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THE VOICE OF FREEDOM.
MISCELLANEOUS
to
local
in favor
ossocia
National Nomenclature
TO THE EDITOR OF THE KNICKERBOCKER
Sih : I am somewhat of the same way of think
ing, in re spud to names, with that profound philo
sopher, Mr. Shandy, the elder, who maintained
that some inspired high thoughts and heroic aim
while others entailed irretrievable meanness nnd
vulgarity ; insomuch that a man might sink un
der the insignilieance of hjs name, nnd be abso
lutely ' Nicodemused into nothing.' I have ever,
therefore, thought it a great hardship for a ran
to bo obliged to struggle through life with some
ridiculous or ignoble name ' Christian name,' as
it is too often falsely called, inflicted on him in in
fitiicy, when he could not choose for himself ; find
would give him free liberty to change for one
more to his taste, when he hud arrived at years
cf discretion.
I have the same notion with respect
names. Some at once prepossesses us
of a nlaea, others renel us, by unlucky
lions of the mind ; and I have known scenes wor
thy of beinff the very haunt of poetry nnd ro
mance, yet doomed to irretrievable vulgarity, by
some l! -chosen name, which not even tne magic
numbers of a Halleck or a Bryant could ele
vate into poetical acceptation.
This is an evil unfortunately too prevalent
throughout our country. Nature has stamped the
land with features of sublimity nnd beauty; but
gome of our noblest mountains and loveliest streams
are in danger of remaining for ever unhonorcd
and unsung, from bearing appellations totally ab
horrent to the Muse. In thehrsl place ourcoun
try is deluged with names taken from places in
the old world, and applied to places having no pos
sible infinity or resemblance to their namesakes
This betokens a forlorn poverty of invention, and
a second hand spirit, content to cover its naked
ness with the borrowed tr cast-off clothes of Eu
rone.
Then we have a shallow affectation of scholar
ship ; the catalogue of ancient worthies is shaken
out lrom the back of Lcmpnere's Classical Die
tionarv, and a wide region of wild country sprint
led over with the names of heroes, poets, and
sages of antiquity, jumbled into the most whimsi
cal juxtaposition. Then we have our political
godfathers ; topographical engineers perhaps, or
re, .son s employed by government to survey and
Ly out townships. These, forsooth, glorify the
patrons that give them bread; so we have the
names of the great official men of the day scat
tered over tiie land, as it thev were the real ' salt
r.f the earth,' with which it was to be seasoned.
Weil for us is it, when these official great men
happen to iiave names of fair acceptation: but
woe unto us, should aTubbs or a Polls be inpow-
Tfer: wj are sure, in a little while, to find lubbs
rilles and Pottsylvanians springing up in every
direction.
Under these melancholy dispensations of taste
nnd loyalty, therefore, Mr. Editor, it is with a feel
ing of dawning hope, that I have lately perceiv
ed the attention of persons of intelligence begin
ning to be awakened on the subject. I trust if
the matter should once be taken up, it will not be
readily abandoned. We are yet young enough,
as a country, to remedy and reform much of
what has been done, and to release many of our
rising towns and cities, nnd our noble streams,
from names calculated to vulgarize the land.
I have, on a former occasion, suggested the ex
cellency of searching out the original Indian
names of places, and wherever they were striking
and euphonious, and those by which they had been
superseded are glaring ami objectionable, to res
tore tliem. They would have the merit of origin
nlity, nnd of belonging to the country; and they
would remain as the reliques of the native lord?
of tho soil, when every other vestige had disap
peared. Many of these names may easily be re
gained, by reference to old title deeds, and to the
archives of states and counties. In my own case
by examing the recordsof the county clerk's office,
I have discovered the Indian names of various
places and objects in the neighborhood, and have
found them infinitely superior to the trite, pov
erty stricken names which had been given by the
settlers. A beautiful pastoral stream, for instance,
which winds for many a mile through one of the
lo .'eliest little valleys in the state, has long been
known by the common-place name of the Saw
mill Kiver. In the old Indian grant
Haled as the Neperan. Another, a perfectly wizard
stream, which winds through the wildest recesses
of Sieepy Hollow, bears the hum-drum name of
Mill Creek; in the Indian grants, it sustains the
euphonious title of the Paean! ico.
