The Attache

tervening time appears much shorter than it really is. We see at once the star

tance is, and accustomed to consider the voyage as the work of many weeks, we are so astonished at finding ourselves

it possible that I am in England? It seems but as yesterday that I

g mile after mile by land from my own home, to accustom my senses to the gradual change of country. There has been no border to pass, where the language, the dress, the habits, and outward appearances assimila

whether I am awake? Is this England? that great country, that world of itself; Old England, that place I was taught to call home par excellence, the home of other homes, whose flag, I called our flag? (no, I am wrong, I have been accustomed to call our flag, the flag of England; our church,

gentle reader, excuse the confessions of an old man, for I have a soft spot in the heart yet, I love Old England. I love its institutions, its literature, its people. I love its law, because, while it protects property, it ensures liberty. I love its church, not only because I believe it is the true church,

lishman is generous, loyal and brave, manly in his conduct and gentlemanly in his feeling. When I meet such a man as this, I cannot but respect him; but when I find that in addition to

nt of the United States, in the event of the Slickville ticket becoming hereafter the favourite one. This, he said, was on the cards, strange as it might seem, for makin

Come, this is cuttin' it rather fat.' Or, as the feller said to his second wife, when she tapped him on the shoulder, 'Marm, my first wife was a Pursy, and she never presumed to take that liberty.' Yes, that's good, Squire. Go it, my shirt-tails! you'll win if you get in fust, see if you don't. Patronizin' a Br

val to my anxious friends in Nova Scotia, and in different parts of England; and also some few on matters of business. Mr. Slick was very urgent in his requ

r great ile marchant of Boston, and as you won't walk

the Falls. Out of the winders, you have a view of the splendid white waters, o

land, he didn't like to say he hadn't been there, especially as all the English knowed about America was, that there was a great big waterfall called Niagara, an everlastin' Almight

white waters, and, sais he, 'Waiter,' sais he, 'is them the falls down t

r,' sais

alls at last, eh! Well it's pretty too: they ain't bad, that's a fact.

hour,

or Boston, and the

s, S

nder and say: 'So them's the Falls of Niagara, eh? Well, it's a pretty little mill privilege that too

le in comes

he, 'how far is

er a half a

y do you g

and then to the left,

so arter cypherin' it over in his head a bit, 'Waiter,'

o,

nation all over no

o,

n to say, that them

I do,

rthly thing but to see them cussed Falls, and come as near as 100 cents to a dollar, startin' off without sein' 'em arter all. If it

ou will have no t

ll. Give me my hat, quick! So them ain't the Falls! I ha'n't see'd the Falls of Niagara arter all. What a devil of a take-i

Squire. You want to say, you was to Liver

ite

ir

ool, I see out

s,

his is the great city of Liverpool, eh?

f an ho

e, you have seen Liverpool; and if you see as much of all other places, as you have of this here one

go, Squire," added he, "for

"every thing shall give way to him." And lo

ather he'd strike me any time amost than lectur, for he does it so tender and kindly, it hurts my feelins like, a considerable sum. I've had a pretty how-do-ye-do about it this mornin', and have had to plank down handsum', and do the

a scene in my house before, Sir; have had great diff

mps; here's a little tid bit of extortion now;

y them, Sir,' says he, 'o

: I leave it entirely to you; jist name wha

'for, sais I, don't talk to me of law, name it to the gentleman,

ais I, 'and now, Sir

ould think about the

ave the fifty pounds, but you must

to get a stamp, when I sais, 'Stop,' sais I, 'uncle, mind and p

f items?

on, I am willin' to pay all you ask, but I want to include all, for I intend to post a copy of it in the elegant cabins of each of our splendid New York Liners. This house convenes the Americans-they

e that advantage o

ask, but you shall never take advantage agin of another

ir,' said he, 'but this is not a f

don't ought to have nothin', for she never got so innocent a kiss afore, in all her born days I know, for I didn't mean no harm, and she never got so good a one afore nother, that's a fact; but then I ought to pay, I do suppose, because I hadn't ought to treat a lady that way; it was onhansum', that's fact; and

walked off, withou

to commence our perambulation of the city; but it had begun t

inder? Well, then I've been to Liverpool. Book me for London. So I have seen Liverpool at last,

grampus. You never seed such a figure as he was, he was wet through and through, and the dry dust stickin' to his clothes, made him look

'Stranger, did yo

ducked, or gettin' skeered so. I got an awful fright there-I shall never forget it, if I live as long as Merusalem. You know I hadn't much time left, when. I found out I hadn't been there arter all, so I ran all the way, right down as hard as I could clip; and, seein' some folks comin' out from onder the Fall, I pushed strait in, but the noise actilly stunned me, an

st, said I; I wouldn't touch that are dead tacky hand o' yourn' for half a million o' hard dollars, cash down without any ragged eends; and with that, I turned to run out, but Lord love you I couldn't run. The stones was all wet and slimy, and onnateral slippy, and I expected every minute, I should heels up and go for it: atween them two critters the

his works, the devil and all his works-so there now; and I let go a kick behind, the wickedest you ever see, and took it right in the bread basket. Oh, it yelled and howled and screached like a wounded hyaena, till my ears fairly cracked agin. I renounce you, Satan, sais I; I renounce you, and the world, and the fl

o warm me. Oh, that cold hand! Did you ever touch a dead man's hand? it's awful cold, yo

ais I,' I can

em there,' sais he, 'a

-souled critter, like yourself, that was skeered a'mo

don't know what the upshot would have been, for Old Scratch was there too. I saw him as plain as I see you; he ran out afore me, and couldn't stop or look back, as long as I said catekism. He was in his old shape of the sarpent; he was the matter of a yard long, and as thick round as my arm a

e chock full of 'em. How can you come for to go, for to talk arter that fashion; you are a disgrace to our great nation

he seemed kinder both

vil and all his works, that took that shape, and come to keep me to my bargain. She died fifty years ago, poor old soul, and never kept company with Indgians, or niggers, or any suc

nd he swallere

ge is rea

he didn't want to waste neither. As it drove off, I heerd him say, 'Well th

ot wet, and we hante got frightened, but we can look out o' the wind