Winyah Observer

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BajjLBiai*l!!g*iii-i)—!JU
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Vol.. IX
" We will cling to the Pillars of the Temple of our Liberties, and if it must fall, we will Perish amidst the Ruins,"
No, 4 ¦
E. Watorman, Editor.
Q-eorgetown, S. C, Wednesday, January 10,1849.
H. Waterraaii, Jr., Frc|rrietcr.
Anatomy of low ..Spirits.        Ji **''""'''»<^'ge8t. n.s he .^ipposcs,  u h.nt
as taken.    Now, how  intich more
or
giiiige, market fruits, edibles iiiuJ coiifec-j' that aiiticipniion.    1
Let e
verv mail look  to it: it is n wise
he must tilso change hs Other    meals in ' buttery pastry are like'ilhe
-diminishing their quanlity, ! avoided.    BaJly cooked old [leas are sad
;!•
N
lii\e manner
f>r .substituting one   article   tor   another g disturbers ot'the  internal  econnniy  ofi ihat shall be more^easy  of mastication | man : a " watery" potato is as bad as a and digestion tliamhe previous ones.       \ fnmine ; stale lobsters, shrimps and oys-
liY 11. J. cnLVKiiWF.r.i., >r, P. i
FoM.v or F.xcB.sF...-- .A    short  life I «''"plf would it be to take one eg.
niiilmerrvone :" so sinir number, wiio !""''«; l^'^''^'^ ofi the bacon, and   take
niilv live for llielr stonnehs and passions, I ^"'" ''"»"'''' "' ''^¦¦'»' =""' ""^'^ ^'^P  "'   "'«' * ^^'•'«^«='" ^''^ow away what is not proper
tHirtbcii   thev donot know tlie deli..rhts ( '''« eruclatinns may not subside Ihe next j lo eat;   nnd all too ripe fruits   overdone
nf eomlortable   heallh wilh a  inntured 1'l"3>''''^t t'n^y '^:ili''^.'^  '''^^ > ^M then j vegetnblei?, and  stale,   queftionablo  and
rniiid, thnt are ihLM'esvanls of the  seusi-    ''^' must also chance hs Other    meals in 1 buttervpastrv are like llhe , to be
b'.eand   teinjier.ntc.    Their (the   siioiid-
tiirlfts') life is  alj excitement—all  fun—; ,ai' pleasure—all forgntteh tiie next   day.
because iheir amusements and   pursuits
a.^li^l-d no good to  any  one.    Sjieiid-ails j
only get laughed at for tlieir pnins ; and j
ifthey do happen to outlive their strength {
or tlieir fortunes, they make, invarialily, ' miserable old man.    Tlie bost . part oi' a ,
¦ mm'slife is from thirty td nl'iy,  aiil   not.. as the giddy and gay   won!'   insisl ujioii. from eighte.in   toti-iirty. i
It is common to plead !b» tiie   gai. lies ' of young men, and say, that it is  natural i|
¦ lo be lively and msrry in the  first   third •^flife; and another idea is, that  a m
! tioners'pastry must be grown and m;ide, I less apprehension, of course, fur the en- \ t I and are grown  and   made,   to   be 'sold. !* tcrprising host, a born master of exp;;di-,- t
unied.Ont a need-    powdered hair, court-iilast'^r patcb('.»: on
J the face, and cosilv Inres of the ladies of
le French cmirt in ili-^ days of the gay
ent and emergency, requirf^d jbut  short i Louis, were, in t\vo or ibree   instances,
notice to have steps and   poiiico  tented    superbly eliective.    8anto-("laus, aiimi-
to thc carriage door, and the ladies aligh- il rably dressed, and as admirably played,
ted as if from a sedan-chair in the hall.     f went round joking and   distributing  his
The scene in the gentlemen's dressing- ' toys and jews-harps.    One ofthe most
striking belles of New-York was  dres-
room, on entering was very-droll. .4s- modeus and Louis the Fourteenth stood together, taking tho numbers for iheir N^ew-yoik cloaks  wilh equal care; an
ters,   are   poisonous;   fish   of all  kinds jj Indian chief lirced his leathers befol-e the
Fruit3, vE0ET.\nLn3   AND  PASTRY.  f excrptlt be fresh (Idon't inchidL^   salted f glass ; a stern Puritan and a most ]vo(l!- ,, much ad
Strawberries   and   cream,   peas   and ;'or dried), is highly hurtful. ^ ,| gate-looking   courtier   of Charles
anticipniing   our next
First's time recij'rocally gave a regiila-
sed as an old woman in cap and specta¬ cles. A volatile and mischievous lieau- fy came in the melancholy guise of the While Lady of Avenel. A young lady, iiiiied, was dressed as Night and j\Ioriiiiig—lier left siile in black spangiect \\:.itli Stan.-, and her liuht side radieni in white. The most costly male dress wa.'S that of a foreign banker, who, as Le  Di-
Frencli beans  (with   ducks),   raspiierry j!     In   tliere fori
and euirant tarts.—See or recollect the '' years's enjoyments, let us be prepared to l ting pull to points of dress out of the bill of fare atthe last week in .June, itis ^ avoid (wha! our wpericnce. if wts reeol-Lwean-r's- reach ; .soldiers and sailor.s, said and itis   true,   that   .the   mind can 1; lect, it, must have taught us) thaf'necessi-ffl^uakoi-s arK^j^wkitmen, knights and fri<.
