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Q’? The fiiliowiiig certiticzite from citizens of
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“H: are happy to unite in as-‘tii'iit2 the ptibli(:
that uni‘ fellow r.-iii’/.eti, Mr. Charles .\'Icrritt, Sur-
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moderate cliarnes ailbrd to all the t:Xt:t‘t.'l.i_(: ol his
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IIIARCO BOZZARIS.
Halleck's magnificent poeiri has made the
name of this brave Chief familiar to all who
know the English tongue. A work entitled In.
cidents of ’1"rwr;cl in Greece, Turkey, Russia and
Poland, has recently been published, from which
an extract is given below descriptive of an in-
terview with the Greck’s widow and childreti.
It is a thrilling narrative, alike interesting to
those acquainted with his glorious life and yet
more glorious death, and to those who know him
only through I-Ialleck’s verse.
Marco Bozzaris.
BY FI'1'ZGREEi\'E IIALLECK.
At rnidniglit, in his gtiardcd tent,
Tire Turk was tlreauiing ofthe hotir
\Vhcn Greece, her knee in suppliancc bent,
Should tremble at his power;
In dreams, through camp anti court he bore
Tire trophies ofa cotiquerer;
In dreams his song of tiiuinpli heard;
Then wore his tnonarcli’ssignet ring;
Then pressed that monarcli’s throne. a king;
As wild his thoughts and gay of wing
As Etlcn’s garden bird.
At trridniglit, in the forest shades,
Btizzaris ranged his Suliote band,
There had the Pcrsian’s thousands stood,
"I‘liere had the glad earth drank their blood
On old Pl:itea‘s day;
And now there breathed the‘. haunted air
Tiiesoris ofthosc who conquered there,
\\7itli arm to strike, and soul to date,
As quick, as far as they.
An hour passed on, the Turk awolzc;
That night dream was his last.
He wokc—to hi.-ar liis_sciitr'ies shriek,
' 'l‘o:irrr'rsl they conic—ihc Greek 3 the Greek!’
He woke-—to die iriid Ilairre anti smoke,
And about, and groan, and sabre stroke.
And death shots liilling thick and fast
As lightning from the tlJUll!1l.£tltlCl()tlll ;
And heard, with voice as trumpet loud,
I3o'/.zaris cheer his hand :
' Strikc——till the last armed foe expires;
Stiike—foryour altars and your lires;
Strike-——for'tlic green graves ofyotir sires, .-
lfiir God, and your native land I’
They fought, like brave Il)el'l,“l_(ll1g and..well,
'l‘ht:y piled the grinJnrl"witli Moslem slain;
They coiiqncred, but Bozzaris fell,
lceillng at every vein.
Ills l'e\v surviving comrades saw
Ills smile, when rang their proud huzzah,
And the red field was won ,
Tlie_v saw in death his eyelids close
()alttily, as to :1 niglit’s repose,
Like. flowers ateet ofsun, '
Co:-.ietotl;.2 lrridal Cll3-t1!:tiCT.(t"L‘t'.tll1_l
Come to the mother, when site feels
For the first time her lirst born’s breath;
Corrie when the lilcssetl seals
That close the pestilence are broke,
And f‘l‘t':'i\’tl(fll citics wail its stroke;
(Ionic iu1_(Jonsniiipiioii’s ghastly form.
The cziriliqir.-iktfs shock, the occan’s storm;
Come wlicii the heart beats high and warm,
\Virh the banquet son;_', and dance and wine;
And thou art terriblc—the tear,
The groan, the knell, the pail, the bier:
And all we know, or dream, or fear
Ofagony. are thine.
But to the hero, when his sword,
Has won the battle for the free.
Thy voice soiiti.-ls like a proplic-t’s word ;
And in its hollow tones are heard
Tire tlianl-Ls of millions yet to be.
Conic, when his task of fame is wrought-e
Conic, when her laurel leaf blood bought-
Corrie in her crov.'riing hour—_an(l then
Thy stinkcir eye-‘s unearthly light
To him is \\'!3lt;'ttt1te as the sight
Ofsky ar:_t_I stars to prisonetl men;
’l‘iiygra-p is welcome as the hand
Of lirrillicr in a llireigtt land,
Thy sunitiions welconie as the cry
That told the Indiati isles were trigh
To the world seeking Genocsc,
\Vhciithc land wind, froui woods ofpalm,
Blew o’er the Hayticn seas. ’
Bozzarisl with the storied brave
Greece nurtured in her glorious time,
Rest tliec——tl'iere is no protider grave,
E van in ilct‘ own proud clime.
