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MISERIES OF EDITORS.
Under this lugubrious title. Major
Noah, of the New-York Enquirer,
publishes the following list of griev
ances, from which it seems he fears
his friends will kill him with kindness.
It is only in the city of New-York
where Editors of newspapers are in
dangoAßf being surfeited on turtle
soup or oyster suppers:
—in other places, after cudgelling
their brains until they become as
‘ dry as the remainder biscuit,’ Edi
tors are left toSuck their paws, like
the bears, or what is about the same
thing, are compelled to live on
promises, or thank you, sir
The miseries of Printers and Edi
tors have been frequently detailed
to the world, and are too numerous
to repeal; but there is a new misery
to which they ar& subjected, and
which 'threatens to be most fatal—
namely : being killed with kindness,
stuffed to death with good thjigs,
plunged into turtle soup drown
ed in punch or chr|t. Scarcely a
day elapses without finding a few bil
lets doux on our ‘ elbuw-chair’ run
ning thus:
«(KT" The ‘Goose and Gridiron'
will be happy to see the Editor this
evening, to partake of oysters, ter
rapins and partridges
(gT Hoboken Club gives another
dividend to-morrow, at Turtle Grove.
Spoon exercise at three precisely.
Be punctual.
00 s " The corner stone of the new
Steam Washing Company, is to
be laid to-morrow at two o’clock —
dinner at three. Your company is
requested. Carriages in front of Si,
Pauls’.
The Editor will please accept
a ticket for my Ordinary to morrow
—the principal of the day is Codfish
dressed in the Boston style.
(fj ' Mons. Kickshaw’s Refectory
opens for the season on Monday ,
the honor of your company is solicit
ed. Fricasse a Grenouille, Beaux et
cpinard, Cheufjlcr avec sauce blanche
Omellettc Souffle, Arc.
Wednesday is the anniversary
of the ancient and honorable Krout
dub. —Smoked goose and sausages,
ringglets, sour krout, cabbage, &c.
with other delicacies at three, at
Peckwell and Batten’s, Broad-way
House.
N. B. A new Krout to be installed
Please to exc pt the enclosed
ticket for a Steam Boat excursion to
Coinmunipaw, &c. Leave the wharf
at 7 A. M.
Gentlemen,sweet gentlemen, have
mercy on the digestive organs of the
poor Printers We can stand many
shocks, but must inevitabley sink un
der such loads of hospitality and
disinterested benevolence. The
boldest man in our rank on such oc
casions is Col. Stone, but he is one
of Pharaoh’s’ h an kino —we cannot
fatten him in all these exercises, l.i
addition to the few cards above quot
ed, the printers themselves have a
kind of monthly meeting, which
does not go off very dry and musty,
as Sykes and Niblo can testily.
After publishing the above list oi
invitations, our friend Buckingham,
the able and indefatigable Editor ui
the England Galaxy, and also
of the Boston Courier daily pa
per) thus indignantly hold th forth.-
Now mark the difference between
New-York and Boston. We of tin
• literary emporium’ have no such
troublesome and dangerous antidotes
to health and long life staring us in
the face to frighten us from our sta
bility. Editors here are generally
considered the hewers of wood and
the drawers of water for all other
• orders and de
grees of men. We do indeed often
hear of feasts and collations given
by gentlemen who have elevated a
new sign, built a new house, launch
ed a new ship, or entered upon some
new establishment, where notoriety
:s desirable ; but then the the intel
ligence docs not reach us till the
daq after, when :‘ :s sure *o come m
the shape of a communication, the
writer of which borrows the editorial
style, but which must undergo a re
vision, bad spelling and bad grammar
be corrected points introduced, and
sundry other improvements adopted
before it can be given to the com
positor : and all we get for this la
bour of love, is the privilege of giv
ing a dozen or two of the papers
which contains this puff, for the gen
tlemen to send out as an advertise
ment. Pehaps in one instance out
of ten of this sort, he is a subscri
ber, in which case, if we happen not
to have so many papers as he wants,
he damns us for stingy fellows, and
withdraws his subscription. Verily
these things ought not so to be. If
g ntlement long for such blessed no
toriety as can be obtained from com
plimentary paragraphs in the nows
papers, they must be more civil to
the printers, those ‘ honest chroni
clers’ of the times. For one, we
have come to a resolution to do no
thing in this wayffiereafter without a
quid pro quo, or at least the offer of
some kind of a quid. Ship-launches
house-warmings, sign-raisings, cor
ner-stone-laying, and such like, will
we notice hereafter, when, and only
when, we are invited to partake of
the appropriate and customary colla
tion. Gentlemen stage-proprietors,
who wish a word or two said in favour
of the superior speed and accommo
dation of their respective lines, must
send us a ticket for one trip gratis.
