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Wilmington, North CaroUnxuY
VOL II. NO.
T?T& TTb A Y TTTT.V QStk 1QQ7
WHOLE NO. 80.
10
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" published
BVERY FRIDA Y MORXIXG.
t .
TERMS.
TWK D0I.UR3 PKR ANSCM, IS ADVANCE.
ADVEUTHGJIUXTS
Wni eeollnx a riciuurc inserlnJ at ON'E DOLLAR
th flfit.ind T .iiNTV-FIVli CENTd for each subse-'-4nt
insertion. , .
. No Subscribers talcn for less.s than one year,
i -1 1 ... U i in.iiratilisi'rirvtinn In run nl'pr
a year without giving notice, are considered
boud for the second year, and so on for all sue-
No piper discontinued until nil arrearages are
oaid, unless nt the option of tint Ivlttor.
ry-OFFICE n tle-.outli8'u:e ol Market Street, be-
r . v g. . IIa.il'.
TIMBER LAND.
TT WISH to seU at. a fair price, 4 Tracts, of G10
-M. Acres eacu. of well rtmW-..-,., t ,;,..ii
on bot hvudes ot Little ;Cohira, on South River,
m , ,.1,nS run ln Sampson county, and
on tlaol .Vim and Black River R is ti in Hum-
berland County. Persons wishing to purchase,
can apply for particular to me in Favettvillc. or
vv.u.JLord.in Wilmington.
mat , w r. MALLETT
March 17th, 1837. ; j 10 t-f.
1
Rail-Road OmCK.
A T a niftliu!r of th'a Hoard of directors of the
Wilmington and Rileigh Rail-Road' Com
pany tins day, "the following Resolution was pass
..1 an1 m.trvi"i1 tit llf nil! il isliJt 1 . V I 7. .
Runlred. That lnterc"l hi exvtrd from such
Stxaholders, ns shall fail to pay (heir instalments
wit '.m the tune prescribed hy public nonce.
True copy from the minutes. . -
JAMES S. GREEN, Secretary.
CUI Okfiok,
:, 17h, 1835. S
. Rail Ro
! V Wilniiv'L'lov, Dec
A T a ln'tft lectin:,' of thn li)urd .of Directors
tf.nniiir ilm iVil I iiw 1 1; Ht-solulioiis were passed
and ordered to bn published.
"'Resolved That a DioaiiiU be allnwed, at the
rain of six nrr Ci-nt K-r annum, fiu- auli
irHt(.(l n.i vnu iiis of sub-icriulioiis to the
ttork of this Company : to be .fstimated aftt
. nil llir hnvm.'-ii'! of nill'1!' Sl'bs'M ib'TS, sdal!
li;vr liffi'i mail': and the ninoiml then re
funded Mirrerablv to the, samo. .
r.polvfrf Tlint I'litereht .be a 'lowed on all In
; stnlmiits paid not less than thiny days before
titty .hiv due.
; True (.'(nv, from the Minutes.
December ih,' AW.
j j AMI'S S.GREEN, Scrr.
Kf $25PReward
WILL be paid to any person who will lodge
niv man Dick in anv iail of the. Simp
Dick is a Bricklayer and Plasterer hv rmrlf .i.l
has worked in most of the Counties in t'hi F.ns.
tern pau of thc.iState. IJe is a stout black fellow,
about 2G years of age, of raiher a sluggish walk,
and his toes are well turned out in walking
M W. H. BE ATTY.
Ceatty s Bridge, New-Hanover Co ,
June 16th, 1837. . 23 9-t.
O The Newbern Spectator will insert the
above for two months, and forward its account
to this office. i
NOTICE.
fJIIE Subscriber having qualified as Executor
A 10 the iSSast Will : and Testament of Ann
Garvan deceased, at February Term, 1837, of the
Court of Pleas and Cluarter Sessions of Bladen
County, hereby gives notice to all persons having
claims or demands against the Estate -of said de
ceased, to present" them duly authenticated within
the time prescribed by law, or this notice wiil be
pleaded in bar of their vecovery.
