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Newspaper Page Texting to awoken all the apprehensions of the government. The state ot the press ol France rentier* it almost impossible to procure, through this medium, the know ledge ol any lads which the government in interested in concealing, which may account for the paucity ol the details we have on the subject ; and the late act ol 1 power-exercised in suspending two ol the most popular journals, on the alledg ed ground of their inflammatory tenden cy, will much increase the difficulty ol 1 obtaining this sort ol information. [Liv. Jldv. April C.] The following letter is from a good I source, and communicated for publication ‘ in the American :— Better from Palis, March, 1BS3. “You must receive with suspicion any ’'accounts of the. state of the country, which appear in certain English Journals, u ho Inn e ' their agents in pay in tile capital, to com- LAW INTELLIGENCE. COt’HT OF kino’s DENCH—I.ONOO''. Breach of Promise uj Marriage. Ester vs. Hiatt.—This action was brought hy Elizabeth Ester, again- 4 ! '* 'u. Hiatt, to recover a compensation in da mages, lor breach of promise ol mar riage. Mr. Chari.es Phili.ii* stated the case. It was one he said, ol grave, so lemn, and sacred character, which call ed upon the Jury to give him large da mages. The Plaintiff, Miss Ester, was the daughter of a respectable man, wlm had long held the situation of the <Tci It of a brewery. The defendant had late ly come into possession ol a large proper ty. Ilis father living in Ameiica, he was sent over to England, for education, and put to school in Uelhnal Green. Pul ing that time he was a constant visitor at the house of the Plantifl s fithci. - nimiicaie, and ohe. necessary, to fabricate, j I Ic left School at 1 4 years of age wen. .s„cli intelligence as may be _agreeable to t 0 Liverpool ami entered into the sen i fS^-ir class of readers. Knowing the char- , 8Crv ice unknown to bis lather, lie was [' acter of the Spanish people, I entertain no ubscut from England for several years ! fears that they will lie, subjected ; lor, at- ^ | iav in<r been cast away on the cna*t ol though beaten to the ground, a h.|mniarU returned in distress, wearing a XrsTX «2“~ ...u.* •*» ; will SO recoil on France, as to product- the 0 1 the Plaintiff s lather. He was rer.u revolution which.many real friends to the with kindness, nnd during six months ■ rights and liberties of man anticipate, 1 he , viis „ guest at the table ot the family. “French army, men and officers, are desirous ,j*j )e u e f en dant then said that his father k of war, and care not whom tin y fight. WM ,j cn( j nlu | ||,jt j t W as necessary hr They receive from the Koy.i he , , 0 AmPri( . a . Before Ins de- ^aSilnVerV W^NirrOuk/ of pat lure lie called the family together, I! Iluno atj led by the Emperor the child of and in the presence of all, asked Eliza- v fortune,' having risen from a drummer b y. beth, the Plaintiff, whether she would to he. Marshal of France, is an. experienced j,, ou) j ?( , ( 0 keep single until his return ! General, and a good disciplinarian. He H ega j,(, ifshe did remain single, he would accompanies the Duke «1 Angouleine ns I 'l'he Plaintiff said she SSiSLft££S3-Sir.S „UOrXta.miff ™, T .ea viewing officer. From Russia and Prussia, promise. At tho end of toor \ ears he the government of France arc to receive aid, returned again to tlie t laintilt, at tier in-. if necessary ; and Austria and England, tj,er'rt house, and finding her single, as- will maintain neutrality. Of the stability ol £Urc j pp r Biat ho had not forgotten ' the Bourbons, tile best evidence is in tne tact, ^ p rom j SCi R was his intention to that the Government is, and has been cam- ^ h( , r at (he flrst opportunity. His . f»«her had died and having received a and the Keeper of the Seals, M. Peyronett. large sum in the Bank ot England, l e ■are only men or business in the cabinet, told the Plaintiff's father that he would The Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. de Glia- Iic q only marry Elizabeth, hut settle £ JO tcaubriand, is known from the Mississippi f„ r jjf e) U p on hint in return for to thei Jordan as a writer of ai ' 1 ! the kindness ho'had formerly received. pi-etive armies to an interview on the Bi- weeks, on a visit to Oxfordshtt < ■ llassoa, there to treat t'or the rr-estalilWi- lie was induced to change lit* mind, anJ inont of the rights of the Monarchy of Spain, g j rc U p t i ie Plaintiff for another lad y .