Similar researches have released Long Island
frorn many of those paltry and vulgar names
which fringed its beautiful shores; their Cow
Bays, and Cow Necks, and Oyster Ponds, and
Musqnito Coves, which spread a spell of vulgar
ity over the whole island, kept persons of taste
and fancy at a distance.
It would be an object worthy the attention of
the historical societies, which are springing up
in various parts of the Union, to have maps exe
cuted of their respective states or neighborhoods,
in which all the Indian local names should, as
far as possible be restored. In fact, it appears to
me that the nomenclature of the country is almost
of sufficient importance for the foundation of a
distinct society; or rather a corresponding associ
ation of persons of ta.ste nnd judgement, of ali
p;irts ol the Union, ouch an association, if prop
erly constituted mid composed, comprising espe
cially all the literary talent of the country
though it might not have legislative power in its
enactments, yet would have the ail-pervading
power ui luu pies-s, ana me manges in nomencla
ture which il might dictate, being at once adopted
by elegant writers in prose and poetry, and inter-
woven with the literature of the country, would
ultimately pass into popular currency.
Should such a reforming association arise, I beg
to recommend it3 attention to all thase mongrel
names that nave the adjective ieu prefixed to
them, and pray that they may one and all be
kicked out of the country. I am for none of
thesB second-hand appellations, that stamp us n
second-hand people, and that nre to pprpetuate
us a new country to the end of time. Odds my
lif! Mr. Editor, I hope nnd trust we are to live
'to be an old nation, as well ns our neighbors,
and have no idea that our cities, when they
"hall have attained to venerable antiquity, shall
still be dubbed jYcfo-York, and iVrjo-London, nnd
new this and new that, like thePont Neuf. (New
Bridge,) nt Par's, which is the oldest bridge in
that capital, or like the Vicar of Wakefield's horse
which continued to be called 'thorolt,' until he
Jied of old ne.
Speaking of New York, reminds me of some
observations which I met with some time since,
in one of the public papers, about the name of
our slate nnd city. The writer proposes to sub
stitute for the present names, those of the State
of Ontakio, and the City of Manhattan. I
concur in this suggestion most heartily. Though
born and brought up in the city of New-York,
and though I love every stick nnd stone about
it, yet I do not, nor ever did, relish its name. I
like neither its sound nor its significance. As
to its significance, the very adjective new gives
lo our great commercial metropolis a second-hand
character, as if referring to some older, more dig
nified, and important place, of which it was a
mere copy; though in fact, if lam rightly inform
ed, the whole name commemorates a grant by
Charles II, to his brother the duke of York, made'
in the spirit of royal munificence, of a tract of
country which did not belong lo him. As to the
sound, what can you make of it, either in poetry
or prose? New-York! Why, Sir, if it were t'o
share the fate of Troy itsr'.."; to suffer a ten
years' si?ge, and be sacked and plundered ; no
modem Homer would ever be able to elevate the
name to epic dignity.
Now, Sir, Ontario would be a name worthy
of the cmpira slate. It bears with it the majesty
of that internal sea which washes our north-western
shore. Or, if any objection be made, from
its not being completely embraced within our
boundaries, thpre is the Moiiegan, one of the In
dian names for that glorious river, the Hudson,
which would furnish an excellent state appelh
ion. So also New-York might be called Man
halta, as it is named in some of the early records,
and Manhattan used as an adjective. Manhat
tan, however, stands well ns a substantive, and
' Mauhattancse,' which I observe Mr. Cooi'
eu has adopted in some of his writings, would
be a very good appellation for a citizen of the
commercial metropolis. A word ortwo more, Mr.