. JOHN LLO YD I McKAY, Escctr.
March 3d, 1KJ7. .. ' ! j . ' Sf.
N OTI c i:.
A3 Agent of the I tail Roail I fiiid it absolutely
necessary to ntoice the law against persons
trading with negroes. T'his is therefore lo warn
1 all nersons against trading with any of Uie hands
on h Road, without an e.s ecial pass from my
self or some one of the Engineers.
A McltAE. Suycrinlcndant.
' Wilmington, Eebr. 3d, 17. 4tf .
It Aro-R.'"n tvi-'it
U'ilmhrjitoii, Mm IG.'i, 137.
lURSUANT to an onl:r ot the Hoard ot
Directors, the Slock hoajrr.snt die i-miing-
tim' and Tla livh R id Road (company will be
called ou f-trt'lifi folhiwn g -instalments, viz:
S f pr. share to be paid on orbci'cro 1st July next,
55 " 1st Oct. "
$10 . " l.'j.h Dt c. "
'.TAMES OV'.'EN, I'r-saUi.t,
Miv 10th, 1S:57. W ' T- '
By
PROCLAMATION;
the Governor of North Carolina.
200 Dollars Reward.
me
ho
or
y;
TJ37"HEREAS it has been made known to
TV by the verdict of an Inauest held bv the
Coroner, that A. G. Keys, of the county of Mar
tin, was recemly murdered in 6aid county, and
that George W. Coburn, (of the county and State
aforesaid,) stands phai ged with the commission
of the said felony ; and whereas it is represented
that the said George W. Gobum is a fugitive
from justice: I
Now, therefore, to the end that the said
George W. Coburn may be apprehended 4nd
brought to trial, 1 have thought proper to issue
this my Proclamutiou, offering a reward of Iwo
nundred dollars, to any persort or persons v
will apprehend and confine him in the jail,
deliver him to the Sheriff of Martin coun
and I do moreover hereby require all officers
wnetner civil or military, within this State, to
use their best exertions to apprehend, or cause to
be apprehended, the said fugitive.
Given undpr mv hand aq ( xoverriiir.
1 and the Great Seal of North Caro
lina, at the city of Raleigh, this
V 26th May, A. D. 1837. .
EDWARD B. DUDLEY
CflitisTOPHFU C. Battle, P. Sect'y.
G. W. Coburn is about 30 years of age, abut
5 feet 9 inches high, thick set, oan athletic and
muscular constitution,-' complexion rather florid,
full face, speaks short and quick when spoken jto,
with eyes somewhut downcast. It is believed
he wore on leaving a blue cloth coat with velvet
collar.
June 9th, 1837. , 22 t-f.
ed, exceeded their predecessors in nil
kinds of miscondoct. At last, under the"
Consulate, sprang up the l.tcroyaUts, a
ah!-ai i four. Fanny. No;-thtrcis no
a i ? uUl ? duvl lo da'- Vojr master.
- ww.iiv .3 ui uiib a a priest.
Montague's ISalm,
A't Indian Remedy for Ihc JToolh-Acht.
rlIE established reputation and constantly
H. increasing demand for this eifectual remedy
of pain, and preservative ol the teeth, has indu- !
eed the subscriber lo oflejr itio the American pub- 1
lie. Arrangements 'have' .been made to supply
Agents in till tho pi 'mcipal cities and towns of the
United States, sous to place it within the reach
of those suflering and likely to suffer, with the
most hairassing of all aphesj (tooth-ache.) When
applied according to directions given on the bet
tie, it has never failed to afford immediate and
permanent relief. It also arrests the decay in de
fective tfjeth, and relieves that soreness which so
fn'quently miders a strohg too h useless
The application and remedy-are simple, inno
icent, and not unpleasant!: and the large number
Vol fiersons in various sacjions of ihe country, who
have alreatiy experienced such delighttul and sa
lutary b'-nefits fiomthe use of the balm, are ready
to bear(f-ir the public good) their testimony to its
urn ivalled pHn!itjes. It, is an indian remedy, rb
tainned singula'rly and junexpectedly, and may
be regarded by the civilized world. as the most
remarkable discovery of the Red Man of the
woods. - -1- ' ' j
Puce. I dollar per bottle.
t
Vo Wood Cutters.
