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BYE. WA'rEKMAW.
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Tol. VII.—Mo.9»7
Domestic   Eiiterlainiiiciits
OF ANCIKNT   TliWKS,
The paiHtii>g.s' on the Egyptian tombs, referriiio; to a poricii some lour thousand yetiis hypast, give us a ctiriims and pei'.- fect idea of the natuie ofdoiiieijtic ciitur- taiiinients iu  that  iiUerestint{ cotintry, the iiui'se of huniaii civiiiziition.    "^I'lip Egyptian honsesof tiie lieUqrchasiS were usually   built  iu tiie Ibim of .t square, ¦liaviug alarge court iu the centre, with a well and rows  ql' trees.    The looins opened into   the main court, or iuto a small couiit betweeii the buildings along the sides, and  were  lavi.^hly decorated iviili   paiiitiiigs,   while   lhe   fniuitui-e, .chairs, tablet,, and the like,  were of line wood,  inlaid  with ivory,  and covered with ii^allier or rich Stiills, and,were not to be excelleil iu beauty and  conveni¬ ence by.lhe niof.'t luxuriously forinod ar¬ ticles ofthe kintJ, in modem times.    "In their entertainments," say,!( Mr. Wiliciii- sou, ¦• ihcy .ijipeaf to haveomitled noth¬ ing  which could promote festivity and the amttssmeiit  ol the fniests.    JMiisic songs, diinoiiig," busToonery, feats of agil¬ ity, or games of cliance, were gener.aliy introduced, and  ihey  welcomed  them with all the   luxuries whicii the cellar und tiie lalile could afibrd.    Tile party, when invittxl to diimor, met .ibout mid¬ day, aud   thoy  arrived successively iu their chariots, in palanqnin.s home by ilheir ser^-ants, or on foot."    Many jiassti- gcs  in  the tJiicied  writings shov/ how clo.sely the  manners   ofthe .Tews hatt concurred'with those ofllie Egyjitinns. We hisir ofthe "harp and the viol, tii# tai'bet and lhe pi]»e," at the feasts of the Jews, .and arc also told that thcy " dined nt noon."   AnEgyiitianp;iiiUi!ig shows us tlie arrival ofa ciMriot at n house of feasting, with   a fooiman  luiocking at the door, just as might be done ftow-a- days at the west-end of London. As was the case willi   the   Jews,   waler   w.as brought to tiie guests to wasli their i'ect, ifthey desired it; tlieir hands  were al- ¦Hrays washe'd before dinner.    Tiio head ofc.ach guest was always annointed witit a sweet-scented oil or ointment, neckla¬ ces and garlands of lotus-flowers, sacred in liic   eyes   of tlic   Egyptians,   were tlirown arotmd tiie brows and neck, and every giiest received .1 llou-^er to hold iu ilis  left  liand during the   feast.    Tiie Greeks, who derived most of their cns- fonis from Egyjit, also presented water lo llieJr guests, and decked them  with flowers, as apjiears from many pas.sages in Homer, and otiitr authorities; and the Romans took the same customs from the Greeks. Like the Greelcs, tiie Egyp¬ tians considered it a want of good bree¬ ding to sit down immediately to dinner, but thc "melanclioly interval," fdt sore¬ ly to this day, was enlivened by wine, wiiich the servants ponied from vases into cups for the use of tiie guests. Tiio Chinese, at the present" time, ofiijr wine to all guests as they arrive.   . The Egy p- tians, at tlie same jntervai'.  kept up a continuous liow  of music.     '¦ In ihc inei.ntinie,.'' says  Mr. Wilkin.son. drAw-
ingiiisstatdmeuts from actual rejiiesen-   we siial! by-aiid by lie ; thereljoie, vvliile talions in  the   painting.'^,  •'• the kitelien   we ar<^ allowed Jo live, let tu; live." presented an  aninuitcd scene ; and lhe       In lite very early ages . ol   fjreece,  a
alter labor formed 111 lotir meals wen ,*lhe  piiiiciptil  oiK
cook; willi many assislaiits. was engaged   brealcliift, and ;i meal ill nialcing ready liir (liniier;  an ox, l^id,   tiie diet ni llie day ; Ti wild goat, gazelle, or ozyx. and a ijtii.n-   taken in hilti'i' lime tity of geese, ducks, widgeons, ijiiailii, or I being three or liiiir lioiii','^;  alier noon, other birds, were oblained for tlic occa¬ sion."    Mtitlon, it is siippoi-ied, wus un¬
lawful   lood  to   the   iulialiiti.iitij  ofthe
Tiieb.'ii,';.    Hcef and   gon.se constituted
tiie staple animal   liiod ; and vegetables
ofall kiiid.'5, with lish, were largely used.