— shows the fancy and imagination of the Ai his last interview with the Plaintiff, lie man, who, in a private station, would lie | 1p | nl j {l it ere d liis mind, and that it highly respectable. The war w, 1 on« « ‘ ^ in(pnlion , 0 remain single. He tSSaS3 K?&S';’ »u her * II.. .... li'~ «- Se wo,,1,1 Tile Spaniards will avoid all pitched battles, make her a compensation, and promised Withdraw their troops from the fortresses, £300 to set her up in business. t he leaving tha country open b> the invaders, proposal met with no direct objection, who will find it more difficult to iclieat p,,, ,j would appear that it was not his from Madrid than to enter it. intention to advance that sum. He gave “ Your old Friend La ]• ayette enjoys ex- n( j 9 (0 jM ar „ Plaintiff’s sister, sutl^eets'relati’ng'to America^ ileexpressed for the Plaintiff’s use hut the balance he 1 to me his pleasure in perusing th- nuvel of never had paid. Before the payment ol the. Spy, a copy of w hich I sent him. Stir- (|, e £ 20 lie took the Plaintiff s lather to rounded hy his children and grand-children, j ,| )C | 10 „ ae 0 f Mrs. Plendall, who keeps a Coffee-house near Westminster Hall.— He there informed Mrs. I . that he in tended to marry the Plaintiff, and that he had got her father’s consent, lie af terwards went on a visit to Oxfordshire, and on his return lie told Mrs. Hendall that he should not marry Mis* Ester hut .Miss Stephens, the lady he had seen Oxfordshire. Mrs. Plendall asked wheth- fl. neil the colors ol tin year, him for her sister. The Solicitor tiencral a,I tressed the Jury for tiie Defendant, and 1 nut,Tided ihv I', 000, which the Plaintiff had eon- Milcied sufficient eompcifsaiian, was the utmotl that they ought to give, lie oh- scrvrd that Ins leal tied fiie.ndfiad atrgt’u- i i ntod the case. 'J lie Plaintiff, according to his, (the statement of the learned fiOUnsul) had. hern mUP.ll icj'ired, and j driven to absolute celibacy. Tire lady | iOiiiitiulion---nnd, should they ftiilto do lobl, invented an iineliioil 4 pas'" which was I it, they will come short ol an important Nero, hdtlicd daily it, it. Thi-lady, \vi> are i ..i.i a...,.,,..i n, iiiit-t noil., imis 1 '! which tins lightened than , ,, . ieini ib picted by t'li 4 Roman I'Odd But l|,,n (iiilli there may have been 111 the liginal picture, should, in candor, lie »H111- tin-il III (ti -pi IV all-nee nl'slaveiy, wlm b, by rcs-'tilleg human nature in a slate ol omnil «li ini,- i11, and alVnrdiiig « »instunt uppiii lollies lor till 4 exercise nf oneniiti illicit ll 4 > Union, must have insensibly I' d to impatt- oec of eonlradietion and irritability ol tem- Tlicrc is no Hceount, in any of the ancient nls of the was forty the IVfendeut some years ibtlioi-s, of (tie interior arrangements oi in - hove that an advantageous match to il I , )f( | 1(> 8ei , ar „u., pnrtsoftheireustmn- liave been reluscd in the absence cl llli-J ( apparel, is it possible to follow them wandering swain. When he left ler to ,| ir0 ' a || r,,, iolulioiis of fashion, or to go to America she did not even say 44 Had you not better marry mupel'urc you 4, o f’ It was too much to f.-li the jiiryMo believe the lady devoted irrself to celibacy. They could nolhikenll the high and fanciful statements of ihdlearn- nd counsel as the general grouid for dam ages. The Defendant had n< pow er to tall witnesses, as the wholebf the family were against him. In such fcase, moderate damages, namely the 300 which the Plaintiff had herself condder ed enough, would be ample justice 6> the case. The ford Chief Justice said, the iury were not hound in law to,confine tlem- selves to £300. They might constfcr what would he a satisfaction for the ir^u- rv. ’i lie Jury found a verdict for 111'' Plaintiff'. Damages £ 000. tin-. ... . form more than a iieoeral idea of their um- The same desire to please led appearance. universal e li-eni as a soilener of the skill — it was spread over the face as a mask, | nod vvitsvCiy generally and constantly worn j ,n the house ; thus creating n kind of domes | tic eo'intcri'incc f‘»i* tin* hu^mn^i nmlrrnftHlh whs mri'fiiUy pn^tM Vpd lor tlu* more favored admirer, or the public. [ruoMTiir. NvnmfAi. i.a/ctti: ^ In the introduction to the new Waverly novel, the author presents himself as paying „ visit to the chateau of ari oi l Erenrll noble- man, and bolding a dialogue with him on the „ „y, of wliieh the following extract is a pm t. We give il because it contains a remarkable contradiction of (bealmost universal opinion as to the name of the real author. EXTRACT. | “The French Marrpiis says— 1 My valet, La Jeuncsse, sometimes reminds me of which retuates tile modern belle, no doubt j c | l: vracter in the Bridle of J.ammermorc, influenced