Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-09-07
NUMBER SO.
RICHMOND WHIG.
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lFrom the Loodon Time, A., a,

| V'o'n 'ne London Times, Aug. sl)
material dp for s. Is dm 30, the ag. Of poetry m ha, tho
onnS US sweet little eclogue thar S,r na;,... "a
simplicity Will match anything in Uncls IT,, ~. S
indeed, are not PASTORAL nor are thew Ti,v
and ,bs srn.,i ,he recent aequrer Of his freedom
,, u "e e2Patnahd husbandman on the con,,,,v
s1r not. gentle reader-they tie C.ar NIe6oIa, ~
tu'hee adreo'rner-no imaginary char,c,sr. -, -
gos up BY Charles Mathews, with the a.
sistance OF MIR. Nathan but the vsrv -. ~
men they are real, hearty fellows e,rnes, =; sas
esuon ana cordial in their sympathy f,'s The -,
'ning we've seen 10 long while. The two b,vs h..n
AZ ohneI table, not once. but dozen times exeb,na.
ing remarks, advice. and gossip with oon6isn.. -,
thy OF Haley and Legree Peaehum and rct,, WI. .s
other celebrated associates. DR.. Thomas Co,,m,n vh,
was raised IN Maryland, but who has occasonaIly n,
u,s uieocine In LOUISIANA where he still owns n
plantation and large number Of slaves tells Mia o.,
story to the NEw YoRK HER.Lp In bis r,mhI..
'tous" Europe he found himself quite at bome-,,
.nueeo' ne informs us all Americans are-witb ths
.r.r s ."eie Is something in the English which has
gentleman, 1t Is quite delightful To be admitted h.hnS
lne scenes BY one who felt such difficulty. and .n
pears TO have met with none. The Car then =, ~,
zen nPIanon sa, as perhaps we should call him, is
capital fellow, quite ready TO put Of state with ,nh
/ dy who can do transaction for mutual ,dv,n,J ~"
So are all the Romanohs. Constantine in n,,is,si-
though not so tall the Others is quite 90 ahead H.
,JoSs Iue IKE Yankee and in many points Of his
character there IS great similarity. Indeed though
Dr. Cotiman uisntans little prudent reserve 40 20
these points of similarity, and the MANY en,s,,,;nao
social meetings he has had with the family one :, az.
sy perceive 'hat the doctor and Constantine have been
good deal together, gCing the round of the bars A. q,
Petersburg and Cronsadt, drinking sherry-cobhler "a
gin sings, splitting like gentleman and letting nm, fra
ABOUT those iarnatIon ardly Britishers In m.
Ianly group we must not omit the Grand Duchess Ma
rle, who Is mOnstrous fine woman and m,ds Eel.
very agreeable TO the doctor '
.drcndes dmbo, equally ready to administer "sof,
aei ana 10 lake (which of them shall we bepio
WIN reihaPs we should pronounce Nicholas Ro-
manoif most in love with the country the ins,;,n,;
and the politics Of his friend At all avsn,. =,
cnmes out the oudest. "He is exceedingly das;,, ;,
says the DOCTOR 'o cultivate the friendship Of our cum,
y of which he always speaks in the highest terms Of
praise" Then comes something which we ,binL ua -
have heard before "There are y saws NicboI,s o.
| TWO governments in the word-those of Ross;, ,nd
America; and although have the greatest reg,Id f
the latter yet know it would be lmpracricabe in INV
| country" Now, that is rather TOO bad. Ills s.r;nS
OF Napoleon, which the Gar has flched with hi; naI
al indifference To the right of property .n half 60
tury. said Napoleon, 'there will be ONLY two oovorn
men's in EuroPe-RePublican and Cosssck - and couId
he have read the article before u.s. he uouId -,
thought his prediction very nigh a, hand IN, a Ill
proceed with The CoSsack reported by the republc,n
The republican form of government is best su;ted ;,
be added or the people of the United States because
!hey are enlightened and intelgent but with Russia
Is entirey different, and the government she has is
he only one entirely suited To her condition TTben
say, "lrs an i'll bird that fouls its own nest but 40 H.
