Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-05-19
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The American people, the rising genera
ton in our country, are migratory in their
character. The youth of our land love to
roam, and young men Of thirty who have
been in every State in the Union, and in
several II not all the Territories, are fire.
quently met with. To be sure. the facili-
ties for cheap travel are very extensive
bearing one easily to all the Eastern Com
monwealths and to all the principal cities
and ports in each n Of those States.
There is in this every encouragement Of
convenience and ease to induce personsto
travel through our Nation. But i. is
really astonishing the amount Of travel
to Europe and other foreign parts that is
endured-we can not use a better or more
apt namely American youth. For not
in first cabin accommodations on first.
class steamers, but in the forecastles Of
merchantmen, thousands of Yankee boys
make their way to the Eastern hemis-
phere, and on similar character of trans
porsation by water, and BY walkers line
on land, they journey from place to place.
1t is estimated, by good authority, that
since Bayard Taylor wrote and published
his I" Views A-foot," not less than twenty
thousand young men have left the port OF
New York and made a more extended
circui. than he, and on nearly as economi-
cal ft-out and spending capital. And
this season, alone, it is calculated that FIVE
thousand Americans will make the entire
"Trip" to and through Europe and the
Holy Land. The competing steamer lines
crossing the Atlantic, are making arrange
men,s to place the steerage passage at a
hitherto incredibly low figure, with special
reference to securing large burdens of pas
sengers for the "round trip" Parties can
leave New York City in June and 60 to
Europe and stay until so late as October
next and return for $50. And in addition
to this, there is to be offered BY n COM
pany an insurance against accident, either
way, by disaster from the elements, to the
amount of $500 per passenger. Full fifty
thousand persons will take passage, for
pleasure, the present year, on the vessels
bound for Liverpool, Southampton and
Havre. How illustrative is this Of the in
herent disposition on the part of our people
TO see new countries-lands new TO them.
What an amount Of information concern
ing prominent European localities, definite
and accurate, will thus be spread among
the masses Of our c%ountrymen. Our for
eign-born population will be tobias, in
deed, they are now, often-by natives OF
this land "a was at your home and spent
a week there; " and from this proceed
conversations Of the most f~raternizing and
altogether useful character. As a matter
Of education, merely so considered, what q
vast benefit is q European trip to our
youth. Is it not, in practice, q part oil
the education of the rich mans son-a
journey to the continent Of Europes But
it may equally be the lot Of many Of the
poorer class. Should not the habit Of
making this round Of travel be specially
encouraged among all classes? There is
reason to believe that before many years,
the visits of New Workers to Paris will be
as numerous, in count Of individuals call.
ing every year, as the visits of Londoners.
And if Paris is seen, the journey is sure
to be extended around to the limits Of the
railroad facilities, in the German countries.
Let it be understood how cheaply the
Journey can be made, and let the number
already taking advantage of the opportu-
mites now offered be frequently stated,
and 1867 will see men enough for Grants
army before Richmond peeping at our
elder sisters in civilization.