the Roman beauty : for time and , v |,j c ji you must have read, as it is the work place make no other-difference in a passion I nu on amid- luty to the country, nnd may fairly be chargeable with u design to bring the election into their own hands. \\ e can not leave this subject without expressing our decided disapprobation of State nom inations. The several stales may very pi opei |y express their wishes and pre- i’etcpces with regard to the candidates for the Presidency, hy Conventions and Resolves, or in any way which can bring the public sentiment to light ; but for one state to nominate a President of the. Union, and become, pledged to support their candidate at all 'events, is altogeth er absurd, and perfectly inconsistent with the genius of our government. Should this mode of nomination become fashion able, it would not be long before every State would offer its candidate for tlio Presidency, and in the multiplicity ot lluit lias ever been the manner of its display aine, than in the \S'o may therefore of one of your gens de hcltres, yu'on cippej, _ , taut, Jc crois, le Chevalier Scott.' (One of (candidates, no one could possibly be e- your men of letters who is called, 1 believe, conclude, that the mysteries of the toilet, in Chevalier Scott.) ‘I presume, you mean all their refinement, were not unknown in gj r Waiter:’—‘Yes, the same, the same, said he receives daily pruofs of that deep at tachment and respect which his private vir tues and his public services so justly entitle him to.—.V. Y. Amec. Philadelphia, May H3. By the Hunter enpt. Davis, we have received a regular tile of (lie Journal lhs Debates for the month of March, and files of Bordeaux papers to the 3d April the Romans. Wc present an extract from “ Sketch es of the Domestic Manners and Institutions of the Romans,” a work which, having our selves derived both amusement and instruc tion from its perusal, will, we hope, enable us occasionally to furnish an agreeable article to our readers. The great outline of the his tory of the Romans, Iheir splendid achieve ments and unparalleled crimes, the virtues and the vices which were in their annals a like carried to the utmost excess, are gene rally more or less lamiliar to all bnt theii private memoirs, their domestic, habits, the detail of their inteiior life, (if the phrase lie permitted,) can only lie gleaned from the ca sual notices of contemporaries, scattered through tlvany volumes, and from tne labo rious and learned, but dull and interminable commentaries of modern writers. To the author of the sketches before us we are in debted for a brief, spilited, and faithful com- 1 pilation of this mass of scattered knowledge — and we can till now sit down at tabic with the belles of 2000 years ago, enter into then- conversation, observe their airs and graces l (for these are immortal,) and pledge a cup to their health—or we can accompany the ora tor to the forum, and mark the ascendency of eloquence over the minds of a haughty and cruel people, or assist at the sports of the hippodrome, or at the bloodier pastime of the arena. We have skipp-d over many chapters iu order to arrive at the Roman la dy’s toilet, and to that wc to-day introduce our readers. It will be seen that, among other auxilia ries to the decoration of the female face di vine, that of rouge was not wanting—anil it is a singular confirmation of the authority of the w riter, who mentions the use of cos- metics among the Roman ladies, that in the mins of Pompeii, and beside the moulder- inn- remnants of a human being, was found a packet of rouge uninjured. This circum stance is, we remember, mentioned by Lady Morgan, who deduces from it the very obv i ous and natural reflections which must oc cur to every mind, on considering the pre- ration against time and accident of this ancient Rome—and indeed, BOine details which have been preserved, seem to prove, i that it they were not as well understood, they were at least ns sedulously attended to, then, as now. The dressing table appears to have been provided with nil its usual appendages, ex cept that useful little modern instrument— the pin. Rot its inseparable ornament, the j mirror, did not possess the advantage of be- | ieg formed of glass, in lieu ot which, plates I of polished metal wife substituted. That I looking-glasses were wholly unknown, has 1 indeed been doubled, on tlio authority of an Undent author,f who certainly distinctly al- lldes to their having been made in Egypt, but, although various articles of glass are e- nuincrated among costly pieces of Roman furniture, mirrors are only mentioned among ria|e