UE Wilmington and Raleigh Rail Road
T "
Wood to be del l v t r- 1 on H al
ompuny Will C! liaci n-r a qiuuuii v ui
wnarf.
'-l to coiihacl, wid plea?e call
. i:i .i Mi, M. T. Goidsbo-
. . I'M S . '"V" I
1' L'.'l "SS, Engineer. '
! ..;; 1-37 . "JO ! f,-
Pcrioni who v
at the .EngMr : V
rouh or on i
' V. Ah
Wilrn'ncton .!
Fa-yet
r'ooks of 'Subscrip-
' WJCTlUIi l gvon th r
rS lion i.. tlift -.oeiv ot':j,u.'vi.iiian . are opened
at the Bank of the 'State.
An mu.tbii'jwi of I'wo l."M'.rs m each share
will be required at the tune of iu'osci iuu.g.
By the Cotnanssioii'.is
JAMES OWEN.
AARON LAZARUS.
ALEXR ANDERSON.
Wilmington. Feb. 21ih, 1&37. 7 if.
Wanted by the Subscriber,
OAK and Bay Bark, for which the following
price, in cash, will-bi paid on delivery,
viz:
SG O") pr. Cord for Oak, and.
S 3 50 do for Bay,
delivered in goo I order.
JOHN J. HE WET T.
April 7th, 1S37. 13 t-f.
For sale by
.June 30-1 637
W. WARE, .ffr-n'.
; ' 25 t-f.
Valuable Property
For Sale.
THAT valuable Plantation in theCountv of
r i. i ' i : .. . I e ri i .
Diunwicn, Known uy uie name oi ttuiun,
situated near the sea shore, about forty miles from
Wilmington, on the Georgetown (S. C.) main
road, and seven miles from the State line, con
taining 1500 acres, or more, 3- to 400 acres; of
which is in high swamp, and well adapted to (he
culture of Cotton, Corn, Oats, Peas,, or any thing
else. This land is so situated, that the weter
which fails ibpon it, runs off in oppositedirections,
emptying itself into Litile River on the West,
and ShaPotte River on the East, which prevents
its ever being inundated by freshets. About ;25
or 30 acres is now under cultivation, and will
produce as much, for whaf 1 know, as ar.y land
in the Stale. The ballance is well covered with
White and other Oaks, Black and Sweet Gum,
Ash, Poplars, Swamp Palmetto, &c. &c. The
lesidueof the tract is of Hammock and Pine land,
calculated for Timber, Turpentine, Tar, &c.
The range for Cattle is excellent, having the be
nefit of a large salt marsh , and the Hog range
not to be-beaten. Fish and Oysters of the best
kind, are to be'pbtained within one and a half
miles of tlie settlement, in great abundance. The
advatangesof'Shallotleand Little Rivers are very
great, when vessels of considerable, size can ap
proach within five to seven miles of the settle
ment, and carry produce to any market. The
settlements are ta w, and in 7r-tty good order ;
the water is excellent, and the si uaiion not only
pleasant, but very healthy. I well sell the place
is it now stands, a part of the crop planted, and
the ballance. under way, with a good stock .of
Cattle and Moss, Oxen, Carts, plantation Tools,
and about 200 Bushels of Coin, b odder, fease,
.&c, and hire the Negroes, for the ballance of the
year. - .
-'At so :
Taxes II Taxes !!
State of North Carolina,
New. Hanover County
NOTICE is hereby given to the Inhabitants
of the aforesaid county,! thai I have received
from live Cierk the tax list and hold it ready for I
their inspection, l'hey 'are further notified to
call at niy office," on or before the 1st day of Scp-
eniber fiext, and pay their taxes, or their pro
perty will be advertised and sold to satisfy the
taxes' due thereon: i .
U WEN FENNELL, Sheriff.
Wilmington, July T2ih, 1837. 27 3-1
THE copartnership heretofore existing andT
Hie firm of PEDEN & , RUSSELL, was
dissolVed by mutual consent on the 20th inst.
