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The Arkansas advocate., 1831-07-13
ANNE ROYALL.
From the N. Y. Constellation.
NEW YoRK, AprilI2tb.

NEW Aoishs ApFlliStIl.
 Dear Sally-Your Tim, in his last let ter, said as how you wanted me to write something about the women folks ill Nev-York. My acquaintance aint mo- thln to speak of among em, but I've had lcetle experience that way as yon shall hear. Your old maid aunt Louis, who is dead and gone used to say, looks is nothin, behaviour is all, and l guess as 10 looks the York gals aint got much to boast on. They arc most on em pale and sickly looking critters, which comes of the keepin bad hours and tight la- cin. They keep it up night after night in the winter time, with balls and par ties, so that they get completely flag ged out and looks as though if was the day after. washin.
 As for dress, there is no tellin how ex- travagant they are-thcir bonnets are as big as q cheesc-tub, and the sleeves of. their gowns are large enuH for meal bags. But the most comical thing some of them wear, is a sort of trowserloon5 that peeps out under their gowns and make em look jist like bantum hens.- You n laugh most plagily to see em strut ten in the streets, but lis no laffin joke to their fathers who have to foot their bills. !leara great many men eofi- plain about their wives too, because they are so extravagant in their dress. One man went the other day to a law yer here to get him to set his seal to bill of divorce against his wife-the lawyer axed him the reason and he said he couldn't pay her bills no lon ger and if the civil authorities didntin- terfere, he'd take the benefits of the act or run off to the Canadas. The lawyer laughed and told him there was no help for his case-that he took his wife for better or worse and must abide the con- sequences. sThat's factm says the married man, "but tis all zrorse with my wife and sec no chance of her being any 6etterp and with that he went home, packed up his duds and the next morning left his wife fast asleep and set of for the Canadas.
 l said they Kept IL up Tn the winter here with balls and parties, but you musn't suppose they dance the good old fashioned country dances we nsed to at Deacon Browns. Nosuch thing. when they have a dance here, they call it a maskerade or fancy ball and they go dressed in as many different ways as you've seen solgers at malitia muster they look for the world more like play actors and play addresses than hu- man beings, and ast hey wear masks they cut up pretty curious shines ] tell you. At one of these ere fanciful balls gal got in there who want jist so, as some o the other gals thought, and they made 2 mighty fuss about it, you may depend
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AGENTS FOR THE AnVOCATE

The following gentlemen have been ap- pointed Agents for this paper. Col. James ScuH, P. NJ. Pine Bluff. Col. II. BosaoeH, ?. NJ. Batesville. Maj J. Wolf, P. N. Izard c. H. Robert Smith, P. NJ. Jackson, Lawrence co. y: .Heaefee, P. ai. Conway county. Thomas .Hathers, do. do. .arthnr Cgarke, P. M. Morrison's Bluff. Col. L. .W. Ctarke, do. do. .afark Bean, Crawford county. Thomas Hubbard, Hampstead county. Col. John Clark, Seyier county. T. Farretfy, Arkansas county.
 IT. [. Biscoe, Phillips county.
 sae@ces' Crouch St. Francis county. George ?. Lawton, Miller county. Wm. D. Ferguson, P. NJ. Crittenden co. ;Joha C. Sagtors, P. NJ. Jackson co. c. P. .H Notand, Independence county. Larkin Neaotoa, Washington county. .E Cotlins, P. NJ. Clark county.
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LETTER FROM MRS. ROYALL.
 Washington CitV, .Nay, 1881,


