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'J V/c Misct’flanist.
l'rou\ the Xnc York Constellation.
NOW AND THEN.
A Dutch farmer, u,the river, who deemed!
lii** own shrewdness more than au even match
for that of “do tain Yankees,” was one even
ing sitting before his door, with a mug of ei
der in his hand and a pipe i:i his mouth, when
he was accosted by a stout looking man from
the eastward, with a pad, on hi shoulder. •
*CiooJ evening Mister—do you want to
'hire a than to work for you V
‘Ei’, vat ish dat to you !’ replied the Dutch
man, slowly taking the. pipe from his mouth,
‘SuhhoSe I docs, and subhose 1 does not. ’.at
den ?’
.‘Oh, nothing, nothing,’ said the traveller,
leisurely taking the pack from his shoulder,
and helping himself to a vacant scat,‘l
merely asked for information,'
‘ Ycli, suhhose I do-s vant to hire, vat
may you ax 1 or, in the varst place, vut can
yrtu do !'
‘I can do a variety of things, stieh as jdmigh
ing, sowing, reaping, making hay, and all
kinds of farming business; and then I can
keep accounts upon a pinch, and pare ap
ples upon a winter evi mug, and drink cider
and smoke a pipe; and all them little chores.’
‘You pe tain mit your oiter and bipes! 1
can do dat mine own zolf, as well as any od
der man; and 4s vor keepintle ’counts, 1 would
riot driest i‘e*n tirtr any odder Yankee.—l know
too much uir flat. Bur Vat \ Ifi yrtu ax de
vear vor vartiiin l>v <!e m^iifc,?’
dollars a rnonfti, with my board
.and .washing.’ f “
‘•Dirteeiuollars.-dat iv ton ifttibh. Red ween
vrtrtxmd'tne,‘l vu’ntrs to liiN*o a t(ffin —hut I 'ill
;fVt Jqvosttch a'priert. 1 can Lyt (lie besht-of
liarrdTvi.r yen dollars do. iranit.
‘Tnat is very low wages, l could have got
more and staid ut home.’
‘Ferry veil, y ou can ko ptfek akain fur y.oon
ash you likes—dat ish noftin I<-r mt, 1 knows
vut I knows, and no* thiri Yankee shall Come
baddy ofer met’
‘ls ten dollars a tnontli the most you will
"give for a sfoyt ftljpiv Irka me V
-AT * *
-y ‘xliW. If
: J suppose you’ll allow me the. ]tivif-ge of
taking a mug of cider and smoking a pipe
jiWjaud thrtuUut your expense !’
‘Oh yaw—yaw —l dont mind flat.* A
ariYick oTcitor ami a pipe ish not much for now
-Hid ilcn. You are a pig uj>le poddied man,
v it : eni aim den tollars a moot,' if yon c;m
-dm a jiennv, mil tie s'-.hmoking and zo vort
in do pnrgain. Yacetip Yahh.-r knows vat he
l;h.hifu?---4ef him alone for dat.’
j'he bargain ti-nis'struek without any fur
ther haggling, and the traveller whs invitefl
Srtto the house, took .supper, and retired to]
xpst. Li .tltp ; nioriiing lie informed the Dutch- j
xiYui that as he had proved himself so sharp j
sit a bargain, he, (the Yankee,)sliould require
s> written contract, specifying Ure particulars
sind especially tftc drinking fttid .smoking
ijbw and then.
‘Qll, vor dat matter, 1 said tlie Dnctchman, j
‘I w ill gitc you de writen ferry villitigly.—
ifere Rrom,you konml telldst tiro Shquirej
• iobble to vetch himzell’ccre before no time,!
along mit his inkhorn.’
‘Stay, stay, ATr. Yaltler,’ said the hired man
*you uccd’nt give yourself that trouble; 1 can
lraw the writing myself.’
‘You,’ exclaimed the Dutchman—‘Oh yaw,
I dare zay you can do it; but the dvvcl drust
you. Vor mine own pa; 1. 1 knows better ash
i:it —you dont come over me mit dc ‘Yankee
rass.’ I zay, Broin. you ko and vetch dat
grc eoot-for-notting fShquirc liere, along mil
bis inkhorns Ell notdrustde t.un Yankees.*’
‘Hquire Gobble scon mine, hud the con
tra t was drawn up according to form. The
hire ' man took care to have the exact words
pjf the l^fr,train inserted —to wit, That he was
io have tee dollars per month for one year,
cad to have tise privilege of smoking' ami
•irinkiusr cider now am/ that.
Tim Dutchman put his mark to the con
tra-.i, and then requested the Squire to read
it, lino, he might see whether ii was correct.
He li-'fened with attention, and when the
inquire had concluded, ho said—
‘‘Oh yaw—dat ish right—that is no more
asTfs akreed to-—he is to smoke and trick ci
tin' now and den at mine exclq-mse—dat isli
nil right. Now, Slnjui; ■ Gobbi", you may
ko iio;n 1 mit tour iakhonqam! you, tarn \ an-
Ye, map ko to work.’
