Cairo evening times. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1865-1866, 1865-10-06

Beautiful Scenery--DescrIption of Tow
ers, &c.
Correspondence of the cairo Times.
RYDBERG HOTEL, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, I
August 18th, 1865.
left Christiania as intended when wrote
you August 1st.
"The morning lowered,
And heavily in clouds brought on the day"
Rain poured and the sea waxed rough. 1
could not get berth, but was fortunate in Sc
curing cramped place on a sofa. As night
came upon us the wind increased-al were
obliged to seek shelter below, and were
crammed into little saloon-men, women and
children, heads to feet, side by side, on the
floor, on sofas, and on shelf that extended
around the end of the boat. 1t did not seem
as if the handiwork of man, or any material
could stand the crash of the waves. They
swept constantly over the deck, as if the boat
were but floating plank. She would stand
on end and tremble, and then plunge as it to
! sink, never to rise again. People rolled abou
like footballs In their endeavors to save
themselves, men and women were found In
| close embrace. Groan responded to groan, and
shrieks of fright mingled with these-the stur-
diest of those who but little before had boasted
| of the security of their sea-legs were also
brought low With all my effort to keep fright
side up with care,'' with lurch Of the boat,
went head first on to the floor, bruised my
face, sprained my hand and picked myself up
| as best l could.
! Mid all of this suffering there was none to
| give glass of water. Perhaps the attend
ants were also Frustrated. l never sawa com
pany so given over to wretchedness and gloom.
One by one the lights went out, so that at last
| only a tiickerng lamp remained burning. Wa
ter came pouring in from time to time, so that
nearly every one was drenched But the light
| of morning at last dawned, to find the storm
somewhat abated, and we nearing Gottenburg.
did not realize, and do not believe it would
have added to my misery if had. the dangers
of the night, but the Captain told me he had
| never experienced such a storm in the ford,
| nor felt the same anxiety before.
| Battered and bruised, still scarcely able to
| keep upon my feet when / began to search
| for my baggage it could not be found, and had
| to wait two hours, which seemed so many
! ages before / could secure a man to make
search in the hold of the vessel for it. You
| can imagine that / was in no very amiab e
mood, and had not a foreign tongue been a
barrier between me and scolding there is no
knowing how many sharp commands / should
have given. But at last succeeded in getting
! off and to the hotel; secured Immediately a
ticket for passage on the canal, and had two
days to wait and recruit which l needed.
Gortenburg is busy, nice city-streets inter
| spe1sed with canals, many with fine stone
bridges over them, and shaded, sodded banks.
There is an endless amount Of shipping in the
harbor, which extends up into the various
canals, and noisy carting Of freight on low
| two wheeled trucks.
Low bare ridges of rock form an exterior
| barrier TO the city, which is set in a basin of
verdure. Strong fortifcations, on solid rock.
| keep vigil over city and water There are
many pretty drives and pave, which though
but in its infancy does credit to the enterprise
ofthe people, f.
Many of the public buildings attract at once
by their solidy and good style. The railroad
depot is very imposing, Of red brick, a plain
wooden Gothic style. The great train hall is
800 feet by 100, four lines of rail run through
it; the roof is of glass. The centre arch is sur
| blem, resting on bed of oak leaves Several
schools, and various benevolent institutions
| tell worthily of the citizens
Our snug little stern-wheel packet was off
1 at o'clock, A. NJ. A crowd of passengers,
and a rush of friends to see them leave, with
pleasing little incidents illustrative of the great
stage upon which VIC are all actors. In seek
ing my berth ! found was booked with gen.
| tleman of Hebrew extract, l concluded, from
an open book that lay on the table. lay the
| case before the stewardess, who shrugs her
shoulders, and says, it can make no difference;
only then a matter of difference of opinion /
suppose; but later Molsieur's etfects are re-
moved ,,Rnd have for a companion u pleasant
| Swedish lady In our company we have al
most all nations represented. l chat with a
dark, restless Englishmau, and his fair haired,
easy hammered wife; they talk Of their wealth, of
their gay dinner parties and poodles dear little
creatures, that she has left at home and wonders
if their teeth will be cleaned while she is gone.
Their domestic conversation isvery edifying
He says: "Dear, shan't we keep man servant
when we return? Do you think Rosa, the
cook, will stay without house maid, suppose
we raise her wages to $40 per annum?' mo,
that will never do, you know that would spoil
her, Will; besides you know very well
how much better our servants fare
than others ] buy better tea and sugar
for them, than Mrs. S., or G., and il
they cannot appreciate the blessings of liber.
ality, then let them go, ungrateful creatures
that they are" Then turning to me: II sup
pose your servants in America, are very i'm
pudent and show you but poor respect"
replied that had been fortunate in never wit
Messing such q state of affairs-"We exercise
toward them rights belonging to human beings
and as general thing, find them appreclative
of kindness, which they appreciate by serving
| US well.''
Our boat is quite phenomenon Of comfort
with sofa berth on each side of the nice little
stateroom, which is supplied with all necessary
comforts. AT o'clock we breakfast
there is a side table spread with breat
butter, cheese, bits of cold meat and fish, and
bottle of white native brandy, which al
who will, and the natives universally do, par
take of first rs an appetizer. We dine at 5
with the same side snacks, awaiting those who
wish it, upon meat and potatoes, followed by
soup, or plate of sour milk you prefer it;
la mode, eaten with cayenne pepper ant
vinegar then dessert of berries or pudding
with good wheat bread, or hard rye cake
which l find extremely palatable, all but the
thick sprinkling of cuise seed later come
coffee, served on deck, and all of this, at cos
Of not more then thirty cents.
Our Captain is a jolly, athletic, active fellow
worthy oflineal descent from Qdin, aad grea
fayorite with all. He manages his boat b,
most quiet commands andsees to it, that choic
views, and all of interest on the route, is dul,
appreciated by his passengers. We assume to
wards each other, the office Of professor of ou
own language, and make mutual exchange G
instruction, and eVen Two days gives tn
key to many useful phrases.
Coming from Norway, there is nothing in tn
scenery that impresses as grand, butlt's all e4
ceedingly enjoyable, particularly when favore
with spch tipe weather as we had The shore