Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1841-12-09
From the New Orleans Evening Post.
ALMACKS.

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ry and shame Of England" which W,
, cannot bear TRANSFERRING, Just at the com
: mencemenl Of our New Orleans season
r OF splendid and rechrche assemblies
. We, too have our Almacks, where The
passion smllten stranger may gaze en-.
) traced OH cheeks that have robbed the
Southern rose both Of lis lilly white and
It's carnaion where the lustrous eve i.
/ an orb olthe soul, and where the form
has matured in cline redoIent Of fra
grant flowers, aud gorgeous with almost
, cloudIess skies.
ALMACKS IN LONDON.
II IS the place where the very soul OF
enlightened society centerS where the
most splendid and noble of the nobest
arlstocracy of the nobIest and enlighlen.
ed "allon OF the earth assemble where
The splrltua and lnatfable quin,esscence
OF the subllmate Of fashion, refined from
the clarified essence of wealth and rank
is collected in one hot and lun nous focus.
1t is in TACT 10 England, what England is
to the civilized world ; a place, in short,
10 which the most ancient and honorable
nobility look with reverence nobility
whose ancestry can be raced back to
the bright cham Of fox hunters to the
Norman conquest, or the times Of the
Saxon lleptarchy Tor this is an eslab.
llshInent 10 which age and old lime must
10 honor the very temple, and, as il
were, the most holy place oI fashion.
How many robes Of passing spIendor
] - hS m nh,,II ~.
cred labernaces none but the recording
angel can tell. For nearly a century now
lis halls have been illustrated year after
year, and month after month, with all
the splendor that England could or wi TO-
&c her Vi brlIllancy and opulence. No hing
low ar vulgar has ever approached the
haIIowed verge OF its couSecrated pre-
clncls.
here are my sterles here not to be ga |
Zed on by common eyes few Starred /
Syblls Cooking marvelously like English |
females with he yellow hair Of Saxony |
yet on their brows) have established Ger
tam unearthly rites and ceremonies in
Hing street, ST. James 10 The full UNDER
standing oil Inch none but The Titled elect
live sublmely apart from the resi- Of the
world, IRON which they are separated by
barrier rs broad and impossible as the
Sahara desert. The happy lew the priest
esses OF the temple, exercise an absolute
authority over all ITS affairs, and are un-
bendmg IN the execution oil their DEGREES |
The proudest aud most antique titles can.
not avail them f,r they TOO, have re-
celved their authoily from prescription.
lhelr favor Is worth more than all other
honors, or II comprehends these, and un-
ApeakabIy more. To be admit, TO AL.
mack is 10 be above all solci,ude for
lllles, or wealth Tor admis, ;
sion here presupposes all these, aud mores
over, Is o. Itself SO vast an elevation 10
pubic consideration, that all others may
at once be lost sight Of and forgotten
~
In spacious saloon, with all the unos. ;
en'lous elegance which wealth, rank, and {
aSle can bestow, Is Assem- led, beneath )
brilliant lamps, aud reclining sofas, The
;ream OF all The beauty and galIanlry !
d England Precious stones are tllshing I
n Tue light -; and bright eyes sparkling, !
ma flushed checks glowing on every side. {
Here whisper oi muSltR voices Is heard I
u the soil murmur OF confidence and b
heir words Of gallanlry and hat,ery, aud $
5enlleness Insenslbly me t INTO signs.
Forms OF chseled graceiuIness are b
gliding about and when the sound OF I
music begins to creep over the scene,
yelling, and dying away like The breath a
II evening, light footsteps are heard just 9
Iudiby 10 rustic, aud fairy figures, floats I
ng ON the waves OF The May dance, beat q
oiily 10 the pulse Of melody. a
The Young and bIushing countess is :
Tutoring by the side Of the dashing cap "
ain and ever and anon, as her wtlte o
and touches his, a thrill Of delight passes a
yer her form. There a boy VINO would r.
e esteemed awkard if he hai not IaleIy 0
ONE TO dukedon, is numbering and 0
swelling before a proud beauty, whose II
leart rebels against internal njunclons, G
md spurns with contempt the clumsy at Y
entions OF her vain admirer; and by their
ide graceful premier is moving gal a
intly 10 the volupLuous waltz Of highs "
orn youthful du chess. Yonder is pru~
ent mother, whose schemes in providing 81
er daughter with an advantageous set y
ement have all been frustrated, ami IN II
hose guarded countenance jealousy and DC
hagrln are but half concealed. Her DC
Ianccs by The lolm Of young marchi- W
ness--and snch a form dwelling with at
and triumph as she bears away dc
ON her fearful rival young aud gal ~
mi fortune. n
In this place IS never heard the sound 10
lound mirth and hilarity all is gentle CO
nd regulated every emotion is subdu-
!, an whatever il be is expressed on the ia