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1 mtyUr,waatta f disciples oj|M ceeded. The latter! B , * efxned, the Abbe 8icar?l has but if tlicre had not been the tlicr? would not haHbecn the Abta Picnnl ?? j thus glory, hpnot and eternal uratitude are due to thofetwo friends of humanity. 1 was about twelve years old when I aftired . ot tho Al)l)c 8iciir?l's scltool. I was endowed; with considerable intelligence, but nevertheless had no Idea of Intellectual things. 1 had* it Is true, a mind } bUt it did not think) 1 had u liffcrt t but it did not feel. >' . ? My mother, affected at my-misfortune, had endeavored to shew toe the heavens, and to, tuak? tnd knew God> imagining that I under* stood iter) ^ot,her attempts were vain, I could , comprehend niithin;?. 1 believed that God was a tall, big'andstrong man, and that Jestis Christ bavins come to kill uh, had been killed, by us Bud placed on a cross as one of our triumphs. . I believed many other droll -and ridiculous tilings t but us one cannot recollect what passed in Ms infancy, I 'camiot describo them.: I am sure that the deaf and dumb, who are in your country, think as I once did.. You must be no kind as to aid us to enriecolve them. We shall cultivate their mind# and form their hearts, but as the mind and the heart cannot live without the body, ynu wHI have the goodness to charge yourselves, with your other countrymen, with tin* support of tlieir bodies. In Kurope, each nation, however small, has an institution for the deaf and dumb; and most of these institutions are at the expense of the government. Will Americu remain the only nation which is insen sible to tlie cry of humanity ? 1 hope not, and that you will" busy yonrselvea with the same zeal as vour neighbor*. tho good inhabitants of Connecticut. If tho the dcjtf and dumb become lumpy, it will bo your Joy to see that it is the oflect of your pure generosity, and thev will rirehcrvc the roiueinbrance of St as long as they ive. M. Gallaudet and Dr. Cogswell will give you more ample details (if desired) on tin* subject: nnd as to myself I um ready to answer to nit flxit you would wish to know concerning tho deaf and dumb." Among various tiuestion* proposed to M. Clerc was t!iis : "What is the distinction be tween memory and imagination ?" He answered as follows : " Memory is the faculty or power of tho soul to recollect the tinny* which havo been seen or learned. Mem ory continues longer than remembrance." 'Hut not being able to explain imagination in a definition iu fpnntion est la . orger.d'ombel lin et de produire dft beltao choses, et si belles qu lei tea frappent l'esprit et charment ie co eur."* , Some doubt hnvfng been expressed in rela tion to his definition of memory, lie wan requcs htcd by vigas which he immediately placed will) ueiTect accuracy upon paper to 44 explain what JLjoeant by memory continuing longer than ^'?'TWtWfiWture." Ho answered, "Memory usu ally preserves things as long aa tlie person en dowed with that faculty lives) remembrance oh the contrary* can be lost in a short time,"? Afterwards upon reflection, he wrote, " I con found remembrance, with recollection." lie fur ther continued, " I compare memory to a rock, awl reflection to a candle.*' On the second day so great a number of la dies and gentlemen attended* at the Atheuieum, that tliey were obliged to proceed to one of the Map coiirt house rooms, for greater convenience. 'j$<tfe.a complimentary address to the ladies w|* delivered, and M. Ctifc answered a num ber of question*, to the universal H.-itinfaction of , the.CQmpnny. We hear that a number of liber ,41 donations liuve already been made to the new institution, and we hone the example will be followed by all classes an the community. # 'Imagination it tlx: faculty of .the mind to inrent, ; IVjim?. emhelh*h ami produce bemtiflil ttiiiifp*# 6'xt $o l.f.itiful a? to strike the undent ami ing ruul charm the v 'peart. v, ' '?. mo* Tint nkw-touk coi'ius*. fatter from WaUa)m*hecnh, an Indian Chieft , ; to hi* people.' v Tn my last letter I gave you an account of my journey, from our happy and favored coun try, to this land of batWisns. found the whites In a most deplorable state of ignorance. Very few knew any thing about the nrt of hunt tag, and rtoiie pursue Tt for a livelihood !? jl Strange as it may seem* It i* a fact that'white men-are Almost entirely ignorant of theytiio Of ^h<t bow! I expecttO establish a school ft r the purpose of instructing them in archery. This ignorance of the. cirillfted arts .1 presume, is owing to their devoting their attention td sue* ' useless (abort as building fine houses) making /flue clothes j laboring perpetually upon, the earth, and making books, &c. all which Is labor . and time sptht for unnece*nry!burpo*4i<~?? *JPhejr think nothing of spending whole weeks, tn make a soft bed to lie pft* instead of using a bearskin. 