Lditor, nnd I have done. We want a national
namk. We want it poetically, and we want it po- j
litically. With the poetical necessity of ihe case
I' shall not trouble myself. I leave it to our poets
to tell how they manage to steer that collocation
of words, ' The United States of North Ameri
ca,' down the swelling tide of song, and to float
the whole raft cut upon the sea of heroic poesy.
I am now speaking of the mere purposes of com
mon life, flow is a citizen of .this republic lo de
signate himself? As an American? There are
two Americas, each subdivided into various em
pires, rapidly rising in importance. As a citizen
of the United Stales ? It is a clumsy, lumber
ing title, yet still it is riot distinctive; for we
have now the United States of Central Ameriaca
and heaven knows how many 'United States'
spring up under the Proteus changes of Spanish
America.
This may appear matter of small concernment;
but any one thnthas travelled in foreign countries,
mutt foe conscious ol the embarrassment and cir-
cum:ocu ion sometimes oocas:ore.i oy the want
of a perfectly distinct and explicit national appell
ation. In trance, when 1 have announced my
self as an American. I have been supposed to be
long to one of the French colonies; in Spain to
bo from Mexico, or Peru, or some other Span
ish American country. Repeatedly have I found
myself involved in a long geographical and po
litical definition of my national identity.
Now, Sir, meaning no disrespect to any of
our coheirs ot Uns great quarter ol the world, 1
am for none of this coparceny in a name, that is
to mingle us up with the rifl-rafT colonies and off
sets ol every nation of JMirnpe. 1 he title of A-
merienn may serve lo tell the quarter of the world
lo which I belong, the some as a Frenchman or
Englishman may call himself a European; but
I want my own peculiar national name, to rally
under. I want an appellation that shall tell nt
once, nnd in a way not to be mistaken, that I be
long to this very portion of America, geographical
and political, to which it is my pride and happi
ness to belong; that I am of the Anglo-Saxon
race which founded ihisAnglo-Saxou empire in
ihe wilderness; and that I have no part or parcel
with any other race or empire, Spanish, French,
or Portuguese, in either of the Americas. Such an
appellation, Sir, would have magic in it. It would
bind every part of the confederacy together, as
with a key-stone; it would be a passport to the cit
izen of our republic, throughout the world.
We have it in our power to furnish ourselves
with such a national appellation, from one of the
grand and eternal features of our country; from
that noble chain of mountains which formed its
back-bone, and ran through the 'old confedera
cy,' when it first declared our national indepen
dence. I allude to the Appalachian or Allegha
ny mountains. We might do this without any
very inconvenient change in our present litles.
We might still use the phrase, ' The United
States,' substituting Appalachia, or Alleghanin, (
should prefer the hitter.) in plnce of America
Ihe title of Appalachian, or Alleghnnittn, wouk
sun announce us as Americans, nut would spee
dy us as citizens ol the Great I'epublic. Lven
our old national cypher of U. S. A, might re
main unaltered, designating the United St atcs
Alleghania.
These are crude ideas, Mr. Editor.
thrown out, to elicit the ideas of others.
call attention to a subiect of more national im
portance than may at first be supposed.
pry respectfully vours,
Geoffrey Crayon.
It create . and keeps
is salutary to all con-
tuiiion. In a majority of the cases, at this time,
a considerable, additional amount is annually ex
pended, by the State, for clothing, and other char
ges, on account of the extreme indigence of some
of our beneficiaries. The expenses at ihe Insti
tution for the Blind, in Boston, for board and
tuition is one hundred nnd sixty dollars, each
year, for a pupil. Something, in addition, is also
there expended for necessary clothing and inci
dentals. The Commissioners, hnve, frequently,
found it a painful task to make proper discrimina
tion, as to allowance for the support of pupils,
reckoning from the common expenditure for
hoard and tuition to that of full support. It has
been rendered obviously more advantageous both
for parents and children to draw something, ns
contribution, from those nearly connected by ties
of blood nnd sympathy, where that something
can nossiblv be advanced, than for the State lo
incur the whole expense,
alive, an interest which
cerneii.
The Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb, and the
Institution for the Blind have been visited, during
the current year, by one of the Commissioners.
The examination has resulted in deepening the
conviction, not only that these schools are of a
high nnd improving character, but. also, that the
State of Vermont lias engaged in a work of im
mense importance, in her care and education of
those whom Providence has visited with such
great privations.
In point of political economy, the youth, wheth
er De-af and Dumb, or Blind, who acquires a full
education, returns to his native stale prepared for
the duties of a citizen ; and able to provide for
himself and others. Instead of passing thro' a
long life, a burden to friends, and eventually de
pendant on the public, he becomes the rightful
guardian of his own resources, nnd happiness.
In both these Institutions, the pupils nre trained
to some employment which will enable them to
obtain a respectable livelihood. The school
ioo,n and ihe work-shop alternately engage the
time of the pupils, so that a course of study and
healthful labor go hand in hand. In this manner
the youlh is not only instructed in book-learniuL',
but in some uselul and profitable- '.ride. His
mind is moulded and fashioned nnd cultivated,
and rendered susceptible of great nnd increasing
enjoyments. The mute astonishment, the vacant
wonder, with which he gazes on all surrounding
objects is exchanged for intellectual contemplation
and philosophic thought. And the poor blind
boy, whose eye was never delighted with the
touching scenes of Nature, or the gladdened face
of her who bore him, is made, by the plastic hand
of Education, comparatively cheerful, useful and
happy, tho' his little mind is imprisoned in its
dark cell, for life. And last, but not least, at
these Institutions, the duties, the obligations, and
animating hopes of an immortal being are taught
and understood. Great and unceasing care is
taken of the mora! character at these schools of
benevolence, and while the mind is strengthened
and enlightened, the heart isitnpressed with les
sons of duty. To the political economist, to
the philosopher, and to the christian philanthro
pist, the physical, intellectual, and moral educa
tion of the Deaf and Dumb, and Blind addresses
itself with irresistible argument and power. In
every view ol it, the advantages are beyond hu
man estimate. Sympathy nnd duty, utility and
enjoyment are most harmoniously blended in all
that relates to the education of these classes of
our tellow Doings. Ana, u tne whole appro
priation of a year, in this state, were necessary
to the successful training nnd education of one
unfortunate Deaf and Dumb, or Blind youth.it
would be iationally expended. While thou
sands nre frequently lavished, by an indulgent
father, on a reprobate son, to raise him lo com
mon respectability, a few hundreds nre here
most successfully employed in advancing ihe in
telligence, the virtue and ceaseless happiness of
as brilliant minds and tender hearts, ns were ever
bestowed on man. Nor is it to be overlooked
that among the mysteries of Providence, to the
distresses of poverty, the deprivations of speech,
and sight are strangely superadded. And, besides
not unfrequently in the same family will be found
one, two, three nnd lour, mule ,rom birth, such
facts admonish those, who enjoy health nnd afflu
ence and the delights of sight and speech, to as
sist the distressed, with a bountiful band nnd
ehaerful heart. Public charity does, indeed, in
sn.di cases, fall like the gentle dew of heaven
"it blesseth him that gives, and him that lakes."
It is not presumed, by the Commissioners, that
any additional appropriations will fie, at present,
needed. But, while the Stale of Vermont thus
takes wind care ol her unlortunate and destitute
hastily
and to
REPORT
OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF TIIE DEAF
AND DUMB AND BLIND, OF VERMONT.
To His Excellency, the Governor of Vermont:
The Commissioners appointed by the State, to
superintend the education of the Deaf and Dumb,
ind Blind, respectfully report: That the duties
imposed upon the Board have received that atten
tion which is required by law, and by the char
ictpr of the trust.
