Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1830-11-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

was truly q bOnny heartsome lassie-1nd o.
ven yet, sho is tolcrably good looking wo-
man. l wish had words TO describe her TO
you, as she appeared to me in her twentieth
year: sho was the admiration of all, far and
near rs modest an timid maiden over was,
and az perfectly innocent as a very child
She was in stature about tho middle height,
approaching 10 what We call sonsie; of such
exquisite proportions that fastidious con!
noisseur, whose greatest MORT 10 im finding
fault, would have been perplexed in his voca.
ton. Her hair was Of light auburn, and fell
in delightful .rtnglets over neck purer than
slabaster. A light blue eye beamed cheer.
full glance on all, and her cheek was moro
beautiful than tho peach-there the rose
and lily strove 10 outvie each other, and when
she smiled, het ruddy, cherry lips played
with divine expression, showing tooth 30
white and regular, that nothing in art could
ou.rival them. Hcr skin was Of SO pure a
hue, that once l put row of costly pearls
it was a great extravsgance Confess.
round her neck, and in contrast, they actu.
ally seemed stains upon her bosom. Her face
was of tho Grecian mould, saving that tho
straight line, which to my eye is almost do
formity, sas broken at the base of the fore
head. by gentle indenting. Her foot and
hand wsre 20 small and delicately formed,
that in truth, she might be called model of
female psrfection-she seemed not like ono of
humbls b;rth-no, for she was of aature's
own nobility; her tone and figure bespoke
her lady, born to grace the proud halls of =
palace; yet withal she was gentle and kind
a. fawn, in my eye that feminine softness--
--helplsssness, might say, moro than sur.
passing loneliness commended her TO my
heart. You may call it weakness in mo, for
, sho his been my wife for many a year-to
say that, both a. maid and wife, when she
wake the streets. or visits public places, she
10 the gsEs and wonder of all, 80 much so
that It 10 absolutely annoying, and oftentimes
even yet, to avoid the impertinont gaze Of
psssors BY, or followers on, wo arc obliged TO
esll Q coach.
The Gazette of Cairo.-This Jour.
nal is one Of the most remarkable liter
sry euriosities Of the present day.
1t 10 the first attempt Of the kind which
the Turks have made to establish a
periodical in their native tongue within
the limit Of their eastern dominions.
About q twelvcmonth ago, the Viceroy
Of Egypt, in his anxiety to further the
introduction of European re6nements
among his subjects, determined upon
publishing q species of official Gazette
for the purpose Of giving publicity to
state documents, and forming record
Of domestic occurrences of moment,
the arrival and departure of foreign
shipping. and the introduction Of any
mercantile and agricultural improve
ments. 1t is compiled in Turkish and
Arabic; the notices inserted being Civ
en- simultaneously in each language,
and each ofthem occupying one Of the
columns which are contained in every
page. The head piece consists of an
engraved vignette. representing pyr-
amid. with palm-tree rising from its
base. and a moiety of the SUMS disk
rising above the horizon. Within the
pyramid stands the title, "The occur
rences Of Carlo" for there is no express
sion in Turkish or Arabic which is at
all synonymous with our word News
paper or Gazette. The first article is
invariably devoted to an announcement
of neurological observations made a,
the pace Of publication. The original
editor was one Aziz Effendi; but he dis
figured the reports of the proceedings
in the council ofstate with snch pomp-
Gus and fantastic interpretations, that
the Pasha was obliged to get rid Of
him, and entrust the task to the secre-
tary Of his divan.--.Athen9um.
Usury Lavs.--The law journal says:
GWhera the lazy iakes the broad and