Our friends who are about to enter
the happy state of matrimony, we
shall not tax with an invitation to be
present at the ceremony ; that can
be dispensed with; but we shall
publish no blessed change in their
circumstances that is not acompani
ed with a pretty generous slice of
the wedding cake. We may possi
bly, as a piece of every-day informa
tion, say, ‘ Married in this town, Mr.
A. B. to Miss C. I).’ but such a bar
ren annunciation suits the taste of a
very few persons. Every body wish
es. i.. these cases, that the printer
should be particular, and likes to
see a paragraph in some degree pro
portionate to the magnitude of the
event, as thus: ‘ Married last eve
ning, at the mansion of A. B. Esq
by the Rev. C. I)., E. F. Esq mer
chant of this city, to Miss G. H., on
ly daughter of the late Hon. 1. K.’
&c. &c.
There is another misery to us edi
tors of Boston, which is a crying
grievance : Authorsand publishers
expect us to notice their works as
they issue from the press, but it
never perhaps entered their heads
that to procure a favorable notice
they should send each of us a copy.
No—they are angry if we are silent,
and angrier still if we do not buy their
books; they first shave us, (for who
would not shave us) for our money
and then expect to use our razor to
shave others.
This topic is becoming serious,
and we arc reminded by a circular
which now lies on our desk, that it
is time to treat it in a serious way.
This circular is from the Boston Li
brary, stating -among other things,
that ‘ several years having elapsed
since any notice of it wss circulated,
its condition is not generally known,’
and finally asks our aJention, ami
that of our friends to the subject.
Wherefore should st give our atten
tion, and that of our triends to this
circular ! The income of our labors
does not authorise the purchase of
a share in the library for ourselves
or family, and if we are not a stock
holder, the attention of our friends,
or the money of our friends, (which
is all that is meant) cando us no
good.—The treasures of literature
and science contained in the Boston
Library arc as useless to us, as if
they were in the imperial library at
Pekin. If, in the course of our la
bors as editor we should wish tb ex
amine a date, or refer to a historical
fact, (and as many such cases occur
in a year) to settle doubt, or to en
lighten ignorance, we cannot avail
ourself ot the books and documents
in the Boston Library ; they are to
us as utterly unapproachable, aud
would continue so, though we could
persuade every friend we have in the
world to become a stockholder. Sq
it is with the Atheneum—the most
valuable collection of books in the
United States an institution for
which Boston has become generally
celebrated—but which is of no more
benefit to the citizens of Boston,
generally, than it is to those of thf
imperial city above mentioned. Ir
would hardly be believed in some
other cities, if it were told, that m .
more than a fiftieth, and perhaps m.:
more than a hundredth part, of on.
citizens receive the slightest benef
irom this superb collection ; yei
nothing is more true. It is one c
the most aristocratic institutions i;
cur country; and we never hav
ascertained that it has been of an
other '•‘ssse-'icc. than to tirati
Ilae tibieruntartes, pacisque imponere morein, parcerc subjectis et debellare superbos.—Virgil.
Milledgeville, Tuesday, February 6, 1827.
fy the pride of some, of the block
head proprietors, who often introduce
visiters from distant places, to look
at books which they t.iemselv s
never read, and to admire the pro
ductions of wisdom, learning and
inspiration, which they cannot under
stand. The printers of this place,
we believe, have been pretty hand
somely taxed to enrich the library of
this institution, but we never learnt
that their benefaction had been re
ciprocated.
