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- ---,11 . yA V : 1 Jua lo dcens movw e -4h ?Sp 4' 49( 4' -t -Alednieta ') -k -1n ud PI a, - - kn i e e d i n t5 - T rA Bn uu1B r "BaSnrR :I ~''IStl(D YVERY WEDNEsDaPxb rnrn4 BY Tpa Dollars iA advance, T*o Dollars and tyfent at thie oxpimtiot 9f six months, or iree liar at tihe emd of the yePr. N Opaper dscontinued until all arrearages # itdtipla at.tie optiof the Pi oirgtor T7Adveirtibinents inseredit 7 ets. per svqiiire, (14 liiies Wt less,) for thd 'first and :- hdifthat sum' for each subsequent insertion ft.7pTbi~nwmber.of insertions to be marked i1 Adyortiiernents or tlie will be publis.l . 1 . until. or4erei to be discontiued, and .accordi -'ffbhe'Dollai ers'quAre for a sing in rfion.' QutrlytintdlMinthly Advehise - .1e1t b bilI'b c1ititged the sa~ne as a ingle Asertion- and sdmi;nonthly the same as new cores., -All O',itary.;Ntices exceeding six lines, and Cotpmunications- recornendi ng Cand 14dites 'r jublic offices or trust-or puffing h ill be charged as Advertise ILTAil letteis iiy hall must be paid to in purei f6ctual attendenee. Skitdce 'of tlravI, NEGLISH AND AMERICAN - LADIES. RLURAL TASTH. Our countryman, Mr. COLMA, in l0.a late :Eropean Tour, gives so capi tal a portrait of rural accomplishments in a lady oftrank he had the good for .,tune to meet, that we cannot resist the temptation 'f transferi'ing the picture to 6ur canvass for the bencfit of our fair . readers: --'had no sooner entered the louse, where my visit had been expect ed, than I was met with an unaffected cordiality, which at once made me at home. In the midst of gilded halls, and hosts of liveried servants, of dar szing lamps and glittering mirrors, re doubting the highest triumphs of art ahd of taste; ii the midst of books, and itatues, and pictures, and all the ele. gaiieds, St d refinements of luxury; in the midst of titles, and dignitaries, and rank-s allied to regal grandeur-there was pnq object which transcended. and eclipsed them all, and showed how Muci the, nobility of character surpass ed the nobility of rank, the beauty of refined and simple manners, all the adorments of art;,the scintillations of the soul, beaming from the eyes, the purest gems that ever glittered in a princely diadem. In person, in educa ,tion and improvement, in quickness of perception, in, facility and elegance of expression, in accomplishments and taste, in a frankness and gentleness of n~itariuner, tempered by a modesty which courted confidence and inspired respect, and in a high moral tone and sentiment, which,-like A bright halo.. seemed to encircle the' whoto pemon,-I confess the fictiois of poetry became substan tial, and the beau dccal of my youthful imagination was realized. ,In the morning I first met her at prayers; for,.to the honor of England, there is scarcely a family, among the iundreds whose hospitality I have shar edi where the duties of the day are not preceded by family worship; ind the iastet'and the seriant, the parent and * 'he' cild, the teacher adthe taught, the friend and the stranger, come to 'tfeto recogaie and strengthen the sedse of theih comnmon Father, and to e~tktioidge their equal dependence tipoa licfare land mercy.' She was 'h60Aen h1 nugh to tell me, after lier muornijira arrangements, she claimed me for ie day. She first showed me he children, -whom, like theo Roman *not~her, she deemed her brightest jew-I olspmad- arranged their studies and oc tengations for the day. She then tookj -noe two or three miles on foot, to visit '$iik neighibor; and while performing, 3hbis ALct of~ kindness, left me to visit dome of the cottamges upon the estate, 4y;om.inuiates I found mn the praises of 4derkindness and benefactions. Our iioitaxoursion was to see some of the nioet-aged trees 'in the park, the size of ~whichuwastatridly magnificent; -'and I e apthigodit~ te .veneration which e atgIthe fothm whieb~ was like y4 r fa'ionokprogenitor. py ex is~k ws~othegreep-houses tad grirpyms;.and she explinied to me ~hegodedtedthere,. of managing the .most delicate plants, and; of eultm vatingginthqnmosb-economichi anid sue ebessfidl inahne, thes fruitst of alwarmer tyejpoa. 