Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-07-31

part Of the S,rclitizes-nay, that the crueltics
of the Mahomctan dcspot are less obnoxious
on the whole than that of the Christian car.
Mrs. Dawson Damer gives u most spifitedac-
count oil hlm-haying, on occasion of his in
specuhg the arsenal, stationed herself close
oy, and been presented las far as ladies' could
pc.'
Il never saw" saws she, so striking and
intei.igent a courterance. nor one with hall
THE variety of expression. The eve had mt one
moment that Of positive ~beneyolence, and an
instant afterwards, when some of the machine
~ went wrong, it gained the most savage ex-
preston and again, when an awkward look.
ing boy fell down in turning a wheel, il as,
suincd an appearance of fun and mischief.
accompanied BY n chuckle, for VI could not be
called a laugh, his costume was very simple
Ia grecnish brown suit, trimmed with ugly
hsht iur, and red icz (cap). and he wore pea
green SILK gloves. Ills cloak was held up by
one attendant, more az If for the purpose oil
Keeping II out of the dirt, than for ceremony
The Captain Pacha was on his lett. and Bur.
Shos Bcy, his prime minister and five or 81,
others, stood near him, but there was no ap.
peardnce of the etiquette of a Court. The onl,
smart thing belonging TO him was his large
cnerry coiored rarasol trimmed with golC
fringe, OF which AN i'll dressed Arabhad charge
but which the heat of the day did no oblig,
him to u%nfurl." 81 9.
But the best is still TO come. Ii NAV no
DE well known To all our readers. that Mrs
Damer has struck out quite a new line of col
~iecung--and that, instead of filling a show
doom with the autographs or portraits of dis
tnguished individuals, she is satisfied witt
nothing less than a lock of their own hair =
Having not long since succeeded i'm abstractins
the SIX last black hairs from the noblest ant
w,isest head in Europe, it is not surprising she
Piucked up courage on the present occasion
oethought herself that she might not be pass.
ing through Alexandra again i'm a hurry. and
that Pachas only live forever i'm figures o
speech, and in short, applied for the same to.
KEN Whether black or white, from under the
turon-no, alas, the chimney pot fez-tha
governs modern Egypt. Mehemet Ali was
startled II she had asked for his head il would
nave surprised him less! however, he remem.
bered the bright pair of Frank ewes which had
pierced him through and through at the arse
na''-his heart softcned. and though he eluded
her immediate request under some excuse
about the law of the Prophet (of course he had
not a hnir to give,) he made ample amends by
promising much more.
lie said that In a collection containing
Nelson's, Napoleons and Wellingtons. his was
AS yet unworthy to be included; but if nos.
'eflty judged otherwise, he would leave i'm his
VIII a request TO lbrahim Pacha to present me
his beard; and if | did not out live him. il
was TO descend to the son or daughter whom
my collection. The ages and names
d my children Were asked for and these tes-
arrangements were very gravely
made, and written down by the Secretary sent
that purpose. In the evening, at a little
'arty at Captain LIS, we heard that all Alex
Indria was ringing with this little episode"
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