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Legislature of tteoegia.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Friday, May 4.
PnLi BEponnu from Committee.
Mr. U. G. Campbell—To amend an art to
appoint commissioners for the better regu
lation an<J government of tlie Village of Sa
lem, and lor incorporating the same—pass
ed ISIS.
Mr. Long—To define the duties ami au
thorities ot the commissioners of the town
of Washington.
Mr. Fannin—To alter and amend an art,
entitled an act to repeal the 4th and lOlli
sections ol an act, passed 19ili December
1818, orgaeizing the Counties of Walton,
Gwinnett, Hall and Habersham, Etc.
Mr. Fort—To convey to the Trustees of
the Mdledgcville Academy four lots ot
ground.
Mr. Scarlett—To repeal an act to author
ize the Justices of the Interior court of
Glynn county, to levy an extra tax lor the
purpose of building a jail in said county.
Mr. Glenn—Gave notice for the appoint
ment of a committee to report a hill to fix
the fees of county officers throughout the
state.
Satcouat, 5-ru Mat.
Bills Repotted.
Mr. Ailen —To authorize the Justices of
the Inferior Court of Burke county, to sell a
certain lot of land in the town of Wayr.es
borough on which the old court house is sit
uated. and make titles to the same.
Mr. Upson —For the relief of Austin, o
tlierwise called Austin Dabney, a free man
of colour.
Mr. Liddell—To organize the counti'-s of
Dooley, Houston, Monroe, Henry and Fay
ette.
The following communication from the
Governor, w.is laid before the house by Mr.
Burch his Secretary.
Exrcenvi DsfABTMiST, Gao. >
Mn.utnat.viu.it, Mai 5, 1821. 5
To the honorable the Semite,
and House of /iefireaentative*.
therewith lay before you, a copy of a
letter which I received last evening, from |
the Hon. Wilson Lumpkin, by which you
will pi revive that the Ime has been mu
from the head of the Western fork from tho
Flint river, to the Chalalioochie river, u
greeably to the treaty lately concluded be
tween the United Slates anil the Creek Na
tion.
(Signed) JOHN CLARK.
The House took up the following resolu
tion from Senate, viz.
Resolved, That the Treasurer of this state,
be, and he is hereby requested to lay be
fore the Senate with as little delay as his
convenience Will admit, a statement exhib
iting the amount of money in the Treasury
on the 30th ofAnril last—the amount of war
raoiadrawn on the Treasury since his last I
annual report —the gross amount of the pro- i
ceeda ; of the sales and rents of all the trac- j
tional parts ol surveys and land reserved or >
reverted io die state by virtue of the laws !
heretofore passed, making distribution ofac- j
quired territory, ami a'sn tlie amount which
has been paid into the Treasury in discharge
thereof, and the amount of disbursements in
cident to the collection and depositing the i
same.
Which being read.
Mr. Glenn moved that it lie on the table
for tin remainder of the session—Lost, Yeas I
10, N ils 74.
VE VS—Messrs, Cook, Fairchild, Ulus- j
enr.lt, Gh-iim Lambert, Mattox, Mitchell, i
Monltort. Moore, (Jasper) Moore, (Wash
isrgtuo) Fare, SUntfttd, Walca, U. W il
lis tVu d, Wirotun
NYY B—Messrs, Aliens, Abercrombie,
Aden. Al' o , Anderson, Ashley, Atkin
son. Avery, l Baker, W. \V. Baker, Ban
dy, Bates, Bay nr, Birdsong, B ake, BltiUqc,
Brook, if, 1) G. Campbell, J. W. Campbell,
Carr, Carey, Cone, Davenport, D’Lvon, Fan
nin, Frierson, Golding, Gresham, Hackney, i
Hardy, K. Harris, W. Harris, Jones, km
ilrieli, Kenan, Latnkut, l-uwson Liddell,
Long, Love, W’Cill, M’Cranie, M’Donald,
M’lntusli, \l’lyre, Mercer, Morrison, New
nan, E- Powc I, A. B. Powell, lieu, L. Ro
binson, b- Hohinson, Itosscter, Scarlett,
Stewart, Swillev, ruic, Ftuikersly, town
send, Upson, Ware, Watson Welch, Wells,
Wiggt i, IV, Williams, Wil iams n, W illi
ford, Wofford. Wright.