For the current year, there has been drawn
from the Treasury ns follows:
tor the benefit of the Dei
Dumb
For the benefit of the Blind
if nnd
2314 23
1072 i4
Making the whole amount for both
purposes, 3410 37
The number of pupils in the Asylum at Hart
ford, Conn, for the Deaf nnd Dumb, nt present, is
lineteen, whose terms of residence will expire at
liferent periods. It will be recollected, by per
ons familiar with these affairs, thnt the expense
if education nt the Asylum for n pupil is one
hundred dollars, each year, merely for board and
hildreti, it cannot be an idle task to r.'mind her
Inch should not be
apse of time.
of those high obligations w
suffered to lose strength by
Respectfully submitted,
CHARLES HOPKINS,
JOHN DEWEY,
A. 0. WH1TTEMORE,
Oct. 10, A. D. 1839.
Corn's of the Deaf &
Dumb, and Blind, of
Vermont.
OF
KEFOI&T
TIIE COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE TIIE
STATE PRISON.
To the General Assembly of the State of Vermont
1 he Committee appointed by a resolution of
the General Assembly, passed November 3, 1S3S.
to examine the situation of the State prison, and
settle with the Superintendent of the State prison,
having attended to the duties enjoined upo'i them
by the resolution, and find the account of the Su
perintendent as follows :
Dn.
Reported balance in the hands of Sup't
last year, S3 10
Cash ree'd by Sup't this year from State
Treasury, 5000
From o'her sources, principally collection
of debts due the institution, 1265
53
00
92
6373 51
Cr.
Payments mnde by the Sup't since the
auditing of his account last year, and
for which he has presented good and
sbfficient vouchers, $6562 36
The debts against what is called the Engine
Co. Mr, J. W. Hubbard who is joint partner with
the Stnte in that concern, and has charge of clos
ing up its unsettled affairs, represented to the com
mittee that it would probably be paid, but could
not state with certainty when. The amount of
this claim is $179 34
The claim against L. Damon & Co. originating
in a transfer on ihe books of the Prison by the late
Sup't from Furbush & Co. to said L. D. & Co.
was last year considered good, but from the proba
ble insolvency of the estate of Cotton who was
one of the partners of L. D. & Co. (since deceas
ed) the debt is rendered doubtful, Damon declin
ing to acknowledge that he gave his consent to the
transfer.
(The two last items are not included in the a
vailabte debts.)
The remaining personal property belonging to
the Prison consists,
1st. In Furniture, Sec. loaned Mr. Hub
bard, $1900 00
2d. A quantity of old rubbish such as antiqua
ted looms and various other kinds of machinery,
old tools, refuse lumber, &c. costing the stnte orig
inally large sums of money, nnd in former years
swelling the annual inventory ol prison property
very considerably. This property, if it may be so
called, is now in agreat measure worthless, and
ihe committee did not deem it necessary or proper,
ns it would consume several day's time, to go into
a specification nnd valuation of the almost num
berlr ss items of which this mass of cast off stuff
consists.
In the oninion of the committee, justice to the
creditors of the institution requires that an nppro
nriation should be made sufficient to enable the
Sup't to pay off their claims without further de
lay.
The old stone prison is now nearly useless, no
portion of it being occupied lor any valuable pur
pose, except ihe hospital, and this, in the opinion
of the committee, very poorly answers the pur
poses intended. The walls of the old prison,
exterior and interior, as well as the flooring of ihe
several stories, consisting wholly of granite, pan' v
hewn and being very thick, will afford a great
quantity of valuable building stone. The commit
tee have come to the conclusion to recommend that
this building be takendown nnd that there be erec
ted outof the materials, a house for the Superin
tendent, a chapel and hospital. The chapel and
hospital under one roof on the site of the old pris
on, with a kitrhenfor the keeper's house, and store
rooms, in the basement. The Superintendent's
house to be built east of ihe prison yard, on ground
belonging to the state, or on a lot to be purchased
by ihe state on the opposite side of the street, as
may be thought best.
