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THE ALBANY PATBIflT
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POETRY.
THE SCAR OP LEXINGTON.
BY MISS n. r. COULD.
With cherub smile the prattling boy,
Who on the veteran’s breast reclines,
Has thrown aside his favorite toy,
And round his gentle finger twines
Those scattered locks, that with the blight
Of lour-rcore years, are snowy white;
And as the scar arrests his view,
lie cries, “ Grand Pa, what wounded you ?"
“My child *tis five and sixty years
Tiiis very day, this very hour,
Since from a scene of blood and tears,
Where valor fell by hostile power—
I saw retire the setting sun
Behind the hills of Lexixgtox—
While pale and lifeless on the plain
My brother lay, for freedom slain.
And ere that fight, the first that spoke
In thunder to our land, was o’er,
Amidst the clouds of fire and smoke,
I felt my garments wet with gore
Tis since that dread and wild affray,
That trying, dark, eventful day,
To this calm April eve so far,
1 wear upon my check the scar.
When thou to manhood shall bo grown,
And I am gone to dust to sleep,
May freedom’s rights he still thy own,
And thou and thine in quiet reap
The unhlighted produce of the toil
iu which my blood bedewed the soil—
And, while those fruits thou shait enjoy,
llcthink thee of this scar, my boy.
Jlnt should thy conntry’s voice be heard
To bid her children fly to arms,
Gin! on thy gnindsire's trusty sword;
And undismayed by war’s alarm’s,
Remember on the battle-field,
i made the hand of God my shield—
And, be thou spared like mo to tell,
What bore me up, while others fell.”
HE WAY TO USE UP AN AUTHOR
Or, Scenes in (lie Old Country.
BY T. D. H.
Groups of men of all sizes and dcscriptions.Tvere
1 be seen in the wide street of one of our little
ilhges. They were collected, a stranger would at
nee presume, upon some very important business,
ihtire to the interests of tiie community in which
bey lived; or peradventuro to extend the prosperity
1 the nation at large. They are in earnest conver
sion ; each little circle having its mnetor to direct
‘fid influence the judgment of those around. Pcr-
ap-', thought 1, these folks intend building a new
v ting house, and are counting the costs; or grad-
it the streets and planting trees upon the side*
alls; or perhaps they are consulting upon the
**t expeditious method of “ blowing up creation,''
nd thus becoming relieved of those vexatious ills
bich this life carries along with it, as it slowly
rags through its tortuous track.
The feeling of suspense is always insupportable;
ad as I had twisted and turned the unusual appear-
r.ce of sober men engaged in earnest conversation,
nd endeavored to obtain a reasonable conception of
ie actual condition of tilings, 1 found it nncomibrta-
le longer to refrain from approachingAo ascertain,
possible, “which way the wind was blowing
tom,” or in common parlance, if “the cat was
baking her tail.”
As I approached a crowd of some twenty or thirty
sen, I beheld a rather extraordinary personage, a
lewspaper in one hand and hia finger pointing to a
ira graph in the other, persuading the group of aux
ins listeners to a course of action with reference to a
-use which | shall soon relate. 1 have said thia
udividual was an extraordinary personage, but lest
' mistake, or convoy a false impression to the reader,
will for his satitfartim present as gWgihic a pic
ture as in my feeble ability I may.