Mr U. G. Campbell, laid on the table a
resolution, calling on Ins excellency the
Governor, for any correspondence, that
may have pasted between ins Department
and commissioners of the United States, and
of the siate of Georgia, while nog. hating a
treaty t- r the acquisition ol terrisoiy for the
tlsc of Georgia i/c.
Mohdat, 7t« Mat.
The greati r part of this day was taken up
in th* 3d reading of tile land bill. The bill
was nad by paragraphs. The various a
nieildmeiits offered, and the voles taken j
thereon, are too long lor insertion m a
newspaper.
The bill being gone through, and passed
under the l.lie thereof—
Mr. D G. Campbell, called up a resolu
tion he had laid on the table, which was read
and agreed to as follows .
Whereas, considerable sensation appears
to be manifested by some portion of the com
munity, relative to die employment and dis
position by the Executive, of the public
fun-is of this state, t'rtlie purpose of con
tributing to the successful termination of the
la e treaty held w itii the Creek Indians ; and
whereas tins legislature, and our fellow ci
tizens general!), ought to have correct in
formation upon tins -object, m order that
justice may be done :
lie it therefore W-to/ird, That his Excel
lency me Governor, be required to la) be
fore die House, alt the correspondence in
theF.iecutive Department, relative t> the
said treaty, together with a »t» erne tit of the
amount expended by the Commissioners on
the part of this state.
The bill to a.tc-r and amend the 42d sec
tion ot an act to ret .so and coiisiudale the
Militia laws ol ill s s ate, and to repeal the
Caialty Laws now in force, was read the
third tune and passed.
Tcesdat, Mat Sill.
Severalbil a were read die second tune.
The House went into committee of the
whole, Mr. Welcii in the chair, ou the t til
supplementary to *■ An Act to authorize
ecr am C omuissione to sell and dispose of
the Fvacti nat parts ot surveys, lying in l ie
enemies of Appling Ac."— Mr. Welch rc*
ported the bil-with'amendments, whi.h re
port was agreed to, aid the bdi passed un
der the title thereof.
Flic 11- use w cut into a Committee of the
whole, -Mr. LiJ-lell in the ctuir, on tile l ~!
to indemnify the creditors ot fortunate draw
er* ui the sever*! laud lotteries es this state,
in taking out the grants for land Which shall
have been or mav be draw n by such for'u
ate drawers j—Mr. Liddell reported the
nil with an amendment ; which report was
agreed to—the bill was read the third time,
and on the quesdon, “snail now
pass ?” the Yeas were 35, Nay* 43.
YEAS. —Messrs. Adams, Alien, Atkinson,
Bandy, Blake, Bledsoe, IJ. G. Campbell,
Carr, Cook. Fairchild, Golding, Gresham,
Hackney, L. G Harris, James Kindrick,
Liddell, Love, M’lotosh, M’ lyre, Mercer,
Mitchell, Muntfort, Moore, (Jasper,) Moore,
(Washington) Nicoll, Pact, L. Robertson,
Scarlett, Tait, Vickers, Watson, Welch,
Wells, Wiggins, Wilhamson.
NAYS.—Messrs. Alston, Anderson, Ave
ry, E. Baker, Bates, Bayne, Birdsong, J.
vV. Campbell, Carey. Cone, Davenport, D’-
Lvon, Fannin, Glenn, Hardy, VV. Harris,
Jones Kindrick, Lambert, Lamkin. Lawson,
a.ong, Mattox, M'Call, M’Cranie, M’Donald
Morrison, A. B. Powell, E. Powell, Uosseter,
Stanland, Stewart, Swillev, Tankersly,
Townsend, Upson, Walca, Ware, D. " il
llains, Williford, Wofford, Wood, Wooten,
Wright.
