Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-09-30

and customs Of her English friends, their houses
dTeSS, iufnituGe, &C.; anu the pteIace apologies
10 The English teadeE for The great minuteneSs oil
these detsl lis by Saying that they we've written for
The information VI her counlymen. lleT country
men ate Infinitely Obliged for her cpUsdsrnLe kind
ness. An examination Ollhese, PARTICULARS satisfies
us That In Ms. Stoves geography OF England is
terra ineogniLu. II is clear flat she does mol
know Of our having any information aLoutth 49,
| land Later lIIUn the Time when Julius Cesar made
his famous descent upon its shores, aud DESERT ed
the natives IN his commentaries Among the Gu
rious things which Mrs. Stowe has discovered and
reported for our benefit, we leuTn that at Lord
/ Caflisle's a room "wss warned aud enlivened by
the blnze of coal FIRE and wax Culidltsj" OF Lord
ElleSmeTes "lhe dog walled about the gallery,
much at home, putting his nose up first 10 one
and then another Of lie distinguished peTSons;''
and OF SialIlId House, people Can speak IL each
other "withoul formal pEesenallon, The pre-.
sumption being Iiiat'iobody IS invited with whom
| ii is not pIoper u at you should Converse" She
wUa invited by the Lerd Nay0T' who was "Simply
blessed in black and wOIe "mcssiye gold
choinj" lie judges were also "dTesssd in black,
with smbll clothes aud silk stockings" On an.
other occasion we leeln thst the principal men
were dressed in Oack lvei," aud that English la.
dies always appear al dinner parties III "Gull
dress" aud what full die rs. 1be ladies also
have "Gne LusS."
Apropos 10 The MnTqusOf Lpnsdowne, she says
the ''gTeal men oflbs old world regard orr CVun.
try thoughilully,n aud the maOlleIS Of such per.
suns os the MaIqus are not efficient from Those
Of highly educated people III our country" Oh
The Archbishop Of Canterbury, she remarks that
lie lwus, once "Bshop Of Chester aud is now
PHmatv OF all England" Slissils TO the royal
yculploT and "galheIS from his statements That
the youdg princes have much tile same leeIlng that
other boys have, and that they have a veEyjudci-
Gus mother" She dimes out, and observes that
tile Servants move nostleSslY to and fro, taking
UP the articles ON the table AM present them 10
the guests III peculiarly qJiet manner. One Of
The disLes was q plovet's nest, precisely as THE
nlOver hai made It, with FIVE little blue speckled
eggs in it. She es the ivy and the holly.busG,
aud forthwith has drawing made ofthe leaves oil
each, and Introduces theni with the air Of one
| ~liO shows 4 curiosity. Sometimes she IeveHeS
Tie Older and shows of our Affairs 10 let English
lgiends, always, however, luiSlNking the exreh.
encu OF her own narrow circle foI The customs
and chnfactefisli6so(t the whole United States.
The letters from England also contain quite u
gallery az portraits: Everybody who asked Mrs.
Stowe to dinner OF spoke to her civily may find
Ills ikeness here, duly dawn and Iickeled lot the
admiration Of erreadeis. Not one but has hil
allowance Of compliment ond praise. From hel
pTaclice, Mrs. Stowe seems to judge Of the quail
tlYof praise as asons judge Of inoTtaI size likes