A Ramble of Six Thousand Miles through the United States of America

eal American crew, that is, a crew, of which scarcely two men are of the same nation-which conveys a tolerably correct notion of the population of the United States. The crew

other nation; but work harder, and must understand their duty well. Indeed if

and so far was not disappointed, for when she could carry sail, she scudded along in gall

de of every thing. Of this kind of ostentation I very soon had a slight proof. Our ship left port in gallant trim, but had no sooner gained the open sea, than all hands were employed in stowing away the finery, and covering the rigging with mats-even the very cabin door

ally gobbled it up alive. The ducks were, same day, suffered to roam about the decks, and the pigs fell foul of one of them, and eat the breast off it. Passing the cabouse, I heard the negro steward soliloquising, and on looking in, perceived him cutting a hen's throat with

ans destitute of pleasing interest. During this gale, the sailors appeared to be more than ordinarily anxious only upon one occasion, and then only for a minute-the circumstance was not calculated to create alarm in the mind of a person totally ignorant of nautical affairs, but being somewhat of a sailor, I understood the danger tolerably well. The helm was struck by a sea, and strained at the bolts; from the concussion occasioned by the blow, it was apprehended for a moment that it had been carried away. Without a helm, in such weather, much was t

are soundings where the water is green, and that there are none where the water is blue. The former is, I believe, true in every insta

to see more than thirty yards from the vessel. This course is not that usually taken by ships bound for the United States, as they generally cross the Atlantic at much lower latitudes, but our captain "calculated" on e

g to be the case by the mercury falling, suddenly, below 40°, in foggy weather. We notwithstanding held on our course, and fortunately escaped accident. Many vessels which depart from port with gallant crews, and are n

h which it is interspersed, were covered to the water's edge with foliage and verdure, and here and there studded with handsome villas. The city appeared to be literally surrounded by a thick grove

ing new under the sun," had long previously ceased to be astonished at any thing. On the first day of my dining at the table d'h?te, one of those gentlemen told me, when we sat down to dinner, that most of the persons at table were men of business, who were in the habit of eating much quicker than he knew I w

agnitude in Europe: scarcely a single street is exclusively filled with private re

nd misshapen feet are concealed by long gowns, appear to have good figures. A few days after my arrival, walking down "Broadway" (the principal street) I was struck with the figure of a fashionably dressed woman, who was sauntering before me. After passing, I turned round, when-O angels and ministers of ugliness!-I beheld a face, as black as soot-a mouth that reached from ear to ear-a nose, like nothing human-and lips a full inch in diamete

t of the greatest belle, are pas mignon, and would be termed plebeian by the Anglo-Normans-the aristocracy of England. Yet I have seen many girls extremely handsome indeed, having a delicate bloom and fair skin; but this does not endure long, as the variable nature of the climate-the sudden and violent transitions of tempera

disease. I speak now of the quays and adjacent streets; and the cause is very apparent. The wharfs are faced with wood, and the retiring of the tide exposes a rotten vegetable substance to the action of an almost tropical sun, which, added to the filth that is invariably found in the neighbourhood of shi

ts that are made for arresting its progress. The engines, apparatus, and corps de pompiers, are admirably maintained, and the promptitude and regularity with which they arrive at the scene of devastation truly astonishing: i

City Hall, which stands near the upper end of a small enclosure, called the Park, is considered the

e, for droves of hogs are permitted to roam about the streets, to th

dam. In 1634, it was conquered by the English,-retaken by the Dutch in 1

in which establishment she usually lectured. The address she delivered on the evening I attended had been previously delivered on the fourth of July, in the city of Philadelphia; but, at the request of a num

t which her countenance ordinarily assumes gives it rather a harsh appearance-her dark chestnut hair hangs in

e or twice, when I could withdraw my attention from the speaker, I regarded the countenances of those around me, and certainly never witnessed any thing more striking. The high-wrought interest depicted in their faces, added to the breathless silence that reigned throughout the building, made the spectacle the most imposing I ever beheld. She was the Cum?an Sibyl delivering oracles and labouring under the inspir

ndians propel these vessels through the water with astonishing velocity; but when the wind is high, and the water much disturbed, their progress is greatly impeded. It so happened on this day that the water was rough, and consequently unfavourable to the Aborigines. At the appointed signal the competitors started. For a short distance the Indians kept up with their rivals, but the