1 Intend to make ail engagement to siipply these destitute and unfa^miftte creatures 'with Several thouonud IftMr andbuf^aloetkinf>-< Tllcy will often spehd the wealth which It lias tltis folly Is totally unaccountable, an<l still tn<ye astonishing*- because they do not seem Ig norafit eOh^T wi of milking tent* or even wig' wfth a grdii^amtv ??f merits and herbs t but titer are either bad of themselves or spoiled in tooking. They have obtained tlie art or mAking tiowiny from *ome of our people, but their are ? destitute of all the luxuries of our nation. They atl Hfeem to be very sickly, tnd for that reason take physic during and after dinner) when they drink the physic they bt/w to one another w4ind say M your health, sir/* which means mar your phytic make you wall?a believe it ?pi* intss as apuke generally, and thereby, I sup. Tip'in | iba Has been Mi J2t?.n5T; JMi Ml our m?ni?t?, eiMchlly lira hdiM. (tor of dress U adopted by tho women, ?'tH .smno itllo alteration t like us, the* go partly naked, but not to ihuch bo a# ourselves, owing, 1 sup pose, to t)ie rafco for surrounding themselves with fantastic finery. ITioy also paint In .imi tation of ub, but with less taato.. We put a greater quantity of color# on our faces than thu white women, who use only rod and white. The women have also imitated our practice of wearing feathers in their caps j tt inacta on their arms and necka f and ring* in their ears. What la very curious, ia, that they wear iiuife' in their nose, where they ?an be more easily worn, an*-where they appear most conspicuous !y. This. no doubt, la owing to a pritirticc they have ot taking snufV, or tubaccojHwdcr. A rirtg in tiler nose would be very mucn In the way of these anu fT takers. It may. alio, be partly ow ing to another, practice which prevails among the whites,- namely, the practico of kliatttg or joining mouths together.. A ring in the note woulu be somewhat in tho way of that operation ?hosides, the white women, unlike oar ft<i&ws/ 'are incessant talkers, and a ring in the hose might, in some degree, obstruct the motion of tiro upner lip, and probably blilter it by perpe tual rubbing. '.*? You will scarcely believe me, when T assure yotf that the men are in instate of the mo*t pi teous and abject slavery to tfio women, They make the men (Vork like brutes for them, while they am perfectly idle, Or Only engaged in some frivolous and expensive amusement. The man wait on the women like slaves j help them at ta ble $ support them as'they walk the streeta $<? fun them like a servant boyj fetch them water ?help them in and out of a carriage t .and it ia. said tliat they have gone so fat- as to lay their coats in a puddle for a lady to walk over on.? In short, they perform every menial service which the women require of them. I will d* every thing in my power to ameliorate the con* ilitiou of these w'rotched barbarians, and have a strong notion to have some of my warriors sett on to Irani them the use of tho bow and instruct thoui in the art of limiting, making wigwaipl, mockaaoiis, breech clonta, 8c. We have gr?at reason, my children,; to rejoice at our situat'mi, when we compare itwith the state of these bir burians. Let uatw Uiaukful to the Great spir it who has cast our lojta in a laud,of civilizaton. happiness and freedom, The ?reat spirit lies? you. WALLA WASUKCAH. N. H. Order my stiuaw to provide an a^un dance of kinikinick ami dried corji for next win ter, and to make mo a s|iot pouch of beaver skin. Also direct her to make me plenty of mocka sons and Icggins for the winter. Also to. keep my youngest paupbusie stretched uponabojrd a mouth longer, as I with him to be as straight and handsome a warrior as possible. A DAY AT MA1)Klt>. I wake-?'