The committee would also recommend that the
gallery or guard walks upon the walls of the prison
yard, be rebuilt the coming spring, and that all
repairs be made which are necessary lor the pre
servation of state property, as well as for conven
ience and comfort.
The expenses of the contemplated improvements
the committee have estimated at three thousand
dollars, and would recommend an appropriation to
meet the same.
A. WARDNER,
R. PIERPOIXT.
SAM'L ADAMS.
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A few only of the latest certificates can be inserted here,
for numerous others see large pamphlets just published.
New Haven, Ohio, Dec. 4th. 1838.
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Vours respectfully,
THOMAS JOHNSTON.
Balanco in hands of Sup't 14
It appeared by statement of Sup't that
the unsatisfied claims against the Insti
tution amount to 529 20
ihe demands yet due the Institution nnd
consider! by the Sup't as available
and applicable to the payment of debts
gainst 1I19 Prison amount to $1297 C2
47
From a gentleman ofhizh retpcctability ; dated
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ISAAC W. AVEVJV, 179 William treet.
From the Rev. I. Jr. Sprague, Pastor of the fourth
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Dr. G. R. Phelps.
Sir For several years past I have found it well to keep
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If desirable, we can send you several other certificates of
cures efTcc:ed by the use of your Pills.
We remain yours, &c.
Chesebhough & Leonard.
Second Letter from Dr. Eaton, dated Brookfield, Ms.
March 29, 1839.
Dr. I'hclps Dear Sir Your Pills are in great demand.
I have but a few on hand : no one who has ta' en them but
are perfectly satisfied with their beneficial elTecls in remov
ing disease, however long standing. I shall be at Hart
ford about the 15th of next month, and I will bring with
me a number of certificates frm persons of the first res
pectability, of cures which they have performed, some
len, twelve and of twenty years standing. The one las
mentioned is a Mr. Luther Stowell of .S'oulh Dioo field
who has had a carious ulcer of a most formidiib'e 1 ind and
has never been one day without bandaging his leg from the
oot to the knee. His certificate I shall bring with me.
Please send me six doien boxes more, on the receipt of
this, and oblige, Yours, &c.
J. E. Eaton.
JCp'for a full account of this most interesting discove
ry, testimonials, mode of operations, &c, see pamphlets,
which may be had gratis of all who sell these Pills.
None are genuine without the written signature of G.
R. Phelps, M. D., sole proprietor, Hartford. Conn.
CAUTION. Tiie unprecedented popularity of these
Pills has induced several persons to prefix the name of To
mato Pills to their various preparations, evidently with the
intention of deceiving those enquiring for Phelps' Tomato
Pills. The Public cannot be too cautious to avoid all these
anomalous ' Tomato Pills' and ' Extracts of Tomato,' nor
too particular to observe that the original and only genuine
Compound Tomato Pills, are signed by the Preuiieter,
G. R. PHELPS, M. D., Hartford, Conn.
CPORDERS directed to SILAS UURBANK, Jr., or
G. W. BARKER, Montpelicr, Vt. Gcneial Agenst for
Washington, Orange, Caleaonia, Essex, Orleans, Fian' lin
Lamoille, Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties, will be
promptly attended to.
ADVERTISEMENT.
IN consequence of the ill health of the junior partner
and his wish to retire f.-orn the printing hnsiness, the
partnership heretofore existing under the firm of Allen f
Poland, is this day dissolved bv mutual consent.
E. A. ALLEN.
JOSEPH POLAND.
Sept, 20th, 1833
rTITIE business heretofore carried on by Allen & Po
JL land, will hereafter bs conduced by the undersigned,
who will settle all accounts, pro and con.
E. A. ALLEN.
Sept. 20th, 1S39.
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Sept. 21st 1839.
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Tunbridge, Hervey Tracy.
Strafford, W Sanborn, Esq.
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Uundcrhill, Rev E B Baxter.
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rerk'insville, W M Guilfor
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E S Newcomb.
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Bwlington, G A Allen.
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