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v t- flJi4foponTio;AS the 'iTBrctUcor oorsRNXESt civ forEj,to pcblic omrox, it: is es,sestiai. nurfcBud opuijo.v8ovi& re suTtsj:p,VC w flr fnatCU.,'- - to 7 ! ARCHIBALD MAGLAl$lf UOOPKR. . Not niT,,,,nf! 'XTr H"-.i for ouo squaf" ' fonrrtfd tL VirA Uin, tut oiut PolUr; nl wn T fivo'coiU for eri7 .Ui'iwUng puMiimitfv Two dolUrs for In.rtiiis'.IvertimnU of moro t thuii wxlwn linr un! not exceeding two qme ' he fiM time? aoJ fifty for ovyrt Bucclinj rubluui'in.Tho9of pmiti Icntu la prcixirtioii y ' ! . Ftmajei.i. io, fcliinif, doot fioM the U ; ' rank,' br'fchjoy those pmUcgca' which in Ttnofo ultiTated 'nations' 'areSconcckfd 4 Mo b'e tlruo:v TIj.Chlncse Vwhiea aff- uncommon ae of .ad- tniration : ehc U iintndrtalized , m odes, V ', , ,nd he j fair: rescrnbiane magnificCTitly V' H:. illaralnatc on funs, fcc pr the admira- !"1iodT'o posterity, 'Tho' poorer classes "jireepfaged ta tarfoua imciiiaV offices,, . while thtfse of aok erhploy; their time in .tiwsicf sriuikhig and -odct accomplish? , -meats. Alady of fah'iquls;of course, wppose'd guiltless of any manual labor and consequently, the injula ae permitted 6 acquire an: enclmous length paVtic,u hriy.thatofihV Jittlo' fnger. hesb la- aies smone mucii,' uu men ltv 'ormied' of sleftder .bamboos; the iji:f viil if Kilrpr or white copper, arid r 7: mSuth'piece of amf oy yaluable stpnei j ' larcin tnany instanced singularly elegant. f;:re 'iuahieaccmg , - Rnu, beauty oi jne;TroocuB;:Twu '(iofihe joints and- clearnessof Ihe bore. tfnr those in winch tfies tarious J. eicef- " nlcV-ei arein great perfection,' hlglj pri es are given.'- , , , , . ''-. Music- fsi'a Worlte recreation, and Auitars of taribus kinds,', with, other mu- . Veal lnstiumcnts oeEtrabrdinary shape ' fnu tone, e ipupeusuic auiwuuu- ' ces to tlict boudoir offr aJ.phinese Ibelle 'in-such trifling employments, the lifao J' - tnesevimprf'0116 teautie's. glides :away k frith very littte yafiatibn while, that of V the lower classes JsWe'pcrpctual scene o UUVI U1IU V. ... . ' - . f only all those ottJCC1 v ? rssigncu . to them fn othei1 coil. t' them and tneif ehQJrei'0. task of toaviffatina the nultityrh f mall boats A' '"ij - r- .j 7 "and ' possessing 'nolfing 'heirboat . , ' and its cpntentfC' 'Vm? w -rt from con. 1 V'tinual exposure -t rthe-nn and 'wind, be come very drlv, lose' all that .softlist- - r leSsness of1 expression, and.'delicaeV.of - form, for which the highest t classes are distinguishedand resemble in their ex v. ; teribr, another ; people ' They 'acquire i . masculine- strength arid .njannerv and ' . . irom early haoit become perteeuy inu led to the, laborious occupation ot row; ' - r i2 ok skulling the heavv loat in'yhich "i they live., J , : ; , ' Women of the poorer classed show ' j'ihcrnselves without the least reserve! in - U oobric places,' but no female -whose VDieans will permit ever goes abroad VC ? i&fcept In a palankeen or sedan chair, V nibst. of which ' are furnished with cur- y. " taipSj which effectually conceal the oc , i cupant. An fact, so few of the Chinese "women. have any pretensions to person ;rI oeauty. Recording to our 'idea pi it, and those ! 'whonave, are so covered With v.pamCthat further than ar Objects of m O tloiiyi th'ejhave fpt attractions for; a foreign eye.( The bait ' is ; always e- imarkahly neat, generally very long anc( rt)iindanLai)J dressed in a most elabor- !' a to rhannef ornamcn ted with gold and t lvr bSdkiris, and flowers, snch as the p tndiari i jessamine, "which are delightfulry V , fragrant, and .disposed with much taste nCpieso , who are bUssed jWith' s mall : ' ;" ;ft;ct, jflvariably outrank the other feV k h inalfi of the family -whoare. 