Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-11-24

gated the witness under examination at
1.-The time. did so sitting, But seeing that
he was also occupied in writing down The
ANSWERS. and remembering that he was
alone and had no junior EGuicklv con-
soed myself with the reelection that law
was not quite SO expensive an artic4elere
as at hcme; and that the absence Of sun
dry iormallties, which we regard as indis
pensible, had, doubtless, very favorable
influence upon the bill of costs.
In every court ample and commn,i-
Gus provision is made for Size accom- mo-
daton of The citizens. This is the case
all through America. In every public
institution. the right of the people to at
teEd. and to have an interest in the pro-
( ceedings, is most fully and distinctly re-
cognised. There are no grin door. keep
crs to dole out their t,rdv civilitv by tic
six-penny worth /: nor Is there. sincere
/, ~ believe. any iuselence of offii.e of any
kind. Nothing nnt;onal is exhibited for
money; and no public officer is a show.
man. ate have begun Of late wears Il,
lritate 10 do 50 and That. in the fullness
o! time, even deans an9 chapters may be
! converted"
{! .f7a american Railroad
6: made acquaintance with an AMeri-
/ can railroad, on this occasion. fr the
| Il ~st time. As these works are pretty
Inush alike all through the States, their
I general characteristics are easily describ-
ed,
"There are no first and second class
carriaa es. as with us. but there is gen.
teman's car and ladies' car, the main
distinction between which is. that in the
first everybody snakes, and in the second
nobody does. AS a black man never
travels with white one, there is also ne
gro car. whicl, is a great bi anilerng
clumsy chest. such rs e1alIiver pat 10 sea
in from the kingdom of Broblignae.
There is a great deal Of iolting. sreat
deal of noise, great d cal of wall. not
much window. a locomotive engine, q
Shrek, and a bell.
The cars are like shabby omnijuses.
bit lareer-ha,Iing thirty. forty, and Ct
e people. The seats. inst cad of stretch
lngfrom end TO end, are placed crosswise
Each seat holds two persons. There is
a long row OF them TO each side Of the car
AVIAN. narrow passage up the mirsite,
and door at beth ends IN The centre
Of the carriage there is usually stove.
fed with charcoal or anthracite coal.
which is for :he most part red hot. il is
lnsufferably close, and YOU see the bot air
tiuttering between yourself and any other
object you may happen 20 look at, like the
skast of smoke.
sin the ladies' car there are great
many gentlemen who have ladies' with
them. There are also a great many la
Ftlies who have nobody with them; Cor a.
nv lady NAV travel ale'ae from one end of
the United States to tho ether, and be
certain Of the most courteous and consi-
derate treatment everywhere. She con-
ductor, or check-taker, Or guard, or what
ever he may be, wears no uEltorm. He
walks up and down the car, and isl,and
out of it, as his fancy dictates leans
eainst the door with his hands in his poe
ket, and starcs at yor, if YOU chance to he
stranger; or enters into conyers ation
with the passengers about him. A great
many newspapers are pulled out, and a
few Of them are read. Everybod talks
to you, or to anybady else who hits his
fancy. If sou are an 'EnsEishman. he ex-
poets that that railroad is pretty much
an English railroad.
elf you say NO. he saws 'Yes,: I'm
tcrroeatively,) ant! asks in what respect
they differ. You crumeratc the head . Of
difference, one by one, and he sars Yes
(still intprrogatively) toaeact Then he
suesses that you cont travel faster in
England and on your replying that you
do. says sYes,' (,tiFl interrusatiyely 81
and, il is quite evident, don't believe if.
After long pause, he remarks-partly
to YOU. and partly to the knob ON the top
of his stick-that yankees are reckoned
to be considerable of go-ahcad people
too ) upon which you say Yes and then
he SAYS Yes again, (aflir,nat:vely this
time y upon your looking cut of the wiz
dow. tells you that. behind that hill. and
some three miles from the next station
there is clever toHn in smart location,
where he expects you have concluded to
stop. Your answer in the negative ma
taraily leads ~ more Questions in re 'cr-
eGcc to your intended route, always pro-
, nouHced rout J and wherever YOU are
goi,,g, you invariably learn that you can't
/ get t,isre without immense difficulty and
danger. md that all the great sights are
somewhere eile.
IF lady tahcsa fancy TO any male
ssengcr's scat, the gentleman who ac-
! communities her ci,es hin, notice of the
TACT, and he Immediately yacstes it with
great rolitehess. Politics are mueh dis
i oussed /; 80 are banks so is cotton. Qdl.A
bPeopie avoid the question of the Pres-
dency, for there will be new election in
three years and a'half; and party feeling
runs very high; the great constitutional
feature OF this institution being that, s|i
rectsy the acrimony Of the last election
IS over. the aerimony Of the next one be-
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