Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-05
Coyss@p @poudeHce OF the Louisville Journal.
LETTER FsOT EUROPE FROM 4 DIS
TIhdsl FAtaEls ANEEsGAN CITEEEN.


very doubtful since Addison and Co
per have published letters, and Irvi
has sketches OF city and country III
for man has as little right 10 p
bad stuff in print land things !,
good or bad by contrast and cOmpariso
as 10 put mean manners or mean c0uyl
SETON in company. Indeed, this q
much letter writing IS quite a bad hst
and ought 70 DE broken up, for, besid
being generally badly done, the effect
as generally, either dlsloyal 20 the irut
or, so far as truth Is followed, the plea
ure and surprise OF the reality. whs
seen, are ahatei. We have all done Il
States until doing them has become
mere piece Of steamboat and railroa
drudgery: and now that everybod
wants % do Edrope, steps ought 20 ?
taken 70 assure travellers that they hal
Hot learned ali Of Europe through OF
''Own correspondents, and that theI
remains something on This side of III
water 10 compensate for the pasSag
money, especially rs IL has to be paid
gold. Therefore letter writing ought {
he stopped. But who is 10 stop it
Haven't I seen and heard things her
that I never saw in letters nor anywher
IN print? and viii not somebody he in
terested in these
Dickens and Bull Run Russell hav
given a license TO everybody 10 abuse
misrepresent, and ridioule everything
one sees in a country mol his own, and
if their t0sdies in the United States vii
excuse me fOr saying 50, have made tht
habit irregular one, or, 10 state 10 nor,
accurately IL has not ceased to be mean
AID vulgar since they aid IL. There j
much ID be praised in Europe, an,
much 10 be Wished il We're not 80. Thg
people 0i America can learn much ''era,
while th, people OF Europe have many
old lessoIls 70 learn, and could learn
many good things from their young kin
folks wes- Of the water. Don't stare and
finch from q political essay was not
talking politics, and don't intend 10.
speak Of education, manners, business,
habits and modes OF life, agriculture,
society, etc. The wonder j., that while
The Intercourse between the two conti-
neuts Is 50 great, the differences in some
IhiEg-. so easily corrected and assimi-
lated. should remain 80 great
It would be paper and time and what
Is far more 10 the point, your space"
wasted, for q fellow with a splendid i'm
aginatiou. but most pro=y and stubborn
pen. 10 under axe 10 describe his voyage
al sea the mUOnIise and sunset the
blue, the black. the green, the inde>cfib-
able waters, the leap.Hg, the SURFING
crested bilIow, the hills and valleys Of
wave. and the huge bat graceful iron
monster of q ship riding the watery
mountains " like a feather like n
cork. Ike q duck, or "like a thing Of
lfau AN this las been done so often
that. though the subject has not been
exhausted quite, the capacity Of your
readers to stand it has been. and there
fore viii come To The point, and he more
practical 10y stating historically that ]
puked, retched, heayed, gagged, and,
but for maternal teachings and spank
iugs, would, no doubt, have sworn for the
space of six days without slDEping-that
after this one never gets enough 10 eat,
and never tires looking at the
waves and the world of waters un-
til driven below by a storm lacking
only one degree Of regular
hurricane. Even then staid on
deck a. long as ] could keep my feet by
holding 10 the rigging with both hands,
and until the rain and spray did not fall,
hut flew and whiZsed straight acrOss
deck horizontally or a little upward,
singing the face sharply when Il struck
YOU. When below and the ship would
run q quarter, or such a matter, on one
side. or lump from one side 10 the other
80 quick that men, women, children, ana
table furniture would all tumble in the
same direction, OF 6eingrighted up would
shin q sea - that had leaped high up
and fallen with Il heavy bang on deck,
squirting through some places not quite
well enough guarded against such attacks,
aud seasoning the various dishes az din
ner Eith several gallons Of salt water.