conjure, up the lecolleciion of taste, j; ty ^ not takiifg in the eatable way, [ars, Hamlets and Spanish Dons, gravely ij broidered costtuiie ofexcessive splendor, smell and leeling. ]f this passage be read'|| wMkiuI somelhiiig like a prerious e.x-I shoc^pRnds and t ilked over the snow ;' A Ku.'^sian diplomatist [appeared in a at Christmas, recall the flavor of summer ji aiiimllition ; and if we find it to our own'i-Storm. Nobody .seemed the least con- , Persian dress of a style entirely new to iVuit; ifin summer, that of the oyster; il impression bad, let our enjoyment be in I scious of being jieouliarly dressed, and f| most persons, and he attracted universal n ;j if about new-year time think of the rose, || esca|iing ft-oin its eflects by pa-sing it.      I yet those present were, ( n costume,) sep- '; atti'nlion.
.js'worth nothing until he has sown bis j ^"^1 the swe.n-briar and the honey wild oats, until, ill fact, he has had his I suckle, too ; and lastly, when separa- fun out, or, in other words, until he is iiajf worn out. But how iiiucii belter is it to carry out vigor with us, to help us throug.b our more important duties which fail upon us at tlu time we get settled   and   have lauiiliLS   about    us,
'ithan to wasie it vvlicn, we do not t know ihe value of it. Ah! sighs tln';; man ofIbrty, if I hud but taken care :; of my self when a young man, how dif- ' «rent sJMuld i be to what I am now ! | All very fine (mentaily mutters the read¬ er), jVir. Autlioe. 'r;>\t. recollect the incen¬ tives and iin|iu]ns of young  blood, just j
. loosi'd from home, aiir^.ctcd  by  love oi
ij     A inolherlv lady once observed to m:', | arated by centuries  and oceans, conti- ;      It would take a coluoie or two more of
1! at a dinner table, that she would not   for f nentsand relitiions, color and rank of bfe, i our paper even to name thejnmdi'eds of
ling from friends, forget not the   pleasure { the dearest friend in the world, take any- !: to a degree which a rtbeaisal of a resur- ' sueeessliil dresses we saw.    Admiration
of   the    meetintj.    Fruit,  flowers   and | thing which disagreed with her; and   as jj reclion would scarce  e.Xceed.    The  la-    bad enough to do.   -We thought it most
frienifchip have seasons ; but the imme-| the diner   consisted  principi\^ly of ricji j dies'dressing-room must, of course have. , curious and interesting to see, how 1"a- diate existence, be when   it   may, is the | mide dishes, Aie-A game, soups,   and the I presented an equal variety   of contrast,    miliar faces may be transformed, expresi
one that tnostly engrosses our attention, li like, she chose to disregard what every    but-^we were not there to see.
novelty and eiij-iyms'iil. and don't tah\ of Ibresijrbt and .-jflcctinii. We' ai! iir.e our turn,   and  there ; ¦ ¦¦¦'¦¦¦¦   '.•!   aii
thing.-!:—
" Otii) In he merry  unil gay, One to be sobtT and ;;r.-iv,'. Olio cui-i'less,¦com-! !iap;i?n ivhat mny. And Ihe last lo learn iimv to helm vo."
How am ! ro know 'A-ii;-.-ii I hav? had enough r Mvist or ni-^ -I •.^¦¦t '-,.; ]ikc my neighboi.-'.     A uia. i-^,.1 ¦ ¦-n
find out t!...;. if he do hut observe, if bo
and then are we most greedy Ibr it. ,: other hungry visitor might havesaid- Tiiis rhapsody is a philosophic prelude, I' that they must eat something—and eon- !'y way of calling atteiilion to a fact, f tented herself with bread ani some ihiit we pass on, taking upin   onr jaunt ' chicken.
all that comes before us, without giving " Oh, do take some of these fine straw- thai EMlFicient consideration to what j; berries," exclaims your friends wife : we do.