'happy e- "? fKhinir 'mi h. tati! of natOre. " Tlifl - rn S : ' ' " ' ' lpm cf compressine the feel, which has man may be more easily conceived than , ,-so long LVen 'supposed to originate inj described. JJortunately, howcvrr;he ' xiSe jealousy otthefvnesfe hushanJ r possessed both courage and shrewdness; I ki ' " ia reality. Win lmii;.tlin "if a cer: c.?i Tfti tha f pet l themotnent bethought j Qoceiiof CJiina.f who toeing ordered' to bindjip her fect in the troalloKV possible coinpaa?, tr )Icase the fancy ofLer lord,' was, ofcoure immediately imitated by all ue lames oi ucr court, anu .11 mus, oe r .. t ' ' j camo a standing custom. The excess to which the Compression i tarried by many is perfectly wondcrj fid.; Some of the femulcs art so muti lated by thft horrid custom, as to be un able to walk tany considerable distance; and when compelled to make the effort,' which is, painfuland difficult, they find a slicker the shoulder of a servant maid a necessary support j ; -ITia . revulsion "'of the .blood 0 ' the fect, when tho bandages" which confine the limb are removed, is said tq be per fectly 'pnsuppbrtable ; and no less pain ful is' the unnatural t confinement of the growing limbs of young children'' who suffer thii inhuman : torture "fok,the sake of fashion.'' , "vAVe are informed thait i ne ecs'sary to watch Jlhcra loselyi'during their " growth as 'the pain . they endure froin ; the 'fcandages frcqucfttly induce them "when unobsenjed, to tear them ofli in order' to obtain relief. A sister who poijsesses a' pair of these miserable looking fqetv njos as we have' 'observ ed above, a f higher rankdn the family, in consideration of such' insignia of fash lonable pre-eminence. The effectof the process is found tb bt a '( premature ap peararicfi.of age and deerepitudei which is materially aided , bjr marriage, con tracted at' a very early age Those Whose feet have not been: subjected to this operation are observed to?fail soon eri it is true, than the females of tempe rate ';:climatesti)af preserve their youth ful kppearance long, after the charms of their envied companions are faded. ( " ' T The size of these curious feet Vaiies from four inches to the common size of Ihe female foot, as in some, from care lessiness, . there; are" no impediments to their growipg in length, and are only ve ry much compressed, ' Those on hich the bandagio has been carluIJyvpertor med, tire scarcely any longer than when first confined. The toes are. turned un der, the sole, and the point of the foot is terminated by the great toe, Which alone preserves a resemblance to the original Numbers of poor women who have been reduced in circumstance arehour iy obsetred in the streets, lamed and tor-r ' . 1 , ".'-' , . ' t.:'j raenteu py tnese.omy 'remaining .uaugs onncir.tqrmer rank, ami many 01 mem scarcely covered, and suffering from J.be accumulated misery of want "and defor mity.' ,t ' ' ; Ve-fiave heard Chinese fathers speak of this custom iii.terms of reprehension, btit nrged the prevalence of'the Custom, and the ridicule to which tlrose who ne glect it are 'exposedi as an excuse for its' continuance. ," CaUed by the' Chinese, Golden lilies. tDuring the' period that this vast em pire' was divided into many petty states, governed oy Kings. - Tj : J.1 he tales 01 irog snoes Deing, em ployeifinTompreBsing the feet, are mere fictions. Bandages very similar to tliose used by surgeonsi .are. Jhe only means Used for the purpose. . V THE VILLAGE GAURISON, An anecdote of the thirty years wcur, -. It happened in tlie course of llie thir- tytyears war that Gohsalvo de Cordovo, who rComrnandedth bpamsh troops, then overrunning the Palatinate, found it necessary, to possess himself of RUtje walled' village; called pger3m..tf'i ay in his way. On the tL i L!cr-5iger. of bis, approach all the i ' tltS- 1 to Manneim. ana;wnen uuuu englh drew near and ; summoned the place jo surrender, there remained with in the walls only a poor (shepherd and liis wife, the latter of whom, ha ving that morhin brought a litue infant into this World of misery, waf unable to leave ner bed, and her husband, ' of 'course staid with her. "'-' - 'i " S- : V'4.':,'t&y' ,iJ The anxiety and distresspf the poor himself of a scheme feicat which af- tcr embracing them both, he hastened to put into execution. 