It is hardly necessary, and yet for the sake of
perspicuity, I will state that hia abape and general
dimensions were rather of the Herculian order, with
a slight approach to the rotundity of Falstaff! To
illustrate more fully and with greater cone menu—,
the “boys” used to say that “Squire Waddle was
g u all out o' doors.” I have hinted that he
one of the titledgenlry; and by thia I do not
mean to inainnate anything against that privileged
das* of England, who wear the garter bestowed
upon them by the Queen, for some trifling service
rendered—a compliment to her power, or the neat-
of a flounce, lly no means; for ’squire Wad-
* had otsainad the dignified office of magistrate of
the district in winch ha resided, by an other fevor
than the smilee which Natare had extended towardo
him in an unuaualbebeat of physical strength. The
•'’quire’s own right arm had done tho rest. Altho’
the ’Squire was considerable of a “knock down and
drag out” chap, yet he waa by no means a “ regular
builthully,” for he fought only when occasion re
quired—when ho could carry out an object of self
aggrandizement in no other way. Thus when the
partes to a suit resided in different Districts so that
the law leaves it optional with the plaintiff to com-
mence Ins action against principal or security in
cither court that his discretion may direct, it is said
by some, that ’Squire Waddle held it as a personal
insult f the case appeared upon any .other docket
than his own; and every one knows that a preme-
dmted offence to ’Squire Waddle, either in his offi.
cial or natural capacity, was as to ^
safety of the offender, as an approach to the enter
of Mount Vesuvius when about to belch forth the
melted rock which she can no longer retain. It
was indeed a sad calamity to fall into the bands of
tbo magistrate; and there were but few who had
too tementy to be anything elso than his friends,
r or toe Squire did not only whip a man and then
let him alone, bat he was never satisfied unless be
had “ used the fellow up” completely, so that there
could be no flaw or dispute about the matter in after
times, when reference should he undo to one of his
fights. But to convey a better description of his
ability to defend himself from every assault that
might bo made against him, 1 shall give the ’Squire’s
own stamp of himself. “Gentlemen,” (it was a
peculiarity with ’Squire Waddle to dwell considera
bly upon the latter sylable.) “Gentlemen, I am
none of your ‘ lech’ or * sprinkle'—but I’m ail thun
der and lightnin’! None o’ your half hoes, half alii-
g*t°r,—but I’m all boss all alligator, and an al-
•"'oeo * ig ” t bCUCr tiU<1411 ^ 1 "“ e * *“*
A® may readily be perceived, the ’Squire had a
great contempt for doing tilings by halves, but al
ways went the ichide hog and took the pigs into the
bargain; for it is whispered that ’Squire Waddle
had very little compunctions of conscience for taking
from a half to a dollar above the regular percentage
to which he was entitled in tho collection of petty
claims. But this I liavo no doubt is all slander, for
tho ’Squire always made his calculations upon pa
per so that every one could see them. The calcula
tion no sooner made, however, and too amount ot
charges deducted, than tho scrap of paper which
contained toe “syfrin” was immediately conducted
to the chimney, and carefully consigned to the
flames. “Thar’s your money, Mr. Plantew, and
here’s mine, took ont’n it for the great trouble and
expense I’ve been at, ye see, to git it”
But ’Squire,” (tiie plaintiff would sometimes
have iU harJUuxxl to sayj “ you lialnt clianrcil me
with the costs, is you 1 I always reckoned the de
fendant to pay that, for I see I hain’t got tho valy
of this note by six dollars and upwards.”
“Of course 1 do charge you with tho costs, you
ongrateful varmint you, and take out my pay be
sides—and I charge tiie defendent too. Do you
think, you cverlastin’ mass of stinginess, that I,
'Squire Waddle—do you hear me, sir? 'Squire
Waddle would silo his hands with sich chaps as
you, unless he got his fees? Ef you dar over to
iinplify that I tuk your money away dishonest. I’ll
bust your brains out agin’ the moon, yon miserable
lump of nothin’.”
This was always a quietus—a “ perfect settler”
to any attempt at investigation; for even the “ boys
of creation” dare not come in tho way of ’Squire
Waddle for fear of getting “ mashed." To sum up
the whole matter, a respectable distance was always
preserved, and the most profound respect given to
any thing which the ’Squire might have to say.