‘C: rtaiiiiyj’returned the Yankee —‘hut in
die first place I'll smoke a little and take a
in ig of eider.’
*\ at 1 you pogir. to sehmoko and trink cirer
v. o quick !'
l Y .n, I’ll jiist sriioke and drink a little cider
now 'and then I’ll— ’
‘Yell, you schmoke your pipe pretty suple,
end then ymi come out to vwk in do Jielt pc
iiint do parn.’
Having given these tlirectidn?. he Dutch
xaau and part, it to Ills 'work, expecting the hir
-4 .1 man would follow him in the hours* ''ft wo
t : tnrJe minutes.' Hut he waited, and wait*
* and a long time, without seeing any thing of
the Yankee. At last ho got out of all pa
tience, a ad’, went in u rage to the house to!
eociwhatstlic fallow was about. There iie
found him with a pipe in one hand and a mug
-fcii.i in the other, alternately ’putting a:ui
quailing as though that was to 1,0 the only !
hivd.ncss cf the day.
‘Why,you tarn Yankee ras-vd I’ broke forth
Dutchman-—‘aint vou done schmoking
vet !’
•1 have thcf.privi.lrge, you knot',' said the
shred man qtti t]..','of smoking now and then
• ind takiii; a drojK'f eider!’
‘Yaw—vav butwou'ro net to smoke mi ll
* ink all the tint*'. You’must reinc out to I
• • irk pciimt dei.t'if*! 1 t* li vou-—and Vo if inn *
*'-o!ie ciiic.k too; i shall lnjt '•otiie artcr you!
■esti r#uce.itir*,_ I ,e;.a . i.liwt ..v to j ou.’
''A ii'-jtm.' Dutchman dung out of the i
kot.'v 'n ;• ryfa i issinw, nud watt again t |
! ■ work. (Jet th ‘Vanken, to It's utter a.:- ‘i
♦ in-h*n' nt. <!i! not make his appearance
After w-irkjfic sumo time in no very pleasant j
I ftiior, ft*' and. t*■rmined to post, hack to the
:rn and send the rased adrift. When lie
■ iite'. it. I- Pviinl hint still engaged with ll>-
; and the ii. ;g uf cider.
* '>h '-Hi en-'<-.'or.nottiiig, last)’, ehooton,
tam I a.'tk.ee ru. ;u!* j on 1 ’ stud the l*v*sU!jim
THE MACON ADVlill'J'hiUll, AND AGRICULTURAL t,\l> .KIICANTi Lj! .
stepping fiercely towards him and shaking
his list in his face—“ Vat you mean, hey?”
“Dont he in a passion,” coolly answered
the Yankec.
“Not he in a passion, hey!” said the Dutch
man with increasing rage —“not he in a pas
sion! hut i will he in a passion, as much as 1
1 please* —and I'll send you adrift about your
I own business, ferrv quick too. 1i! not keep;
| zich a vellow on my preinishes—not 1—7.0 ,
| you may pick up your tuds and clear your- j
j self out before I break your tain head.” The j
j enraged Dutchman seized a chair, and was,
j about suiting the action to the word, when
; the Yankee reminded hint of flic contract. — ;
{ Bulling the paper from his pocket he said—j
i I have a right by virtue of this instrument, j
• under your own hand, to smoke and drink ci-,
der, “now and then," and so long as I go ac- j
1 eor ling to the contract, you have no reason to 1
[ lind fault- “Now, as you perceive, 1 smoke,”
I giving a few leisure pull's, and then, as you
| perceive, I drink cider,” lifting the mug to
' his mouth and taking a hearty swig. “And
tunr l smoke a gain—and so 0.1 —all accord
ing .to contract.”,
j ‘Yaw—!>iit you sehmokc amltriuk citersll
i the time; and do nothing else, hut schmoke and
i drink cilcr.’
! ‘Very well,* r' turned the hired man, ‘l'm
i nut hound to do more 'hands ipirteified in tin:
contract. I merely smoke and drink cider
rttw and then; and if now and then takes tip
j all the time, it’s 110 fault of mine, you know,
j it’s strictly according to contract.”
‘Du tyvel take dc contract and you too—
you tam Yankee rascal 1 Rut i’ll let you
know 1 wont schtand it—l’ll have it broken
up. Here, Brom, you ko and dell Shqtiire
Gobble to vetch himself here in a twinkiiii,
mit his inkhorn, to uftritc ilate rascally con
tract.’
■There’s no me in it,’ said the Yankee,!
‘you cant nn-wrigbt it, nor break it up, nor
get over it, nor round it.’