and no distinct account of the modern intuition occurs until the thirteenth cento Those anciently in use, arc supposed to lave been generally of pure silver, although hey are known to have been also composed if mixed metal—they were kept in cases to (reserve their polish, and were often suftici- mlly large to reflect the entire figure. No other head-dress was worn than the lull- variously arranged and ornamented— except, indeed, that, atone time, a cap, in tie form of a mitre, was in vogue—but it the Marquis, “ Wc were now led away from more pain ful reflections; for I had to put my French friend light in two pniliculnrs. In the first I prevailed with difficulty, for the Marquis, tlio’ lie disliked the English, yet having been thret* months in London, pif|iifid himself in iderstanding the most intricate difficulties of our language, and appealed to every dic tionary from Florin downwards, that Ea Bride must mean the Bridle. Nay, so scep tical was he on this point of philology, when f ventured to hint that there was nothing a- liout n bridle in the whole story, he with great composure and little knowledge to whom he. spoke, laid the whole blame of that inconsistency on the unfortunate author. I bad next tbe common candor to inform my friend, upon grounds which no one could know so well as myself, that wj distinguish■ 1 „r/ literary countryman, of whom I will always speak, wiili the respect his Intents destrri■ was not responsible for the slight works which the public had too generously, as iveil ns loo rash ly, ascribed to him. Surprised by the impulse of the moment, I might even have gone fur ther, and clenched the negative by positive evidence, owning to my entertainer that no one else could possibly have written these works, since myself was the author, when I was saved from so rash a commitment, hy lected. U would be as though the se veral Counties in a Stale should each nominate a candidate for Governor, and become pledged severally fur llieir sup port, or as though the towns in a Con gressional District should severally set up a candidate for Representative, and each town run its own candidate. This mode of procedure is altogether at w ar with the very nature of representative institution*, and at war with common sense. Every rational mind must at once admit that the selection of an officer to preside over a community should be. made, not by an imliiidual member, but by the voice of that community, express ed, in some form or other, in a body. sion fell into disuse with all but women of j||„. c:l | m reply of the Marquis, that he wa* ;»i abandoned character. The combs were | t 0 hear these sort of trifles were not of ivory or box, and sometimes of metal; j written by a person of condition. ‘We read and a "heated wire was used, round which them,’ said he, ‘as we listened to the pies Norfolk, May 10. ANOTHER VICTIM ! It wa* but last week that we had to noti’-c a most shocking &• desperate outrage perpe trated by some of the black demons who in fest the swamps in the Southern section of Norfolk county, in the murder of Mr. AVm. Walker at the. Great-Bridge—Jc already wc are called upon to announce an occurrence of equally horrible import, whirl) has since taken place at lilai k Water, in Princers Anne county, (about eight miles from the Gnat- ] Bridge.) We h’arn. that on Tuesday evening last, Capt. John W. Hayhc, a respectable inhabi tant of Black Water, while silting at supper the hair was curled into the required form The most usual was to plait, and roll it as a I bandeau round the head, on the crown ot which it was fastened In a knot; and it be came fashionable to raise these tresses so high* that they were heaped upon each o- thcr until they were reared into a kind of c- difiee of many stages, w hen— “ With curls on curls, like diftTent stories rise Her lowering locks, a structure to the. skicn Owen's Juvenal, sat. ei. False hair was then had recourse to—which at length assumed the form of .i wig ; and, at one time, it was the mode to dress it in imitation of a military casque. 1 he curls were.confined with small chains, or rings of gold, and bodkins studded with precious stones. Fillets of purple, or white ribband, ornamented with pearls, were also worn on the head, and splendid jewels in the ears.— There were some decorations for the head which were considered peculiarly indicative . with Iris family, was fired at thro’a window antiies of a comedian, nr our ancestors to j nn( j mortally wounded—a ball and several those, of a professed family jester, with a good deal of amusement, which we should lie sorry to derive from the mouth of one who lias better claims to our society.