She wtire tio funeral wreaths for thee,
Nor l).'-tilt: the dark liearse wave its plume,
Like torn branch from death’s leafless tree,
In sorrow-’s pomp and pagezititry.
The lieartlessluxury ofthe tomb;
But she remembers thee as one
Long ltived, and Dr :1 season gone ;
For thee her poet's lyre is wreatlied,
Her marble wrouglit, her music breathed ;
For thee site rings her birth day bells,
Oftliee her babes’ first lisping tells;
For thee her evening prayer is said
At palace couch and cottage bed,
Her soldier, closing with the foe,
Gives for thy sake a deadlier blow _;
His plightetl maiden, when she fears
For him, the joy oflier young years,
Thinks of thy late, and checks her tears;
Anti she, the mother of thy boys,
Though it: her eye and faded cheek
Is read the griefshp will not speak,
The memory oflier buried joys;
And even she who gave thee birth,
Will, by their pilgrim circled hearth,
Talk ofilry doom without. a sigh;
For thou art Freedom's now and Fame's
One ofthe few imriiortal na'rtcs,
That were not born to die!
VISIT TO THE IVIDOIV AND CHILDREN OF
BOZZ.-IRIS.
In a few minutes the widow of Bozzaris en-
tered. I have often been disappointed in my
preconceived notions ofpersonal appearance. but
it was not so with the lady who now st_o0d be-
fore me; she looked the widow of a hero; as
om worthy of her Grecian mothers, _wb,o gave
their hair for liowstrings, their girdles for belts,
and, while their hcartstrings were cracliltlga 5801
their young lovers from their arms to fight and
perish for their country. Perhaps it was she
that led Marco Bozzaris into the path ofimmor-
tality ; that roused him from the wild guerrilla
warfare in which he had passed his early life.
and fired him with the high and holy ambition
of freeing his country. Of one lbtlig 18”} Cer-
tain. no tiian could look her in the face wnhout
finding his wavering purposes fixed, .WIll)0l1i.
treading more firmly in the path of high and
honorable enterprise. She was Undttl‘ _I0_l'i_Yi l-‘Ill
send it to the banker at Paris.
and statelv in person, and babited in deep black.
lit emblem of her widowed condition, with a
white hankercliieflaid flat over her head, giving
the Madonna cast to her dark eyes and marble
C0mPl€Kl0".- “.76 all rose as she entered the
room; and though living secluded, site seldom
seeing the face of a strriiigcr, she received our
compliments and returned them with far less
etnbarrassmerit than we both felt and exhibited.
Brit otir eiribarrassnicnt, at least I speak for
myself, was induced by an unexpected circum-
statice. Much as Iwas interested in lierap-
PCHFHHCC. I was not insensible to the fact that
site was accompanied by two young and beauti-
ful girls, who were introduced to us as her
daughters. This somewhat bewildered l'l'l€.-—
VVliile waiting for their appearance, and talking
with Constantine l3o7.7.aris, I had in sortie way
conceived the idea that the daughters were
mere children, and had fully made-up my mind
to take them both on my knee amt kiss them ;
but the appearance ofthe stately mother recalled
to me the grave ofI3ozzaris; and the datiglitcrs
would probably have thought that I was taking
liberties upon so short an act uaintance ifI had
followed up my benevolent purposein regard to
them; so that, with the long pipe in my hand.
which at that time, I did not know how to
manage well. I cannot flatter inysclfthat I ex-
hibited any of the benefit of continental travel.
Tire elder was about sixteen, a_nd even in the
opinion of my friend Doctor \V., a cool judge in
such matters, a beatitifiil girl, possessing in its
fullest extent all the elements of Grecian beauty:
:1 dark, clear complexion. dark hair. set oil" by a
little red cap embroidered with gold thread, and
:1 long bluc tassel hanging down behind. and
large black eyes. expressing a melancholy quiet.
but whicii might be excited to shoot glances of
fire more terrible than her father's sword. Hap-
pily, too, for us, she talked French, having learn-
ed it from a French inarq'uis who had served in
_,Gre:ece and had been domesticated with them;
but yoting and modest, and unused to the corri-
pany of strangers. she felt the embarrassment
common to young ladies when attempting to
speak a foreign language. And we could not
talk to her on corntnon themes. Our lips were
scaled, of course, upon the subject which had
brought us to her house. \Ve could not sound
for her the praise ofliergallatit lather. At part-
ing, however, I told them that. the name of
Marco Bozzaris was as familiar in America as
that of a hero of our own revolution, and that it
had been hallowed by the inspiration of an
American poet; and I added that, ifit would not
be unacceptable, on my return to my native
country I would send the tribute referred to,
as an evidence ofthe feeling existing in Ameri-
ca towards the rriemory of Marco .1302;/.aris. My
Olibt‘ was gratefully acceptetl ; and nlierwards,
while at Missolonnlii, our guide, who had rc-
maine-:l behind. canie to me with a tnessage from
the widow and daughters reminding me of my
promise.