And I really do not wonder at all at the profound
admiration in which ’Sqnire Waddle was held, for
certainly he had a very “cute trick” of bringing a
fellow down in bis tracks, without any apparent
cflo rt whatever. It was but to reach forth hia hand,
and as the lion fells the lamb, so would his adversa
ry full motionless in his tracks. A great many
secret conclaves had been held, and plans proposed
for worrying the lion until ho should “givo in,” but
tiie experiments which had been frequently made,
had all most signally tailed; so that the project was
at present abandoned as altogether impracticable;
or in other words, “ it was no go.”
But as it is not my purpose to exhibit ’Squire
Waddle's characteristic further than to show his
importance as a member of society, and the great
ease with which he could manage and control mat-
ten of policy to the community or country at large.
I shall ot once introduce the reader to the subject
which was under discussion, or rather elucidation,
as I came up.
If the reader will recollect, the 'Squire stood in a
very commanding attitude, while surrounded by bis
circle of friends. His large head thrown back, and
swung from side to side as he opened his hugh jaws
to speak,—the action having a good deal of the
devil-may-care appearance in it—Ms finger pointing
to a paragraph which was to be eeen in a newspa
per that he held in his hand.
“Gentlemen,” said ’Squire Waddle, “hero it is!
aa plain as day-light, and no mistake. Thar aint
no use in mincin’ -matters; its a most villinacious
li-bel upon a peaceable, civilized and thorough-gain’,
religious neighborhood as thar is in Georgy.”
“ Well, bat what is it, 'Squire ? We luiint beam
the fuel particular, of the care. We never gits
newspapers, sod they aint no use to us no how,
for we aint got lamin’ enough to read like you can,
’Squire.”
“ Weil, boys, Fll toll yon all about it, ef you’ll
jiat wait a lcetic, toll I call it all over to you; but I
toll you what it is, my blood biles in as so hot,
whim I think of the ecoondrel what writ this piece
in the newspapers, that ef I only had him beta I
could twist his gills ont’n him, the ongrateful silling (
Would you believe it, boys, that ar rapscalliqo what
taught school here some time back—ef be baint
gone off and writ an everiastin’ big lie against us
Georgians. By goUy l be shall smoke for it ef I
have to serve a writ upon-him in Kaintnr.k 1”
Well, read it, ’Squipel read it,” said a score of
“ The women of Georgia are very beautiful, and
the Georgians sell them to the Turks, who convey
them to their Sultan as an ornament to hia harem.
The Sultan has generally no less thanfortyof these
beautiful women, carefully guarded, and whom he
considers as his wives.” See Gatnba's Travels in
Georgia.
“Now, boys,” said tho ’Squire, “yon can aee as
well as I can, that this is all a most villanous lie.
Georgy women are beautiful, that’s a feet—Mr.
Gamba told the truth for once In his life when be
writ that. But then, to say the Sultan has no lesq
than forty on ’em locked up at one time! and all on
’em—every one on ’em his wives! Now, that’s a
scandal, I as a fro©-bom Georgian aint agwine to
put up with—that’s a tact!”
“No, 'Squire, IU bo dad rat if I do either! I
never heara of sich a thing m all my life, as long 03
I live,—and I reckon aa hiow I aint been livin’ less
nor these thirty-fivo years, next May.”
“ Well, but ’Squire,” inquired another,” what’s a
Sultan ? I never beam tell of a Sultan in Georgy
in all my bom days.”
“ A Sultan! Why, you fool, that’s a man’s name!
Mr. Sultan, I reckon, though I aint much ’quainted
with the gentleman myself.”
I here interposed to explain to the ’Squire that
the Sultan waa a Turkish Prince—a King; and
that the paragraph wMch he had read, insinuated
that Georgia women were sold and conveyed to
the Sultan, who made them his wives.
“ Well, gentlemen,” said the ’Squire, “yon have
beam what a Sultan is, and that our women are
sold and carried to him! Well, by jolly! if it is
the case, which I don’t believe, its too hard the
few women we’ve got should be tuk off every year
while we are asleep, and knows nothin’ about it, to
please that everiastin’ lump of greediness.”
