The Arkansas advocate., 1830-10-27
MISCELLANY.

DREAM fS A EADT'5 CCiis CHAM ssiBER E Fl 5.
 have seldom dared to venture with. in the sacred precincts ot q lady 5 cham Der. There is something awful even in the abstract idea of the various rites ana mysteries in which ssawtuI beauty puts on all her charms" feel sort of palpitaton at the heart, and secret indefinablc dread, at the idea of having them laid open to the rude perception of bodily vision: as if, like Catalinc, l was intruding upon mysteries which were intended to be concealed from the eyes of mortals of the masculine gen der.
 Nevertheless l did, once upon time, being instigated by q vehement desire of becoming seized and possessed of q certain chattle, overcome my scruples 60 far as to pass the Rubiccn of the door, which led into the chamber of the fair Olivia ~, belle of this goodlY city, l. and who is even now, at this present wri- ting, one of the idols of its sDorld of fash ion, and who numbers some score of de- voted admirers more or less, in her train. What the special object of my visit was, Ihumbly beg leave to decline stating suffice it to say, that if had succeeded in obtaining it, I should not have trans gressed the common law, or the sixth commandment, or any other of the dec alogue, or done any thing, in short, for which that respectable minister of jus ticc, Old Hays, could have laid his fin ger upen me, without committing n bseach of that peace which it is his spe- ciai province to preserve. 4 secret fear crept over me as Ientered the DOT tai, and stepped on tip-toe into the middle of the room, although the incest auricuiar organs, of any respectable dis tance, could scarcely have detected a heavy tread upon the. fine Turkey car pet. paused, when l reached the mid die of the room, to recover eonposure and resolution. Every thing was still asdeath, and could almost hear the beating of my heart echoed from the walls. On one side was the bed, which nightly supported the weight of fair O. l!Yia: contiguous thereunto, was the ap- paratus of lavation; and, before me, stood the mysterious toilet, loaded with various ingredients, to which the four quarters of the globe had contributed. Knowing that had half an hour, with out danger of interruption, sat down in an elbow chair, in order to muster saf ilcient resolution to profanc the para phernalia of the toilet, by searching a. inong it for what ] wanted. It was near the close ot tic tie day, and the sun shin- iag through the tf disiTask window cur tains, gave rich and mellow voluptu- ousness to the chamber. There, too, the mingled sweets, from the various colored and fantastieally shaped yials, came upon my oliactory organs sslike the winds of Araby," but without any ofthe stalencss ofsuch aclime. All these things combined, soon soothed my mind into q sweet and indiscribable calmness, and soon began to indulge my usual propensity for waking dreams. in q few moments the objects around me be- gan to grow dim and indistinct, and to 1oat aud mingle together in. strange dis order; and, finally, . mist seemed to gather before my eyes. Soon, howev- CT, 1t melted away, and left my visionper- fectly clear, but every thing seemed to have undergone a magical Change: The carpet was altered into beautiful yari- tgatsl lawn, tsss tto;s!cc into delight ss.i arhour, clothed with vines and foliage, the phials seemed transformed into lif- ts sylphss or fariess who sporsed merFily