New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-05-14

which he introduced politics into his sermon One Of
those old-iashcued brick dwoliurF with front yard
WIDE PORTAL ahd broad siayosfe wherein OF yors abode
the colonial aristocTscy OF New England sin stands
with lts venerable irces, In this pleasant town. and Is
It'll the obsdc NJ genial hospitality there our traveller
drank Tea AT Mr. Lancdon; and Impressed with the
prosperous situation and evident wealth Of te place he
declares there ise'ery appearance Of is becoming TO
New England what the otter Portsmouth is 10 old. :"
To those fdmiay with the old localities mud associations
of BOSTON, II ~ not uBDieTesting 10 know. from the
Journal OF the Marquis. that When IN 1882 he visited
Mr.. Bracelets The Cromweiis Head inn, and. after
dinner. went 10 the lodgings proposed for me, Of Mr..
C0sons glover III the Main street. In tho evening
lie attended the association ball Which. be tells us.
was opened BY The Marquis de Vaudrcuil With MIS-
Temple ard that " The prcttieSt of the dancers
were Mia Jarvis, her sister Mrs BCtsey Broom ara
Mrs. Whitmore.' lie calls HGncock, who IL too Ill
with the govt 10 him; but is fortunate IN ind
Ing DIR. Willard, President Of Cambridge University
he meets Mrs Tudor. Mrs. Morton and Mrs Sw an Of
party; drinks tea with Mrs. BoVdcn. and inds me
Younger isdy Of that has mid ana ngfeeahia
coGnenance and character corIesponulis WIN Aer
appearance" he dimes with Mrs breek OF Mrs Tenn
pie lie writes. Her figure is so distinguished as 10
make it necessary TO pronounce her truly beautiful"
and describes gil Of twelve he meets AZ Tie house OF
| one Of his Boston acQuainfanees as henhtr nara,
some child a pretty woman. Dui fcther an angel
he notes feather beds' local peculiarly; and
praises he skill Of Dr. jarvis and tbo wisdom Of Dr.
Cooper.
! Mr. Tuckernan has some rather piqnant remarks
on the procedure of female travellers, pursuing
knowledge Of America under difficulties, with live
" tableau from b.s own experience.
| There arc few situations in modern life more sug
gcstive Of the ludicrous, than iat of woman OF
certain age professedy visiting country Tor the pr
pose Of critically examining and reporting ana its
people Every American OF lively niae nation ho has
been thrown into society with one OF these femae PHI
losophers ON such 9 voyage Of discovery, must have
caughi ideas for comedy Of real life from tho phenon
ena thus created Asking everybody everything"
the self appointed Inspector il proPitiated by one
Guzyed by another feared by this class and coniemned
fy that all the time with an UNCONSCIOUS Air looking
listening, noting down. and rom the most es anesceht
AID unreliable data, giving opinion or drawing
portrait not Of well known place or familiar person,
bu: Of an unknown country ard strange nation To
sec Miss Marinesu ygilantly thridding crowds and
paying out the flexible tube OF her ear unpet IKE
telegraph ire into the social or Dickens Astride
chair in hotel receiving graiuious and exaggerated
Ioporie Of tho state Of the nation from group Of lien
struck republicans, are tsbeaux that wfrecur 10 many
ne illustrations Of this comedy Of travel N America.
IL was our lot 10 ses Miss Bremen at immortal domi.