'From the gardon we pi-oceed "aid to 'thmd eutltivated fields; and she in 'friid* ne' of thd system of huybandry sued' on'the ostate, thme rotation of ecrps,. the maniagement 'and application of itanuroes, the a~tm4n qf seed sows, the rdinaryield, and the appropria lion of thepiodice with ape'rspi7uous letaillof the exnpenoes ud--4eiit".- i She then -undertook to 'show-e the aad and-offies, the byres; the feed- - Lhg stalls, the-plans for -saing, increas- I ng and niainging the inanure; 'the cat- i ale for feeding, for breeding, tlie milk i ig stock, the pigge'ry, tie p6ultry-yard, i the-stables, the barneds-rooms, the im plement rodmy, the dairy- -She- ex plained'to me'theoprocess of making the A :ifferOnt kinds of cheese,, and the gen. 1 aril management of the nilk, and the i mode of feeding * the stock; and then, 1 conducting me into the bailiffs house, she exhibited to me the Farm Journal, ' and the whole systematic model of keep- I ing the accounts ani making the re- i turns, with which she seemed as famil iar as if they were the accounts of her own wardrobe. This did not finish our grand tour; for, on my return, she ad mitted me into her b6udoir, and showed me the secrets of her own admirable housewifery, in the exact accounts which she kept of everything connect ed with the dairy, the market, the table, and the drawing-room, and the ser vants' hall. All this was done with a simplicity and frankness, which showed an absence of all consciousness of any extraordinary merit in her own depart ment, and which evidently sprang solely from a kind desire to gratify a curiosity on my part, which, I hope, under such circumstances, was not un reasonable. 'A short hour after this brought us into another relation; for the dinner bell summoned us, and this same lady was round presiding over a brilliant circle of the highest rank and fashion, with an ease, elegance, wit, intelligence and good humor, with a kind attention to ,very one's wants, and an unaffected oncern for every one's comfort, which would lead one to suppose that thjis was ier only and -her peculiar sphere. Now, I will not say how many mud puddles we had waded through, and liow many manure heaps we had cross d, and what places we had explored, md how every farming topic was dis :nssed; but I will say that she persu !d her object without any of that fas ,idiousness and affected delicacy, vhich pass with some persons for refinement, mut which, in many cases, indicate a weak, if not a corrupt mind. * * 'Now, I do not say that the lady to whom I have referred was herself the nanager of the farm; that rested entire y with her husband. but I have in .ended simply to show how gratifying 1 to him must have been the lively inter 3st and sympathy which she took in soncerns which necessarily so much en gaged his attention; and how the coun ry would be divested of that dullness mud cnnui, so often complained of as 1 inseparable from it, when a cordial and I practical interest is taken in the con. :erns which belong to rural life. I meant also to show-and this and ma iy other examples, which have come ander my observation, emphatically do show-that an interest in, and familiari ,y with, even the most humble occupa ,ions of agricultural life, are not incon iistent with the highest relinements of aste, the most improved cultivation of the mind, and elegance, and dignity of nanners, unsurpassed in the highest :ireles of society.' To this truly English picture we add thke followimg companion piece from Downing's Horticulturist, - giving a :barming glimpse of an A MERICAN LA- 1 xv in the midst of grounds and shrub Sery that 'Calypso and her nymphis night have envied'--deightfully situa ted, as we venture to add, on the banks if the Hudson: 'Ini the midst of the richest agricul-. tural region of the northern states, lives< a lady; a young, unmarried lady; mis-i tress of herself; of some thousand of acres of the finest lands; and a mansion which is almost the ideal of taste and refinoment. Very well. Does this lady sit in her drawing-room all day, to receive her visitors? By no means.