Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-09-03

Hiinois.-Tho following extract of a
letter, dated at Rushville, (in the Mil
,ary Tract,) Schuyler county. Illinois,
July 3lst, gives an Interesting account
Of the fiourishing con dition of that sec.
ton ofour country
care You aware of the rapid growth
Of this country? 1t is surprising all cal.
culation; little towns are sprinqipq up
IN almost every quarter, aud the whole
country seems in state Of the most
rapid improvement. 1t is said by old
settlers, that Ohio never improved so
last as this. In returning from Car
rJlton few days since, / fell in COM
pany with a gentleman from Burlipg-
ton, Vermont-he had come to see the
country-he came with me to Boards
ferry or Boards town close on the east
side of the Illinois River, little above
the base line, say one mile) and would
come no farther,--said with informa-
ton had given him about the military
tract, and what he had seen of the
country, he was fully satisfied; he would
60 home and sell his property and move
Immediately. He said he should not
dare to speak the truth about this ccun-
try. when he 60, home-,hat the people
In Vermont would not believe him il
he did, because the description would
surpass Nuy thing that would be credi.
BILE in his country The future growth
and wealth Of this country is hardly 70
be anticipated.
Considering the extent of country
the superior quality of the soil, the
many commercial and agricultural
advantages surrounded by navigable
streams or lakes on all sides. with the
Illinois River Zone of the most beauti-
ful streams in The world for navigation
running almost directly through the
centre ofthe State, and when the Canal
shall be opened, affording at all times a
choice Of Northern, Eastern or South
ern markets. say in considering all
these advantages, the mind is lost in
wonder and Amusement, at what must
and will be the future destiny of this
country,
saratoga SPrings.-Among the most in
te''igent visiters at this watering place at
present, is Col. Stone, the senior editor ofthe
NETWORK Commercial Advertiser. The fol-
lowing is an extract from his las, letter.
dated as above. *
Imagine the fashionable multitude collect.
ed In the spacious assembly-room of the Con
gress haii, OF United States, brilliantly iilu.
minated and beautifully decorated. Either
OF these halls, though magnificent from mere
e6tenslVeness, without the relief of splendid
and abundant company, would be gloomy
places. But sill them with CAV and Sentesl
Peopie-wIth accomplished and beautiful fa.
ha,es-iet hne forms,arrayed with elegance
ana Taste, DO swimming in the dance lei
Dhght eyes be sparkling with lustre rival.
ing the brightest jewels, beaminp with the
rejected light of a hundred lamps9and thew
present dazzling spec;acles of life and beauty
mere were mothers, dare not say how old
wa,chlng with mingled emotions or pride
anu jealousy every movement of their daugh.
lsrs, and chroncling in the memory, every
ganee VI partially or fondness cast upon
thein oy such gentlemen as are blessed with
comfortable possessions of this worlds goods
or buoyant expectations from parents or mai
zen annts. Next were gay and lively wild
ows, OF some thirty, perhaps-with airs O
mingled sPrlghtiiness and hauteur. Others
maiden ladies', rather farther to the northward
with touch of majestic--majestic tells we'll
after all chance with the fascinating is over
Inc next class is composed of bellies, from
e'ghteen to five-and-tweenty--cons
mat among fine things, fine women are still
!he hnest;' sensible, while sweeping among
me brilliant throng, that they themselves
form the brightest part of it, and then we
nave les petites, from fourteen, with its
FRANK and innocent smile, to sweet sixteen
with Its bushes and swseter dimples-iusl
come out-full Of admiration and delight
modesty and mischief "Of all other views
man may, in time, grow til ed, but in the
conntenance OF woman there is a variety
Which sets WEAKNESS at defiance" The di.
VINE right of beauty, says Junius, is the only
aiVine right-which an Englishman can &C.
knowledge, and pretty woman the only ty.
rant ne Is not authorised to resist"
| Ihrteen hundred dollars in aid of charity
Ior establishing Sunday schools in the Mis-
| sissiPpi valley, haye'been collected in Cincin.