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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