‘Brom 1 say,’ "persisted tho Dutchtn;m—-
‘vetch that Scliquire here foriuit —i’ll zee if
ile same hand can un-rite de contract what rit
it.’
Bxim was accordingly despatched for tho
Squire', who came; and alley wisely consider
■ iitgfhe matter, was'of-opinion that the eriii
traet was good—that the Y ankee went strict
ly according to the letter—and that the let
t< r and the spirit were one und the same
thing.
‘Den lie lias cot round me, after all, hey?'
exclaimed the Dutchman, with an express
ion of the deepest chagrin —‘l really fought;
I vas more ash a match vor any chcutiu Yan- i
kee in the whole land. Yell, you .Mister
hired mon, vat schmokes and (rinks eiter now !
and den, votshall I kite you to uuhreak del
bargain !'
H li, as to that matter,’ said the Yankee. ;
I’ve no occasion. I've got a gut ni place here '
and li'avo no desire to change.’
‘But you I kive yo'ia littlesclitnart monies!
you'll let me oil', vout you ? say den tollars '
vielfvill phy you vor ion nionl’s vork.’
‘No, frfend Yahler, 1 like you too veil to'
quit you so easily.’ ;
*Y ell den, suhhose I pays you vor de v. hole ;
time— 1 shall din, save your hoard and lodg
in, besides the srtlunokin and dc eiter-’
‘Very well,’said the hired man, ‘3 wont be;
hard with you—pay mo the hundred and;
twenty dollars and 1 will throw you in the
hoard, the smoking, Ac.
The money w as counted out, and the Yan
kee, polling it safely in his pocket, shoulder-i
ed Ins pack and departed. The next day the;
Dutchman was very much surprised to find 1
his money returned, accompanied with the
• following letter written from tiie neighboring
town, which, with th© help ol’Squirc Gobble,
( was found to read tints :
FniEM) Y Ain.iii: —1 return your money,
thank you for your pipe and cider—and just !
give ion a hit. of advice, never to unkertake j
to get round a Yankee again. Yours, j
SAM HILL.
‘Y ell,’ said the Dutchman, ‘dat does Ikl
all ! Who would have thought de fain Y'an- 1
kee was so honest ? But I’ll take his advice, !
and never undertake to cheat another Yankee ;
zo long ash 1 live.’
TUB IIMIIMIT.
Could man hut take the same observation
of his fellow man and of himself, that lie takes
|of that part of creation, which a wise and
i dispensation providence has placed under his
■ command ; could he look with the same'cool
i reason about him, used in his dominion as
j man over the brute, into tile thousand follies
I and absurdities which he daily commits; or
could he select from the mass of human falli
bility but one item for his especial and bon
est observation ; how soon, very soon would j
tiie great r animal dispositions of mankind he i
" listed into refinement and proprietv
Would tho mass but elevate their voice to" an- 1
| m;l their subjection to (lie intriguing few,
then ftijght reform !>o a blessed hope, and I
reason again assuming its empire, would
drive lordly vice from the absolute possession !
of our manner;, and render us once more to
the safe keeping of honesty and proprietv.— j
There Wore mrretlcctioies while I sat at a gam
bling table in one of the hells of this citv.— 1
I was gassed at by many, as all could see 1
was an observer. 1 had entered the house in
the storm, and being determined to profit Lv
the .occasion, I obtained the consent of my |
yontlilul companion to spend the evening in
watching the gamblers. There I beheld ma-'
nyofthe idlers who daily infest our ex
change, and vagabonds and ,swindlers Trim
gain a livelihood by plundering the youth of!
our city. The games are diversified and eve- 1
ty system of hazardous plunder is adopted tb
the ruin ot tho weak and unsuspecting mind. l
Kot alo.mdo Wfcderire the benefit as it is
termed from tin; sagacity of our own country- 1
men, but all systems that our sister states !
and foreign countries can produce, are with .
the necessary accompaniment to suit the! 10-j
utilities transmitted to our favoured c.ilv |
I’heso no n have their routine in business:'
they have choice of victims • and our vo'injr
planter wlio luit. seldom visits the metropolis I
"I tb" state i,- the first to rank in their favour;!
tin'll t!ie young mid unexperienced merchant
e chosen ; he, who should sei k to make, and j
not com, but who too often bv Jiis ambitious
projects yields himself a willing victim tot
' ■; ■i of th* ip in not discovers j
his error until liif ruin is complete ; borne up
by the instinct of hope which was planted in
our breasts to a good end, he nightly hazards
his little, and ultimately becomes a i ank
rupt, in lortime and reputation, it is cer
tain the accomplished and finished gambler
will the moment that he sees these remarks.;
light his segar with them, and thus in a cloud j
blow them away ; hut still the reasons remains j
on hi.-; mind, and ho is satisfied of the truth of
- observations. Should the yet unhar- ;
doited in the vice demand what inducements ;
they have not to follow the bent of their i noli-,
j nations,! answer : Has not the husband titl'd !