I do not see that there is any objection to my
mentioning that I wrote toa lricnd, requesting
him to procure II:tlleck's ‘ ;\Iat‘Iqgi I3rox7.a;"is,l’.arli(l
y i'lCl'lt . t iin (-
ing to enhance its value, applied To Mr. Hallcck
for a copy in his own handwriting. Mr. Hal-
leck, with his characteristic modesty, evaded the
application; and on my return homei told him
the story of my visit, and reiterated the same
:'.e.qrigstL He eyadlcti me as he fllfyltl done nyy
rten , _ut promise me a copy o tie new 8(1-
tion of his poems, which he afterwards gave
me, and which, I hope, is new in the hands of
the widow and dangliters ofthe Grecian hero.
I make no apology for introducing in a book
the widow and daughters of Marco Bozzaris.
True. I was received by them in private, with-
out any expectation, either on their part or
mine. that all the particulars of the interview
would be tioled and laid before the eyes ofall
who choose to read. I hope it will not be con-
sidered invading the sanctity ofprirvate life; but,
at all events, I make no apology; the widow
and children of Marco Bozzaris are the property
ofthe world. ~
SAW SLICK’S OPINION
OF ABOLITION.
The truth is, said the Clockmaker, nothin’
raises my dander more titan to hear the English
folks and our eastern citizens atalkin’ about this
subject. that they don't tintlerslzinil, and have
notliin’ to do with. Ifsuch critters will go down
South a meiltllin’ with things that dou’t consarn
’em, they deserve what they catch. I don’t
mean to say I approve of lynchin’, becausetliat's
horrid ; but when a leller gets himself kicked.
or his nose pulled, and larns how the cowskin
feels, I don't pity him one morsel. Our folks
won’t bear tamperin’ with, as you colonists do;
we won‘t stand no nonsense. Tire subject is gist
a complete snarl ; its’ all tangled and twisted,
and knotted so, old Nick himself would’nt oom-
vel it. \Vhat with private rights, public rights
and state rights, feelin’. expcoieiicy, and public
safety, We a considerable of at tough snbject.—
The truth is, I niri'_t master ofit myself. I’m no
bookman, I never was to college, and my time
has been mostly spent in the clock trade and
tooth business, and all I know isjust a little l’ve
picked tip by the way. The tooth business, said
I; what is that ? do yeti mean to say you are
a dentist’! No, said be laughing the t_ooth
business is pic-kin’ up experience. \Vhenever a
feller is remarkable cute with us, wesay he has
cut his eye teeth, he’s tolerable sharp; and the
study of this I call the tooth business. New I
aint able to lay it all down whatl think, as plain
as brother Josiah can, butI have an idea there’s
a good deal in name, and that slavery is a word
thiit friglrtens more titan it hurts. It’s some o_f
the lirariciies or grafts of slavery that want crit-
tiu’ olll Take away corporal putiisiimeut from
the masters and give it tothe law, forbid separa-
tin families and the right to oonipcl marriage
and other connexious, and you leave slavery
notliiri more than servitudein name, and seine-
thirr’ qtiite asgood in fact-
Every critter must work in this world, and a
laborer is a slave; but the laborer only gets
.€,,0Ugi, to live on from day to" day, while the
slavelis tended in infancy, sickness. and old age.
and has spare. time enough given him to aim a
good deal too. A married woman, ifyou come to
that, is a slave,cziil her what you will. wife. wo-
man, angel, termcgant or devil, she’s a slave.
and if she happens to get the _t1Dp8l‘l_ta[](l, the
husband is a slave, and if he don-’t lead a worse
life than any black nigger, when he’s under pct-
ticoat government, then my name is not Sam
Slick. I’m no advocate of slavery, squire, nor
are any of our folks: it’s bad for tlieniggers,
worse for the masters, and a cues to any coun-
try; biit we have got it, and the question is, what
are we to do with it? Let them answer that
ktiow-—Iilon’t preterit! to be able to.
