The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-10-18
SATURDAY,, OCT. IS, 1873.
Europe.
VIEWS OF AN AMERICAN GIR1i-CoN
TBASTs AND REsEMBLAN NCE CES,-TME
OLD WORLD AND NEW EYES.

TRAsTs AND REsfMBLANcEsy-
OLD WORLD AND NEW EYES.
5Igd " - a". .-.
The daughter Of DR.. S. Silshsc, tho
well known roal estate .writor, rather
puhctufcs the romance of European
travellers. We recorded her dep 'rturas
last Spring, together with that ofsafrasr'
'R,sM: Brous, Of Jersey City, a.l Mics
Julia Kevc, Of Cincinnati for .tlrr 'dou
bic purpose of doing Europe ,aui >sadyA
ing music. Her summary OF the situa
tica, after scv5n :noa.hs cxprrieac,. is
dtci Poly ricl, Sic writes; "I'am Slsd 70
ha44 witnessed tho ,w9pierlal scenes anl,
cities about which oar sh IDLY i,ienls
were so. so enthusiastic, but th,t iSall
Fam rorc proud OF my birthrisht as an
American than ever. have sccu moth
ing worthy the emulation pr rpv y of an
Nmcrican, They sarpass US in nNhing
st4 H q. b 4. u . I
bit ruins and pic'pres. Sq where y"r
will, ever, thing appears, to be finishcd
and dctaying, Their geptrJ arg a stilt
ed, dignihcd, played ;Hni institution and
Rke Mr. Turvl drop inmonso in lcport-
ms Mt, cumbrops viii, rrils. an rainfpl
wi!lf poverty Tourists ip,psinntiop
are prolific With nonsopsc. Em~Pe i.
ttb, at rs Interesting Us apl old e4R~fegy,
Historically great aud .prFetie4i8dds.;d,
Z ctide diiFfmaf dingy ,i"asyes. qf Rrgb ftsq-
:nre, with a !, sE..r.Aing population to
maeh how they al i've, issa Rspblq m.
sThe way 1i.sy have ,shegtel qso,rmakes
'hse believe they i've largely ~ A@sri
cdn ,travsllsrs, oitbnu %fF iho vast uu VI
Getr sf In3ustI;al ans and po'rlf apid
operatives accounts for puei, u 'hsir,
wealth. Lundon is imulrn9e aud puc!lJ
in,TiSrlibablo. The impression on a
str-usqr is, merely, thai, and n'thing
more; Hyde lark isIno ,cGpPnriso" to
GenIFal+ Park, aud the city lsl he, Gge~ds
way aud Ffith aySnue lissAtsVle and
Historical associations are only eurilIsi 1
ties, ss one. sncs te u mus tItn gtl's 'sSo, aui.
is statistical. G srnpny, is al alika; ldtch
Yin everything, INDUSTRIOUS lhrflsy,, frospi-
table cnhdglr, but no AmeripaA lw onl,i
over Wish to live there. Syji izar,ml J. Is
charming, pictures ~, and ialli that hat
our Rocky 1iionntainS NJ Ike rllcir hont
iBIane look qi;n.c h,Jia hills, Eian aa is
aatcHitecturaity wind rful, clean, s;asuss.
que, and rich. Paris, along, is slppd crn
! like New YORK; 10 wonder the Parisians
love 7their Beautiful city | should, III
did not ljye New York. The Gseat
Exhibition may DO disposed Of ina few
words-it is inferior to the annual ex-
hib;tion Of Tie Cincinnati MHchanics'
fnstituto-that is, iu variety Of arts and
taste, only there is more OF it. The
American Department is absplqtely
shabby. The only, time | have fc!t
ashamed OF ms country was when ! saw
thc mcdgre, paltry show we made. I'M
Vienna. 1t would have been far bette r
mt to have appeared there atall. j. er-
pectcd to be'" "cnthussl over tho Rhine,
but, alase'st have seen tho II hudson aud.
the Upper Mississippi, and ths besuti J,
full Rlhue fails 70 inspire me. We have
seeni miles and miles of pictures by the
great masters, bA lfse Marx Twain, l
somehow always liked the Rcnaissauos.
best: Sprersitiop, tralitiopr aud con-
I vontiohaliSm ever where opprsss aud
disgust Art seems to have been subsi.
'dizod by the most fantastical bigotrN,
Ignorance, and superstition. The mon
who painted half tic Christs and Var
gins We have scan ought to have boen
inIn. olatcd Tor sacrilcge; such lrIghtfnl
caricatures on eycn humanity are some
Of them, leaving Divinity out pfothe
question; nearly everything we,aro Call,
Fed upon to admire is ecclosisstic-ohurOh.
ss, pictures, cepetqriioss statutes 80.
We visited the Luxembourg yesterday,
aud rtenus Ward never could ,liaye
desired more ampSug 1nn.oftainmsne
than "a witness thp 0rslaciss Of Sons of
our New York lFdieseyer egstataarys
many of them wSrksiofartf fnot the ga
4 .ldiGa)s With scarcely egppshllsFt tnfell
10 / otE tAfNslFF - v, a.. "a .