 How do you do? I am dying to hear from you and your charming little city-how does 1t come on? all alive and bustling, no doubt, filled with cotton bags and blue skins. How is my dear friend Mir. tI--2 the rascally printers have spelt his name wrong in my book, besides making a thousand other biun- ders--will you be so good as to correct them in your paper. What have you done with that vagabond -, who met me in the court house? Gt is pret- ty building.) The vagabond! to insult lone woman. the widow of Revolu- tionary hero! Remember me to all my kind friends in Macon--I shall never forget htem.
 Don't get angry with me! Don't abuse me for not writing oftener. You k,aoa0 how full my hands always arc-aye, more than full, so that ] haven't mo- ment to devote to friendship-Business and politics claim every instant of my time. Haven't the whole world to re- gulate? isn't every government under the sun in confusion? aint the sun itself abusing his trust? don't the seasons all stand in need of Reform? and who can better regulate these matters than Anne Royal? What would Christendom and the masons do but for me? To-day must tickle the three tails of the Grand Turk --to-morrow comb the moustachios of the valiant Russ-next day tune the fid- dle for Monster of France--thcn re- stuff the easy chair of John Bull, then send a new whip top to the emperor of Austria then give the starving fight ing Poles bread and butter, make up q pair of small clothes for Belgium, and whittle toothpick for king Ferdinand! by which time his holiness the Pope must have his linen smoothed again.- So you see cant be idle; I've thou . sand letters to read every day, and a thousand answers to write--so many ap- plications for office, and so many com plaints against postmasters, contractors, collectors, and the like! shall go dis tracted, stark mad-6fty clerks could not do half my business, if | dare trust them to do it, which dare not.
 We are all in a pretty pickle here at present-the wheels of government stick in the mud, the officers like young steers pullagainst each other; they don't gee together at all. Not long ago l was sent for from New York in as great a hurry as ever midwife was. hasten ed to the capital--Ifoundit itin confusion. The rascally hirelings, while their mas ter was laid up with an attack of bilious collie, and wasn't expected to live an hour, instead of sympathising at his bed side, were rumaging his desks and pi- .geon holes! they cant deny it, the var lets! caught them in the very fact!-- You know the result, they were exposed and turned away, as they should have been long ago. V--w was in real dis. tress: Do Mrs. Royal, says he, deliver me from the hands of these Philistnes' tthe cringing fellow, only year ago he refused to buy a Black hook.) Deliver Yourself, says I, had no hand in bring ang them upon you.
 .shalxe not your greasy locks at me-
 Don't say did it!''
 says I to him. Dear Mrs. K. says he san't you help mel and he looked SC 2iteopsiy ny bowels moved for him, SC
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 Tn this city-the quality folks and the folks of no quality-or as Joe Jinllins calls Il the china folks and the crockery folks. Well, this ball was china ball and no crockery was to be admitted the china gals al! sci upon crockery and said she should be put eat. Cfoekery said she wouldn't budge a foot-china said she should, and so they had it, Which carried the point is more than can tell, but guess, Sally, if l had sent you card to ball, china or crockery, and any fuss was made about it. they should pay back the money before I'd start an inch for them.
 There is another kind of dancin all the rage here called waltzin. cannot describe it exactly, but the short and long Of its that feller and gal stand up in the middle of the room all alone. the music begins and they hug each other round the waist and whirl round the room like house on .ire-they keep goin,till bimby they get clean gone and cant stand it no longer. Then they set down and another couple goes over the exhibition, but what pleasure there is in such whirling dance cant for the life of me imagine. l axed q tallowy- looking gal just after she'd done waltz iag to tell me what there was in a waltz she liked so much. 70, sir,' said she rolling up her eyes, "tis so sentimental" Sentimental! marm,n says I, ,e1 guess l don't understand you!' eThen stand up. Sir says she, and waltz with me and you will feel it." ssNo by chorks, marmp' says I, q don't like to chew up on such sentimentality!' The gal took out her quizzing glass aid looked at me as II she d look me through, but guess she found her match for. stared her out of countenance without any quiz zing glass or spectacles either. These are the gals, Sally, that make fun about the Cape God gals, dancing in their stoekins and feet, but to my notion there aint any comparison for deeeney be- tween that and waltzln-dont you say 90 too?
 Besides waltzin every real New York lady must know how to play Oil q pian- CT. This is a sort of machine made of mahogany and is about as big as q meal-chest, inside of it there are wires so that by thumpin with the fingers on some little blocks outside, it makes a kind of music. But to my ears the mu- sic of a spinin wheel is vastly more a.. greeable, but it wouldn't do to tell the gals here so. l Shouldn't care about marvin one of thescs of pianner gals, cause why? all the pianers in the world wont learn a woman how to darn coat or make a pudding and whats the use of wife that don't know how to do that?
 You no need to be afraid of my being caught by New-Yorl gal. My notion is still for the New England gals, let em laf as much as they will at their green bonnets and guessing-but can tell em what it is when they ketch Enoch Timbertoes they cath a weezel asleep. But l wont say nomore for fear my let fer should get miscarried, or be opened by some peeping Jackson postmaster, so good by and believe me,
 Yours till Christmas.
 ENOCH TIMBERTOES.
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QateJec, Mog 27

