(^l)c iTavmcr's iHoiiiljhj bi^ibr. 



119 



Tlicy M wpiir <li)uri. I |miI him lliroii^'li. "Go 

 to tile roininodnn'," said lie, "Iciiii l'cI iIkwii 

 williom ym." 1 tiiniP'l to ir<> "(>, "H<i 'ln'''; "i*"" 

 vvf'i-e |iicUiiiL' ii|' oii<^ "'" tl'tii' iiicsr^iiialns uilhotit 

 a liciid. "Odiofllie port with lii/"," said llie 

 f>ftirei-, ;iiiil lliev lliiew him out as if lie'il been u 

 doir. 



All this at any otlier liiiiH woiilH have licpii 

 fiisti'Hssiiii;- ; hut \vli«'ii I srot on di^rl; a smile fi-oin 

 the commtMliiro, and " Well .Mr. B., yon came lo 

 SPe a fiiiht, now do you like it?" " V'l'ry well ; 

 liiit Ft seems lo me 'twill uever he over." "No. 

 (said he,) I shall have to f.o home for powder and 

 shot if he keeps off miudi loii^'er." Directly he 

 set his foresail and eilired down pretty close to us. 

 The Coimnodoreturued to me," We'll iioiv settle 

 it ill twenty iiiimites;" and after seventeen, spent 

 iTinch ill the same manner as I have descrilied, 

 down came all his masts and yards, his firinir 

 ceaspil and we ranged ahead. Soon we went 

 aliont and stood dose to him, w hen he acknowl- 

 edged he had struck. And this was all. .\nd 

 tiiis is a fi^iht. I looked at tiie watch, and we 

 have heen hainmerinjj; ""'ay one honraud twenty- 

 two niimites. "What sl'iip is that?" "The 

 Macedonian." " Give Commodore Decatur's 

 roinpliments lo Capl. Garden — hopes he's well." 

 Yon must know that last March, Gaptain Garden 

 was at Norfolk with his ship. While there he 

 and the Gommodore had a warm dispute aI)ont 

 the respective discipline, etjuipinent, armament, 

 &c. of their and our ships. At last they fpiarelleil, 

 and the Gommodore told him ih.at if there should 

 be a w:ir they inisht he ahle to settle those ques- 

 tions: till then they^lad heller not he <liscussed. 

 Caiden replied: "My IViu'ale is tlioia'ht a match 

 for any siuL'le decked sliip atluat. She may ^'o 

 down, sir, lint she can never strike to a friir;ite." 



He came on hoaril lookins more like a InWcher 

 than any ihiu:; else, for Ik- was literally hesmear- 

 ed from head lo toot with blood. Ho was receiv- 

 ed at tlie's.-in;jvvay in the most firac-ious manner 

 Iiy his old .icqnaintance, shown into the cahin, 

 aiid. ahhon^di in the most distressinsr stale of 

 mortification, sa\in^', " I shall certainly he hniifr; 

 my ronntrv never will foryive this; they wont 

 believe it till I tell them oC it," &c. &c., was soon 

 pacified, atid al leiisth in some deirrec satisfied. 

 He was was told lliat the Guerricre struck in 

 thirty mimiles, with half the loss of men he hail 

 siiffe:-ed, and so on — for ,\on must kaow he came 

 from a scene horrible enouu:h to make him inad. 

 Hi.s decks were lumbered with his dead and 

 vvoi'mded. Out of a crew of threehundred men 

 he had ihirty-siv killed anil'sixty-eiuht woimdi'd ; 

 we onlv seven killeil and five wounded. His 

 vessel was a comjilete wreck : ours, in one hour's 

 tiino, could have whipped just such another 

 friirate in half the time, could we have frot close 

 alon^T side one. We are low employed in put- 

 tins her in order lo come to America, wiih what 

 chance yon will easily jnd^iO of our j/etliuj,' her 

 in, « hen inflirmed that we are just two thousnnd 

 five hundred miles from home, and n wiutei's 

 const to come on. With Decatur's luck I think 

 we may reach America by the first of December, 

 when I liopi' to have the pleasure, &c, &c. 



With the kiiidesl refrard, I am, my de.ar friends, 

 voiir much ohliired ;ind verv hnmble seivant, 



U. F, B, 



l-'.irlhe farnii',',-. Monthly Visilur. 

 Instruction to Youn? Women. 

 Mr Hill:— .\ writer in the Visitor liir May 

 solicits somethini' for the infornialiou of our 



women in the art of hnuspkeepiiif,', and 



their (louipstic duties. Such information wimld 

 not at any lime come amiss, Cdv even the btst in- 

 formed anil most c.ipahle are not hurt by heiii!.' 

 reminded cjf these impoitant duties. As in mor- 

 als, so on our ttrms, admonitions streu^tben our 

 virtues; and the weeds will find their way into 

 the best of gardens if they are not every year 

 destroyed. It may not however he amiss to re- 

 mind "this eorrespondent of the Visitor, that he 

 has within his reach a work upon the subject he 

 U solicitous about, that far surp;!sses any thing we 

 could say ; and that it would be a piracy that 

 vvonhl subject us to just cpiisine if we were to 

 transfer it or any part thereof to the coluilins of 

 our inontlily sheet. 