(ia four o'clock In (he tiioruinp;1 'Die whole broad street of Mcatl is ftprued be fore mo like an immense square?churclic*, pa. laces, anil convents: at tho further end the snai dy walk!) of the Prado ; a grand, sublime tight, baffling description. Tho' matin bell announces the early maw, the street* become more animated. Veiled women in blaek, men in long brown cloaks with rerlhif Irtt, wearing their hair in a kind of net work, hanging low down their back. The door* of all the balconies open, and water is sprinkled out before every house. Now the goat keepers with their little herds enter the gates crying milk ! milk! goat's milk! fresh and warm fi who will have any ? There I see market women pass by with their asses load ed with vegetables, bakera' with bread, in carts made of Hpanish reed?water carriers and por ters hastening to commence their day's work, while With a hoarse voice two consequential looking alguaxils proclaim tho theft committed j on the prece^ng night. By degrees, all the warehouses, shops, ami boothes are opened. Tho publicans, (tabemir? oh) expose their wine cupe t the chocolate wo men get their pots ready t tho water carriers be gin to chaunt their* f{nhie bebif** (who'll diink ?) and th* hackney coach mid the hack ney chaise drivers, with the- pesrons wlto let mules lor Hro, take their u*ual stand*. Moini tho whole street resounds with the vari-J sus cries of riufnberless criora??wl, white cod I Onions, onions from tiallicia 1 Walnuts, walnuts from Biscay I Oranges, oranges from Murcia !, Hot smoked saunsip* from KstrAmAdurg ! "To mates, large tomates 1 Sweet citrons 1 flkirToy Water! feo water! A new journal! A lie*? ga zette I }Water melons! I.onn Malaga rais'itu*! Olivca, olive* from Seville 1 Milk rolls, fresti and hot! Grapes, grapes ! Vigs, new figs ! Pome granates, pomegranates from1,Valencia 1 It strikes ten j the guftrdrmnurft j diwgoons, JJwisa regiments, Walloon gtferdKpanUh in fantry, " AI oh tdes Vin donna Man nehi I" ( ist UtjtO to nOU.) All the bells are ringing, all the afreet* are covered wlf'i the rock roses, rich carpets flang ing from every balcony, and altars raised on e very square under canopies of state. The pro cession seta out. What ft number of neat lit tle angels with paste board wings, cover ed witli gilt paper i images ef saints with flne powdered bob wto, and robes of gold bro cade ! ' What Swarms of Priest* 1 How many beautiful girls I All pleteant and in mixed * 'An cloek proclaims noon day 1 We retuift through the square of the Peerta del 8ol 1 All the r\fa?t (rallies) have begun, all the hackney waiters aro busy, and the whole equate thronged with people. One o'clock 1 we are called to dinner t a great deal of saffron, msny love applee, plenty of. oil and pimento I but then, wine from Ls MsncJie, oil, Ceres and Malaga! What ft nice thing h HpanUh Cookery 1 lift Hicetn I Iff Wes^a, Senore! A deadly el'! tf Mid merriment, one equipage an ir drtve (tell speed to Uio*o places or diver sion* v ' ? '/ " .V "?'!,$? ? \'> }l 'Flui8 passes the afternoon j juA thejduiky shades of the evening set in nt last. All the .AEAggri Of Miutf?oo W#,*Wto.5;|<o? . the tertulal?am\ theatres and in a few minute* the rattUME of carriages refund* iii oVery street. The lai^pa before thehoueet, ortho im uses of tho virairt are already lighted t tho incr chnntA and deaKfa.have illvjiidliated their hotfa-, M and shops, Mid the seltdra of lce? water and lemohndc tliuir stalls. Kvcry whero aro acei) rush lights, napcr larithorns,and bougies on the tables <u fruit women nud cako iAon. r Me^rtwhilethe crowd on tic Aquaro baa pro* dlgiouply increased* and it Hi sooif stowed with people. In one port you will hear tho soft *"utul8of the guitar, or a seguidillti | i" nrto flier, a.female ballad,slpger tells in rhyme the tale, of tho last jnurder committed f in a third, a thundering missionary attempts to move tho hcort/t of owlurate sinuers, \vhiK) the light footed Cyprian corps carries off Ids audience by dowKr $don passes the rosary? and t&too with music, and the equipages' return from, the mm*,?? v." ?*- l^rows still later \ tlie crowds begin t<? dis persor-by one o'clock in the fuornihg nlf the streets are still and quiet, and only here ahd there resounds a solitary guitar through tlie sol* itary gloom of night . RXECUTIOV OK IjOUIS XVI. * Mr. Gray*?'There-establishment of tli? Bour bon family Upon the throne of Franco is a very important event, and ii every where the subject of much speculation and wonder. The ulon of their present prosperity naturally associates with that of tlie) r past mistortu nee. I n content with this goncfal sympathy, a book has lately been published iu Franco, entitled " HistoireUu Vro cesde. Lou in." It appears to Imvo been written with much fidelity, and is calculated to oxcite a verylively interest among all, whether royalist* or republicans, who venerate justice or love humanity. It is not. my purpose to comment on ?