The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1856-03-06
COLUMBIA COUNTY. PA. THURSDAY. MARCH 6. 1856

selfish motives, rather than TO the mere fac
OF an individual having lived, and perhap
misussd, ,wenty.one years of his life." o
course, rich man from England should b,
allowed 10 vote Immediately; poor mar
never.
In December Miss Murray proceeds South
ward. Al Baltimore she finds the relation o
mieiress and servant to possess "a more
agreeable aspect than at the North, where i
is commonly characterized by complalnle ol
annoyance on The one side, and saucy indif.
ference on the other" Here also she meets
some Southern ladies, "whose voices and
manner OF speaking are more refined and
graceful" than those Of the other States she
had visited. At Washington, at Willare'a
Hotel, she finds in the evening dancing GO
ting CIT vory morriiy In tne Iadies' room, "lhe
ladies' all in dsmiotlstle;;" but she remarks
,ha, she did not "see so generally the absurd
Haunting style of dress SO remarkable at New
York; "f
On this occasion. she thus speaks Of living
in hotels: s rs ;t.s
"on Christmas day I walked to church
with young lady, whose family reside with :
in few miles of this place but they take
up their residence 10 this house during the
winter. ! understand that the habit OF hotel
life is every year becoming more general in
the States, This is partly encouraged by the
troubles arising from servants; the older la.
dies gel rid Of housekeeping, and the young
ladies. are INDUCED with constant society but
10 English tastes this mode of existence would
be bearabls-conlInued noise, hustle, and
excitement, no repose OF mind and no home
duties. il is advantageous to foreigner,
who wishes to become acquainted with the
people of the country; but should suppose
ii must be ruinous 10 the manners and the
domestic character of the higher class Of
young women; frivolily and Incidence must
be encouraged, for any plan Of industrial oc
cupation is hopeless attempt in such places
as these. would rather take up my abode
in any farmhouse in England, than be con.
demned 10 fIi.ter away my life in a great
American hotel. Still, for me, as a stran-
ger and a traveller, it is uncommonly pleas
ant.h
The Smithsonian Institute, and the dispute
about the application Of. the Smithsonian leg.
acy, suggest 10 our tourist the idea that we
want "healthier ideas on The subject Of edu-
calion." and "an improved and more practi.
cal female training" She remarks
Gin this country, hear that though it has
no queen, all the suomen are queens' should
rather call them playthngs-doIls; things
treated as II they were unfit or unwilling TO
help themselves or others: and while we in
England have nearly cas-. aside arts of the
toilet worthy only Of dolls, see here false
brows, false bloom, false hair, false every.
thing mot always, but loo frequently. Dress
in America, as an almost general rule, is
full of extravaganza and artiiciality; and
women show such wan. Of reliance upon
their native powers OF pleasing their in
fuence ia society will be more nominal than
real"
At Washington size meets with an inter-
esting family, natives of New Orleans, who
speak English with an accent; bul Miss M.
prefers "our language little broken, TO the
broad and often nasal pronuncia ton of New
England and New York. The southern peo.
pie have pleasing voices, and are much less
provincisl ir their speech, than those of The
northern States."
From Washington the author proceeds
soulhward, finding the manners of the whites
soften as she goes, and sees new reason 10
believe in the necessity aud advantages of
Such being as Uncle Tom, de.
scribed in Mrs. Slowe's book, she is convin-
ced never had an existence. The blacks are
all Topsy 8, according TO our author, with the
exception that they are not, like Mrs Stoves
Topsy, reclaimable and improvable under
treatment which regards them as reasonable
beings. We quote par, of what she says on
these subjects:
"At one of the railroad stations watched
a young and intelligent. looking black man,
considerably beyond boyhood, perseveringly
keeping on kind of Highland trot over
number of small pitch.b barrels with all the
zest Of white child from four 10 six years of
age. I begin 10 doubt whether they ever
grow mentally after twenty. They are pre-
cocious children, being SO initiative; they
soon ripen, come TO siand-still, and ad-
vance no farther. In this respect Uncle Tom
is myth, but Topsy reality. I mean 10
go and see sale OF slaves my wish is to
judge the subject fairly in all its bearings,
and this ! may be trusted 10 do even by abo.
Ii,ionis,s; for early prejudices and my ma
tional and acquired feelings are certainly OPP
posed to slavery but if coun,enances are
History as well as prophecy the national ex.
preston Of faces in the North, as conlras,ed
with those OF the South, tell strange, and
TO me unexpected story, as regards the
greatest happiness principle of The greatest
number!
"Of course, il must be borne in mind that
no rules are without exception; but oh! the
haggard, anxious, melancholy, restless, sick
ly, hopeless faces have seen ia the North.
em Sia,es-in the rail.cars, on The steamboats,,
in the saloons, and particularly in the ladies'
parlor. There is a beauty of feU,ure and
complexion, with hardly any individuality Of