Th"; biisin ss of the concern will be settled by
E Cv RUSSELL., who has purchased the entire
STOCK' and will continue at the old stand,
where he will be happy al all times to serve his
friends and customers with, a choice assort
ment of ..:'
i j
Groceries, Liquors,
AND
Provisions
July 21st, 1R37.
28 t-f.
FOll SMB. :
Just received, and for Sale by the Subscriber :
60 Bales Hay,
60 Ivegs of first, quality Lard. 1
J. il. BREWSTER.
February 3d. IS37. , . 4 t f
ITEPHEN L. WALLACE huving made
an assinmentof all ins property, including
outstanding debts' due lum, cither by note or ac
count, to the subscriber tha latter hereby gives
notice to all persons indebted, to call on D. B.
Baker, and make-prompt payment otherwise
legal steps will he taken for their collection.
The subscriber hereby offers for sale all the
STOCK. IN .TRADE recently belonging to
the taid Stephen IV Wallace, consisting of
SADDLERY of every description, HARD
WARE, &c
tj tlitlb 1 UL 11 t-li V iVL.L.Att.,
WilmtrtSton. Oth. June, IS97.
Assignee.
'2-3 l-f.
10 Reward
-TXlff7illl be
given for my man
ose, wlio absconded on
the23thof May last. Heisabout
5 feet high, yellow complected.
He has a wife at Mr. T. J. Arm
strong's, in Wilmington, at which
place he is likely to D3 lurking. 1 he above re
ward will be given for his apprehension and de
livery tome, or confined in jail so that 1 get him
f?. T JAMES B. WILLIAMS.
Iw-uoay treet wim v., i. v.
'A n
SHOES, HATS &c.
The Subscriber having purchased the StocK in
trade and taken ihe stand of Mr. Asa A. Brown
has recently made large additions to the Stock, an
now offers to his friends and the public generally
a very great assortment of goods in thatlineSuch
as BU-U I S. SllULb, tlA i b, UArS, Otc. also.
h large "supply of ready nsade CLOT H1NG
some extra fine,) Saddles & bridles, Blankets
snie'.ins & Shirtings, Calicoes, and other dry
1000 to 1500 acres of Turprntire land, wuh
four tasks of new. boxes cut. work shops, &c. at
tached situated on Smith's Creek, about fiveor
six miles from Town, and about two from the
Creek, where flatls can receive Turpentine jor
Tflr At nv spnson and in one tide briiiiT Jt jto
Town.
My Terms shall be made necommooating.
' HENRY KUT'T
Wilmington, March 24:h. 187. 11 t-f.
rv Persons ind btcd to me are respectfully ln-
- .. . . j. , !!
vited to call and seine, as tur.ner muuigence ran
not be granted. ' ti. xn
1 From the V. S. Cathotic Miscellany.
ooNa or xns rziowcns.
See, we come dancing in sunshine and showers,
Like fairies or butterflies bright young flowers,
O'er vale and o'er mountains, tho' ever so sleep,
Go wnder weMl still on your rambles peep.
Far from Uie city and smoke live we,
With our neighbour, the rugged old forest tree;
Who, wrapped in his mantle of ivy green,
Looks gay for hb wrinkles are never seen.
With 'the xephyrs we dance
'Neath the bright warm sun;
But the moon's pale glance, 1
Bids our sport be done
'Then we close our petals, nor winking peep,
'Till the morning breaks our perfumed sleep.
Oh .' are wj not beautiful, bright, young flowers,
In stalely gardens or w itd-wood bowers 1
To us does the lover his love compare,
Then, think ye, can ought be more sweet or fair 1
Her brow is the lily, her cheek the rose,
Her kiss is the woodbine, (more sweet than
those?)
Her eyes in the half shut violet beam,
When a bright dew-drop on its lutre gleams.
We are wreathed in her hair
By (he hands loved best,
Or clustered with care
On her gentle breast.
And, oh t what gems can s well edorn
The fair eyed girl on her bridal morn 1
Blooming in sunshine, and glowing in showers,
Dancing in brceies we gay young flowers !
