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CULTURE OP SILK.
The following Statistics in relation to the culture and
manufacture of Silk, are taken from a Letter
written to the Committee on Manufactures of the
last Congress, bjf Mr. Jcdsow. They do not af
foid an entirely, correct view of the extent to
ifhirti the business is carried on. It is in so in
fant a condition; and so rapidly advancing, that
it is difficult to
ay the exact state of it before the
oublic ;
NEW ENGLAND STATES.
Four of the States are paying bounties
on the culturej and manufaqture of Silk.
In Maine, a bounty of five cent on every
pound of cocooins grown, and fifty cents
un erery pound of silk reeled, is paid
from the State Treasury; In several towns
the growing or silk has been comiiienced
and experiments have resulted flattering
ly. In Fryeburg, a gentleman lias about
12,000 Italian' mulberry trees 4 years old
and several more in nursery. He bad
5.000 worms j last season and obtained
the usual quantity of silk.
In New Hampshire the business is be
gun and prosecuted with spirit. .In Con
cord, there is an incorporated company
with a capital of 875,000, who have pur
chased a farm and are stocking it with
both kinds of mulberries as fasf as pos
sible. Individuals in many parts are
planting, preparatory to feeding the
worm. Experiments in South Weare,
Newport, Duiibartpny Warner, Hopkin
ton, Keene, aitd many other towns, re
sult in showing the expediency and pro
fit of the culture, i
Vermont grants a bounty of ten cents
on every pound of cocoons grown within
the state. f his has given the business
a good beginning,; and preparations are
making to enter it on a large scale,
Massachusetts has granted ther very li
beral bounty of 82 per pound on all silk
crown and reeled in the Uomtnonwealth.
This is considered; sufficient to defray all
expenses of growing, reeling and throw
ing. Several companies have been es
tablished. The American Silk Company
at Bedham capital 850, 000, liberty to
increase to 100,000 has twenty acres
planted, and thirty more in preparation
are prepared to manufacture 200 lbs.
sewing silk per week, worth now 82,000.
The company manufactured 8 10,000
worth of silk the past year, half from fo
ie'n and half from domestic growth.
The Atlantic Silk Company at Nantucket
capital &10,)Q0 in operation fabrics
manufactured! highly xredhable. The
Northampton Silk Company, capital 810d
000, liberty to extend to 500,000 plan
tation of S00 acres now ltockln? tame
fabrics sewing silk al read v manufactured.
pid to be equal in quality to the best I-
uuan. The Massachusetts Silk Comna-
Py capital 8150,000 now growing 85,
1 ft A A s r
P60 trees. There is also the Boston, the
peyburyport,i &the Roxbury Silk Com
panies, all with large capitals. Indivi
duals are alsci engaging with flattering
prospects. '
in Rhode Island, the Valentine or R.
island Silk Company, capital 8100,000,
mens.
In Connecticut
one dollar on every hundred Italian or
Chinese Mlllllarr (raas D . t - - U
'stances from each other as will best fa
vor their growth and. the collection of
tneir leaves. nA .,tt;i -; 1 1 u .
!re yars old Considerable quantities
nave Deen irrn,..'r.. cf A
n - iwu mr uuy or aixiy years,
particu arly a the counties of Windham
Tf7oI,an State also pays a bounty
fifty cents on every pound of silk reef-
" mproyed reel. There are two
-urporateu companies-- Mansfield
-uunecucoi oiik Manufacturing Com-
patnes the fnrmpr t M.n.fi.u ... .
OOO-the'liiterrHaSJ
!00. The busi&essof the latter h
therto been confined principally to the
--aciure : t Tuscan straw fbF ladies
yuuu 5 it has lately commenced
the manufacture of sewine silk, iri large
J quantities and of good quality.. A small
jpacjory ai jl.isdou is ooiqg a goouu
ness. Individuals have engaged inv.the
business in all parts f the- State. Tliere
are .exte,nssive.. nurseries jat Hartftrd,
Suffield, Farmingon, Litchfield, New
London, Stoniogton, Durham, New Haven-
and many other towns. A MrChees
borough of New London, has invented a
simple and improyed plan for making co
coons. A Mr. Burtford of Roxbury; has
invented a machine for the manufacture
oXorganzine, train and sewing silk said
to bean improvement.
MIDDLE STATES.