At the parly, men and  women mixed
together at the  samo  table, a privilege  sionaiiy  upou   cliairs   wiiich   inclined
not  conceded  lo   females  among  the: backs, but much more frequently  ujioii
Grcek.s, except with near lehttioiis ; and j couches, ns _did   also  the Romans,     ll
Tlie batli was almoiit univer.saliy used belbi'e meals; and llie iinoiiiting whicli followed, w;is most probably to close the pores, 01' )ireseive tlie slcin iVoin rough ness. The guests were ollered till these conveniences iiy the host previous-to au entertainment.    At table, they sat acra-
aus prove ; and, above all, is liie fact es¬ tablished in tiie annals of Alexander the Great. That conquerer him.self pledged llis friend Proteas in a cup containing' iwo eongii (somewhas less than a gal¬ lon.) and Proteas did the same. It was in attempting to repeat the pledge, tliat Alexander, it is .said Ci'iuglit lii.'i I'atal illiie.'is.
tliis argues ti higher degree of advance¬ ment in Egyplian civilization. With the Komaiis, it was customary ibr wo¬ men to sit with the men, .and Cornelius Nepos ridiciii(3stho Greeks on tiiis point. " Wliicii of us, Koni.'iiis," says 'lie, '• is ashamed lo bring his wile to an enter¬ tainment?" TJie Egyptians .sat (iillier on ciiairs or stools at meals, or.on the ground, resting on one limb bent under them, witii tlie otiier mi.sed angularly. The Gr.ieks aud Romans did not tak'c Irom Egypt the custom of reclining qn couches at table. The Egyptians ate with their fingers, tiie meat being carved to them ujion platters resting on sniall round tables., I''rom liui Statement tiiat Josepii ate.'ipart wiiile iiis bretiireii were [iresent, and .-frraugcid tiicm, "the fust born according to ids yoTith," v" ^^^Y conclude liiat aa etiquette relative lo rank and age was ])rcservcd in I'.gyiif. After lhe solid repast, fruits, and espe¬ cially Iigs, grapes, .and ();iles, were servr ed;*and, .at the clo.se ofall, the guests .Tg.ain washed their liands—an operalion iiK'ioed, almost in(li.s'iien.s;ilile previously to tile ii.se of knives and forks, or liven of eboppiug-sticics like those of China.
Wiiile thc paintings siiow the wliolc mmlcs of prcparingfor an Egyptian en¬ tertainment, from the killin;^ ofthe ani¬ mal toils production on ilie tabl^p, tlicy .alscslKiu'vjiiy curiously that,excesses in wiiic 'oeetisioually followed. One p.aiuting exhibits individuals—ladies, we fear—in a .state of unquestionable ebriely ; and another picttires a person inthe .act of being carried  home   in  a
siinil.ar condition.    Knt   it  would   be
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wrong to charge them willi liabitual over-indulgence ; and, indeed, a .strange custom mentioned by Plutarch militates strongly .against snch :i supposition. They were iu the itabit, .at the end of feasts, of introducing a figure of Osiris, in the form ofa mummy, on a bier, .and siiowingit*to^e;icli guest, while an lit' tendant took care to lecture upon it as a memento of mortality, and, thc transi¬ tory nature of iiumtin pleasures. The Greeks perverted similar exhibitions to a pui'po.sc not dreamed pf by the Pjgypti- ans. Petror;ions tells us, that at sn en¬ tertainment wiiere lie was pres.;nt, a finely-jointrH silver model ol'a man was dis'iilayed, on which Trimalchio cried out. =¦¦ Alas uiihiippy lot!    ,Sii(|) a','tiiir:
was at first an lienor to be allowed to en¬ joy tho luxury of the.coucii. In Mace¬ donia, no man was allowed so to situn-
Cek-'brating a Victory.
During the tiniiiij ot onr revolution every viciory was celebrated. The fol¬ lowing is ;i curiosity, being the order of the diiy in Virginia ibr celebrating the great victory, of the cajiture of Bur- goyne.