How often doth an emblem but silently tell
What language could never speak half so well!
Even sister flowers envy the favoured lot
Of that blue-eyed darling" Forget Me Not."
Her name is notv grown a charmed word,
By whose echo the holiest ' thoughts are stirred."
' Come forth in the spring,
And our wild haunts seek,
When the wood birds sing,
And the blue skies break:
Come forth to the hill the wood the vale
Where we merrily dance in the sportive gait 1
Oh ! come to the river's brim, come to us there,
Fop the white water-lily is wondrous fair, '
With her large broad leaves on the stream afloat,
(Each one a capacious fairy boat,)
The swan among flowers! how stately ride
Her snow-white leaves on the rippling tide:
And the draggon-fly gallantly; stays to sip
A kiss of dew from her goblet's lip t
Oh! come in the glow
Of the long sutnmtc's day
When the col waves flow,
And the zephyrs play ;
Oh! dwell not in cities, 'mid dark and care,
But come to the river's brim, come to us there.
race ot dandies whom plays and norels j I must see about thisionlv two !it
.mimurifluiciiavecovcr win riuicuie. tins montn; anUhore we are at the 10th
The dandies of the present day are not IIow exceedingly odd 1 If ( dont ukd
much better treated, and future ages will care I sh.il! pet positively ruty I nn
form a very curious idea of our men of have an attiir tvdav : "i mut mrWi
fashion if they implicitly relv upon our I'll put it down in mv m.nn.n4. r "
coeval authorities, literary and graphic. Jfear I should forget it.'
Open, for instance, a "Journal des J Thus was the sword of Julio cVstiaed
Modes:" the print exhibits to your aston-jto slumber in its scabbard one day longer
ishedrye the dandy, enveloped in a rich-,1 and his pistols to lie untouched in their
ly embroidered dressing gown, lounging J ebony case, which was beautifully iobiJ
I IS' T in 21 fi.lh Imn.rlnr. n A .in!.!. ' I 1 1 K e..l k'. U . .1. . I - I .
,.j -u oiiiijiviiii" uim ciiiiin- i ...... nam j-iivaU3 ilUU cross OODCS Ifi
ivory. Julio-suddenly abandons his pug
nacious reflection?, and .inquires hr U
courier. Abufar brings h i m in a bnnc!!.
care of his toilet. The rompilers-of these j of letters and the rvwspa pers. Julio
Journaux' know noihing of any ser- . begtns with these, and glances his eyes
ing, with his head lolling on one side, like
a boarding school miss. Near htm
stands a groom in top boots, who has the
vant but the groom. The valet de chavi
he, in their opinion, is obsolete; the
groom they see, and therefore are satis
fied that he still exists: and therefore he
He then brains to
i . : i i
nasuiy orr tn;n.
open the letters. Twelve lilii.- swtt't
scented notes lie before him. He first
counts th
. I '-" VAUlMltlVtl 4i W
is Served up with all sauces, and upon all 'superscriptions before he opens any one
occasions. j of them.
Next to these journalists come the no
velists, who appear to derive their notions
of men of fashion from their graphic con
temporaries. There are in France, just
now. between two and three hundred no
vel writers, lull ol wit and tilent, but all tu3 recepi tele, a the poor, afior having
perfect strangers to the world which they j 'v'd. arc cast into a common crave,
propose to describe, and of the ways of i Julio's reading wn interrupt d -iiittimts
which thev have not the remotest idea. ! by smiles of s-ttif iction "sometijiies be n
These young authors, who have 'never j frown sometimes by a loud lauyh and
Behold him unfolding lh love-fraught
correspondence. Abufir had already
placed near his mailer ad el.viy trunk,
lined with rose colored satin. Every nt te!
"r" iiaui" din reau. wii mmwn i
S u g
tL 1
FASHIONABLE FICTIONS.
BY THEODORE HOOK.
