IMPORTANCE OF EFFORTS FOR

 SEAATEN. "t
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Extract of "a letter ace0mpanying donation

 of SIS from the Officers and crew of tic

 brig Stranger, to the Secretary of the A

 merican Seamen's Friend. Society. ,s

 ft has long beenamatter of surprise to me, that merchants do not feel more the import anee of raising the moral character of seaimen. They are not backward in consulting their Oscn interest in most cases, but ia this, cer- tainly think they are reniiss. Their thousands and tens of thousands are daily sent afloat up- on the ocean, committed to the care of-- whom Men whom they will hardly trust with dollar on shore. Masters of vessels ! are generally men of responsibility to be sure; but my dear sifs did it never excite your sur prise that there were not more cases of pira- cy than really do occur. AN does not de- pend upon the master. Is there not then with all their faults some traits of charactnr in seamen that may justly be admired---sorne- thing that Is worthy of encouragement. And may fl not be safely said that merchQnts would adyance their osen inferestss (if there was no other end to be answered than tsis,) hy lend- ing their aid to raise the standard of character Of eeamen. But this is not all sir; seamen have s0uls as well as other men--souls that must be happy or miserable through bound less eternity. And where is the heart that would not glow with supreme delight at the thought that he had assisted to raise one soul from the depths of moral degradation and pollution, to tho bright hope glorious in- mortality. y.--Rsk Esron.