Types Of American Appearance And Character

The nev correspondent of the Lon don Tmes, writing from Saratoga, Au21st, malies the following observationa wbicb are some eort of indicatioa of his capacity to interpret Correct) y or examine irnpariially vvhat 8 going oü around bim. We cpiote : I aro amused, by gazing into t'Jief countenauce of every man I meet, and indulging those pbysiognomical spectihitiony to ivhich every man ís more oí' les consclouflly addi-etud from earliesê hildhood. There is certaïnly somehing striking about the prevailing American type. That long, lank, fleshv 688 fnrm, that straight hai'r, that stoop n the shoulders that colorless iace, hose ly no meane bad yet somevvhat larsh ieatures, that high butflal brow, hose pale, thin, cornpressed lips, that ad yet shrewd and coldly humorous expression, remind you at every eiep of hat complex yet distinct original which' he great .Nova Scotian stereotyped in? ?am Slick. To give the genuine Yankee a famij air throughout tho Union the cosume at present in vogue contributesf n no smill degree. The fashion has ately sprung up, and it struck me on' my anival as an innovation at varianco vit h all my reminiscences of American ook. The true Yankee shavea his' ïpper l!p, and someiimes the edge of he other one, allowing the beard to yyovi stiö and straight on the chin. It s the ent oí the beard that any one nny observein the portraits of the Pnjsilent, and I öionld not wonder il' it i-.j' be first magt3trate who sets the fasíi'-' on in this rcpublican land, as King Jharles I. or Henry IV. did in their respective kingdoms, exereising the sarri spell as the Empresa Eugenie had1 m the skirts of ladies' gowns and on he front of ladies' coiffures in Franee. Nay, I shrewdly surinise that he peaked beard, a la Lincoln, is somehinw like a politioal badge and eognv zance in this country; yonr true repubcan, your ont-and-out abolitionist is aa snre to st like you by his pantaloons, uit on his chin as the old Pnritan made limself known ly his closely croppediead and thick, bushy moustat-hes. Without any protensions to enter ín-, o a dispute about matiere of taste, Í nay be permitted to say that the present fashion is, to say the least, an odd one, and the least becoming the Araercan face that could ever have been invented. the dense mass of hair that encumbers the lowi-r face, generally black jr very dark, enhances with no pleaang effect the length of tho bare upper üp - a feature by no means the most pleasing in the Amerioan countenance, as it is apt to be heavy, and flat' with the corners of the mouth drawn deeply down toward tho chin; seen at a distance, lliat the oaptichin like beard contrasting with the blue aud white shaven skin, looks like an unrealappenlagc, a masquerading dïegtiïse ; and it wearè rather absurdly with the high shirt collar, the long close buttoned Kurtouf, and the broud brimmed hat, which very generally rnake up with it the strictly republican garb. Thesejeouliarities of dre.s strike the stran2er as more familiar in New York," Washington, and other eities, whero' he iniddie classes constiiuto the greatest number. Here, in this select circle, true Yankeedom has, indeed, its ew representatives ; but the men of ne upper classes, if aged, affect the .horoughly round hairless face of the" ino old English gentlemen; if young they sport the thin moustache aad imperial of the Parisan daody.