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or in pushing , thumping , cuffing , and nmuling , , If Capt . . JVL .. pre-¦ pa ^^ ¦|^ n ^^ , ^¦ de ^ Q > ed ^ by ^^ e . W |^^ ses y ¦ . ¦ f o ^ . a regular set-tp , and , struckthepfficiaiwith the violence asserted , we may be assured lie did not strike with both fists at once . PakoW has overstated , his case , r The Captain eitEer did nptistrifce at all * or he merely held out both ^ arzns to prevent ingress , or to keep off the official . This is a very trifling circiitDStance at first sight , but consider it in cbnjunctipriwithl theGermam notions of English boxing , and the real practice of dealing blbws right arid left , but mostly with the left hand only , ' and it becbirie $ worthy of aote ; I recollect , as perhaps do likewise some : of your readers , a siinilar trifling trip , on the pai-t 6 'f a foreigner , a German , in the recruiting case between and the authorities of the United btates
GGnsul B ^ ciLAY aurmg theCrimeaja war . On that occasion a German fellow gave evidence toth $ effect thttt ^ ^ Consul Barcla . y had accepted his services as a recruiting agent , ; though he could not swear that he had received , any money , for when he applied for some on one occasion , the Consul had used these wprds : — " I will account to you all recruits you bring in ; but , alas . ' I have no money at present . " The evidence of "die German was . considered by some , as very chnching against the Consul ; yet , to the mind of any one well acquaiiited with the idioms or colloquialisms of the . English and German languages , the dragging in of the little word alas ! was proof positive against the correctness of the German ' s evidence . ! N 6 JBnah ' shman in acommon . businesstransaction . ' . would say , " But ,
alas !] 1 have no money . " lie might say , " But , unluckily , or , unfortunately , or , I am sorry to say , or , 1 regret to say , 1 have no money . " Certainly not aids ! unless jocularly qr poetically . The German ' s quotation of the Consul ' ^ words was evideiitly ; a translation of his ° Wn idiomatic cpncoction . ¦ " Abet- ach ! icliiiabe kein GeldJ Just as by such a trifle as the Word alas ! I came to the conclusion that the German in Barclays case was not speaking the truth ; so am * -l also con ^ yinced , for the reason advanced abov ^ e , of the exaggeration , if not falsehood , ; of the assertions made against Captain Macoonald with regard to his behaviour towanls the woman aiid : ; theTailw : ay official " . '¦ ' . ' ¦¦ '¦ ' I must confess to bemg somewhat astonished at the importance and the
attached by the English press to the silly splutter of the Procurator , MQ ^ EttER ^ I azn sorry that whole "German people should . ¦ •• be madeyto f ( eel the ejects of the insolence of one . of his class . ; VWh ^ tjtuvb has c oin e in conta ct w ith the G erma n G el ehrteu , commonly sbvc ^^ - does not know that for daring ignorapee and the most wretched-conceit under the mask of political humility , his match is not to be found in the wide , wideworld . For one Htibi-BOi « t > Tf there are a thousand dunderheads , and these would assume to theiioselves the famewhich he has conferred upon their country . To Eiigh ^ hmen who have resided Ibng- in thisi cormtiy , the foolish jabber oiMx . JitbiitBER isiexplicable encitgh . The Gelehrten and thQatre-ipreqttenting part of theMErerman people , z . e . the townsfolk ,
have contracted the belief that tlxe English jtrc haughtily eccentric , veryproud of their nationality , superciHbus , and copjly insolent . Historians , philolbgists , ethnologists , and ,, following in their track , the poets and essayists ,, maintain that these characteristics are proofs of the Teutonipj oriGrermanic , or Gothic origin of the English , and cpn ^ eq . uently that the absence of these peculiarities in the Germans of the present 4 ay is a sign bf degeneration . Your readers aredisposed to smile ! "Well , I refer thern to Ernst Moritz A ^ lectures upon National Characteristics , to Kohl ' s Travels , -or . to the worfts of . any of the English disciples bjf the Geniian School ¦ of Thought ; for . instance , to CARiiTfXE ' s "Fredericktb > Qreafy" and to Mr . Emekson ^ s ^ English ' Traits . " ' It ' has been ding-donged into German oars