In New-York, the subject has attract
ed attention for some ri-me. Among other
companies incorporated, are the Troy,
Poughkeepsie, the New York, ami the
Albany Silk Growers Companies ; all
have large capitals. With regard : to
these companies the information is limit
ed. Individuals throughout the State
are engaged in the business, but it is hot
known to what extent. From Steuben,
Broome, Lewis, Orleans, Monroe, Ouon
daga and Suftolk, there aredetails. In
Steuben, there are about 20,000 Italian
Mulberries of five years growth, & 1,200
Chinese of two years twenty persons
have entered the occupation. In Broome
little has been done, bat preparations are
going on vigilantly. In Lewis, the cul
tivation of the tree is undertaken with
spirit, the people -are beginning to a -wak6
to the "business, and believe it will
flourish." In Orleans county there are
about 600 of the Chinese and 50,000 of
the Italian now growing. It is supposed
g200t000 will be invested in the business
the next five years. In Monroe county
there are large nurseries at Rochester,
Greece and other places. In the town
of Sweden, there are about 104,125 trees
five acres of land a' ready planted, and
fifteen in a state- of preparation. In O-
nondaga, there are many of: the Italian.
In Shelter Island, there are 6,000 Chi
nese, and seven acres of land in prepa
ration. In Southampton on Long Island,
there are 50,000 I tauan and a lew Chi
nese. Some beautiful sewinsr silk has
been made. The statistics from New
York, are imperfect, and give a faint idea
of the extent to which the business has
been carried r that great State.
Iu New Jersey, companies have been
incorporated. Among them the New
Jersey Silk Manufacturing Company,
capital not exceeding S3 0,000, and the
Mammoth Silk Company. Enterprising
citizens are cultivating the Mulberry.
Small quantities of silk have been made,
and the soil and climate well adapted.
. SeVeral companies have been formed
in Pennsylvania, under a general law for
their encouragemeut. The Beaver Silk
Company, at Beaver Falls, is commenc
ing operations under favorable circum
stances. There is a company in Chester
county, and one in Philadelphia. The
Harmony Society, at Economy, have ma
nufactured sewing silk, vestings, cravats
&c. highly commended and have 10,000
Italian and 453 Chinese ot various ages.
Hundreds of citizens are engaging in the
busiuess. -
In Delaware, the State Journal says,
the Delaware Silk Company have about
15,000 trees, that they are making active
preparations, and that no effort shall be
wanting on their part, to make little De
laware a great silk district
In Maryland, companies have been in
corporated. The Queen Anne Company
has a capital or &du,uuu. xne iaiuut
County Company has been incorporated.
Individuals are undertaking the business.
SOUTHERN STATES.
. " - .
In Virginia, public attention is much
devoted to the subject Several compar
nies were granted liberal charters, with
large capitals at the last session of the
Legislature. There.are the Fredericks
burg Silk and Agricultural Company
the Hartwood Silk & Agricultural Com
pany the Virginia Silk and Sugar Com
pany, (for the manufacture of Silk and
Beet Sugar), and the West Virginia Silk
and Agricultural Company. There are,
also, the Virginia Silk Company, and the
Potomac Silk and Agricultural Company.
The two last are in operation Mr. J.
B. Gray, near Fredericksburg,
has a
a flou
large number of Chinese trees in
rishing condition. In addition to the a-
hove, the Enquirer states, that the U. S.
Arsenal, which has been some time dis
continued for that purpose, and was go-
a t a
ng w ruin, win proDamy oe converted
into a Silk Laboratory, and that 60 or
80,000 mulberries are expected to be
planted out in the grounds. In this vi
cinity, attention is turned to the culti
vation of the mulberry, particularly the
I flL! .. .
uruau teaieu vninese muioerry, wmcn is
now easily propagated by slips. Among
others, Mr. John Carter, the skilful and
successful cultivator of the! Vine, has
planted out this Spring ab,out 40,OQO slips
of this succulent species of mulberry."
Individuals in many sections arengage'd
in the business; The prospects, in this4
State are flattering-rcliinate is more ap
propnate,ana our worn, out tobacco tanas
are admirably adapted to the cultivation
of the mulberry. The business, if libe
rally undertaken, will stay the tide qf
emigration.
ttOil",
From North Carolina, South Carolina,
nd 5eorgia Accounts are of the" most
pattering character. Planters are dis
posed to give me subject a fair trial.
Climate and soil admirably adapted, ac
cording to the results of experiments ;
and, from the signs, many planters' will
make a silk as well as cotton prop.