I the fathergood cause to abstain from the vile j
! practices, when he looks at home and- be- [
j holds Ins wife and children ! when he reflects j
; that to Ins own sons he is yielding a frail ar
j gumeut, by Ills example, to embark on the
1 rougher tides of life, and may perchance still
iby Jiis example, lead that votith to the <ie
i structive vice, who one day shall claim a
daughter in marriage. Can lie then say, that
| there is no inducement why he should blunt
i his own passion ; when at the present they
j work sorrow to the mind, which by his mar
triage plight he vowed ; should be kept from
1 his companions*'STia're' itA far os ni-'m could
j control; and wH n Jo* looks into the future,
can he declare that his example will in a
! bring misery on his offspring, and perhaps;
inn everlasting stigma to his name- and fam
ily? * • -re <
i Being seated in front of the table,J could
! not perceive all that was passing, and 1 be
held what is incredible to relate ; a youth,
j wit h fhe bini of boy hood yet upon his checks,
1 draw from his pocket a considerable sum of
! mstiey. 1 watcheil him closely and saw him
' change one note of fifty dollars. 1 enquired
!of my young friend his name, and he told it
me. It is locked in my brain; sullico it,
■ that he may see ids own picture, contem
plate the miseries that await a continuance in
j the course he has taken, repent, and fly from
' the vice for ever. , Not to me shall he nwd
i the horrid effects of the finger of scorn, for
; one so young, cannot ho totally lost. Poor
j boy, I said within myself, too soon, has thy
; parent sent thee from beneath his wing; thon
j art like t lie young sent forth by a loving
1 parent, proud of the early appearance of the
| |d;mies of re.asoit, to he fledged and plucked
by the hawks that fly above thee, around
| thee and.with thee; and thy foolish fancy'
| blinds thee from their carnivorous intentions.
“Look,” said mv friend, “another;” at that
: moment J saw the unhappy youth fling down
! a note double in value to the first he had
| changed ; and the words,“two mouth’s oarn
! digs,” fell from his mouth. “Better luck bye
i and ,ye,'”1x11110 from another voice. I look
; ed up and b’dic Id
A fellow by the hand of nature marked,
Quoted and sigti’d, to a deed of -shame,
i The vacant gaze was gone-, and the lines of;
I his countenance* exhibited the most diaholie
j ;;1 passions, lie sat now as the joinder con- !
j firmed in every look in every action. But '
no description that I can yield will figure the
! false cunningaiul the malignant expression ;
of’ the eye, while a smile 'hung on ids lips,!
■when watching his victim. Gentle reader.
! have you ever watched the couching tighr ?
■ the. deadly glance of this ferocious beast,
i when hissinevys are strained to leap upon his
; prey, is the nearest semblance 1 can draw to
| the malignant expression which was then fix- i
ed on the countenance of the pnndi r. “One ;
: grab,” said he, “one good grab and you are j
j -’afe.” and in a half an hour from the utter-,
alien of these words, the youth parted with |
I his last dollar. Never shall I forget, the couti- |
tcjiance ©f the lad. He tried to -smile, but !
alas ! he could not : he wished those about :
him to think that in: cared not lor the loss;!
hut lie was a novice in the deceptive art, and j
he more plainly showed his misery. The j
! bud of health hud vanished from his check;,
and I thought i could read in his counte-)
; nance haggard despair, and the dread of pov
| erty. He sat musing; but it was painful to.
! read the iir<lox of his mind. I saw there de*
| picted the pangs of druukomiess, tlie ulcer of
; sen-mil deha-emenf, the curse of a parricide
by vile conduct, and suicide in madness.—
J He rose from his seat, gave a look of deep
1 hatred at the joinder; tried to look chocr
; ful, yet looked horribly melancholy, and left
: the room. As he descended the stairs, 1
; heard him say, “bad luck to night.” and at I
! (he next moment a stripling of about eigh-j
j teen years, vv.-t to tlte skin from the- storm,;
worn with fatigue, took the place wf the un
[ fortunate being wito had left it. “Ah, how]
I do you do f” was the greeting of the pander: 1
this was answered with a familiar curse, and
! an apj ea) to the Deity to [irosper liis chances,
j fie did not play the game of the novice; he
- played cautious, and for a time was success
j lid ; iiut fortune ultimately forsook him. 1
! saw him deposit his last S-"> aft* r a venture j
: of three hundred, and midnight found him a
penniless, miserable wretch. He left the
j table, and venting curses struck the pander
j and called him an onticer, and in hasty con
- fusion departed. It was then l bethought ine
j of the crimes attributed to this {Hinder, and
saw the inward satisfaction of his malignant
j soul: and it did appear to me there was a
thirst in him tor these vile crimes, which noth-!
ing couhl appease. 1 could not help at thej
moment of surprise, using the name of the
Deity in exclamation: lor licit the shrunken
; sinew <>! inv arm grow tnf, and for a moment.
j pas-ion had mounted tiie bulwarks of mvrea-i
1 ;o:| . I could have strangled the wretch :my ;
passion was like the heat of the winters sun,]
which, though it may save'nature from entire ]
destruction, by cheering tiie aspect of crea
tion, yet its rays are too feeble to penetrate)
the frozen zone, and therefore its influence is j
of short 'duration. The pander laughed, the
others smiled,ami my friend and i went our
way.
