, 1858-11-26
PUGET SOUND HERALD.
sTEILACOOM, W. T., nov. 90, 1858.
AN AMERICAN ON his TRAVELS.


Mr.. John William Clayton, late Captain Of 18th
Light Dragons, has recently presented to the
world an interesting volume, under the title o
"Ubiquc; or, English Country Quarters and
Eastern Bivouac" 1t is an account of the march
Of his regiment from their country quarters, and
their voyage to the Crmca. At Constantinoplc,
the ship, which contained three thousand sons
of Mars and one hundred and ninety horses,
made an acquisition in the person of an Ameri.
can amateur. Mr.. Cayton's account of him is
so graphic that We transfer it to our columns:
"We took on board that day an American
gentleman, proceeding as an amateur to the Cri.
inca, whose easy and unsophisticatcd manner,
especially at dinner, was the theme Of all behold.
rrs. For instance; il he, by chance, saw bet
ter potato in hi' neighbor's plate than he had in
his own, he simply, without hesitation, plunged
his fork into it, and began quietly to masticatc
the pundercd vegetable. lie was also especially
communicative as to his own private family affairs,
fjr he once cOnGded gently to us that his wifi.
made system Of ilogging her children all round
every morning, whether they deserved It or not,
because il was nearly sartain that the critturs
would require the bircL before the day was out,
and she liked always to get her business over
carly in the morning. This 'curious anecdote
was followed by another, great deal more so +.
"a cousin Of his, in whom the passion for fox
hunting was so strong that, having unfortunately
lost both arms and both legs in action, he no;-
withstanding fixed himself on Lis horses back
in machine, something in shape like gigantic
egg cup, and went across the country holding the
reins in his teeth, and when they became al Cx.
tractcd by the hard pulling of the animt', he
then fxcl the reigns tightly to ring in his
nosei This gentleman besides favored US with
occasional remarks about the iiigidity and un.
Gemonstrativo and phlegmatic character of the
English in general: That when he was in Lon
don, they looked at him from head to foot as Il
they were measuring him for bis collin, or about
TO dig his grave; and that il he mot any one
with whom he had made an acquaintance, riding
perhaps up anl down Rotten.row, the first time
he or she passed there was certainly dismal at
tempt at a smile; the second time ghastly grin
the third time prctcnce at being some one else
WI hAS oehNA SNt- " Wv teRuf VI NASS taas
bowed wildly to some imaginary person up in a
tree, and the fourth time they looked daggcrs at
him. Another important fact we also became
acquainted with, which, however, We might with
little difficulty have OWNED, viz: that our friend
never, from the beginning, obtained any success
with the fair sex: first, because he had neither
brass nor gold, which are the chief requisites for
the attanmcntof Of aAy granG result among them,
especially with the last Of the two; for the smiles
ora pretty woman are the tears Of the purs s-the
latter must be drained to insure the continuance oI
the former; and, secondly, by some unfortunate
decree Of fate, ladies' invariably caught him look
ing at them when they were yawning and Il was
natural they should be enragcd, as that process
generally prcluces watcry eyes and red noses,
which may be striking, but scarcely becoming.
This Yankee gentleman was really most refresh.
ing, for, like bad shot, he always kCp; the game
alive. By.thc-by, he told us pointer he once
possessed was so keen at his work, that missing
him one day on certain shooting excursion, he
sought him in vain for weeks and months and
still no clue could be found Of the lost animal,
until one day he came across the skeletons Of a
eOvcy Of partridgcs in potato field, and few
yards of was the skeleton Of his dog, still point
ingl So eager and sharp was the beast at his
work, that it had pointed itself to DEATH"