ny, held yesterday, the committee ap- pointed to obtain additional subscrip- Hons to make up the capital et six hnll- dred thousand dollars, having reported that 5UI shares were wanting, the whole thereof was immediately subscribed. | he capital sufficient to carry oi and complete this important enterprise is secured-- Charleston .heycupq.

 "Ihe silk establishment begun by Mr. d Homergue in Philadelphia, IS said to be doing even better than was anti cipated- All that is wanting is ,llee...tt;, ,lee..tt;, oi eoeoons. keelers are learning tie art successfully, and a good deal oi. beautiful silk has been alread, manu. factured. No doubt is entertained of the complete success of this important enterprise. "--Phiiod. paper.

 Upon reading the foregoing items of pleasing intelligence, We could not avoid having forced upon our recollection the following story:

 A mendicant one day applied to a la ,ly for aims. She, observing him to be a healthy, rtrong, and able-bodied man, capable Of labor, refused to give him a ny thing; whereupon the man, in tone indicative of despair, said to himself, or turning away, loud enough to be heard by the lady -s' and yet a very small sum would have saved me from the dreadful alternative" :" The lady caught those ominous words, and fearing that the un- happy beggar intended to make way with himself, called him back, and gave him some money. And How, said the charitable donor, "what was the dreadful alternative you would have been driven to?' "Madam," replied he, s'if your kind bounty had not interposed, should have been driven to the awful necessity of suofking."