New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-03-28
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For Turkish civilization Mr.. Buckle ba, not the
ighiest respectsald he could write the whole OF it
OIL the back Of his hand; and bere Hskckyan Bey
cordially agreed with him. Buckle Is very fond OF
chess, and can play two games at once bfndioiu.
He inquired very particularly about native he,'
who Il sad cen play four or six in tha !"'u'
and said hes should like to try game with hlh' nc
hal seen PGulsen but not MoTphy.
Mr.. Tnayer askei hiai If ia England be had been
subjected TO personal hostility for nls opiious' VI
anything like social ostraci,m. He said, genefsiy
not. letter from clergyman 10 ~ I
In England expressing intense HhuPs''y ~ hi',
olhnorb ba hal never seen the writer, was the Only
evidence of this kind of opposition. IN law, haiu
ha noYveIv Z" the people Of England have sueh an
adoirstio Of any kind Of iateitcfuqi sPeIa0r tnh'
,bev will forpive for its sake the most objection
Ii: 5orfrines" lie told us that tho portion o. mis-
nook which relstes 10 Spain, al hongh by no means
nli,neriary to that country, has been TRANSLATED
and published separately there. L. remarked th@1
To This circumstance, doubt, may ascilDe SONY
nov of the modern regeneration OF Spain the lead
ig state being persuaded 20 more hoeTdi poi
lev: but thIg view Buckle disclamed with an eager
ness seeming TO be something more than tho offspring
| OF modesty.
After dinner We returned 10 Mrs R.'s apartments,
where we had tea. Buckle and tlekekyan now go'
into an animated discussion upon The ancient Egyp
tiau civilization, Which scarcely gave the rest OF MS
chance to put in a single word. IL was, however,
exceedingly interesting TO sit and listen Indeed,
although there WAS nothing awful about BUCKLE one
tel. little abasued TO intrude bis own remarks III
such presence You will be amused 10 hear that
Mrs r., who had seen me but once before, told L.
that she jill not tbiak seemed TO have much to say
for mysef Pray tell this in circles where they sc
cuse me Of monopozing the conversation. We
STAYED until nearly midnight, and then, taking our
leave, Buckle accompanied l. and myself as lar as
the door Of our hotel. Buckle received most kindly
all suggestions made TO him Of books TO be read upon
American affairs and people to be seeu III the United
States.
MIR. BUCKLE AND AMERICA
february Ito my pleasure, the train from
Alexandria yesterday afternoon brought Mr.. T. Of
New-York, and bis very agreeable family, with
whom l crossed the Atlantic IN the Persia last
October. They went at first TO another hotel, but
to-day they have determined to como to that at
which we are staying. | called upon them on their
ARRIVAL and asked the gentlemen TO join US at dinner
and aftsrwsrd, il going IN, In company with hr.
Buckle, whom Mr.. Tbayer had previously invited,
TO attend fantasia, or exhibition Of singing and
dancing by Arab professionals NJ the house OF Mr..
Savallan, wealthy French banker who nas lived
IA long time in the Levant, and has IN come degree
adopted Oriental CUSTOMS. lie has lately sold TO
the Viseroy toothbrush, comb and har-brush, for
/ the handsome price of fourteen thousand dollars
They were doubtless richly set With jewels hut the
profit en- ihese transactions is immense. Mir. H.
accepted the Invitation for dinner aud Mr.. W.
Joined ia 6fterw
AT dinner was seated next TO Mr.. Bnckle, and
thus had an opportunity for private conversation.
lie asked about American books, and told me his
opinion Of those lie bad read. lie said TIM Quircys
IiI6tOry Of Harvard University the latest book
OH America be received before leaving England. lie
prsierred ken,s exposition of the United States
! Constitution 10 Storys, although this also he had
! consulted and used. lie had not seen Mr.. Charles
Francis AdamSs complete edition OF the works Of
bic grandfather, nor Partons Life Of Jackson, both
Of which | begged him TO read, particularly the
oh in n u ich
in the progress OF making tho American ConsIi.a-
tious. lie told me about his library in IOndon
which 10 torpassec among private ibrafies oaly by
that belonging 10 MIR. Van de Weyer, the Belgian
Minister whose wiieis the danghte- Of our Bostouisn
Mr.. Bates, Of Barngt Buckle has 1900 volumes
all selected by himself ana lie takes grea. pleasure
in theTn. He spends eight or niue hundred pounds "A
year upon his library. lie owue copies OF oil the
books referred 10 in his History; come OF them are
very old aud rare. He also posses considerable
collection, made likewise by himself, Of curiosiIies
in natural history; he has added largely to 1t In
Egypt where, in fact, ho has been bnylng WIN
: open bands. uo said be could not be perfectly
happy III leaving the country, if obliged to go away
i without crocodilsr egg = trophy which as yet LIE
g hes been unable TO obtain.
He told lie his plan Of travel 10 America He
will not Get GU. until domestic troubles are CON-
uosed for he desires TO tho practical working OF
ou Institutions in their normal state, not oonfuted
and disturbed by the excitements OF war. He would
90 fret 10 Boston and New York, the intellectual
aud commercial heads Ias he said OF the Republic
ard 70 Washington the political capital. lie would
then ike to pas from the Northern into the Southern
States bu, asked II he could travel safely In the lat
ter In view OF his extreme opinions III detesta,ion
OF slavery. / assured him tina; nobody would dare
TO modest one 90 we'll known, even il our war did
not a0ate forever tho nuisance OF lynchlDg, 70 ray
nothing Of its probable effect in promoting the e.
tinction of slavofy. From the Southern States he
said he wOuld wish 10 pass into Mexico, thence 10
Peru and to Chilli then TO cross tho Pacific Ocean to
japan, TO China TO India, and 90 back by the over
land route 10 England. This magnificent scheme
he hss seriously resolved upon and proposes TO devote
10 IL two or three years lie under axes II partly for
information aud partly for relaxation of his mental
faculties, which he bus injured by overwork and
which imperatively demand ropose. lie asked
many questions with regard 10 matters OF detail
whether be wonld find conveyance by steamers in
the Pacific, and Of what sort would be the accom-.
modations in them and in eaIlinG.vesses. He asked
at what he had best arrive IN the United
States and whether be had better land at New York
or al BJslon. Boston be said he regarded as " the
intellectual head OF the country, and New-York,
Won know, for trade" answered his questions as
we'll az could, ind told hun he must not omit see-
log our Western country, and some OF the new
cities, ike Chicago. lie asked Ine If knew a
Mrs. Child" who had written him letter and sent
him her book about the history OF religion. i knew
Of course that 10 meant IRE Progress Of Religion
Ideas," by Mrs. l.. Maria Child. He had been
pleased with the letter and with the book.
The conversation becoming general, Mr.. Is. OF
New York told story Of an old Congressional debate
in which John Randolph derisvely compared Id
ward Everett 10 kichelieu Backle at once sad lac
should regard il as compliment OF the very highest
kind to be compared TO kicnslieu You will smile,
perhaps, if tell you that could not resist asking
Buckle ii be had read Dumas historical novels, and
he said he had mol, although be bad felt an inclna'
ton 10 do lie asked one or two questions about
them. and gave rapid generalization u the history
I OF France at that time.
This conversation at tho dinner-tablo Of course
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