The Arkansas advocate., 1831-03-09

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 and broad ponds, which are naygated by map Inihcent pleasure boats. and their banks are ladorncd with a series of buildings of which no 1 two are alike.
 Each valley contains summer house or villa. sufficiently spacious to accommodate one of inc
 iIrst noblemen of Europe, with all his attendants
 The cedar of which these houses are built is not found within less distance than HOO miles
 from Pekin. In the midst of |. lake which is ;l
 mile and a half broad, there is rocky island. crowned with superb palace containing more than hundred apartments. The mountains and hills are covered with trees and fine aroma
 tic flowers; the canals skirted with rocks so nrf. fully arranged as to be n perfect imitation of nature m her widest and most desolate forms. The whole has an air of enchantment Onthe summlts of the highest mountains tall trees en-
 circle pavions and kiosks consecrated to retire.
 ment and pleasure.
 fhe temples of Pekn arc not equal to the 5 palaces. The religion of the Emperor is com lparatively new in China, and it's ceremonies arc celebrated with less pomp in that country than lin Tartary. The mandarins and literati. from whom the magistrates who rule the empire arc selected, rather respect than worship Confucius. and assemble to honor his memory in simple. neat, and cleaniy buildings
 The English make the number of inhabitants amount 10 three million, an estimate ridiculous Fly extravagant. The city of Pekn does not af. ford sufficient space for three million of men to Istand on. With these accounts we may con- trast the testimony of the Russians who have visited Pekin, who tell us that it scarcely doubles Moscow in extent; that a large portion of it is occupied by the palace and it's gardens, and that the houses not closer togetherthan those | of Moscow. Now We know that Moscow. though larger iilan Paris, does not contain more than 300,000 inhabitants. According to these data. pekin will only contain 600,00G, or, at most. 100000 inhabitants. fJMaite- Brua. 1he Faymer.-When we consider his occupa- lon, and the several items, which, when added together, make up the whole amount of excel
 fence, we must acknowledge, that the husband-
 man. IS richly deserving of honorable notice and attention. Without throwings dspara ge.sssiit upon other grades and orders of society our convictions of tieir importance on the scale of
 human existance, compel us 10 regard an indus
 trlous enconomica, enterprizing, intelligent yeo-
 marry, as decidedly the most valuable and r-
 dlspensible members of any community what ever; especially, of republican community
 for this reason-their fortunes are not made by courting the smiles of our monied population they look not for exalaion to the partialities of public favortism, nor are they, nor con they he cursed and ruined byit frowns and fckleness: They possess the means of living within them selves, and are not under the dsagreeable ne- oessity, of Awning for patronage, or stepping to
 f1attery for livelihood, or bartering opinion, re- |putation and conscience forgold. Their oocu-
 patton is, therefore, such. as, naturally, to pro- Muca indanandapco If fbnu<rnf <.f action; and, by means of acknowledged inGu-
 ence, it may. we think be remarked, without sub- jecting ourselves to the unjust mputation of for
 ming invidious comparisons, that no class of con-
 munty are SO free from deceitfulness, because
 free from all motiDes to todeceitfulness- so correct
 in their judgments as to honesty of public men, and the consistency of public meas.,res-aud so entirely independent in Interviews of legislative
 and national policy. They are, therefore, esti- mable members of communty-especially of q republican community-for they are the main pillars, which support the fabric of her govern- ment and free institutions--thev constitute the nerve of war, the stability of peace and the spring of a country's prosperity; they are, in short, the grand fountain head, whence all fhe streams of wealth, power, influence, and safety flow: And tine proposition will generally be
 found to be true, that no where can domestic quiet and happiness be discovered, so pure from an alloy of misery, as amid the rural scenes and
 powers of the farmers happy home Ifthere
 is, any where on earth, a terrestrial Paradise tis
 HERE.
 Difference of Brother Ide of the Vcr-
 mont Journal has recently fallen most udcsprifiy' in love with the Queen of Finland because sine
 is a < Clap man." He says he "would kiss her
 hand with the most profound respect provided
 he could have an opportunity. Oh ic, fe Sic meon--we had ratherkiss one of the spatrdge- |built,'' ros, checked Green Mountain girls, who not only zcear domestic manufactured dresses,