The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-08-16 00:00:00

MR. CATLIN'S TABLEAUX VIVANTS.

During the past week, Mr. Catlin, whose Indian museum
at the Mechanics' Institution exhibition, was an object of
the greatest attraction and attention, has been giving lectures
at the Portico, on the manners and customs of the North-
American Indians. These lectures are of the most novel,
amusing, and instructive kind. Mr. Catlin, in an Indian
dress, first describes the costume and the implements of war,
offensive and defensive, of the Red Man ; and at the con-
clusion of his remarks exhibits tableaux, by means of
living figures attired in the various dresses purchased by him
during his eight years' sojourn amongst the tribes of the
West. The following were exhibited, all extremely beau-
tiful. We admired especially Nos. 6 and 9. The concluding
war-dance was very extraordinary. We recommend all our
readers to pay the enthusiastic and talented painter a visit,
feeling satisfied they will be delighted in listening to him.
WAR TABLEAUX.

NO. 1. GROUP WITH ACTION.—A Group of Warriors
and Braves, in full dress, reclining around a fire, regaling
themselves with the pipe and a dish of pemican. In the
midst of their banquet the chief enters, in full dress ; the
pipe is extended to him—he smokes it in sadness, and then
breaks up the party by announcing that an enemy is at hand,
and they must prepare for war !

No. 2. TmiLE-Au.—warriors Enlisting, by "smoking
through the reddened stern." The Chief sends " runners,
or " criers," through the tribe with a pipe, the stem of
which is painted red ; the crier solicits for recruits, and every
young man who consents to smoke through the reddened
stem when it is extended to him, is considered a volunteer
to go to war.
No. 3. 'fAur.r, AU.—War Dance.—The ceremony of swear-
ing in the warriors, who take the most solemn oath, by dan-
cing up to and striking the " reddened post" with their war
clubs.

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No. 4. TABLEAU.—Foot War Party on the 11larch.
"Indian File," armed with shields, bows, quivers, and
lances—the Chief of the party, as is generally the case,
going to war in full dress.
No. 5. TABLEAU.—War Party encamped at Night, asleep
under their Buffalo Robes, with Sentinels on the watch.
No. G. TABLEAU.—An Alarm in Camp. Sentinels arous-
ing a war party to arms, where they are encamped at night.
No. 7. TABLEAU.—War Party in Council, consulting with
the chief as to the best and most effective way of attacking
their enemies, who are close at.. hand.

—No. 8. TABLEAU.—Skulking. or advancing cautiously
upon the enemy to take them by surprise—an universal
mode and merit in war amongst the North-American In-
dians.

No. 9. TABLEAU.—BattIe and Scalping; showing the
frightful mode of Indian warfare, and the operation of taking
the scalp.
No. 10. TABLEAU.—ScaIp Dance, in celebration of a vic-
tory, the women in the centre of the group holding up the
scalps, and the warriors dancing around them, brandishing
their weapons, and yelling in the most frightful manner.
No. 11. TABLEAU.—Treaty of Peace. The chiefs and
warriors of the two hostile tribes in the act of solemnizing
the treaty of peace, by smoking mutually through the calu-
met or pipe of peace, which is ornamented with the eagle's
quills; the calumet resting in front of the group.
No. 12. GROUP WITH ACTION.—Pipe or Peace Dance,
by the warriors, with the pipes of peace or calumets in their
hands, after the treaty has been concluded. This picturesque
scene will be represented with motion, the warriors all joining
in the dance, uniting their voices with the beat of the Indian
drum, and sounding the frightful scar-whoop
The above pictures will be again represented on Wednes-
dayand Saturday night; while this evening, Thursday, and
Saturday, tableaux of a domestic character will be exhibited.
Mr. Catlin leaves at the close of the week, bearing with him,
we feel assured, the good wishes of all classes, to whom he
has so readily communicated his knowledge and the fruits of
his hard bought experience.

THE DISTURBANCES IN THE MANUFACTURING Ms-
TnicTs.--We fear that these outbreaks are only one instal-
ment of what may be expected from the wicked and incen-
diary language of the league, who have thus excited the
working classes to the utmost amount of resistance to the
peace and quiet of the country, in order to gratify an inter-
ested and unworthy feeling. That this is a part of an organ-
ised system digested and developed by the league, we need
only refer to th language of one of their paid emissaries Mr.
Acland, who lately stated to Mr. Feargus O'Connor, in con-
fidence, "that the object of the league meeting in London,
was to take into consideration the propriety of stopping all
the cotton and other mills upon a given day." After this,
our readers will not expect us to add another word as the re-
sult of the long-continued and wicked agitation of the Anti-
Corn-Law League of Manchester.