In Florida & Alabama, the tree grows
luxuriantly, and produces ait abundant
foliage. Some of the inhabitan ts are con
vinced that silk would be the most pro
fitable crop they could make. At Pen
sacola and Mobile there are .a large num
ber ot Mulberry trees. At the latter
place, Chester Root, Esq . is preparing a
large plantation; ; The Black Mulberry
is indigenous, and the foliage makes as
good silk as the Chinese. The value of
steriU West Florida lands will be enhan
ced, it is supposed, by their adaptation
to the production-of Silk.
WESTERN STATES.
The soirand climate" is ajdiuiruTjly adap
ted to the silk culture. Ohio has com
menced the business- under-flattering aus
pices. The Ohio Silk Company isoing
on swimmingly they have a large plan
tation, on the i-ich bottoms of the Scioto,
fast stocking in varieties of mulberry.
They design extending their plantation of
Italian, to 100 acres with 1,000 trees to
the acre; and arc equal number of Chinese.
A company in Jefferson County capital
850000: The Mas si I ton Manufacturing
Company have had their capital extend
ed to 8jE00,000, and design commencing
largely. Several companies formed, and
others have petitioned for charters.
Seventy families are said to be ensrasei
in the culture, in the vicinity of Canton
in ataiK bounty, muividuals in many
of the counties have undertaken the busi
ness with enthusiasm, and petitions were
before the last Legislature for aid
In Kentucky, th "Campbell County
owk culture anu manuiaciuring Uomp
any," has been incorporated and has
selected a lavjoraDie location opposite
Cincinnati, lhe suoiect, though new
is attracting attention. A letter gives ac
count ot some zealous enorta making a
mong individuals who are rich and able
to give the business a fair trial. Ken
tucky will, no doubt, in a few years, dp
much in the silk business.
In Indiana, the Quakers about Rich
mond, have particularly turned their at
tention to the subject; and inquiry has
been awakened in many sections. AI
that has been done, has been in so short
a time, that efforts in the cultivation of
the mulberry, is all that has transpired
considerable preparations are making in
this way.
v !a ti I
in Illinois, AitciJigan, Missouri anq
Tennessee, small beginnings have been
made, llie soil and climate or eacir en
tirely congenial, and with proper efforts,
ot which, there is every reason to hope,
they will become silk growing States.
Mr. Judson savs: t- lhe efforts which
have been made by individuals, and the
suecess which has thus far attended them,
seem to point out the course which should
be auoptea ov congress. unous:n lias
been done already to enlighten the public,
so far as its practicability and profit are
concerned; and nothing more is wanting
to induce thousands of the enterprising
aud industrious to engage in it, but a
orough. knowledge of its details. Could
a general diffusion of practical knowledge
on the subject of cultivating the tree and
rearing the worm be effected, I have no
doubt the United states would finally be
come one of the greatest silk
countries iq the world."
growing
THE KING AND THE ANTELOPE;
OR PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.
Tlie court of Raharam, the fifth king of
Persia, was one of the gayest companies
that ever encircled the Sassanian throne.
There have been periods in the history of
the country when the palace has exhibi
ted superior splendour ; there have been
times of greater luxury and reigns when
wit has flourished with more brilliancy ;
but never perhaps has there been an age
in which active amusements and bodily
diversion have been o systematically and
incessantly pursued. The understand
ing of the monarch might be rated con
siderably above the average of kindly in
tellect ; yet a candid arid impartial ob
server would probably have characterised
hitn as restless rather than enterprising,
ingenious rather than wise. He was yet
young when he ascended the throne, and
"... ' . m m. k tt . I
that ambition which belonged to nis na
ture, having never been directed by pru
dent counsellors, to objects worthy of
its predecessor's talents and station, led
mm to -eeK. me uisuucuuu ntuuiucu i
feats of bodily Strength and skill, rather
than to bend his energies to those pur
suits of which the scene was the ca&inet
and not thefield, of whit:h the reward
was , the approbation of the wise, and the
result the happiness oi me couuiry uc
courtier of course had the taste or nis mas
ter ; and to hurl the lance, to draw the
bow, and to rein the struggling steed,
and to follow the flvins deer, soon became
the only occupations of the attendants of
Raharam. ., i-
In all the undertakings of the king, the
chief object which he sought was the ap
jrtTJVJS 19, 1837.
plause of those around him. Whenever!