for thei la $ t q ^ uarter of a qeritury that , ' to be able to crow over EVenchnten , Italians ' , and Sciindmayi ^ Jis , ^^ they must bo moi'o lilre tries JEtighsliii mtoe likij ^ th < 3 ideal ancient Ge ^ in ? lB prbticl , pvetbearing , taciturn , supercilious , unramantici pra'btical , rbugh arid ready , Baiipr-like , all teeth and * fists for a bark , a bite , for a word , a blow-r ^ avcrpss between , the cclte Dessyuer and a grisly bear . The result of ^ this style of te ) ichin | g . ; ji . thai the ; , educated classes here have gradually adopted tlie resolution tb show tho world what a power ' pi ^ natipnal ^ ^ cpnspipusness ( fiewasstsein ) lies in them , and what . * ' * ¦ pQnnenvetter J ^ tf they , can be if they but will ,, This is the mainspiping of the iBbntt . prbcur ^ tbr ' p irispleiice . Thevp is a claB of all
Bbrb of tapit understanding am , bng th , e educated , ^ es Germanic countries tp pl ^ v ;^ 0 ; ipjouct \ irith ; ; ' ., ptner ; jaations . Ilpw they will manage to got ^ ong witjjiit tin ^ e will tellf . 1 have been- greatly amused in reading . the statements of the witniispesi , and mdve > . especially ¦ pf the railway pfiiciaJ ( a , in this Bonn , affair , . How gentle and lamb-Jike dottheyappear ^ and hpw coarse ; andsiAbtlital i the Englishman : and his sister ; * ' whp soplded lifee a fishvepman ,, iu ; rery gppd ; Germany I have , Jipwev e ^ beeE ) , myself witness ; pf < a scene BPmewhWt similar to that which occuiiTed at . Bpnn , and as there iu no news of any great jlrapprtsance , I will ( ittempb to titrtijnre tip a mtiilb by a' brief and dratnatio descriptipn oJ ' it . ' ¦ ' ' ;) "' ,, •• ;¦ :, - * ¦ ¦ ' ' ;
jS ^ pBifE lpt , ' ^—A railway carriage , ne 4 ? , ^^ -lft i Chapolle , GeiJw % : pa ^ 3 enger , o ,, <; l , dressing his neighbpiw , tm ^ Eng h ' shrnau : ^ a ,, | ^ tfiak ,. ; gpp 4 ne 93 , here we aro at last ,, in daav , darling ^ eut ^ phisiwAicigainv . . . : ¦; ' . ¦' . ¦ , ., , ; . .: ' : ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ' . ; 1 ,, $ Ue ( am . -whiBtlp , ^ ovefwns , train p toi ^ p , dppM oi ! , n & xvl ^ Q sudd enly wrpr ^ ohedi <> # & $ ¦ , Vrnmmx pjatlqirtl , bowl ) iskorod arid imuapftphoed « fa lEitN ^ Tf . Auau § 'jp . , 'bf . ' Hanbvey , eliters , knees hiswaytftrpugh m & perigerfl / ianja 'ecpwlilng'flrpwncl ^' growls out ¦ *• * ' Tbiip pnbpbr |; s 'Ws . " ^^ enfeora ., with irtojcypwe Mt 9 ; tfrbduqe' the' * r 6 cibbti ^ p 0 MentiEi } ¦ fthti $$ i ^ aim WVttri WWbS- ' BH ( X ^ Mtt ^ v - " •'' ¦ " *' , r ( ' "; , "li 1 '""¦' ¦ I'MP ' i ¦» . l ('" l \ . ' t . iftA' ft' - i . 'rt ¦¦ ¦ nil IU-: Hill .... t .. Ti /( iiiu . < " ' . ' '' . ) ; - ' ' ¦ ' ' ' 'J . "" . ' '
Pephvqgel , with a frig htened start : Here I am . " Offiial : G & out . Pechvogel : I ! Am I to get out ? But what , in God ' s name . have . I- — . ¦ , ¦ . ' : .. . ¦ . .: ' . '' . ' . ¦¦ . . ' - ' Official : Get out , I say . Pechvogel : IJerr Jesus- — : 'i ? fficial , savagely : Will he get out ? Dormer—Pechvogel scrambles out pale and trembling ; all the passengers very silent ^ and looking as if they couldn't help it , and wouldn't do it any more . Official returns passports to passengers and Withdraws . Englishman speaking out of the window to Pechvogel : Wliat are you detained for ? Pechvogel ( whining ) : My dear friend , I don't know . They won't tell me . !
Train starts . Pechvogel is left standing in the midst of half a dozen officials . Englishman to passengers : What do you suppose he is detained for ? - ¦ . ' . "¦¦ ¦ . ¦ . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Passengers , in a breath : Oh ! its nothing very serious . Ilis passport ha ^ not been properly endorsed , perhaps ; and he'E be sent back the way he came at his own expense , that ' s all . Scene 2 nd .--Refreshment ^ saloon at Prussian Mindeu , English ^ man at a table very contentedly discussing , ii mutton chop . Enter Prussian official- a big specimen , to impqniren . Prussian Official ; Brovuii— -JLroviin !
