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fine tin- ( hn-t;:in a r.t, t* lir-n ill.- »i'ii v "f Tvre
ius it 11-> lii ipht. nr (In- priipli't K/i■ k:• 1
cnumeratii.p raw s i i I; ponds ns anion.' 11, *• n.h
Cs ci tli'- <• .1 pit,11 ol tin- anri-nt commeri i il
world From this prrtoil we ii i ve rhrotiol >pp
ral dnenuirnfs ol the propress ■ f the -oik (raili:
flip Helmut tin- w irld In the y.ir I I wr lint!
the vvil • ol Aur* !i tn !nof him I > i.-i her
half mu' '/ i ill i I ••ilk |"Iiji!f, anil we al-u liuil
-!111.i• on hi want d oill.iutrv i that the Ru
arm M'h.' I • v111^ that lo' would not hoy it
t l!i'* price "i p"ld I 1 i l. liie Romans uere
"■out to iei!ia'i- lln ir s:L. jinnrunts lo tin' raw
main • il i 'I re iwav n it of o tliin a hihrie that
t was transparent.
Ret ween tin* rptiehs 527 to Of'i, two Persian
monks travi lied to S. rim!.-.. the rmioti j of S< n r,
".ml theie hveil I nip mntjph to discover that
■ ilk uas produced I>> means of mums. Iietn,r
tempted by a yreat reward, tie v brought of] to
Con-lardm pie a quuidi'v ol the sdk worm’s
o;rps. rmii'i .iled m n hoHu::: ante. The i';;s
vvere h itfhed, spun their silk, and propapated
tJieir race, uiuh r the care ol' the monks; who
also tauplit the Romans the whole mystery of
the manufacture Thus the insects conveyed
away i:i the hollow of a cam- o re the prudent
*ors of all tin sdk wniins in Kurope Greece,
or rather the Rom in Kinpire in liuiope, mono
p li/ed the sdk traile lor centuries, until the
vear 1110, when Roper, the .V urnati k;np of
Snip , nr. nli d Greece, ami .itrionp the wealth
ol Athens, 1 Indies and Corinth, cartied of] a
pro if numher of silk wcavns. whom he coin
polled to teach tlnur craft to his .Sicilian Mil)
jei-ts. lie hintsi It sett!hiy. in Palermo, ho capital
ity We have shewn how oarlv afterwards
this silk was introduced info Scotland ; and we
‘t’ttrn ih ir, lit l iij l, (lif1 ‘•trrrts of I ,')I](|im) were
covered or strewed iv i l h silk, I nr the reception
ol Riehard, on Ins ri’tiirn from the Holy Lund.
\b"Hl 1 ad I, ill*' I- rench, having hrcn supplied
■>ith win kueui Iron) Milnn, III -1 conitin nerd
llm numjl.icl'irt' of <ilk W e learn that in 1 la 5
lilt* silk ivimifn of i,oml ui complained that llii*
Lombards and (itliiT lorrign<rs brought inanii
factored articles in lieu of the raw silk, into
dn country, and tin r.*fy injured the Kn-lish
rrlizan An attempt tv ts made in lf,2!t to rear
silk wot ms, hy planting niullu.rry trees. A
pi tee. tonaids C In-Lea. still Sears the name of
the Mulberry fl.inlens. In tins year also, silk
makers were ti.M incoi porated in a company.
W dll -ut entering into a teili ms minuteness,
see hate, m the ahoee, given, we tnist, a dis
iinet outline of the gem-i a I features it Inch hate
.diaraeterized the rise and progress of one of the
most lieautif.ll employments ever attempted hy
•lie ingenuity of man All the poets hate laud’
•’(I silk as tlie fittest o -omi)aniiuent ol feminine
Scanty \N alley says something handsome even
of hi mk silk —
When from Mu k .-’oiids no part of sky is clear
Ho' just so rt.ur'i as I. ts the sun appear.
Me,.*. " to n would seem thy im:uf ', and refleet
' hose s' t est.rients, and that bright aspect ;
\ spark ofvi-tue, lit tin- deepest shade
li sad adv- rs.i , fairer neel--,
Vo |r>s tdt .tillage th-ill tilt !o-a-i'y gyf,
V Venus rising from a ae.i <,]' j,t '
Small Jefsttp, tlie letter ( tinier from Diss
t o \\ intarthing, is now ninety-five years of
age, .mil in good liealth; she lias walked,
tor forty years, siy davs in the week, tin
miles per diem. She has had lifiieti chil
dren. which, with giaml and great grand
liiidren. amount to nearly three hundred
nersc-’Af.—-i jxiptr
FEMALE CHARACTER.