* “ I was completely recalled to my consti tutional caution by this declaration—and lie- buck shots having penetrated his breast.— This daring and barbarous act is supposed to have been perpetrated by one of his own negroes, several of whom bad eloped from him, under an apprehension that as In was on tbe. eve of removing to the j - . ir i " un »‘*x' *-• ■ ‘ ”• n much afraid of committing mysell, co , ln (| y i |, e would compel them to go ulorq that 1 did nut venture to explain to my an* terratic friend, that the gentleman whom lie had served, owed his advancement, for aught I had ever heard, to certain works of his, which may, without injury, he compared to romances in rhyme.” r R E S1D E N'TIA L E L E C T10 N. j-noS! THE EASTERN (CORTLAND, ME.) ARCUS We take a pleasure it) presenting our readers to-day the result of a convention of the Republican members of the New York Legislature, in reference to the of female dpcornm—sncIi was a I "bj'eet of the I’rcsidency. It contains, apers to tne an spru. uiiuiusmni. - ,, , servation against um<. -mu , The I*™ « w «»**<** «I leisure to peruse ; the latter, to our dis appointment, give no news Irom the ai my. Lord Somerset, who le.tt Madrid on for the disappointment occasioned by breaking his promise ? He said it was j i liis intention to sive her three hundred -the 29th of March, arrived at Bordeaux pounds and to allow her fat her U y on the 2nd of April. After stopping for pounds per annum for life. ‘ CI a few moments, to confer with the Eng- that conversation he married Mi s Sic- v -i r in-id he started for Bari*. 1 phens, and left the 1 hunliff almost heart- 115 On the 1st nf April, the Count de Bre- broken. Mr. Phillips, with a great flow teol, prefect of the Gironde, issued proclamation informing the inhabitants ol Bordeaux, “ that on the 6th ofthe month, they would see the daughter of Louis XVI. Her Koval Highness, Madame, that august princess whose virtues have caused her to receive the appellation ol the “ Angel of France" “ live. Ic Hoi ! Five Madame ! Vitcnt Ics Bourbons t"— thus concludes the proclamation.--Gar. of eloquence, called upon the Jury to consider the nature of the injury. Kindness had been lavished on the de fendant in his distress, and the return whose passions it had excited and gratified had massed into dust anil oblivion. [.V. I’., liner. Extract from a work entitled “ Sketches of the Domestic .Manners and. Institutions <>J the Homans." While the Romans were, confined to a liu- gal and laborious life, it may naturally be supposed that their wives partook of their cares, and were restrained to great simplici ty of dress and manners. Even at a later period, ladies of the first distinction were oc cupied in household duties, and the supeiin- tendance of their slaves and families made was distressing to the feelings of j was ‘, hc c ,.| c hratcd Cornelia—the daughter FROM GIBRALTAR. The papers from Gibraltar are to the 27ih of March inclusive. The the Plaintiff whom he ensnared. She J believed him to he a faithful swain, and placing confidence in him, had been de ceived. Deprived of an establishment for life, her hopes were blasted. Acting with raie fidelity, she placed herself in a state of celibacy, from which it was | not reasonable to expect she could e- ;punish Cortes j merge. The state ol tbe Defendant n had been lately engaged in discussing cer-1 property was sufficient to enable him to tain instructions for the administration °l redress the injury, and the Jury would the Spanish provinces beyond the seas-— | ( ) 0U (j(i Pg9 g i ve him large damages. The rod that this measure fendant coming to her lather s house greatest importance, alone will contribute more effectually than many victories, to defeat tire plans ot our c- TIIE GREEKS. The Gibraltar papers contain a complete confirmation ofthe cheering news recently received of the success of the Greeks over when lie was at school. He came and look dinners, lie was some years at school, and then he went to Liverpool. She saw him at her father’s again af ter he had been shipwrecked. They rendered him all the assistance in their , , power. The Defendant had frequent iKiJiaaCkJ l»t o r ,.pr<».i(ie, or^clne (.or .i-.er - thousand Tui k* who | into the More#, only a or '.moo remained paid her every attention. He He left her Alt the others perished, partly in the com-J to go to America on the death ol his fa bats that had taken place,and partly by fa-1 ther. The witness was present at i mine, “ The Turkish squadron hud return ed to Constantinople after having another vessel of U0 guns burnt in sight or the Dar danelles, rt.d having lost more tlla.. thirty- vessels of wur, which were driven on shore in a temped. I cannot describe the ardor wbich prevails in the Archipelago, nor the admiration with which the English have in- spired the Greek*. Jbama Ala, who com manded at, Cm intli, bus recently been pm- gened.”