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of the Liberator, a copy of which is annered It te sumat the cost of the shipyard is the same as paid by the governmen£ in the case of the Guerriere, at which time the ways a succarpenters in Padelphia were dearly the same in 1825 enable our readers to compare the charges, we wil now g abort abstract of them, not deeming it necessary 11 But ne very detailed account of Messrs. Howland; for which see CoLostavios's pam pret

* Estimate of the Cost of a Frigate of the fera cima.

Frame of white oak, 24,000 cubical feet, at 50 cents,
Other materials,

Labour,

For the purchase of st. p-yard tools, and blacksmiths" tools Master shipwright's services, being the sum given for buùẳng frigate Guermere, purchasing materials of wood, engapring workmen, and hire of stup-yard,

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9,795.00

Copper and composition,

27,140 00

Standing and running rigging, cables, hawsers, and messengers,

(per inventory,)

12,698 00

Chain cables, 75 and 45 fathoms, 1 5-8 and 1 3-4 inch,

1,822 80

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Twelve hundred and seventy-five 42-pound shot, and five hundred 42-pound grape,

Three thousand 32-pound shot, and nine hundred 32-pound grape, 7,004 00 Thirty 42-pounder carronades,

5,550 00

1,680 00

Gun-carriages, and all the apparatus belonging to the armament, including the stores in the gunner's department, the magazine furniture, the forge, bellows, and all the articles belonging to the blacksmith's department, (per inventory,)

13,426 17

$240,370 97

+ Smith & Demon, of New York, received for their services, for the hire of their ship-yard, and the use of their yard tools and shop, 25,000 dollars. The master shipwrights of the Guerriere, (for there were two of them,) received for their services, and for the hire of their ship-yard, 3000 dollar!

For this estimated sum of 110,000 dollars, Messrs. Smith & Demon received 190,914 dollars and 18 cents!

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We have now arrived at the end of an examination which we felt it our duty to undertake, not with a view of ministering to passions which appear to have been strongly excited, but for the higher object of endeavouring to relieve our national character from imputations which in other countries might be cast on it. We believe we hazard nothing in asserting, that the general sentiment of our country is that of disapprobation and regret. No American journal has uttered a word in extenuation of the obliquity; many of our public writers have stigmatized it; not a voice has pronounced a favourable sentence, but from the circle of the parties. The only instance in which we could render to the Greeks any substantial service, has manifestly been perverted by private cupidity to unwarrantable emolument; a profit of 80,000 dollars made out of their distresses, by their mercantile correspondents, the "diplomatic agents" of the arbitrators; 50,000 dollars extorted for the use of ship-yards, and personal services of the owners, without expending any of their own money; 10,000 dollars, the sine qua non of a captain of the United States' navy, for superintending an operation in "a just and sacred cause;"*

• Exposition, p. 10, contains the agreement made with captain Chauncey, in which the above expression is used. Terms of blandishment will not reconcile us to an enormous expense. That the language here used meant no thing, is evident from a passage in Mr. Bayard's Exposition: "It was attempted on the arbitration, as it now is in the narrative, to magnify the exorbitance of our demand by a reference to the holy cause for the support of which the ships were destined. I here take occasion, once for all, to say, that this agency was undertaken purely as a matter of business. The sufferings of the Greeks we had commiserated with as much sincerity, and had contributed to relieve perhaps with as much generosity, as many of those who would now rank us among the enemies of that injured and oppressed people; but this was not considered by us as an occasion for the display either of our sympathy or our bounty."

4,500 dollars imposed on them by arbitrators, for the dedication of a few days to the dispensation of justice! This disgraceful catalogue needs not to be extended. If these pamphlets, and this review of them, should ever reach the shores of Greece, the bitter sensations which will be excited by the exposure of the transaction, may perhaps be alleviated by the assurance, that here sympathetic feelings also are found. But we shall be sorry on our own accounts, as Americans, if all these pamphlets, and particularly Mr. Bayard's,—which breathes an unseemly contempt and defiance, which is more remarkable for confidence than refutation,-shall come to their hands. The ungenerous and injurious assertion of the inferiority of the Greek moral character to that of the Americans, by one of the counsel, introduced into his pamphlet, and therefore countenanced if not adopted by the author, may tend to produce recriminatory sentiments towards such of our countrymen as may visit that classic country, when hereafter-as we humbly invoke the Divine Providence it may be enabled to do-it shall have attained peace, freedom, and independ

ence.

ART. XIII.-SOUVENIRS.

1.-Forget Me not; a Christmas and New-Year's Present. London, 1827.

2.-The Amulet. London, 1827

3.-The Literary Souvenir; or, Cabinet of Poetry and Romance. London, 1827.

