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friends and the public generally, that she will
continue to keep a Hotel in this place, a few
door* below tlie .Monroe Roil Road and Banking
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ttterly kept. Her charges will correspond wtth the
of the times. The house will he fitted
U P in a superior style. She will take the hors: mi
!"* 2 0'h dsy of December, wlien every thing will
** in complete order.
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Griffin, Dec. 9, 1841. JO t!m
THUS KUDUS LIC.
S. 31. STRONG, Editor.
TOLL'NE 1.
MISCELLANY.
FIIEDKRIKA BREMER.
1 have seen Fraulein Frederika Bre
mer at Arsta. It is her country seat, three
Swedish mtles from Stockholm, and where
she generally passes the greatest part of
the year, with her mother and youngest
sister, who had spent last winter at Nizza;
but Frederika did not leave home; for she
does not like travelling, and its conse
quence disquiet, and upsetting of the usu
al routine of every day life. For seven
months, seven Swedish winter months,
she was quite alone at Arsta, without see
ing a creature besides the tnaid who wai
ted on her. I could not believe that any
one had courage to bear so lonely a life if
she bad not told me so herself.
I am delighted to make her acquain
tance, for I really know no authoress, and
one naturally feels curious to meet with
ones fellow in the world. Her name
with us is in every mouth, her books in all
hands, and if we speak of Sweden, we
immediately think of Frederika Bremer.
How then could I fail to he pleased at ma
king her acquaintance ! Iliad pictured
her to myself lrom her hooks, as sedate
and quiet yet with a dash of the humorist
in her composition, and so she is in reali
ty, and very, very pleasing. How that
delights tne! I know not why* people
have such a prejudice against authores
ses, that they generally associate the idea
of one with something ridiculous and queer
It might have been so formerly, hut it is
not the case now. In former days author-
esses were not quite so numerous, and
might therefore have been haunted by the
dread of being watched and stared at.
Whoever has this dread, whether author
or no', must become truely ridiculous,
from his nervous efforts lo turn the eye of
the world from himself; and we see men
and women, every day of our lives, in this
distressing situation, though undistinguish
ed by any superior qualities. I have just
remembered that 1 do know another au
thoress, the Frau Caroline Fielder, in Vi
enna. It would he difficult for the most
evil-disposed person to find anything in
these two woman besides this—that they
are much more agreeable than many of
those who do not understand how to write.
• Arsta has also its little historical mo
ment to look back upon. Gustavus Adol
phus mustered and manoeuvred the army
with which lie went to Liefiand as King,
on the great mean, or meadow land; and
he lived with his wife and daughter in the
wooden house which even now stands
near the present residence beneath magni
ficent trees. The house is of stone, square
built, and stately, with lofty roomy cham
bers; it was built during the thirty years
war. The surrounding country is very
triste—or at least it appeared so to me,
because it was a gloomy day, and threa
tening rain. The trees looked dark and
drear, the plain grey; in the distance was
i the murky sea. They invited me to take
a walk, but 1 who am so glad to be in the
open air, who love walking, I could not
summon resolution to go out. There was
nothing without to entice me forth, and
within it was homcish ! I can understand
that one (eels chained to one’s home here.
I begged Fraulein Frederika to show
me her room; it is simple—as a cell. It
seemed most comfortless to me, for it is a
corner room, with a window on two sides
and therefore a cross light and nocurtains
Three square tables stand in it, quite co
vered with books, papers and writing ma
terials; and the room itself is furnished
| with blue, severe, stiff-looking meubles—
I mean that sort which invites you tout
bonnenunt to sit bolt upright on chair and
sofa, but not to lie and lounge on them,
as lam so fond of doing. Can put up
with anything on a journey—one chair
and table will satisfy me then; and I ne
ver miss the want of elegance and com
fort; but when I have to live, the furniture
must be comfortable, soft and warm, with
; out too much wood and sharp uneasy cor
ners. Some paintings hung upon the walls.
‘That is a geniuine little Teniers, hut I
am certain it will not please you,’ said she
smiling, as she pointed to a little picture
of a boorstopping his pipe. I replied with
a candid, ‘No.’ That little difference of
taste wasofnoconsequence;it is unbearable
when people cat)not assert their own opin
ions freely to each other. If pleased with
one another, it is a charm the more that
we learn to see through our friend things
which never stuck us before, or at least to
learn that others have a taste for, and can
understand things which arc as a scaled
book to us.
