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or in pushing , thumping-, cuffing , and mauling . If Capt . M ., prepared hiroseS , as described by the witnesses , for a regular set-to , and struck the official with the violence asserted * may be assure ! he did not strike with both fiste at once . Paeow has overstated his ease . The Captain either did not strike at all , or he merely held out both arms to prevent ingress , or to keep off the official . -Tins is a very trifling circumstance at first sight , but consider it in conjunction with the German notions of English boxing , and the real practice of dealing blows right and left , but mostly with the left hand only , and it becomes worthy of note . I recollect , as perhaps do likewise some of your readers , a similar trifling trip on the part of a foreignera German , in the recruiting case between
, Consul Barclay and the authorities of the United States during the Crimean war . On that occasion a German fellow gave evidence to the effect that Consul Barclay had accepted his services as a recruiting agent , though lie could not swear that he had received any money , for when he applied for some on one occasion , the Consul had used these words : —" I will account to you all recruits you bring in ; but , alas . ' I have no money at present . " The evidence of the German was considered by some as very clinching against the Consul ; yet , to the mind of any one well acquainted -with the idioms or colloquialisms of the English and German languages , the dragging in of the little word alas 1 was proof positive against the correctness of the German ' s evidence .
] No Englishman in a common business transaction would say , " But , alas ! 1 have no money . " He might say , " But , unluckily , or , unfortunately , or , I am sorry to say , or , 1 regret to say , I have no money . " Certainly not alas I unless jocularly or poetically . The German ' s quotation of the Consul ' s words was evidently a translation , of his own idiomatic concoction . '' AVer ach ! icli habe kein Geld . " Just as by such a trifle as the word alas ! I came to the conclusion that the German in Barclay ' s case was not speaking the truth ; so ana I also convinced , for the reason . advanced above , of the exaggeration , if not falsehood , of the assertions made against Captain Macdcxnald with regard to his behaviour towards the woman and the railway official .
I must confess to being somewhat astonished at the importance attached / by the English press to the silly splutter of the Procurator , Moeller , and I am sorry that the whole German people should be made to feel the effects oif the insolence of one of his class . Who that has come in contact with the German Gelehrteu , commonly so-called ^ does not know that for daring ignorance and the most wretched conceit under the maisk of political humility , Ins match , is not to be found in the wide , wide world . For one Humboldt , there are a thousand dunderheads , and the £ e would assume to themselves the fame which he has conferred upon their country . To Englishmen who have resided long in . this country , the foolish jabber of Mr . Moeller is explicable enough . The Gelehrten and townsfolk
theatre-frequenting part of the German people , i . e . the , have contracted the belief that the English are haughtily eccentric , very proud of their nationality , supercilious , and coolly insolent . Historians , philologists , ethnologists , and , following in their track , 1 bhe poets and essayists , maintain that these charactexustics are jproofs of the Teutonic , or Germanic , or Gothic origin of the English , and consequently that the absence of these peculiarities in the Germans of the present day is a sign of degeneration . Your readers are disposed to smile ! Well , I refer them to Ebnst Moritz Arndt ' s lectures upon National Characteristics , to Kohl ' s- Travels , or to the works of any of the English disciples of the German School of Thought ; for instance , to CA * ti / jri > E ' s u Frederick the Great , " and to Mr . E ^ iEjnsor ' s
" English Traits . " It has been ding-donged into German ears foy the last quarter of a century that , to be able to crow over Frehcjira . eh , Italians , and Scandinavians , they must be moro like theiEhgHsh , more like the ideal ancient German , proud , overhearing , taciturn , supercilious , unromantic , x jrac ^ ^ rough and ready , sailor-like , all teeth and fists for a bark , a bite , for . a word , a ^ l pvjr—a cross between , the altQ Dessauer and , a grisly bear . The result of this ' stylei of teaching te that the educated classes here have gradually adopted the ; resolution to show . thr > world what a power of national consciousness ( Bewasstsem ) lies in . thoni , and what ' . * Donnerioetter IUrls" they can , be if they but will . This is tftia ' in'diiqspriiig of the Bonn procurator ' s insolence . There is a BoHbJftHcit understanding among the educated classes of all
G ^^' anw countrjies to play the proud with other nations . How they waII manage to get along with it tiro © will tell . jl jh ^^ e j ^ eenj , greatly anausecl in reading the statements of the wrasses , l a ^ d more especially of the railway officials , in tliis B , o ; qiTi > . ;{) i , j ^ jiiT ,,,, I-Iow gontle and Jamb-h'ke do they appear , and hpw coarse and , , buutal the Englishman and his sister , " who scolded like afishwoman , in very good German . I have * however , been ' imyseW--Ivittness of a scene somewhat similar to that which occurred at Bonn , and as there is no news of any great importance ; I will nttompt to conjure up a smile by a brief and dramatic description of it .
