The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-02-01
Prom the A.baav Cougmercis
Letter from Governor Morton.


Through the kindness If Mr.. Jesse ].
Brown. Of the First National Bank OF
this city. we are permitted 10 publish the
following interesting letter from Coy.
Morton
PARIS. an. ;
NY DEaR FRIEND: We arrived in Liv-
erpool on the .4th OF December, after :
stormy and uncomfortable passage of
eleven DAYS | was sick from the first
To the last day. 81 one time not leaving
nv berth for four iovs, and when landed
wss very weak indeed; but | am much
better and stronger again, although the
condition of my limbs i not improved
or materially changed The physicians
here have decided that | must submit 10
the ''moa, which is burning upon the
back With FIRE, and the operation Is Il
tie performed 20 morrow
As | was anxious for medical advice,
| remained in England but two DAYS. one
being spent in Chester, and one in Lon
don. The old wall surrounding Chester
j. in 8 good preservation, The project
ing buttrcsses are armed with spikes or
covered with looking glass firmly set in
cement. to prevent the ascent OF besieC
ers- On the top there Is q continuous,
smooth-stone walk around the city. from
three To eight feet in with, which is the
favorite promenade Of the citizens
This wall was first built in 81 OF our era
and rebuilt in 9o6. The cathedral, il is
claimed, IS nine hundred years old, and
is & gloomy, but grand edifce. We At
tended devine service in it on Christmas
day. and the ceremonies, time, place,
dimly lighted arches, and solemn music
made the scene very impressive.
The day we were in London was most
ly spent in Westminister Abbey. Al
though | had been reading about it all
my life, l had failed to get any concep-
ton of it. Age and death seemed to
reign throughout its vast halls and many
chapcls On every hand, crowned to-
gether. are the tombs, monum ents, ELI
gies and statues of the great men and
English history.
The climate in England is moist and
mild, the pastures green and fresh and
the farmers were everywhere blowing
The country seemed very beautiful as
we gIided rapidly by hill and dale, cot
tage and mansion, and that little poem
of Mrs. Heman's came into my mind,
which begins thus.
The stately homes Of Eugiand,
How beautifully they stand.
The passage across the channel from
Dover to Calais was very rough, and
made everybody sick The country from
Calais TO Paris disappointed my expec
tations very much, although it is we'll
cultivated and every foot of land is en-
ployed in some way, but the cultivation
is far inferior to that Of England, and
hA nj
Along the whole way l saw not one fine
looking house or stately mansion, but
innumerahle small, low cottages, with
high pointed roofs covered with tbatch
or red earthcn tiles, low, narrow win
dows, projecting caves and floors below
the level of the ground. without gardens
or fences around them, and appearing to
stand out an the commons. The villages
are mere collections Of these cottages. -
The streets are narrow, irregular and
crooked, and totally without plat or plan,
but with the inevitable church and high
steeple.
How changed is everything in Paris
When YOU see the country you will un-
derstand why - Paris is Franco. SO
far as | have seen, it is far more elegant
" built than New York or London, and
the public squares, gardens and editices
are truly magnificent. The streets are
sill we'll paved and kept very clean, some
Of them are covered with cement made
Of pitch and sand, and are elastic, and
smooth as floor.
The above is written by the Govern
ors SON The following is in his own
handwriting Ed. Commercial
| write this by the hand of my son, as
my arms are so much affected that hold
the pen with difficulty. / hope you will
write to me, directing to the care Of the
American Minister A letter frem you
will give me great pleasure, and / will
write TO YOU as often as | can.
Ever your friend,
.. 7. MORTON