The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-08-28
BRUSSELS, August 8, 1878.


Ny dear g.;
| have some photographs Of England
which think may interest you. 1 have
been pretty well over it, north. east. west.
aud pntia.lv through the south. The most
marked feature that strikes the Firginian
eve is the remarkably careful manner ID
which the wood is preserved and cared for
\ very large portion of the land~-probably
a. much MS onc-terib Is taken upn parks
and forests The trees uakS. elJ;S, beech
apd others we'll known to us are OF great
age, large size. and robust aud ilourlshlng
They are mainly clear of underSrowth. tl'
trees wide enough apart to allow Cal rage
20 be driven freely over the green swald
" hich covers the ground. The urahle land
il divided into small! fields of from five IT,
iitty acres by hawthorn hedges. l have Two
hswthorns Ill front OF my house in Rieh-
mond-aNu these hedge-rows are full
Of Large. handsome trees, trimmed up
Gear twenty feet, .and the short new
Growth allowed TO grow cut around tue
BODY OF The tree thus cleared. tive or slX feet
long. up &c where the trey branches out In
midland England Il ScrS large per cent. OF
rho laud is taken up in pasturage. The
growing crops are oats, barley, Wheat, and
beans. which latter grow on Il stalk three OF
four feet high. The crops arc just matnr-
ing. | am disappointed III th" quality ct
the land and the appearance Of the crop.
see great deal of tirst-late land and also
much thin land. The railroad cuts in many
places show thin soil, o lew inches deep.
on a sand and grayellv subsoil. The grain
crops are not rs thick on the ground as our
Valley grain. The straw is not as tall, nor
DO the heads lock long enough TO make up
,or the thinness OF the crop. The oats do
moi appear TO have any extraordinary
weld Der bead. The lands in Frederick
aud Washington counties, Maryland:
Frederick, Jefferson, Clarke, Loudcun.
in the Lower Valley. or Roanoke and Au.
9u..a. in The Upper Valley. arc certainly ~
good aS any have seen III England; and
the cops with Us look, 1T any rate, better
and mere productive than any l have seen.
] have been through twenty-five of her forty
Two counties. l have seen no hay that could
c3mDare with that of General Mems, at
Mount Airy, in shenandoah, or ether places
tower down. Altogether, from the mere
Photographic view have had, am satisfied
that our best lands are better than the best
English ones. and i'll 10 part Of Virginia
cannot the soil he put i'll a higher stale OF
productiveneSs than that in England with
half the care and skill. 10 my surprise, the
pastures look brown and burnt quite
rs much rs ours. There arc features
OF natural beauty, though, which we
have nothing like them. The whole
country is thickly covered with fine
woods and dotted with superb trees; the
lledge-rows, green and fourisbing, COW
cred with wild roses; the sIain-helds, abso.
iutely covered with the small scarlet poppy,
give landscape elects equally novel and
changing. ! can conceive no more deli9 hi
full rural scene than Il drive along an English
road level, smooth, and soft, SO rs not t.
muddy, nor yet hurt your horses feet !;
ledgc-rows on each side, large elms or bccche,
shading it mile after uIile, the hedge Itself
re,ule,it with the bloom OF the cslantiuc and
the wild rose, while the turf is thlckly dotted
with scarlet peoples. On one side Of the
Clrria@e-way is another road for horseback
travellers, say ten feet wide; On the other Il
fuo.-path-;'i as neat and clean lis 4 drive III
the Capitol Square.
The law OF the road in England differs
from the Yirginian. Riding or driving. you
turn TO the left; walking, You 60 to the
right. With us, you know, We universally
take The rjg',..
THE PEOPLE.
do not see in the towns any marked diff.
ference between the people. The crowd in
Lundrn or Richmond would hardly show
any noticeable difference except an occasional
uniform or livery IN the former. and the
English crowd is more polite and quiet.
The coachnlan Is the only typical English
man have seen. Large lead, big jaws.
SQUARE lace, eyes inclined to pop. he is as
mach like his congcnur-tl!e bull-dog-As an
animal in rpd-cCllarcd and cutlcG coat and
hcr,rsncre tights and top-boots can lie like
QUO III bis natural attire. The English rorcll.
fuau (-tullriual's c"achman) never speaks
lie sits iuinrItl,rba!by on his !joX, his Shuul-
ucrS square, his !clt hand holding the rein>,
liiC right rein between his thumb and fore.
finger, the left rein between his two middle
nn@ers: his whip III his right, ut an angle OF
':U"ut Dliy degrees, two fingers Of ii resting
tighuy Oh his relu; lace clean aud shayen.
lie takes no notice OF things above or be-
loW. Orders are communicated to him
through Jemes, who sits by him, and who
opens the carriage door and hops up and
Gown When bid. But the cuachman never
moves. As he passes his brother dignity Oh
another box he >alutcs with his whip, never
moving an eye nor 4 muscle. The salute is
Il gentle lowering of the end OF the whip.
" hen he ha> discharged his duty lie drives to
the coach-houSr, hands the reins TO his mill
helper isinouGts, and retireS,
while his hOl $cS are washAd, scraped, aud rub.
bed. \ mighty lnau is he. l have seen no tner
sight III England than hyde Park on
bright afternoon, with thousand carriages
III double rows, moving at walk, two up
Rotten Row anu two down-Crcry coloraud
Variety of livery and carriage. Here comes
IA brilliant yellow coach with heavy springs
lie coachman in powered wig, in SOLITARY
state, with two toctmen standing behind
white coats, crimson collars, cuts, waist
coats. and nce-brcechcs; hair powdered,
and WIS with four little rows OF euIls
around the head curled as tight us your IT.
Tie finer. After awhile suy 1otir.ln-
hand moves along, tn gentleman driving
and young lady by his SIDE. Be
hind IN q. perch are his two iootinen,
clad in green, with white shouldel-knotS,
h.,yv white Draids across their breasts, yell
ln,y brepches. and white stockings. In the
a,rriaoe q lot of Iniddle-aged, badly dressed
wnmen. He may he the Earl Of Montresor,
who has lust come into one hundred thou
SIND pounds, about six hundred thousand
dollars preenbacks, year. Following this
10 a simple pilaeton, dark maroon prickcd
with red, liveries in blue and yellow shout
and tcp.hoots and in The carriage,
with an exquisite paraso, wuidiug Oft the
August SUI, III a perfectly glored little hand.
sits by herself young lady, probably
twenty-five. The face is charming, her
figure perfect, her dress exquisite in sub
dued and quiet taste, and the whole mir
Of the Iaay--ber dress, her turnout, her
liyeries and horses--s so quiet, so perfectly
elegant, that you ask your friend, W 40 IS
that; this the bcst-dressed and most. refined
looking woman sec III tue row ~
"Ah.' says lie, with d laugh, ]" That's
Anonyma. otherwise called FiFi." So it
is. No lady i'll England appears in public
!. :. Lnr.nlf- Sstlr inilsi IN ke n friend DIN.