_ Nobody abswers .. Ofiicial glances around , and perceiving uu . Englishman , be ^ down upon him . Official , abruptly to Englishmiai : Hero ! Is your name Brovun ? ¦ Englishman , lppldng tip with his mouth full : Perhaps you mean Bro ^ ri ? My nam e ' s Brown , " . Official : Na ! Brovun or Browooh , it ' s no matter ; thisis your passport . . ' . ' ¦¦¦• . . ¦ ¦ - . ¦ ' " . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' - ' .. ' : ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦' . ¦' . ' ¦ ¦ . '¦ .. ' Englishman : Xes , it is . . : .. . Official : Very well , then , you stay here to-mglil ::, ( addressuig ¦¦
railway peirters ) fetch buthis lug ^ go . ^ / ; , : " .-. ¦ : ¦ . f . Englishman , jumping upas . if ^ eleptrifiua , and . gulping down his mouthful of chop : What the -do you mean V Did you say 1 was to reai ain here tb-night ? , O /// ci «/ , laconically '¦ : ^^ You will stay here . Englishman-: What for ? Official : You stayhere . . ,. ,, V . ^ Englishman ,: in a : towering , rage , planting ^ himsell ^ before the Ofiicinl : I demand to know what 1 am detained for , and ] t you wish to saveyourself trouble With me you had bettor tell we . fine if rnust know is
O /^ c /«?^ eringly ; Well , you , your passport notinbrdGr . ,. , . " i Enqlishman : That has npthmg , to dp with you . I ain leaviife Prussia , not entering it . With tiii © jpassport 1- entered the country , and with . this . passpbirtl'lllGave it . ( ll « i = hcs towards the train , but is collared by two or three officials , and brought back . ) Officiali Pon ^ tbe fip obstreperftusmy friend ; youJil ^ repentic . Englishman , struggling and ^ bUsi iig Uncials and all the . Prussian powers , froni the King downw ^ Sls " s * l >(? t : md ; gbi X sayv you have no rightto detain me . .. , , ¦ ' ,, ; \ Official But : X will detain you . ( Here calling to soldiers . ) Six soldiers ' come forward , surround Englishman , and ground their arms with a crash . Englishman measresvthem with contempt , calls them slaves , contemptible wretches ,, awcl other
unpleasant inames . ' ..... Official , in : a rage : Look here , sir ; you are n very snspicvoug fellow , and , shaking Ids finger in Englishmaii ' a face , vpu Juki ^ l ^ Z » Sj s ^ Sking apide the bfli cml's hand ; Take yoiu-dirty paw but of , my face ! , ¦ -,,. „ "• ¦ , ¦;„' + ' C ^ c / a ; ,. clapping : ' . . % hand to lus sword : Will you daie to insult the lloyat Aiitlipritjes ? „ , i EnqUslvmtn ; Yea , twill ; and your JSanfe . , too , if he wjije liero . Official , beyond himeelf : Here , gpldie * 8 , moich him off ! Forwards ! ( Spldiers * hustle abput , and the corporal shputs ) : JNow ,
then , march ! Away with ypivI ¦ . " ' . ., . j Bwn » Enqliehman shpves t ^ p cpr ^ pral TJtolently aside , a ^ cl pusiung thrpugh the spl
9g4 Thei Saturday Analyst And Leade>\ [N...
9 g 4 Thei Saturday Analyst and Leade >\ [ Nov . 24 , I 860
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i ^ iSjoeixaneous works . r /« i Amwtno Adventures qf tfv , ' Simon toutf-box . By Maator ^ 'JS ™" " ( Wtp . tlf . ; EainbMreh . j W . 1 » . WlrawM ¦ ^ pnrion : bimpkin , WftrsJinll & Co . mu ' This lit tfo work purppvte ( obe « . Vlitorory qurioeity , " bo -ati leaefc wo nrejitoia in lettqrs . of ,. / a ; old , on tv vor . v green ground outsiclotnooovoi . The litorni'v suonBOv of Maatto Wilson , envs , in his profnqo , t »« mv < «*
this UtU ' o . book , Wittan byiflo yoang- ^ ' nujbhor ( only fpui'lieon } , . wn 8 puu , in , to my hands rathe | i' > itih tho yipwpf ' bttfng porHBod ob a ° H ^ -i v b g ^ efevuB « l , ; Ulf ofQrj n « l WgW ; ' jMMixWyMm &^ tWMn ; W Wfon ^ ifl ft / eneoimon of M ^ c \ : ?» # « ' ! : , / , , ; , ;;; ¦ ,: ¦ ; i . I r ? il i .. : ; -.. ' . ¦ , - ¦
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 24, 1860, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24111860/page/12/
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