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.... ..T-H .... . V", t" T . ' ' V J. r : ! "- -V"".,. "' -,ZZmlmK"r ii ur 'Mm ,i , I W. . '"-.';:! ' ' ' , ., m - "1.-'- i - ' J - '-'. f, 4 .:.v'.vV-".-- .' : 1 . M ''"- - ;. - ' . . '. - -- r - r '14?. r mm .- . . " V !. . ... 1 CDS i ii WW- ' I i :.; I-'.. III-;.;-.: ' Vv : :('. '. - v ,t- F. fc Hill Editor and Proprietor, Wllialnpton, No V .III. NO. 8. FRIDAY, MARCH 9th, 1838. WHOLE JVO, na i -)!: mm ; T a il.' -, .-''-. !5fg -Its i PUBLISHED V jE?FZ?ig y rapjy MORNING. "-'I- , TSRSXd. ' .?:.'!'-. ' THREE DOLLytRS PH ANNCM, IN iDTANCE. b,ifhf,':', '.. DV-JBRTISEMElfTS'- ; i Net exceeding a nquare inserted at ONE DOLLAR jtac'fint, and TWENTY-FIVE CENTS for each subs qant insertion.' ', - j ' ! -No Subscribers taken for less than pne'year, jand all who permit their subscription to run over a. year,, witnout giving) notice, are consiaerea bound for the second year, and so on for all suc- jceedirlg years. ''. - ,. ', f - .. . J- ."j" ; ',. No paper discontinued until all arrearages are Npaid, unless at the option of the Editor. )tC?r OFFICE on the Kouth'side ofMarket Street, be- lw the Com t lionise. . j j ; - : '! : ; fc-i " ' " 1 ' ' "b j GREAT NOR Til AND SOJJTH Express Eaime. W inter Arrangement. Halifax, "Wilmington, and Charleston. MP HIS LINE, while; it avoids the dan- gers of the Capes, and the fatigue I of 300 miles of Slagingt bifers to the traveller a route, which (ir. SPEED, SAFETY, COMFORT, and (ECONOMY, is not equalled. ' - 1 i - - - - g . !..- , aOIUO SOXTTH. Ey this Route, Pussenijers who leave Balti- ' more on Monday and Friday, via the Chcsar peake Bay Boats, and PortsiViouth Railroad or via VVashingion Cityj tlie Fredericksburg Rieh mbiid Pvlciaburg Railroads, to, Blakely,. will iesch Halifax on Hie eveiiings of the .next days , Vir 'Tuesday and Saturday. From Halifax -thipy will, be imniediately conveyed by Post v Coaches and ; Railroad, io Wiliiiinyton. where they will arrive on .TKi.ii? Jay and Monday inortiiogs, (having slept at South Wash ngtoiii I h f . prece Ji ngVu igh ts,) thence, a fter t wrr hbu r delay, to Oliarlesfon, in from li to lGhbuis, j thence," by Railro"a(?to Aiifiiihia. ' ('.' ; : Extra leaving Baltimore; or Washington, City on Wednesday, via Fredericksburg, Richmond &;petersborg Railroads to' Blakely,' Passengers wilfarrive at -Halifax on Thursday evening,-vat Wilmington Sairtrday inoimng, and leave for Charleston on Monday: ! f GOING NORTH. i Leave Chai lesion' every Sunday and Tuesday, at 5, P. M. reach' Wilm iiigtOH, the following morning to breakfast. Leave Wilmington at 12 o t-lock, and by Railroad and Post Coaches ; arri e r'at Halifax n the 'evenings of the next duyj:,' viz. jTuesday aiid'Thuirsday. Sleep jat Hai fax, and the next, morning proceed North via the Petersburg, Richmond and Fredejficks- ' bjjrz Railroads. : . . f-: I ' Extra, leave Wilmington on Friday, arrive at Halifax Saturday.; and thi next morning, via the Portsmouth Railroad and Bay Boats, or thepe- tersburs, Richmond & Fieuericksburg Kail road. 1 v 1 . --. " i 1 i . RECAPITULATION. 1 GOING SOVTH. ' LEAVE ' ' .. Baltirhore, r VVaahington City, Monday, ' Wednesday, arrive at Halifax, Tuesday Thursd. Arrive at - j Arriva at Wilmington, Charleston Thursday, . J Friday, i Saturday, I Tuesday, , Monday, Tuesday. Friday, . , I.S'aturd i!. GOING NORTH, LEAVE ; Arrive at ! Arrive at Halifax Tuesday, . Thursday. Saturday. Charleatoa -.; VVilmiiigtoa Sunday, Monday,; S Tuesday, Wednesday, - I.UVE --1 Wilmington Friday, , ! ! ?VThe Portsmouth Cars run daily. The Petersburff Cfars on Sunday, Monday, Wednes day, and Friday. tSee the foUowing Adver tisement.