-, You will find her in the morning, either m horseback or driving a light carriage with a pair of spirited horses. She ex plores every corner of the estate; she< v'isits her tenents, examines the crops, projects improvements, directs repairs,i and is thoroughly mistress of her whole: [letnesne. Her mansion opens into the most exquisite garden of flowers and fru-its, every one of which she knows by, heart. And yet this lady, so onerget ic and spirited in her enjoyment and management in out-of-door matters, is, in the draing-room, the most gentle, the most retiring, the most refined of her sex. 'A wordl or two more, and upon iat o6iglt to be i most i1on &gsurietidof "all.' Exlncsisf3 E"ESI konymousft" Tho 'equinite moon..9 he cheeks of Americani iFs, fads* n the matron, much sootter her' '.hai n 'Englatid,-iiot MIone 'becauso 6f the ioftness of the 'English blimate, ias ma iy suppose. It is be ause eorcise, so icessary to the niaitainance of healthv e so littlo 4 imtter of ihabit and Ohuca Ion herelind so largely insisted ujori n England; and it iW beaise exei-cise, vhen taken hero t all, is t o often as' i matter of duty; ind has no soul in it* .hile the English woman, who takes a iving interest in her rural employments, hhales new life in every days occupar ion, and plants perpetual reses in her ,heeks by the mero act of planting thei n her garden.' ALEXANDRIA. The history of. the ancient city ot ilexandria is very remarkable. It vas built by order of Alexander the ,onquerer, about three hundred and hirty years before Christ. That cele. )rated man, when he conquered a coun ry, sought to improve it. When he md made himself master of Egypt, ho )rdered this city to be built on the ihores of the Mediterranean, not far' 'rom the mouths of the great river Nile. Ilis object was to make it a place .0uere ,arious articles of merchandize might >e deposited, so as.to le boughtud sold. ilexander very wisely thought that :rade and commerce were great bone its, and so lie did all he could to pro note them; and the city of Alexandria, vas built agreeably to these views. The city flourished, and Alexander vas buried here in a gold coffin. For nany years Alexandria was as busy a >lace as Now York is now. People of arious nations were here-Jews, .rceks, Arabs, Egyptians, Syrians, Irmenians, and Ilindoos. The city at ine time was fifteen miles in circuit, aid had six hundred thousand inhabit-" Mts. It continued to flourish till the year lGG A. D. It was then attacked by he Caliph Omar, at the head of an ar ny of Saracens, or Mohometans from trabia. They captured the place and lestroyed many of its most noble insti utions. There was a vast library here, 3ontaining several hundred thousand olumes. Had these been saved, it is robably that the history of many an .ient nations, now lost to the world, had >een, preserved. But the Saracens ook the books tomake fires of, in or ter to heat the baths. No doubt they ound them very convenient; but what savage set they must have been! It eems that there were four thousand )aths in the city, and that the books asted six months for heating them. From this period Alexandria declin -d; and now the place where it stood is u mere heap of ruins. Near by is a nodern city, of considerable extent, rhich bears the same name; but it can iever rival the Alexandria of former lays. NonwEIGL\Nx WATER TELEScoP'ES. --An instrument which the people of NTorway have found of so great utility hat there is scarcely a single tishing >oat without one, is the water telescope >r tube, of three or four feet in length, vlhich they carry in their boats with hem