cile on the Hudson In all the glory Of Der mission
II IN the autumn and no one could pass aiODg te
river without being struck with Admiration ri the sen
did coors that k.nded the woods IL wss the common
theme OF remark She however. resented this ASSUMED
superiority Of the American autumn. saying lie
Lord also sas dene something for sweceh our ioase
brilliant IN the fall In the MT size refused u
believe lady fresh from Kentucky who ~ describing
10 her the MamlnctL Cave, mentioned me familiar iact
that the fish therein have Only The rudmcnt Of an optic
AZ Ginner her inquiries about The material and
preparation of the yands would have led 70 tie supps
returning TO the drawing room. che whipped out @
sketch boes and coely drew likeness Of Irving the
most Dnsrsus Of the guests The fabrics OF The adlss
dresses tie modes Of dancing the style Of meals the
trees, furniture. books, schools, aud private history
Of 81 persons OF note and even OF thote unknown TO
fame were Investigated with perfect good humor and
but the process and idea Of the thing when
considered are IA singular commentary upon modern
life and social dignity md when tie leng-expected
boob appeared, the kind people WHO had entertained
Miss Bremen were dismayed to find their sayings and
dcines recorded and their very locks and characters
analyEed for the public ediieaticn: This breach Of
gooa faith and good taste however did not prevent her
swedish readers from Learning through her very frank
and naips but often superficial report many details OF
domestic economy and some novelties Of American ne
while hero the effect more 10 give ns pause
in hospitsbe Instincts and TO feel the necessity OF
sumptUary law whereby 10 eat ones salt should be
pledge against the freedom Of pen-oraft.
Ono Of the most intelligent and fsirminded Eu-
ropean travellers who have ever visited this country
for the purpose Of publishing their observations 10
Mr. j. G. Kohl, German tayant distinguished for
his geographical and historical sttainmenis. Some
of his sketches as presented BY Mr.. Tuckerman,
will interest our readers.
OF al the cities q the American Union, Boston 10
the one that hos fully retained Tho character OF An
English LEGALITY. This Is visible upon the hst glance
at lie pbysiognomy and the style OF building The city
IL spread out several Islands sd peninsula, IN the
innrrmost nook Of Massachusetts hay. The heart OF
Boston ia concentrated on single small penintuA, al
which all the advantages Of position such "a depth o
water accessibility from the see ana other pI, eonVsn
came the ceKtlr Of hie abe Exchange landing place,
and market -, 1870, , $780,, -,
middle and formerly terminated IN triple peaked ele
walton the Three Nsuniains1 which induced the ear
Lest immigrant 10 settle here. AT the present time
these three Points have disappeared 10 great extent
through the ppread n building but for all that the elc
walton 10 perceptibo FOR SEINE distance, ana the center
Of Boston 10 tower over the rt OF tie Guy IKE
an acropols From this center numerous streets ron to
the Circumference Of tho island while others have been
drawn parallel with it. Just Moscow Is buiiI round
the Krcmlin. All ths IL in itself somewhat European,
and hence there in Boston rre'ts running UP hpo
dowp hin 81 some spots q drag il used for the
wheels of carte. The ftieets too are crooked ana
angulaI-s perfect blessing N America where they
generally run with a despairihg ttraehtnets. Ike our
Gsrmsn everlasting popnr aIleys At soin, corners o,
Eo,ioI-v hich not like other American cities divided
chest board wise Into blocksyou actually hnd sur
prises there real groups OF houses III. eiiy Las
character Of its own, and in parts oilers study
for lie arcbitect-things usually unknown IN America
The limitation Of the city 10 confined sL'l. ana
the regularity OF the building style may partly De ne
causOLat the city reminds US OF Europe But that the
city assumed thorough an English type may be e1
planned by the Circumstance that Boston received an
entirely English population in lC4O or ten cars hler
ts formation 1t had five thousand EDglish dcnizens
NJ n period when Eew.YoIk wa sun sm"ii Dutch
country town under the naue OF New Amsterdam fos
bv TOO the crcu stance that II the nearest sea.
port 10 England may have contributed " Keep mp od
English traditions here. The county round Boston
bears remarkable Likeness TO an Enehsn iand.oaps,
New England; but ~ in various parts OF Sew-Enennu
you may faucy yourself In Kent, So when stroiiAs
about the streets Of Boston, you may imagine yoseu IA
the middle Of London. In both cities tho houses nre
built with equal simplicity, and do not assume 'hst
pOmp Of marble pasteIs and decoration noticeable ht
New.YoTk and elsewhere. The door, and Windows,
the color and shape precisely such a. yen ind IN
London. In Boston, too, there IL Dinpef OF sihah
green squares; and AMID the turmoil of business many
quiet sa Dc acc. cut of nun the rest Vi 1he street s