-j ! i Passengers will observe that on this Route, via' the Chesapeake Bay Boats, and Portsmouth Railroad, only one night sleep is lost between Nw York and Augusta ; or via Petersburg, only i . i . n:u A m.a I 0JIC Hlgflt OClWCtsn XV1GUIUUIIU tlliu XiUpUaia. I The Coaches are new; the Horses fresh and well trained, the Drivers sober" and skilful, and tire 'fare and accommodations good. The new, bcauutui, anu swiu oteamuoai NORTH CAROLINA, -Wilt- bv. Cornelius Vanderbilt. Esa. of New York, for tl Company, has just been added 'to the inebetween,Wilniihgton and Charleston. -.In fine, no expense has beew spared to render the hoe comfortable and safe. V ' ! Office W. & R. Railroad Company ' IWilmingion, N. C. Dec. 14th, t37 ; ioi tf WILM1NG TON Sp RALEIGH i RAILROAD, AND PETERSBURG RAILROAD, rpRAVELLERS are informed that an Engine connectiog from the North and South, with the Wilmington Railroad Company's Line mf Siages leaves Blakely every Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and always arrives in i - at Petersburg to connect witlitne daily lines tail roads and Steamboats passing through jtmond, Washington,: Baltimore, f-c. This e leaves Petersburg for the South on Tuesdays, hursdavs. and Saturdays, in Unae to connect ith! the Wilhiington Railroad Company's Line Of Stage. i'T Travellers jnay rely upon finding on this L,ine careful and experienced Engineers, attentive Captains of Train, and comfortable Coaches. Petersburg, December 15th, 1837. - 101 tf Office Wilmington & Raleigh R. R. Co. Wilmington, December 8th, 1837. , Stockholders j TTN the WILMINGTON . & RALEIGH II u'an t?nAn COMPANY are hereby noti fied that a special Co'Iector will, forthwith, be tent out for the:. purpose ot coueciing - IMClllB nun si w--r --j - j . i Nxn.. thnt wivfn. it is hoDed tney win hnld themselves in readiness to meet the demand with promptness. t9 tf J. S. GREENE, Se. i To Travellers TRQX& ZXOB.TH TO SOUTHf r WYSTEAMBOAT, AD, iSfc. v (Economical and safe Route. - Richmond, Va. November 24th, 183X "1I7"E invite altention to the RAIL- 7 ROAD LINE for Northern and Southern Travellers, through the State of Virginia.Tfhe completion of the Richmond and Fredericksburg Railroad," and the highly successful operation? of that and the Petersburg Railroad during the pst summer, have rendered this an aconomical, cer tain, aud agreeable route. Such a connexion exists between the lines on these Railroads, and the Halifax, Wilmington, and Charleston Steamboat Line, that this route to the North, and particularly to Washington City has advantages ot a marked Kind oyer all others. Arriving at Halifax in. a little more than two' days after leaving Charleston, the passenger may take his seat! the next morning to Gary's Depot, at the junction of the Petersburg, and the Portsmouth and Rpanokc Railroads. By taking the cars for Petersburg at this point he arrives there the; same aftefnoon, and in Richmond at an early hour next morning.. Leaving Richmond immediately, he breakfasts in Fredericksburg; and with but nine miles of stage travelling,, ar rives in'.Washington by.;. steamboat the sam? afternoon. . J . i The distance of two" hundred miles, from thei Roanoke to Washington, is thus -comfortably passed in thirty one hours. The fare is $11. j Passengers for the North can proceed to Balti-t more the sanfe. eveninjr they arrive in Wash-i ngton, and rebch New York the next evening, i ":The steampoat navigation on . this route is; closed fur a shorter time in winter than on any; route to the North.' and is sometimes uninter rupted for tm whole season. ; ? The routers equally advantageous to thi? tra-' veller from North to South. The Railroad cars pn a laf-ge portion oftltie route, are warmed With stoves, anu,ev ry attention is paid to; the comfort and -safety of passengers, and particularly ladies. We teel conhd:nt tliose w no travel on our line will be pleased with it. - IUffi.ee of the Hccltpio'nd, b redericKtburz v and Potomac R, 11. Company. , U8 13 w Office Wilmington & Raleigh R R. Co. Wilmington, Dec. -9th, 1837. !fnURSUANT .to an oider of the Board of Jt Directors, the Stockholders of, the Wil mington and Rale'gh Railroad, Company will be called on for the following Instalments, viz. S10 per share, to be paid On or-befor? the i.! 5- 1st March . next. , ;S10 do. . " 1st May " ; 5 ; do.. " 1st November " , : i, JAMES OWEN, President. !; -i 1 '! 