I here assured the 'Squire that the report was too
true, for I had read the same statement before.
“ You hear that, gentlemen ? What have we all
been adoin’ that our gal’s should be stolen oft* from
us, and we know nothin’ about it ? There is Betsy
Mitchcl—you know she went off last year, and we
aint heam a word from her yet, and I reckon that's
the only way to 'count for her absence. Now, some
on you think she run away with Bob Broker—but
if you remember, Bob went off fust; so I think lie
oughtcr be clear of that Now, I see into the tiling
percisely! It’s them everiastin’ skulkin Yankee
pedlars what’s hired with their waggons to hide
women for the Sultan. I always was agin* ’em,
and now I’m more agin’ ’em than ever, the misera
ble, cheatin’ roeues! Ef op—J smlmu-•'T
Iluwn *****—' «pin. of 1 uon t gallop their wl.ito
livers clean out’n ’em, then blast my buttons!”
Tho ’Squire and his crowd were by this time in
a perfect rage against pedlars; and I imagine they
were wound up to such a pitch of excitement that
they wore ready to demolish every thing in the
shape of pedlar’s waggons, and to blow up the
whole tribe of swindlers.
A propositon was made to adjonm to the next
crowd, in which also stood a demagogue to sway
the passions of the ignorant mass. This individual
was tiie village lawyer, whose restless grey eye
showed that lie was ambitious of preferment; wheth
er his exaltation might be over the ruined estates of
his friends and constituents, still lawyer Squibb was
determined to be known and appreciated in the
world, and he recked not of the consequences to any
one else. Upon all occasions when meetings were
held, it was highly necessary that lawyer Squibb
should act as Secretary to the meeting, while his
worthy friend, ’Squire Waddle invariable held the
more responsible post of Chairman. But lawyer
Squibb was not only the Recording Secretary, bat
always acted as chief spoksmpn, whenever it be
come necessary that the people should be enlighten
ed upon a question cither of law or politics. Here
there was a fit subject for declamation; and lawyer
Squibb was pregnant with a speech—a speech that
was to awaken every patriotic emotion that the
people might possess—the people who know so well
bow to prizo their liberties, or to avenge an insult
to their dignity aa citizens of the United States.
Although ’Squire Waddle was a great man, it
was always necessary that lawyer Squibb should
bo consulted before any decided movement was
made; lor lawyer Squibb bad the law and the pro
phets committed to memory, and it was therefore
important to have Mm as a guide for fear of com
mitting blunders and rendering themselves amena-
blo to the powers that be; for such people have
great respect to the law when circumstances suit;
that la, when it pleases them to be obedient to the
laws of the land.
1 have tented that lawyer Squibb was a perfect
oracle, and the reader shall see that he was a very
fair specimen of the native geniuses of our land.
In my humble opinion, if lawyer Squibb was not
equal to Daniel Webster, he was at least not much
behind Bill Preston, whom be much resembled in
appearance; but most especially in that happy
knack of expression and easy rotundity of speech.
When lawyer Squibb became thoroughly interested
in his subject, and got regularly “into it,” there
were few orators in the Union that could rival Ms
fluency of language, or strength of argument. I
had heard the learned jurist before and have heard
him since, hut never was I more electrified than up
on the presont occasion, when he stood forth as the
champion of woman’s rights, and the defender of the
laws of his beloved Georgia.
[Continual next week.]
From the New York Mirror.
WILLIS’S LETTERS FROM LONDON.
Power’s Statue of the Greek Slave-Great Wes-
tem Rail- Road.—Windsor Castle—Reading—
Miss Mitford’s Residence—A rural subject for
Mount the artist—English surliness A new
wjy of advertising—Illiberal conduct of Macrea-
dy*s friends towards Mr. Forrest, etc. etc.