So the hill was rejected.
The bill to authorize the Trustees of the
Independent Presbyterian Church of Sav
annah, to sell tue real estate belonging to
the same he. was read the third time and
passed.
Mr. A. B. Howell, laid on the table a re
solution relative to the appointment ol Com
missioners of the river Altamuha.
Mr. Scarlett, laid on tlie fable a resolution
relative to the appointment of Surveyors.
Mr. Neivtian laid on the table a resolution j
looking up to future treaties with the Creek
and Clu-rokee Indians.
Mr. Upson gave notice for the appoint
ment of a committee to prepare and report
a bill, to admit John It. Stewart to plead and
practice in the several courts of law and E
quity in this state.
Mr. Carry introduced, imlanter, a bill
more effectually to quiet aod protect the
possession of personal property, and to pre
vent taking possession thereof by fmud or
Violence.
Mr. D’Lyon from committee, reported a
bill to alter and amend the several judiciary
acts now in force in this state, so far as re
lates to justices’ courts, passed 1811, fee.
Tcisuav, mir past 3 o’cioc.x, P. M.
Mr. D. G. Campbell introduced, instanter,
a bill siippirf'oentaiy to, and amendatory ui
an act passed 132(1, to appropriate money
for the year 1821.
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A 1V,13 til a>\iu\yu\.
From the London .Morning Chronicle.
1 wake—it is four o'clock in the morning!
The whole Broad street of Alcali is spread
before me wiih all its Churches, Palaces and
Convents; while at the further end, the sha
dy walks of the Ih-ado form a sublime sight,
baflluig description.
l’lie Matun hell announces early mass, the
s‘reels become more animated; veiled wo
men in black, men in long brown cloaks,
with Cedissalas, wearing their hair in a kind
of net work hanging low'down tlu ir hack.
The doors of all the balconies open, and \va
ter is sprinkling before every house.
Now the gnat keepers with their little
herjs, enter the gates, crying” Milk, milk !
the g iat’s milk, fresh and warm !” There
J 1 see market women pass by with their asses
loaded With vegetables; bakers with bread,
in cults made with Spanish reed ; water
rariiers and p nets hastening to commence
j their day’s work ; while, with a hoarse voice
I two consequential looking Alguazils, pro
c aim the thefts committed in the preceding
I nght.
I By degrees, all the tv.-e-houses, shops
| and booths are opened. Th publicans, (Ta
berntco ) expose their wine cup, the Cho
t colnte women get their pots ready ; the wa-
I ter carriers begin to chaunt their “ Quin
J bebe ?” (Who’ll drink?) and the hackney
I coach and stag's drivers take their usual
stands.
Soon the whole streets resound with num
berless cries—“ Cod, w hite cod ! Onions
from Garcia ! W alnuts from Biscay ! Oran
ges from Murcia ! lint smoked sausages
from F.slramadura! l omatos, large tomatus!
Sweet citrons ! Barley water ! Ice water !
A new Journal! A new Gazette ! Water
melons ! Long Malaga raisins ! Olives from
Seville ! Milk roll-, fresh and hot ! Grapes !
Eggs ! new Figs ! Pomegranates from Va
lencia !’*
It strikes ten—the guards mounts; dra
goons, Swiss regiments, Walloon guards,
Spanish infantry ; and the universal cry is,
“ A his pies vm Donne Manuel.,!’’—(Let us
go to mass.)
All the bells are ringing, all the streets
are covered with roses, rich carpets are
hung from every balcony, and altars are ra s
ed in every square under canopies. The
procession sets out. What a number of neat
little angel,, with paste board, covered with
gilt paper! Images of saints, with powder*
j ed bob wigs, and robes of gold brocade !
What sw arms of priests ! and how many
beautiful girls ! all looking pleasant, and ail
in mixed groupes.
Fbe ciix k proclaims noon. We return
; through the square of the Puerto del Sol.