102 tf ': The Locomotive 3L Train TW7"1LL leave the.Di-poT at .Wilmineton, Yf ! every day. (except Sunday and Tuesday,), precisely at half past 9 o'clock, A M. until urther notice. December 28th, 1837! 103 tf TTJlOlNT Peter Ferry will te shortly re-estab-Jlr lished, when the Public will be more defi nitely notified, jj v . ! pAMUaL F OTTER. ; Sept.' 29th, 1837. 37t-f. Blacksmith to Hire. A Master Workman. App ply to f JERE NICHOLS. Wilmington, Dec. 15th, 1837, 100 tf $50 Reward. AN away from the plantation of the sub scriber, m Onslow county, on Saturday night, the 27th of January lst, a NEGPO MAN, named Adam, aged about twenty fif years, of very black! complexion, about fiyr, ftet iine or ten inches nigh. He has a varuncy ir his front teeth, both above and below, as it a iorlfc had been extracted. But .he says he. never had a tooth where there, seems to be the two missing. Said negro was raised in Sampson or Duplin county, perhaps partly 'in each. He says he hais acquaintances in Cumberland county, and that he has at some previous time been run away, and was 1 fed in Fayetteville; by a negrq by the name of Willis, who at that time belonged jo a hotel. He will no doubt be lurking about in Cumberland, Sampson, and Duplin counties. 1 will give the above' reward for his apprehension and confinement in jail, so that I get him. 11 purchased Adam of Mrs. Julia A. Bunting, now of Wayne county, and formerly of UupUn. . 4 ; Any person apprehending said negro will please to address me at French's Mills, Onslow county, n. , .. Onslow. February 7th. 1838. 109 6w rirThe fayetteville Observer will insert the above six weeks, and lorwurd the account io mis office. v Received by the Schooner H. Cammerdon, I j AND FOR SALE,- . , 10 BOXES superior Champag.ne, 6 do. Swairo s fanacea, 35 ' do. ' yindow Glass, assorted, 30 Kegs White Lead, a superior article, 100 lbs. Putty,! 5 Kegs Black Paints, 1 do. Green." do. " The subscriber has received, Tjesides the above articles, ,i '. , . - : A FINE STUUK. Ur DRUGS:PAINT$; OILS, AND - DYESTUFFS. R.F.PURNEIX. Wilmington, Jan. l!th, 1838. 105 tf 30000 Curacoa Cigars, just received f UK S Alibi : - BARRY & BRYANT. WilmiBjIon, February 16th, 1838. 109 tf ! RJ&&R0AD, &c. 1 R. W. Brown- & Son, HAVE ON H AND FDR SALE, jjf ifX TIERCES Ricer I H9jf 30 Bbls. New York Pork, Prime and ,: 'Mess.' ! 5 Bbls. Mess Beef, I 70 Bbls. Fayetteville Flour, all qualities, 15 Bbls. best Canal Fkur 6 Half Bbls. do. do. 10 Qr. Bbls. Buckwheat Meal, ; 15 Boxes Soap, good quality, 50 Bales Hay, prime, ' Oats in Bags, from Philadelphia, CO Boxes Virginia Tobacco, ; - 6 Hhds. Leaf Tobaeco, i Bbls. and Tierces V inter; strained Sperm Oil, ' - i . Boxes Glass, 8 by 10 10 by 12, Amei f lean and French. ' i ' -A I.SO. A lot of i handsome JUNIPER SHINGLES, in bundles. t ' March 1st, 1833. H i 3w sabscritpion paper has been left at the Uustom tlouse, for the purpose of raising a fund, to remove the wood on two points of land immediately belovjr towrt, by which the view will be opened to, Ortoni and perhaps to the New: Inlet. Perscds disposed to favor the project, will please call nd subscribe. ' Wilmington, March fst, 1838. Ill 3w f 20 Reward. TRAYED.from the Point Peter Plantation four large OXEN, two of which'are about five years old, red all over, the other two are about twelve years old, also red,, with the ex ception of some white about their bellies and backs, and one having awhile face. They will probably try to get to .the plantation of Mr. Frink, or that of.Wm: Gause, m Shallotte, whence they were brought. Five dollars each will be given tor their delivery to the subscriber at the above named plantation. ; SAMUEL POTTER. March 2d, 1838. 