New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-03-08

As to the men, liked their style in manners anu
dress. There comparatively little OF the iahAee
about them / heard a story OF my friend MT hohe''
the member for Paisley, who made tour in the oneu
States and when he got Chicago he very anxious
IN ace typical American Yankee with his sloucned
hat big boots belt with revolver stuck IN It. ana SO on
lie could not find tor long time AT last ne ounu
a man who exactly came up to his ideas and entering
INTO conversation with him he SAID, Have YOU Dcch
long here I" Naw,' the answer I'm Jlst moulh
rom Glasca'" ILan,hter Perhaps the men too have
heen somewhat anected Ry English criticism. At all
events il IL now the case that In their conhucl We,
exceedingly quiet and orderly, and only SPIT 10
moderate extent. In fact. regards smoking ana
everything that KIND, the American regulations are
much strict than ours. Mr.. Troilope uenouIcrs
qe lower of American men as rude ana par3aIou
in the extreme For my part can say iohn az in' ~
Just the contrary Whenever had occasion 20 thH 70
anv them, always Impressed with thelr ciViiS
intelligence and education Applause one 'n, ma
particularly struck me, ana tha was ,nt d'i' nav
orderly character Of their political meetings my
almost say the dulness of them for thlnk 'hey W.
somewhat too quiet They never inlerInt spei
but always let him out his say without the snalos
hludiance however dlsaseful his Ideas may De 10 Sorr
Of them. When SAD that s4mellnes, tucS an y, nv
orderly to the point Ofduiness, might illustrate in"
telling you of an American politician whom lnet, nv
had been up attending political meeting at conn'nS
town. | said. How did YOU get on ." oh he re-
piled, Exceedingly well; gave them three SOLO
hours of IT. and they were as quiet az II they had poem
IN church, Laughter Upon the whole my Ud
enterprise they rather above the average BIlsh
but not above the average Scotchmali-- ppiause'
about, may say, equal 10 - average ocotchihal'
THE CITIES.
the larger American cities except the trees in the
streets, which I have mentioned. and the strictly
rectangular character in their arrangement, which
leads the numbering Of the streets IN the way you
have often heard There Is one Institution In Ncw-fork
which struck me IA very successful and that Is the
elevated railways Just Orcn"d. Instead Of destroying
tic streets full of traffic. bY laying tTamwayS
them. they leave the streets for tie ordinary iTdc
and carry the railway elevated grders above TIE
heads of the people ana the carts That seems To- be
successfully done NewIOrk, and hope 20 see II Don"
III London also. NJ only complain Of the American
cities they too big-tha is 10 say toe many
people tO the towns who had much better 20 Ihd
work the country. was almost tempted 10 say ina
among the Americans. for every man who really works
with hs hands there seems tn be TWO VINO scNk 10 I'VE
by Specializing upon him-especially by insufng ms
life. That 10 he the great business now 10 when
vote themselves 1t seemed To me that Washington u
the pct,anes and beat Of American cities NJ Iro',
opc describes II in very horrible terms Indeed hhs
certainly been very much improved since those DAYS
YOU hnow. ia delightfully."- English looking place ChI
cago and thOfe cities seem 10 he Ia have been over
done. aud to be much too large.
HOTELS.
1t seems TO very strange that with the experience
of continental travelling which the Americans have,
after seing the nice comfortable drawing in Swiss
and other hotels they won't condesccnd to introduce
something OF the kind into their own hotels. Then in
the of feeding the Americans arc certainly pccu
our ways. You such thing IA an English
joint or an Ene dIsh put upon me table Nor on ING
IN the French style They have style peculiarly their
own, which il that your meal n served N large num-
you all mixed mp ,ogethcr without the smallest regard
time tide, holiness. GOODNESS anything tlS'
and especially YOU have to his day. what SIR Troopr
viviov dcscrbrs waiter who stands over yOl a sort
taskuaScr aud makes eat YOur mca; not az
convenience hut at his. (Taughter.I do think It
ycrv great pity that the founders OF the American r.
