The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1825-10-17

ing 10 sro me she brought hel
daughter who was then sixteen, ant
not yet married. This young lad,
was MT pretty, but she was very an
inated ; and. though she spoke ;
great deal too much, she spoke Gle
verify. remember reading In Ma
dame Nccker aud her daughter an,
of the piece, Of my Theatre for foang
Ladies { Xeiie aW FipSfHae) which
| had not yet published. | cannot
express the enthusiasm AMI the de
monstrations Of pleasure exhibited
Ivy the young lady during this read
Ing &; they astOnislcd without pleas
ing me ; she wcpt, uttered cXclama-
tons Mt every page, aud kissed my
hand at each moment in short, she
embarrassed me greatly. | Mas far
from surprising that this young per
son was ono day to become my enc
my. Madame Necker bad educated
her very i'll she suffered her to pass
three fourths ofcac h day in her draw
ing room among the crowd OF beaaC
eSpritS Of the time. wi were con
stan,ly about Madame Neckcr; and
while her mother attended to other
persons, ospeciall y to the ladies' who
came 10 pay her visits, the beda.c es-
pf'itS entered into dissertations with
Madamoisellc Necker on the passi-
0ns aud on love. The solitude of her
chamber, and IA few good books,
would have been more to her aavan-
tagc. She learned To talk fast aud
much. without any reflection. N She
has written in the same manner.
She had read l,ttle,and all her know
ledge was superficial she has col
lected in her works, mt the results
of sound reading, bat an infinite
number Of reductions and incUho-
rent conversations"
A short time before the revolution,
our authorizes visited England. and
became acquainted with almost eve
ry literary or political character Of
the time. The present king, then
prince Of Wales, Invited her to an
entertainment at Lord Gordon's,
aud Queen Charlotte invited her IL
Windsor. Her audience ot her late
Ma csty is thus noticed
" Onmy return to London, | re-
Ceivea II message from the paccn,
who despatched NJ. Das,c, he's. rea-
der. to invite me To Windsor,
where she passed the Summer thia
was great distinction, for she no
ycr received strangers there. din
ed ut Windsor with NJ ldane la Fitte,
under govtfness OF the Princess g,
with whom | had been in CORES
pondrncc had an audience Of
more than two hours with the Queen;
there MAS no one present bat the
Processes, her daughters, and her
lazy OF hOnpur. Lady Pembroke, who
introduced me, aud with whom
| had been acquainted previously at
the Isle Adam. The con, crsatlon
was very animated | found the
Quecn equally oblIging IN her man
ncr, and clever IN her conversation.
was particularly pleased with the
Princess Royal, Afterwards Queen
of Wirtemberg --rue Qdeen had
the goodness To scnd uu basket
fuII Of excellent pine apples. " near
ing that WAS fond Of 6otany, she
informed me that she had given or
dels to Mr.. Eaton. her gardner at
Kew, to allow me t. collect any
plants ssose TO put intp my herbal,
aud any seeds | might wish"
Thoughts on the FIRST mhabitantS g.
antiquities q .lmer'cd.
{ Translated from the DcsenSanno, Of
Caltd0.)
The various dialects which now be
long to barbarons people. seem To be
onlythc fragments flanguagcswhich
were in former times, rich, flexible,
and capable of the highest degree Of
cultivation. The little which "c
know Of American history shows
that the tribes which have emigrated
from the North towards the South,
spoke while residing in the polar re-
giuns the different idioms which are
now to be met with about the torIid
zone, hence We may infer by analo-
gy, that the ramilicati0n-or rather,
to use term Independent of all sys-
TEN. the multiplication Of language
is a phenomena OF very great anti
guilty. Those, perhaps, which We