The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-11-06
TRAVELLING SKETCHES.
FROM NEW YORK TO LIVERPOOL.


dies and gentlemen, am sorry TO disturb
you" says the officer Of the deck, "but the
wind is too strong to keep the awning longer
up. Will you please go further aft ?" Sky
and sea shore are beginning to bound the
horizon. We nave passed all the objects of
interest which we are likely to see for some
time, so we propose to seek a more intimate
acquaintance with our berth and the steward.
On descending, the first question we hear
is, have you seen the apartments Of the
Prince !''-for be it known that a royal soon
mad come out to Canada on the last outbound
trip Of our noble craft. swell, here they
are, what do you think Of themf" "Very
neat and chaste, indeed" " Yes" says one
Of the surgeons, " he is a real nice fellow
too; not bit of conceit about him free
to everybody, if be was let alone, but you
see that old priggsh fellow, Elphinstone, his
guardian, put on more airs than the Prince
knew how to, and the consequences was
made himself dIsagreeable TO everybody
with whom he came In contact. The Cap
tam, however, made no difference. Arthur
took bis seat at table like any other passen-
ger, was helped like anybody else, and paid
for bis wine like everybody else, and that's
the right way, you know" After having
secured our position fJr the voyage ct the
table, we again pay visit to the deck,
where, leisurely strolling, may be seen most
Of the passengers, whose countenances seem
to say, first impressions, as far as physog-
and we are thai fore anxious to select, as lar
as possible, those companions whose APP
pearances indicate that their tastes and hAb-
its are congenial to our own" Now it must
be remembered that the vessel 10 which we
refer s a world in miniature one Of the
best places to study human nature. Here
all shades Of opinions may generally be
found, and the passengers OF the " City of
Paris'' are no exception to the rule. Here
Is the know-All, who can enlighten you on
any subject, from the anatomy of . canary
birds tongue to that Of an elephants hind
| leg ; who knows more ab"ut medicine than
the physician; of diplomacy than the states
man, of divinity than the theOlogian, Of nav
igation than the captain, in fact the would
be referee and walking dictionary, but who,
unfortunately, knows just enough to know
nothing at all, to the tourist, making bis
maiden trip, who is deuced sorry that he
did not lake jaunt over the Rocky Noun
tains instead Of risking his precious carcass
on the City Of Paris, or ony other city away
| from terra .SrmG. Here also is the far-famed
Father Eft, Of Ballycotton, returning home
after q three years absence, who proved to
be one Of the most genial aud affable COM
paniOns whose fund of snecdote and reminis-
cencs was never exhausted, general favor
lite, and deserved.y so here is the portly,
good-natured Mr.. B-D, of Newark, N. j.,
who ia on bis way TO Rio Janeiro to superin-
tend the construction Of the city's gas works,
who thinks if New Jersey is out Of The
Union the best half OF the country is, and
the sooner compromise is effected the bet
ter. He is splendid specimen Of an Amer
lean, and acquaintance proves him to be just
as good as he looks like.
Here, too, is Mr.. WIN. Pr, ons Of the
largest cotton brokers Of New Orleans, who
purchases for John Bright and several Of the
Manchester manufacturers-wIth q heart
open, generous, and free; q hale fellow well
met, who is willing to bet $50 or q 81. 900
that the Hoxfords can beat the Awards any
hOsc, either at 'ome or abroad, in which opin-
ion most Of his English iellow-passengers
concur; Mr.. Chas. Rs, quiet, unpreten-
tious gentleman, a solicitor Of Southampton,
returning from = brief tour through the
States, who thinks America is great coun-
! try but cannot account for the anti English
feeling prevailing. He is sure there is no
grounds for it, and as for the Alabama claims,
why the English people have gone to the
verge Of national humiliation IN making
Overtures, but they will 60 no further, no,
sir, not another inch" We must not omit
Col. K-h Of the American army. formerly
OF Shendan's staff, now on leave Of absence
"A splendid specimen of q so!dier-whose
uncle is one of the leading judges on the
Irish bench, but as he is troubled with an
attack of Anglophobia, regards him with tho
most profound contempt. As for the Ala
bamA claims, they can lie. II Mr.. Rs
don't understand why Irishnen should dis
like the British government, be does.
There, then, is Miss BIS, Of New York,
who is going to Europe with her father to
buy her wedding rousseau. Mr.. H-n, Of
Baltimore; Mr.. CT, Of Chicago Lieut..
H-y, Of the Royal Engineers, who has the
faculty Of making himself obnoxious to
everybody, who, though an Irishman, thinks
the British government deals far too lenIent-
" with the Fenisns; Mr.. P-o, Of Madeira,
who is better Judge Of wine than any one
on board. though In it's consumption be must
yield the palm to our New Orleans and New
ark friends the Rev. Jos. R-n, Of Conn,
who has obtained a six months leave of alb
sence from his dear flock, and what 10 better
little pocket money to defray expenses
and last, but not least, we must mention our
frontier friend, Jno. Pm, Of San Francisco,
who for twenty years has been . trapper,
and can tell more stories about the "varmin"
than any man we ever listened to. He is
going to Glasgow to purchase and import
stock to the Rci6c coast. But we must
close this subject, and apologize for putting
the cart before the horse. The estimate Of
the characters Of those mentioned were
formed during the passage and may be taken
for what they are worth. Wemust not omit,
however, to mention Capt. Kennedy, the gal
LIANT commander of the Inman feet, one of