. Dear Morrir;—f took advantage of the long
interval between the packets of the 4 th and 16th, to
consign my precious companion to tho rural vicarage
m the neighborhood of Oxford wMch is to be her
future home. I am now in London, alone. These
two or three days of mental idleness, have quite re
stored my brain to working condition, I believe, and
now let me see what I have to say to you.
Power’s great statue of the “ Grade Slave,” it one
ortho topics of London, at tiiis moment, and, in my
opinion, if it fares as well, as to preservation, as the
Venus de Mcdieis, it will be more admired than
that first marble of the world, when London shall be
what Rome is now. Power should be idolized by
woman for the divine type of her, by which he has
now devoted men’s ideal of the sex. That so won-
fnlly beautiful a thing can be true to nature—that
this divine mould is unquestionably like some wo-
men—is a conviction that must strike every beholder,
at the same time that it makes him thank God that
he is born one of this “ kind,"and makes him adore
woman more intensely than before. This Greek
slave stands for salo in the Turkish Bazar. Her
drws hangs overthe pillar against which she leans,
and she is node with the exception of the chain hung
from wrist to wrist. It is a girl of eighteen, of bean-
ty just perfected. As particular criticism or the fig-
ure and limbs would hardly be interesting to those
who are not to see the statue, and lean only speak
of the expression of the free, which is one that gives
to the nude figure a complete character of purity—a
look of calm and lofty indignation, wholly incapable
of willing submission to hor captors. Power has
secured by this work, I fancy, commissions enough
for now works to fully occupy his time. It was bought
by an Englishman who has been oflfcrcd four times
tho snm for it. If we are to believe one or the Lon
don critics ? tho chief merit of tho statue is due to
Trollope, who discovered Power’s genius when he
w as making wax figures in Cincinnati, and induced
Mm to embrace the art and goto Italy!!!
My trip to tho conntiy was made by the Great
Western Rail road which is the most complete in its
arrangements, and sends the fastest trains two ev-
ahhiir mu, “ *». ’ K “ -to of sixty milco
don ts c'xc^fn^i5 n fflTc I , 'U^A , hsiinctigne ,, iym^ tm
the left of the track, and Reading, the fine old town,
honored as tiie residence of Miss Milford. Nothing
these ylgn boards and tho drivers of these vehicles
might makes bettor use of their time and horse
flesh in America, but otherwise! should thmir this u
notion*' worth transplanting.
Forrest is still in London, and has two projects in
view-wone of playing in Paris, and another of a pro
fessional tnptoSt. Petcrsburgh. In either
he would do better ,than in s (dace precluded aa Lon
don is, by { Macready and hia crew, A gentleman in
no way connected with the drama told me, that on
one of the nights when forest played, be sat next a
man who confessed that he was paid for hissing him,
and for calling any subordinate actor before tbo cur
tain, to drown any call for Forrest! I with there
was no disagreeable topics; but I will try to avoid
them in my next Yours frithfully,.
N. P. WILLIS.
. My Dear Morris;—It is more a matter of rejoi-
cmg to Americana abroad, than Congress supposes,
when I orcign Ministers are the kind of men, inmate
nets and mental culture, to do credittothc country.
Mr. McLean’, appointment as Minister to England,
is a worthy succession to that of Mr. Everett—two
more admirable representatives little likely to »rrr«r
at the English Court from any nation. I was dining
a day or two since with u former member of the
Queen’s Cabinet, and, in the London papers of that
morning, Mr. McLean’s appointment had b»n an
nounced. Our host spoke of Mr. McLean, and af
terwards of Mr. Everett, with a whole-hearted trib
ute to their qualities aa men and diplomatists, that
would have gratified the friends of these
not a hale, and iodeed wherever I go, Mr. Everett is
lauded without measure. He has been in T.»~Vn
in a trying time for a representative. Our national
credit—-lumped without distinction of States in ono
sweeping dishonor—has been like a visible cloud
about him wherove he has appoared.and be has been
wai ted on or coarse, by committees on questions he
could not answer without pain and .
