Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1844-03-20

DICKENS.-Mr. N. p. Willis, in
his letter to the National Intelligencer of
this week. gives all amusing account of
his first interview with Dickens. Mr..
Wil,ss publisher, Il seems, was on his
way 10 N-wga'e. and was to take along
with him ,e'ps, raragraph'st for the
Morning Ci:nr ca 10 give ali account OF
the visit. o.. his way he encountered
Mr.. Willis and took him in also. Mr..
w. thus describes Dickens's domIcile, ct
ce,cra.
Il followed by long flights OF stairs to
al uprcr slury, and Was ushered into an
uucaIp,t,d h.eak looking room, with "a
deal table. two or three chairs-and a
few BOOKS, SMALL 10y. and Mr.. Dickens
for the cnnirns. l vas only struck a,
first v,h one thing. (ind made a menu
orandum of ii that evcning. as The strong
est instance | had seen of English obse-
quiousuess To cmployers,) the degree to
which the poor author was overpowered
with the honor of his publishers visit! ]
remember saying 10 myself ds sal down
on ricke,y chair. MY good fellow, if
you were in America with that fine face
and ready quill, you would have no need
to candescend TO Publisher" Dickens
was dressed very much as he has since
described "Dick Swivellcr" the
"sweil look" His hair was cropped
close 10 his head. his clothes scant, though
jauniily cut, and, after changing rag
ged office coat for shabby blue. he stood
by the door collarless aud buitoned up,
the very pcrsonifcatiol, | thought, of a
close sailor tothe ind.-We went down
and crowded into the cab, Zone passen-
ger more than the law allowed, and
Dickens partly in my lap and partly in
my Macrone's) and drove on TO Newgate.
La his works, if you remember, there is
description Of the prison, drawn from
this days Observation. We were there
an hour or two, and were shown some of
the celebrated murderers confined for
lie. and young soldier waiting for ex-
ecution and in one of the passages we
chanced to meet Mrs. Fry on her usual
errand niibenevolance. Though interes
ted in Dickens's face, l forgot him natur-
ally enongh after We entered the prison,
and do mol think heard him speak du-
ring the two hours. | parted from him
at the door Of the prison, aud continued
my stroll into the city.
Two or three years afterwards (says
Mr.. Willis' | was in London, and pres
ent at the complimentary dinner gwen to !
Macready. Samuel Lover, who sat
next to me, pointed out Dickens. / look
cd up ard down the tabl,, but was who'll
ly unable to single him out without get
ting my friend to number the people who
sat above him. He was no more like |
the same man had seen than tree in
June is like the same in February. He |
sat leaning his head on his hand while !
Bulwer was speaking, and with his very |
long hair, his very flash waIstcoat, his
chains and rings, and wilhal much pa
Ter face than of old, he was totally unre.
cognizabIe. The comparison was very
10 me, and l looked a, him a
long time. He was then in his cuimina-
ton of popularity, and seemed jaded to
Remembering the glori-
Gus works he had written since l had
seen him, longcd to pay him homage,
but had no opportunity, and did not see
him again till he came over 20 reap his
harvest and upse. bis hay-cart in Ameri-
ca. When all the ephemera of his i'm
prudences and appropriateness shall have
passed away-say twenty years hence
/ should like to see him again, renowned
as he will be for the most original and
works of his time.
VIRGINIA SALT-NATURAL GAS