'gHtUec, Juhy ~ss
 Emigrotion.-The number of settlers arrived here since the opening of the navigation, is i3,4G0. This number proportionally exceeds that of any other year, we think. The largest number is as usual from ireland, and they are ge- nerally of the same description of per sons as in former years, that is, brought up to agricultural pursuits. That num- Der from the country parts of England is very considerable; they also arc al- most wholly from among the farming classes. Those from Scotland arc com paratively very few, most of them have little money, and have set out after fix ing upon the place where they would settle but this is not generally the case with the English and Irish.
 In the early part of the season, it was expected that the emigration of this year would not be equal to what it was last; but the latest advices from Ireland represent almost the whole country as in motion towards the seaports. Yes sels which brought out 200, had Passn- ges for near 1000 asked=for. It appears probable, therefore, that the estimate of 10000 is not too large for this season. Certainly n much larger proportion of the present emigration is settling in the Canadas than formerly. We donot now hear much of paupers, although several hundred were preparing at the latest dates to leave Wilts. Notwith. standing the late immense influx, we have seen almost no person asking aims But walk in the forenoon in our street. presents population completely Irisi and English, and there cannot at this moment be less than from 10 to l5,OOl
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passenger inhabitants in Quebec. The influx of consumers of course raises the price Of provisionso of every kind. The numberof vessels arrived is 29I.
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Virtue, in an intelligent and free crea- ture, of whatever rank in tho scale of being, is nothing less than conformity of disposition and practice to the neces- sary, eternal, and unchangeable Eectr tude of the Divine nature.
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for considerable length of time. Some short time since he beat her in conse- quence of some words used to him, and she had him committed to jail for an Ias- sault. As soon as he got out of prison he declared that if ever he was arrested on q similar charge he would rot remain in the same world with his wife. On Thursday he again beat her, and she had him again placed in prison on Friday, morning. Soon after he was locked up lie must have set about devising means by which to carry his suicidal resolvein- to effect, as lie was soon discovered te be dead. For lack of other means, it ap- pears that he tied one corner of his neck handkerchief to 2 gratc which was in the room, then placing himself or his knees, he fixed anoosc close about his throat, and by severe exertion, contrly- ed to effect strangulation before he was discovered. To put such mode into successful operation must have required a very fixed determination.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-05-03
szS W%A&e@sas@s
$500 G9k

'sNIE new line of Horse Post Cosch,e fam
a Richmond to Orange Court House and N7r.
rIsonburg via Louisa Court HOUSE has gone ig;o
operation, and VIII continue without failure
Tbs mail Will close AT Richmond or TUESDAYS an,
and Saturdays precisely at O'clock p Nj sra
the sioge start at O'Clock, A. n on WeJr.s.
days and sgndays-leavc Orange Court House On
Sundays aud Wednesdays at 3 O'clock p A., and
arrive al Richmond on Mondays and THURSDAYS a. S
r NJ Ih's line OF stages Will make q junction az
Orange court House with he Alexandria line of
stages carried By William Smith to hynchburg.-pas-
sing IN IT'S northern direction by Culpeper Court
House, Fauquer Court uouse or War.enton--at
winch latter point. 1t will meet with the Winchester
hnc-oy which, a direct communication is afforded
TO the to"n OF Wheeling on the Ohio river.
AZ Louisa Court House, the Harrisonbure mail
Is taken from the Orange Gour, House mail, ant
viii IN some short time, be carried BY hors.
stage OF which due noice will na gven Q: present
is carried on horseback
Ihc public are assured tina, the best horses on
most experienced drivers will be constantly in service
and every eXerilcn used make the line comorabl
and eXprditoUs
Fare TO Louisa Gouu House dolars-to Oropn
Court House 81 so cents.--An intermediate dstap
ces e. cents per ul'le---Stage Office at the Wash
Ington Hotel.
Passengers viii enter their names before o'cads
T. ~, on Tuesdays and Saturdays
mar 23-law8w JNO N PRICE
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-05-03