Ilnvinn had occasion to look at a number of 

 public works old anil new upon house-keep- 

 in:i and dotnestic economy, we without hcsilatiou 

 give the prefejence to the " Krugal Housewife," 



by Mr.s, Ghild, to any 0/ al' others. It is adapted' 

 to our country and the habits of onr people ; ami 

 il' a voiuiff woman, the wife 'of ii youn^' liirnier 

 were coii'ipelle'il to place Kold in one scale, and 

 this hitle volume in the . tlier,on her first entrance 

 under llie marriau'e roof, ilic sold would be as dust 

 in the halaiico, loil';-, Ion;; beliire tl;e nsnal race 

 of lilii is run. It is an every ilay, a practical 

 book, svhose value can only he appreciateil by 

 those who make themselves acquainted with it. 

 Almost if not quite all other works upon this 

 subject are exiruvajraiit and not suited to the 

 plain fiiiL'al wift?. Their contents leave eis to 

 iruaj;iiie that the compilers were promidsalin;^ a 

 sort of evirience of their own frentility, and ac- 

 cuslomed to the viands of what is sometimes 

 calfed polished society. One needs a fortune lo 

 hesiii with, to practice after their teaching's; and 

 for this very reasmi their works are not suited to 

 the mass of society, or what we consider the 

 <.'reat stib.-<tance in ihe body politic. But Mrs. 

 Child, in her Frufial Housewife, has won nnfiid- 

 iiifl laurels in proiliicin;; that which is calculated 

 III beiieril the greatest number, and althougli we 

 cannot with propriety trespass upon her rights 

 by inserting any portion of it, we should be very 

 hiippy to receive any coinmnnicalion from her 

 that she may kcl disposed to iiialcp, and lo rn- 

 commend to the liur daimhters of our land that 

 rthen they shall go to purchase the habiliments 

 liir the bridal hour, not to liirget in their purchases 

 the volume of the Frugal Housewife by Mrs. 

 Ghild. 



CoN.\ECTicu;r Clocks.— The writer of the 

 money articles in Bennett's Herald, in a late num- 

 ber, gives the following illustration of the pro- 

 gress of Yankee enterprise. It would seem lliat 

 the making ;md e.xporlation of clocks bids fiiir 

 10 come into competition with the most exten- 

 sive Inaiiehes of manufactures fijr which this 

 counliy is so celehiated : 



"A few days since we made some remarks on 

 tlie increasiilg- exports lo Great Britain, particti- 

 larlv of Connecticut wares. 'I'he Journal ol' 

 Commerce of yesterday stated that clocks were 

 sent to England, invoiced at $\ 50 each, and that 

 when the 'officers of the Customs seized them 

 lor midervaliiations, it was agreed to on acentint 

 of the ten per cent, advance.' 



This is the sneering and contettijitnous man- 

 ner ill which one of the most inlerestiiig speci- 

 mens of .American enterprise iVi'treated by those 

 who should know better. The clocks sjiokei'i 

 of are not sold lor .$1 50 each, nor are they in- 

 troduced into Enuhind by indireclioli. The inge- 

 nuity of New Eiiglanders has long enabled lhein_ 

 not only to nndersell Europe in all articles of 

 household utility, but to supply', by their iiidns- 

 irv, many of iuiportauce as yet not known 10 

 Eiuo|iea"ns. The clocks in qii. stion come under 

 this head :— They have brass worK cut by ma- 

 ehinerv, out of brass plates made lor that use in 

 Goune'ciicut. They are filled up in polished ina- 

 hoiiany frames, in a neat manner, and when fin- 

 ished, fiirni all eight-day limepiece,vvliicli cannot 

 he rivalled in tiie world for accnr.icy. These ar- 

 ticles h.ive long been known to the public of this 

 coiinlry, hut are strangers lp_ luirope, until in- 

 lioibiced there in ihe spring of 1841, by the firm 

 of Hperrv and Shaw, No. 8 Coiirtlandt street. 

 I'lir liist invoice was taken as an experiment. — 

 Tlie duty is 20 per cent, in England. Tlie Vis- 

 touisluneiil with which these specimens of Am- 

 erican work were viewed was very great,not only 

 lor the beauty anil excellence oflbe clocks them- 

 selves, hut tlie heantifiil and enduring polish of 

 the cases excited great admiralion, and is a per- 

 fect novelty there,' iind cannot yet be_ imUated. 