^transaction which will'forever stain the annals of that ill fated cou ntry. I notice this work only to offer to public attoution a curious extract, in the shape of a letter from one of the unfortunate Monarch's Executioners I?It waa addressed to M. Bernard, One of the Editors of the Itttllelin Mtional, and published in that paper, 23th February, 1793 t but a little more than a month after that tragical event. ? " Having alighted from his carriage for ex ecution, we told him he must take otfhis coat. l|e maue some difficulty, saying, ho could be executed as he was. Upon a representation that the thing was Impossible, he himself assisted in ] taking it om; He made the sfcrno difficulty, whin he was inftrniud that it was necessary to tie his hands > but he offered them himself j when I the person, who accompanied him(M. Kdge worth) told him it was the last' aacrifidr?he then asked if the drum would continue to beat. We answered him that we did not know, which was true. He mounted the scaffold, and wished to advance to the front of it to speak. But it| was represented te him that the thing wai) im possible. He then suffered himself to be con ducted to the placo where we tied him whence I he cried out very loudly, * people, I die inno cent."?-Then f turning himseif towards us,M I am innocent uf all that Is laid to my cnjiie, and | wisli that my blood may cemertt the happiness of the French. " These .were his true and lest wonts. The kind of little debate which took place at the foot of tlio scaffold, turned Upon this?that he did not think It necessary that his coat should be taken off, or that his hands should be tied, lie proposed also to cut his* hair off himself. I owe it to truth to declsre that he , supported the whole scene with a coolness and fortitude that astonished us all* I am wait eon* vlneed that he derived this firmness from the principles of religion with which no one could I appear more penetrated than lie. You are at liber ty to make use of my letter, as it contains no thing but what is conformable to the most exact 'truth.'' ? I Dated Feb. 03d, 1793. and signed " 8ambom, | Executioner of Criminal Judgments," ' Bucb, sir, U the extract which I have trauslat l ed, literally, and which I offer Ji? the perusal of your readers. ? af# <5, B. lloucherville, Aug. 25. Montreal Herald.] > Rome time am Of. Mitchell exhibited to the New-York Philosophical Society a Specimen of American elastio marble, manuring four feet in length, three incites in breadth, and one in thickness. Tim slab wss of ai snowy whiteness, of a grained structure, It remarkablo flexibility. He had receded It of Messrs. NorrU ami Cain, who got it from the quarry in I'Htsfictd, Massa chusetts* Since the receipt of this extraordina ry sample, another one of afar more considera ble sise Mas been procured by Mr. Meyher, from Htockbridge. This he is preparing for Dr. Mitchell's cabinet of mineralogy. The dimen sions of this stono are as followj breadth one foot and ten inches, length five feet,*aud thick ness two inches i making a mass of two thous and six hundred and forty cubio inches of elas tic marble. This stkb, when shakon, undulates sensibly backwards and forwards ) when sup ported at the two extremities, the middle forms a curve of about two inches from a horizontal line | and when turned over recovers itself and inclinee-ss macfi the other way. It hae many ether curious properties. The substance under consideration Viae been already described by Mr. ' new eontalua the largest piece that the world caro, Jbeforo ? r fc$>n a^lliB clean straw to dry them. This is best dono 00 a parlour floor?leaving the windows open, to ad mit fresh air, so tj^t alltho moisture ontlieskin i^wp on a Are* three" to pcesei*ve 5 but) If dOuo with .attention, will keep six months t there niM ndt.be more tluin a pound in each jnr. f 'jT . * Choose a common carthoi) jar with, a stopper of Hie ?amo, which will tit clo\o} the pcttrs'$!ut apples, when ?