The subj~:ct was a disagreealile one, btit it
was a striking peculiarity ofthe Clocktiiaker‘s,
that he ncverdwclt long upon any thing that
“'85 not itsttbjcct of fl:rllt)ttt!I boast ; he tliercforc
very tit:-Vlemttsly shifted both the subject and the
scene of it to Eii;,v|aritl.so as to furnisli him with
a retort. of which he was at all times exceeding-
ly fond. I have hecrd tell, said he, that you
Britisli have 'inzrncipated your triggers. YCS
said I. thank God! slavery exists riot in the
British ctnpire. “Tell, I take sortie credit to my-
self for that, said the Clockniaker-; it was ti!!!
tltzitsot that .'i_;oiri" any way. You! said I. with
the most urrfeigned ustotiisliment; you.’ linw
could you, by any possibility be instrumental in
that great national act. \Vell, I'll tell you, said
he, tho’ ii’s a cotisideralile ofa long story too.
“then I rctu.ncd from Poland. via Lotidorr, in
the hair speckelatiotr of Jabisli Green, I went
down to Slicliielil to exectrte a commission ; I
had to bribe some master workmen to go otit to
America, and ifi did’nt fix ’em it's a pity. The
Ct.lii€.l‘S WQuld‘_rit go at no rate, without the most
extravagant onrezisonable wages. that tio busi-
ness could zillord no how. \Vell, there was
iioiliiri’ to he done but to agree to it; but things
worked right in the long run; our folks soon
larut the business. and then they had to work for
half notliiri’ or starve. It don't do to drive too
hard a bargain always. '
\Vlien I was down there a gcntlcmnti calli,-tl
on rue one artcrnoon.one John Canter by name,
and says be, Mr. Slick, I've called to see you,
‘to "make sortie inquiries about America; inc, and
my friends tliiuk of etnigratin’ there. Happy,
says I, to give yoti any information in my power,
sir, and a sociable dish o’ chat is what I must
say Ido like most atria’/.in’——-it's kind 0’ nateral
to me talkin’ is.‘ So we sat down and’chatteil
2Jl))l)l otir great nation all the arternoon and
eveniu’, and him and me got as thick as two
thieves afore we parted. Ifyou will be to home
tomorrow evenin’, says he. I will call again. if
you will give me leave. Sartaiu, says I, most
happy.
\Vell, next cveniri' he came agin; and in the
course of talk, says he, I was borti a Quaker,
Mr. Slick. Plenty of ’em with us. says I, and
well to do in the world too—considerable stiff
folks in their way them Qiiakcrs—_-you _can’i
no more move ’cin than :1’ church steeple. I
like the Quakers, too, says I. for there are worse
folks than them agoin’ in the world by a long
chalk. \Veil_, lately I've dissented from ‘em,
says he. Curious that too, says I. I was think-
in’ the beaver did’nt shade the inner man quite
as much as Iliad seed it ; but, says I, I like dis-
sent; it shows a man has bolli a mind and a
conscience too; if lie liad’nt a mind he couldri‘t
dissent, and iflie hadn't a cotiscicnce he would'rit;
a man, tberclbre, who quits his church, always
stands a notch liiglier with tne than a stupid obsti-
nate critter that sticks to it ’cttuse he was born
and brou;-at tip in it, and liis fr-itiier lielongetl to
it-‘tlierc".;.~ iii.~...~,,:-use in that. A Quaker is u vcrv
set man in his way ; a disscntcr therefore from it
Quaker must be wlint I call a corisitlcralile ofa
obstinate man, says he, larfiir’. No, says
I, not gist exactly that, btit he nitist carry a
pretty tolerable stiliuppcr lip, tlio’—tliat’s a fact.
\Vell, says be, Mr. Slick, this country is an
aristocratic country, a very. aristocratic country
indeed, and it tante easy for a man to push
himself when he has no great friends or family
interest : and besides, if a man has sortie little
talent--says he. (and he squeezed his chin be-
tween his forefinger and ti_iumb, as niiiclr as to
say, tho’ I say it that slinuld’ut say it, I have it
very tolerable share ofit at any rate.) he has no
opportunity of risin’ by bringing himself aforc
the public. Every avenue is filled. A man
has no chanceto cotne forward—mouey won't
do it, for thatI have—talents won’t do it, for the
opportunity is wantiri’. I believe I’ll go to the-
Statcs where all men are equal, and one has
neither the trouble of risin' nor the vcxation of
fallin’. Then ycu’d like to come. forward in
pirblic life here, would yeti, said I ttf you had a
chance? I would, said he; that’s the trtitli.——
Give me your hand then says I, my friend, I’ve
got an idea that will make your fortin. I’ll
ptit you in a track that will make a man ofyou
first. and a nolileman afterwards. assure as I/Lou
says thee. Wall: itito the niggcrs, says I, and
they’ll help you to walk into the whites. and
they'll make you walk into Parlianient. Walk
iiito,the triggers. said he; and he set and stared
like a cat watt.-bin’ a mouse hole’; walk into the
triggers! what’s that? I don't understand you.