111 3w Wew Clopds. ONE of the subsribers having just returned from the North, with a fresh assortment of DRY GOODS, offers them at a very small trifle from the New York cost. . Persons wishing things of the kind would do well to improve this opportunity. Theii assortment consists partly-of rtie follow ing goods, viz. i . ' . : : Black Lace Veils, from $1 tip. $9, '. Thread Edgings, a great j variety, some t very fine, '. ..- ; ' . .. ' Thread Lace Insertings, ,-? ii. Cambric do. i j Linen Cambric and.Lawn, I I' Worked Linen Cambric Handkerchiefs, ! French worked Collars and Capes, I French Muslins, . ; Black Silk, veiy cheap, j . Colored Silks, . j - j ' Irish Linens, French Calicoes; Fancy Prints, great variety,! Misses' ! Cotton, Worsted, and Woollen '' Hose!,'. . -! i . ; Ladies' Black,;and White Silk Hose, , f ' t " White and Black Cotton Hose, i Fancy Handkeichiefs, I C 4, 4-4, & 34 White Flannels, . Yeifow and Red do. j J at cost Together,wiih the greatest variety of other goods plod ; numerous to particularize iu an advertise- meni; please caifr ana exaniae. fjrrices warranted to suit: PORTER & SHELTON. Wilmington, February 23d, 1838. . 1 10 tf ' Jflolasscs. TifhKHHDS- NEW CROP, superior qua yHjVHjrlity, just received, for sale by BARRY & BRYANT. February 22d, 1833. . 110 tf I . ; f . TOBACCO, i pliBoxes Manufactured, a fine article, from m Campbell county, Virginia, . 30 Boxes small and larse4 Plug, North Carolina and Virginia, in assortment, to suit the trade. - , , . For sale by I j R. W. BROWN, & SON. February 22d, 1838. j. 110 4w London is the largest and richest city in. the world occupying; a surface of 32 square miles, thickly planted with houses, mostly three, four, and five stories high. It contained in 1831 a population of 1,471,641. It consists of London city, Westminster city, Finbury, Mary-le- bone, Tower Hamlets, Southwark and, Lambeth districts. In 1834, there en tered the port of London. 3786 British ships, 1280 foreign ships ; 2669 were re gistered as belonging to it m 1832, with 32,786 seamen. The Lpndon docks cover twenty acres. The two YVest India docks cover fifty-pne acres. St. Katha rine's dock covers t wen fy four acres. There are generally about 5000 vessels and 3000 boats in the river, .employing 8000 watermen and 4000 laborers. Lou don pays about one-third of jthe window duty. In England the number of houses assessed is about 120,000, rated at up wards of 5.000,000 sterling, about one third are riot assessed.. The house ren tal is probably 7,000,0007, or 8,000,000, including taverns, hotels, end public houses. The retailers of spirits and beer are upwards of 10,000; while the deal ers in the staffof life are somewhere about a fourth of that number. Numbering all the; courts; alleys, street?, lanes; 3quares, places and rows, they amount to upwards of -10,000: and on account of their ex treme points, no individual! cquld pass through them in the space of one whole year, . :! j -'J- f . American Neve spacers. Vie isee it stat ed in a country paper that there are now about 1,200, newspaper established in the United States, from which t re issued, at a moderate calculation, 1 00,000,000,000 sheets annually, which, if in one continu ous sheet, would reach four times from pole to pole ; and, if embodied iq a book form, would be. equal to issuing six to- lumes as large as tot Bible every minute in the year., From the N.Y. Evening Star. A Relic of the American Revolution t We are clad to perceive. in a national periodical like the Knjckerboker, subjects frequently brought forward, (in historical tales, sketches, essays, &c.) which are connected with our; country's history. They serve to make! us more proud of the republic bettrr Americans and firm er patriots. Of this character; is a spirit ?tiring article in thei February nurnber of our favorite magazine, entitled " A Journal of Eight Year's Hard Fighting during the War of our Independence," U-pt by that gallant officer. Maj. Allan IklcLane, father of jthe Y Hoji. Louis McLane. j It was presented by the vete ran writer to Gov. Bloomfield. of New jersey, the chairman ) arid father of jthe Pension Law of the United States. 