All the rtfas (Raffles) have be„un, all the
hackney winters are busy, and the whole
squa e thronged with peop e.
One o’clock —We are called to dinner;
a great deal ofsaffani; many love apples,
plenty ot oil and pimento; but then, wine
from La Vlsuche; Oi! ol Xerxes and M lig.,!
What a fine tli ug is Spanish cookery !
La Siesta ! La b est i! Sc,lores !—A dead
ly snence is in to, the sireets ; all the win
dow shutter.- are put up or lhe curtain let
down ; even ihe most industrious porter
stretches his length on his mat, and falls a
s eep »t the fountain, with his pitcher be
hind him.
At tour o’clock every body repairs to the
bull tight, to the canal, or the parado ; all is
g-’.i > and merriment, one equipage alter a
nut her lull speed, to those places of diver
sion.
I lie Puerto del Sc! becomes «- crowded
; as before, and the w ater car: lets am! orange
j women are ali as busy as bee...
II Us passes lt:e afternoon, until tile dus
ky shades of evening , lose in at last. Then
all the belts . gam mg, and every Spaniard
savs ne prayer ot salutation to the virgin.
Now all I tastes t-« the Femtlias and Thea
tres, smi in „ lew minutes, the rattling of
carriages resounds in ererv street. File
lamps beiore the images of the virgin are ad
lighted i the merchants and dealers have il
h,minuted their houses and shops, and sel
lers of ice water anu lemonade their stalls.
Every where are seen ru»u lights and paper
lanterns on the tables of fruit w omen and
cake men.
Meanwhile, the crow don the square has
prodigious!) increased, and it is soon full.
In one part, you hear the soft sounds of the
(guitar, or serin fiiia - in another, a female
ballad singer, tells, in rhyme, the tale of the
last murder committed; in a third, a thun
dering missionary attempts to move the
hearts of obdurate sinners, while the light
footed cyprian corps carry off his audence
by dozens. Some pass the rosary and tat
too with music, and the equipages return
from the Theatres. It grows still later ; the
crowds begin to disperse —by one o’clock
in the morning all tiie streets are still and
quiet, and only here and tiitre resounds a
lover’s solitary guitar, through the more sol
itary gloom of night. All else sleeps in the
quiet repose, when even nature herself en
joys at midnight.
General Observation on Fashion and
Hr ess for March 1821.
rnoM ackskma .s’s ionuox arvosi roar.
Velvet Spencers, which are worn with
poplin or geos de Naples dresses, are now
as much, or in fact rat!it-r mare in favour for
walking dresses than the pelisses, tin’ the
latter are still fashionable, Spencers are trim
med, in general, <vitli satin of the same co
lour. The epaulettes are small, hut full;
the sleeves rather straight, and the collars
not so high as they likm- been worn ; tabs
have disappeared, liu' the waist i* always
ornamented either with a small jacket, or
with Brandenbourgs at die l..ps. The An
gola shawl and the large fur tipoet are sel
dom seen ; but silk or China crape scarfs
are generally worn with spencers awl India
shawls are much in favour with high dress
es.
Promenade bonnets have suffered no di
minution of size. Back velvet and black
satin are also a great deal w;>rn. Heaver,
tho’ not very fashionable is nevertheless in
favour with some elegantes ,- bonnets com
posed of it are always ornamented with a
large plume of ostrich leathers ; and a full
feather trimming at the edge of the brim ;
when the hat is decorated with flowers the
brim is edged wish floss silk or with a mix
ture of satin and gauze.