he Went into the fields the ladies of his
court accompanied him; and. the won
der and delight which they testified at
anyi extraordinary feat of skill, constitu
ted abundant recompense for the trouble
which he had taken. Among the females
attajched to his court was one who, though
lessj personally attractive perhaps than
anyj other in the circle,; possessed by the
commanding vigour of her intellect, and
the winning gentleness of her temper, a
greater influence than any over the heart
of the monarch. Tl mild intelligence
that dwelt in every feature of her coun
tenance, gave to her face a t)dwer which
wast denied to the more sparkling eye
arid the more blushing check; Notwith
standing all the efforts to gain the smiles
of his lady, the king never found that to
his i hopes she responded with all the
gratification he couW have wished to in
spife. Her smile when won was always
mitlgled with a shade either of regret or
contempt, in irutn sne loved Kaharam
antf was grieved to see his powers ap
plied to ends so little worthy of his dig
nity ; she wished him to be. withdrawn
froni enterprises so insignificant, to others
which would adorn his station and exalt
his! name. '
Surely,,' she would somet'unes say
to him, throwing the advice in an imper
sonal form, "surely, sire, those persons
who are eminent for mental or political
greatness, command a larger portion of
esteem than those who have become dis
tinguished for physical dexterity, in
whjich, in truth, any one, could obtain the
sarjie proficiency who would abandon him
self to them in the same degree." ..
To suggestions like these.the monarch
lent an unwilling ear and generally man
aged to forget them as soon ai they were
concluded. - :L
After many an unsuccessful trial, the
kirig had at length become able to exe
cute a feat which he had long labored for,
and Was now anxious that his courtiers
and ladies should be spectators of the
display. He carried them, before, to the
plain, and an antelope was found, asleep,
fne monarch discharged an arrow with
such precision as to graze its ear. The
animal awoke, and put up its hind hoof
to its ear, to brush off the fly by which
he, conceived himself annoyed. As the
hoof was passing above his head, ano
ther arrow from the royal bow fastened
it to his horn. The exulting Raharam
turned from the congratulations of the
throng to his favorite lady, expecting to
receive her warmest praises. Vexed to
see that toil squandered upon an unwor
thy trick which, properly applied, might
have enlarged the empire and consumma
ted mighty revolution, she coolly replied,
"Practice makes perfect."
Enraged at this uncourtly observation,
the king instantly ordered her to be car
ried to the mountains and there exposed
to perish. The order was promptly obey
ed;; and the lady was left alone in the
middle of a mountain forest, and the train
returned to the place.
bout four years after the events des
cribed above, Raharam was walking with
his minister near the plain where he had
pierced the hoof of the antelope.
flt was here," said the king in a mus-
Dg mood, that my rashness destroyed a
lady for a thoughtless speechj and I was
deprived of the only person whom I ever
i ; t ri tt i a
loveu. ine place -wuicn sne occupied in
my heart has never been supplied. Why
was an order dictateirby passing passion
executed with such fatal precision? It
is the course of royalty, that while the
resolution of kingly plans is controlled
by the weakness of humanity the irrevo
cable decision of divinity presides: over
their execution. To the rashness and er
rors of ordinary men Is granted the bless
ing of timely repentance; but the discove
ry jof his wrong by au erring king, only
wakes a barren ansuish. -
While the king thus Soliloquised, his
walk' brought him within I tight of a
small cottage, almost hidden among the
trees, at the door of which he beheld with
amazement a young and delicate female
carrying a cow upon her shoulder up a'
flight of twenty steps. Astonished at a
circumstance so extraordinary, he imme
diately sent his minister to inquire by
what means such unusual strength was
brought to reside in a form so-frail. The
minister returned with the information
hat the lady said her secret should be
revealed to none but Raharam, and to
him; only, on his condescending to visit
ier;alone. lhe king instantly went, and
whdn he had ascended to her room, de
sired her to explain the remarkable sight
Mrour years ago," she repiiea, iook
possession of this upper room. Soon after
my arrival,! bought a small call which l
regalarly carried up and down the steps,
once every day. This exercise I hajre
never intermitted, and the improvement
of my strength has kept pace with the
increasing weight of the animal."
The monarch began to repeat his admi
ration of what he had seen, but . she bade
him not to lavish praise where praise was
not! due. "Practice makes perfect, " said
the lady in her natural voice, and at the
same tune lifting her veil, cnsplayed the
features of Ker whom he had mourned ' as
dead. The king recognised and embra
ced his favorite; delighted with that love
which had led her to pass -four solitary
years in an endeavor to regain his favor.
btruck too, by the visible logic ,ot so
conductive an example, he perceived that
oi tnose bodily teats which he valued so
highly, the most extraordinary were easily
possipie to utne and perseverance; ana
he resolved, upon the spot, to abandon so
1 a . -a
pooranampiuon, ana to consecrate the re
mainder his life, to acts that should
command tue respect oi virtue, and win
the regard of fame.