'At tached to the Journal, is an interesting original letttr from GenJ Washington, in relation to the long and honorable ser vice of the writer. The; " Journal" em braces brief but graphic descriptions of some of the most important battles fought during the revolution, with numerous collateral skirmishes and attacks, not Jess important in their combined results; in troducing narratives of personal adven ture, that; shame romance, and make' us feel that truth is indeed stronger than fic tion. One of these scenes, in which ihe writer of the "Journal" Was jthe hero, Has been preserved byjPeale, tjie paint'er, ia his museum at Philadelphia. We find here, by a copy of a. secret "con tract,".that Arnoldthe traitor in a time of public danger and distress, was en gaged in miserable pecuniary speculation, disgraceful to an American officer; ive have the whole story of the attack on and capture of Stoney Point; as well as that of the garrison at PowlW liook, in Aug. 1779 when so many officers and privates were taken, and the 'captors " amused tfimselves by turning he enemies' guns upon New York, 'arid firing into the Unvn." There is a sketch of water wir hj re, too, and, an amusing incident of a brave fellow's boarding the British fleet, by i mistake, in the Chesapeake ! but, bfeing "a good whig,' and refusing to pilot the fleet, he was taken across the tfie Atlantic, as a ' chiiee prisoner, jtn describing the scene when the Pennsyl vania and Jersey line mutinied, in Jan1 tin ry, 1781, M'J-ine says: " This was a Critical ,wiritiv for America! An offi cer, who had a family, was hard run to maintain it. It took a! year's pay of a captain, to purchase a cow, to give his family milk!" A good story j is toldjof -Colonel M'Lane's yielding a generous j liberty of action" to the troops. his com-; mand, before, going into winter-quarters at Valley Fore. ' They were suffering fpr provisions and clothing,! and Con gress had been repeatedly petitioned for that relief which it was not in their power to bestow. Under; these circumstances, Col. M'Lane paraded bis band! of suffer ing soldiers, and harangued them as fol lows : ' Fellow-Soldiers;! 'lYou've serred your country faithfully , land- truly.-j We've fought hard fighs together, ag inst the enemy. You're in; aj bad; way for comfortable clothes, that's a fact ; and it makes me cry, a'most, to see your feet bleeding on the frozen .ground. But Congress can't help it nor ljn'ither.-p-No.v if any of you vvatit to return home, you may go. Let them : that would like to go, step out two paces in front.- But the fit st man thai strps out,, darn my skin I if I donJt shpotl hini as quick as 1 would a red-coat J Jtr is needless to add, that not a solitary to be found !" i vo unteer was The entire article is replete with infe rest.' We have but referred to one or tto of its principal features, j i j I American Gipsies.