Czar must know good deal more of his own subjects
% .haa we DO, we must Permi. him to inform the world
that they are good for nothing but be slaves II !.
rather hard, however. that the Gar should claim ~ -
equal authority as to the rest Of the world For
Pe' whatever he and his friend Cottman NAV think Of
Us. we peg 70 prefer our own government desposm
ano 10 oeieVe ourselves IN no for the latter We
think The same Of the Turks, and indeed of all ,bs
o'her nations Of Europe excepting only the Russiaos
who may be what their describes them far auobt
we SNOW 70 me contrary The Americans. OF coufse.
fands L.
them, says the enraptured Doctor He do,es on ,bsm
| lie knows everything about them He knows the
names OF the leading men ia every State by n.ms-
ne M also thoroughly Posed up" in the history Of the
ters Russia with the greatest hospitality he rive.
'hem letters OF introduction. and employs them ia all
sorts OF ways, and offers end of inducements In
deed by way OF proving his entire confidence in the
whole nation, he actually inrusts Louisiana Doctor
with an important mission to Washington, Of which
more anon. - S''
1t Is not upon Russian institutions that Dr. Cottnan
returns all these compliments These institutions NAV
oe wen enough Tor Russians, Turks Britishers, and
hsges but the Doctor evidently prefers for himself the
whiP end OF the socia system, and would not like IN
be knoued or sent to Siberia without knowing the
son why 80 he pays for imperial condescensions for
te OF the Archduke and the afabillty of the
Archduchess, with sympathy in everything that relates
10 the present war He undertakes 10 be the imoeri,l
champion against all aspersions his conduct and
noNes ana, oy the same rule, he repeats with affec-
'onae ndey all the statements Of the Russian Jour
nails, the most mpudent orgeres Of the Russian nress
and whatever has dropped from the lips of his imneraI
friend. The Gar, SO far from throwing any imnedi
ment IN the way Of Sir Hamilton Seynours goods ac-
.uay paid their carriage home, which, Of course will
be gratifying news TO Sir Hamilton .''rhe Car saws
he will withdraw his troops only when the Snl,sn
agrees toguarantee the rights Of all Christians in his
dumnlons y and the Doctor adds with delight thai th.
Gar is confident OF utmate success though what the
success to be-wt ether the rights OF all Cbns,i,ns
k.. &.
TO ascertain But what the Doctor takes most pains 10
Promugae and show in the most lively coots are our
shortcomings and mishaPs in the war. Standing at
the imperial elbow catching the very curl of the inne
nal P, and Joting in his note book the sweet accents
o imperial scOrn, he enumeates the nameless places in
the Gull OF Finland We have attacked instead Of the
granite biteres of Cronsadt, which, he says on what
authority Is best known to him. navy had proclaim.
ed ITS Intention To destroy and then on the authority Of
letter by supposed officer in the Leopard published
10 tie Dublin PoH, he tells of the crews Of twenty
British ships having landed in some quiet part of Fin.
land, destroyed all the houses, and finished by violating
all the women and girls in the dstrict-a feat we can
only say, most dscredabe TO the Russian commando
ants and the Finnish peasanty who we are assured by
the Car and his journals able To beat any number
ot BRUSH and French in the proportion Of one Fin to
twentyot the invaders. The English public the Doc
tor informs his Amersan readers are all this time un-
der the most egregous mistake the progress Of the
war They think they are demoshing fortfesses cap
turing men OF war; and taking fleets of valuable prizes
and the press, OF course, fosters the delusion.
This ls rather hard the English public. They
are scoded on the side for grumbling a, the small
results and ardy operations Of the war; and then are
described to the Yankees under the most ridiculous
delusiOn as TO is progress
But now for the business part Of the affair. Two
such good fellows the Gar and the Doctor could no
more part without transaction than Haley and lie,
gree. The Doctor made over to the Car Turkey and
whatever else he could lay his hands on in the Old
World. In return for this the Car gave the Yankees
Cuba, which he considers be theirs by right of her
geographical position, and which accordingly he advises
Dr. CoItman and his fellow citizens to lake whether
the Spanish government is willing OF not. The two
Potenaies having thus accommodated one another with
lwo objects rather to their hearts, came 10 mon
ey transaction. The Czar commissions the Doctor to
ofeI Sitka and we suppose all the Russian possessions
In North America, for sale to the United States. and il
appears the bargain is likely to be made These pos
sessions have only possible value, and that only
be realized in American hands They may be made the
ground Of some imaginary claim, hunting hsh-
ervf fiuht fho