and, through all tiiis, ho has steadily risen in the rt-
spcct of those around him, and now stands ppupnal-
ly higher (so I was assured by one who spoke with
authority,) than any diplomatic representative now
at tiie English court At an other party I heard a
very fine description given or the effhet of hia singu
lar eloquence upon one of these committees. They
had felt, in delivering what they had tossy, that they
had placed Mm as the respondent in a position of
overwhelming embarrassment His reply was Wait
ed for with a sympathy for him as a man. From ev
ery ono of these L—1m -iiivw
tears,” (so tho describer stated,) and they left hia
part ofhis country. Surely the difference between
such a representative and others who are capable of
„ being sent abroad, Is worth the country’s looking at
in America can givo you any idea of tho expensive 1 and influencing. -
elegance and completeness of the Rail rood stations,| Tho morning Post ofto day contains’ Longman's
its hedgings in, and its arrangements of all kinds.— first advertisement of tho English edition of my
Every foot of the line is watched by a guard in uni- “ Dashes of Life,” and in an other column, is the fol-
form, and no human being except workmen is ever lowing formidable passage, showing the hnmnr in
seen within tho limits. At every stopping place, which any thing American is likely to be
tho care glide into spacious buildings, with magnifi- (It occurs in a review of Mr. Rush’s book on Enc-
cent refreshment rooms, costly offices, and attend- land.)
ants in the lettered dress of the company’s men— ’ “There is so much In the American character to
Tho system for admitting and discharging pessen- excite tho contempt and disgust of all upright and
gers is admirably complete, the delay is but an in- honest men, that we can scarce be excused for let-
stant,yct sufficient for all purposes, and I should ting slip an opportunity of abusing them; but Mr
tiiink ingenuity and order could no further go. I Rush so overwhelms us with his courtesies, and so
A hundred delicious pictures glided under my gracefully and handsomely acknowledges the splen-
cye in our rapid flight, but I saw one that I wished did hospitalities with which he was received by <ho
Mount the artist could have seen—thirty or forty noble and wealthy “ Britishers,” that we most sicdtsr
haymakera, men and women, eating their dinnor up- under our renom till some snort fitting occasion f<6*
on the edge of the stream, the field hall mown on renting it.”
which they had been working, and the other half : What with Lockhart and Fonbhnqne for avowed
completely scarlet with the poppies that overshadow adversaries, (of old,) and the score of critics whom
the grass. A thicket behind them, a shoulder of a Macready keeps for his uses, and who will now re
tell rising beyond it, and various other features made foliate upon me, my haring dissented from the bom-
the mere rural scene singularly beautiful, but the age paid in our country to this artificial actok, my
acresofttes scarlet flower, gave it somehow a pccu- Tales are “ put,” as Fallstaff says of hia sokfleie,
liar and racy mildness. Tho fonnor has no great “ where they will be well pepered!” May it make
affection for this brilliant intruder upon ids land, but them sell I
the owner of the splendid park, and tho scenery lov-| I found myself in a friend’s box, the other night, at
ing traveller look on its novel addition to nature’s Braham’s little dressy theatre, directly opposite two
carpet with very vivid admiration. Queens and their royal hosbands, (the Queen of
On my return I saw an instance of the English England and the Qneen of Belgium) and so near,
surliness so much talked ot and (I think) so seldom from the narrowness of the bouse, that I could see
seen. A remarkably elegant and high bred looking their several Majesties aa well as at a presentation,
lady was separated from her party by want of room I felt quite authorized to level my glass at one, at
in the car before us, and on getting into ours, she least of the royal dames, for a very beautiful coun-
found herself opposite a manifest aristocrat of sixty, try woman of my own being in oor party, the King
Thinking she recognized an acquaintance in him, of the Belgians kept his glass very actively bent in
she said “Mr. ,1 believe?” “Not my name, our direction. His Majesty had the better view, bat
madam 1” was the reply in gruff repulsion, and the! it was refreshing to sec the case and simplicity of
gentleman turned and looked vory steadfastly out of j tho party we looked upon, and the complete abeorp-
tho window. tion of Prince Albert and the Engli«h Queen, in tba
The English bare a new way of advertising that offhand humor of the French play. No person in
is quite worthy of Yankee invention. They liave the audience, it seemed to me, laughed uo heartily
The ’Squire accordingly began in Ms clcar K audi-
ble voice, his finger following each latter as he
slowly dragged through the sentences of the offen
sive paragraph, which read zs follows: ,
PEEL AND POLK.