I'ram the January number of the Sen.' Monthly
itngazi ne
MISS BATHURST
'I lie history of lln-> highly interesting young
Inly is already, I believe, in part before the pub
lic. yet none hut those on the spot can lolly up
predate the sensati >ns which it caused at Rump
It was hut the evening hefnie that -lie had ap
1 peered in a very brilliant circle of her admiring
I ‘fiends, at a hall givcn at lu r own house, pre
i nuts, it w as supposed, to her approaching imp
tin's. Her intended was already at Turin, and
every day expected at Rome. She seemed to
those who hung upon her steps that night, and
i saw the rays of hope and joy which lightened
about her features, m which were realised all
we can desire lor our country women, to have
i touched th*' very verge of human felicity, and
to he altogether uivulnet ale to the shafts of the
| future Rrovidence disposed it otherwise; the
I adieu.1 of that evening were etern al It was ra
ther i boisterous night, and the rains lor sum'
! days i.id continued to svvi 11 the Tiber. It is a
. favou ite lounge ol the I'.nghsh at this season.
; wiuinig wvoman, lur instance, likes to corn
i pare it 'vi(h his Horace, am! every one with his
, Shaksoeare. The next day the rains had c.« is
ed, an) that Italian sun, is Inch nei it deserts his j
! children lor any considerable period, permitted j
and invited a ride. The ambassador proposed, '
as I am informed, the direction of the river.— j
His proposal was fatally acquiesced in. The
" hole cavalcade proceeded by the Porto del I’o
polo along the road which leads to the Tiber.
They were soon at the Ponte Mode. On the
right of the road, and the Etruscan side of the
river, a small path conducts to a vineyard —
They wished to sec. every thing to advantage;
and without reflecting on the changes that had
taken place since their last visit, engaged at
once in the hazardous attempt of gaining its
gate, and viewing die “ yellowness ’ and *• chaf
ing ol the waters at their leisure. The path
was narrow, they were obliged to advance one
by one All dismounted, except Miss lJathurst.
It was \ fatal circumstance! hut would have
been of no consequence, unless connected with
others. On their arriving at this point. the g ite
of the vineyard, contrary to custom, was found
l closed, and they were obliged to return. The
path was slippery—the bank of the Tiber was
shelving—the flood rapid and particularly high.
Hit horse hesitated, she attempted to impel
him Ioni an); his hind foot slipped, and the next
instant precipitated both horse and rider into
the very centre of the stream.
The consternation on every side was dread
. ful; every one lost his presence of mind. It is
said that none of the party could swim except
her own servant, who, by one of those fatalities
J so beyond tlm reach of all human prudence as
! to appear an immediate interposition of Provi
| denee, had been sent, in 'he ootsel of tlmir pro
menade. back In R .me fnr her pelisse It u
ijmti' certain at lea.-t that no attempt was made,
perhaps nn attempt would have bpen sue
cessful, in rescuing her from her fate. Life,
however, twice rallied and appeared in a!) the
horror of an unequal struggle with death ; twice
'he rose from the waters, and brandishing her
whip over her head, called on her friends by eve
ry endearing name to •• save—save—save her.’*
In the next instant she disappeared, and was
never heard or seen more. Her horse floated
on. with the current, and landed lower down—
Ail Rome (locked the day after to the spot; flf
tv louis were off, red f,.r the discovery of the t>o
dy, hut the appearance of many engaged in I lie
search, exempted them from the charge of ant
other motive than humanity Nothing could
he more honourable, indeed, to the Roman'
than their feelings on this ncca-ion , hut youth
hi auty, misfortune, in this country, nuke more
impression than the revolution of empires. Her
uncle retired to the Villa Spada, where his gi iei
tor many days bordered upon insanity; he had
been one of the unfortunate witnesses of her
death. For hours after the catastrophe was an
nemneed in Rome, I saw many silent faces on
the Scala ot ike Trirutj de M >nte, her late resi
dence. gazing with the deepest sympathy on the
closed shutters and funeral tranquillity of one of
the gayest houses in the town. Every effort
was made for the recovery of the body, but for
many w-w k> m vain It was at last found; not,
indeed, as was conjectured, near the city, hut
almost in the very spot where she fell The
substructions and other ruins of the ancient
Pons Milvius had detained it on its way. It
was conveyed to a small osteria near; all tra
ces of beauty had been blotted and washed out;
the rings only by which it was identified re
mained. The next morning, at a very early
h ur. in the midst of the tears of a few friends,
the remains were consigned to the Cemeterio
degli Inglesi. The , I am informed, they still
rest in peace ! and few Englishmen pass through
Rome without visiting the tomb of their unfor
tunate countrywoman.
United States of .Imcnca, 1 larrh 1 1828.
The Ladies of Hertford Connecticut, to the Ladies
of Greece.
SL<t< rs and Friends—From the years of child
hood. your native clime has been the theme o:
our admiration Together with our brothers
anil husbands, we early learned to love the
country of Homer and Aristides, of Solon anti
Socrates That enthusiasm which the e|orv
of ancient Greece enkindled in our bosoms, has
preserved a fervent friendship for her de-een
dants. \\ e have beheld with deep sympathy
the horrors of Turkish domination, and the
struggle so lot;,: and nobly sustained by their.,
for existence and for liberty.
The communications of Dr. Howe, since his
return from your land, have, made us more in
timately acquainted with your personal suffer
ings. He has presented many of you to us. in
his vivid descriptions, as seeking refuge in
eaves, and under the, branches of olive trees