name. Ii one
jumps into cab and asks to 70 to a certain
number of o certain street, cabby generally
atumps one with, "City, Brompton, Haymarket,
Westminster or Shoreditch, air7" Then YOU
have o liberal choice, but "cabby" generally
advises the least likely on account Of the DO.
cuniary advantage OF bringing one back. With
hotels II Ia even worse, az the same name some
times has Very extensive run, as "Bul and
Mouths" "Cock and Dragon" "Stag and An.
chor," and "Queens," the latter being very
numerous Friday was introduced to Mr.. ri.
A. s., my friend, who, being member of the
Institute Of Civil Engineers, gave me card
for the next discussion, which took place on Toes
day. Saturday afternoon went TO "Norwood
Lodge" on the very urgent invitation of Mr.. s.
to spend Sunday with him: Norwood is q very
pleasant little place, about six miles from the
city and only ten minutes' walk from the Crys
tal Palace at Sydendam On reaching Nor
wood Lodge first became aware that Mr.. s.
had family, as he had never volunteered
any information on that point and had never
ventured to broach IL. He merely said when
made the iaet visit to the hotel before accompa-
Dying him. "Don't 60 to rigging yourself up
now, as there ia no one but an Old Jamaica
lreud of mine coming down to spend Sunday.
He's the 'old style,' and you will both agree
Abolitionists are nuisance" hoaever took
the wise preoAution Of putting an evening euit
into my carpet. bag, and joining Mr. s., went
down to the London Bridge Depot for Syden-
ham.
AT the depot was somewhat astonished al
iptroduc,ions to nearly every man on. the plat-
form, they being, like my friend, gentlemen of
business, living in Norwood and adjacent viii
lagos in the country, and in the habit of taking
the carly ttart home on Saturday so as to have
a "good time" of H. They all seemed to be
men of the same class 10 society aud men of
Independent fortunes, generally of their own
making. "Living 10 the suburbs" here, is not
the came as In America. Here these gentle
men consider Il IN tho light Of saving Of life,
and for that reason conjpiGty with the wealth
OF the community, the cost OF one of these
Suburban residences In a fashionable quarter
would be considered fabulous 10 America. |
may thus classify them Belgravia, Hyde Park
hath for ha nnhiltku nf fhn al.
and the great political intriguers. Richmond,
the great guns Of the nobility for the frat
class, and rich merchants fond of display, aud
cspitalists for another. Norwood and vicinity,
r the "old style" merchants, manufacturers
and professional men, as far as wealth is con-
cerned worth all the rest put together, but llv-
ing on the quiet expenditure of from FIVE to
fifteen thousand pounds q year.
4 Our American notions Of living are very
contracted in certain sense, for these men,
unlike man In New York or others Of our
cities, who gets rich fast, builda an extensive
house, lives at she rate of tens of thousands
year, and finally fails-live entirely within
their incomes, of which they spend certain
per centage year, and live In the style that
affords. No matter how enormous that income
may be, it Is always lived up to with certain
margin. For instance, the nobleman with great
estates and an income of fl5. 900 year, would
think 1t great hardship or defect n society
If he could not live In o more fashionable and
expensive style than one with Ave thousand
pounds. such la the mode tnat every cent Of
a mans income that he wishes to spend will
tell, no matter how large it may be- This
could not be in America unless q man squan-
deRed or gambled HE money away. He could
not get rldypf It In legitimate style of living.
They have no m cans or excuse there TO spend
untold fortunes in operas, amuaements, fox
hunting, racing and hunting steeds, and last
aud greatest OF all "kept women" and resort
ing TO the more than princely psiaoes where
Concerts la mode, ''conpersdtioaelies'p and
balls take place. Not 10 leave my narrative,
will merely say that i have figures TO prove
and will give them 10 you with my observations
when have perfected them, that the two great
nations, England and France, are approaching
Of rapid rate q national ruin untold In the
annals of history, and men Of observation here
know 1t and sss is plainly. Every thing appears
smooth on the suriace, but England could not,
dare not, enter into struggle with the mean
est second ciass power In Europe, because the
aristocraoy govern, and she arlstooracy Is rot.
ten to the core. as4
To resume my narrative, where the CONVEX
sation on the way down chiefly devolved on
Sunday Schools, and the running OF Sunday ex-
cursion trains, we jumped into little carriage
and in ten minutes were at Norwood Lodge
The house waslarge and substantial, sort of
mixture of the Gothic and Italian styles, of
which by the bye there were Q great many
along the road coming up. Mr.. s. very proud
In vaoi M tod ant In ma faok hnd alraa A., a.