If.i plate of ripe fruit be placed before us, it is de UK'd unpolite to piek and choo.se. We are not expected to turn up c'lr noses, or otherwise noiice the wiiifrii-om the kitchen, ; our hostess's handkerchief, or a faded bouquet; every lliing should be and is beautiful that is given or sub milled to us.    The   adage.
sion heigiitencd. irue characler brought tolight, by ibis oiiiional pliantasmagorifi of dress. Such a fete, now and then, is^ we say, philosophically an advantage and a treat. Cerlainly, there [could scarce ever have been a more  brilliant specta-
The lower floor of the house was de¬ voted to dressing-rooms. A broad and noble staircase wound up from the circu¬ lar hall, and, through the plate glass wall of the room at the head of the stairs, a
crowd of ladies gazed down upon the cle, and of the hundreds of Fancy Balls "Pray try the salad;" or, "the cu-l! g'''ests as they came up. The walls of we have seen in many countries, we re- cumber's alive ;" and all this, after you i| the staircase were painted in antiijue i niember no one oi'which the dresses were siiall have persuaded to taste her " col- I tVcsco, and the picturestjue procession, got up ndth iriore ^aste and expense, or lege puddinc" Everything isdelicious, 'j as it ascended slowly in glittering colors, the eiiterlai:.ment aitogelher more cor- and yo^iiarhike of everything, and you ij jewels and armor, w.-s singularly in keep- reclly Sumptuous.
are elated; and a strange mixture vou ; ing with the unusual architecture and , Aiiotrieri'privale ball of the same char- make of it, wiih the wines, biiuours find i embalHshinenLs. Indeed, with the ex- acter is preparing forihe 4lh id'Januarv, afterwards warm drinks or stron<' tea ii ception of an Hon. millionaire in a Qua- where we jiiesume we shall see some of andcoireo; and   the ne^tdayyou feel  j; ker's dress, who chanced to be  part of the same costumes and  many new ones,
i: that - we should not look a gift hor.sc in    menstrously ill : and all this for ihe vani- j the first view we had of the ihrong upoi
"the   mouth," grows with   our growth; ; ty of being invited out and not liking to
I but fruit and its  brotherhood,  nor   the \ iijjpear   singular.    If   good  things are
J com'octioner's   dainties,    need    not  be j dangerous—for the fruit shall  be  ofthe
ji'-.. allowed an   ccmitmlsion,   fior should I choicest, the  salad of the freshest, the
li horse-riding be tho condition of a royal    lobster being only boiled alive fhe   very
the staircase, there was nothing to re¬ mind us ofthe times we live in.
Around the U|iper hail, upon the sec¬ ond floor, ranged a circle of six apart¬ ments, including a conservatorv and long
present of a stud.
morning—how much  more so must be | dancing-room, an.l, at the entrance of
An eccentric gentleman, but a  tli'n'-    iVuit runingfaslinto a   slate  of decom-jj ihe one opposite the   staircase landing.
can ibe -persuaded,   that in  eating   or
drinkitiLi;  '               mise'iief.    If appetite i        ,   ,, .,       ,          ,        ,   ,                              •¦ i-/i                              n         ,  i    ¦            ,,           •     •     ,    ,
,     ,                   ,   ,,             .           .   ,        ;! outdi'phi osopher- whom 1  knew   vears    ;tOsition,  pappy cauli-ilowers,   or   new ;l stotui tlie host and hostes, in simple dress,
lead us ...i ti;e better way is to eit slov/- |;     --  ¦'        .'                ,      ,.          , '                         t     i .           ,¦            a»          'l         ¦   ¦          ,   ¦       ¦•      •     i
ago, partook too eagerly ol some hot tea. M)uns.    Look to these   tinugs, " Master :'receiving    their    disgmscl   company.
and after this, we trust iiVIr. Fry will give ^is pfo[K)sed Fancy-B ill at the OperaC where all may appear in their expensive and suburb dresses once more, and where those may enjoy the scene, who do , not chance lo number the gi-.ersof the olher balls in their circle of acquiintance.