AVe have noticed in carriage dress a pelis
se remarkable only for its having a hood at
tached to it the hood, like the trimming,
was composed of er < ine, and had certainly
a rich but heavy effect. Another and a ve
ry elegant novelty, is a carriage pelisse of
purpie velvet, and lined with white san.net ;
the body is tight to the shape : the waist is
the usual length : the shape of the back is
marked by a slight embroidery in braiding,
to correspond in color with tin- pelisse, arid
small silk acorns finish it at the iiirs. The
trimming consists of a wreath of a k leaves,
formed of chenille and purple satin in*rr
mixed : it is la d on in n wave, and goes all
round. A large pelerine pointed like a
ficheu behind, and with tw» long ends in
front, is trimmed in a similar manner, — I bis
trimming has an uncommon beautiful effect.
ltose colour and black, are, more than any
other colors, in request lor carriage bonnets :
we appear, in lact, to carry cur fondness for
the former, here, to a-, great an extreme as
our French neighbors; for all the various
shades of it may be seen in our bonnets.
AA'e observe in a good many inslancr', the
lining also is rose color, of a shade corres
ponding with that of tl\e bonnet. The pre
sent month does not furnish much novelty in
carriage ha's or bonnets ; but we have ob
served some trimnimgs for the edges of die
brims of bonnets, which we think novel and
pretty. One of these is composed < f puffs
of transparent gnu/. ; between each of
which is a satm shell : another' is a fall of
blond set on lull, and festooned at the verv
edge of tuc brim, each festoon being fasten
ed In a i os'* : a third trimming is composed
o! saitiu, cl spoked i * the loroi of crescents
With bouilLtvit of gauze between.
AVe have noticed a pretty dishabille, com
posed of Caciiemire : the body is loo*-, and
made up to the thr at w ith a falling collar,
which is rounded, is very deep, and is cut in
points so as to form a small pelerine : the
body is confined to tne waist by a girdle
pointed in the middle of the back and un
der the bosom : the sleeve is very long and
j loose j it is terminated by a cuff, w hich
turns up in a single deep point j these
points, and also the girdle, are edged with a
very narrow binding of gros de Naples, to
correspond in color. The bottom of the
skirl is finished with a broad bouillonne of
cashemere, adorned at each edge by a chain
trimming composed of plated gios tie Na
ples.
Crape continues to be getting slid more
into estimation in full dress. Coloured
gauzes over satin slips of the same colour
are also a good deal worn.—Waits area
little longer—long sashes are not now con
sidered fashionable, although they are still
worn but girdles of the same material as
the dress, or of satin, if tile gown be gauze,
crape, or lace, are more in esteem ; they are
always fastened by a clasp composed of dia
monds, pearls, or coloured gems.
Dress gowns Me not trimmed so high as
they have been. A t que of a novel de
scription lias made its appearance, which
looks at a distance like a crown of feathers :
it is a low oval crown, of white satin, and
is entirely surrounded by low plumes plac
ed close to each other : a very' narrow band
of wrought silk which conceals the ends of
the feathers, goes next to the face.
EVENING DRESS.
A round dress, comprised of pale pink
sole tk Lc::.!res, trimmed with pink zephv
reene plated in a scroll tuuiem. The cor
sage is cut square to the bust : the back is
plain and laced behind ; the front is orna
mented with a stomacher, bro: d at the top
but sloping ma go d dea. towards the bot
tom, and coming very little below the waist ;
it is decorated with pearls. The s'eeve is
a fulness of net over pink soic de Loathes ;
the fulness is confined in the midd e by a
pink satin ornament. Ihe lia ris dressed in
ioose ringlets on the forehead and tailing
low al the sides ; the hind hair is cut partly
behind, so as to curl in the neck; the re
maining par: is braided aid brought round
the head. Head dress, a Tiara of diamonds
i and full plume of marabouts, necklace and
j earing*, diamonds, white kid gloves, anJ
j white satin slues.
! Drea&f u\ effect of tViaAit.
A short time since a young woman of Ex
eter, named \\ liitker, who was in the ilibit
of going out to days work at her needle,
was passing through a held which the ser
vants of the house she had left, had repre
sented to her as being haunted ; and the
fears of the credulous girl being thus awak
ened, a Mack, boy having wrapped himself
up in a slice:, concealing all but his face and
hands, met her in the path. The shock was
too strong for her reason—she became rav- 1
ing m* I—and was conveyed to the Asylum
near Exeter, deprived of all those noble
powers of intellect, which dignifies human
nature above the brute creation arid tho’ 1
the dreary void of her mind is occasionally
irradiated by lucid intervals, she soon relap
ses wild instantly, from which it is ieared
she will never perfectly recover.