Take up ’iiianc-ipation, says I, and work it up
till it works you tip; call nieetiu's and make
speeches to ’ein ; get up societies and make re-
ports to ’em; get up petitionsto Parliament, and
get signers to ’em. Enlist the women on your
side, of all ages, sects, and denotiiinations. Ex-
cite ’(°.rn firs: tho’, for wnrnen folks are poor tools
till you get ‘em up; bttt excite tliem, and they’ll
go the wiinle figur'—-—wake up the whole court-
try, It's :1 grand subject for it—br_okei_i hearted
slaves killin' ‘themselves in despair, o_r dyin’ a
lingerin’ deaili——task master's whip acuttiu’ into
their f1esh—burriin’ suns—days o’ toil—nights
o’ grief—pestileiitiai rice _grounds—chains—
st_arvation—iiiisery and deatlr——grand figur’s
well puttogetlicr.
Says you such istlie spirit of British freedoiri,
that the rpouient _a slave touches our sea-girt
shores, lrisspirit bursts its bonds; he stands ’man-
cipated, diseritliralled, anti liberated; his chains
fall right off, and he walks forth in all the baked
majesty ofa great big black be nigger! It sounds
lrisii that, and Josiah used to say they come up
to Americziu’s a’most in pure eloqtrence, _It's
grand, its sublime that, you may d_cpen_d. \Vhen
yoii get’eni tip tothe right pitch, then says you,
we have no powerin parliament ; we must have
abolition mienibcrs. Certainly, says they, and
who so fit as the good, the pious, the cliristi;in-
like John (;}anIei'; up you are put then. and hun-
dled free gratis, head over heels. into Parlianierit.
‘.Vheu you are in the House o‘Comn'ions, at it
ag’in, blue-jacket, for life. Some good n‘.eii.soine
weak rnenl and a iiiost plagiiysigh‘. ofh_ypocritt-
cal rnetr wiljoin yeti. Cant cairir-.s sway always
now. A llrige party in the House, and a wait-
pin’ large party onto’ the House. tiitrst be kept
quiet, coiidiliated, or yvhatevcrtlie right word is,
and John Canter is tirade Lord Lavender.
I see,-If see, said he; a glorious prospect of
doin’ good. of aidin' my fellow mortals, of bciu’
useful in my generation. I hope for a more im-
perishable reward than a coronet—the approba-
tion of my own conscience. \Vell. well, says I
to myself,:il you aiii’t the most impudent as well
as the most pharisaical villain that ever went
them for oratry, and make splendid speeches, if
NOIEIVALHL CQNN. TVEBNESEIAYT, §}€IL"E‘®BEER 1'7, 155389
. _ g . A
onbung, tlien I seed a liiiished rzical——tbats, all.
He-took my advice. and went right at it, toetli
"WI “fill; worked day and tiigbt, arid tnatle a‘
most deuce of a stir. llis iianie was in every
paper;—a mcciiu’ held here to-day—tliat great
and good man John C‘-atitcr in thccliair; a meet-
in’ lreltl_tl‘icre to-iirorrow——adtlresscd most elo-
qtietitly by that pliiluntliropisi, pliilosonhcr, and
Cl”‘lSll«’tn. Joliii CanIcr;—-a society foririctl in one
l'l8CC. John _Cantersecrctary ;—asocicty formed
in another place, Joliii C_atitcr president ;—-John
Canter every where; ifyoii went to London, he
handed you a subscription li.st—if vou went to
Brighton, he met you with :1 pefition——ifyoti
went to Sheffield, he filled your pockets with
tracts—lie was a complete jack 0’-lantern, here
and there, and every where, The last I heert]
tell oflrim was in parliament, and ’ngoiu out go-
verrror--getreral of some of the colonies. l’ve
seen a good many stipcrline saints in my time,
but this critter was a little the most uppermost
one I ever 53CtI—-lie did beat all.