-Gipsies are known Its all countries in Europe an idle vaga bond race, without settled homes, living by theft, beggary, and fortune telling and mending of pots and kettles. They are of uncertain origin, but! show the same characteristic marks, wherever they are found. No attempts have hitherto ?uc ceeded in reducing the Ginsies of Eu ! -i . t . f y t:J t. lJ. rope to me naoit oi civiuzeu uie. w uai been supposed that none of this singular race exist in America, where, in our woods and wilderness, jlheir wandering propensities might have I had doubtless space for exercise. Yet, m tact there is a; colony ot uipsies, wno were orougui to America by the French, in early times. T 1 I :'.' i. L. ano, whose , posteruy; now live nno flourish on the shores jof Biloxibay, in Louisiana. ; A Philosopher, contempla tine the points of similarity between the European Gipsy and the American In dian, both untameable one the wild man of civilized countries; and jthe other of the forest might have ima gined that the two races would-at j once! have mm gled. and the Gipsy have found tt home in the Indian Wigwam. JOn the, contrary. ever since their seUlement on this side o the Atlantic Gipsies i appear; tq have thrown offlheir hereditary characteristics. No difference can be . perceived between them and other descendant oi frencn cblonisu except in personal appearance thtir conplextion is much darker, and their hair is coarse and straight They still call themselves Gipsies or Eyptians but are Industrious, orderly in their ha bits, and retain nothing of their ancestry except tbeir name. j Malborne Briggs, ikejCounierfeiter. The distinguished convict, Malborne! Brigcrs, well known by the gentlemen of the Bar, in most of the Counties of this Commonwealth, did in the State Prison, on Thursday last, of appoplexy, aged 76 years. . ( ; Briggs, in the course of a on lif, contrived to accutnulate a ionsiderabl property ; a large portion of .wtiivii, h-.v-ever, he expended in his numerous liti gations in the courts of justice. For twenty of thirty years preceding his 'last coratriitnient to the Stale Prison in 1831; he was almost constantly engaged ::i coni tentions of a civil ox criminal rharactf lt is a remarkable fact, that seven o the eight sons of Briggs, whoarrived years ot manhood, became tenants oi the State Prison. Six of them have been te- pants of the State Prison in this town, five of whom were in confinement at the same time, with the father, during his first commitment. It is believed, that but two of the sons are now living. f 1 he wile of Brjggs, who is now living -and one or more of his daue-hters- have been confined in the county prison, i I' i '.i' ii .' or Detng concernea witn Malborne in his various plans of iniquity, which were most commonly connected with the ma nufacture of counterfeit monev. His house was a place of common resort for counterfeiters and others who wished. for a retreat where they could be patronised and made welcome. What a spectacle is presented in the case of such a husband H-such a father such a citizen I How rue the declaration of Holy Writ, "one sinner destroyeth much good." Briggs was a man of fine form, and of great strength of body and to this form as added a mind, naturally strong and active and had his mind been improved by a feood .education, and regulated by he principles of virtue, few men in socie ty would have stood higher in the public estimation man ne. After all, he is spoken of by his neigh bours and acquaintances, as having pos sessed some redeeming qualities, notwith- standing tno miseraDie nie in wfticn fie ived. As a neighbour, he was obliging and kind, generally punclual in the per- drmance of his engagements, and from the poor, who asked charity, he never urneu coldJy away. ; Bunker Hill Aurora. From the New York American. GERMAN COTILLION. " Please you read." i , Cymbeline. Allow roe, through the columns of the American, to make a few remarks upon a subject with which I doubt not most of your fashionable readers are familiar I mean the German cotillion, that " Borne on the breath of Hyperborean gales," has crossed the' wide Atlantic, and taken up its residence amid the salons of our fair ,city where strange to say, it has