1 have since thought that man certainly
was formed for hapjun* ss,and not for misery;!
or the creatoreotild have accomplished lii>!
purpose to a fuller extent; our senses would i
hate been our plagues; and rationalities our
dor pest atlbetioiis. \\ ho will deny that they
are our chief pleasures and'yield us the grat
ifications of life ? Why the sweet scent from
the bed of (havers ! or why the beautiful va
riation ol the seasons to mingle and give di
versity to our pleasures and enjoyments ’! i
Surely' not to curse. \\ lienee the delights ot
music; the pleasures ot sculpture and of
imijipng > Do these not blessimrs which cn-
rich the soul ! NY tiy then should man, by the
tacit acknowledgement ot a few vicious, yield
tiie benctits of these orders of I’rovidence,
and take in tlioir stead loathsome practices,
alike destructive to the reason, and admit be
ing like the pander to walk abroad in sonic- j
tv, and not he pointed at as something to he j
shuried ? We teach our children tear o. the
] snake; we know it possesses a poison, which
‘will stop the eurrenhof human life. YN by
then, not bran the wretch who lays in wait,
'even like the concealed snake, to poison the
minds of out 'feliddrcn, and lead them to
j worse than death < Better were it i sav, that
j children were unborn, than being horn, they
I should be lead to that bourne of evil, where
j honesty never looks,’ and humanity never
1 treads. Grimes like gambling are the actual
ieflect of halgt; and are spread among us by
(example; lie who leads to the path should
therefore he coriHcmed eternally to the coil*
i tempt of honest men. Gambling is an evil to
| society for many reasons: it leads man astray
j from the path of justice, and establishes a
looseness of habit Which terminates in the
l complete prostration of all the mental f.icul
ties:—energy never reigns where tlie sloth
of vicious habits bus once placed her fangs’.
It is an injury to society generally, for the
reason that its votaries, who otherwise would
have been valuable -members" cf society, bc
eoMio disqualified in every respect to dis
charge the duties of citizens and of men. —
Gambling is an injury to private society; to
tho family where’to the follower belongs, for
if often creates hy ith partial success a spirit
of extravagance, that is ncyer found to exist
among the orderly rich, and therefore most
j frequently leaves the votary a penni less beg
gar, and in want. And therefore do I won
! der, that in a community’wide art extensive
! as ours, affording unlimited opportunities hv
its commercial ami general sjdrit of eri
! terprize to encrease the sources of human
i happiness, £hat these evils are allowed to ex
ist. JYciv Orleans Aiiccrtiser.
IIAPTM NESS—v rn veil ext.
“The se'enes ofinv life have been sad,’”
said a poor Frenchman, who had scrambled
tip one of the most precipitous mountains of
North YVitles, ahd was now pensively lean
ing on his stick, and casting a mournful look
! towards the wide expanse of the wafers, which
] hounded ins. prospect —“The scenes of my
j life have been sad,” repeated he, and a tear
| silently stole down his cheek, as tiie painful
; recollection of the past struck upon his soul
] —“I have pursued the bubbles of happiness
; all over the world, and have lived to find- it
i hut a phantom of tlte brain I' have stitlered
! the torture of the inquisition in Spain—l
; have been ahained to the guHies in Italy—l
i have starved on the mountains of Switzerland
j—l have groaned as a slave in Turkey —l
j haveliinguisited henealh the republican ty
| runny of fnmee—'and, lastly, 1 have been
; whippet! as a vagabond in England—and 1
am groWn grey id misery, and old age has ov
] ertakeit me in wretchedness!” —The tears
j streamed plentifully down the checks of the
nnfortunriro old onin, as this painful retro
spect presented itself to his mind. The sun
was just easting ids last rays over tiie wafers,
and the west was tinged v>. ilh bright streaks of
vermiilion and gold. Not a breath of air ruf
fled the face of the deep—not a sound in va
ried the car—all was stillness and serenity,
! except when the last notes of the ascending
sky lark sunk on the air, while the leathered
t songster himself was lost in distance. lie
insensibly felt his spirits tranquiiized by the
universal harmony which seemed to reign
around—The halm of peace descended upon
his son!—lie looked upon the wanderings of
his past days with a calm, but melancholy re
gret—lt was too late to begin life anew; and,
after having spent his youth in toil and vexa
tion, he now felt that a little rest was necessa
ry. YVhen the sun had sunk beneath the
horizon, lie laid himself on the turf, and soon
dropped into a sweet and uninterrupted slum
ber. Iu the morning lie arose refreshed.—
Beneath the wide spreading branches of a ven
erable tree, he constructed a simple hut.—
his meat was supplied by the roots and the
herbs of the valley ; and the crystal spring,
which bubbled by his dwelling, afforded him
a wholesome beverage. Every evening be
held him sinking peaceably to repose on his
bed of leaves, and every dawning day saw
him rise refreshed and cheerful. In a short
time he discovered that he was happy--The dis
covery astonished him, lie was isolated—
an outcast —depending on the spontaneous
products of the earth for sustenance, and on
ly , sheltered front the inclemency of tlte
weather, by a cabin, over which the den of
the wild beast possessed many advantages.