public DID not introduce little Scotch cookery among
more recent reforms have Introduced one excellent
Scocn mrnl We , ARE 10" nn%'n d nGmcu to
cream. could have eaten oatmeal porridge
in the states with great satisfaction h"9
always ealing 1t IRISH oatmeal. ILinghtcrl The
Americans Themselves seem 10 Lave Partially 10 live
unon oysters, WmCh are mere produced II tIoIihou,
quantity, and believe OF exec lcn' quality, for do not
them myself Their beef l. generally good bat not
well cooked; the mutton j. nor tood' ly nave moSt
delightful variety u different kinds of bread, not ouF
thing. They drink great deal OF tea ANA con ana
great deal of excellent mix but what Is objectionable,
considering me excellent GARY IacItirs "hlcu ihty
have, the butter is almost alWdys sat and PAD Ihtr1
is however, admirable feature about their meals,
and Ihey drink alcoholic Liquors AZ ali. Il
seems 10 he contrary 10 good morals aud good manners
to drink anything OF mat KIND IN public win Their
the and drink afterwards at the bars" Some Of
them do So. but am bound % that was exceed
are II You want hrs-ciass American drinks YOU must
get them in America; that - my experience
SOCIETY.
You want to have idea of the general state of
society which exists in America would put IT 10 You III
this wa If III this country you were TO Kill of al the
country gentlemen, with ali their wives and families,
and make the farmers the owners Of the land which
they till. you would have something which you
could hardly distinguish from America ,AnerIcM
towns very much ike Eng ish towns. The social
arrangements Of KrEcaidy are very Ike the soeIh
arraug' mens oi an American country town Bu' llrrr
this great difference the outward ASPECT: Win an
American town of TINS size you would have very large
and very broad streets, ana very nice WHEELING h"u,c
probably the whOc better than our houses In lhdt
respect the American town better aud Ger place
than our town, III dry weather at any rake But "'h
rain, the streets are all unpavcd they al"
exceedingly muddy have said that the country gen
ueniau cement is alio|eIheI wanting, Du' the piuto
Gratis the money people are quite as I0ng In America
seems 10 me- ru the country even more than they do
mere. Tue rich people rule The press, ana the press
rules the country am afraid that u good deal the
III almost all parts OF the ciHllZed word.
FEELING TOWARD ENGLAND.
Lot me now one word more before have done. as
regards the feelings of the United states toward Eng
land. Upon the whole am quite sure that the people
there Kindly toward in fact nineyninc out Of
the hundred DO and perhaps the hundredth has no
really hostile feeling But there does stIll remain
among some OF the Americans feeling that did not
behave well or kindly toward them during their great
CvI War; and especially persuaded tha' II is due to
our conduct that thcIr mercantile marine has Deeh
destroyed. | VIII not deny that our scarriage in
permitting pryatccrs to avail themselves OF our ports
and ur-y uuou the commerce Of the United States had
nomchn. 10 do for the tine with the destruction o.
tn,Ir III, rcantilc marine, but have paid heavy
,,ort ,nourv for tuf and | believe thai The real
cause he continued dccadcuce OF the marine l. not
what done hy the Aiabama, but tne protective syr
ten WlIch nahcs II impossible for IA citizen OF the
United States to sill ship abroad without paving
for IL great deal moro th1n ctlkch III "ical
Britain would pay for his ship do not deny
that such feeling exists, and / am dldd
that there are some people IN some OF the sttlt9
who in case THE country irvOved IN war, would
very readily undertake the enterprise and excitement
of priVatecIing AGAINST marine. | do not believe
that the Central Government would Willingly permit
TINS; but that Government is Dot strong enough ["
check all lis citIzcus. II uld not prevent ~"
Alabama from gong of Liverpool. We bc 'uic
that tie President OF the United states could prevent
Alab iinH- gong loIn any port TIE many
Thousand miles o. ncabOard Of the United state IAh
practical fact Is certain, that III view II tie probability
or possibility OF tho Emperor of Russia ms
mad oeycral trs'-cias cruisers quilt IL Phadc phd.