Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-07-09

Of the Ottoman.
~From the Freshening enjoyment
Of tl,e bath ! started of with my Ar
meuian guide, for the Aurat Bazaar;
where. instead Of the robes and weap-
ons, they deal in beauty and blood.
Tho oufy being who there appeared
70 sxcite any great degree Of inter-
est among the purchasers was
young Georgian, who was surrepti-
i,ocsiy taken several years since
from her native province, and brought
to this city where she was purchas
ed by a Jew; who to enhance her
value placed her in q situation where
she had acquired many personal ac-
counplishments. The violent death
Of hsr attentive proprietor had, per-
hsps, fastened her disposal; at least |.
il vas the cause Of her being more
public than usually is the case where
an individual SO sweetly recommend
ded in her charms is 10 be purchas-
ed. She appeared to be about fi-
teen years Of age, yet, at that PERI
cd, TO have attained her full stature,
and a maturity Of form which after
wears may confirm but not improve.
She had on an extremely thin and
plant robe, which every breath of
the breeze that was string carried al
gainst her form, displaying its rich
and graceful proportions. Her car
rage was free and easy, and winning
and betrayed a retiring conscious
ness other exposed condition. There
was something in her air which SEEM
ed to evince slight humiliation and
sorrow; yet so far from injuring her
attractions, it gives them a cast of
extreme delicacy and sweetness.
Had she been trained exclusively in
reference to this occasion and taken
the deepest interest in the issue, 1t IS
impossible to conceive in what res
pect she could have heightened the
impression which her youth, beauty,
and artless demeanOr created.
~Some Hthc Turks present, APP
peared very intent on her purchase;
they watched her slightest motion
with that yearning fondness which
one reveals when surveying a facln-
ating object that it IS only just be-
yond possession. They presumed
not TO lay hand even on the borders
Of her dress, or to lift the long thin
veil that would have concealed her
beautiful face, had she not permitted
the ruffiing air now and then to car
~ it partially aside. The female SER
wants attended near by in respect
full silence, and evident grief, at
thought Of their separation from their
mistress My eyes were SO attract
ed to the rich flow Of her chestnut
hair, as it floated down her shoulders
in long luxuriant festoons, and to the
swimming softness Of her large blue
eyes, which her stirred veil occasion
ally disclosed, that did not, at first
notice the excitement which com
mencement Of the sales had created
among the by.s,anders. A number
Of offers were made, rising above
each other in quiet succession, till
the last reaching tweniy-seven hun
dred dollars, created for some time a
brcathless pause, when one Of the
company stepping 10 the salesman,
said something in a tone altogether
inaudible. and the action Of charms
closed. 1t was instantly rumored
that the individual who had made
the last and successful offer, was an
agent Of the Refs Ehendi. who inten-
ded to make present Of this beau
tifuI Georgian to the Sultan. This
appeared to reconcile in some meas
urc. the unsuccessful competitors to
their disappointment; though they
turned away from the spot with the
look Of one who has lucklessly los;
an invaluable treasure
SaoRr CouRTs'up.-A few days a.
on. a disconsolate Benedict, Of
Phiiliam, tired Of single Iblesse dness,
waited upon the widow Of late well
known character, Black Tommy at
Gainsburgh, wishing to speak with
her few words. OF course he was
desired to walk in. After a short
colloquy, the business Of the gentle
man was broachesl-he wanted a
housekeeper. and had been RECON-
meNded to her.
"Well,- replied the dame, ''what
family have your
"Oh, only myself"
"But what hous --room have your
sOh, as 20 that, l have sitting
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