Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-06-09
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From the New York Express. il
A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY IN.
THE ASTOR HOUSE.
Having some curiosity in knowing how
things were done in the Astor House
how so many people lived together in SO
much peace, and how SO much was done
in so much quiet, we started, the other
day, on an exploring expedition in this
granite village. We call it village, for
village of people it is, some seven hun
cred sleeping there at times, which equals
the population of any village, that does
not take for itself the name of a city OF |
town. Indeed it, would be whole con- |
gressional District even, # 1t were on the
other side of the Potomac, among the rice
lswanps of the Waccama, say, or on the
lower James river-for some three or
four hundred voters even in some parts OF
South Carolina make up congressional
District, as it is said; while the Astor
House always holds more than that. Mr.
Claw once remarked in debate, that more
/ wine was drunk there than IN all South
/ Carolina from which we inferred, that II
: any more notification was to come tor any
# more taxes laid on wine, the Astor House
j. had more the right OF rebellion than the
: Sovereign State Of South Carolina.
1t This village Of the Astor IS probably
D, about the largest 10 the world Their
s, may be places in which more people s'oE
Id but there are none, we suspect, where
;e MANY stop, eat and live, and thus 1--we
he if they were in the quiet of their ow
er homes, There is an order, sobrlety,
an dignity in every thing, which mark an
e. distinguish the establishment IN way p
&c, culiarIy its own. The servants are gel
,er tlemen in their outward looks, and col
to duct like gentlemen in gentlomanly Sc
er, want way--for be it known, where gel
hes tleren are not Of gentle blood, OF one OF
OPP ING que. oe gentle as annther's (none va
the ued over-nuch) all are gentlemen, vi
let in their own way gentIemanly do. liz
the servants of the Aston House are sc
tent tlemen--and they have the air, the ma
me ner, and the tone Of gentlemen--ior VINE
re- there is no gentle blood, (aIl being OF
Ask blood roval ofthe common sovereignty
bus, the people,) which makes up the gen
erss- men, but the air, the manner, the lone
they This air, the manner, the tone, these
5 not want, have here. Their quiet air and
But meanot are characteristic ofall well
ltters men. They never scream, yell, or
c; in and what gentlemen does! They sP'
best hnt in whispers, move like spirits, an(
inhu- their own earthly. way and Astor III
.ccess sphere. are onnipresenf, If not omnls
from too. There are great many gentle
onger, who sit at the Table d HOiGi-wIth a
return good things Of the world about them'
into eli these servants under them, who
not in themselves half the gentleman
serted servants have;but it is OF no use thou
n. vet nnrsue this subject, for no body ca
rl his. fine or agree with other bodies
70 70. lnho, . gentleman is-and yet every
docu- tleman knows.
,e ifhe Wondering a: this superiority of s.
o hear in the servants of the Astor
bvteri- school. and seeing the admirable Of
IN the the discipline, silence and order
,trv un. beautiful dining room, when two Or
, reach long tables are filled with guests
ned, he led TO study 1t out Ia ,no nl >
Young these servants WtIo "i' ,, ::
worthy clean and tidy, and in the next all II
oan.who dress: which showed that there was
I'VE. But form,rule prescribed by thelhano OF
,ohlisbnoent-and such is the fact.
rrter:an y was clear. from the regularity an
~ / am o,rr IF movement, that there was
onorrpl - IN. somewhat of military
:, nc he oooJ much of miltlry etiquette u
: Stead. boon infused into raw troops, 10 Ut
-FOUR pas unitv from such disordered ma'e
obtained must make up the servants OF our
% which learnt upon inquiry, that every
liz, had GO dinner. all these servants VINO
nv, com. mon the publc tables either IN
~, ,:., Go .ipoaan,s or ladies dining room
AS great this regular drlIiIon ond n
extended of the house morallzes' anu 7
i, Of your and teaches, as if 1t were 2.
n ;, opened in the pulpit, instead OF the 81
h.odtb of lie Swearing is forbidden. Tor
f,on, Co. La, am afraid not for the Pulp!ts
l,o Of hot i sinful, but because, 1t is
calt NOR. manly. "Gentleman don't swear
-. -, those those high authortes-ano WIZ
Meet ~ the Enow better than they, VINO see
.',rnose of Of them from all parts OF the e.
- ~ Flor. whose circles are the most arr
~ ~ connte. therefore, this side of the big sea
h have given morals, good behaviour goGo C.. g.
area,ssd an general, are inculcated with SCI
e',oIved as Gravity. Indeed the scnool IS
thy gentle and the PFeacnllg ,e - the ser
:" - : side in under it is more often OF Pra
i and my vice in after me- 'i I ut in ~
rymen, for many of our youths n ,bes,
and of good sounding institutions s. d; T. o
notS are cone through with, by Signs
U ..orE Of the head of the table, and w,'nou
mO ,., ci,izens snoken as much as if five hume
,lu% u for we're eating and drinking. !!
9's,e 10 con. Efforts are made to avoid nols
il's and countermarch from p,ac
l, 'a p,s..l without meeting, and the Who'll
Mr.; rsuss !; i so subdivided, that servant
MOI nua. esne. bow of every guest about as
his case. II wants nin'