The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-10-18
SATURDAY, OCT. Is, 1873.
Europe.


OLD WORLD AND NEW EYES.
1p3
The daughter Of DR.. S Sil,h,c, the
well known ro,l estate writor, rather
puncturcs the romance Of European
travellers We rect rdoI her dsp,rtura'
last Spring together with that of1hh4.
Il, NJ. Broas, Of Jersey City, anl Miss
Julia Rcvc, Of Cincinnati for ,tlIc dou
bic purpose Of doing Europe anl study
ing music. Ter summary OF the situa-
tic;i, after scv,n moa.hs cxpnric,c,, is
dtci 'cly rich Sic writes; Il Iam Gid 70
haq% witnessed the won erTui sccnn, aud
cities about which oar sh 'dly friends
were Sc. so .cnthusiaStiq, but til j., all
Fam rcrc proud o! my .hiythrisht a, an
| American than ever. | have sccu moth
ing worthy the emulation N cny y of an
american. They surpass US in nirhing
but ruins and pictures. 60 where y"r
will, ever, thing appears 10 be finished
aud dccaying. Their SentrJ arc Il sti!t
ed, di%niicd, played "nt institution aud
Ike Mr.. Turvy drop. inrmonSc in IHport
n at, cumhrous with r.d,, AMI LaiurpI
with poverty Tourists inlsinntinas-
are prolific With nmnsonsc. Fur"pe il9q
q b, ut as interesting Us an old cemetery,
historically great aud practicallI de d
c,ld. tlismaj dingy "asYcs Of aIebFre-
:nre, whh a sw.,r.";ns population to
match how they all five, is problo M.
'FThc way ti:ey have eheytel us, ,rmak as
ne tcl:5ve the i've 'ar;o'y ~ Amcri-
Gun travellers, nithnu ;h ho vast uu y
Tier d inaustI.al arts anl poorlI apdd
operatives accounts for much VI iheir
wealth London is immtnsc aud uue.lS
inIiSrrib.Dlo. The impression on Il
xtr-ugcr is, merely thas, aud n'thing
moro; Hyde lark i>n" ccmPa'iao" tC
Central Park, and the city lsl 10 ErSsd,
way aud I'iith avlnuc, lItGssple aud
historical associations are "n'y curn'si
ties, as one socs to II mus .tm t. SEE, aui
is satisfied Gcrmuny is All udikH Dutch
Y III everything, industrious, thrifty, rospi
table rn6Hgh, but no Amrrican Jwoul,l
over wisht to live lh2rc. SHizar,Nil 4 is
I charming. Pictures ~, and al that, hr't
our Rocky -iiIonntain< III Ike tlnir Mnut
Blanc fouk Nnc NH. hills, Nianna Is
architectulnl'y w"nl rful, clean, s'a,u,s:
que, and rich. Paris alone is Iund crn
like New York; 10 woader the Par, siaus
love their beautiful city; l should, II |
did not loyc" New York. The Great
Exhibition may DO disposed of ina few
words--it is inferior to the annual OK
hib;tion of The Cincinnati Mnchanics
insth tliat is, i'll variety OF arts aud
taste, only th're is more OF it, The
American Department Is absolutely
shabby. The only time | havs fc.'
ashamed OF my country vas when saw
the mcagrc, paltry show we made 10
Vienna 1t would have been far bette
not to have appeared there ut all. L er-
pcctcd to be "cnthusy j. over tho Rhine,
2 but, alas, I have seen the Hudson aud
the Upper Mississippi, and tha beauti
tul Rhine fails to Inspire me. We hav Q
seen miies and miles of pictures by the
great masters, but, !SSe- Murk Twain,
somehow always liked the Renaissance
best. Sppersitiop, tralitionr aud con-
vontionali5hr everywhere ,oppress and
disgust. Art seems TO have been subsi.
dizcd By the most fautastical bigotry
ignorance, and superstition. The mon
who painted half the CArists and vir
gins We have seem ought to have been
inn olatcd FOR sacrilcge: such lrlghtru
caricaturos on even humanity are some
Of them, leaving Divinity out of the
question; nearly everything weiare call
ed upon to admire is clesiastic-church
oS, pictures, cemeteries, statutes 10
We visited the Luxembourg yesterday
| aud A Arteinus Ward never could have
desired, . more amusing nntottainmsnt
than 70 witness the OBSTACLES Of soma ol
our New York lpdies over the statuary
many Of them worksiof art (not the ia
diGs), With scarcely, enough left to tell