The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-12-28
The English Bagman.

In travelling through Englsnd, about two years ago.
at hotels called commercial travellers" or. in more
familiar phrase, " bag men" They arc always on the
so wc but as the Of
trading houses who send them about the country 10 Cd
tain orders. I.
especial Of the OF the various classes
men met with the following ,ketch may be relied
classes are fair game and the English think so for
they do Lot spare in their Notes on America. How
ever il appeared to that the English Bsgman
fair marx a. tho American Yankee H. has many qua.
6cations to which the Yankee cannot aspire, and
which, with all his cunning place him far IN the shade
he asounds you with his braggadocio and amskes you
with hi. ubiquy II: sncs..,.y vain iSqusciou,;
perfectly familiar. He saw York Cathedral, London
Exchange and the houses Of Parliament burned hap
ihedraL He was close by Scott the diver, when be
hung himself Westminster bridge and was the first
V w.s rs ne s
acquainted with Miss Cushmsn and Forrest, AID has
pena great pert of his time in the green ROOM knows
almost by heart and has taken many Of hn
characters con emors L. Bulwer wss regular chum
pot compsnion of his but the novelist used his wife so
badly that could net sanction him. and cut his
acquaintance. He has had many spree with Dickens
Crukshar and the Marquis OF Waterford, but the Mar.
euiiapy dscss taste for wine aid will yisd
to no In his knowledge Of thes. articles. good
dinner !. n, particular ioeis nay DC 20 'e n%
tho classics Likes Virgil and Ovid very we'll, but fio
his fayorite He has studied cjcne aud
ry and IL bim full Of sxtraorJiaa tales about the
dissectng room Thinks Sir Astev cooper the best
lecturer he heard and Absrncthy brute He has
Victoria, Albert and the Emperor NICHOLAS,
sftsn and has had interview with the Great Nogul
under very peculiar circumssncss He has been up in
balloon and down in diving bell tells yen OF the
curious eoncavity which the earth presents from the
former and the painful ssnsatioin the ears
the latter Astronomy his especial study, and the
calculation Of ecpsss delights him in his leisure hours
lie has paid much attention TO algebra OF ts having
long since conquered its difficulties The summation u
for occasional amusement. lie has been most Of the
highest mountains except Chimborsxo but did not 60
down the crater Of Vesuvus during eruption -knows
better than that He drinks At least three bottles Of
wine at sitting but disgraccs himself by drunk
enness II there be thing TO which he is devoted
than another, that il the fsir sen and psrcu
lar fsvorite with them Has repeatedly danced Whn
Fanny Esler and gives decided opinion ha' she
charming danssuss He thinks Bransm does nov s.ns
we'll as he did fifteen yssrs sgo he mas frequently
been through Buckingham Palace, and every o,her
palace OF building OF note In the United Kingdom
or on the coutne 4 Of Europe. He Is crack
shot and has bagred one hundred and fifty bruce
Of in one and OF other birds he does
not knou how many. with rife he IL first rate and
does not believe word about kentucky. He has wit
messed the most astonishing experiments In mesmersm
ever heard Of by man. and has seen this gsvsuic wires
applied TO dead bodies, which have opened their eyes
jumpea up, and walked sbout the reon-desd all the
while He IL aper sct master Of the inricaciss OF the
currency question and explain II 10 his own sstiac-
ton This knowledge he has acqsircd by being deeply
engaged in foreign trade and exchanges Hsna great