She has lately had Eckermanu’s work
on Goethe, and is much pleased with it.
I recollected that when I read it some few
years ago, Goethe pleased me uncommon
ly in it. He was represented as such a
benevolent, well-wishing old gentleman,
who it,other respects vanished behind the
great author; but Eckerman played a pain
ful part in it to me, he was not like a man
but more like Goethe’s poodle. If Goe
the said ‘Up!’ he stood up. Did Goethe
say ‘Bring,’ lie brought as commanded.
It was against my nature. I think that
even with the most benevolent and rever
ed of men, we ought to keep a little self
confidence, our own will and opinion; in
short, preserve our own peculiarities in
tact. I would not like to be any man’s
human poodle, neither would I wish to
have one or see one. She thinks that Ec
kermann lias done his part in placing Go
ethe’s picture so clearly and faithfully bc-
fore us; and that he himself is of no impor-
TRO rATRIA ET I.EGIBUS.
MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1845.
tanee; and she is right. She does not wish
to travel, she thinks that one may easily
become unsettled or blinded and confused
by it; and what can one do with all the
strangers one meets? Get acquainted with
them. This is the charm of travelling, I
think. We look at the mountains, the
sea, the stones, the paintings, human be
ing, the soil, so long and so keenly that
they cannot withstand the inquiring gaze,
which is not one of curiosity, but of sym
pathy —and they tell us their histories. I
wished to convert her, and pursuade her
into taking a journey o Italy; we would
travel together—but sle would not. Yet
she takes a lively interest in all that I have
said and written abou foreign countries,
although it seemed to tie as if site did so
more on my account tlan on that of the
countries, at which 1 aq, of course, much
pleased. She conqueril the difficulty of
speaking in a language n which she is not
accustomed to think, b‘ expressing her
self partly in German, ©illy in French,
and she said all she wisled simply, natu
rally, and concisely. Sh has fine, thought
ful eyes, and a clear, flm, I might say,
solid brow, under winel the well-marked
eyebrows move when she speaks, and
which is very becomin:to her, parlicular
lv when a thought is forking itself into
words in her mind. ler figure is petite
and brisk, and she wa dressed in black
silk. Two large boo-cases, filled with
hooks in Swedish, Finch, English, and
German, stood in he ante-chamber. I
even thought there wee Italian works a
mongst them. Gertan is taught after
Swedish in the schols. Goethe and
Schiller have never Ken translated into
Swedish, and yet eerybody lias read
them. This is an iimense advantage
which our books hav in Sweden over
Swedish books with i. Translalioas are
always colourless litligraphs of paintings
and oftentimes they at pitiful daubs. She
draws portraits chaningly with Indian
ink, in profile and in anature, and has an
interesting album ftlll by herself with
such heads, to whic she joined mine.
Since I have known ‘Vaulein Frederika
Bremer, and have stn her in her own
land and house, surrindcd by her every
day occnpations, I ca understand the still
life of her books bettt than I did before.
The sensible, sedte appearance of
Fraulein Frederika lemer seemed to me
to be so inseparablyjonnected with her
land whose true dighter she is, and
with Iter books who are her children,
that I cannot say with of the three gave
me the clearer iosio into the others. All
that she delights describing, the coun
trv-houses, the gnens by the sea, the
mode of travellitiflbe little light two
wheeled and one-hse carriages, in which
only two persons in sit—all ol it is seen
on Swedish grotdsand soil; under a
Swedish sky. It the reality, and such
as I see here, I nflrally conclude, there
fore. that she hasJst as narrowly obser
ved and compreUded the character of
the nation, and tt the internal domestic
life which she pnts so well is really a
beautifulpeculidy and a high superiori
ty in the mannqofber fatherland.
SYRIA AMITHE HOLY LAND.