>rtod of before mint ho wrappetl up separatelyAn ttoft wrapping paper j twist it closely about jhe fruit j-then lay clean straw on the bottom, Aid a layer of Iruit j then A1 layer of straw l <Ufl no on, till your vessel be full;? but yoa must not put more thana dozen in a jar | Iftheir weight will, bruise those at ;(lsWHMk ,. i * , i Peaches and apricots are host stored up, wrapped each in soft paper* and ftfto shred paper between the fruit and also the layers.- GrApoa must be stored in the jar with fine shred, pa per, which'will keep one from touching tl'o u the other as much as possible. Five oi, six bunches are the most which should be put into 1 one jar f if they tie largo* not so many j for it is to M understood* that whenever you open u jar* you must Use that day ail the fruit that is ia IE : v Strawberries as well as peaches should have fine shred paper under and between them, in the place of straw, which is only to be used for ap ptcsand pears. Put in the strawberries and the paper, layer by layer. "When the jar is full, put on the stopper, and have it well luted round, so as perfectly to keep out the air; a composi tion of rosin, or drafting wax is best j, let none of it get within the jar, which is tube pla ced in a temperate cellar, lie. sure to finish your process in the last quarter'of the noon. Do not press the Iruit; as any iuke running out would spoil ull bclosv.?Lou. Pap; too* Tiir tcvr.fons coimun. ? Sir?I lately received the subjoined account Trom a very respectablo member of the '* Hath and Went of England Agricultural Society."-? Ah it will interest and surprise-many of your reader*, it may not be amiss ro give it a placu your paper. Yours, fitc.; ' a aunsoaiBKw. MANCW, Wt'RZKL,* Account of n crou,o|i Uiih most, valuable root, grown in tlie year 1815* in the garden ground of Bedford, the ?eat oPJohn lleaton, km. near Horikfort), in K?sex.* life ground Wat ill the first plaoe dog over with the spade 'U theusual man ner thoroughly eleartd and WHt' Tnanu?*Hj ?itU ? rotten dun*. lite seed wassown oh the 6tii of ? Mayr scattered thinly, in small drills mude witU a hoe, two fait apart, and lightly covered with, earth by a^rfrden rake. Uh tho plot of gronnd,. thirty-three feet in length; six rows were sown for the purpose of ascertaining what degree of injury the roots would receive by taking off tho leaves tit summer. The plants came up in the six rowa equally well, and Vrere thinned leaving tliem a foot asunder in the rows. Upon three of (hese rows, occupying a space of twenty two yards, there were ninety-five plants, the leaves of which (except those risipg from the heart of the root) were, on tho 97th Jul v, eare fully cut off with a knife ami they weighed W> lbs: equal to 0 tons, tl $wt. 53 lbs. per acre.? Upon (lie three adjoining rows there were nine ty-seven plants and these were left to the direc tion of nature* with the single exception of* weeding them when young. The crop wa< ta ken up the flth of November, ami weighed as follows I - The 95 plants, from which the leaver w4ru taken In inly# Weighed # ^ Nut. tht. The first tope, July 37th, 99 lb*, or 0 14 53 Tlte 2d tops, Nov. 6th,! 17 lbs. or 11 0 92 Tops, CI The 95 roots, 515 lbs. or 50 A 52 fl- 68 Topa and roots together* per acre, 71 I !f 100 The ninety-seven plants, the leave* of which were not touched till the crop was taken up, in November* weighed f t***. emit. tbi. The tops, Nov. Otb, 183 \h?^ or J 3 1 68 The 97 roots, 543 lbs. or 63' 3' 4 (' r; f - Tops and roots together per acre, 75 4 73 The difference per acre, in fevor of the crop of raofo untouched, being 13 ton* 13 cwt 48 lb*. 'Ilio leave# might have been taken olf more than once, but the roots were so visibly injured by tlte first cutting, that a secpnd became un necessary, to ascertain the fact* that iakin* off the leaves* dees impede tho growth of the r?w>t. Trnn*it!aiitt<l Vrop.~?Ope hundred anjl thir ty* four plants wero drawn from tho yix itow*, before mentioned, on the l5t)i of June*.unit carefully traniplshted, on twenty threo square yards of garden ^rmimi* in rows 18 inches one d twelve inches we other/ When taken tvi*. cwi?. Mi. garden ground* M rnws 18 inches one way, and twelve inches #te othe up, on (he 2d November, 1815* The tops weghed 315 lbs. or 30 3 107 The roots weighed 781 lbs. or fr3 7 4 ?* J ? ? Tops and roq^s together, per Ifct* 03. U 4t> . *UM. ^ * A laiftrwidOrtsrM toct, lately berime a flworite MfcA fyr ?***!?<, tod Is tokd boiH r,\vr tuyj