Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1851-10-15

al tour in England, has commenced wn-
ting a series of home letters to the Detroit
DailyAdyertiser. His first letter Is capital
We make an extract from it'll
Well, I've been in London over week.
and have made good my time. I've not
stood with my hands in my pockets won
dering where should 60, or who should
20 with, as some Of the Yankees do. l
bolted of, "slap bang" First, l went TO
the Exhibition, of course, where everybody
goes, the first thing, and la! such q stu
pendous pile of glass the world never saw.
1t looks like an over-grown dollhouse, and
1 believe that will be its ulterior use at the
close of the present affair. As to the con-
tents of the building, can't begin to tell
what my eye lr.ngs in at one little glance
such medley of statuary and satins,
fabrics and feathers, pearls and petticoats,
machinery and mobs, silver and sandwiches,
all mixed up like pickles in a jar.
The American department don't quite
come up to the chalk, but as the Times
newspaper said some time ago, nation
with a continent in its pecket can afford to
be independent. We've got lots of slick
things here for all the talk and bluster, for
John Bull loves to turn up his nose, and
let him do it, he'll turn it up so far one of
these days that he he won't get it down in
hurry.
Among other distinguished places I have
visited, was the Tower, the great Tower
where Anne Boleyn and several other wise
people were afectionately invited to leave
their heads, and which they did much
against their wills, although l suppose they
made their wills before they went Its
gloomy sombre walls called up flood Of
golden recollections of the days Of Queen
Bess and her sister Mary, Then old Clar-
ence, too, who tumbled into butt of his
favorite Malmsey, and there 4 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 party of others
through the various apartments Of the
Tower, and our guide, who was chatty,
talkative little man, frisked about and
showed us every object with deal OF gus
to. At last he came to the great cannon
and ordnance captured from the enemies
Iof narious nations.
"This piece" said our little guide, with
all the pomp of little Englishman, who
never feels so happy as when boasting Of
their victories, this piece is from Water
loo. Lord, how we did beat them there.
This is from Badajos-this is from 50 and
so," and so he ran over the cannon, dHating
on the history Of each with evident satis-
faction visible in the movement Of every
muscle of his counteAaHce.
I saw he was highly diverted with rela'
ting the exploits Of his nation, SO thought
[ would " bring him to anchor" as the
sailors say. All at once looked carefully
about me, turning my head every which
way, and then looked enquiringly At the
guide.
"What are you looking for, sir, may
enquire ?" at length said he: "we've got
trophies from all nations" and he pointed
to a numb,r Of interesting specimens with
their mouth gaping open like hungry bull
dogs. "Haye you, indeed?" said l care
'lessly. 81 wasn't looking for French
trophies, nor Spanish"
~Perhaps it's the Chinese2' interrupt
ed he.
"No, not the Chinese" said I, "but ]
see you have got SO much stuff lying about
here, where's all that was captured from
the americans, eh?"
"Ah?' grunted he, looking amazingly
" Americans-yes, the Americans-fron
the Americans-you meanT
eyes" replied l, still looking, "1 dom
see any from the United States-whefe
, it all 81 want to see it"
) "Oh, yes! that taken in Ameriea-l sex
; yes"
Exactly" repeated I, III heard yo'
took good deal at Bunker Hill, and Ben
uiugton, and Trenton, and those places.
$50 VIC did," said he quickly, but i
was such old stuff that we didn't care abou
} bringing it home r
Just then sudden thought struck him
his eye rolled up, little blood flew to hi
checks, and he evidently " "smoked." Ii
took the queue, and backed down. Whe'
the company were going out, he leane'
. over and whispered in my ear that l was
. Yankee. ..-.,.
"I am nothing else, sir," said l, "an'
as for the old stuff you took at YORKTOWN
and several other places l might mention
9 Pu tell them to send them over to yo'
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