4.-Friendship's Offering. London, 1827.

5.-The Atlantic Souvenir; a Christmas and New-Year's Present. Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1827.

6.-The Memorial. Boston, 1827.

THE liberality with which literary talent, of every description, has of late years been rewarded, has stimulated every power of the mind into action. Wit has taxed its invention to open new veins of pleasantry; and Imagination has sought untried regions to furnish delights. Romance has made alliance with History, to give more substance to her feasts; and Poetry has assumed an hundred shapes to bring variety to her entertainments.

Nor has this eagerness to pamper the public appetite with the gifts of genius, been confined to the matter provided for it;

taste.

the manner of serving it up, has also exercised ingenuity and The daily or monthly journals were, for a long time, the only repositories of the minor works of poetry and prose, whose authors, however richly gifted, had not the opportunity or inclination to swell their labours to a volume. They were thus mixed with a far greater mass of other matter, uninteresting to the belles lettres reader, especially of the gentler sex; and were circulated in channels to which they did not properly belong. The politician and the trader would pass his eye, carelessly if not disdainfully, over a precious morsel of the muse, which would afford exquisite pleasure to a large class of readers, to whom these journals are but little known. The invention or introduction of the annual offerings, under the names of "Forget Me Not," "Souvenir," &c., has provided a complete and acceptable remedy for this defect. An appropriate habitation is furnished for these sweet and delicate creations, where they dwell together, and combine their charms to instruct and delight. Whatever may be the rank which greater undertakings and extended volumes may be destined to hold in the world of literature, there can be no doubt about the beauty and excellence of the more unpretending effusions of genius to which we have alluded. The taste which they have charmed with their delicacy; the hearts they have touched with their sensibility, bear a testimony in their favour which cannot be impeached by criticism, nor shaken by disdain.

The

These annual presents are not only the nurses of intellectual enjoyment, but of the finest talents in the arts. Designing, drawing, engraving, printing, are all encouraged to exert their utmost skill to embellish these little volumes. most distinguished artists are employed; and, if we judge by the excellence of their work, no cost is spared to enable them to do full justice to their talents. The public have fully and fairly sustained the publishers in their munificent design. The editor of the "Forget Me Not," for this year, says, "Though nearly ten thousand copies of the last volume were printed, yet so rapid and extensive was the demand, that this large impression was exhausted, some time before Christmas, and the publisher received orders for thousands more than he was able to supply. A much larger edition has this year been prepared."

As the circulation of these works in the United States has not been very considerable, we think we shall perform no unacceptable task for our readers, in opening for them these easkets of brilliant gems, to scatter among them some of the rich and various flowers which shed their delicate perfumes

on the treasure. We have not been solicitous to exclude from our notice those pieces that have appeared in our daily journals, for this might have deprived us of some of the best parts of our selection; especially as we have, in several instances, transcribed but parts of the compositions selected.

We begin with the "Forget Me Not."

This volume contains thirteen engravings, executed by artists of the highest reputation, from designs and drawings by the most celebrated pencils of England. There is great variety in the subjects; all of which are treated most happily. Every thing in the book is original, and prepared expressly for it. The editor is no vain-boaster, when, in his preface, he says"A reference to the contents, and a glance at the numerous names, more or less eminent in the various walks of literature, displayed in the pages occupied by them, will at once show the great accession of contributors, and the mass of talent which has co-operated in the production of this volume."

We cannot pass by the "Household Spaniel," without a tribute of commendation, although we shall make no extracts from it. Most families have had a favourite domestic dog, who has died in age and infirmity, "crippled and blind;" and such will appreciate properly the truth of the description and reflections prettily displayed in these lines.

"Amba, the Witch's Daughter," to the lovers of pathetic legends, will be found an interesting tale, displaying strong feeling, and uncommon powers of description. We offer a short extract. Tarbara, the husband of Amba, had gone forth to defend his country from an invasion of the Ashantees. A battle had been fought on the frontier, in which the invaders were victorious; and news is brought to Amba, that Tarbara was slain. Her grief is strongly depicted; but she will not be convinced that her husband has fallen; and partly on this account, but more to avoid the dishonourable solicitations of an European governor, she resolves to depart from her home; to visit the field of battle, and seek for her Tarbara. She travels through desolate forests, made more terrible by ferocious beasts; she walks amidst the whitened bones of the slaughtered; and is overtaken by an appalling tempest.

66 Overcome with fatigue, and unable to distinguish even a deserted habitation, the poor wanderer heard with awe the whistling of the breeze, which, to an experienced ear, foretold the approach of a tornado. A low hollow murmur moaned through the forest, and was succeeded by a death-like stillness; not a breath of air was to be felt, and the bombax and the baobab, lords of the vege

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