Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-03-07

virtue from a naturally feeling heart afford
ed all the induigences of voluptuous and
corrupt education, the Aga's daughter had
grown to maturity with IDEAS and person as
pure and as perfect as the simple innocence
OF nature could form them. Anids, the
rocks and groves of the beautiful island yov-
crned by her father, she had ever been allow
eli to stray without obstruction. Sometimes
With an attendant, but a,orc Frequently with
OCT one, would she penetrate tlic OF; .c and
vine groves even TO the oceans edge. where.
seated upon 1t bank of the sea weed, she
would watch the cbb aud flow OF ;llc " ayes
| as they would break with t;iinuliuoUs fjiry
over the everlasting Barriers opposed to
them. Frequently aS,:ssel, dariing ropnd
| the island with the SwiitncSs OF tic wind
Would arrest her attention; aud "a o.ieit
wnuid.she, with a sigh, wish for a view of
that world OF which She had so Often heard
but never scen. She had read OF The spirits
OF air, ard OF the peiis OF the deep blue
ocean; ANA while contemplating the cain and
lfanq2i! hoaom OF the sea, ilumiuei by tie
thousand reelected waves OF TIRE cycnin@ SUI,
she would think ofpaIoce, ofpcarl ard halls
OF coral, and fancy would represent her the
queen ot AN adniring throng OF SCI; nytnphs.
Icnan;l had grown romantic; she wished to..
She knew not what: her romance was per
toctiy natural, AS mitch SO, perhaps, as the
day dreams OF many OF our own dulnsels,
WHO make themselves miserable about a
coach and four, LCghorn fats and eros dc
Naples, when they should be perfectly con
tent to wall on icOt Eat least TO church. wear
! plain muslin: ami Il straw bonnet.
| Amongst the ininy Improvements which
onr TREND 'isus had lAude, was lnG2iliii-
cent Turkish pavilion, upon the sea-ahorc at
The extremity Of the island, which he had
! adorned with all the TIA gnii!cence and rich
ness OF Mahomctan taste and pride. Il was
entirely open upcn tie side next 10 the sea,
and compounded full view for some miles.
II was completely hidden from the eye an
land by immense groves Of the date tree,
while small winding raIhs divcrging from it
in every direction led to iunumctabie baths,
supplied with wafer of crystalline purity
! from ncigtIboring fountain. Here would
The worthy Aga frequently retro from the sui
trlness OF his palICc, and reclining upon q
! pile or damask cushions, smoke his richly
ornamcntcd pipe ana cool his carcase with
copious draughtS oiiced sherbct His daugh-
! ter Henana was his constant companion upon
such excursions, and when the Aga grew
tired OF his pipe and began to feel lit Of en-
nul creeping over his system, ii was her care
I to sootIc lis mind by a relation ofsome en-
chanting tale of Araby, the land of magic
and OF romance, or by worbling an ode of
! Persia, the cline of passion and song, the
birth p!acc of Taunura, the lover and SOL
der, and of lIafcz the poet and philosopher.
In voluptuous state of sleeping ana walk
! ing, with ail his ideas composed into the
gentlest mood, would Yusuf listen to and
look upon his lovely daughter Her form
moulded to the most exact symmetry and
shown to its height Of beauty by the full
satin pantaloon and gold embroidered tu-
mic, her dark melting eye, fringcd with a
silkcn down, black as the wing Of the
/ PhoniX, her raven trcsSes, flowing III
curls almost to the earth, and her pensivc
cOuntenance and transparent complexion
always produced an affcctionate recoIlec.
tl"n Of her mother in the mind of Yusuf-
lie would smooth his beard in rapture upon
such occasions, and inwardly swear by
MahOmct that lcnana should never be
welded except TO Bashaw with nine tales
I TO the pavilion above mentioned would
the Aga's daughter, accompanied by a sin
/ Gle tayoritc attendant, frequently repair
she felt u loneliness amongst the pompous
crowd Of attendants in the Scraglio which
was intolcrablc; her heart was never calm
unless in the midst of solitude. With Ma
mouna her fayorite slave, she would freely
communicate her little ycxatons and tron-
blcs and weep over The hard sentence whicls
condemned them both to perpetual sccIu-
sion upon tic island. Her bosom throbbed
with anxiety for Il communication with the
world; she had heard of warriors whose va
+ Tor and grace had been blown by fame's
trumpet throughout the universe; of poets
and scholars whose burning impassoncd
strains had fired the heart, and kinded the
imagination; of fond, adoring lovers who
yielded to woman the undivided homage of
the soul, and who for one object had yielded
fortune, power and life. Zenana thought of
these, and with sigh contrastcd them with
the sensual, unfeeling passion Of her own
race, who thought of woman not as the fond,
warm hearted companion Of life, but as the
senscless, unfeeng slave of caprice.
! Ienana was sitting upon beautiful even
- Il. A.