Yes the Eiiglisli dcsarvc soniecrcdit no doubt;
btit when you subtract electionecriti’ party spi-
rit, liippocracy, ambition, ministerial flourishes.
and all tlieuudertow causes that operated in this
work, wliicii at best was .bnt clumsily contrived,
and hunglingly executed, it don't leave so much
to brag on artcr all, does it now ‘.7
'I'ti7rc care of your asli.cs.—A destructive fire
occurred at Cincintiati on the 3d inst. All the
houses fronting on the west side or \,V;,],,,,, S,”
for about a square south of the corporation line,
were consumed. They were mostly, if not al-
togcllier owned and irtliabited by Cleririatis, nia-
ny of whom, we understand, are thrown desti-
tute upon the corriiiiniiity. The depositing of
hot ashes in a box or barrel in a cellar, was the
cause of the lire. H
“ T«Vcrr_r/ P.rI'rtz'cu_l(tr.”—A somewhat noted
banker. not a thousand miles oil; during the
heavy reverses which overtook him, sritigbrcon-
solation in his prayer book every titiirn_in'g, Ni,
SOOUOF. however. was the sacred voluirie closed,
than he would utter in rapid siicccssiovi. the
most violent and abhorrent oaths, against his ill-
fOI'U._IU_C,€lt)tl tlipse whom he imagiried to be the
aiitliors of his rcitcrscs. “My tlenr”-—-sgiid his
wife to bin) one morning after prayers, while
he was venting forth his itirpri»czitioiis—“do
for mercy sake either it-.:ive olI praying or
swearing, I don’t care ii:/tic/1,.”
Early Death from Gin Di'in/rz'ng~.—Tlie com-
ncr was called on the 9th inst., at the corner of
11th street and 3d Avctiiic. to view the body of
Dennis Tierry, -1- years of age, who died oti board
the barqtre Frazer on her passage hence front St.
Johns. from the elfccts of drinking a large quan-
tity of gin from a bottle which he found conceal-
ed in his mother's berth. Verdict riccordingly.
——N. Y. EI[77'CSS.
Aborigiiial C-i'ullr1ntjr_7/.-—In zi talk which the
British ollicers had lately with the Indians. the
forrncr, for the lack of " Great Failier,” were
obliged to tell them of tlicir "Great Mother”-—
at every mention of which name they contempt-
uously cried, “ tiriipli.' squaw !” \Vontler how
Queen Victoria would like a dozen Indian cour-
tiers?
Abt so 72act.—There is in Camden street, a
school house, on the window sill of which is still
painted. (it lia\in_g originally been agrocery
store.) “I~’owtler aridSliot.” “I.-Viral the dcnce
has powder and shot to do with education '.’”—
asked a gentleman of a friend. as tliev were
passing. “A great deal," replied the“ wag;
“is it not the sclioolmaster’s calling to teach
the young idea how to shoot?"
03,? Let it he understood that the Loco-Foco
party was created for the sole and only purpose
of destroying State Institutions, weakening the
power ofthe people, and consolidating all power
in the hands of a few at \Vasliington.—-I~Iuds0n
Rice?‘ C/Lroniclc,
Old Law of Courts7zi1).—Oct. 27, 1G~l7.—'I‘he
General Court enacts, “ Tliatifany young man
attempt to address a young woman. withoiit the
consetitof her parents or the County Court! he
shall be fined 53:3 for the first offence, £10 for
the second, and imprisontrrent for the third.‘‘—-
Sept. 11, 1649: Matthew Stanley was tried for
drawing the ali'ectiorrs of John Tarbox's dangli-
ier, without the consent of her parents. He was
fined c£5——fees 23. Gd. and Gs. for 3 days attend-
ance by the parents. "In the same month. 3
married i_i;om.cn. were fined 5s. apiece for _scoId-
ing.” Q_uere.—\Vh_at would. or should have
been the penalty for an tininarried woitian for
the same ollence'!—Satein. Gazette, ' A
From the P/iitaclclpliia U. S. Gazette.
Hint:-nA_-.\'Di~:i) Vii.L.iIN:ir.—\Ve lieard a re-
port yesterday. that a man who had been coni-
rnitled to the Moyanieiising prison, made cori-
fessions to the proper ollicer, [)8,I'll8[)S.lll8 Attor-
ney General, that lie was one ofacreiv who had
joined l0_'_]el_ll€i' for the purpose of making fraud-
ulent rcports of ilieI_{ensington election—--that he
was to lzavc been one of‘ the judges, and they
were to return pbont 1-I00 majority for Porter
men, and that in fact, the returns were already
made out and ready to be sworti to. Here is :i
pretty tlisclosrire—-liere is a sample of the mode
in which the Van Buren men make out to car-
ry their ticket against the expectation of every
honest nia_n_. \_Ve trust that if the matter has
been correctly represented, anindictmcnt will be
made against the iiffeiitlers.