From Courtship and marriage.'
' 6T THE REV. J. M. DAVIS.
WHAT CONSTITUTES A BETROTH-!
MENT1
The most interesting and decisive pe
riod in trie history of courtship remains to
be considered. We have endeavored to
conduct the inquirer after truth along.
from one step to another; till we have
brought him to that point when he is
prompted, not only by "the affections, but
by a regard for his own character and tl
character of his friend, to make those
declarations' of attachment and love,
which, if reciprocated, shall prepare the
way for the assumption of obligations the
most binding and solemn. WThat, then,
is the nature of betrothmentf And what
are the circumstances which will render
it null and void?
1. I remark that a matrimonial engage
ment does; not consist in anyof the civil
ities and courtesies of life which a gen
tleman mav extend to a lad v. It is not
unfrequently the case, however, that these
are mistaken for declarations of love, and
the announcement is made at once that
such persons are engaged. Such is the
imprudence of friends often, -and more
frequently of the lady herselt, that the
politeness and attention, which is ever
due between the sexes, are construed in
to proposals for matrimony, and a younj
gentleman hears the report of his engage
ment while, as yet, not even a dream of
the thing has passed his own mind. By
such imprudence the lady severs herself
from the society, perhaps, of an honorable
and polished mind; and brings upon her
self and friends the mortification and dis
appointment which will inevitably follow
in such cases. If a gentleman attend a
lady to church; if he escort her to the
public assembly, if he occasionally visit
her for the sa,ke of good society, the re
port is not unfrequently set on foot, by
some mischief-maker or indiscreet friend,
that the parties are engaged to be mar
ried. 2. Neither does nn engagement consist
in any politeness, or social intercourse
which a lady may extend to a gentleman.
There are young gentlemen, however,
of such consummate vanity, asjto suppose
that such treatment is nothing less than
the strongest intimation of personal at
tachment. If a lady so much as look at
them, they fancy it must be a love affair,
and equivalent to the most direct propo
sals for matrimony. A smile, a compli
ment, a social interview, a walk or ride
Of pleasure,, is set down by such con
ceited coxcombs, as the most unequiv6
cal declaration of love. They tell of the
conquests they have made, with an air of
triumph, and never know their mistake
till they learn it in that reserve and neg
lect which their conduct so richly de
serves. S. Neither does an engagement consist
in any of those preliminary steps, which
are so important in order to a just esti
mate of the character and qualifications
of the person- with whom you would be
united for life.
Many persons, however, imagine that
every such step is a committal. While
the individual is only forming that wise
estimate, and making those judicious in
vestigations, which every one is bound
to make, in the affair, by a regard to his
happiness and that of others he is con
sidered as fairly committed, without the
possibility of honorable retreat But this
is all wrong, whether it be the sentiment
of individuals or public sentiment. The
very object of his researches is to ascer
tain if the character and qualifications of
the person are such as will make him a
happy companion for life. .Without such
investigation he might as wen commit nis
interest, in this matter, to a lady he had
never beheld. He might as well be be
trothed, as heathen children, by their pa
rents, without his consent or knowledge,
and while yet in a state of infancy. He
. . . . . . . . .... . .
might as well blindtold himself, and rush
into a great assembly and select a com
panion at random. Parents must sup
pose their daughters little else than an
gels, if they expect U betroth them in
this manner. And if young ladies are so
superficial in character and accomplish
ments, as not to admit of such honorable
and wise scrutiny, they had better give
up the idea of married life, and become
huns at once. Such ahould be the sen
timents on this subject, that every young
gentleman should feel himself at liberty
to make every necessary investigation!!
character, without subjecting himself to
the report of being engaged, or of other
than honorable intentions, if, disappoint
ed, he sees fit to retire. '
in the most unqualified declaration of love
on the part of either the gentleman or la
dy. This may aU be, yet no obligations
are assumed, no contract isfbrmed. r And
yet there are those who suppose that de-
clarations of attachment imnosean obli
gation an their friend which cannot be
resisted or violated. The i gentleman,,
whose province it always is first to make
such disclosures, considers that when he
lias done this, he has secured by right his
object. But not so. The lady mayj be
wholly unprepared for such an event.