If it is any advantage to have
newspapers, and to have them well
conducted, it is certainly good policy
to grant to editors such facilities as
can be granted, when the accommo
dation costs nothing. Above ail,
individuals, societies, or corporations
who seek the advantage of gratui
tous notices, to reciprocate the
favour; and if they have libraries,
f.t them open the doors of their res
pective institutions to editors, at
lei V-t so far as to authorise them to
make references and extracts, when
they wish to do so, for the purpose
of correction and illustration.-JV. Jiep.
Ane.i—we too.
MISS LIVERMORE.
Our readers may have observed
in our columns, recently, notices of
Miss Livermore’s intention to preach
at the Capitol and elsewhere. Our
engagements have not allowed us to
attend her preaching, had we wished
to do so. Those, who have heard
her, speak highly of her natural
gifts, and some are even enraptur
ed by her eloquence. Among the
latter is the esteemed Lady who is
the author of the following Letter,
of which we have been allowed to
take a copy for publication It is
addressed to the daughter of the
writer, who resides in a distant part
of th< country.
“Washington, 9zA Jan. 1827
Aly Beloved Child-.— l witnessed a
scene yesterday, so novel and im
pressive, that I cannot forbear at
tempting a description of it. I say
attempting, for the sensibilities were
more strongly affected than the
senses, cons, a just delinea
tion is very difficult. It had been
rumored for some weeks, that a wo
man of considerable pretensions had
solicited in vain for permission to
preach in the Representative Hall at
Ihe Capitol. So you see, after all
the professions of veneration for our
sex, made by mankind, when tested
by their acts they say “What good
thing can come out of Nazareth.”
Thanks to the Christian Pastors
of Georgetown; thev invited her to
their Churches, from whence the
fame eloquence spread through the
City curiosity prevaled over
illiberal prejudice, ami she was invi
ted to preach at the Capitol. We
attended at an early hoar, and found
the hall lobby, and gallery, so com
pletely tilled that it was almost im
possible to get admission: And I
am told the avenue itself was full of
persons excluded.
When I looked round and saw the
numerous audience, greater than I
had ever seen on any farmer occa
sion, 1 trembled for the yet unseen
female who was to address them.—
At ienght she appeared, attended
bv a friend. Her figure is good,
her height somewhat above medio
crity, her face pale, perhaps some
would say plain, but pleasing, and
indicative of great serenity and
goodness. They were both dress
ed in a style so simple and neat, you
would hare taken them for Quaker-.
She ascencded the Speaker’s Chair,
and her friend seated herself by her.
She commenced, in the usual man
ner, by praysr and singing. She
then read the 112th psalm in a
voice somewhat hurried and tremu
lous, and selected her text from 2d
Samu 1,23 d chap, part of the 3d and
all of the 4th verses —“He that ru
leth over men must be “just, ruling
“in the fear of God. And he shall
“be as the light of the morning,
“when the sunriseth, even a morn
“ing without clouds, as the tender
‘grass springing out of the earth by
“clear shining after rain.
The President, and many mem-
I tiers of Congress, were present.—
I From her text, you will readily per-
I ceive her address was intended prin
cipally for the rulers ofthe nation, —
; But she embraced the whole multi
-1 iude —the rulers of schools—the ru
lers of families: and, as individuals,
the rulers of our passions.
Her language was correct, per
■ '.tiasive, and, judging by my own
feelings, the profound attention and
•ympathy ofthe audience, extreme
s' eloquent. Many wept even sob
bing. C. first yielded to the gen
ral impression, and even I, although
mused to the melting mood, I, who
nought my heart was seared by af
•ction, and my eyes dried by weep
g. found that heart relenting, and
'oso eyes dissolving in a* trickling .
aai” I
Judging, as I said, by my own
feelings, and I have no othe/test, I
should say she is the most eloquent
preacher I have listened to since the
days of Mr Waddell.
