Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-12-05

VT Ihis iunu lid y, d. IuC uiSS'S'ioh w 'ho
General Assembly, be applied in whole or
part to missionary purposes, or to the use
fthe education societies under the SUI
perintendance Of the said General Assem-
bly, The Trustees and Executors are
Mrs Susan Bradford, of Burlington.
Richard Stockton, Esq. Counsellor at
Law, and Samuel Bayard, Esq. of Prince
ton.
Lucius II. Stockton, Counsellor at Law,
Trenton.
Elias E. Boudinot, Esq: Newark, N. J.
THE FAIR OF MAKARIEFF
On the confines Of Europe and Asia,
and near the Wolga, is situated the mis-
cradle village OF Makariefi. celebrated
for the great fair which is held there in
July, every year. For the space of
month few wretched huts, built On a
sandy desert, are replaced by thousands
of shops erected witha pronptitude pecu-
liar to Russians. Taverns, coffee houses,
theatre, ball rooms, a crowd of wooden
buildings, painted and adorned with ex-
qusite taste, spring up. 1t is impossl ole
to form all idea OF the throng of people OF
all nations who flock to Glackarieif Gu
ring this time. There we find assembled
Russians from all the provinces of the
empire. Tartars, Schonvaches, Tchere-
misses, Calmoucks, Cucharians, Georgi-
ans, Armenians. Persians aud Ilindoos-
and besides these, there are Poles, Ger
mans, French, English, and even Ameri-
cans. The riches which are collected to-
gether in space OF less than two leagues
are incaculable. The silks of Lyons and
Asia, the furs Of Siberia, the pearls of
the East, the wines OF France and Greece
the merchandise Of China and Persia,
are displayed close to the commonest
goods and most ordinary articles. The
arthor, from whom we have taken these
preliminary remarks, ADDS the following
singular description" Among the pre-
cious commodities from Asia, which are
[, be found at Makarietf, the Cache
mire shawls indispr' bly, hold the first
rank. For several years past they have
been brought in large bales. | have seen
a shawl for which eight thousand rubles
were asked; though, according to my
taste. it was better suited to be spread Il
a carpet on the dl'ah ot a." '"u."h 1 ,inee
than to cover the shoulders OF lady
One of nv friends, who had an opportu-
n;ty of attending as a witness at the pur-
chase of a psrcel Of these manufactures,
mas gwen NC 4" a1eou"' w. ~, ann;ons
tiohs, wniGh "pPe'' Ill ~ -
that thihk inc oc'a'i WIN 70 '.u'.e
he conclusion 1i oa'snm ~, '" ~
always takes place before WITNESSES nav.
ing been asked 10 attenu III 'n'' cdPd','S'
went to the tar win me PhfI""sfr' 'he
other witness, anu biohei' "ho was d,
Armenian. We stopped at an uh'in'shea
stone house, without ROOF, "a ana were usn-
cred INTO Eina OF ce'iar' h"uS a. II "'s
the abode OF IN extremely rlch f1lnnoo, II
had no other furniture '"ah e'shy e''sah'
packages piled o"e upon the Other against
the wall. -,
Parcels OF he most vaiuaoie sha"IS are
sold, without The purchaser seeing any nI
than the outside OF them, lie nen"e' uh'o,us
nor examines them, and yet ne 10 perlecty
acquainted with every shaw oS means oi q
descriptive catalogue "hich 'oe hrh'e i'I
Broker, with much dlfhcul'y. plocuIe' rom
Cachemlie. lie ana DIS "lthesses' anu
brokers. for he sometimes mas t~e' al ST
down. He does not, however S1y 4, "Giu'
and every thing being mansgeu ty lhe pro
bore vino 90 continually from MN 10 me