Since wriiiiig the above, we learn that the
wirole matter was brougiit before the grandjury
yesterday afiernooii, \Ve therefore forbear men-
tioning names, bitt we caution all concerned.
From the N. Y. American.’
‘mow SYS'l‘EIli OF EDUCATION.
In the last message from De \Vitt Clinton, to
the Legislattire of New York, he remarked, that
with a proper system of education, and correct
modes of tcacliing, all our children miglitbeconie
fatniliar with the physiczilscienecs, botany, min-
eralogy, the various jclztsses of animals, chemis-
try iititnral philosophy, astrononiy, the funda-
mental principles of agricultural and political
economy, and with niticli in history and biography
witliout any additional expense of time orinoney
for their instruction. The soundness and truth
of this rcnitirk has since been fully proved by
the system of education in Prussia. and other
NO. 84., I
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‘ .
Getgmun states : as it has by schools for deaf
murrfis apt] the blind in this country.
.naausrmswwwmmm
, ‘Y _0 U y sttstained as 11 plain deduc-
tion ofreasontng. ‘ -' ' ' ‘
1- Sl’°“i”.‘2‘ b00lis, in common use, contain
from ten to fifteen tlronsnnd words To ]e.,,-',-,
the Ofllffltflplty of each word by the dintorme-
mory, _iounded on the arranrrement or relative
. . 3 J I
l’.°S‘“°“ 0f the lei-lets: must rcqtiire as much
time and effort as to learn the names pm-
perties, and uses of ten plants minerals’, ani-
glass? ‘,"' Sllilellsl 01' ten principles in_ clieniistry,
“ 1"” l3»‘”’5°Pl’Ys 3’-5‘.t.1'.'3t10my, agri_culttire, or
in l1_t]Sl(_JI‘y or b_iogr'apliy. Consequently while
it chi.d is committing to memory the words in
3 Sliclltttg book, he might learn 3. hundred thou-
sand of the objects nrmci 103 0
r P -
re,m_m_, to. 2 P . acts above
. , _ _
‘:2. Fire time, paper, ink and quills, or-dim,-ity
used by cliildreti in sciiool in cop;/,,,.,.,-1,-,,,,, Wm,“
be suflicieiitfo1' vrititig tlii: natnds, \vittfIii'iefdeL
scriptions ot- the same objects, principles and
facts. ' i .’ - ~-
Tlle “me 59013‘? in t'ccitino' lessons from
"‘3“d’“£-T "00lx'S. if devoted to the reading and
study of the Bible, works on science, history,
350-» would llie sufficient for examining with
some care em for some or’ ', ‘
least: one author, on each gfiliiiazdig oil at
mentioned. 0"?“-I
4. The time usually spent in meiizpri;
mat‘ l€S.S.0t1s, wouldbe is ’
and critical exercises in d
trons, relating to the obj
with scenery, operations
by cliildrcti during the
days and years,
I?‘ B-7 ulls Practical; 1"1tl0'=ttl,v.nd conse treat-
ly iriiCfC_$IIil,{,':y course of exercises, in splllliutr,
v - . ' » C‘
(vycrliytiggieiitggliggca;tg]gg-aépgpzlir, it inust: be my}.
more fttmiliarly aitd l.Il01'0tiohrlen “ OT-d uecm-He
tires-..s 'riic.clitin' .l ‘- - l ' ‘?’i"Y.'aFqu"mtCd with
, , tC'l pts. ts of cuticatiori than the
‘{"Uld l‘°S5ll’l_V b0 by a mere repetitidn of thetfi
lorlduys, months and years, like so many parrots,
wit iou - - ' ,' ; «
or “Sat any knowltdge of their meaning, sense,
' 1” l'-”‘’‘’f Of the correctness oftlirraliove state.
!l:)CL,t[l:z\1"\'c to nteintion that I have had
- i ' rn ' . .
mwmmimakannanau:
properties of fl:()lTl twenty to thirty ()Ii_jt.‘(:'-llsiln one
tour many of wlio_m had probably spent not
Only days and weeks, but moirtlis, if not vim,-S
in learning the tweiity-six letters of the alphalct:
2ll'l(I'i'.1lIBl‘ all tliey probably did not obtain or\'i-i
‘-l'5',""3l rational ill’-’"i INN" Wltiil was coitsitlcrcil
their ltISlt‘_U_(.’ll0tl, tlinuglr it is true, tliey must have
received many from their sports, and front their
W'Zlrl‘l{S to and from s_cliooi_. '
Io,snctire_tlie important objects specified by
ilre dtstmgriislied statesman anil philosopher
above narircil, and now realized by the subjects
of some absolute nionarclis, the l'u|lowitio',,,o_
visions are ilesiralile, perliaps essential: D ' if
1. Eticotrragcincnt and aid tocliildteii in study__
ing the vniniiio of nature, with which all are de-
ti;,htei_l, and wliicliilioy coinnience reading when
first open their eyes upon the light of ],e;,._.