found favour with all; young- men and maidens old men and children the nioustached dandy, and the grey headed tire the blooming girl of "'witching seventeen," and faded grandmother. Would t heaven it had remained at home, content with bewitching the gentle beings who dwell on the boiders of its native lh'ine. ; Should there be any among those who peruse your columns, who may be igno rant of the character of this German dance, let me say that it consists through out of waltzing and not to enter into an enumeration of the various evolutions in troducedwhich I-should almost as soon think of .performing as describing it is sufficient to' state, that the danseust -va!tz not only with their partners, but with all ' indiscriminately. A gentleuian .se lecting the lady of his choice Leads forth the ready maid, whose rising flush Might once have been mistaken lor a blosh, And his partner at the same moment. with presence of mind that cannot be too highly commended, casts a glance around the circle, and advancing to her choseif knight, gracefully places her hand upon bis arm, and is presently whirled about the room, circled in his clcse embrace. " Round all l.he confines of the yielded waist, ; The suangesthand may wander undupiaced." I After two or three circumvolutions. they resume there respective places, and two other couples continue the game M Thus front to front, the partners move or stand The foot may rest, but none withdraw the hand Tio damsel faints, when rather closely pressed, , but more caressing seems, when most caressed, Superflous hartshorn or reviving s4lts, Are banished by the sovereign cordial Waltz." j I find ray author, Mr. Editor, tells the story better than I could possibly do and as he spoke from experience, and is moreover a favorite with the sex gene rallybeing not only a Poet, but a uord! perhaps our young country women may listen, to wholesome truths , when they flow from Byron's pen. They may rest assured, that however delightful theyi may find the Waltz, even though it be in their opinion ao enchantingly-'sweeit," and "perfectly divine," it by no means raises them in the opinion of those whose repect is the most valuable, nor yet in that of the fashionable gentlemen to whose arms they so readily resign them selves. -'-V, .' ! ; In this assertion there is no exarserau ituisBeer truth. Whatever flattering pulse! of the jruoment, laritjry, may lead these habitual sal o utter, amid the glitter of a ball room, or in the soft ' gipcould the spirits of these ladies fa iK attend them unseen at other hours, they woujld hear a difiVrent tale. While their beamy and grace mighl be extolled, little uoulla they learn in praise of their re Hnorneut of feeling, or the delicacy " of t.heiH"ina.hner.v Few sensible men in .this agi' need to be reminded of the'tfuth oftre following lines, Jvhen gazing on he most lovely being noating in the vo iuptiiuus Waltz: ; J 41 At once love's mjst rndfalrinf tltourlit rtSim 1 To of. ess the hand, so pressid by none but thine J l n Him eye wiiii ii iiricr ' . AnntheVs ardeiil look without rrgrct; :. 'i. ' Approach Oie lip, wiiirh all without restraint, Conie: near enough if nor'tn louch to taint; If such thou lovest love her then no more. (Or gif e--likft h-r -raresse to a score. j tier njinJ with these arc gone, and with it (O tThe liillie left behind it to bestow.' The Ball in the oirem CoKSTAM ; - . iTisxi? I have just returned from a ball aye, indeed, from a ball enregle- arid . ; lone leyond my expectations: After din-'.: ner Jl was at the- palacej to pay a visit to sour two I'rinces ; we were sitting toge ther in one of 'the magnificent apartments, . iwheri an eunuch came to tell us that the jlodie ; of the harem, desirous of testifying jto thDuke of Nemours 'their gratitude jfor tre protection they had received from jhim.liad determined