Cl ' evman ^ pwsspnger , addressing his neighbour , an Englishman : Naji ?/ , Cyanic goodnesa , here we are at last , in . deatt , darling Pimtsp )) JA ^ t again . ' ¦ ' „ ¦ _ , j $ t 9 ^\ i > whiflUe aoreiuns , I ram wtapflv door . of carriage suddenly wre ^ 9 hed open , Prussian official , bowliiskered . and inuotaohpeda la E . iwst August of Hanovor , outers , fcneqs lity way through pfts-Bengersy and laeowlingaroun ^ growls 1 oM " TSTdiw ttasfsp ' ortB , - sfre . " Passengers wibli nervous . haste produce the preofoufj doowments , which ' tile ^ pqowlingoflloialleiteureHryeceiveH ancl fi ( Jrutlpisos . ' 8 u , & ~ i ^ -hi . efrw ^ ¦ ¦ ' : . ; ¦ , : l ";; , iM : f : ¦
Pechvogel , wi , th a frightened start : Here I am . Official : Get out . Pechvogel : I ! Am I to get out ? But what , in God ' s name , have IOfficial : Get out , I-say . Pechvogel : Herr Jesus—Official , savagely : Will he get out ? Donner—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 Pechvcgel : What 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 mid . sfc 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 . Ilia passport has not been properly endorsed , perhaps ; and he'll be sent back the way he came at his own expense , that ' s all . Scene 2 nd . —Refreshment saloon afc Prussian Mindcn , Englishman at a table very contentedly discussing a mutton chop . Enter Prussian official—a big specimen , to imponiren . Prussian Official : lirovun—lirovun i Nobody answers . Official glances around , ami perceiving ' an Englishman , bears down upon him . Official , abruptly to Englishman : I fere ! Is ycur name Brovun V with his mouth fuli Perh
Englishman , looking up : aps you mean Brown ? My name ' s Brown . Official : ! Na ! Brovun or Browoou , ifa no matter : this id your passport . Englishman : Yes , it is . . : . Official : "Very well , then , you stay here to-ivi ^ kt ¦[ ( addre&iing railway porters ) f &td \ out his luggage . Englishman , jamming up as if elcctriiied , and gulpiug down Ins mouthful of chop .: . What ihe——do you mean V . i > id you say I was to remain here to-night ? Official , laconically : You Avill stay hevo . Englishman ' . " Whatfor ? Official : You stay here . Enqllshrnan , in a towering rage , p lanting himself beiore the Gflici ' al : 1 . demand to know what 1 am detained for , and if you wish to save yourself trouble with me you had better tell me .
Official , sneeringly : Well t if you must know , your passport i ^ not in order . ... T Englishman : That hns nothing to do with you . 1 . uui leaving Prussia , not entering it . AYith this passport 1 entered the country , and with this passport I'll , leave it . ( Uufthus towiirds the train , but is collared by two or three officials , and . brought back . ) . Official : Don't be so obstreperous my friend ; you'll repent it . Enalishnian , struggling and abusing officials and all the Prussian have
powers , froni the King downwards : . Let mo go , I say , you no right to-detain me . Official : But I will detain you . ( Here calling to soldiers . ) Six soldiers come forward , surround Englishman , and ground their arms with a crash . Englishman ineas-rcs them with contempt , calls them slaves , contemptible wretches , and other unpieasant names . . . Official , in a rage : Look here , sir ; you are n very suspiciou ^ fellow , fend , ' shaking his finger in Englishman ' s face , you had
better beware , for—Englishman , striking aside the official ' s hand : laleo your curly paw out of my iace ! Official , clapping his hand to his sword : Will you dare 1 o insult the Iloyal Authorities ? ' ., , ' , Englishman ; Yes , I will ; and your King , too , if he were here . Official * beyond himself : . Were , soldiers , march him off ! A ' orwards ! ( Soldiers hustle about , and the corporal shouts ) : JNow , then , march ! Away with you ! EnqlMhman shoves tN corporal violently aside , and pusnmg through the soldiers , exclaiming : Get out of the rond , you . poor curs . Soldiers , however , again instantly surround him , « nd ho is ultimately carried away to the Staflt-haus , whero lio was , no doubt , charged with ineolonco towards the officials , ancl resisting the , royal authority . Whether ho over obtained nny redrofie , ov his case wns ever nmdo Jsiipwii , I cannot say . Pot'silly . he vtis without interest or connections-in hie own country , and , thcroforo , got well punished for his conduct towards the police conmn > joner of Minden . This happened some years ago , but it way happen every day still .
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Th « Amustiw Advqntuva * qf Mr . Simon Xnvtf-t > o . v , Dy Mnator C'Imrlos > Ml » on , rotod . W .. IQUiuburglt i > V . V . JSJinino ? ' JLonUon ; blmpkln , Mnrahull&'Uo , 1801 . This Httlo work purports to bo a «• literai-y ouriosity , " so nfc lonat wo orojtpld in letters of gold , on a vor . ygroon ground outeidfa tho oovci . Tho literary eponsoi- of Maator Wilson , uayB , in hiti pmfaoo , " thoMS . oi this littlo book , written by eo young an liutnor ( only fortvtoen ) , wne pur into ^ y hands vathoi * wivh tho viaw pf bning povueod as a quviosity in litp ^ ntuvQ , than . with nny jintqntion of publication j but I Jmd eoorooiy togftn 0 > 9 ppVMsnl ,, tJilJ , I ( ihowght I diaopywpd tvaoos of origioiil invent ion , and ja ;§ ub (^ uqd ,, wi . nt , nq 8 p vwy wnJiko hisyeftve j jior had , I finisliou » v reading b p foro my iiwpppsswnwaB oontoodi " and wo d « re eaytaw vfm ^ M : w ^^ Q , vr \ th . ) i \ vsi , At m end iea epociwon of Mnstei Wirnpn ' i ? PO , e ( try ,, , . . „ , ., i
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w ^^^ v ^ - ^^ t ^ . ' i ^ i ^^ sr ^ fs ^ * . ! ;; : ' - ; ¦ . ¦ . . . '»••• . ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦; , ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ .- , ¦ - ¦• *• ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦'¦ ' "¦ ... •¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ •¦ .. ¦ .. ¦¦' ., ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' ' . ¦ - . , ' . . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' . " . " 9 ^ 4 The Saturday Analyst and \ Leader * . [ Nov . 24 , 1860
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 24, 1860, page 964, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2375/page/12/
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