But no language can do justice to
the pathos of her singing. For
when she closed by singing a hymn,
that might with propriety be termed
a prayer, in which she asks the di -
vine perfections of each sacred char
acter recorded in Scripture, her
voice was so melodious, and her face
beamed with such heavenly good
ness, as to resemble a ‘ransfigura
tion, and you were compelled to ac
cord them all to her. I could have
listened from morn till noon, and
from noon till dewy eve of Summer’s’
day. It savoured more of inspira
tion than any thing I ever witnessed;
and to enjoy the frame of mind which
I think she does, I would relinquish
the world. Call this rhapsody if you
will: but would to God you had
heard her! I think you would have
felt as I did, and 1 may add, as 1 now
do.”
National Int.
When a once celebrated actress
made her entre as Lady Townley,
some years since in Dublin, three
high-bred women of sash on in the
stage-box grossly annoyed her bv
talking loud, coughing, &.c. The
actress, greatly distressed, stopped,
burst into tears, and retired. The
ladies unabashed, for a moment en
joyed their triumph, when a great
uproar ensued, and go on, go on, was
heard from all parts ofthe house
At length a young collegian jumped
on one ofthe benches in the middle
of the pit, and exclaimed to the au
dience, “My friends who are about
me arc determined that the play
shall not go on, till those three drun
ken gentlemen in women’s cloths
leave the stage-box.” This address
was universally applauded, and the
amazonians retired in the utmost
contusion, amidst the shouts and
hisses of the spectators.
INTERESTING TRAIN OF INCIDENTS.
if the reader has ever read the
account of which the following is
the substance abridged, as it has ap
peared in various papers, he will
not regret to be presented with it
again in this concise form. The ac
count is given by Rev. Leigh Rich
mond, as having been related by a
minister in a meeting of the British
and Foreign Bible Society. A drunk
ard was one day staggering in drink
on the brink ofthe sea. His little
son by him, three years of age, be
ing very hungry, solicited him for
something to eat. The miserable
lather, conscious of his poverty, and
ofthe criminal cause of it. in a kind
of rage, occasioned by his intempe
rance and despair, hurled the little
innocent into the sea, and made off
with himself. The poor littl suf
ferer finding a floating plank by his
side on the water, clung to it. The
wind soon wafted him with the plank
out to sea. A British man oi' war
passing by, discovered the plank and
child ; and a sailor at the risk of his
life, plunged into the sea, and
brought him on board. He could
inform little more than his name was
Jack. They gave him the name ot
poor Jack. He grew up on board
that man of war, behaved well, and
gained the love of all the officers ‘
and men.—He became an officer of|
the sick and wounded department.
During an action in the late war, an
aged man came under his care, near
ly m a dying state He was ail
kindness and attention to the suffer
ing stranger, but could net save his
lit'.. The aged parent was dying ;
and thus addressed this kind young
officer. ‘ For the great attention
I vou have shown me, I give you this
i only treasure I am possessed of—
(presenting im with a bible bearing
the stamp ofthe British and Foreign I
Bible Society.) it was given inc by
a lady ,- —has been the means of my
conversion ; and has been a great
comfort to me. —Read it ; it will
lead you in the way you should go.”
Ue went on to confess the wicked
ness and profligacy of his life before
the reception of his bible : and
among other enormities, box/ he
once cast a little son three years old
into the s -a, because he cried to him
for needed food! The young officer
nquired of him the time and place,
and found here was his own history.
Reader, judge if you can, of his feel
ings, to recognize in this dying old
man, his own father, dying a peni
tent under his care ! And judge of
the feelings of the dying penitent,
to find that this same kind young
stranger was his son, the very son
whom he had thus plunged into the
sea ; and had no idea but he had
immediately perished ’ A descrip
tion of their mutual feelings will no
be attempted. The old man soon
expired m the arm- of sen’ The
[Vol. 11. No. s.— Whole No. LVII.
latter left the service, and became a
pious preacher of the gospel. On
closing this story, the minister in the
: meeting of the Bible Society, bowed
to the Chairman, aud said, “ Sir, 1
am poor Jack.”.
