Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-01-31
THURSDAY. JANUARY 81, 1898,
rrorn the National Gazette.

Noyember. cont aims an article entitled MEM
crnnaaofa Trip thro' Ne,o England, July,
1927" of which We annex the latter part, as
,pecimen of the statements laid before the BIZ
,;sh nublic. The Anerican reader must know
that Mr. Adams expressly declined the invita-
,ion 10 the Csnal celebration, The acceptance oil
,b;eh is affirmed and me toned as "a magnl>
Scen, stroke Of policy" BY the traveller; and
aha, Mrs. Adams adopted the mode IN which
sbr iourneyed, because il WAS the moss cons
modious anc rapid that could be taken. Ex-
tract from the Memoranoum:-
"Rspublican Sfais.-On board OF the same
boat with us, which was crowded with people,
merchants and shopkt epers, who took advant-
ocn of the fourth OF July. their great national
,0n,,rrsarvl J. as they dn generally OF the Sab
ha,h in s,ite of their puritanism and real piety
20 ION rnev about their worldly affairs, aud save
\ day. as they call il, was no less parsonage
that Mrs. A., the Yankee Q"een,-or, in
other words, the wife of the President OF the u
States. Just imagine that you see her as l
describe her 10 you--a thin, clever, agreeable
woman, about IS, with light hair, exceedingly
intelligent eyes, and touch OF the sarcastic a.
I,out her mouth, sitting (sile by side almos,) at
the same table with her own servant; good
EnsIjsh,looking grrl, who might have passed
for a travelling companion, but for some things
which had 20 take place. Imagine that you
60. the wife of the highest d:gntary OF these
twenty four republics travelling unattended
(her husband being eff 20 Pennsylvania, the
State which is TO decide the election; where he
has consented to appear at the canal celrora>
.tion--a magnificent stroke oil Solicy, which Will
90 far toward making him President AGAIN.
well. imagine tina, you see her unattended, UNI
known. with but ore male and female servant,
.be one Irish "a St aIy loo king, tradesmanhke
sort OF personage) and the Other, swear
by her ches, and step an English gi.l Blythe
Nby, Mrs A. herself was born In England Il oe-
leve,) and is therefore an English woman
,boush born of American parents. Imagine
Ser now ma ked away in large cabin with
h.If hundred good>looking, intelligent peo>
nj, who, though they did not know her till
The passage was half made, and were eager
enough to peep al her, continued 10 behave to-
ward, her when they saw that iheir own
sbawIs were as good, and their garb as FASH
;onabl, as were those OF the Lady>President,)
iust az il they had all been IN the habit oil
drinking tea and eating pound cake and sweets
meats with her, at least once month, Tor the
last ten years Of their lives They were all sort
&c next.door neiahboursi-And then after
mai YOU see her at dinner table IN s'eam>
boat. helping herself, and taking her chance
with about $50 true re publcans on every SIDE,
and then slowed away IN ankee stage coach,
carving 10 or IL inside,.& joting through The
dust a, the rate Of nine miles an hour, over a
country, the whole Of which Was ringing and
laundering with Joy for the emancipation oil
other DAYS, and over which her own husband
was the chief Ruler Imagine all this, and you
~. , fai,bFul picture Of what | saw. | did
ma, spe ak % her, though had reason 10 know
her well; for, in the first place, did not i'm
nsdia,ely recognize her whtr she came On
hoard as she was partly attended by three
narsons two If whom had seen before, and
one had known individually, who, on account
Of their youth. would not have led me to think
of Mrs A.; and after did recollect her,
20, ebade to speak to her, out OF real admlra-
,ior and rexnect. : did not choose 10 interfere
os q, hers did, with what was probably intend
"a 70 br her incogniio. But perhaps-per life
Co. clever women with clever husbands IN po>
li,ical hans are apt to play deep game before
the rnultitude-perhaps the wiie mere was
piaying into the hands OF the husosnu, VINO
aon," on the other side Of the table IN rehn-
sylvanis. Her unostentatious MODE oil ua'e'>
Ling would do as much Tor him throughout
Nrw England, ifit were dcc,de"faay Sho""' as
his uncslculating participation OF Grrman OF
Quaker hospitality woud do'ior MN IA 'he s'a'e
.on. bu; which, wo to the General has now
thrown herself into the ne, Of his rival, by IN
wing him to what is called canal eeebra-
ton. From that hour Mr.. A--wss able 10
conn, his chickens with safety" Nat. Gds.
The following extract from SCOTS LIE oil
Napoleon is not inapplicabe to the present
state of deluded feelings 10 this country:
aThe people naturally partial to a victor .
followed him every where with acclaim a.lons
ID the sold ers spoke of pulling the Anornie'
On, Of The sea, Of government, and installing
,n.;r victorious general. Even 'iready, for
m. srst time since the commencement OF .he
REVOLUTION, the French. losing their recent
Ia m,s of thinking and speaking Of the nation
as body, began to in;eres, themselves 40
Napoleon as an individual, anu ma ,.Eso 90, in
.ss NabI;e mind, which afterwards formed the
c.l,,;on of his throne.