Under such circumstances, that he eoulji be
happy, was to him incomprehensible. After
musing for some time on the strangeness of
the fact, lie found out that all the miseries of
his past life were to he imputed to himself;'
that they arose from his own'fostlcssness ami
ambition; and that the true philosopher’s
stone, which converts every thing it touches
into gold, the real source of all human happi
ness, is contentment.
HINDOO WOMEN.
The forms of the women of the high castes
are delicate and graceful; their eyes dark and
and languishing; their hair fine and long;
their complexions glowing, as if they were ra
diant; and t!u ir skins remarkably polished
and soft. The only feature about them that
<loes not quite harmonize with European no
tions of female symmetry is the size and pro
jection of their ear; but, with this exception,
nothing can he more lithe and Sylphlike than
a genuine Hindoo beauty. Their dress is
very elognnt, and upon a tine form is more
classical than the fashionable bundles of knots,
tatters, and bead dresses as broad as the tun
bn 11a over a palanquin. 11111011 in the present
year, DM, gives the belles of America our
outline, which if it should please nature to
till tip with biood, wottd certainly render
them ofal! created beings the most shapeless,
or at any rate the most unmeaning in shape,
either for use or ornament. The close part
of the Hindoo fi tnale dress is a jacket with
half sleeves, which fits tight *0 the shape and
covers, but does not eftueeiil the bust, and the
in females of rank is made of rich silk. This
•remainder of the dress is the sholiee, a large
piece of silk or cotton, which is wrapped round j
the middlan*! contrived to fall in graceful!
folds, till it falls below the ancle on one log, j
while it shows a part ol the other. It is gath- j
ered into a bundle in front; and the upper end
crosses the breast, and is thhnvn forward a-;
gain over the shoulder, or over the head like ;
a veil. The hands and feet are always adorn
ed with rings and other ornaments, and some- ]
times a jewed is worn from the nose. Even I
tiie working trirls have their anciets and |
armlets ol glass, tin, brass, or tutenag, and j
sometimes of silver. The higher classes wear
a kind of slippers or sandals, which are long, 1
turned up, and sometimes ornamented at the]
points; hut the poorer classes go barefooted.
The ornaments that are worn upon the person
are the oulv eostlv articles in the establish
ment of a iiindooV but they :lre of a nature
not soon to wear out, and they never become
unfashionable.
Edward I.niton llulwer. —-The Editor of the
Philadelphia Gazette, from whom we learn
that this popular novelist is hut twenty seven ;
years of age, publishes the following extract
from one of his letters in his Saturday’s paper;
“I have long nursed an ardent desire,” says
ibe author of Pelham, “to visit the country
von describe with shell ardor; —Which your
great men have already rendered classical,
and vour institutions sacred. Avery favor
ite project with me is to visit that country
with the intention to do it justice ; and 1 am
sure that justice, however qualified with the
censure from which nothing earthly can es
cape, will, on the whole, he the justice of ad
miration. But tlte aspect of public aiiutrs in
England, in which I am at this present time
deeply interested, is so eonfuse-d and ominous,
that l cannot even guess when I shall he able
to execute a scheme i have so nearly at my
heart. lam convinced that should 1 ever
behold Ainetica, my present prepossession
will he confirmed by actual experience.”
an islvni* or ICE.
From Mr. Gait’s new novel of Bogle Corbet,
we have extracted the following interesting
sketch of an encounter with an Island of Ice:
“A fresh breeze came sharply from the
north, and so cold, that, the sailors said it
must he Wowing from an iceberg. YVc saw
nothing, although the moon was high; hut,
at midnight, one of the men descried a bright
ening aloiur the northern horizon, which left
no doubt of the fact. At last thq brightness
began to assume outline and features, and the
wind rose as piereeingly and rude as Decem
ber, while the enormous mountainous mass
was evidently nearing. By its apparent ex
tent, the captain conjectured we should pass
to the windward of it without didicultv; but
as it came nearer and nearer, the feelings of
danger mingled with the eb'llness of the
wind, and we behold with awe and astonish
ment many streams of beautiful water leap
ing and tumbling from the clift's and peaks,-
as it drifted in the sunshine towards us.