'f M . -s 4 The inhabitants harlng rcn off in a tremendous hurry ,haJ Jcft aluvoat all their property at hidiiposal; ao he had no difiicylty in finding what was requi site forliis purpose, namely, a complete change of t'res' ! I vi'ng first accoutred 1119 lower iuob m sed away his 'shene-' uie,' hi tos- r, . v placed 'kh a J thef-A V ! tiliri. r1ils"fl-0i. i .1 beli7aod 1 uuing oii i(j bvyij the soles .tiadIg-'" h lifted him abou a vUlj v ground he fastened to hem a prpdigiot pair of jingling fepurs, wnich were. the fashion 0 the timei Thdsiccoutred, he loithwith betbokf himself to the walls, and leaning with a pompous air on his sword, he listened , cooly.: to the hcrjild who advance! to summon the f illageo surrender .- r T . - Frieh, said out hero, as sOoJvatlie fierald ha'd concluded his speech, t 'tell your coir.mandclMhat thouch I havenot yet maae up my mina t,o eurrcnucc ai all, I may ' possibly be -induced to! 0 so proviuea ne agrees 19 mrcc touowing cohditionsin which -1 sliall mae no abatement whatever ,- -UL The garri son must be allowed to march out with iKtary hoftoii jTe lives and pro- Hy oftrtrUtakmiist be;pro mi perty ed;;3dT 'ftlloVcd -tJic free exercise of the Protestant rtlijribn.' The? cplied that -. J coyla i,ot , added that weak and such prt for.a mc the gar'ri conclude .' ' i stant svf t. dgh n- f tha shep- herddo 1 toanfor 1 nothing shed co fng onVr to k ada; i grec'to, will gaii the point youby christiat lemanti ed a rclrj So',POl!lg piperivi 1 mosf crtsu! advise you . me, .that void blood- nrrrendcr fid ples jpse to 'a stated, li .own only at T: swear to t manandofa onorbfagen- arn.- i. jately receiv uttle dreams of.; iJCTtIJ iicTtJ.ligltited his air 01 ine e cl atncc - Uonn A lounueu nv ).is"amcararrep"oi poid ncss and ji -i dent alVo the 'Hi f he SDan jii4t !nr5rp1 Titr" show, of fesistaf vma being unwilling lo waste either Then or tune in reducing this paltry' town, resolved to agree to the, conditions offered and, followed by bis troops, approached the gateWThis lenient determination was .annQunceu ny the herald to ; the 8heipherd, who" only vouchsafed to sayiri reply 'v I find your commander is a man of some sense. lie then left the walls, let down j the dra wr bridge, deliberately,, opened the tgates, &. allowed the Spanish troops to pour in to the town.- Supriaed at seeing; no one in the streets, but astrangelpokingfellow, whose caricature pf a military cpstume hung upon him like patch werki'Gpn salvo began tosuspeet gaheryi;)aii seizin or the RheDhewIi nenarfi r -t i -alaim- '" ' 'iaieast symptom jry f-ijp letray me 1 shall send a fcaiiettbroagh: your heait.' r 4 ' ,5 'Agreed, said our friend. FoI!9W me, Spaniards ! for if swear by the word of an honest man and christian,;' as well as by tfiehonor of a gentleman, thaVtbe iram'.nn m-i'Tl nffor "r-mi nn lhlnrv.' j . I garrison will offer you no injury.'; He then placed himself by G6nsalvosj stirrup, and loiiowea ny tne troops, pas sed through severs silent arid deserted streets, till, at length, turning into a nar row lane, he stopped before a pi can Ibo- fag house,' tmd havmg prCraileu on Gbnsalvp to enter, he led him inta a sec Wtr.in -uamTtionght. it p lo AliirLtaldinite3o' Gons rlemandsL'wmch half been macfeii- small room, where lay his n ife. and her i-.IS. 1. . .. , . , i- - Hills ooy ocBico ucr. ' - ,), . Noble (jcneraU'ha aaid,, pointlaj to 4heformer,this Is our gtrrlson ; and Ui's,' he added taking his son lh his arms, is the reinforcement of which I told you. Aware now of tho real siafe of mat ters, Uie absordity and cleverness $f tlie trick, moved evert Bpaqish eratity, and (Jonsalvd gavCfref "ourao ip his f fnir'tli. q takingoffanch .golu chain tvhich 4 his own person he passed ,it )ncck of the infant.' 