Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1822-01-16

groom, maids and mer attending !,
church together; three successive 80 &C., = .
after the wedding, With change = s'ys
each day. A gentleman who d.. ''e's
not long since, appeared the 6r,t s 'sea
in white broad clo,h--the second "usy
andeold--the third in peach bloom ' :
pearl buttons. Il was custom + h saa
the estcutcheon Of deceased head |
family out Of the window owe, ,hs
door, from the time CHI. decea,. a0a.
the funeral. The last instance wh. t'u
remembered Of this, was in the e,ss 49,
Gov. Hancock's uncle, 1854. cop;s. y y
the escutcheon painted on, HAL ~ y
were more anciently Distributed '"A
mong the pall-bearers--rings ,i,s,s..s.
land until ritain few years. elo,.s
DR.. A. Elliot had a mug full Of ~.
which were presented to him at f;,o.. 1''
Till within about 60 years. puo,l.,..'
wore powder, and many of them "a, ,,o.,
80 to 40 minutes under the BARRIERS hand,
to have their hair craped--sufe,;an
inconsiderable pain from hair onlI;.s w
sometimes from the hot curling toaa. -"1
Grape cushions and hoops were ind;.0.,.
sable in full dress, ill within abou, ,h;,,v
years. Sometimes the ladies were d,.,,..
the DAY before the party, and slep: in -.
sy chairs 10 keep their hair in Ct cond;.
ton tor the following night. Most lad;s.
went to parties on foot. il they could 40,
get aseat iii a friends carriage or cbai,..
Gentlemen rarely had chance TO rid.
The latest dinner hour was two o'cloct
some officers OF the colonial govern.
ment dined later occasionally. In peu.
teel families, ladies went to drink tea
bout = O'Clock; and rarely staid after can.
dle-ligbt in summer, II was the fashion
for ladies to propose to visit mot to be
sent for.
Col. TrambulPs Painting oCAs Su,r.nd.,
Of Gen. Burgoyns.
This splendid and highly interesting
historical painting, the production Of an
American pencil, has struck US. as on the
whole. superior to the Others that be h,
done, and will, we lancy. be ranked,
the first of the series the artist i, enp,red
by Congress to finish.
The painting represents the time when
General Burgoyne, attended by General
Philips, and followed by other officers 4.
troops, arrives Hear the quarters Of Gen.
Gates: this General has advanced some
PAGES from the entrance OF bis lnarouep 10
meet his prisoner, who with Gen. Phillips,
has dismounted, and is in the act Of oHsr.
ing bis sword, which Gen. Gales decline,
to receive, and invites them to enter. and
parlake OF refreshments; a number Of the
most important officers of the American AZ.
my are assembled near Tie marquee
over which floats the American Hag.
In this group the figures Of General Dior.
gan o. Virginia, Of the riaemen, in bis U.
inform, OF Gen. Brooks, now Governor OF
Massachusetts,, of Gen. Schuyler, and
Major, now Gen. Stevens, both Of New
York, (who then commanded the Ameri>
can artillery, leaning on gun, are emf.
nently- conspicuous.
The other side of the picture is occu.
pied by superb figure Of cavalry of.
Ger mounted, Capt. afterwards Col, TnoI.
Seymour, and anumber ofother American
officers on foot the confluence of Fish
creek aud the North river. where the Br.
fish army left their arms, is shewn in the
distance near Col. Slammed; the troops
are family seen crossing the creek and
the meadows, under the direction OF Col.
since Governor Lewis. then Quarter Mas.
ter General, and advancing towards the
tore ground--they disappear behind
wood, which serves 10 relieve the three
principal figures, and reappear (grenadIers
without arms or accoutremens) just under
The leftof Gen. Gates. Officers on horse
back, American, British, and German.
precede the head of the column, ard torn
an interesting cavaIcade, following The
two dlsmounted generals, and connecting
the different paris of the picture.
Many portraits are introduced oil emf
nent officers, whose names alOne would
have passed to posterity, but for the pa
lriotic endeavors OF the Artist. who de'o,.
ted years OF his life to the collection o.
them, with special reference 10 the Won
In which he is now engaged; and. l0'
which, we trust, he will find bis County,
men rcady-to do him justice, both bys
warding bis Iabors and extending and per-
petuating bis fame. ". Y. En-. P0a
~ >s-et AN EXTRACT.
ANECDOTE OF CARNARVON,