-»C’o«i. Jldv. New-York, May 1G. THOM MEXICO. Capt Mathews, who left Tampico on tin c-,ih ult. states that on the 9th, the Congres 4 conversation which look place before he went. He told her sister when he returned to England he would marry her, and said to the witness— 41 Mary, you arc to be witness : if Betsey keeps herself single till I return, l will marry her.” The Plaintiff promised to keep herself single. The Defendant went away and returned in 1020, when he said he should remember his promise to ! her sister ft marry at the earliest oppor- ] (unity. Her sister said she was quite | willing to marry. The Defendant some **j time after, said he had altered his mind, f Mexico decreed that the Ex-Emperor j nni ] should remain single. Her sister was a*l I ..1.1 I... I.nnlotlilll f//l / >. 4 *1 fl I ' i ■ A • I 1 .' II 'll .1 _ . I Jtiirhide should lm banished to Italy, and j that he should Imi allowed a pension ol £5,000 dollars per annum.—Capt. M. has brought dispatches from 1b 4 - Mexican gn- vermnci t to its minister here, and from the American CfiHsub llnllnml bn* been again visited by a (remen- d„nv Hood, in consequence of many of the 1 )vkes giving wav. In some ot Hie village* no- thing whs to be s*«u but tlifl steej.es of the much affected ; she fell ill, and a phy sician attended ; she was in a low nervous state, and had never been the same per son, it) point of health, since. The De fendant gave no reason for breaking off die marriage. In November following September, 1820, the Defendant was married. He said he would give the Plaintiff £ 300 to put her in business, and allow her father ar.d mother £ 30 a of the great Scipio, and the motlic.r oi the Gracchi—who, when asked to show her jewels, presented her children—a singular instance ofthe domestic, affections triumph ing over the love of parade and dress. But when the men resigned the dignifn d p'""- ness of their ancient manners for the foreign innovation of foppery and effeminate u> | finement, it may also be imagined that the women were not slow in following then ex ample. The Roman ladies usually bathed at an earlier hour than the men.* Like them they generally made use of the public, thermic, ami even occasionally practised some ot I lie athletic exercises to which such places were adapted. But they were attended, on those occasions, by tlieir’own servants, and, as tile baths afforded the convenience of private a- partinents, they sometimes made use of them for all the purposes of tbe toilet. Ladies of distinction had numerous female attendants, to each of whom a separate) ib • partment was assigned: thus, one was the hair-dresser, another had the care of the wardrobe, a third of the perfumes and paint, while a fourth adjusted the robes—and, in stead of the indiscriminate appellation of waiting-maid, they were each distinguished bv tin; name of their employment. There was also a superior order, who formed the privy council of the dressing-room, and whose only duty was, to assist at the deli berations on the. important business of deco ration, and to decide on the contending claim* of rival fashions. This cabinet was composed of the female parasites who at tached themselves to women of rank—and, if we may credit the poets, their office was far from being a sinecure. Juvenal very un- gallantly accuses the ladies of his day of oc casional fits of spleen, which, lit 4 says, they sometimes vented on their attendants—and even more than hints that these little pctu lancies were, in some instances, provoked by the apprehensions of being too late to attend the temple of Isis,—a convenient goddess who presided over the mysteries of the ren dezvons—or by embarrassments tbrown ii oond political doc trine, and discloses correct views on subject which is, at the present moment, one oi deep interest and im portance in this country. It is now nearly two years since this subject has been pressed upon the attention of the public with more or less zeal in every section of the Lmiou. And although the editors of this paper have been charged with unusual silence with respect to the Presidency, we trust that time will show that we are not more luke-wnrm in mat ters of public interest and national con cern, than those editors who have long been sounding the tocsin of presidential