1 S ; ... t me to' offor thjs rrirk of my iter said good naturtdlyi 'for garrison 01 vgrsncim, i jjy nnd of a soldier, I envy you the pos He then stooped down and. kissed the deligWd ino.ther and her boy,J and qoiM ted tlf hoise leaving the shepherd to V)rBar'ryTnore.Tii noted spf nd tlirft luid commenced: his carper so ear iy, and sqanderd so profiisely that, he found himself nearly ruined on comiog pf age; ; Of allthe rrincVinyaliso lute companions, he seems to have been themost abandoned. On1 attaining his majority Jie entertained the princat the ofjO.OOO, and. was obliged to- sell his hcTs'cs and carnages :) soon after, he had thus signalized hft attainment of the age of discretion, v He had anextraordi nary fupd of animal Spirits, , with some "eccentricity,.; The prince one night, at his instigation, rushed out ith .'iv party -.Ji ofsuch a , reinforcement V and tSunust let rne present you with a pnirse of gold, for tKc"t usepof the young re- . . i '. ' , , '-re . . , 7- beast, for many a summer day and win der tjight, of the success oftratagchi,l stigauon, rushed put-with 'a party UHsppi rirerahd not to recr"oss to' heo'gie dressed instable cloUis, yriti;frMexirffcrtio of ttV PrejidenV - from the cally kins round their heads, and making nois es, to fright the old women tout pf : their sleep. 3 lie ; played harlequin in a : pan tomime at the Brighton 'Theatre, jump ing with grotesque 'activity through a bJazcing hoop, and "setting jhe auui- ence in a roar" by a ridiculous disrup tion of his motley dress. exhibited himself if possible, still more incongru ously to-he fashionable world of Lon don, dancing r nok ndnueteat the great rpom in Saville rw with tlie 'clown, Del phini But Lord ,Barrymorcs animal gprritaAvere no longer ehliveiiinghis eCf cijntridi'lks' no longer whimsicalwhen js'nria became apparent. . His rice$- uoh aiaruon nouse, irom oeing'Tjer-1 ved and infrequent ceased altogetfief.i-? It was very common to shift the'-blanM of the 'Prince- pf Wales' irregularities from himticlf to his associate's. ' The rufn of those among them who had fortunes" lo iose, might, with'mbre propriety, be changed to7lheir foolish ambition in as sociating. with him. .The . facility . with which lie both enrouraged and discarded them was a natural consequence, .a! just pu nishm ent arid use fut.example. y X, 6 rd Barryindre's cairecr was soon and fatally terminated. Jtis private theatricals sat Varrrave were closed as '.'It was expres- sed at Carlfbft IIpusp, "with a finale sunl by John pbe . and Richard Roe," Iiis assa'u'lts and batteries which be com mitted indiscriminately onSir Jno. Lade, Mr T C, arid his other compeers of the Jockey, Club af New-market, and on those whom he met in 6lreet brawls and lowC haunts of - prbfligacrr made him (avoided by persons, of his own condition and brought him to the Court of lung s Bcnch.f lie appeared twice before Ken- yori, the chief justice, as a party prose cuted for an assault, and as defendant in action for debt? The action was brought by the architect whohad built' his pri vate, theafreat Itargrave ; he pleaded his minority; he was answered by proof of a promise to pay after hp became, of age ana iosidouv ci3 non?ur ana his jcau Lord Barry more was an officer in he Berkshire ? militiaJ Fhilst escorting - , ' ' ' 'i'' r' a party of French prisoners irom Rye to Dover in 1793, .he was 6hot in the head by the accidental discharge of a carbine which he had with him iri his carriage, tiled in a few minutes, and thus finied at the eariy age of 23, his short, dissolute, 'and foolish lifc.Lf? end Retenfof Ciergi l VT 1 T . . MltSOUKI IXDlANH.' We lately putl!Ve f t ment of the rcturtj of (ir'-ra ee ami Atkinson with the thorps "fr... ei. Iilandrf , ..Tlie fol!pirlnj( are , la'uj to ,ba the outlines of tha treaty ebnchiJcd hf r them WiLUhe Indians. 