The wind, as the iceberg approached, slack
ened, and we saw with the telescope, 011a
point that projected from the side, a huge
white hear couelmnf, vviiieh the sailors said,
was..watching fur lish. No sight, could be
more solemnly linj resstvc than the evidently
advancing mass; at last it came so neai that
we .feared it would he impossible to escape.
‘ Tiie vast peaks, cliffs, and pinnacles,were
like a gorgeous city, with all its temples and
palaces, shuddering as if shaken by an earth
quake, The waters dashed from terrace io
terrace, and every point and spire was glit
terring and gleaming with countless flames
kindled l>y tho sunshine. Terror confounded
every one on board. A huge mass, which
projected far aloft, and almost, ready overhung*
the ship, was seen to tremble; and, with a
crash louder than thunder, it fell into the sea.
The whole dreadful continent, for such it
seemed, visibly shook. T 1 v peaks and moun
tains were shattered with indescribable crash
ing ; as, with a sound so mighty that it can
not he named, it sundered as if several islands
had separated; and we saw through the dread
ful chasm a ship under full sail beyond,
coasting the weather side. Still the dili'er
ent masses floated iu view; ami all day
long we had our eyes fixed upon them, as
they appeared to recede—fearful that another
variation of the wind would bring them again
around us.”
ku>ui;i:n< r:.
The prize of eloquence is sought even at
the altar, and before the holy mysteries.—
Every hearer thinks himself a judge of the
preacher, to censure or applaud him: and is
no more converted by the man he favours,
: than by him lie oondcinns. Tim orator
; pleases some and displeases others, but agrees
pith all in this: that as lie does not endeavour
to render them better, so they never trouble
their heads about becoming so.
vxxkiu: JTOTIONS.
The A itllijicrx.— -Tile following article we
copy from the Charleston City Gazette. The
humor of it will make our readers smile ; and
the sarcasms contained in the piece against
the Nullification party will he acknowledged
as just:—,Y. (). Mere. A<!r.
“ A seriojis atlair is rumored to have taken
place among the N’ullies. A number of them
were talking about the table cloths of vankce
manufacture, which were sold at auction.——
IV lien some ot the learned portion remarked;
that it was a shame that when they wanted |
cotton duck to cover the rotunda (or round i
house,) they Could only do so by paving (rib- 1
utc to the d—.l yankees— —yes said "he, they
buy our cotton during their annual ‘incur- i
: ions, and then send it—our own cotton, and i
make us buy it back again by the yard, al- 1
though we sold it by the pound, stones’aim !
all. But 1 believe that, we have nothing that
smells of yankce about our dinners, not sb ; '
runeh as an onion—up stuped a -smart voum-'
follow, and taking up the parole, remarked" i
that he had just heard that a thousand pounds i
o jpfor icr. had been laid in ‘to keep tho,
" I n,! "' s ™. ,] - , swore that it was a
shame, to bo plundered and robbed in thiJ
wav by the d-d yankce,. 'l’hev are not satis'-!
"and wi ll‘picking our pockets,’ by their-eot-1
ton . -ail duck, and cheap negro cloth, thev i
jdiindcrcd tlio state of fifty thousand dollar's!
for their mere invention of a sawoiii, and are!
now gulling e„n-lice planters by a tlircsldm.'i
mill, which will throw out of employment two!
in*.s o! our slaves, and drive u. to cultivating I
more lam'—salistied wtih tb* s running!
the south,’ they have pctuailr u If
cargoes of frozen water, ami are ‘S**®
the pound to our ruined citizenfi
tlemen this is carrying tli'e -joke m n ■
onr party, ‘the elite rtf the state ’ o
for tiii se plundering Yankees, to tt 1
water on our festival 13 tort had 1 '* I
T T -did’before wrt j
tern, for that ts all the good , r ;“ Pd, |
Revolution—they could drink jw *1
I ondon particular’ without thgai^T 8
tee, and I hope that no Carolina,,* u-itS
shamed to do as they did. NVg k!.'.‘B
heads, ami let us have warm wine m !° 8
The thing took like wild tire, and
solved that ‘no icc.shall be consumed'fl
Mate Rights and Free Trade Party,-,,
of July-’ This sacrifice to pnuiof-a„ gl
aetcristio of the devotion , of our n;i r! /
true interests of the BotUi?J Some 0 f g*
eiiqttited whether the yankees might J
cut out of tiie trade altogether, aiul i'T*
migh not he aide, as it was not in tim'yl
to get some English merchant to J 8
supply from the West Indies, R u t
managers prudently patted him ou
and reminded him that s)ioii]| J 8
and not heard. KEEP I
•tssar ‘ L |
lawful JK scorer if by ,1 Lady.—] J
in the Ilavenna Ohio Gourier, that an .1
tant discovery was made in Coptii y 8
ina county, June 17, by.a lady. yj r l
his sun and another person Were (W 1
well, and the son having gone dowii ■
war, prostrated on breathing the noxioyj
por or “damps’ below. Hmfather and scen
to his relief, and fell also; the third stu
lor a physician; in the mean time si i tn |
dies assembled at the place, and one ;j lr
down a pail of water, most of which f'j
the face of Mr. Y. who caught breath m
seized the senseless body of his son, nm
to the tub and was drawn upbv the ladies
! Water was immediately applied* to the va;
man, which in a short time produced
j <>f returning life. Air. Vial in a fewVotir
rained his usual health and strength, ,md
young man, by medical aid, had so hr ret
j ered as to he able to walk about uu the
| eroding day. Tlte experiment of k-tt
I down a candle was then t ried, which w
out at the depth of six feet from the lop of!