" IleaU Quarters, Williamslnir^ I' Oclober 30, 1777.     '   ) " A feu ¦ de joy   this   afternoon at
til he li.ad killed a boar hy tlie prowess j tln'ee - o'clociv,   on the confirmation  of
of tiie glorious news of General Biir- goiie andiliis army being prisoners of war. All llie troojis are to parade at tiie barracks, the artillery with tiiirteeii ' disciiarges, tiie infantry witli • tliree rounds ; from thence, tiiey will proceed 111 marching order nearfo Mr. Powell's, where tiiey will be joined by tiic eity nulitia; from thairci;, the whole will march in platoons, round tlie Capitol, up llic Main Street to tlie common behind tiic Court iiouse; llierc tlie Ixattalioii wili be formed, and tlie firing begin; lilirieen discharges of c.-Hinon will he m.ade, under liie command of Caplain de la Portcyof tiie artillery ; 'and after a sliort interval, tiiiee yolieys will be fired by tiie infiintry; the wiiole battaliou wiil then give tliree cheers, in whicli. the spectators will most joyfully join. The ofiicers will see that tiie mon siiall be clean sluavcd, their hats cocked, and tiieir arms and accoutrements in good order, A general discharge of all pris- on«rs from the guards on this occasion except deserters, who can be ranked .among the friends of tiie tiiirteen United States. A gill of rum wHl be issued for every soldier, in evidence of the Gover¬ nor's iiearty congratulation with tiiem on Ihis occasion.
EnwAR© Carrington, L. C. A."
of ilis arms. Tile manner of lying ;it meat was tills ; the tiible was placed in tlie centre, and around il the eoucheii covered willi tapejitry, upon wiiich the guests liiy, leaning upon tiieir left arms, with I'lieir limbs .siretclied ont tit length. In Greece, tliree, four, and five persoHs lay on one couch, thc legs ofthe first be¬ ing stretched out behind the second, and thc head ofthe lifter in front oftlie for- mer'i: bre.i^t, and so on. This custoiii wns decidedly of eastern origin. Tliat it pi'cv.'iilcd among tiie .Tews, may be in¬ ferred from the»; posi I inu ofthe beloved (liscijile resting oil the bosom of onr S.a- vioiir at tiie passovcr. In Persia, .md other eastern countries, ;i similar mode ofsittingat table jirevaiicil from the ear¬ liest times. < The jilace of Iionor at lliiwe eutcrtainnicnts was not everywhere tlu! sante. fu Persia and Rome, ti.e widdie was Ijio Jilace ofiioiior; in Greece, tiie first or nearest the table. Men were carefiil of precedency in Gifece; and at Tiinon's famous dinner, wo find a iuaughty noble retiring because no place was fit for him. Candies, m.ade for in¬ dividuals, were a refinement ofthe- Ro¬ mans'. Botli in Greece and Rome, ta¬ bles were usually made either round or oval, and the conches curved to' suit thern. The table was accounted a very saci'(]d thing, and the ?tatiites of tiic gods were jilaced upon it. liefore .any jior- tion ot the food wait Insted, it^ was uni¬ versally the custom to ofier a jiart to the gods .as the lirst fruits , and even in the heroic tiges, 'Areliiiles, when ¦ roused .suddenly, woidd not .^rit till the oblation w.as made. In Greece, all the guests at a jiarty were .apjicaielei! in white;, in Rome, llie same ciiiitom was-jirevaieiU ; and CiciM'o charges it .as a sin against
Verres that he ajiprJared at supper iu black. Three courses, tiie first consis¬ ting of liglit iiorlis, eggs, oyster.';, and such-like whets; thcijecond oftliu solid meats ; and thb third o med the repast, whicii gods were thanked, and tiie great after^ business of a set enterttiinmcnt was drinking; for nny foorl t.-ikm afterw.'U'fl was scarcely to be called a meal. Tlinf the Greek.' drank deejily, many liistori-
. Bacon and Hams,
" ll.rlfields Sc I'itclies" Hams very superior, liiiosi equal 10 VVesphalia. .Also—bacon .Sides ml Norlh Carolina haeoii.
Juii 17 LATHERS & COACHMAN.
Tutoress wiiiKin^^ a Piace.
.'\ I..'\ DV vvho has had considerable er^perience id^a teacher, and who Clin give satiKl'iieinry reler- ences, as to ciipahilily, chioaclcr and her kiiethrHl of iustriicliii^. vi/islies a sit..ation ol' .eaclier in some jirivi.e linnily J or as lhe eniidiictor ofdie Iciiiale depiirtiiient of an Academy. A line ad¬ dres.sed 'o M. C. E. tliroii'jii Ihe po.iloflice lo the care of E. Waterinan will receive immediate al¬ leniion. June 17 '3m.
Notice.
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being done, li^ June a4 2 in
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A very valuable deck boat,
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