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set up a similar tribute to the memory of a duellist 

 at Mount Auburn, near Boston, a sensation would 

 be created which would manifest how widely dif 

 ferent is the state of public opinion in New England 

 from that in the &quot; First Municipality.&quot; 



Among the signs of the tacit recognition of an 

 aristocracy in the large cities, is the manner in which 

 persons of the richer and more refined classes asso 

 ciate together in the large hotels. There is one 

 public table frequented by bachelors, commercial tra 

 vellers, and gentlemen not accompanied by their 

 wives and families, and a more expensive one, called 

 the Ladies Ordinary, at which ladies, their husbands, 

 and gentlemen whom they invite, have their meals. 

 Some persons who occupy a marked position in so 

 ciety, such as our friend the ex-senator, Mr. Wilde, 

 often obtain leave by favour to frequent this ordi 

 nary ; but the keepers of the hotels grant or decline 

 the privilege, as they may think proper. 



A few days after the Carnival we had another 

 opportunity of seeing a grand procession of the na 

 tives, without masks. The corps of all the different 

 companies of firemen turned out in their uniform, 

 drawing their engines dressed up with flowers, ri 

 bands, and flags, and I never saw a finer set of young 

 men. We could not help contrasting their healthy 

 looks with the pale, sickly countenances of &quot;the 

 crackers,&quot; in the pine-woods of Georgia and Alabama, 

 where we had been spending so many weeks. These 

 men were almost all of them Creoles, and thoroughly 

 acclimatised ; and I. soon found that if I wished to 

 ingratiate myself with natives or permanent settlers 