It seems that the French have, like the
36 Hhds. Superior Porto Rico. Just received
per Schooner Polly, and for sale by
June 30th, 1S37. 25 t-f.
illy
jjoua also Sugar oc ColTee
THOMAS SMITH
W ".-'Iniinston. Oct. '28, 183f. t-
25-t-f.
JYcgroes j JVhntcd.
HAVINGr contracted with the Wilmington
and Raleigh Railroad Company to furnish
a certain quantity of WOOD, I want to hire 15
or 20 task Hands, fori which the road prices
will be given, until the ! 1st of January, 1838.
Persons wishing to hire their hands will please
to call on me at the Oalcj Plantation, or to Mr.
C. B. Miller, in Wilmington.
DAVID TH ALLY.
Wilmington, July 21st; ld37. ' - 28 t-f.""
" (:j:ce t f thaWilmtvptoii tf. Raleigh
R Ft Companv Stv. 12A. 183t." )
11 RE SOL VIJU, That the hours tor the trans
action of business in this OlSce shall in future be
from 15 minutes afier the turn out bell in the
morning, until the usual dinner hour' established
by the Town;' S v
- J THF! nndprsinnpd wnnld
c '
respectfully call the at
tention of all those having
business with this office to the
above extract from the minutes of the Wilming
ton and Raleigh Rail Road Company.
JAMES S. GREEN, Treasurer.
Wilming.on, July 21st, 1837.
28 4-t.
$20 Reward.
"T3 AN AWA Y fi;om the Subscriber on Sunday
JLB 25th inst. my Negro Woman Betse.y .vlrr
rick, with her three children, Edward, Margaret
Ann and Caroline. Said Betsey is of dark coni
plection.low stature. speaks very slow, and has
a downcast look ; her chddren are Mulattoes, fOr
meilythe pro.pei tyof Charles Nixon, lltr young
est is an. infant. - i
The above reward will be given on her delive
ry to me, or being lodged in any jail where I can
get her and-her children.
June 30th, 1837. 25 t-fj
trod carpet, as M. de- Talleyrand said, at
a period when carpets were yet consider-
d luxurious, delight in the most brilliant
occasionally by siiort obrrvations. such
ns Ih.i I Indeed Already !'
4 What madness !' T Under th elms 1'
descriptions, formed in their own lively ' Umph ' Tlia'.'.- love!,1 'No!' A
imaginations, regulated ly what ihey j shau I Something new I' Too
have read ot other times, and thus create J green ! ' Absolute tyranny !' All nt
a world of their own, for their own spe-ln' ftft'T having read th las: of tho
lal use and service, 1 hey introduce e pieties. Juno rxelnrru Capital!' 'Ex
heir readers into visionary saloons and jcellent !' I wnn'eduu affiir, iustto keen
unearthly banqueting room.', and then i y hand in. The liarnru ss lure ino
fill them with the mo extraordinary men
and women of their own fashion. Their
men are wonderfully compounded of th
liayinc, the lioue, and the InLtoyable, all
jumbled together,' and splendidly enrich
ed wilh some new traits of their own. A
dandy thus constructed is always favour
ed wuh a romantic name. He is called.
perhaps, Julio dc Mirandal, Palamedc de
Flamicour, or Clodimir de St. Amaran-
pers"cti!es me. I have it! I will put
her note i i an onveio; and srnd it to
her husband, lie is a brave man, and a
kind friend of mine. Nothing cr-n an
swer the purpoi better.' And Julio pro
ceeded to put his design into execution,
with the ferocious Volne?s which invari
ably characterises the perfidy of .-nen
of fashion.
'Who are in the antechamber?' asks the
the; and is then made to perforin a part dandv.
l our two It nemg-tnasters, sir, replied
Abufar. - 1 "
in the Bean, monde, from the record of
whchtposterity is to judge of the state of
society in the present day.
13 y way of a specimen of this style ol
writing, take this: We enter one of the
most decant houses of the Chaussee d' !