Eastern Buriprovnds. —There is some
thing exceedily touching in the little
artless contrioces by which the people
of the East etiavor to lighten the gloom
of the grave, »d to connect it with all
that is most kuiitul and life-like in na-
turc. Theylant on it myrtles, roses,
and other "fcrant shrubs, and deck it
day hv day \n fresh culled flowers; they
hang over"it.ges of singing birds, which
are fed rndng and evening with reli
gious carelhey make receptacles for
water in tbombstone, that the fowls of
the air malrink thence, and thus some
thing liviiHcknowledge the charity of
him whoteps below; and they take
care to ler a square opening in the side
of the m>nry, that the narrow house
mav not utterly shut up from the light
and the eath of heaven. The women
who areß most regular frequenters of
the buri,{round, often carry their food
with the the tombstone is their table;
they lea& place for the dead to sit with
them, sing the best morsels before it;
and thf*lk with him as if he was living
by thei*<le.
The train Atmosphere. — The reader,
accused only to the denser air of Eu
rope. (Scarcely form a just idea of the
elheri>ubt!cty and transparency of the
Syriainosphere. It is this which gives
to th>r°spcct from the mountains an
amplle and distinctness unparalleled iri
otheitnds. When Moses went up to
Pisg he gazed over the whole inherit
ance his people from north to south,
and the utmost sea. This he might
havAne without having had a miracu
lousower of vision imparted to him;
and might any man at this day, if he
att?*l sufficient elevation. Four ob
sei* might command the whole of
gyl and from the tops of Casires, Lc
ba, and Tabor, let nothing of a certain
m itude escape them within that vast
hc>n. Standing on the top of the Sun
njhe spectator has on one side the in
dite expanse of the desert, stretching
gs towards the Persian gulf: on the
(tsitc side, the sea, melting afar into
(firmament, suggests to his mind the
iof infinite space; hardly can he at
i distingush lietween sea and sky at
ir line of junction, but is tempted to
cy that the solid earth floats in an im-
»ise double ocean.
It is not till he looks more narrowly and
sees the little white sails specking the
blue expanse of the waters, that he can
get the better of the illusion. Landwards
he discerns every sinuosity and indenta
tion of the coast, every cape, promontory,
and creek; every mountain mass, with
its rocks, woods, torrents, hill-sides, villa
ges, and town—-an interminable extent,
and all as distinctly traced as though he
were looking on a huge map or a model
stretched before him on a level floor.
Fabulous origin of the Anzeyrys, a Moun
tain Tribe. —The Anzeyrys pretend that
they derive their name from Nassair, a
prophet who preached the holy religion of
Ali-Ebn-Abou-Thaleb. The account they
give of the infusion of the Deity into the [
person of this latter is curious enough.
The God who created the universe,'
they say, after having completed his,
work took delight in flying through the !
loftiest region of the air lo contemplate 1
his magnificent performance. He had
equipped himself with splendid glistening
wings, made of the azure feathers of the
jay; hut one day he soared so high that j
the winds carried away his feathers.— j
The winds did not recognise their Maker, !
but, obeying the laws he had himself giv- !
en them, they whirled him away and de
stroyed him in their fierce contention.— j
But his spirit returned in the person of
Ali-Ebn-Abou-Thaleb, from whom de-j
scended the twelve imams, ‘emanations!
of the breath of God,’ whose holy prophet !
was Nassair.
Jerusalem—the Desolate. — The road be
comes more rocky, the scene more wild
and cheerless, and no object presents it
self to arrest the traveller’s attention, or
to beguile for a moment his impatience
for the first sight of the Holy City. At
length it opens upon him at the issue of
a defile. The view of it from this ap
proach is sudden and near, and for that
reason, perhaps, more impressive than if
the mind had been prepared for it by a
more distant vision. The first involunta
ry exclamation that hursts forth, is that
which prophecy has said shall be in the
mouth of ‘all that pass.’ ‘ls this the city
that men call the perfection of beauty, I
the joy of the whole earth?’ It is impos- j
sihle that art}’ delineation can be more
just, or any image more vivid than is con- \
tained in these few words: ‘How doth
the city sit solitary I The sight carried j
across a tract of grey, desolate, and bar
ren rock, and the ruins of the Moslem 1
burial ground, with crumbling tombs on
every hand, rests upon a bare dead wall,
above which little is seen but the grace
less domes of houses, and the tops and
minarets of a few mosques, and the wild
hills in the distance beyond Jordan, at I
the foot of which lies the Dead Sea.—
Scarcely a sign of vegetation can he tra
ced, with the exception of the leaden
green of a few ragged olives; and the
city, placed on the brow of the hill, as if
an object for observation, looks as if a
portion of it had fallen down the steep,
and presents one of the most gloomy and
melancholy spectacles that imagination
can conceive.
