Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-10-08
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were to be confirmed had flowers OF orange bios
SONS in their hair, and evinced so much concern
for their looks, that it gave me more the idea Ut
a wedding than conservation. | was heartily
tired Of New York, but we could not get away
under week, and the only agreeable occurrence
was sail up the North River, in steamboat, to
place called Westpont, where there Is an es
Enlistment for Cadets training for the American
army, to beat the English. No scenery can ex-
coed The beauty aud magni6cence Of the North
River, on each side. The glrs were wild with
delight, aud even those who had been accustom-
ed to the picturesque beauty OF Switzerland,
| might have engratified by the mountain scene
ny which extended twenty miles, and which,
am told, increases in splendor as you advance to-
wards Albany. The steamboat was moving
ark, and cannot describe INV sensations when
it began to move, for had no idea was on board
and thought we we're in some store. where the
pas engers assembled 10 readiness TO cmbak:-
and when we were really moving al TIE rate OF
fifteen miles an hour, | was IN dismay, and
thought the wharf, stores and all had given way.
You can form no idea OF the size and beauty Of
these steamers; the one we were in was equal TO
an hundred and eighty horse power. and there
were mote than three hundred passengers ON
board going up to Albany.
We diued at WestpoiBt, one Of the sweetest
romantic spots in the world, and the return steam
boat from Albany took US up. and brought US
back to New York OH one Of the most beautiful
moonlight evenings ever saw. The cabins are
fitted up with >atln wood, rose wood, birds eve
maple, and mahogany: the curtains blue SIX to
all the berths and the bed.Iinen as white as snow.
We breaktasted on board, and the whole party
we're accommodated IN the eating apartment
There was every kind of meat, fish, CAKES, fruit,
tea, coffee end chocolate, and as good attend
ance as you could NEE; with in London hotel.
We saw more Of the American manners on board
the steamboat than elsewhere. as oil are on a
footing and paw the same fare, and therefore con.
slider themselves entitled TO say and do what they
please.
But must do them the Justice to say. with all
their md pvte ytT an 1-
fnteiy more polite to the ladies than Tie gentle
D.ea in Eu.iand. We never moved from one
side OF the boat to the other, but twenty ttho1os
started from their seats and placed their chairs
for Us, entered into conversation. which IN them
is not considered impudence; and we found them
useful in describing the different ,tenes we were
passing. To be sure. they we're quite Tree ana
easy. and made themselves one of our party, al
WAYS making circle ruund US when we moved,
and laughing with us, ana occasionally treating
us with their observations
We have extracted sufficiently to enable the
public to form some idea of this work; we shall
conclude with an obscr, alton at the close, very
different from the sarcasms of Mrs. Trollspe-
81 do like the Yankees, they are hospitable
and kind-hearted: they make you welcome at
once. without inqu'rlng whether You are honest,
as if there was danger of loosng your spoons
and napkins if they invite you 10 dInner, Much
as there is TO laugh at, there Is much more
to commend, and IT not vet arrived at that
state ofcivilIzation to which We pretend, they It
the same time have not yet fallen into the selfish.
ness and meanness which disgrace our refine
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