was reminded OF an old Niger IN Ken
tucky who got scared on steamboat
when she wss blowing of, and hold
fue his breath until that was done, drew
a lo1R one and exclaimed, dis nigger
RAIDER trcst do Lord tree days on land
den one day On water" Now you have
a fair history OF the voyage, and, as to the
eoojgl mart Of il. Il = only necessary TO
s.afa that some were travelling for health,
and iUvalids talk too much Of their all
fnpz- some on business, and business
men sre proud Of success; some Tor
pleasure, and pleasure seekers are bardl 10
please: that one pretty young American
widow had caught and married an eA-
cuisite little German Baron some young
gentleman in second cabin and PLAIN
clothes. and some In first cabin with
fine clothes and enough wine, were going
10 Study in Germany, the finishing hlgh
school Tor the Universe; some Ameri-
cans az both sexes had got rich and were
going abroad 70 SPEND il some clever
men and women lIad left Europe poor,
pot rich fn America, and We're gong
back 70 enjoy Il. and TO show families OF
stair Etep children 10 the old folks a.
home. Put this and that together, don
be churIigh and call nice little graces by
such hard names a. airs, vanity, ana
afectstion. remember that somebody
Gas said that human nature Is always
and everywhere the same, and that DaVy
Crockett said that there was a great deal
af human nature in people, and you can
easily ill up the interstices Of the frame
work have given you.
Americans hear much Of London,
Paris. the Alps, Rome, and Lake Ge-
ueva. ] have seen none Of these. Then
how can write a letter nom Europe
just come and try it and you VIII soon
see the difficulty is what not 10 say. My
impressions have been received IL North
eFn Europe. Germany and scsEGmaFla,
and the great commercial cities OF
Bremen and Hamburg. through which
uas- nearly all the cotton and tobacco
for Northern and Central Europe, and
about an the wines and wares that 90
out lhere!rom. 4 man travelling, and
speak now especially Of genuine
Ionn PuI tourists, 50 apt 70
conclude that everything which
differs from what they see az home is
improper rude, foolish eNtravagant,
niggardly, mclviiiZed, heatneuish, a.
the case may be-. They 90 abroad with
3 hOH3s standard, a prOeustssn bed, and
whether they l0p or the feet OF the
brains Of a thing 10 shorten il, or
lacerate IN Tightening it ia all one TO
them. Tho English pattern must be filed
and ne more than filed. aud the thing is
all right-that is If iOosing all benefit
from travel j. right and sensible. will
notice a few things thai struck ms as be-
ing rather good, or bad, OF funny, or
dihereut from what we have al home
An American ia Europe IS impressed
Will the idee that there is here very lit
tle genuine. heartfelt piety. Religion
i,ere seems to lack that spirituality, that
immaterial devotion, that faith uat at
frfhut4s al things 90 the wisdom, and
secs all things contribute, 70 the glory Of
cd Religion seems 10 be more aE in
CITATION than an inspiration. ! speak
sovy OF first impressions; Il may be That
an longer acquaintance and closer exam
i,,afiop I w6illd find that nay sial0ard OF
pietv had been partly gauged ana party
eolored at rrvivals, camp meetiIlgsi aiiu
great baptissnal gatherings. ntl H,e
custom Of shopping, dining, iasilloiiaoie
calling. opera, concert and uheater goius
ga Sabbath. too much in vogue mere
rather confirms she CORRECTNESS OF 10y
religious standard, imbibed IN the Vlili.-
ces and hackwO0ds Of the Western world
One of The first things that strikes
man abroad is the difference i'm the man
,ler Of conversation among these people
aud with us. The difference lsr least on
The surfaee3 is not in our favor. An un-
travelled Democrat Ike myself let me
stop 20 explain that don't use the word
in q party sense, and 20 express my belief
that nobody but member Of that party
you'd need the eEplonationl-I say,
6ben. that an untEaVeled Democrat Of
re American school Of political ideasi
bor, and educated IN the great, free,
wild West. having read OF knights kingsl
,o1rts- and couFtieI's On one hand, and
>,ssssnts. boors, and clowns on tbs ether
L s1f 10 have the idea that we are the
fr,est. most naturally spoken people In
ti tbs Sorid, and thst the old countries Of
sss,s. slass, and orders, ei wealth and