The ait of the Damascene Blade. —A sci
mitar, to he perfect, ought to be broad in
the blade, and its length, from hilt to point,
should he exactly equal to the distance
from the tip of the ear to the fist, and vou
stand upright, with your arm by your
side. If the steel gives a clear crystal
line sound when you twitch the point
with your nail, you may be satisfied of
the good temper of the weapon. Such is
the keenness of edge of which the best
blades are susceptible, that it is a com
mon amusement with the Turks to cut
through down pillow or silk handkerchiefs,
as they are thrown at them. Weapons
are as frequent a subject of conversation
among the men, as jewels and fashions
are among the women of the Levant.—
The Turks have a peculiar knackof bring
ing the discourse to bear upon a topic so
gratifying to their vanity. You will often
see them unsheath their scimitars in the
middle of a repast, and hand them across
the table to each other. Their mode of
presenting the weapon to the scrutiny of
an amateur is exceedingly graceful.—
Twirling the hilt round in their hands, so
as to bring the blade tinder their arm,
they present the hilt to him with a bow
and gesture of the hand, signifying the
entire sacrifice of their person.
Jews in (he Holy City. —ln the western
exterior of the area of the great mosque,
there is a spot approached only by a nar
row, crooked lane, which then terminates
at the wall in a very small open space.
The lower part of the wail is here com
posed of stones evidently older than the
rest, being much larger, measuring nine
or ten feet long; it is unquestionably a
remnant of the old temple. This is the
nearest point in which the Jews are allow
ed to approach that revered site, and for
tunately for them, it is sheltered from ob
servation by the narrowness of the lane
and the dead walls around. Here, bowed
in the dust, they may at least weep un
disturbed over the fallen glory of their
race, ard bedew with tears the soil which
so many of their forefathers once mois
tened with their blood. Were I asked
what was the object of the greatest inter
est that I had seen, and the spectacle that
made the deepest impression upon me,
during my sojourn in other lands, I would
say that it was a Jew mourning over the
stones of Jerusalem.
Oh ! weep for those that wept by Babel’s stream.
Whose shrines are desolate, whose land's a dream ;
'Veep for The harp of Judah’s broken shell:
H. C. CROSBY, Proprietor.
NUMBER 17.
Mourn—where their God hath dwelt the godless
dwell.
Every Friday in the year, travellers
may see all the Jews in Jerusalem cloth
ed in their best raiment,wandering through
the narrow streets of their quarter, and
under the hallowed wall, with the sacred
volume in their hands, singing, in the lan
guage in which they weie written the
Songs of Solomon and the Psalms of Da
vid. White bearded old men and smooth
checked boys lean over the same book;
and the Jewish maidens, in theii long
white robes,'stand with their faces against
the wall, praying through cracks and cre
vices. The tradition which leads them ;
to pray through this wall is, that during
the building of the temple a cloud rested
over it so as to prevent an entrance, and
Solomon stood at the door and prayed
that the cloud might he removed, and
f>romised that the temple should always
>e open to men of every nation desirous
of offering up their prayers; whereupon
the Lord removed the cloud, and promis
ed that the prayers of all people offered
| up in that place should find acceptance in
his sight; and now as the Moslem lords
! it over the place where the temple stood,
1 and the Jews are not permitted to enter,
1 they endeavor to insinuate their prayers
I through the crevices in the wall, that thus
they may rise from the interior to the
Throne of Grace. The tradition is char
acteristic, and serves to illustrate the de
voted constancy with which the Israelites
adhere to the externals of their faith.
THE MOUNTAIN WAVE.
The next morning, when I rose,ai about
seven o’clock, the mate and the captain
called loudly to me to come on deck, and
behold what I had so recklessly express
ed a wish to see during the squalls of the
previous days. ‘Now, doctor, if you want
to see waves mountain high, come on
deck and look! See if these are the thing.’