when they go a fishing. When hey reach the fishing ground, they im norse one end of this telescope in the vater, and look through the glass, vhich shows objects some ten or filleen 'athioms deep as distinctly as if they rere within a few feet of the surface; >y which means, when a shoal of fish :omes inito their bays, the Norwegians nstantly prepare their nets, man their )oats, and go out in pursuit. The first rocess is minutely to survey the ground with their glasses, and where hey find the fish swarming about in ;reat numbers, then they givc the sig mel, and surroundl the fish with their arge draught nets, and often catch hem in hundreds at a haul. Without liese telescopes their business would >ften prove precarious and unprofitable, s the fish, by these glasses, are as dis inetly seen in the deep, clear sea of Norway, as gold fish in a crystal jar L'his instrument is not only used by the ishermen but is found aboard the invy andl coasting vessels of Norway. When their anchors get into foul ground, >r their cables warped on a roadstead, ;hey immediately apply the glass, and, guided by it, take steps to put all to rights, which they could do so well without the aid of the rude anid simple istrument, whinh the manest Tiser to iWi lat winI,&oVe 1 by iti6~~ 8 ed andl -b'h fiive e to aaii e i e sulfa6. bor h o" lit could'nofte U sed"Wt A -l 1 0 rinhit IVa I ft THE NAMELEBS CHOCKA1%W4 A CnoorKwuxV"iEGRDP- w' There oticN liyddein thre roalr Indi. an -town. f yash(Enodtheacly son of a war obief' howtsieuneitty distinguibbed above all hisa#Tel68s*afor. his elegant-form! findhoble 'hearinP--, The old mn of ithe uationlookedr Uon him with pridojndsaidhthiahoe*wag certainly: born to occupy-w-high positi. tion as a warrior . He:Was hi'eleqtMnt orator, adfidnono ovei thodgh, bf doiibt, ing his ednrage. huit with hnll thek qualities,' hewas not allo'wed'a seat In, the .councils of 1iisination;; because hey had notidistinguiehed hiniselfe inar The renown' of having slain--anseemy he could not, claim,: -or-had lhe eon beeii ubfortunate erdoughto take -asin-, gle-prisoner. He was univdsallybe loved,'andilas the nmamohiehludhodd. had beensabandoned according1t6 an-an cient -custom, and -he hadunotiyet -sue. teeded in winning-a itme-.worthy. of his -ability,: he-was -known-umong this.. kindred-as the. Namel6ss hoektaW. b .In thotown of E-ya-shotlberetisll once lived the most beautifulmaiden *f: her tribe. -She was-the daughter.-bf a. hunter, and the betrothed-of.thq Nam less Cliocktaw. They ;'met':often "at:. the great dances, but, because shb hoped, to become hia. brideshe treated, himas., a.stanger. .,. Often, too, .didatlpy !neit. at. the sitting o.f the sun, but then dthey listened to the song..qfxth whiipoorwill; or watched the rising'.oof'the. evoPing. star, when each cou(l .heartlie jlb bing of the other's'heart. ' They loyed with a wild passion and were very h py. At such iimes one. thought.glone entered their minds to casa al1adow. It was this: Tiey knew' tlat" the'Iaws' of their nation vere undlierabli, and that she could not becoine ij brido un-. til he had won a nanie. 51ie lnoe that' he could always place at the d664dlier lodge an abundaii-cof game and would deck her iith the most hTitif5I of shells and waimipu"ni" biftill thiin aliled them nothig; that h us ' 1 the war-pathIas invitabl e longed to a'praud'fanilyauid -oe iev er would consent to marry a nitn fho had not a loud sounding'ntnie, and who could not sit in the, councils.of hor;peo pl. She was willing. . abeco Me:his bride at any time, ., and therefore jeft him, by his.prowess, to decide,..vpon that' It was now midsummor and the eye ning hour. The Nameless Lover had mt his promised -bride !t'pon Athe saum-' mit of-a small hill, covered with'pineos. From the small centre of a--neighboring plain arose the smoke ofa alargo; watcuh-' tire, around which wvere dancing apar-' ty of four hundred awarriors.' They had plannod an expedition against:4he Osages, and the present was the fourth and~last night of the preparation-. ee'e monies. Up to that evenmng theliame less CIhocktaw had-been the leader in the dances, and. even now 'hig - abdenco was onlly temporary, -forho -hadostolen away to express his -partingevowe to his beloved. The last embi-ace wsg~ and then tile maiden was alo'nt hpo the hill-top-leoking down '-in 'iditrs upon the dancing warriors, ainoion she beheld noe-who commanded .