"Dear Mother--between friend and friend, Prose answers every common end; Serves in a plain and homely way, To express the occurrence of the day, Our health, the weather, and the news, What walks we take, what books we choose, And all the floating thoughts we find Upon the surface of the mind." SOUTHEY'S COWPER. _Ship Castor and Pollux, off Staten Island, 9 o'clock, Monday morning, June 1st, 1835._…
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