Ventriloquism. —Last night Monsieur Alex
andre entertained a numerous audience at
the city of London Tavern, by the exhibi
tion of several instances ot vocal illus on.
The performance commenced with a conVer
sation between a feeble old man and lus ser
vant. The oid gentleman is in a state or
convalescence, and Ins appetite winch had
been long kept under subjection by the
constant treatment ol an eniiment physici
an, suddenly rebels against the prescription,
and the patient solicits with much warmth
the luxury of an Omelet. The preparations
of this proscribed delicacy occupied tne
first part of the performance, and the imi
tations of the sawing of the wood,' striking
a iignt, and fry ingot the omelet were acl
miiab y effective and justly applauded. He
exhibited an ex'ranrdi ary flex.b lity ot
countenance 1 in imitating the various aspects
of a Convent of Nuns. —Imitating the cry
of hounds and drinking and singing at the
same moment.
The triumph of tragic excellence. Oil tne
evening ot Miss Dance’s debut, and previous
to ttie rising of the curtain, Mrs. Siddons,
wlio occupied a private Box on 'lie rignt of
the stage, was recognized by the audience
and cheered with enthusiasm, w'e have sel
dom before witnessed ; she rose and advanc
ing to the centre of the box, acknowledg
ed with her habitual grace this tribute ot
respect and admiration.
At the conclusion of the second act of the
Opera of Love in a Village, at Drury l.ane, J
Mrs. Beefier, ( a'e Miss O’Neil) was recog- j
nized in Prince Leopold’s Box by some per- j
sons m tne Pi , who called out “ Miss O’- I
Neil,” “ Miss O’Neil.” There was a burst <
ol applause from all parts of the house,
winch Mrs. Becher came forward and ac
knowledged.
APSLF.V HOUSE.
The following particulars relating to thb
present residence of the Duke of AVelling
ton, called Apdey House, are not generally
known. King George II riding on horse
back one day in Hyde Park, met with an
old soldier whom he recognised as having
fought under him-at the battle of Dettingen,
and fell into discourse with him. The King
finally asked him what he could do for him f
“ Why phase your Majesty,'* returned the i
s ikiii “my wife keeps an apple stall on the
bit of waste ground as you enter the Park,
aid if your Majesty would be pleased to
make us a grant ol it, we might build a bet
ter shed and improve our trade.” The
King complied with his request, and a grant ;
oi charter was given to him. The shed was
erected—the situation was excellent, and
the business of the infirm and aged woman
became brisk and prosperous. Their only
son in process of time was articled to an At
torney, and gave indications of making some
figure in his profession. After some years
the old s .l lier being dead, and this grant of
the late king overlooked or forgotten, the !
then Lord Chancellor, attracted by tbe eli- j
gihd tv of the situation, removed the shed of ;
the oid woman, and laid out the ground as
the site of (lie present mansion. Alarmed
and terrified by this measure, and not veil
t it ng to contend with such high authority,
s.ie consulted with her son (whose articles
were now nearly expiring) as how she
sh.-uld act in such mv extremity. The sou
calmed her fears in the best manner he was
able, and promised to find her a remedy as
booiv as the structure should be completed.
1 h:s was no sooner done, than he waited up
on his lordship to request some remunera
tion tor what he ailedged to be a trespass
upon his mother's rights. The latter us
soon as he began to see the claims of the ap
plicant was reasonably founded, tendered
s me hundreds us a compensation, which
under the a.lt ice of her son the old woman
rvj.cted ; a :<J to make the story sliort, the
son, upon the i,ext interview demanded ot
his lordship, * I a year as a ground rent,
which terms he added, if he did not like, he
was at liberty to take his house away again,
as his mother did not want it. His lordship
acceded and the house yields to this day, the
above rent to the descendants of an oid ao
ple woman. ‘
T\ai& eAvy o\ Ua as .
from the Journal of a l / livelier,J or the Na
tional .idvacate.