~oro attention than the being whoitiailov ed. ' " Morning ained, ndte warriors were 'upoin the rp mng to thme country of their eneapng, ir up on the headwaters o~ the rk-angap. Upon that stream they 'iomid a~ cave; and in that cave, because they were on a prairie land, they -secreted theiggi-~l ves. Two men were then geetd$ act as spies, one ofajmoithe $ e less Chocktaw) was to~ .eonnoitreiin west and the othe n d #st. 'came, and the pary .ig h g ,av discovered by? an Osage .hue, p had travelled tith6~fori i~urp~q sheltering himsdlf undjl the heavy dens . tQ stfts did'he then travel ot village, and l'ha g of the pioxtputiy g its month1'U "bil'aire. ant when "Kik~erto pj -rVt.o ".AI!.' R-1 .!_11_..1.0__ !04 . aurprise and L 1 ,!v .~ off bxt fatot Of 61,Cio~i1i4 journbved-to t estwawrd' Io knq hhdfidla~tfe iiferlded, iibtf die~ to* trg this, ~ eif~h"t~t~ Olfodkf6 f JdiaMibbi' tibiVt hoe IMdtfI *Mrt3b~ Oftie 6f ;oa the .e h4 tudidtb6 Aib ibitirid, but tihyawiw-gL'id'*hlnYhff an11t MS hitarefie. ,Evaryflting, e~rd2 e hirwwrdaindo vdbf ' o raer;*tha .AjQ. trth,,Wifbi'betianWi bewildAired; and Wdid~ ~l fou mself fit'the ftt n'hichiwe4. 6'V~kftdv~ithf arnsd and-'uin 1ikb-dziny thatiohad6voerl'e-en. of a 'erihih -day, tiltitlhoaawiu'ntered 'in-, td woiodbca-miey;, antd-, havin bn,~ bitt & rude b6Wevand- killdda. -bit) I1liihted: a:-fiie, annd V aredhlmte Morning-dawned; -an* lx ta6'91 tinir truble.Man~uy moons passed -away and the -Ohoicta*w wiisdst1Ul: desolate,-.and forlorni -1 i~rltsiweow-: sumuoi~raud- -lie calhIo.up6tn tho Great Spirit. A-makeOL llis-patliway -plain;,atid .'jhving*huntcd-' the-fobrests'; for.. n spotted ,deer, and, Bltiiln-,hejronouii'dy wl3n there- was no. windieo offered..a4 shcrifico- an df that Dight supjpod-rupon a portion of the anjIP ma~a sweet flesh. -HMis fire buh Oi0 urnt brighti, ly,.au&d, thUgh wwa'folrl found. ~AM his heart was atp6,acO4 i:Bu, now he hears-s-fo6tep!1 A moment. i4Vg lupImrn jnoccasins. ,,.'How -.camon', yq~a tis trage- country?,i-Juquircd. t~eQG- and.thot. paoo Indianrlae t~k,.t9ry3_pfj~ sunasuqcessful exploit ,and. ;V804001)t esao... Tbo wolf :took .pity jpqo cip9thi i afL tuthe coun-, mornjpg4id, -thoytakeirdeparkuro.-, ~pyylogws the journcy,'-and. p A .an 4nd V9.ry, vila! axnd-turbulentrtho BtroLmwl .'W1cl- they Iud -to crowa- The. wo1l wped 4Iq CQ"to kill ..ame roi their mt~ ~Lnne.a~b ' Q0 h ptv,?l a 40, MAb~i~.O. bk~ng A $ir I y~u*"iW 1504--io J s tlq dbrli~g- . MA V 3obou 14it youri;l, ufn4IdUb !ne3 ~ LL -fU o Ouhdnaio-harn toYCT-t o.nendoeiE like 't 4ypiuicoiifidbftfilm py~ivbyt,*dnd Jobinay- bh(Liegiie& his MI pomcds. *-pinh byth ilsi -ano iths,,- ceeb. ,b~klpproi1aed(7,, -Aeditb icd -ig, to-diiyJA main'vthu m~hgkf i Itakc, so aodi.o k'frsbur lio usctw nd k n ip~o .et~~ :ad. :a-,oightfuXdrile f orilk Ptfltfo; 'and*. O joyed 'hb. !oo'I bieczd uPONMnY .fwcj ,vc1fQok OfIft 4.(onnetarnd~et my 'culs~ily About ipyfia&tbhidz=and ,no fearof catchiug dd .44WsE l carriages dkid.Migg',-h~fn*c~ *lookcd 'quiod codland bouifnrtaitble~with. out bonnets, and tbeirl~it o&I~ils 4usbM.thr6wa v.r fhekhoids4,AIditring :Al~thisi tind ,psadd somb PirPtv A"est ifino gar~dens, dairk-6kingoy,44nid rplliedcrv fro~ 1.1an hear~d a ~groO.1c ittteri g & tb~~v ~ ft~ i~fAUPC1. g ins j aw qs p 4p i ain e~j hr~i;vhii.4 4 o~di the sqquhaiInO b y in, bikai* ;li *y thoersi ng*t tvwW U iJaaW s j& a4oMias ig-Al the hiisteJU.6 oe"nd, to4u i- WOf -MySore thoirmn See,4thbroi-i~ld'Aho imark-so foad ~ ~ cVea~ h6w'hei has ,'de- this xitvderclf~ik