Nantucket, Oct. 21.
[ Curiosities oj Pennmanship.— We
I have just examined some specimens
; of chirography, executed by a female
: of this town, which, for ingenuity
■ surpass every thing of the kind, pro
bably in this country-thcy are imita
tions of typography, so exactly re
rembling the impressions of types
about the size of long primer, as to
mock the nicest scrutiny. What is
more remarkable however, and
which will scarcely be believed,
some of the specimens consist of
three books, comprising nearly 200
pages duodecimo, of closely and ac
curately printed matter, all the work
of the pen! Whatever may be
thought of so singular a taste, these
productions are certainly most aston
ishing monuments of patience, ex
hibiting the powers of that wonder
ful instrument the pen, in a very ex
traordinary manner.— lnquirer.
Great Apple.— Mr, Samuo Rice,
of New-Salem, Mass, gathered from
a tree in his orchard this year, an
apple, which weighed one pound
and five ounces. — Gazette.
Geneva, April 21.—A little piece
of news was published here a few
days ago of a very piquant nature,
the details of all the horrors lately
committed in a village of the Can
ton of Zurich, by a troop oi'fanatics. !
It describes a sad state bf libertinism, i
and ferocity. A young woman, who
had lived for some time a very
irregular life, persuaded herself, all
at once, that God demanded her life
to obtain, at the price of her blood,
the salvation of sinners. She sue
cecded in making her family adopt
this idea. One of her sisters, under
her tuition, devoted herself also to
death. They armed the hands of
their parents and friends, and ex
pired slowly under their blows.
According to their express com
mands, they were fixed to crucifixes
and their executioners waited pa
tiently for three days in expectation
of their resurrection, agreeable to J
the assurances of the young pro
phetess. The murderers, and their
accomplices, to the number of eleven ,
having among them the father, a
brother, sisters, and the lover ofthe
principal, have been condemned to
imprisonment and hard labor lor life,
or for a period of years in proportion
as they took a more or less active
part in the horrid scene of carnage.
The house where this deed was per
petrated has been demolished, and
it has been forbidden to build an
other on the spot.
From an English paper. 1
Erasmus’s far-famed Greek Testa
ment, on vellum, printed at Basil,
1519, in which edition Erasmus
omitted the celebrated verse, in St.
John’s Epistles, respecting the three
heavenly witnesses, was purchased
yesterday at Evans’, by the Arch
bishop of Canterbury, for 140/.
Sir Mark Sykes bought this book in
Holland for 30/; there is but one
other copy of it known to exist on
vellum, and that is in the Cathedral
at York. Sir Mark Sykes manifest
ed so ardent a disposition to possess
this volume, that previously to his
fortunate purchase abroad, he is
said to have offered the Archbishop
and the Dean and Chapter of York,
one thousand guineas for their copy, '
which they refused. Mr. Thorpe, I
the bookseller, was the Archbishop I
of Canter! ury’s powerful competitor.
One of the most splendid Balis
ever known in Boston, was given on
Wednesday evening at the Ex
change Coffee House, by a number
of Bachelors of this city.—Carpets
were extended for the accommoda
tion ofthe company, as soon as they
descended from their carriages. The j
entries and stairways were lined with •
rich drapery, ornamented with ever-:
greens anil flowers. The company i
were first received in an elegant
Grecian tent, and thence the ladies
and gentlemen retired to their re
spective drawing rooms, which were
richly decorated and accommodated.
The ladies’ drawing rooms were fur
nished with costly curtains, couches,
sofas, mirrors, <.Vc.
For the supper, nine table.s each
about 40 feet in length, were spread,
with every domestic and foreign es
sential and luxury that could be
•'ommanded The great hall. 75 by
30 feet, was occupied by the devo
irs of the cotillion, quadrille, &c.
The company began to assemble
bout 3 o'clock, and attended the
pupper about 12, after which the
[on S4IF NOT PAID IN SIX MONTHS,
dancing was resumed and
to a late hour.