eriui SISTER States. when such advantages are with
IN tho grasp of the people of Virgins will they hes
itatc to second the efforts of their representatives.
ana avail themselves Of the spirit aud temper which
now anmatcs Ilany parts of the State aud carry
INTO effect tins all important work: IL il To b. hopet
that this subject will meet with the attention which
us Importance merits that the present opportunity
Will be used t. bring into action the energy and re-
sources oi the people OF Virgin's, md that may
yet witness the contamination of the prosperity and
greatness OF tins Old Dominion. To the people of
hachmond let one word be said Why your lnac,iy.
NY upon subject so vitally ntercstin. to your iu-
turc prosperity?
Itr following ID the Act referred to-
bS u enacted by the General Assembly, That the
Governor OF TINS commonwealth, having previously
ADVISED wan the couucil of State, be, and he au
ihorzcd tc employ skiliul Engineer whose duty il
shai be, together with the Principal EscInccr Of this
o'o'e' during the present year, to examine james
River from Richmond TO Coving,on. and make
an estimate of the probable cost OF continuing the
lanai from Maldcns Adventure to I.ynchhuTg, tie
probable cost of Improving the river between these
points oy locks and dams the probable cost Of Rail
koad from Richmond to Lynchbury; To make sinh.
lar examination nnd estmc for the distance between
LynchOurS ana Covington, TO examine The country
between James and Jackson, Roanoke and New
hiVer' Tor the purpose of ascertalninr the best
route tor Canal or Rail Road, between such points
U" 'nosc rivers as they may determine and 10 make
all estimate OF the probable thereof; and To cx
anime New River from it's point Of union with the
SAID Canal or Rail Road, with view 10 its improve
ment by each of the above modes, and to make an
estlmc thereof; and in the performance of the fore
gong duties, the said Engineers shall make
such surveys as they may deem necessary The ex
am'na,ons Of the said Engineers shall be made with
the utmost practicable and accuracy. having
due regard to durability and to proper accommoda,
'ion VI inc trade; And 1t shall be The duty Of The
SAID engineers, to make full ana minute repor, of
'heir proceedings and estimates be laid before the
next Legislature, recommending such improvements
Tor the purposes aforesaid, and on such modes of
CONSTRUCTION a. from their enquiries, they may deem
most expec:ent, all circumstances duy considered:
stating the advantages and disadvantages the com
merclal benefits, the probable revenue, and eyery
by which their decision may DC nfia-
enccd.
And be 1t further enacted, That the said assis,an,
Engineer shall receive such sum of money, not ex-
ceedlng three hundred dollars per MONTH as shall be
contracted Tor by the Governor, for his services to
be paid out OF the Fund for Internal Improvement
This act shall be in full force from and after the
passage thereof
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-05-03
NIR SALE,

an ihe premises, at public auction on the second
~ "Wednesday, the 9Th of June next, my Trac OF
LAND III LoudOun county, Virginia, with the Eur
nture, the Stock OF Horses, Cattle Sheep and Uurs
The tract consists of rather more than $50 acres
Is advantageousiy situated in very healthy coun-
try, about 81 miles from Washington and Alexan-
dTa, and Is Of good quality; Little River passe,
through tie middle oft, on which there are about
$50 acres of excellent meadow land in different lots
most OF which Is IN timothy. I, may be divided
n:o three or four farms to SUIT thn purchasers In
the centre is a large and very conlmodions Bricl,
Dwelling House with all the other Buildings nece.su-
ry for the accommodation Of large family and like
wise for servants laborcrs, &c several OF which are
Of brick There is also Grist ard Saw Mill on
the tract ~ the upper end, and adjoining the
turnpike leading to Alexandria and the city there Is
comfort able Frame Dwelling. with q good barn and
some other accommodations. At the lower end there
is likewise house that may accommodate small
family The stock Of each class is numerous; the
sheep are generally Of the Mcrno race credit of
one. two, and three years, payable in equal install
mcnts, with interest, Will be given for the land and
ono for The stock, ample security being given for the
pnrcual payment Iicsc To whom am indebted.
will be allowed credit for any property they may orr
chase to the foil Gmount Of the sums due, and on
.a1f conditions.
Not beng able, on account Of M weak state Of
health, to conduct the sale myoclG have gwen full
power to my son in law. Samuel Cfpuverneur and
my nephew. James Monroe Jun to perform this
them. In the event of sale. they have mower to
make every other arrangement which circumstances
may require JAMES MONROE.
.u..
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-05-03
NLSW LINE OF COACHES

