r favorable side, and withal, who
was so well informed about every thing in his own and in
other countries, or who was more ready to impart his
knowledge to others.

To these agreeable attributes and conversational powers he
adds such a mirthfulness of fancy, and genuine heartiness of
good-humour, to all men, women, and children who have the
good fortune to make his acquaintance, that I should have no
scruple--if it were not too great a liberty--in naming him
as the person I have been most pleased with in all my recent
travels.

After dinner, we repaired to the Museum, the rich treasures
of which have been collected exclusively by captains or
supercargoes of vessels out of Salem, who had doubled one or
other of the great southern promontories,--the Cape, and the
Horn, as they are technically called by seamen. As my eye
fell on numberless carefully cherished objects, which I had
often seen in familiar use on the other side of the globe,
my imagination revelled far and wide into regions I may
never live to see again.

_Salem Observer,_ 1826.

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_Compliment to New England._ In a speech made by Mr. Lyell,
the eminent geologist, at a late meeting of the British
Geological Association, he said--"Were I ever so unfortunate
as to quit my native land to reside permanently elsewhere, I
should without hesitation choose the United States for my
second country, especially New England, where a population
of more than two millions enjoys a higher average standard
of prosperity and intellectual advancement than any other
population of equal amount on the globe."

_Salem Observer,_ 1843.

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Mrs. Trollope avers that pigs are caressed by the ladies and gentlemen
of New York.

"REFUGEE IN AMERICA."

NEW-YORK AND BOSTON. Mrs. Trollope, in her new work, called
the Refugee in America, introduces some queer comparisons
between the manners of the two cities. We quote for
example:--"In Boston, there are no persons allowed to vote
at the elections of President or Governor of that province
but native born yankees; while at New-York, emigrants are
forced from the ships in which they arrive directly to the
husti