Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1845-08-08


Canada, : Gautmala, q
U. States, II Denmark, l
France, Poland, l
Spain, Germany, 81
Of the Germans, were from Hanover, 2
from Hamburger. | from Baden, l from Lu-
bee, from Bremen, and l from Heinault.-
Mr.. Robert Owen was one of the Scotchmen,
and he was the only one on board, fancy,
for whom fame had made any outlay of trum-
peting. Six clergymen CD served as our
protection against the icebergs. | doubt
whether the Atlantic had, ever before, such a
! broad wake Of divinity drawn across it
Probably, the true faith was in some one OF
their keepings!
| wish to ask personal favor Of all the
| friends of the Mirror who are in the offices of
| American Custom Houses, viz: that they
would retaliate upon Englishmen in the most
vexatious manner possible, the silly and use
! less impediments thu own in the way Of pas
sengers landing at Liverpool. We dropped
anchor with Custom House steamer along
side, and our baggage lay on deck two hours,
| Time enough to be examined twice over be-
fore it was transferred to the government YES
sci. We and our baggage were then taken
ashore, and landed at Custom House. But
not to be examined there! Oh, no! 1t must
be put into carts, and carried q mile and q halt
to another Custom House, and there it would be
delivered to US. if we were there to see it ex-
amined We landed at ten o'clock in the
morning, and with my utmost exertions, [ did
not get my baggage till three. The cost to
me, of porterage, fees, ETC., was three dollars
and half, besides the theft of two or three
small articles, belonging to my child. was
too il! TO laugh, and / therefore passed the
matter over to my Tesentments. | trust my
particular share will be remembered in the
coming wars of Oregon.
/ During the four or five hours that | was
] playing the han-ger-on to vulgar and saucy
custom-house officer at Liverpool, one or two
? contrasts crept in at my dull eyes-contrasts
, between what had left, and what was before
me. The most striking was the utter aUant O
S hope in the countenances of the working elias
: ses-the look of logged submission and ami
NAL endurance of their condition of life. They
act like horses and cows. A snowy equipagt
: goes by, and they have not the curiosity II
t look up. Their gait is that of tired donkeys
o saving as much trouble at leglifting as posi-
d BILE. Their mouths and eyes are wholly sen
g sual, expressing capability of want abov'
S food. Their dress is without thought o
e more than warmth and covering, drab covere'
= with dirt. Their voices are half note abov
e grnnt. Indeed. comparing their condition
l. with the horse, would prefer being an En-
j. glish horse TO being an English workng-man
l. And you will easily see the very strong con
l. trast there is, between this picture and that
Z the ambitious and lively working-men of on
e country.
: Another contrast strikes, probably, all A
l. mericans on first landing-that offemaIe dress
The entire absence Of the ornamental-of an
d thing indeed, except decent coyering-in al
J. classes below the wealthy, is particularly En-
d glish and particularly un-Amercan. l do nc
= believe you would find ten female servants i
2, New York without (pardon my naming iD
u 'bustle.' Yet saw as many as two hundTe
o women in the streets of LIVERPOOL, and nc
.e one with hustle | saw some ladies ge
l. out of carriages who wore them, so that 1t ]
n not because it is not the fashion, but slmpl
s. because the pride (of those whose backs tort
IT but one line) does not outweigh the price {
of the bran. They wore thick shoes, such a
ID scarcely man would wear with US, no glove
IS of course, and their whole appearance wa
l. that of females in whose minds never entere
t. the thought of ornament on week days. Thl
q trifing exponent Of the condition of womc
rs in England, has large field of speculate
~ within and around it, and the result of philt
sophizing on it would be vastly in favor
Is our side of the water.
re- AS this letter is written on my first day
r. sitting up, and directly against the doctor
US orders, you will give my invalid brain the cree
he it Of coming cheerfulIy into harness.
nd Yours faithfully, N. p. WILLIS.