warfare, and piping themselves out of breath to the tune ot the JSorth, and the | (l1 ‘ South, and the East, and the Hist. Tins is a kind of music, tor which we must confess we have no taste ; it sounds too much like the knell of liberty to suit our ears. We said that this subject was brought before the public quite too ear ly, and we say so still. All the discus- 44 “ The Unman ladies usually bathe at an ear lier hour than the men.” T Ii is would appear to be contradicted by n passage in the celebrat ed sixth satire of .tuveiiat, in which a lady is accused of keeping her company waiting sup per «lute she was at the hath—and even erf he iiig assisted by the common male attendant ot the lliertnes. There are aho instances of fe males bathing at the same time with men, bul the usual practice was at stated in the text ribband with which some matrons their hair; oti-ers appertained exclusively to J in our estimation, particular families—hut it is probable that these distinctions were soon lost, or con founded in the maze of fashion. During the early part of the commonwealth, ladies ne ver appeared abroad w ithout 11 veil; but it^ was gradually laid aside as the reserve ot their manners declined, and was eventually only used for mere ornament, or conveni ence. Fair hair was the most esteemed, and doth men and women used to stain it with a flaxen dye. Various essences were used to perfume and give it lust re, and sometimes, it was powdered with gold (lust to render it still more resplendent. This latter mode came from Asia—Josephus says, that it was practised by the Jews—some of the empe rors adopted it—and the hair of Commodes is said to have become so fair and bright by its constant use, that, when the sun shone upon it, tiis head appeared as if on lire. But the powder used hy the moderns was un known to the ancients ; their authors do not mention it: and the reverend fathers of the Church make no allusion to it amongst all the means which they reproach the women with having adopted to heighten their chaims neither do the. old romances, which yet give such minute details respecting dress; nor is I it seen in any of the antique portraits, alllio I the painters of those days usually copied the dress mid ornaments as actually worn. If (lie hair exacted such attention, it may j he presumed the face was not neglected and, indeed we vend of almost as many cos metics as fill the columns of a n)nde, 4, .i news paper. To enumerate them all, would lie as endless, as ii probably would be but little instructive to the very able professors in the mysterious and important aits ol personal embellishment, of which the present age can boast—bnt one precious receipt from tbe Den nf tbe bard who *img“ the Art ofLovy I 3 according to the cannot, il is presumed, be even now, wholly r.ib-.ulator*. uninteresting to the accomplished vot.uess of the toilet who may deign to honor these pages with a perusal:— <• Vetches and beaten bnrley let them take, And with the whites of eggs a mixture make ; Then drv the precious paste u itli sou mid w ind, And Into powder very gently gVind. t hart's horn next, hot lei it be tlio first That crentiire sheds, and heat it well to dost; Six pounds in nil; then mix, nnd sitt them well, And think the while how fond Narcissi!* loll: Six roots to you the pensive flow- r must > b id, 1 To mingle With the re-t, well hruis >1 cleanly •peel'd. Two ounces next of gum, and tlmral seed, And let n double share of honey last sueceed. With this, whatever damsel paints her face, ^ Will brighter than her gins* see every grace " Grill: Art of Reauty—Anonym. Pliny speaks of a wild vine, with very thick leaves of pale green, the needs of the grape of which were fed, and being bruised with the leaves, were used to relresh the complexion. Fubtila, says Martial, feared the rain on account ol the cbalk ujion her face, and SaSella, the sun, hccauim of the ce ruse with which she was painted. The same author mentions a depilatory which was em ployed to eradicate obnoxious hairs—ami Plautus alludes to the use of rouge. Many ladies used to wash themselves in ass’s mill* —and the celebrated Poppiea, the wife ol with him. Capt. Hayes still survived on the succeed - ing evening, when we lust heard from him, hut without the. least possibility of recovery. May 17. In Hampton Roads, brig Mary Rose, cap tain Griswold, of Hartford, (Conn.) in tea days from Matanzas, bound to Richmond, with Sugar, coffee and molasses.