The expense of this free will of
fering exceeded two thousand dol
lars. About 600 persons were pre
sent. — Palladium.
From the eighth Report of the
American Asylum for the deaf and
dumb, at Hartford Con. Extract
from a paper, written by a young la
dy of 27 years of age, giving some
of her opinions before she had receiv
ed instruction:—
What I thought of the sun, moon and
stars, before I came to the Asylum.
1 wished to look at the. sun which
was very brilliant as the gold, but I
could not see it. 1 thought the sun
was like a man who was a soldier.-
He wore his crimson dress, and stood
on the sun, while he governed over
all mankind every day. I was much
troubled by the heat ofthe sun. I
told my sister that he was very cru
el to us, and I wanted to touch him,
but 1 was disappointed, because I
was too far from him. While the,
sun was coming up, I pursued to
catch him in the cast, but 1 could
not do it. I believed that he was
very artful. I was playing in the
garden in the summer without a bon
net. My friends told me that he
would make me black, aud T did not
believe about it. There was rea
son that he could make the brown
cloth on the grass white. They
were excited to laugh. In the after
noon, the clouds began to becontS
very black and 1 considered that the
sun was melted with the lightning.
The thunder was heard, and I could
feel it. lie threw a large ball, go
ing down the sky. Then the sun
set was running under the earth, and
he became the moon all night. In
the morning he held a large Candle
which was hot all day, while be was
walking towards the west. I sat on
'he doorl of the house in the eve
ning pleasantly, and 1 looked up the
new moon going down the west.
A few days ago, when I was walk
ing alone to the neighborhood, the
half moon followed me, and I did nor.
wish her to come. 1 thought I was
deaf and dumb, and she was very
curious. The moon was full, and.
became the darkness in her face like
a picture. I asked my friends what
was the matter with her? They said
that they did not know|what. When
1 went to my chamber, I extinguish
ed a candle and was afraid of her.
and I shut the window all night, be
cause I disliked to be seen by her.—
I was very anxious to take refuge.—
I advised her not to follw me, but
she was still obstinate. When it
was dark, the moon would not come
up all night, and 1 was glad to hear
of it. There were many stars in the
sky which was very pleasant. Why
did they stay there. 1 ’ 1 talked with
my soul, and it was necessary that
they lived. I went out ofthe house
and I contemplated that they had
large parties pleasantly in the eve
ning. They were riding, while they
held their beautiful candles with
their eyes. \\ hen ! was a girl, 1
fr< quently w ent away, and was struck
to look up a star which was going
into fire with fear.—l thought it
was like a gun, and 1 ran and-enter
cd to call my sister to sec the star.
1 asked her what was the matter
with it? She answered that it would
kill me. 1 was very afraid of it, ami
I told her that J would go away no
more in the evening. I looked up
the sky, and called my friends to
see the milky way. I said, “some
body covered there with the cloth.”
I truely saw a comet which was
fallen from the sky, and 1 trembled
with terror. 1 wondered that I had
never seen it before. I expected
that some nation was burned with
fire in the distant country. I did
not know who made these, and I
was very ignorant not to think [hat
God was a creator of the universe.
Caution to Ladies.— We under
stand that at a fashionable tea party
in this city, the young lady ofthe
family, as usual, was called upon to
perform the honors of the tea table.
In the course of it, she had occasion
to rise from her chair to reach an ar
ticle on the opposite side ofthe wai
ter. In the act of resuming her
seat, the end of her corset bone un
fortunately hitched in the rim of the
waiter, and, terrible to relate! tilted
the whole of its contents into her
lap!—Hot coffee, boiling tea; cream,
toasts, cakes, <s-c. in one indiscrim
inate mass! The scene of confusion
which followed may be easily ima
gined. As this is given to us for a
fact we deem it a fit occasion to ad
monish parents, particularly mothers
entirely to discountenance these per
nicious and unseemly articles of fe
male attire. Consequences to health
far more injurious than being scald
ed, arc known to have followed then
use.
Gm.