Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-02-29

| in which Tagii0nl is not famous: one taxes tue
part of dancing girl, OF whom the bramah and
an Indian Prince are both enamourcd; the Tor
mer in. the disguise OF man of low rank al the
court Of the latter search OF some one whose love
for him shall be dlsinterested. The disguised god
succ eeds in winning her affection, and after test
Ing her devotion by submitting for while to the
resentment Of his rival, and by pretended ca
price in favor of singing Girl, who accompanies
her ,he marres her, & then savesher from the flames
as she is about to be burned for marrying out Of her
caste. 1aglioni's part is all pantomine. She does
not speak during the play. but her motion is more
than articulate. Her first appearance was in
troop OF Indian dancing girls, who perform be-
fore the Prince, in the public square. AT sig.
nal from the vizier, a side pavilion opened, and
thirty or forty bayaders sided out together. and
commenced an intricate dance They were re-
ceived with tremendous round of applause from
| the audience; but. with the exception of little
more elegance in the four who led the dance, they
were dressed nearly alike; and. as | saw no par
ticularly conspicuous figure, presumed that Tag
lioni had not yet appeared.
The splendor of the spectacle bewildered me
for the first moment or two but presently found
my eyes riyetted to childish creature floating
about among the rest and taking her for some
beautiful Young eiue making her first essays in
| the chorus, interpreted her extraordinary fas
| cina,ion as a triumph Of nature over my unso-
phistcated taste; and wondered to myself whe.
ther, after all. should be half SO much captivat-
ed with the show Of skill expected presently to
witness This ,cas Iagiioni! She came forward
directly, in a pas suet, and then observed that
| her dress was distinguished from her cOmpa.
| MONS by it's extreme mOdesty both of fashion and
| ornament, and the unconstrained ease with which
it adapted itself to her shape and motion. She
looks not more than fifteen. Her figure is small,
but rounded to the very last degree Of perfection;
not muscle swellcd beyond the equsite outline;
not an angle, not fault. Her back and neck,
those points so rarely beautiful IN women. are
faultessly formed; her feet and hands are in full
proportion to her size, and the former play as
freely and with as natural a yieldingness in her
fairy slippers, as if they were accustomed only
to the dainty uses Of drawing-room.
Her face is most strangely interesting; not quite
beautiful, but of that halfappeang, half retiring
sweetness that you sometimes see blended with
the secluded reserve and unconscious refinement
of young girl just out in a circle of high fash
ion. In her greatest exertions her features retain
the same timid half-smie, and she returns to the
alternate by-play of her part without the slight
est change Of color. or the slightest percep'ibIe
difference in her breathing. or the ease of her
look and posture. No language can describe her
motion. She swims In your eve like curl OF
smoke, or fake of down. Her difficulties seem
to be to keep to the floor You have that feeling
while you gaze upon her, that il she were to rise
and float away like Ariel, you would scarce be
surprised. Ard vet all is done with such child
ish Inconsistencies of admiration. such a to-
tai absence of eAert0n fatigue. that the de-
light with which she fills you is unmingled. and,
assured as you are by the perfect purity Of eve
ry look and attitude, hat her hitherto spotess re-
putaton is deserved beyond breath of suspicion,
you leave her with as much respect as admiration;
and find with surprise that dancing girl, who
is exposed night after night to the Profaning gaze
of the world. has crept into one of the most ga
cred inches Of your memory.
THE Choiera-Dr Pascalis Of New York has
just received the following letter from DR.. Cher
vim, on this interesting topc-the Cholera. We
translate it (says the N. Y. Gaz. for the benefit
of the public. which is deeply concerned in all
facts relative to the disease.
| PARIS, January 8. 1882.
| Nh dear Eiend:-
| replied on the 29th Of November last to your
letter of the ! 9th September. and for~ arded, as
YOU requested various details respecting the cho-
L
Ihave nothing particular to add since that time,
except that the proofs of the non-contaglon of cho
era morbus are daily multiplying. About
month since, our Academy Of Sciences First
Glass of the Insutute) sent DIR. Masendie. one
Of the most distinguished members. to Sunder-
| land, to examine the character of the disease
He has returned firmly impressed with the con-
siclion that the disease is not contagious, ard he
fort6es his opinion with strong and incnntest,ble
| facts.
sent yon an extract from the report of DR..
Londe to our Minister Of Commerce and Public
Works. His five colleagues have also made
report to the same Minister respecting the ehole-
ra, which disease they investigated in Poland &
Prussia, and they arrive at the same conclusion
with the President--hatfh the disease is neither i'm
portable or contagious, aud they have reached
this conclusion from numerous aud conclusive
facts. They have remarked that. almost invari-
ably. physicians and hospital keepers have been
exempt from the disease, Notwithstanding their
almost constant intercourse with the sick: whilst
hundreds Of Individuals who have had no COM