I assistance in collecting, arranging, aml ,._,_._
ctuttgmg with others, spccinietis of minerals
plants, shells, drawings, rii‘éi:’lmni,,~n,, ,m,__,“e:
“"0\Tfi<. CV-3 fut" illfl fiotitentsof " I“Aiul,L1' Cit-i
nit’ «Yrs. - '
3- The formation of “ School Cabinets” in all
the 70,000 schools in our country, and exchanges
with each other in the works of Nature and Art
4. The early and daily use of slates for draw-9
ifing objecfts of Nature and Art. such as the simple
g”f°3° £903?”-‘"3: VIZ? l“0"{;l€S.6qUares, hex:
agotis, and circles; horses, dogs, birds, fishes
and insects; liatchets, knives, pitchers, shovels?
ploiiglis, &'.c. ' ' "
5- Willing “CHIS: 01” names of things, as dog
cat, hat, oak, rose, mica, lime, slate, (Sec. in con:
nection with the things themselves, or pictures
of them drawn by the children.
Following the pictures and names of objects
brief and familiar descriptions of them, first or;
slates, and then on paper, by lead pencils, 11,1-
lowed by pens. ' t
6. Simple instruments for visible illustrations
boili in families anti schools, viz: a globe, goo:
metrical solids, levers, piillies, screws, maps am;
other drawings or prints, (cc. ' '
7. Frequent walks in the fields and gardens,
over hedges and mountains. by rivulets or brooks,
through markets, on wharves, in niecbanics’
shops, marble and granite yards, aided and en-,-
cotiragcd by the presence and instruction of a
teacher, parent, older brother or sister. or some
other preceptor,
8. Small, simple and familiar books desprib.
ing the olijects, principles or operations they have
witnessed by their lessons in the book of Nature,
With these some ofthe beautiful and interesting
passages from the Bible, selectetl from the Gos-
pels, the Psalins, Proverbs. or the historical
sketches of the Old Testament, are peculiarly
appropriate anti delightful to children." ’
9. Larger and rriore systematic works, scien-
ces, arts. history, biography, and the Bible more
fully. with abstracts, rcflections, or __dr;ii.vingg pf
tliings a_ndfii,n,cidents. learnt from theifirst ele-
ments and mature study. -
10. Releasing cliildreti, principally or entire-
ly, from the incongruous. nnmeaning and ii'k-
some masses, liiund in spelling books, reading
books and grammars, now cor-isurnging the great"-_
est part ofthe precious tir_ri,e ofcliildren allotted
to tlreireducation, ' ' i
As a course ofjuvenile instruction. similar to
that h_cr_e pointed out. must commend itself to
the ,com,nion sense oft.-very one, and as it is fully
tried and corriilrorgited by experiments, both in
Europe and America, it is, at least, worthy of-'
trial by every tiarcntanrl teacher in our Repub-
lican nation.
I remain, as ever, sincerely yours.
"J. HOLBROOK,
, ittg gram-
ufiictcnt for practical
cscripttons and narra-.
ccts ofnature and art,
and events, ivi_tnc§§_ed
B°“°d Of their school
Those ofour brotherhood, (says the New-Ha,
ven Hei'ald,) who know their own yalue_—ar5
aware of their care to do rightly,'lli;2i,r"pppor-.
tunitics of correct: judgment, and theircapacity
to employ 1.l1€II1'.'_-‘Will coincide at once with
the item subjoined. Itspeaks at least the chief
ditty of a journa1ist—-—independence. If that
spirit: is abused, the penalty always falls on the
right head ; ifnot, it is :1 crown, and an erribleii}
ofjudicious and salutary power. "
The best thing an editor can do is to please
himself, listen to pounsel, but contemn dictatioq
—think _wli:2_t: he pleases, and do as he likeg,
If he pursuesany other course, or allows big
subscribers to scissor for iiim—he will alglpyg
have trouble.
P0llilCi1l Cconotity; or the some iitiuiber of facts ‘
Norwalk Chronicler