R'shmond, ScohsviHe and Staunton Mai Coaef
'E'HlS Uew line Of eoaehes will cum.
mence running on Saturday. the I'd da
OF AprI. next 1t will run by Powells, Gooch
land Court House, Georges. PInsleyvlo Golun
bia, Wlnns tavern, to Sco,svle; thence b
Mount Israel to New York, where 1t inter
sccts with the line from CHARLOTTESVILLE to Staun.
ton; and thence to Lexington and Guyandot;e. Thi!
Stage will leave Richmond Tuesdays, Thursdays
ana Saturdays, and return Sundays, Wednesdays
anu Fridays Thus the Public will have a line OF
Coaches SIX times week through to Staunton and
Guyandotte: VIZ three times week by Plnsleyville
ami Charlottesville and three times by Scotsvllle and
New York making daily line from Richmond to
Guyandottc en- the OHIO river, Sundays excepted
Fhe Adore line trH meet at Georges the kue
running three times week from Fredericksburg to
Farmvle, Prince Edward Co Il House, Hampton
Sidney College, &C &c. &c which will give to
the Public III this section Of The 81 , enc accommo
dation they have long wished for The Scottsuile
Gne VIII also nterscct the limo running from Lynch
burg to Charlottesville at Mount Israel
mar S6-2awlmc EDWIN PORTER.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-05-03
gloucester LOsc Gs.OHaHs

the last VIII oi the late Dr. James Dean
are authorized 10 sell, and they offer for ,alr hi.
'd''dh1 Estate lying Ware River il The county OF Gou-
CeseI ~ tho Stale oil Virginia, about three miles from the
"i' House, cvn'a,r. $50 acTes nea the whole whes
- oS Soun'. ana about 10 cleared
sa'e ol cultivation, we'll adapted growth of Indian
,'fn' Wheat and Barley There spacious Dwelling
ana al ohr necessary houses, good repair on
. Estate, situated the back Of the River fish and Oys
'eN OF Tie bs quality are taken in sight Of the House
more minute description deemed unnecessary is PIE
med any person whins p,cbase will frst examine th.
premises winch viii lie sh-vn by the mana=sr r teotge W
bHIups purchaser al the land be accommodated with
as many Slaves he may require to cultivate H. and also The
i'n' utensils aud STEAK every description The time OF
pas'' VIII nc made 1" Snii the purchasers For further
Mathews Court house, Va, will NEE, due attention.
5oHN . JARVis,, ra'o,ofJ Dean. dec.
HENRY ". TABB,
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1831-05-03
FoR Tny VINO
FoR JHE VINO
JHc net for uniting tie Eastern and Western
IEffCrc

UHtCTS.
The passage Of this act, embracing the main and
most important channel Of commerce IEfiis State,
connected with Tive act TO incorporate Company 10
construct q Rn3 Road from Lynchburg 10 cw
River, COMMENCES uc,T era 10 The policy Of Vir
,rinla end rs Heli calculated ~ inspire with fresh
energy, the lt0gu,shinF hopes Of tic friends Of IN
t,rnnl Improvement. IN it, connections, u opens
direct and easy channel Of transportation to tb" val
nable projects of South West Virginia end East
Tennessee; ii will mo only bring lhc present trade
or these counties into The Virginia Atlantic Towns.
but will greatly increase the amount and value OF
agricultural products through that highly etl.r md
extensive region &c country. This Is not uli--.thc
variety Df products vii be lucr'1'cd and many ari-
iclcs now larru.shno ON their farms will from the
increased taciIitcs afforded Ct transportation, b.
brought into market. Tho increase Of tic value ci
properly, and conNC quCuly The wealth OF the people
will be immense by winch ;bCir own condition will
I've improved, and The; enabled to Contribute more
largely 80 the resources Of The Saicbu. above nll,
it will secure the union and tranquility ol eastern
and western Virginia: increase her population, con-
solidatc hcT strength, extend her moral and political
influence crd unto ~ her Interest and 6cr'iny pow