Antin : W e reach the bedchamber where ! ali7 . .
slumbers the dandy Julio. The room is j No. sir,' replied Abut.ar; 'there is youi
hung with blue Cachemire, woven with . waist o it t.uloi. with son"p3llt'rr'; lo te
greeti palm leaves; the floor covered lect; your pantaloon tailor; your tailor
with a rich, soft, while carpet, strewed for glove?, and your tailor for linen, who
with roses and lilies, so naturally work-j is waiting, to nica&uie you for some
'I shan't fence to-day.' . i '
'Your Curiosi:y collector s here, and
your Rubens merchant.' said Abufar.
'Let them in, said Julio. 'Are there
your
ed, that they seem like real flowers scat
tered by the hand of spring; the armtd
shirt?.'
To nil these essential subordinates Ju-
chairs are lilac velvet, embroidered wilh ! j0 gives audience, and then orders his
goiu ; an auuaster amp nangs iro.n tne l breakfast. A tray covered with the roost
ceiling; and iu; walls are adorned witSi exquisite viands and choicest wines is cut
Dissolution of
r COPARTNERSHIP.
Hp HE Copartnership heretofore existing under
J- the ft m or W fcS 1 & MAKBLb. was mu
tually dissolved on the-lOth inst. GEORGE
MARBLE having bought the entire interest of
S. M. EST. in said fimi. will settle all its bu
siness.
S. M. WSET.
GEORGE MARBLE.
53" A 11 persons indebted to West & Marble are
politely requested to call and settle, as their aeiay
must unavoidably involve unpleasant me-asnres.
GEORGE MAIIdLL
Wilmington, July 14ih, 1837. 27 t-f.
GEORGE MARBLEJ
Bealer in
STAPLE and FANCY
(S(D)333)S,
Ready made Clothing, Hats,
Shoes, &c.
"JVo. 19, market Street,
July 14th, 1837. ' 27 t-f.
English, been lately somewhat overrun
with what are called fashionable novels
and which, if we may judge from what
we see in the reviews of them, are nearly
enunl in merit and accuracy to those
which have of late years deluged the Cir
culatinq Libraries of London.
M. Eugene Guinot has just shown them
up. in a very agreeable manner. " It is
very strange," says he, " that fashion has
not yet found a historian, in a country in
which she so pre-eminently flourishes
and where literature is so active and ire
neral. A History of Fashion would be
at once curious and entertaining, and cer
tain success would await a judicious and
experienced writer, who would carefully
collect its stories, exhibit its. manners, ex
plain its influence over society, and col
lect all the delightful anecdotes with which
the annals of the fashionable world are
rilled. Materials for this yet unaccom
plished work may be found scattered over
the pages of books of every age. but it
would require great caution and prudence
to consultthenumerous and existing docu
ments, for upon this particular subject
writers of every age seem to have evinc
ed the grossest partiality. In all times,
whether the writers be grave or gay,
their universal object appears to have been
to calumniate good society, and especial
ly those of lashion
Let us look at the literature of the six
teenth century, the events of which have
afforded so many subjects' for modern
plavs and romances. The dandies of that
period called themselves Rajfines, and are
described to us as savages, brawlers, and
duelists, going abroad sword in hand. In
their day, fashion every morning bedew
ed the turf of the Pre aux Clercs, supreme
bon ton exhibited itself in a stab frbm a
dagger, and fashion -wrote her laws with
the point of a rapier
This rude kind of elegance, held sway
even under the reign ol Louis XIII. The
next reign produced a new reign of dan
dies, whom Mohere and bis contempora
ries represent as weak and wicked ; im
moral coxcombs, habituated to all sorts o
crime, and trampling tinder foot every
just and prober feeling. Later than this.
in the Teign of Louis the XVtb, came in
the Roues, who, if literature it to be belie v
pictures, of outiful women by Dutufle. drawn. Juliu just tables the wing of a par
and of beau'iful horses by Lepaulle. On ! tridrre z tru$ moistens his lip with
either side of the glass over the fire place a fcTv liropd ofCvurus wine, to which, '
hang twenty miniatures of lovely crea
tures, smiling in their frames. The chim
ney piece is covered with cups, vases, and
candlestick?, and a clock of shell work,
(which had belonsed to Madame Duba-
ry.) representing love binding the scythe j head
of time with garlands ot tlowers, occu
pies the centre. The bed itself is sur
mounted wilh a massive crown, whenco
fall, in full folds, its curtains of mohnir.
