The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-12-28
SKETCHES OF CHARACrER.


The humber OF persons who pass through
the village Of Buffalo for pleasure or on bu-
slness, during the summer season is i'm
mense Notwitling the great number how
ever, it is said OF many Of the inhabitants OF
the village, that they can almost at a glance,
decide from what section of the country each
visitor comes, and "hothiny is more common
on the appearance of party Of strangers,
than the exprcssion, they are BostotianS,
Alblnans or SUuthcrncr,, as the case may
be-"
A writer in the Buffalo Journal is amusing
himself with drawing sketches OF the man
ners and character of visters there tion the
various cities Of the Union. His portrait Of
the New Workers Can hardly be called
complimentary. and his remarks respecting
the lasies oi our city are absolutely petrity
ing. The waiting maids" he says, "arc
altogether finer women tnan their mistress.
es." We are not naturally ululsitise, but
we really cannot help being little "curi-
Gus TO know" how this disco, cry has been cf-
tected. Perhaps he found the waiting maids
not particularly given to contemptuousness,
which he seems to think the bestttins sin Of
their mistrcsses. But let him speak for him
self
The NewYork cockneys are known BY
their affected pronunciation; they clip their
words or lisp prettiy, and express a mortal
aversion to yankeesm Talk to them Of
groves and mountains, and they will silence
yon with praises OF castle garden aud the
oattery. SPEAK Of the falls of Niagara, and
they will recte the wonders OF the CITY hall.
Their dislike Of the country is evident
from the anxiety which they manifest for IA
speedy and safe return to their friends.
They are in the main harmless fellows and
are held i'll high esteem by cur tavern keep
ers, as they eat little, spend their money like
princes, and never ask the items Of bill
we have seen no very favorable specimens
OF New York bellies. The waiting maids
are altogether finer women than the!r MIS-
tresses. They are reserved, to duilness,
and appear to hold the natives in great con
tempt much to the modification OF sundry Of
our small gentry, who esteem themselves
vastly pretty fellows Red Jacket is thought
by them to be the only distinguished person
age i'll the western district, and have known
company Of city bellies to stand an hour il
a bar room, listening TO a conversation held
with him by learned gentleman OF their
party, the cunning Indian nodded his head
in reply to what he could by no possibility
have understood. Tile Albany beau is quite
the reverse OF his New-Y York neighbor He
drinks brandy and talks politics, swears at
the servants, and quarrelsswith his landlords,
| and is in fact what he styles himself. "a roar
er." The ladies under his protection are
usually handsome, but resemble their gal
liant in indiscretion; they ronp the streets
without protection, address strangers with
the utmost confidence, and look country gen
tlemen out of countenance.
"The Bostonians are decidedl, favortes
The address of the elderly Boston gentle
man is highly prepossessing. He is affable,
courteous and intelligent, wears powder and
| dresses for dinner; and has something of the
last century in his appearance.--We have
more beauty from Boston than any other
market. Good sense, and delicate in thought
and manner, are the characteristics OF a
| New England female, but there is some
thing peculiarly agreeable in the tont ensem-
BILE of Boston lady Neither naughty nor
affected, they art particular i'll their society,
and elegant in their manners, and retain III
some measure the excellent Qualities of the
old fashioned English gentlewomen.
"Ihe Philadelphia fair are distinguished
! by the miltlness of their manners, and their
| fondness for conversation or aptness at small
talk. They have much OF what the French
| style en- bon hoint in their appearance, gen
| GrallV naEuSou1t, 0Ui SCttiStiHiNo bNsat'tS',
and would be more agreeable with less eX-
crtion to appear so. They are usually ac-
companied with quaker father. dull news
reading husband, who are continually boring
their auditors with Schuylkill Water Works
and regular streets. Your real Philadelphia
buck rarely ventures beyond the bounds OF
civilization, which he conceives to be limit
ed by the bounds of his native city,"
1t is the contemplation of the French
government to establish light houses on all
the coasts of that country. Grinez and the
Pointe d'Alprek are said TO be two OF the
sites already fixed upon.
In Virginia public Improvement was pre-.
ceded by the gradual accumulation OF fund
for the purpose, which now amounts to
2,O4s ,4S9 dollars, Notwithstanding expendI-
lures from it, for bettering the navigation OF
rivers and for roads to the interior.
The German journals state, that, from the
1st of January next tax, for the relief OF
the poor, will be LEVIED in the Grand Dutchy
of Sake Wsimar upon all persons having