The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1842-03-12
From the New York Express.
BOZGANA-THE BOZ MANIA.

On ooiuEudy, Mr.. dickens reached the |
city from New Haven, in the New Ha |
ven steam boat, and, at the wharf, he |
was met by detachment from the Boz
Committee, the whence, in a carriage,
ne was escorted, himself, and lady, to the
Carlton House.
The BOG" fever RACES rs merrily a.
ever in this city, and it is seldom that
there has been SO much excitement about
any thing, or any body. There is the
greatest curiosity 10 see this Boz. an he
has no rest for his weary limbs. Com.
mittees haunt him at his tarrying place,
and individuals thrust themselves upon
his presence, as if but TO touch the hem
Uf his garment, or to be within the at
mosPhere Of his presence, was, as Mr..
Van Buren, once had it. "glory enough"
Grave seniors are on tiptoe to see "Boz;"
the ladies, old and young, mistress and
miss, are dying" to use their own
Phraseology, for sight,-and, what is
remarkable, all cliques and classes claim
him as their own, the Loafers in pa rticu
lar deeming "Boz" one of them selves!-
The interior, too, has got the mania
Our country friends are focking. bag
and baggage, every body expecting to GO
TO the Boz Ball, but many body sadly
disappointed, as tickets are not 10 be go
for love, or money, or if money. not with
Out an enormous quantity oil it, consider
ing the object got BY it.
Mr.. Dickens must not attr butte all this
furry and fol de-rol to wrong Causes
We love excitement in this country
A sPGsm is necessary, every now and
then, for Onr very existence. Politics
our usual resource, are at dead halt
and there is no sort Of interest attached
to the agitation of them just now. W.
want q Li0n--we want Blll--we wan
amusement, fun, and frolic, and IN,
Boz" comes along, just in the right Tins
Tor US to have the very best Of excuse
to have all ofihem. If Boz had droppet
IN when the whole nation was singing
TiPpecanoe songs, Boz would have bee
40 Lion at all. Again, BIZ is kind q
Republican writer. All oil us can under
stand him. He talks Of PEOPLE in on
American line OF business, and we ca
comprehend what he is about,--whe rea,
they, who, over sea, prate about Lord
= and Ladies, Dukes and Duchesses alt'
- gether, wander into deeper water tina
il is possible for thousands Of our peopl
. to go, and, thus, while all of Boz tells vii
;" US, many who write in higher strait
write Of what we never can know but Ii
g tie OF. Again, there is spice Of spi
" in Teasing Boz. We have just bee
drinking and dining and feasIing Prime
of the blood royal, and a noble Lord
70 the full; and now. as this "Boz" com.
- along just after them, quasi personii
cation OF this droll nation of ours, mao
up Of Pickwicks and Oliver Twists, IN
ID perfect Curiosity SnoPOfa People, thel
on IS disposition to give Linn u Roman Il
unph-a general Grafton.
b. In pursuance OF these feelings, the
are the greatest efforts to turn Boz
ng presence to the best account, to make Il
10 most Of him, and wherewithal, TO do hi
as much honor as possible. Boz, ho'
srs ever, 10 but an incident in the gener
movement. Boz is but man Of to-da
rs and passes of the age tomorrow. T
lr- book publishers thus, are working the
IT, presses dav and night to supply the
mand for Pickwick, Oliver Twist. b
to naby Rudge, DC. The milIiners are Z
lighted amazingly that something h
Did got along to give the greatest ANIMATE
to their trade. The news boys rejoi
ice that there is new tune for them to pitc
An excitement is got up. and an excl
to mont is treasure to them The sht
keepers, too, have their harvest out
10 B1z, and more or less, all trades thri'
ted Thus, all cry ''Boz," s.Boz," Boz" q
.eBoz" is made the greatest Lion d
"A ever tvod the streets Of New York.