well, a live chicken was also 1; t *lowti,an<l
the depth of six fe< t nnirnation became
pended, b t hv pouring down wafer on jr •
imation was immediately rostornl. {’ r
these experiments it appears tiiat on inlial
this gas, life is suspended only, and that
application of water will restore it; whet!
by conveying atmospheric air, conliiacd
the water, to the atilllrer,' or from sothc oti
cause..
J CAN rifKNVNDEZ.
This Island was th<‘ first laud u c rink I
ter leaving Boston, and 1 can truly suydti
no land ever ajipeared so pleasant to met
tore. It must have been owing to the gp
length of time l had been, for the lir.-tw
life, on the lioisteroiis ocean, as the gtdci
appearance of the Island is sterile amti*
tamous, with the exception of a
same on which Alexander Selkirk
whose adventure the popular story of ii
soft ( Ymxie was founded. It appear; &
like the Garden of Eden, than any place ie
before saw or heard of. This-valley m
rounded by high, steep and craggy mounUit
which form a noble contrast to the ganiuuii
low, through whose openings the wiinUlh
comes, sweeping with the violence of a‘m
do, and threatening destruction to ships!
lie in the bay. This valley is a level s|
of eleven or more acres, covered witliji
looking grass that denotes a fertile soil; wi
fruit trees are so thick as to form a braid
shade, through which vines or rose lain
of various kinds, and flowers of all cok
seem to strve which shall iulierit the larj
share of bowers formed by their own u
ing, among the peaeli, cherry, and figireta
'i’liese were thaonged with singing bin
whose musical notes nearly transport the t
server to tiie upper regions, while beneath#
these beauties of nature, a soft nmi'iiiuringe
ulet. is hoard, gently ripling by. Ear®
who had been-tossed about by the winds n
waves for,months, as I had, to be oiiceplt#!
in the midst of this most delightful spot of;
tun-, to he surrounded by all that [.lease e
eye or engage the car—to see before (f
nature’s iow liest fruits, to hear the tags
melody often thousand birds that are c*
tiimally warbling liorc, lie would scarce'-
believe it real—he would fancy some fail
wand had towelled his imagination. Ydio
not more than [heard of. I have s.'ggi d' f
scribed in poetry exactly such places asihr*
lie pleasure here to observe, and which Ik"
very imperfectly described.
The climate is beautiful, and the pros#
imposing. 1 was nearly tempted to rim art
from our brig, and reside at this placy-
Wlion we were there, only one AnicricimU!
six Spaniards were inhabitants —but Ik u
since learned that a company.have gone oat
to make a settlement on this island.
tut; shat or Vastk.
! I>y covering (lie t^ JlJfUe with parcinsJ!
j t-ometimes in whole mid sometimes in dift
i eiit parts, it has 1 ;, 0t , n determined by two ex
j pertinents in r, nr ; s> AI.M. Huyot and .Vln?
j raula, cmi and sides of the tuiijt lll
i and a sniAil spade at tfjo root ot it- togcW 1
with a surface at the anterior--and
or >art of the roof of the- palate, arc the 0*
portions of surface in the cavity of the
' and throat, that can rf;tiQgufsh taste or sap
I dity l>y mete touch. \ portion of extract t
' aloes, placed on any other part, gives no*' 1 -'
| sat inn hut, that of touch,Jun til tin; saJna *'.l
! vies a .solution of the sapid iintttcr tojW
| parts of the <u\ ity.
A private Jsankin<r Mstahfishtnciit hash - ' 5 ;
opened in Ualliitiore, by the M< s/t?. * " KI;V
who oli’er to pav interest upon deposited a
more liberal rate than usual,
Hr.oon Houses—lt is stated in the l*^* I*' 1 *'
ok,; Advocate (Halifax) that two Mood liars' )
(one of t hern'fill I brother t o llcury)
lately sold in l!.*::t i>cii*hborho6d fof^"-