The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-24

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10 = ~ Well cultivated. The eepn-
try = LIT like our Western plains. and
= mt veil tinbesed. The people seem
% = pensaoto and live 90 small vi)laOoo,
many of them eomposod almost sot)reay
of thasehel-sootsd hs>A which stsnagiy
Temipd one of paris Of Ir~land. II.
DEED the journey b almost - mouoto-
noss - that tlu.m 0rand Island to Chey.
enne - to the general aspeet Of the
country.
Our 1sst day u Bucharest happened
to b Eas er Mondsy, which b . tete day
among the Grreks - we'll - Romans.
The city b built upon "a immsnse
plain, and ben not . single sminenoo
from which . view nay b obeained.
The highest object available h - an
eient tower built centuries ago By the
Danes during IN invasion BY them.
The upper portions wese thrown down
BY IN earthquake In lS12: It b quaint
outlo"k from the tap Of this Old stsuo-
{ 're upon this city Of two hundred
thousand ia.,abitaats, sonpossd prin-
cipslly Of ue.sboejed houses and cut up
BY marrow and tortuoD etreels.
The Greek churche., numbering more
than one huDdred, With their silvsred
cup,'las, AZ whiel. cash church y ALWAYS
surmounted b. Two. constitute the most
striking feature Of the scene. This w.
f''rn,erjy the capital Of the larger Wal
]achih and n n0w that Of Roumania,
which W. formed In 1855 BY the union
AZ the two Wallachias aud Norsvja in
to IN independent government which
w~s recognized by the Congress of Bsr-
lin. In lXsl by vote Of the Chamber
. Kingdom wxs created and . prince Of
Tho H"henzallerns, under the title OF
Charles the Fist, was called to the
throne. Ito position ut the mouth Of
the Danube river and on the Black see
gives Roumanix incontestably the 1iTst
importance Of the Danubian principal.
ties. The name u taken IN souvenir Of
their Roman origin, which reaches back
% the ye~r luz, when this country, In
hsbited by . race called Dacians, was
conquered and col0nised by the Ro-
man Trojan. The language o oxen here
= Latin idiom very much resembling
the Italian. The best society send their
children to Paris to 30 educated, and
among tina. clsss French b >oken Al
most exclusively. We attended . fair
given In the park or public garden for
the benefit Of the poor, where Ill kinds
Of pretty things were sold by the ladies
Of the no6iesss. The King and Queen
attended In the afternoon, and We had
. favorable opportunity to eco the larga,
cultured and elegant society Buchar
r~st, whore toilets and langu ,ke remind
Cd ~ forcibly Of Paris. In the evening
the park was everywhere illuminated
with electric lights and Thousands Of
Chinese lanterns. A great display Of
Fireworks was given ct intervals, boats
Elided around on the lake from which
proceeded the dassling brig tness Of
Greek 6re. These With the decorations
u the basaans, the pendant 1Ags, the
Fich toilets and the music combined to
present = spectacle Of charmiB< effect
md one little expected on thess far-o1
olainsof ROumania. G.
BUCHAREST, April II, 1852.