Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1851-11-06
Yankee silshee Fun london.

YANKEE SILsBEE," now on a professional tour in
England, has commenced writing a series oil letters
home, to the Detroit - Daily Advertiser" His first let
ter is capital. We make an extract from it,
Well, Pve been in London over u week, and have
made good my time. Pve not stood with my hands IN
my pockets wondering where L should go, or VINO l
should 90 with, as sumo OF the Yankees do. / bolted of
'slap bang" First, | went to the Exhibition oil course,
where everybody goes the first thing, and la! such a
stnpenduous pile OF glass the world never saw. ltlooks
like an oyerrrown hot.house, and | believe that will be
its Interior use at the close of the present affair. As to
the contents of the building, l can't begin TO tell you
what my eye brings in at one little glance-sucha a med
lev Of statuary and satins, fabricks and feathers, pearls
and petticoats, machinery and mobs, silver and sand
witches, all mixed up like pickles in a jar. The Ameri-
can department don't quite come up to the chalk, but as
the "Times" newspaper said some time ago, a nation
with q continent in its pocket can afford to be lndcpen-
dent. We've got lots of slick things here Tor all the talk
and buster. for John Bull loves to turn up his nose. and
let him do il, he'll turn it mp so far one OF these days
that he won't get it down In a hurry.
Among other distinguished places | have visited, was
the Tower, the great Tower. where Anne Boleyn and
several other wise people were afectlonately invited to
leave their heads, and which they did much against their
will, although | suppose they made their wills before
they went. It's gloomy, sombTe walls called up a Hood
Of golden recollections OF the days OF Queen Bess aud
her sister Mary. Then old Clarence, too, who tumbles
into a butt of his favorite Malmsey, and there " kicked
the bucket" We can't say whether the Duke was
drunk, although it must be confessed that when he died
he was very much in liquor. We roamed with a party
of others through the various apartments oil the Tower,
and our guide, who was a chatty, talkative little man,
frIskcd about and showed us every object with q deal Ol
gusto. At last he came to the great cannon and ord
nance captured from the enemies OF different nations.
This piece said our little guide, with all the pomp
of a little Englishman, who never feels so happy as when
boasIing of their victories, % this piece is from Water.
loo. Lord, how we did beat them there. This is from
Badaios-ihis is from So and So" and be ran over the
cannon, iilating on the history of each with evident sat-
isfaeiion in every muscle of his countenance.
saw he was highly diverted with relating the exploits
of his nation, so / thought / would bring him to
anchorp a little, as the sailors say. All at once | look.
ed carefully about me, turned my head every which way
and then looked enquiringly at the guide.
What arc you looking for, sir, may | inquirer at
length said he; 4" we've got trophies from all nations, u
and he pointed to a number OF Interesting specimens
with their mouths gaping open like hungry bulldogs.
"Have You, indeedF said | carelessly, Il wasn't
looking for French trophies nor Spanish
"Perhaps it's the Chinese?' interrupted he.
Ono, nor the Chinese" said / : but see you have
cot so much stuff lying about here, where's all that was
captured from the Americans eh?'
All I" grunted be, looking amazingly blank, " the
Americans-yes the Americans-lrom the Americans
you mean2"
Yes" replied 1, still looking. " I don't see any from
the United %States-where is it ALL want to see itp
ooh, yesl that taken in America see-yes."
deal at Bunker Hill and Bennington, and Trenton, and
those plaees.p
so we did /" said he quickly, { but Il 'oas such Oh
stuff that zoe didn't care about bringing it home!"
Just then a sudden thought struck him his eyes roll
ed mp, a little blood few to his checks and he evidently
smoked" He took the queue and backed down. Wher
the company were going out. he leaned over and whisp
cred in my ear that 1 was a Yankee.
Pm nothing else, sir" said L, ." and as for that oiC
stuff you took at Yorktown and several other places
might mention, TH tell them TO send it orer to yOa aOhen
Get hon1e."