Horn". Jnvnial, Jan, 1.
er, and we shald find hniige
appe  .-  . i '¦   '
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fl.'   ¦
fl,
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talt'i; . ¦
of;-;
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fit.
cited or e\e:   - then it i; small (|iia.r a drau'rht.
like thirst,
' llie   qiiail-
:}.o   as
..   ^'ol
Finding his mistake, he spat it out,  ex- ; Brook," and be wise when vou mav.        ,
... * ' 1
claiming at the end of an apology for Ins     " "Tis wiser timely to retn-al, Ihan Iml'f.nd rudeness, that "some   ibols   would   have  'Yourself  a?aiiist    tho, enemy   you  t.iou^ht   your, I . ..L   ¦ ,1     " F friend." i
burnt their mouths. j . |
I uould not app!y his example .IS v.-or-    T|,p [i,{(5   fjjIlCy   ball hi   NcW   Yoi'k. ' '!',d; imitation at the dessert or  dinner
Knight and dame  m'lde   salutation and pasaed on.    The liaiul v,-as p'aying a pol-
^ The (irowili of Uie Vest.
No-one  (remarks ilie Editor of tha Cincinnati Atlas) who is not on the spot
and
in
,il;i"ii
•   iiink slow ¦.silian to. swill oil'pints at '.. 'he [I'.-rs^piratioii is only   in ¦' proportion to the quantity of lifjuids  in the body. If our dinners do not digest,   we had ii
cabie, but 1 would not advise all people, in their several indulgences, to pick out their truit as their friends; and ihe g:-eater ue'^essity for so doing is, that pay wiia; we may, and])atronize whomever ¦vve like, we cannot command a unifoi- mity ofexcelleiice in our viands and del¬ icacies. Learn to dislingui>h inferitir from ripe Iruits, and choose rather the inodest budding rose to the mossy over¬ blown one. Over-ripe (otherwise rot¬ ten) raspberries, slrawbeiii's, chi rries, currents   and     gosseberries,    endanger
ka. The floor ofthe principal room can form an adequ.ate idea of the rapidity uas occupied by a pell-mell of chronolo- and completeness with which towns and gy and color—dancing^ in perfect tune seltlements have been made on the Up. however, like ladies and gentlemen, of periMississippi. During the season past, the same epoch and complexion. The four steamboats liave run regularly to light was profuse, from gas chandeliers, the Falls of .St. Anthony, and had more but each jet was covered with a globe-of business than they could do. A new boat rose-colored glass, and the effect was as has been procured, and five boats will embellishing to the skin as the roseate run to the Falls the next spring. When glow of a sunset, while all the defects of ¦ we consider that the Falls of St. Aniho- false mustaches and joinings-on of pow- ^ ny are seven  hundred miles above St.
Louis, in the heart of what was recently the Indian counlry, we can understand that such a business now is a wonderful lact.    Such facts however, are constant-
better eat less. If our judgment be so imperfect, that we cannot regulate the t with their delici^msness; the more mel .quantity bv our feelings or sense obser- "o"''M't-ai' mny be, the more mischie vation, then let each man weigh his food,''"'-'^'^   ^'^hin.    Soft,    spongy   oranges
Wnii.E -When are  you going ?" (to
, California) has been  the  (lueslion   v.'ith
. which gentlemen have met, of late, thc /firf/es of New-York, for three or four weeks past, have met with a (juestion, thit, to a newly arrived stranger, would be as mysterious. " What as ?" has been
i ihebrief and universal first salutation of
\ one belle to another—followed up by ea¬ ger discussion of costumes and charac¬ ters, becoming'colors and possible com-
binations.    A veri; distinguished capi- ( ^0'"P^^'^>-'   "flmiring and   wandering at
lalist's first opening  of a   magnificentl'"''''^'''^^"'''''''^ dazzled with the artistic I ly occurring.    The flood of emigration i« new residence with a Fancy Ball-the \     ,  P^'^^^^'''''^ ^^e^^'-V «' ""^ ''^"^^e.    It ; spreading over the far Northwest with
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dered wigs were softened into the indis¬ tinctness of reality. -'V.round this brilliant circle  of  rooms   promenaded   the gay j
or 'ake so many  niouthfuls.    It is  very easy to restrict ourselves to   three,  two
house understood tf> be a gem of archi¬ tecture and curiously elegant furniture, and the invitations amounting to fifteen
hundred—was enough to siir the world of gayety to its highest point of efferves- i|
moppy mellons and fallen pines,   recta ' rines, peaches and grapes are the '' wi'i- '^ ,orow?, slices of meat-the same number ii"'-'h'2-^^''«P«"^"'''6 qu'^gmires of  indi- ofpotaU)es-to be helped once, and spar- \ g^stien.    Sots it with  all tempiations. .ingly.only, to soup or fish, or whatever ; i^-^cept we have gardens, and be  our
cautious I; gpj.g \(;ix\a pre-bespoken, advice asked as
ll own gatherers, we  should   hi
may \)eion the table ; to drink less or no ,^ i „ . , -     -
beer.    Take a breakf^isf,  also ; a  man li '¦"'^''^ "'^ ^"*'" *'^'^ *'P<'^'''^ department. \. („ j^^i.^ ^„j capabililies—in short, ncith-
is by no means large. Those who have ; resistless energy. At the falls of St. Croix, sefcu the small summer-palaces of the \ sixty miles norih of the Falls of St. An- Italion nobles—the palazzo Kospigliosi 1 thony, there is a great dam erected for instance—will have an idea of it. ; which is calculated for fifteen saw-mills. The mirrors, from ceiling to floor, at ,! The country is full of fine timber, and th» cence. The print-shops were rmisacked jj either end d; the longest room, give it a lumber business is now the pricipal pur- for models, the dres.s-makers and tailors   look of indefinable extent when you are   suit there. At the mouth of Crow Wing.
