Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1861-04-27

| o. MS liuSNTiOuS guest. anu slOIe 10 NOT
folk street so quietly that nobody in the
neighborhood recognized his majesty the
thin gentlemen who got out of the~nodest
looking coach at the Cars lodgings. The
Gear returned the visit with the same pre-
cautions, and was admitted into Kensing
ton house by back.door. 1t was after.
ward known that he took no notice Of the
fine pictures with which the palace was
adorned. But over the chimney of the
royal sitting room wa, a plate which, by
an ingenious machinery, indicated the di
rection of the wind, and with this plate he
was in raptures.
He soon became weary Of his residence.
He found that he was too far from the OBJ
jects of his curiosity, and too near to the
crowds to which he was himself an object
Of curiosity. He accordingly removed to
DeptfOrd, and was there lodged in the
house Of John Evelyn, house which had
long been tavorite resort of men of let
ters, men of taste, and men Of science -
Here Peter gave himself up to his favorile
pursuits. He navigaied yacht every day
! up and down the river. | lis apartment
was crowded with models Of three deck
ers, and two deckers, frigates. sloops, and
fire ships. The only Euglishman of rank
| in whose society he seemed to take much
pleasure was the eccentric Claermar,han,
whose passion for the sea bore some re.
! semblance to his own, and who was very
competent to give an opinion about every
| par; OF a ship from the stem to the stern.
/ Claermarthen, indeed, became so great a
flvorite that he prevailed on the Car to
consent to the admission of a limited
/ quantity Of tobacco into Russia There
was reason to apDrehsnd that the Russian
clergy would cry ont against any relaxa,
ton Of the ancient rule, and would sire n
uously maintain that the practice of
smoking was condemned by THAT text
which declares that man is detiied, not bv
those things which enter in at the mouth,
bat those which proceed out of it. This
apprehension was expressed by aeputa-
uon of merchants who were admitted to
ali audience of the Car, but they were
reassured by the air with which he toll
then, that he knew how to keep priests in
order.
lie was. indeed. so free from any bigot
Cd attachment to the religion in which be
had been brought mp. that hoh Catholics
and Protestans hoped at different times
10 make him a prosclyte. Burnct, CON,
mssioned by his brethren. and inpelIcd
40 doubt, hy his own restless curiosity
and love Of meddlng, repaired to Dept
ford, and was honored with several audi,
ences. Th" Car could not be persuad dcd
to exhibit himself at St. pauls, but he
was induced to visit Lambeth Palace. -
There he saw the ceremony of ordination
performed, and expressed warm approba-
ton Of the Anglican ritual Nothing in
England astonished him so much as the
episcopal library, 1t was the first
good collection of books that he had seen.
and he declared that he hal never mag.
inei that there were 50 many printed vol.
umes in the world.
The impression which he made on Bur
net was not favorable. The good bishop
could not understand that min! which
seemed t, be chiefly occupied with ques-
tions about the besl place foc capstau
and the best way of rigging a jury mast,
might be capable, not merel y of ruling an
empire, bat of creating n nation. He com,
planned that he had gone 20 see great
prince and had found only an industrious
ship wright. NN does Evelyn seem to
have formed u much more favorable opin
ion of his august tenant. 1t was, indeed,
not in the character Of tenant that the
Gar WAS likely to gain the good word Of
civilized men. With all tho high qualities
which were peculiar to himself, he had all
the filthy habits which were then common
among his couatrymen. To the pna of
his lie, while discIplicing armies, found,
ing schools framing codes. organizing tri-
bnnals. building cities in deserts, joining
distant seas by artificial rivers, he lived in
his place like hog i'll a sty and when he
was entertained by other sovereigns, new
er failed to leave on their tapestried walls
ana velvet state beds uncauivoeal proofs
that Il savage bad been there Evclyn's
house was in such state that the treasu.
ry qn"tad his complaints with consider
able sum Of meney.
Towards the close Of March the Gar
visited Portsmouth,, saw sham sea fight
at Spithead, watched every movement Of
the contendirg fleets with intense intereN,
and expressed, in warm terms, his graft
tude to the hospitable government which
had provided SO delightful spectacle for
HIS ahu.ttHehL aHl ihsr"'lDn. hIter
pa sing more than three months in Eng.
hand, be departed in high good humor,--
His visit, his singular character, and wha,
was runore1 Of his great designs, excited
Ruch curiosity here, bnt nothing more
than curiosity. EnglAnd had AS yet moth.
ing to hope or TO fear from his vast EN-.
pjp. All hcr serious apprehensions we're
directed toward a different quarter.
Why should we expect Linco!n to en-.
courage Southern lnslitutions?' Because