Says Feel to Folk, I do not like
Yon Yankee way of Poking fun,
You’ve Poked from us our fairest realms
You’d Poke us out of Oregon.
Our Lion tsars just see him grin I
I four I cannot hold him ip.
Sava Polk to Peel, I much regret
To stir your bile, or chafe John Bull,
But if you'll come across the seas
To Peel us of our land or wool*—
Your Lion heretofore has squealed,
. And ony, next time get Poked and Peeked.
* Cofoou wool; in all asiou to the desire of England
to get up a rival cotton interest in Texas.
hit upon the time when twin’s eyes are idle—(when
they are abroad in the street)—and yon cannot walk
now in London without knowing what amusements
are going on, what new specifics are for sale, what
lathe hist wonder, and a variety of other matters
which send you home wiser than when you came
out. Mammoth placards, pasted on the aide of a
structure as Largo as a one story house, and contin
ually moving along on. wheels, at the same pace as
as you walk—tho streets nearly resembling a gor
geous pageant with the number and showiness of
these legible locqpiotives. I observe one, particu
larly, which moves by soma mysterious power with
in—a large showy ear making its way alone, with
out either horse or visible driver, and covered with
advertisements in all the colors of the rainbow. An
every day sight is a procession of a dosen men, in
single file, each carrying on a high pole, exactly tiie
same theatrical notice. You might let one pass un
read, but you read them, where there are so many,
to see if they are all alike! Men step upto you at
every corner and hand you, with a vary petite air,
a neatly folded paper, and you cannot refuse it with
out pushing your fareust against the man’s hand —
If you open it, you are told where yen can see a
“mysterious lady,” or where yea can hare year
corns cut In shoyt it is imposible to be ignofant of
what there is ,to aee and buy ia lento, and this
applies also to the huge class who could not former-
•ly be reached, because they narer read the advertwe-
rannU Inthe.nswspaprra. Poipftfr the qyriyof
ah the Prince, and with bis gloveless hands over tba
edge of the box, and bis unceremonious snatch up
of the opera gfaus in the Queen’s lap, occasionally,
he would not have been taken Cora man that was
caring to appear elegant, though he waa appearing
to mo that which waa much better—natural. Tho
Royal consort’s wide cheek bones are modified in
the many drawings of him, which are published—
probably with a desire to remove his very German
look, the English physiognomy being certainly hand
somer—but hia features in other respects, are quite
us regular us they are drawn, and be improves upon
the pictures ofhim when he smiles. There was one
of the, farces, by the way, which waa ‘hy express
desire’ocdMTd, that is to say, by her majesty, which
was homelyenough in its humor to hare pleased a
backwoodsman. It is called “Le Foltron,” and in
the first scene, where the French actor gave an ac
count of his being kicked at the Open, describing
it with a particularity that would be wholly inad
missible in English, tho Qneen laughed meat un
boundedly..
Yours faithfully
N. P. WILLIS.
Tmx bo sics or a Max’s Isteixect.—There is
no such thing, (suys Noah’s Messenger) as determ
ining the intellect by the title of a man. A Count,
in point of mind, may be of no account whatever;
and u Baton may be to barren of brains as a rhea-
nqt]rae of tnlnuts. jJj ol aidetiut v