far ahead, the wig-makers and hair-dres-1 T        '\ '^^ ^       ^'^"^ '"''"''  '¦^''' ii ^''''   ""'"' ''"'' °'" ^'- ^"t'lony, there
dencesuchas a King would build for ;[ are also settlements.    In that remote re-
Maintenon. ji gjon, the process of population and civili-
We wish we had a simyile list of the ' nation is going on with great  rapidity.
characters, for it would, of itself, interest I I" '"^^s than  twenty years, Wisconsin,
,willeat t\vo eggs, a roundof toast, asliceot i| '^""•' fruiterer be honest as the day and ;, p, trouble nor expense spared in the pre-
drv bread and bacon, and drink two large ': ''''"*" '^'^ "^^^ knowingly believe would | pa,.ations, and every costume, of history
Jbreakfast cups  full of   hot tea.    In an " ""' deceive us, it is hardly to be exfject- || orfancj, of stage invention or painter's \ o""" country readers.    Many ofthe dres- jj ^owa, aad Minesota will contain ivvomiU
hour, he will perhaps   be   annoyed wilh    '''' ^° '^""''^ unpottle his   commodities j ije.,|_ 1,1,^1^ ^^^^ tastefully represented, j «^^ w^""® got up at an expense of from ji I'ons of people ;   and   long before that
belchi ngs, or, more politely expressed, i^ruclations, and a variety of other sensa¬ tions, th it scarcely subside by dinner time. Ho complains every day, and thinks it is his digestion that is in the ¦wrong. If his legs is tired, he comes to the conclusion at once hc must sit down;
for previous inspection ; he, in   his turn relies upon others, and they again con¬ fide downwards to the market gardener. We shoula depend upon ourselves.   It
This is the land of competition, and the |j ^'^'"^^ ^o five hundred dollars.    Some la- li time new waves of emigration will flow first Snow Storm of the season chose to iU'^^'  "o* considered as  beauties, were || ["• .I^eyond that, into   new wilderness
open the winter on  the same evening || "^^'^^ beautiful by the dresses of other
with Mr.  S.'s house-opening  ball.    It \\ times.    One or two who are  belles in
is apity that the best of every ihingshould -I was a wild night out ol doors.    Those j[ every day costume, looked less lovely in
beatthetop. We purchase as we admire; jj _^yj^'o^^j'jjgji'_^ the travesties they had chosen.    Men
side wrappers looked foward to the wind-
niL. ^"•»v^..,'».^»» .•.. .-...v^v^ .-^ •».'.».'•-".^ '••'.».. , II i'l I .       aL . .• I nine w 1 iiii.ici n ni.Jl\i3.« n» vnai u Iti mc VVIIIU-
but he never thinks of resting his stom- i| '-^"'^ hence, like, beauty, the attractive- ing^ep/I^nd high portico of the new ach, and bo goes on eating first one thing I ness otthe basket ot truit is oftentimes | mansion with some terror, but probably ^ttd thou atjQther, lining at   intervals to | but skin deep.   In the doraefltic   Ian- j no one gav« ap the proiuised pleasure fer
whose features are ordinarily too coarse for good looks, appeared magnificient as Indians   and   knights   in arator.    The
lands. Thus a large part of that j'opula- tion which comes from Europe will bo absorbed in prairies and woods untrodden by civilization.
Dr. Graves, ill  his Clinical Lectures, states,   as  a   ren»aikable circumstanc that females are very rarely aflisciedwil^ stamniering^