—-Bailed on the 5th inst. Capi. Griswold stales that there have, been no depredations committed by tin 4 pirates dung the const of Cuba since the capture of the schooner Pilot, of this port—that tlieir hoards and haunts appear In have been com pletely broken up, al least for the present— still however, they may have associated themselves with the more honorable part of the community, "ntil an opportunity may offer, when, like the vulture, they can pounce upon their prey with effectual success. The steam galliot Sea Gull was at Matanzas when the Mary Rose came out—she had been taking in coal, and captain G. nadir* stood she was to leave there the same d iv for Key West —-understood that the .officers and crews ofthe different vessels composing Com. Porter’s squadron, were all in good health. sions which have growo out of it, instead merly a part ol the 0 - 1 At the late Imperial revolution that Jrr.oM the raT.timorv. Mor.fitvc chronicle ] St. Salvador.—Commissioners it ap pear* have now arrived from St. Salva dor, to confer with the government of United Slates, on the important subject confided to their management . they claim in behalf of their Republic, to lie incorporated into the American lu- tnilv—to add one more state to those al ready compo*ing our confederation The province of G until mala was for- ’"exican Empire.— of concentrating public opinion to t.ivor I of any individual, have only served to divide and distract the hotly ofthe na tion to such a degree, that, were the vote to be taken at the present time, 1! is verv certain no choice could be effect ed by the people. Variou* calculations have been made, and published in Differ ent papers, showing the support which 1 the candidates for the Presidency would j “toners have arrived, empowe.cd severally receive. tlie highest and sometimes another, pro- leanings and ...slics of the calculators. But not one of these estimates, which we have seen, from any part of the country, gives to j any one candidate the possibility ot an el ection by the people. It seems then, to be admitted on all hands, that, under present circumstances, nu choice could ' he effected. , We cannot but hope that the members public and m tart the only one 1 ofthe next Congress will give that at- nizetl, now existing upon (he gluac, tendon to the subject which the state of 1 which they vi-il as the Representative* nation seem* to require, and with | of another, now Firming on the Gontm- place in Mexico, the constituted nuth'ii - ties of Guu'atnala, refused all homage to the sceptre oflturbide. Unable a* they conceive 4 ! themselves, single handed, to assert and maintain their independence, they came to a resolution oftendering tlieir allegiance to the great republican family of the West, and eight Commi*- Sometimes one stand- make thi* arrangement. Whatever becomes of this overture, ive presume that wc shall all agree 10 this point that those gentlemen fh.m.d be received with a cordial welcome, and with every testimonial ol Republc'iin Hospitality. It is flattering to tlio pi 1 i'-’ of Americans that such an overture should have been made, and the inipr> sions which they now receive, will bo powerful and abiding. It is the tir-t I 41 * IT 4 V one voice recommend to the people, as lent ; any thing like cold icpiibu( m 11 candidate for the Presidency, that per- on our part at tin* season, will be " son in whom their candor and patriot- reived with more than person 1! i*in can discover the highest claims to it will have a political bearing, and in« the office. In this way and this only, enemies of those who now lem.er may we expect to sec a choice effectual | their friendship ami allegnm |, v the people. Bo obvious does this have but recently escaped trorn tuvn* appear to our view, that wc should cl.ial fetters, and vvhe.i elow.ng with r strongly distrust the patriotism of that publican vision*, they usit lor 1 man who would cn ’envoi- to prevent a time a republi'-. it become* imp■" nomination by the members of Congress, Imth parties, tout they - ” j • ed with frankness, a* It muds are! 1 Sf p. the sixth Satire of Juvenal. » “ Ancient Author.” J’ltii. Ills! xxxvi d- 29. Net. 1 unless he could poim out some other mode by which the public mind could he concentrated, and some individual brought within the possibility of an el ection. Should parlies remain in their present state till next winter, tlio mem ber* of Congress will have but one course to pursue—they roust make u ers, it not a* countrymen, when European monarch; to extend itself by the 10 44 non, it behove* Bep"' 4 ' 1 to receive her guests a-. «he simple re[ ublicun honor and iiiei.iNlitj’- iib 11I 'h-

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Southern recorder. (Milledgeville, Ga.) 1820-1872, June 10, 1823, Image 1