Such a disclosure may be made before
she has made the necessary inquiries aud
investigations herself, uch a declara
tion may be made when she had no sus
picion of an attachment existing, and
whilst her own engagements and circum
stances do not admit of her entertaining
such proposals for a moment. It is true,
such a disclosure on the part of a gentle
man, imposes certain duties on the fe
male. If her circumstances are such as
to render an engagement impossible, she
is bound by every prlncipleto acquaint'
him immediately with the fact,: and keep
the transaction a secret. IT her circum
atances are such as! to render (it proper
for her to enter into a' matrimonial en
gagement, it is properthen that! she make
his proposals a matter of immediate and
serious consideration. If she is satisfied
with his character, and entertaios such
an affection for him as will render a union
happy, she has nothing left to do but to
make known to him, in a modest and af
fectionate manner, her acceptance of his
proposals. ; But if, after due considera
tion, and inquiry, and deliberation, she
is conducted to a contrary conclusion,
she should lose no time of informing him
of the fact, in a way least likely ?to wound
his sensibilities, or mortify his pride.
She will consider it too, both a dictate of
modesty and prudence and honor, to dis
close the circumstance to no living being.
5. A matrimonial engagement, then,
is when the parties, having made mutual
disclosures of affection for each bother,
in view of such disclosures bind them
selves, by promises, to become each Other's
wedded companion for life. There must
be a contract formed, in which the par
ties pledge themselves to each other for
life, or there can be no matrimoniaL en
gagement. Nothing short ol this can be
accounted av betrothment, and nothing
more is necessary tcf its-perfection
. TROM THE VIRGINIA TIMES.
To give some idea of the evils of a de
praved irredeemable! paper currency, (a
state of things which, without great for
bearance on the part of our Banks, will
occur,,) we have appended ah extract
rom the account of Major (jar I and pay-
m
aster in a Regiment of Virginia Mat
ine on continental establishment In 17S1:
Stram Conytrs in act. with the State of
i irgtnia,
.. r.'' . Cr.
June, 1781. To twenty-two weeks" worfc
in making coats, cloaks, waist- j s
coats, aha stable jackets, at 8,1. if
000 paper per week, j 822,000
Jno. Griffin in act. wt(h the State of Fa.
, Cr. :
July, 1781. To repairing bugle horns
and trumpets for Ijt Reg. Dra
goons. 81,232
To making 4 dozen shirb at'. '
8200 per shirt, 9,600
To 40 pairs of boots, atSjOOO
perpair,
f r 80,000
To 10 cuts of thread, af 8250
Col. White, Capt. Belfield, Capt.
Watt, Capt Hill, and Dr. Rose, having
called on us to value their horses, taken
and lost in the service of the Army T thel
United Slates, we do therefore value
them, to ih best of our judgme:nVUi th'
following manner: ? " f' J-
Col. White's, a bay gelding, at 823,000
Capt. Belneld's, a sorrel do
20,000
4t
Watt's, a bay
do . 20,000
do J 20,000
Hill's, a bay
Dr. Rose's, a bay do j 25,000
JOHN HUGHES,
Fifth Regiment, L. D. and others.
A you were. During the late war wifh
Great Britain, a dashing belle,' who is
now 'A very kind mother of several chil-j
dren, found her progress arrested as'sbe
passed down Court street, Boston, by . a,
flood which prevented her passage, to thf t
opposite walk. She paused to xonsiderv
her situation, and anxiously lookedto-.
wards the desired haven, when an honest,
tar, with a canvass hat, and. bljae ribbon,
inscribed U. S. frigate Constitution, bore .
up and reconnoitered her position With
out any apology or ceremony, jhe encir
cled her waist with .his muscular armsti
and wading knee deep through "the water5
landed lady sensitive on thel bpposilej
shore t More y eked than sra!eful,r , oar; ,
belle curled her pretty lip, and said "you
are an impudent fellow, sir. Pelay thafr
my dear, said Jack, I'll make . you last
again, butting the action to the word hey
lifted her a : : second timeand-fbrdiUg;
the stream, placed her 'saily;aaTb" iiere
he first found her, observing vr i iba good
natured laugh. An You love your mwu-
ing so well, hearty, smoke mj u"""?.
but you may!1ajrat anchor there. The
aDove is true. x u jv j "
wUer ahd lesssensitive since thislecture
frequently arausea ncr ia-
ing the anecdote. j