I had several times in the course of the
week, expressed my astonishment at the
inflated descriptions so often given of the
waves in a storm at sea—being satisfied,
from my own extensive observations du
ring the pretty stiff' blows of these two or
three days, that the term ‘mountain’ or
‘mountains,’ applied to a wave, could
never be considered as any thing hut a
gross exaggeration, justified only by the
fears and excitable imagination of the ob
server ; but the sight which met my as
tonished eyes, when 1 thrust my head
above the companion-way that morning,
was so appalling that I most tremblingly
adopted the condemned hyperbole, ass ully
expressive of my own ideas at the mo
ment. My first astonishment was caused
by the very limited field of view present
ed to my eye by the black and roaring
sea. Just in proportion as the waves had
risen with the increasing gale, had the
scene become circumscribed; and now
on all sides the vision was bounded by the I
near summits of vast rolling ridge, which
no slighter term than ‘mountains,’ could
describe, as they appeared to me. The
only impression of distance which I could
derive from the scene was the breadth of
one great, dark valley—gloomy as ‘the
valley of the shadow' of death’—which
was ever before us, as if we were contin
ually descending into its fearful depth,
and never rising while the lateral view
of this deep rift in the ocean was cut off
by the irregular projection of vast salient
masses of water that left no vision. A
glance behind us gave a somewhat differ
ent impression, in no tespect more agree
able, however. A huge billow seemed
perpetually rising in a threatening attitude
in our rear, cresting and ‘combing’ as it
; drew nigh,almost overhanging the taffrail,
! and often throwing a deluge on our deck,
j making the little brig tremble and stagger
1 under the load and the shock. It was
| now very dangerous to stand on the deck,
I as one of these seas might easily wash a
! man overboard; and 1 did not venture
beyond the breastwork of the companion
way. Above us hung a dense mass of
black cloud, covering the whole sky with
an unbroken pall of darkness which I
never saw equalled in the daytime, and
which only broke for a few moments at
noon. Around us on every side was the
blue-black ocean, variegated only by the
| snow white crests oT the combing waves ;
while at intervals with new bursts of the
i storm, torrents of rain fell on us with
| overwhelming force. The sounds of the
| tempest were not less appalling than the
I sights it presented. The whole ocean set
up one ceaseless, howling roar, high and
wild—to which the wind, rushing through
the tense wet rigging of our vessel, play
ed a solemn and awful bass accompani
ment, converting the huge cords into gi
gantic harp-strings, of strangely mournful
and dismal tone, varying in note and loud
ness as wc flew with arrowy speed down
the watery way, or struggled more sknvlv
for a moment against the towering mass
of waters around, ere we were lifted and
pushed on again by the rolling mountain
I behind us. —[ Wandering* on the Seas and
: Shores of Africa.
There is a sleeping violinist performing
in the Mechanics’ New Hall, Providence,
who plays in a state ofsomnatnbulism, and
knows nothing of music when awake.
Bennetsays that the immoralities of
the age arc such that he would not be sur
prised to find some morning before he ris
es, that a shower of fire and brimstone
has desceneed from heaven and burned
up ll*e whole earth ! . .
THE CRAN'D CEREMONY OF THE
INVESTITURE OF THE ORDER
OF THE BATH.
On Thursday last the Queen held an in
vestiture of the Most Hooctirable Military
Order of die Bath, in Windsor Castle, lor
the purpose of con sering the dignity of Ci
vil Knight Grand Cross on Sir Arthur
Aston and the Earl of Ellenborc&gh.
At halt past two o’clock, .the Knights
assembled in the Guard Chamber, and
were there robed in the splendid mantles
and colors of the Order, in which they Af
ter wards proceeded to St. George’s fiall.
The Chapter was held in the reception
room. Her Majesty and Prince Albert
having entered the apartment, preceded
by the Lord Chamberlain and the Lord
Steward, the ceremony commenced.
The Knights Grand Crosses present
were: —His Royal Highness Prince Al
bert, First and Principal Grand Cross,
and Acting Grand Master of the Order;
his Royal Highness the Duke oi Cam
bridge, his Grace the Duke of Wellington
Viscount Strangford, Sir Edward Paget,
Sir George Murray, Sir George Cockburn
Sir Edward Codringlon, and the Earl of
Clarendon.