toiinvite, him ' to a .'u ipartyv This unexpectedj ofler was joy ;fully -Hccepted, and we crossed the galle Ties of. the palare preceded by torches, j and entered the sacred doors? of the ha- v jrem. j We were conducted into a court (paved with marble, with two galleries, supported by two tierr'of jt'legnnt columnt i This. place was brill iantly ' illuminated j jwithwax lights, nnd raised seats; had j 'been jprepared for usln tbe ground floors, : iwherje we were surrounded by a number . jof, black and white women sqi:atted on jthe ground, with very tranpsrent veils, jriehljrdres&ed, bit, without the least taste. On oir arrival they began an uficouth '.. danc, accomptnid by tambourines and clapping of hands. To the sound of this t Jmusic, which certainly kept very good -jtimethe black danceis iuirfpcd up. two and tvo. and in ,rlte succession executed jail the religious dances of the idolatrous ' jcounries of Africa. Te contortions of f kheir jbodies arid the inconceivable flexi- ' bilityj of their legs, possessed for us all jthe fcharm of novelty and surprise. jAfterj the blacks, came jthe whites, ra, - ther less uncouth, but much less animated. ; fl'he guardians of the harem submitted -with a good grace, showing themselves extrc&ely complaisant, and manifested ' pot the U&st uneac-iness " lb increasing : ; familiarity with which the ladies in the harem treated us. Among 350 women, i 1 saw only one I thought pretty. Her I hamewas Aishy, and .she was scarcely -seventeen years old. Tfie others were at yea I most ioleiable, and some decidedly ugly. There were some nice children, but' all horribly ill dressed. . 1 Journal des Dtbati. THE .MAN OF LEISURE AND j j THE PALE J3CJY. " You'll please not to forget to ask tha place for rat-, sir," said a pale, blue eyed poy, as he brushed the coat of the man of eisurje, at his Joagings. j ;; - ' " dertainly not," said Mr. Inklin, I; ihall le going that way in-ft day or two." . "Did vou ask for the place for mef... j esteijday,'' -aid the pale toy, on the, fc 1 4owing day, with a quivering lip, as he j)erfoniMd the same office " - ; , v-v i IVJn " urn lh nntivpr t ttriift fitttv N tut llvili to-day." , . . t " f- 4,Clod heln mv door movheri" murmur- ed the boy, and gazing listlessly on the cent Sir. lnklin niiij in his harid." i ; Thle boy went home. jHe ran to the (iungy children with th j oaf of. bread he had earned by brushing the; gentle men's coats jat the hotel. They shouted v with joy. and bis motber held out her fm acja ted hand for a portion, while, a sicjtly smile flitted across jher face. I Mother, dear," said the boj, M Rlr. Iiiklin thinks be can getjrce the 'place, and 1 shall have three meals a day only thiukj mother, thret mrasl ahd it won't take three mihute to run home and ' shared it with you." " j j ; i f The morning came, aha the pale boy'a voice trembled with eagerness, as ha asked Mr. Inklin if he', had applied for the place, : M Not yet," said the man of leisure, t bot here is time enoughl" J-7 ; 1 I The cent that morniogj was wet with tear?! Another morning jarriired. It is very thoughtless in the boy to be so late," said Mr. Inklin. " Notaaonl bere o brush my coal!" j-- j The I child came . at length,'-" his (ace swollen with weeping. ! I j am sorry to disappoint you," sajd the itian of leisure, V but. the place in Mr. C- -s store was taken up yesterday! -. j The boy slopped brushing, and burst afresh into tears. I don't : care now." said pie. sobbing, ."Wei may aa well; starve. Mother isdead."j . ' j The roan of leisure was shocked, and he gave the pale boy a dollar! '! ! I SoutkirmtR$$ej 1 Ther J U a foru. teller la 3 6e maUnc from 30 u w a T- I tones flf ti Cmpm owwm i words the- ia'H. . -' t:-'! I' 'H'S vH. ; ii a 9 i : r. s u- -st- i-i '. : t I..' ! I M
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