It lias been said by Kolkman, that there
are between thirty arul focty thousand idle
people, or Lazorina, in Naples, who have
no stated business to follow, and likewise
none. i could not but observe in
tins great city, a number of ill cioathed peo
pie ; hut I Saw none that were Unemployed.
I accordingly inquired of several of my
friends after the 40,000 idlers, whom I wi ,h
--ed to be acquainted with ; and as they could
g.ve me no information on the subject, 1
went in pursuit of them myself, as a strict
examination into the matter was so neces
sary for forming a notion of the state of the
government. Our gaming some knowledge
tuen, ol the confused mass of people that are
seen in trie streets and public places, I be
gao by judging and classifying the various
figures according to their dress, their aspect
their behaviour, and their occupation. I
found this operation much easier here than
a„y where else, as the people are more
left to themselves, and their outward an
pearance shews their station.
1 entered on my observations early every
morning, and all the men I saw h-re and
there standing still, or reposing themselves,
i l found them to be people whose cdc ili
turns necessarily implied such momentary
considerations : —The porters who have
their settled stations in every part „f ,|. e c j
ty, and were only waiting till somebody
wanted their service ; Collessan, tne fellows
and la.ls who stand in the great squares with
caleshes, looking alter their horses, and
ready to attend every body who calls them
out ; sea faring men, smoking their pipes in
the Molo ; fishermen who lie basking in the
sun, because perhaps, the wind is urfavora
ble lor putting to sea. I remarked, like
wise, numbers passing and repa.si but
most of them bore with them the tokens of
their activity. Os beggars,,lmre was none
ro be seen, except such as were complete
j cripples, or rendered infirm by age or i n
j potent by disease. The more Hooked about'
me. the more accurately 1 observed, the few
er I could perceive, ether of the lower or
middling classes, the morning or through
the greater part of the day, ofanv age, or of
either sex, that could be, properly called va
gtbonds.
But, to render what I advance more credi
be and apparent; I must enters little into
par molars :-The very children are busied
m different ways. A great number of them
bring fish for sale to Naples Santa Lucia,
tfthers are seen about the arsenals, or where
• carpenters are at work, employed in gather- I
i g ..iv chips ar.d pieces of wood, or bv tfi e
seaside; picking up sticks and whatever
else is drifted ashore ; which, when their
basket is fall, they proceed with into the
heart of the city, where in several places,
they form a sort of little market, sitting
round with their stock of wood before them
for sale Labourers, and the lower order*
of citizens, buy it ot them to burn in the
trinodo for warming themselves, or to use
it in their scanty kitchens. Children, two
or three years old, who can scarcely crawl
along the ground, in company with boys of
five or six, are employed in this petty trade.
Orher children carry about for sale the
water of the sulphurous wells, which, par
ticularly in the spring season, is drank in
great abundance. Others again, endeavor
To gain a few pence, by buying !< small quan
tity of fruit; pressed honey, cakes and com
fits, and then, like pedlars, i Her and sell
them to other children ; but tor no more
profit than what will give them a share for
their Own eating, free of expence. It is
highly entertaining to see one ot these little
urchins, whose whole stock and property
consists in a board and knife, carrying about
a water melon or a half roasted gourd, col
lect a group of hungry children about him,
set down his board, and proceed to divide
the fruit in small pieces among them. The
buyers keep a sharp look out, to see that
they have enough for their little'copper
coin ; and the Lilliputian tradesman acts'
with no less caution, as the exigencies of the
case may require, that be be not cheated
out of a morsel.
