stock. These two agreed to take a journey, quite a long one, as it was then held; viz., from Charlestown to a town distant about twentythree miles. How long they were preparing for such a venture was never known. In due time, however, the Christian brothers, with Sunday looks, having hired an old-fashioned chaise (not old-fashioned then), and a horse of questionable speed, and swung their trunk upon the axle, started on a little summer trip. Upon approaching the tavern where they proposed spending the night, they saw a large gravestone at the right hand of the main entrance, bearing the following inscription: "Rum, Gin, Brandy." A girl, coming to the door, was accosted by one of the serious gentlemen in the words following,

to wit, "I did not know" (pointing to the stone)" that those persons were dead;" to which she, having glanced at the pallid faces of the travellers, responded, " If they are dead, I should judge, from your looks, that you must have been the chief mourners at the funeral."

CLERICAL ANECDOTE NO. 2. Another friend

of mine sought, whilst a lad, to obtain his fa

ther's consent to his leaving the dry-goods business (to which he had been apprenticed), in order to become a minister of the gospel. The dea of his leaving home, of his leaving Newport, for a residence in another State, to be educated, was so repugnant to his father's feelings, that he firmly withheld his consent. So there was no change, until the master of the young man, one day, whilst sitting in the back room of his store, overheard the following colloquy between a customer and his apprentice:

My

young man, I wish to buy a handsome coatpattern." The apprentice showed him several pieces; but the customer was not suited, until, looking at the shelves, he saw a piece of extra gloss and finish, when he said, "I like that; I will take two yards; but will it wear well, my young man?" The young man answered, "I don't think it will wear well; for yesterday I sold a pattern from the same piece, and it was returned because the tailor pronounced it tender." The tender conscience of the young man so pleased the customer, that he bought two yards from a piece that had been fully proved. The master, without saying a word to the ap

prentice, upon meeting his father gave him an account of what had happened, which so gratified the parent's heart, that, at dinner-time, he said to his son, "H- , you may study for the ministry." The young man availed himself at once of the liberty, was ordained when twentyfive years of age, and remained in professional service for forty-five years, when feebleness of body compelled his resignation.

I cannot close these "Recollections," without gratefully acknowledging my indebtedness to one with whom I grew up, from whom I received many valuable mercantile hints, and an example worthy of the closest imitation.

JULIUS AUBOYNEAU was for many years the prominent clerk in Gibbs & Channing's counting-house. In 1816, he was made supercargo of ship Eagle, on a voyage to St. Denis, Isle of Bourbon. Upon his return home, he resumed his clerkship; and his familiarity with its duties, together with his graceful penmanship, rendered his services invaluable. We were very much attached to each other; and the intimacy never

flagged during the few years (after his return from India) which preceded his death. His manner was courteous; his temper, charming; his integrity, unassailable.

Mr. Auboyneau married one of the most amiable, intelligent, and beautiful girls in Newport, the youngest daughter of the Hon. Francis Malbone. She soon became a widow; and with her child, an only son, went to France, where her husband's brother, Armand Auboyneau, a noblehearted man, lived, who manifested for her the truest brotherly kindness to the end of his retired and worthy life. She did not long survive the death of this beloved brother.

GEORGE ENGS. He was one of the prominent members of the "Social Union," and with him I was very intimate. He had none of the buoyancy, flippancy, and bluster, so common in most young men of his time. He was staid in look, manner, and utterance, inflexibly upright, self-accusative, of an even temper, and well informed. Devoted to the business pursued for many years by his father, Mr. William Engs, he acquired habits of industry which commended

him to general approbation. Pleasure with him never amounted to a necessity. I am reminded of his patience during a very severe illness, which I was permitted to alleviate.

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In taking leave of my readers, I hope that my reminiscences of Newport sixty-seven years since may have afforded them some pleasure. volume was written at first simply for my own amusement, and that of a few friends. An afterthought, however, very common with authors, suggested the possibility of a wider circulation.

The peculiarities which characterized the period of my youth were to me full of interest. In this fast age, so rapid have been the changes for the better, at least as many imagine, that we are apt to overlook all that was admirable and enduring in the lives of a painstaking and worthy population.

We may laugh over the dress, manners, and usages of a by-gone age; but each generation will in turn furnish merriment for the next.

I mark the growth and prosperity of my native place, its stately hotels, elegant mansions, beautiful cottages, and the incorporated and free