1. Hitherto this hand, has in a rreai decree been Isolated ,rotn fhet other; ,-. triberof the Sac hation friendly to. (he ' V." United Slates, and, have a'nrnialljVijitedl ' 4 ' the British poiu .and traders In Canada, V where nd doubt that ranroroaoiiulity ' iJ which they have evinced toward tf. s United States since tf ife cohrfwdon of (he " late waf, has' been kept alive' and cher- isiica. uy uie conaiuoRs oftr.e treat, recently concludeth they are required id I . .. .. . 4' hercfter7 upon their own lands west cf the MissusippL,-' Being thus incorpora- icu wiin mc ouier tnoes. ihe whole na iion will bccornorespohsible for the acts ' 01 a particular trine, and t thus a permaV nent peace will be secured., r' , . Th'Tare required to aCandon , all j communlcatioi,-and to cease" to hold . winu pvace&oiy vo tie auiuontyoitnjjr t j frieridlf chiefs-and travrs of the 8ac. nation and to reside and hunt with ihcrrt 1' , . any inH8fcoufs$, 1.1 future, with the BriU " a uh posts and towB. A Compliande with) thi pulsion df they treaty alene will- arm acui 01 any lioimuy , towards tiie United fiuiteliid to substttnte for it v tljar'friendlxch'nr so desirable in' V powerful tri Indians, hanging upoo .. iicifeeaSve and'oncrf frdnti'cr of. two ' 3TheV Ir5 feanired IV the itreatr ut eofcnne themselves to the west bank of tho 'f Ihe Unifed States or the Governor of I the Stpfoflllinbls ;" by which cnndiliofr all future fiisturbance between this band ' .ind, the tylhehs of Illinois wiij be'ffec ually prevented. r ' ' - ' the St. Louis Times of theth ulti ' ' ..Tlie, United Stales.' troops rsturted from Rock Island on the 6th int.v Itaji- ' ' .,' pears that what is called theBritisi'k '--', ; Band of Sac and Fpi tribe whejiare . obstinately refused lp qjiitlh d on :X whic - - Caterer J annrirosi'' well ar-;.1: ' ' a? t.rr4iy;jBiatqu t-V thf yegilar troops. " .yerlta;-.ara( . officer, Gen.Gatneatted under, these circumstances with themgoantoity be- , coming the agent of a powerful nation, and wi the forbearance r and modera- tibn) byalri't6;inaA;:thout putu'ntf -; any tfu'rig ,to hazard, he waited until he 1 hrid; assembled sp large a force ha the vert appearance bf it overwhelmed 'r! oppositidivmduced the Indiana to aban don the ground they occupied .attd sue '. for eeace, which' was grantedl A to fn em. If any blood had been shed, great' dis- tress would 'have ca;:ixxienetii!0 mdng tlie frontier inhabitants, andf verj -difficult and expensive; war would have been lhe result. .The .exhibition of so large a force will have great effect upon, the future conduct of thefndbns;.,; Cred- r it is doe to : the prompt and energetic movetnen t of tn e troops ; and the mrli-. tary advantages of allocation of troojp at Jefferson Barracks,-;aridtn Arsenal -near this place have both . been illustra-' ted. The Illinois militii, t is said,' act. i ed very welt;'.. in Lord Byron's House at llesolovgU.- . When I last visited, Mesolonghi, In 13 27, this devoted city had been destroy ed.'- Groups of Albanians and Arnouts, sat smoking their pipes on its ruins ; and -the Bulgarians , had stalled their horses, in the halls of its primate palaces. Lord Byron's house, inwhith he had lived and died,' stood erect and ; unscathed. The Turkish rard at its rorul. mark ed it as the abotle -ef the. Pacba If some strange chosre, it ha4 f cared the general ruin, aril loekci'e a lonely cctVcin in lie midst f 4esfUr3 f r K 4- ,4 'I -v. '..,. . ... ... 4-r i t 4 . ' " ' f t - . . . . - . ' . - . . ' I . . . - . v . .-is- . .. - , .- , v. ' , ..... . ,1
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