The Whig standard., 1843-12-01

wealthy, with their wives and daughters. Sew
eral hundred stood up, every gentleman with
lady and they advanced and retired several
times, holding each other by the hand, 10 the
sound Of the music at last the circle they had
formed brokelup, some running off to the right,
aud some TO the left-then gentleman, leaving
his lady, would strike out obliquely across the
room, sometimes making direct for another lady
al distance, and sometimes stopping and -four
ishing with his legs as he went along when he
| approached her, he made sort of salaall, and
then retreatcd Another would go softly up to
a lady, and then suddenly seizing her by the
waist, would turn and twist her round and round
| fifty times, till both were evidently giddy with
| the motion: this was sometimes performed by a
few chosen dancers, and sometimes by several
hundreds at once--all embracing each other in
what, TO our notions, would seem rather an odd
sort Of way, and whirling round and round and
though their feet appeared constantly coming in
contact with each other, q collision never took
place. And those who met in this aifectionate
manner were, as was told, for the most part
perfect strangers to each other, which 10 me was
incomprehensible! Several ladies asked me 10
dance with them, butl excused myselfby saying
that their dancing was SO superlativey beautiful
that ii was sufficient to admire il, and that was
afraid to try 8; besides, says l. 1T is contrary TO
our customs in Hindostan; to which they re-
piled that India was far off, and no one could see
me. But, said !, there are people who put
every thing IN the newspapers, and II my friends
| heard of it i should lose caste The ladies
smiled and after this was not asked TO dance.
The Persian princes, when in similar dilemma,
evaded the request by taking oath that we did
not know how, and that our mother did not care
TO teach us; and thank God concludes Najef-
Kooli with heartfelt gratitude, we never did
dance. God protect the faithful from it I" s
oh md - he,
laughable, vet sensible articles we have seen on
the subject for long time. ..g sls, !,
The singing that followed pleased him more,
but the clapping" the singer quite staggered
him, aud with unaffected astonishment he says:
The strangest custom is, that the audience
clapped their hands in token of satisfaction when
ever any Of the ladies concluded their perform
ance. The only occasion on which
such an exhibition Of feeling is to be witnessed
in Hindostan is when some offender is PIT upon
a donkey, with string Of old shoes around his
4 neck, his face blackened and turned to the tail,
and in this plight expelled from the city. Then
only do the boys (men never) clap their hands,
and cry hnrrah hurrah:" y i
l The Khan walks with his eyes open, and has
! some fair hits at English customs, especially
their peculiar mode Of fasting in obedience TO
! the church regulations. The only particular df-
ference he could discern between fast-day and
! others was that the English usually added in
! that day salt FISH and cross buns" TO their or
binary sumptuous living.
The ice and skates in Regents Park next al
! tracted him. He prefaces his description Of
these by frankly acknowledging he does not ex-
. pect to be believed BY his countrymeO, and says:
g. What had previously seen in the summer
as water, with the birds swimming and the boats
! rowing upon it, was now transformed into an
immense sheet Of ice, as hard as rock, on which
thousands of persons, men, women, and chill
dren, were actually walking, running, and 6gur-
ing in most extraordinary manner. saw men
pass with the rapidity Of an arrow, turning,
wheeling, retrograding, and describing figures
i with surprising agility sometimes on both
but more frequently only on one leg they had
all piece Of steel, turned up in front somewhat
in the manner of our slipper, fastened to their
shoes, by means of which they propelled them
selves as have described. After much per-
suasion, went on the ice myself, though mt
without considerable fear; yet such a favorite
sport is this with the English, and so infatuated
are some Of these ace-players, that nothing will
deter them from yenlnring on those places which
are marked out as dangerous; and thus many of
them perish, like moths that sacrifice themselves
in the candle fame. They have, therefore, par
ties Of men with their dresses stuffed with air.
cushions, whose duty it is to watch on the ice,
ready to plunge in whenever it breaks and any
one is immersed. IN. Y. Tribune. s
A story Of Crime and Misfortune.-T Troy
Post furnishes us with the sad tale of once
lovely and interesting girl, well known in Albany
Her name is Ellen Turner. 1t appears that
about two weeks since she put up at Wells
Belongs in Troy, and said she was stranger
from the west, just arrived in the cars, that her
husband was in New York, and wanted to stay
till she could write and hear from him; as she
looked rather forlorn and decent withal, Mrs.
Belding kindly took her in; next evening about
6 o'clock she left. and took along one brocha
shawl and other articles; warrant was issued
and the lady was found and arrested by True
worthy, at Colloes. The goods were found with
her and she acknowledged her guilt, and said
her name was Ellen Turner, has a mother living
in Rochester, was sent to Albany 10 school, and
went to select school in Broadway, became ac-
quainted with Abram Whipple, son of Lansing
Whipple, Of Bern, Albany county was seduced BY
said Abram, and has child ten weeks old by him,
Hc she iS caSt oH hv all bor mot c,