Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1853-05-20
Americana and Enr,.n.l

Inc mportailons Of lions to England lust nov, ara
ali from America Peace on the cont;nen, has s,or.
PED the supply Of banished kings nr;ncss and
uukes ana as los smaller European noables, repubI
can refugees converted priests. &c. in theatrical
lance they will not draw There Is no snch ,hnr ' -
getting up an enthusiasm for anything moi ransaan.
tic. - A''Ao"taii.
At the head OF the list of Americans now star,;no
lt" IN England IS Mrs. Stove, the world renowned
authoress of Uncle Toms Cabin. She is the bero;ns
of all the greatest festivals going on in the lingdom
the recipient OF penny subscriptions the snb;ect III
toass the idol of speech makers the victim If or'
shipping mobs. Her dress, her figure her hair bo,
eyes her teeth her cheek bones. analyticay de-
scrlbed In newspapers; her few publicly snokpn
words are greedly noted down. published and devon
ed, and she is forced in spite of her sex 10 endure
all the exposure and the rudeness that are tho n,tal
consequences OF great popular reputation, Mrs
Stowe is by all odds the greatest of American Lons
ever taken to England.
After her, probably, Nathaniel Hawthorne will he
the most feted of this seasons American visitors
But his fame is purely literary, and he will get nc
penny subscriptions and very few diners eyceni vha
he pays for. There will be curious few 10 run af
ter and scan the cOuntenance of him who wrote the
Scarlet Letter and the House of the Seven Gables bn
to ninetenths Of the people of England the Scarlet
| Letter is much dead letter as if ii were Black
Letter, and the House of the Seven Gables has moi
half as much significance the House that Jack but
Then he has thrown up his literary office in acceptino
commercial one, and among the Liverpool merchants
where his lot is cast there will be found very little
sympathy for his literary character. consuiship IS
completely matter of dollars and cents that il will
dry up for the time being all the springs of his ina
gination, as did his berth in the Salem Custom House
We hope, however, he may make fortune in the Of
nee, and, when four years have EXPIRED may be turn
ed out and be forced 10 write again. as he was four
years ago, when the world rejoced over the produc
ton of the Scarlet Letter.
! After Mr.. Hawthorne in fame, though before him
IN distinction. the prpSienf W.
Buren,. now afloat on the Atlantic. He is the frs
specimen OF live eX-Pesdent shipped from the
United States to Europe, and he goes with as little
parade as does John Bullock the retired butcher who
is quite as great man, in social position at home as
the retired President. This will surprise our friends
across the water, who are accustomed 10 make
heroes of "discrowned" kings and other potcntates
But they will find our discrowned President a very
hearty, happy old man, and capital specimen of Z
well preserved, COOL looded American gentleman
who having achieved the highest honors of his coun
try looks with Indifference at the accession
new Presidents, and becomes again private citizen
We pass over the list of ex- Congressman, ex-di
pIomatS, small writers and small regulations tina
swarm In Europe now, and the next noability tina
strikes us is the Z" Black Swan,' who is this il
Eng land, and who, in the wake of Mrs. Stowe, tn
great author of negro heroics, ought TO be nearly a
great lion We shall look anxiously for the report
of banquets given to the Black Swan, testimonials f
the Black Swan, letters from Lord Carlisle and tn
Duchess of Sutherland 10 the Black Swan and tn
opening OF Stratfor House to the Black Swan. Con
sisency exacts all these honos in behalf of the rep
resentative of the out of whose sufferngs Mrs
Stowe has made so great fortune and vast a rep
utation.
The next distinguished American going 10 Europ
after the Black Swan, is the Hon. James Buchanan
minister TO England, But he has not yet embarked
and it would be anticipating too much TO speculate
the impression he will make We therefore break O
with the Black Swan. Mr., 3uchanan's recepio
may be matter for future reference.-Phu Bulletin