On a pillow, richly hemmed with lace, is
deposited a beautiful head belonging to a
young man, whose. long, yet uncurled
black hair, is loosely flowing over its rest
ing place; that head that hair arc
Julio's. It is the pale and interesting Ju
lio who wakes : he opens his fascinating
I.... -.i it .i7
At mat moment tne ciock on tne
whether because he. has no nnpetite. or
because, like Byron, he dreads the caUm
ity of growing fit, he confines his repast,
and concludes his extremely moderate
meal by throwing his napkin at Abufar' J
lake away ail this said Julio, 'I want
to smoke ; send Mahomet here.'
Mahomet was groom of the piper: Julia
orusnarny caueu rum his slave. Since
smoking ha? become so universally fash
ionable. the dandies have discovered a
new subject for luxury. We have only
yet spoken of Julio's bed-chamber. His
apartments consisted of eight other roorr.p;
an antechamber furnished with red velvet
benches fringed with gold a saloon fit
ted up in the .tyle of the Seventeenth cen-
jtury-; an Italian dining-reom of white
eyes
chimneypiece strikes twelve, and Julio
rinrrs his bell. i
. . tl 1 II i
A groom answers the summons, and ; ma,' a S", a oouaoir alter Wattcau;
hiving entered the room, respectfully i a bath-room, painted in frafco -ra Gothic
aits his master's orders. - I "a, ot lh - lirne cl" Charles the Seventh;
Abufar,' said Juiio, 'open the win- ari, ar"'Jry wainscoted with oak,
rj0wt and ornamented wih pile, lances, cui'
Abufar hastens to obey his ma-'.er's '"asses, bucklers, swore- daggers; guns,
orders. pistois, anu an tne implements of war:
and next to this theditnn. a Tuikish sa-
'Abufar. let me dress,' srys Julio : 'give
me my vio'.ei-coloured velvet murniog
gown, my green pantaloons, and my slip-
pe
Which, sir? asked Abufar.
Those- which the little Dutchess em
broidered for me,' replies Julio. 'Now
give me one of my Greek caps not the
one the Baroness made me the one I had
from Lady Arabella. Now stop I de
clare I cannot at the moment recollect
what I want next. I was racketing about
last night dissipating dreadfully; and
this morning I am quite unable to collect
my scattered ideas.'
.The dandy, having sufficiently draped
himself, throws himself into a large, soft,
armed chair a la Y'oltairt ; and, fatigued
by his exertions, and the pleasures of the
preceding evening, falls into a careless re
verie.. Abufar breaks silence.
Am I to git the pistols, sir? do you
fight to-day?1 '
Fight I' replies Julio; 'no, not this
morning, I think. I am not quite sure.
Gire me my pocket-book. Let me see
Friday this is Friday, is it not? Yes,
Friday. No. To send to toy lawyer
loon, deriving :t name from the vast ori
ental sofa which surrounds it. On lb
walls of the divan, pipes of all son, ani
of all nations, were airanged in splrndour
and regularity with the stord and tro
phies in the armoury; all nations and all .
people Were represented in this vast arse
nal of smokery. It contained specimens
of every pipe in the world, from the calu
met of the savage to the philosophic pins
of the. German student, from the Pcrriart
narghila down to the litile earthen doo
deeuso energetically nicknamed the Bru
legurule by the French Corporals. In
this divan there were neither chairs nor
fable nnr hlrni'"tr rf an. -
- . ....Mi . u ii Miuu u i e-
ecription ; nothing but piles of cushions
which lav scattered about, and a china
jappaned closet tilled with boxes of ci
gars.
Mahomet, who was the custos of this
chamber, was a mulatto dressed withtbet
mingled fashions of the eastern and west'
em worlds. He wore an Egpptisn cart
a blue polonaise, cossack. trousers, aoa
vellow morocco Turkish boots.
m .
Whxt will vou smoke. sir7 tata tb
June 30tb,J637.