A vast number of persons, partly of the
middle ages, and partly boys, that are, gene
rally speaking, very badly clothed, employ
I themselves in bringing dung to town upon
j the backs of asses. The country close ad
! joining to Naples, is one continental kitchen
garden ; and it is a pleasure to see what an
inexpressible quantity of vegetables are
brought hither every market day; which,
again gives employment to hundreds in car
tying back to tile gardens the waste and ve.
fuse of the kitchens, for accelerating the
circle of vegetation. These constitute a
great part of the Neapolitan manure, and
are, therefore, carefully looked after. Two
large pliant panniers hang across the ass, are
not only filled up to the top, but are piled
I U P whh great art, till the heaps meet over
I the back oi the beast. No garden can pros
) per without one or more of these useful an. 4
imals, A servant, a lad, and frequently the
master himself, go backward and forward*
as often as they can In the clay, as they find
the city at all hours a mine of wealth. How
attentive these Collectors are to the dung of
horses and mules, may easily be imagined,
\ ery reluctantly do they leave the streets
at the coming on of uignt ; and the gentry
j who return from the Opera after midnight,
litrle think that before day-break some dili
gent man or boy is carefully tracing the step*
of their horses. I have been assured, that
two ol these people, who joining together
to buy an a-s, hire themselves to a large pro
jprieturof cabbage grounds, by persever
; ing industry in tins happy climate, where
J vegetation is never interrupted, are soon in
j a condition to purchase a considerable piece
j of ground ; thus raising themselves by in
j uuatrjr to comparative independence,
j OL!> THEATUe »VO UTHWARK.
This ancient and de'apidaled building,
i r wmerly the seat of the Muses, and the re
j sort ol taste and fashion, is at length reduc
| oil to n heap oi a.-hes ; and that ton, most
j unquestionably, by the torch of an incend.a
--1 - between 3 and 4 o’clock yesterday
morning, the alarm of fire rang throughout'
streets The citizens with their usual ala
enty, flew to the scene of conflagration >
but all their efforts were unavailing—the
budding being entirely frame, was consum
, in a very snort time, together with seve
ral others on the* east side ol Apollo street.
fins event will no doubt awaken nijnv
recollections in the nnnds of the eider part
of our readers. It has always been conced
ed, that at one period this little Theatre
possessed as great and as diversified a fund
oi Dramatic latent as has ever been conceit,
rated m this city— many of our readers will
near testimony to this fact when they recall
to their minds the period when a Wignell,
a Hallam, a Henry, a Morris, a Haip'er, a
Hudgkinson, fee. he. “ strutted their /war”
upon tuese boards.
Among tiie scenery destroyed, we under.
Stand there was a drop scene, of great merit,
. painted by the unfortunate Major Andre, re.
presenting a majestic water fall.
• Irs. Morris, wt believe, is the only sur
corps’ mC ' nbCr ° f tbe OT 'B iu ®l Southwark
We understand that this LI, eat re wav
built in the year 1773, by Mr. Henry. It as.
' l ?. nV: ‘ r ‘,i i ’ eCj ' rie ,tle property of Messrs.
* '8 ne . al ’ < 1 Hallam, the former of whom
was unrivalled in the character of I)arl„,, as
was the latter in that of Alung-o.
[Phil. Gazette.
La lloclui & Watson.
I UK Copartnership heretofore ex.
isliogunder • he firmof'Jm Roche
& Watson. tvng dissolved by mutiHil
- S fi» t , on tlle ' GlJ ‘ >‘isf—A I persons
i nebfed lo the said Ci -rj are rennes*.
ed lo make payment to William Jones
or Ralph Keif hum, who nre alone
authorized to collect the debts of tjut
sam-, and to whom all remand* jf.
giintt the seid firm are to he rreseiit
ed for settlement.
SIQItED,
Isaac La Koche.
Jesse W atsou,
By his Attornie*
A Slaughter Sf c. Lubuzan ,
and
William Marshall,
_ A|irl ' »■
notice,
I T"v ,s fi , rm °* P. Tab**
i ?'*«'»•!*. s™.i„d;" j
A " r*»™. Um
! !° 8 "“. ,rBIS are requested to «
; immediate payment to Hexky P T,
Sent*? '* sef
William Savage,
James Spann,
Henry P. Taber.
April ir «, 8 *
