The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-26
American Travellers ABROAD.

.A'viyacious correspondent Of the Buffalo Cou-
'te' writes from the ancient CITY Of Rome as fol-
!oYs. home. As says, is a perfecthive OF tourists
Three-fourths Of this travelling public arc
Americans. am always interested to, observe
how these look and behave, and will give you
the result Of some of my observations In the
first place, they spend twice as much money, man
for man, as the people iof any other nationality;
secondly, they bring abroad with them by fan the
handsomest young ladies. t'The Americans are
not out To-day" heard a gentleman say on the
Champs Elysees; 81 have not seen pretty woman
on the promenade" Certainly the American girls
native to Europe. remember phre Saxon head
at Covent Garden, q queenly English woman or
two riding on Rotten Row, and avery few splendid
beauty might lord 1t over anything transatlantic;
but, aside from these, there is scarcely compari.
son in my mind. With it's wel!flled purse and
posed, Is not slow to cut stylish figure, socially,
wherever it: can, in Europe. There are many
Americana in Paris who entertain dukes and mar
quises at their dinner tables, and some OF whose
daughtere (and dowries) even princes are not too
proud to take possession, In Rome the American
circle is oonfessedly at the head Of everything
enterfainments wera the talk Of the CITY, cit and
made the cinerary .ir..a of the ancient Romans
rattle with tho trea OF isstivy. We have some
AAmerlcans ans IN Euroan who seem to have come
their accustomed to.t]onaLle pursuits in new
fields el and with unq surroundings. ."There is
ReRg hR%s g other its 9dfS ds ssS ss dsoS soS
faith Fortunately this class Intelligent trsyel-
iers is not very large. Itsl members, when you
meet them, profess to be exclusively bored by
Sightseeing; they find nothing worthy their en-,
thusiasm except the garments Of the no.
btlityj which may chance to have brushed
them in some accidental meeting, and in general
they wish to be considered as well dressed con-
gregation Of martyrs. We have another
small and select class, Of. young men pripci-
paly, who have been 80 smitten of England and
everything English that America will not know
them when they get back, if indeed they
mon, 80 unrefned, so lacking in everything Eng
lish, or even French, is worthy, to receive again
the -exied Qheateritlds,s Only littlo more con-
temptible than thest ,is the more rsnumerious yare~
ty OF American youth, Of the Violently English
hating school, fIhe order may be heard loudly
boasting it's nationa ty in the Paris bar,roofnt.
and deoiaiming ipI terms of choicest American
profanity against a country and people whose pro-
greatness it has only observed on the Liverpool
docks and from the windows OF araiWay carriage.
Young Americans OF this stripe attest the supe-
the fine arts Of billiards and oards, and by their
easy grace i9 the consumption Of tobacco and
spirits. But theHe arc exceptional characters in
tho American multitude. abroad. - By lat 1.-THE
greater number OF our country-people here be-
have like ladies and gentlemen, and do not suffer
by comparison with any. They have their little
oddities to be sure, but these only amusing at
the worst. For instance, there are some who fdon
the aights, the ruins the CHURCHES, the galleries
90, with zeal not altogether according to
knowledge or appreciation, and who check pf the
satisfaction, rs Il they kept tally Of cotton bales
or loads of wheat. t.'-.s... -. u :