New-York daily tribune., 1854-09-04
DIR. COTTMAN AND THE CAR.
Frnn The Leadcn Tire,

Saw not this is not the sge OF poetry ana tnat the
material for the drama Is extinct. ine auercah
naners hiring us sweet little eclogue tha or Rd.r@e
and simplicity will match anything IN CHes I0"'
The nersonages indeed are nos pastoral nor
are tkev Tityrus and Meho@us, the recent aS'
ouirer Of his freedom and the expatrliied nusOsnu-
man. ON the coutrary-start not gentle reader-tney
ave the CIar Nicholas and Yankee save-owner-
no imaginary characters. no men IN buckram got up
No by Cherries Mathews with the assistance OF W.
Nathan but the very men; anu true men tney are
real hearty fellows, earnest IN ther voc fuon anu
cordial in their sympathy. It's the realest thing
seen a long while. The two have been at dInner-
table not once but dozen times, exchanging re-
marks. advice and gossip with confluence worthy
of Haley and Legree, Peachum and Locktt ana
other celebrated associates. Dr. Thomas Cottman,
who was raised in Mary land but who has occasionally
pracced medicine in Louisiana, where he sun owns
plantation and large number OF slaves ,es MS own
story to The Ner- York. Herald In his ram0les
through Europe he found himself quite at home,-as,
indeed he informs MS all Americans are,vh the Car
As there is something in the English which has al
ways prevented them from getting on wen win
this gentleman it is quite delightful to be admited
behind the scenes by who felt no such dthcalty,
and appears Ia have met with none. The Gar then,
or Citizen Romsn0h. as perhaps We should call MN,
is capital fellow quite ready To put oil state win
ANYBODY who can do transaction for mutual advan-
tage. So are oil the Romanofs Constantine, IN
particular though not tall AZ the others, Is quite
ro-ahead. He looks quite like Yankee, and IN many
points of his character there Is great similarity.
Indeed though Dr. Cottmsn maintains little pru-
dent reserve to these points OF similarity and tne
many entertaining social meetings he has had with
the family one can easily perceive that the Doctor
and Constantine have been good deal together, go
ing the rounds of the bars at ~. Petersburg and
Croustadt, drinking shery.cObbier and gln-sllng,
splitting like gentlemen, and letting out freely about
those tsrnaton cowardy Britishers In the family
rroup we must not omit the Grand Duchess Marie,
who is N onstrOus fine woman, and made herself very
agreeable to the Doctor.
1rca9es onbo equally ready 10 administer soft
." .awder'' and 20 take it-which OF them shall
begin with Perhaps we should pronounce Nicholas
Romanoff most in love with the country, the nstitu
tons and the politics OF his new friend. At all events,
becomes out the lOudest I" He il exceedingly desl-
"rous saws the Doctor, "toCultivate the friendship
"of our country of which he always speaks in the
"hiehest terms of praise Then comes something
which we think we have heard before. " There are,
SAYS Nicholas, but two Governments IN the world
those of Russia and America; and, although
"have the greatest regard for the latter, yet know
{" it would be impracticable in my country Now,
that's rather too bad II asayingo Napoleon switch
the Car has lched, with hls usual Indifference to the
rights fproperty. In halfa century, said Napoleon,
There will be only two governments IN Europe
Republican ana Cossack;' and, could he have read
the article before u.s. he would have thought his pre-
dlcton very nigh at hand. But we will proceed with
the Cossack as reported by the Republican. " The
republican form OF government Is best suited, he
added "or the people of the United States, because
"they are enlightened and intelligent but with Rus
"sia j, is entirely different, and the government she
has is the only entirely suited 10 her condition..
They say " Its Ill bird that fouls its own nest"
hut az the Car must know good deal more OF his
on subjects than We do, we must permit him to in
form the world that they good for nothing but 70
be- slaves Il is rather hard however, that the Car
should claim be equal authority to the rest Of
the world. For example, whatever he and his friend
Cottmsn may think of Us, we beg to prefer our own
government TO despotism and to believe ourselves in
no case for the latter We think the of the Turks
and indeed of all the other nations of Europe except
ing only the Russians who may be what their master
describe them for aught we know to the contrary. The
Americans course he entirely understands. He more
than understand shem, says the enrapured doctor. He
dotes on them. He knows everything about them
He knows the names Of the leading men in every
State by name He is also thoroughly posted up
in the history Of the different parties He treats every
American who enters Russia with the greatest hosp-
taty he gives them letters of introduction, and em
pOys them in all sorts of ways, and offers no end Of
Inducements. Indeed by way OF proving his entire
confidence in the whole nation he actually intrusts
Louisiana doctor with an important mission to Wash
ington, of which more anon.
IL s not upon Russian institutions that DIR. COtt-
man returns all these compliments. These institu
tons may be well enough for Russians, Turks Brit
shers and niggers but the doctor evidently prefers
tor himself the whip end Of the social system, and
would not like to be knouted sent Siberia with
out knowing the reason why. SO he pays for Impe-
rial condeseeDsons for the familiarity Of the Arch
pathy in every thing that relates to the present
lie undertakes to be the Imperial champion against
all aspersOns as 70 his conduct and motives, and By
the same rule be repeats with sffectionate fidelity al
the statements OF the Russian journals, tho most i'm
pudent forgeries Of the Russian press and whatever
has dropped from the lips Of his Imperial friend.
The Gar so far from throwing any impediment in
the way Of Sir Hamilton Seymours goods, actually
paid their carriage home, which, Of course, will be
gratifying news to Sir Hamilton. Z" The Car saws
I" be will withdraw his troops only when the Sultan
egrees to guaraI tee the rights Of all Christians
in bis dominons and the Doctor ADDS with delight
that the Car is confident Of ultimate success though
what that success is TO bewhethsr the rights Of all
Christians, or the expulsion of all Turks-the Doctor
has forgotten to ascertain. But what the Doctor takes
mos, pains 10 promulgate and show in the most lively
coors are shortcomings and mishaps in the war.
Standing at the Imperial elbow catching the very curl
of the Imperial lips and ottng in his notebook the
sweet accents of Imperial scorn he enumeratss the
nameless places in the Gulf of Finland we have at.
tackled instead Of the granite batteries Of Cronstsdt
which, be says, on what authority s best known 10
him. navy had proclaimed its intention 10 destroy:
and then, on the authority Of letter by supposed
officer in the Leopard, published in The Dublin Pos
he tells Of the crews of twenty British ships having
landed IN some quiet part Of Finland DESTROYED all the
houses and property and finished by violating ali the
women and girls In the dstrcta feat we can only .ay
most discreditsble 10 the Russian commandsnts and
the Finnish peasaniry, who, we are assured by the
Gar and MS journals, are able TO beat any number of
Britsh and French, in the proportion OF one Fin to
twenty Of the inyaders The English public the Doctor
informs his American readers, are all this time under
the most egTeglOas mistake ~ the progress of the
war. They think they are dsmoli.ninI sortresses
capturing men-of-war, and taking feet. Of valuable
prizes and the press. of course fosters the delusioa
This II rather hard on the English public. They are
scodeo on one sGe tor grumbng at the small results