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

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TRAsTs AND. REseMBLANcEs, THE
oLD WORLD AND NEW EYES.
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The daughter Of Dr.. S. Silsb.c, the
well known roal estate writor, rather
puhcturcs thc romance of European
travellers. We recorded her dep 'rturas
last Spring, together with that ofehfrs. =
r. NJ Broas, Of Jersey City, aal Miss
Julia Rove, of Cincinnati for ,tlrr 1dou. .
bic purpose Of doing Europe aud study
ing music. Tier summary OF tho situa
tic:i, ancr scv:n :noaths cxpasieac,, is
deci 'cly rich Sic writes; .fI'am glad to
haq@ witnessed tho wenierTpl scena' aud
cities about which oar sh 'dly i'iends
were so, SO enthusiastic, but th:t isall !,
Pam r,orc proud OF my biythrisht as an
American than ever. have sccu moth
ing worthy ii,er emulation ~ CIV y Of an
American They sdrpass US in na'hing
bit ruins and ricteres, Gp where y"n
will, ever, thing appears to be finished
and iecoying Their gentry arc stlt
ed, diguifcd, rlnycd;Hni institution and
like Nj Tufvy drop, in,mouso in ieport
M Mt, cumbrouS with rFils, an | lsinfp!
with poverty Tourists inlasinatiapSr
are lrolifr With nonYcnsc. Eur'pq i
4b, nj, as Interesting ". an old cea~teyy,
historically great and, pwqtic4ASdds@
ctid= ilisma1G dingy ,i"atYes ef ,Mab Itsg-
:ure, WIKI . sw-r:A;ns population to
match hoy they all i've issa Pseblq m.
E'rhe way tEsy lhHapye oshsgtsl pSosl'nakss
die ttI:SSc' 'tthey i've 'ar5e'y m Al@eri
can fravYlqrs, aithnu 81 Tho Vast uu "
Fer d Tn3ustI::al ans and. po,rlIapId
operatives accounts for nucil u 'hsiE.
| wealth. l.ondon is Immense aud upeill
ini,Tisicribablo The Impression on a
xtr-ug2r is, marclY, that, and n'thing
7 more; Hyde lark i>Jno .cep,Priso" to
Central Park, and the city l4e ", Bro~d,,
way aud Fifth avSnue, ., HstqfFde and
historical associations are on y eugii'si q
ties. as one goes t" u mus i,rn ,tp'sEo, au,i
is satiSticl Germany is all aiiks ndtch
Yin everything, industrious, thrifty, irospi-
table cn"dglr, but1no AmeripaA. awoui
cvar lwsiisshstoo live lh2rc, ,S~iizar,@il1 is
Charming pictures in,, and all tllA's bat
our Rocky Mountains nuke rllcir M"nt
ltBlanc Look E"o lt,Jfa hills, Niaaaa is
eatcHitecturhity w"na rrul, clean, siasaps!
que, and rich, Paris alone, is md crn
like New YORK; 40 wonder the Parisiaus
love their Beautiful city; ! should i'll
did not love" New York. The Gyeat
Exhibition may DO disposed of ina few
words-it is inferior to the annual ex-
hib;tion of Tie Cincinnati Mechanios'
fnstiute-ttat is, iu variety Of arts aud
taste, only th,re is more OF it. The
American Department. is absplqtely
shabby. The only, time have fe!t
ashamed OF ms country Was when l saw
the mcagre, ppltry show we made I'M
Vienna. 1t would have been far hetter
not to have appered, there ut all. J. eK-.
pcctcd to be-" cntllus a. oyer tho Rhine,
but, alas9 have seen the Hudson add
the Upper Mississippi, and tha beauti,
full Rlhue fails TO inspire, ue. We have
seen nilcsS and miles of pictures by the
great masters, but lihe Mgrk Twain, l
somehow always liked the Rcnaissaoos,
best" Superstition, tradition aud con-
I vontionalishr everywhere. oppress and
disgust. Art seems to have been gubsi.
Edizod By Che most fautastical bisotrS,
Ignorance, and superstition. The mon
who painted half tie Christs and yir.
.lrgihs We havs seen ought to have been
inn olptcd Tor sacrilcge: such frIghtFul
caricatures on even humanity are, some
Of th hemr leaving Divinity out ofothe
question; nearly everything weiare CALI
ed upon to admire is ecclosiastic-ohurOh.
] es, pictures, cemeteries statutes, SO.
We visited the Luxembourg ycstordayi
7 aud fArternus Ward never could llsvo
desired Q more ampsing gnntQftainmone,
than 70 witness the qGslaciss Of soms Of
our New York ipdieseyer thess stataarS
many Of them worksiofart fnot ths Ia
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hdiss0, With ss;arcely, enough ls6s tafsll