 This first invoice sold at from £4 to £5 each, or 

 about .*viO: since ihat time not only has every 

 packet to !!^,ngland carried an invoiee, hut large 

 quantities have been sent to the noiili of Europe, 

 and the late India bound ships have also taken 

 considerable quantities. They are also finding 

 their way into all the ports of Europe at a great 

 profit to the enterprising makers. The timounl 

 shipped since the first experiment in lci41 has 

 been near 40,000 clocks, which, at -S'^O, reaches 

 the important sum of S800,000, and stands next 

 to the article of rice in exports of American i)ro- 

 duce. The number of these clocks malinlactur- 

 ed annually in Connecticut is 300,000, Messrs. 

 Sperry & Shaw iiirii out 300 per week in this 

 cily. 'I'ho manuliictnre, in its importajice,rar ex- 



ceeds that of many, the conductors of which are 

 ever clainoring for 'protection,' beciiuse ibeir 

 skill and enti i-prise i."5 not sufficient to sustain 

 them against the siiperioriiy of Iviropeaus. An 

 important business has grown up without pro- 

 tection amid the sneers of the brainless, and 

 bids defiance lo the competition of the world, 

 covered by the natural protection of the Ameri- 

 can people, which consists al itie in their un- 

 matctied enlc'ipri.se and industry. They do not 

 'go louml with Ihe hat' whining to their lellow 

 citizens lor alius ill the shape of taxes tor therr 

 henetit. They llinnv down the giiiintlel, and re- 

 pose with niiifily confidence on their own le- 

 somces." 



From the DeauKantic Review 

 Hampton Beach. 



BY J. O. WHITTIER. 



, The sunlight glitteVs green and bright, 

 Where, miies away, 

 Lies stretching tu my dazzled sight 

 A luniinciua belt, a misty light, 

 Beyond the dark pine bluffs and wastes of sandy gray 



The tremulous Shadow of the Sea ! 



Against its ground 

 Of silvery light, nick, lull and tree, 

 .Still as a picture, clear and free, 

 With varying outline mark the coast fur miles around. 



On — on — vve tread with loose tfung rein 



Our seaward way, 

 Through dark -green fields and blossoining grain, 

 Where the wild brier-rose skirts the lane, 

 And bends above our heads the flowering locust-spray. 



Ha! like a kind hand on my brow 

 Comes this fresh breeze, 

 Cooling its dull and feverish glow. 

 While through my being seems tu How 

 The breath of a new hie — the healing of the seas 1 



Now rest wc, where this grassy mound 



His feet hath set 

 In the great waters which liavc bound 

 His granite ancles greenly round 

 With long and tangled moss, and weeds with cool spray 

 wet. 



Good-bye to Pain and Care! 1 take 



Mine ease to-day ; 

 Here where these sunny waters break, 

 And ripples this keen breeze, I shake 

 All Inirdeiis from my heart, all weary thoughts away. 



I draw a freer breath — 1 seem 



Like all 1 see — 

 Waves in the sun — the white winged gleam 

 Of sea-birds in the slanting beam — 

 And far-ufF sails which flit bcloie the South wind free. 



So when Time's veil shall fall asunder, 



The soul may know 

 T^o fearful change, nur sudden wonder, 

 Nor sink the weight of mystery under, 

 But with the upward rise, and with the vastness grow. 



And ail we shrink from nn.v may seem 



No new revealiiiu ; 

 Familiar as our childhood's stream, 

 Or pleasant memory of a dream, 

 The loved and cherished P.ist upon. the new life stealing 1 



Serene and mild the untried light 



May have lis dawning^ 

 And, lis in bummer's northern night 

 The e'/cning and the dawn unite, 

 The sunset hues ol 'J'lliie blend with the soul's new morn- 

 ing. 



I sit alone : in foam and spray 



Wave after wave 

 Breaks on the rucks wii.ch. stern and gray, 

 Beiiealh like fallen Titans lay. 

 Or murmurs hoarse and strong through mossy cleft and 

 cave. 



What heed I of the dusty land 



.\nd noisy town '! 

 1 see the mighty deep expand 

 From its white line of glimmering sand 

 To where the blue of Heaven in bluer waves shuts down ! 



In listless quietude of mind, 



I yield to all 

 The cliange of cloud, and wave, and wind. 

 And passive on the flood reclined, 

 I w,inder with tlie waves, and with them rise and fall 



But look, thou dreamer! — wave and shore 



In shadow lie ; 

 The night-wind warne me back once more 

 To where my native hill tops o'er 

 Bends like an arch of fire the glowing sunset sky I 



So then, Beach, Bluff, and Wave, farewell ! 



I bear with me 

 \o token stone nor glittering shell. 

 But long and olt shall memory tell 

 Of this brief thoughtful hour of musing by the Sea. 