The officers of the Order present were:
; Algeron Greville, Esq. Bath Kingot Arms
and Albert William Woods, Esq. Gentle
j man Usher of the Order. The procession
! entered the presence of the Sovereign
I headed by the Gentleman Usher of the
Order, followed by the Knights in the or
der of their senitorily, Bath King of Arms
followed the Junior Knights.
The Queen, who wore the mantle, col
lar, and star of the Bath, was seated at
the head of the table, having Prince Albert
on her right, and the Duke of Cambridge
|on herlelt, the Knights Grand Cross be
ing seated on each side of the table.
Sir Arthur Aston was then conducted
from St. George’s Hall, between the two
Junior Knights present, the Earl of Clar
endon and Sir George Cockburn, prece
dent by the Gentleman Usher of the Or
der and Bath King of Arms, bearing the
insignia, of the order on a crimson velvet
cushion. Sir Arthur was ushered to the
right hand of the Sovereign, and kneeling
the sword ol state was delivered by the
Lord Chamberlain lo the Senior Knight
Grand Cross, who presented it to Her
Majesty. The Queen then conferred with
it the honour of Knighthood on the new
Knight Grand Cross; who on rising had
the honor to kiss the Sovereign’s hand.
The riband and badge, presented bv
Bath King of Arms, were received bv
Prince Albert, and handed to the Sover
eign, who placed the same over the right
shoulder of Sir Arthur, and also presented
to him the star of a Civil Knight Grand
Cross of the order.
The new Knight then withdrew.
The Earl of Ellenhorough was introdu
ced between the Earl k of Clarendon and
Sii George Cockburn, preceded by the of
ficers of the Order, and had the honor of
Knighthood conferred upon him with the
sword of state by his Sovereign. The no
ble Earl was then invested by the Queen,
with the riband and badge of the Order
of the Bath, and also received from her
Majesty the star of a civil Knight Grand
Cross, llis Lordship then had the honor
to kiss her Majesty’s loot and retired from
the toyal presence.
1 he Knights Grand Crosses were cal
led over, and with the officers of the Or
der retired from the presence of the Sov
ereign with the usual reverences.
The Queen gave a grand dinner in the
evening to which all the Knights Grand
Crosses of the Ordei of the Bath present
at the ceremony were invited. The ban
quet was served in the Waterloo Chamber
The state service of Gold plates were
used on this occasion. Down the whole
length of the middle of the table were a
succession of beautiful specimens of orna
mental gold plate. Opposite to her Ma
jesty, in the centre of the table, was pla
ced a candelabrum, flanked at a little dis
tance by two large scent jars, of the time
|of Queen Anne, in gold, and of the most
curious workmanship. Further still were
the beautiful candelabra, designed bv
Flaxman, the subject ‘the Garden cf the
Hesperides,’ and at each extremity of the
table were the Venus trepails, designed
by Baily. The interstices in this line of
magnificent objects were fitted with eper
gues of most elegant design, filled with
artificial flowers. Down each of these
which formed the centre of tlte table was
placed a row of gold candelabra, bearing
a profusion of wax lights, and beyond
these, towards the edges of the table, were
placed the gold dishes of various descrip
tions, in which the viands ofthe banquit
were served. Around the room Were a
succession of side tables, on which were
displayed shields, salvers, and other arti
cles of massive character in gold plate.
The apartment was also illuminated by
the five brilliant crystal chandeliers.
The London packet which left New
York on the 20th inst., took out .£40,060
in gold, and the Havre packet, which left
at the same time, $60,000 in silver.
A London paper says that a plate of
glass has been placed in the warehouse of
Mr. Saunders in Regent street, which con
tains upwards of 95 square feet, its di
mentions being 12 feet 9 inches by 7 feet
7 inches; and its quality is so brilliant as
to be generally understood lobe the finest
glass itt the world.
Black Tongue.— -This dreadful diseas*
is raging with fearful violence in Gibson
county Indiana. A great number ,es
deaths have occurred, and some cases
have proved fatal in four or five day?
from the first attack.
The National Intelligencer is quoting
Col. Benton’s speeches in answer to the
arguments of the Globe in favor ol an
nexation. Is the Intelligencer coming
over to Benton, or Benton going over to
the Intelligencer.