Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-02-09

States.
The New YORK Mirror has a bricf notice O
another shusi,s book or this country whicl
has recently appeared in England. from IN,
pen of traveller who STYLES himself Rubio.
The results OF his observations ore cm,ainc,
in a volum, entitled "BambIes in the United
States and Canada during thcpesr lsl5, viii
a shor; account OF Oregon"
: The gcntleman's emulation appears t. hsv,
been To produce a connection OF the abuse snt
vnlgarity Of rrollopc, Marystt and Dickens
aud judging from extra Is published in the re
views of tho WORK. he h~asquite succeeded, 10,
in these two qualities "Rubio' GOES fat be
gond ai,srrcvious writer upon the habits and
+PectRtA nsfs OF the Aine,ic n. We cannot
resist CITING some Of ihe oheisrs specimens OF
the ausnr's siyle. OF We Amcriran people
he says:
The lnen arc sallow, and the women tai
low; the women are wanting in all that makes
iemining nature beautiful. aud their c~fforisio
supply such deficiency by art. are totally wan
ling ia The srcat artistic quaiiicaiion-cclare
Griem--in which the French excel. The men
arc merely long. lnnky isukecs, la,lry and un-
coulh. with narrow napes 10 their necks like
women. They never have any boy hood, aud
never live TO grow old. They are sour and
gloomy, not from constitution, bui habit, have
40 faith in the power OF street music to hill
the senscs sndopcn ihe poeket. their whole
souls being wrapped up in the pursuit ot '-a-
no,hcr dollar; they have neither imagination
nor fancy nor taste.
''11iey are truly vulgar. ignorant. Dragging
rntfftno mall, m. holy sfr.fx paCpla ps-tRr
their lives inc state OF mental excitement.
some Kill themselves with drink, and some
with tobacco; some are hurried 10 the ever
yawning gates oi thcirccmetcries 10y eXcesses
ia religion or exercises IN politics; exccsscs la
ma OF excuses in speculation: or TAI.
buleiions OF mind induced by a complication
Of these causes. But calamity Is not OF long
life in America for The men are soon dead and
soon forgotten. Ddrls and essassinSiions al
30 help TO ,hin their rank, Tor, as i, may APP
pear. IL can be proved, that, famous as Italy
Sicily aud Spain are fg the siiletto. ther re are
many more assassissoons and s,abbing in The
slave States Of America than "a all those coun
tries put together. This isa melancholy truth
but as the minds OF The masters IN the South
eTn Statrs insensihly become degraded By tin
mere contact, not To Sy association, with be-
ings 30 degeneraied a. shcir slaves. the moral
sense becomes blusof, they care little for as.
sassinstion OF murder, and nothing Ion s,abbine
and msiming.'
Il certainly win moi go so lar as a French
/. friend of mine, who had resided twenty five
. years in the States. aud gives il as his opinion
that the next best speculation. after Tom
: Thumb, waulc be- 90 find a complete Ameri.
can gentlcman-that r0ra nuis ia ierTts-ant
4 exhibit him IN London aud Paris at a shilling
a head.
"Americans SIRE generally vulgnr; but wh,
they should be- hypocritos in the northern
Ssstcs, rogues ia the middle, aud ufians in
the s6ulh Is notso easily accounted Tor"
! "Rubio' has a very mean opinion OF OF
great men.-and not even station induces /,
show OF respect. lie calls Captain Tyler "Hii
: Aocidency." and asserts that he saw hi y
. 'combiug his hsir with a Githy comb tied ~
{. by a piece OF string in a steambost, and wash
4. ing himself with q jack lowell used in com
mon with fifty other dirty passengers. PolI
hc describes as a village law yer'-Rdwarr
= Eyesetfa Uuitoriau Minister. aud VIM Marcy
U Secretary OF War, he says sports a ginghan
umbrella"
The following is one Of The riches, bits ~.
g uacted. and makes one desirous Of becoming
acquainted with the contents gcncfslly-in.
- deed We arr surprised that none Of oar enter.
. pfIsing publishers have yet re printed the
y book. winch would b. sure 10 lind a read,
J. sale;
The hm'ocsns. ssys Rubio, are q shabby
On' uugustetul people, leaving their most de-
4 serving patriots and bcurisctof- 10 starve. fhry
}, are a grossly dishoHfsi people The slave pm.
q perties OF the South arf uorfraFcd 10 "a,
AJolifiONisfs II New England 10 tr3sr torn
J. ehdsc slares aud thcy uc about forming a
miifcat Of ass miles iu order 10 steal Oa
gnu. az ga cNpense 81 Go O10 O0D st~,l,ag
while iheir dcbt s., Csc 900 900 two ttirls =,
. which b. E]Pui1iei eat fiay rf1~ .o l.t
% even thC iuierref on b. Thrf hagr evit i
IS Meuc0 DOT II Teya and are about w. ir,,L
her 0ut ~ tolihprla aniaT musk nfa fLr,t
10 EnslauJ ni biius Oregon. which sev.
b Rubio. nrry may tatcioi tlfc, haif pence Al
4 acre, d tiey choIse lo gaJ luf itat that aiel
about a30lo,o.D sled x
Nr. Nses s fredtl lsis. wife ol d.
Ntles. 0i Mtsss l%Hs.ils. aud m0thcr-is-l Law
io ihe cr.ehra,ci Ftcnrh author Eisene Sus.
. sat pres. ni boz Washington. Shs has two
daoghtcfs-twin- Young sud pleasing gids
~ most uiuiA5'e Chancurfs, snd re-efubliui
each other m1st r~lmhaabif Ihese gids ar
thc originals IRON which Sue drew ISIS ceie
! bfaied Characters of RfsC and Bisn hr. iu tt
" WsuAeHnE Jew. This c.tcumstancc render
? these htus glhs. scarcely tWrl,s wears oli
eblaci-ol afeat adHHifaiiuu Corr uaH1sn
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