New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-26

with pepere and the morning fettelss "A 10 engraved
porraits--W Washington prsdamir ant-yere On the
valls An oriaipsl proclamation Of the 6rst soeras
framed, burg there; but could not ostch ia teoo,
Scne suits Of old amor further decorated the Ais.
and variety Of other things were scattered about,
ndioatrg their posfeseor 70 be man Of some tssta
The General himself bed seen before, ard Il oocs
recognized. He 10 tnelooking portly msa, Of Is or
20 summers bis couptenance denotng strong good
serse, and q good deal Of determination. He vas
United states minister he tod me, for oonider able
time at the Court Of Louis Philippe, and enjoyed the
persor friendship of that monarch In tue course Of
a very heightened and interesting conversation. We
tailed Of the feeling Of Amerios toward Eng Gland
lie asserted that there lie no Russian feeling really and
with England, ill they received the report of some
speech Of Lord ClaIendons in which he hsd said that
the &C bDed tets now 10 the sea Of Azof might ere
another Summer, be in The Gulf Of Mexico. they had
and Hsrce combined could defy the world. These
end such like expressions he said, had annoyed the
Americans and stined up feeling hostile to England
lie regretted il, be said, very much; and would de-
harce with France which they fear. They deprecsts
England lending herself to France on qus sdons Of
word. wide policy,
He also referred To the absurd books written by En-
glisbmen about America. They come over here, he
SAID, run over the country for three months and think
they understand 1t. Few, be said, very few under
stood the fundamental principles of their government.
Each State has the entire control Of its affairs,
ters affecting the Union. But with tho internal gov.
emf, acts Of the individual States the General
Government takes nothing to do. Even this, he CON-
plsred, was not understood; and when States such
as Psnnsslvanis and Missouri repudsted ACTS which
the CEREAL Government could no more control than
could-Sydney Smith and others launched their nvec
tives against the whole constitution, government,
and character Of the United States as such.
He referred alsoto whst he called the gross fsbrcs
tons of writer's; and, ss an example, gave the
story narrated by one, OF being asked by the stage
driver, Are you tbs that il going to do 20 add
SOP and on receiving an affirmative reply, adding
Tbs be ssid could not be true. lie had travelled over
all the States again and again, and he felt convinced
he raid, that one was civil himself, be was sure he
wonld meet with nothing but oiviity.
this The respective uses of the terms man and gen
tkman here are very ludicrous; and the lady" Of
one gentleman certainly saio TO friend Of ours in
reference to our party "fel the men to come ina
very gracious way Of extending invitation to walk
up and SEQ her husbands museum.
Mot erroneous ideas Of Epgisn manners obtain too
Thus, they think We never shake hands, because is
not usual to do 30 on casual Introduction. Now,
here, when you introduced to ever many tsgrag
and tail, you have TO shake hands with them all,
and are probably expected to profess yourself highly
grstfed at making their acquaintance. But, on the
other hard, if you nave been talking very intmstely
to your host or hoste.. or their daughter for half
evening is woful breech Of etiquette 10 venture TO
shake hands on leaving. was unfortunate enough 70
do this on one occasion and was made aware OF the
solecism bad committed, BY the remark having been
overheard, "Whst an nhichon to shake hands all
round that way"
With this previous experience II amused me to hear
Mr.. Cass say, be held out his hand on my rising to
leave "You Epglshmen NUT learn to shake hands
when you come to this country" |" Why, General"
REPLIED "tbst is particularly Eoglish custom, only
you reverse our way of il; when you see a msn for
the FIRST time You shake hands with him, and profess
friendship, whether you know him or not and when
vou a If
Now We wait till We have learned something of how
We like each other, and if we do. we shake hands in
token that we hope to meet again hs SAID the
bis avirg Paris when, going to sko his congo t.
Louis Phlipee the %o me arch stepped forward and
Our readers must not suppose that the whole Of
Mr.. Fereuson's volume is taken up with these Cos
sipipg details, although so large aportion ss he
deyotes to them was scarcely worth the trouble of
putting into print. His attention seems to have
been directed 10 the internal improvements and the
mineral resources Of this country, and on each Of
these subjects he brings forward mass Of valuable
statistics.
ABANDONMENT OF THE DEBATES OF CONGRESS.
Vol. v. svo PIP 757 Appleton 4 Co.
The present volume CON mepces with the Extra Ses.
zion of the Thirteenth Congress- called together from
the exiRence, of the war then psndiog With Gfeas
Britain, on the 9th Of May, 1913. 1t includes the
thee sessions of tina. Congress and the two sessions OF
the Fourteenth Congress- which terminated March ),
1917. Thus far the reports Of Senatorial debates
continue quite scanty, though 10 the course OF this
voltme they begin to gain oonsit eably In extent.
II includes all the debates in relation to the esab-
lishmeut of the second Bank Of tho United ates
and to the system Of protec Jon of domestic manu-
features by a tariff, as substitute for that mo-
nopoIy Of the homo market which they had enjoyed
DUNG the commercial restrictions and the war, and
under the encouragement Of which they had made
very rapid progress. This volume may be considered
az terminating the older portion Of our Federal history
and Is introducing TO questions closely connected
with existing interests. We cannot forbesr again to
notice the handsome style in which the work is got
out, ss credit rot only TO the publishers out 10 the
New-York press.
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