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kingston seventeen shitlv and sixpence per if scnl by mail tieenty wmg annum vol 13 no 2 nec rege nec popujlo sed utroque h4 chronicle published every saturday by jnmts jl1acfnrtovr at his office in fiontstreet kmton u c saturday july 9 1831 litkrart memoirs of oberlin 6 the following additional extracts from tho lift if ofrrftnwill be found extremely in- tcntftlng we find here that he was perhaps the fnt piopcser and institutor of infant school incc so deservedly engaging the attention of parents the moral drawn from the whole can not be two extensively circulated that the pow er of effecting good isalmost unlimitedvhen un dertaken with a steady and determined benevo lence we think it is mr addison who has observed that the opportunities and the means of perform ing actions of great or extensive moment are too rare to effect much good in the world it is by the fixing upon some series tf good actions how ever trivialby a m thiift and good husbandry in moral life that there seems to exist any means of sure or stable benefit to our fellow creatures as oberlin had observed with concern the disadvantages to which the younger children were subjected whilst their elder brothers aod sisters were atschool and their parents busily engaged io their daily avo cations bo laid down a plao for the intro duction of infant schools also proba bly the very first everestablished and the model of those subsequeotly opened at pa ris and still more recently id this country observation aod experience had convinced him that even from the very cradle chil dren are capable ofbeingtaughtto disting uish between right and wrong and ofbe- inflwoioed thnbu f iiiqjdinninpibi snhjects or natural history making them recite after her the explanations she gave she also explained geographical maps of france europe or the ban de la rncbe and its immediate environs engraved on wood for the purpose by oberlios direc tion and mentioned the pames of the dif ferent places marked upoo them id addi tioo to this she taught them to sing moral soogs and hymns thus she varied their employments as much as possible taking care to keep them continually occupied and never permitting them tu speak a word of patois with minds thus stored and trained by discipline the children when arrived at a proper age entered what may be called the public schools and the masters ijjere reliev ed and encouraged in their duties which io suchasituationweresofficienilyarduous by the progress they had already made reading writing arithmetic geography the principles of agriculture astrooomyaod sacred and profane history were regularly taught io the higher schools but although oberlio carefully superintended the whole proceedipg he reserved for himself almost exclusively the religious instruction of his large family every sunday the children of each village in rotation assembled at the church to sing the hymns they bad learned to recite tho religinus lessons which they bad committed to memory du ring the week aod to receive the exbor- tatioos or admonitions of their common father among the productions of bis own press was an almanack cleared of all that su perstitious aod otherwise exceptionable matter with which the popular almanacks of every country used to be accompanied this he prcseuted to his parishioners the germao he tnld them had private al manacks divided by ruled lines ioto a number of partitions in which the names of the individual members of the family were written with a little space below for interring some notice of the manner in which the day bad been passed he had prepared this after tho same manner for their use- the kirasbmirg children said he are accustomed to find their baptismal names in their almanack and to celebrate the days on which they are recordod you may do the same with yours they will all bo found there oberlin did not think a good custom was to be rejected because it had heco abused to the purposes of super stition this is characteristic of his true liberality with all his national enthusiasm it re quired no common prodemee to remain at his pot during tho worst years ofthe re volution and when its worst principles had made a formidable inroad into his own sequestered pariah it appears not ouly that bis churches were closed but that in the brutal spirit of revolutionary impiety the monuments in the church yard at wal- ach close to his own dwolliog were des troyed among them was one which here llii epitaph during iliroo year of marriage margaret salome wife of g stouber minister of ibis parish found at the ban do la itoucho 2n the simplicity of a peaceable and uieful life the delight of her benevolent heart and in her first confinement the grave of her youth aod beauty she died august9 1764 aged 20 years near this spot her husband has sowu for immortality all that was mortal uncertain whether he is more sensible of the grief of having lost or the glory of having possessed her it might seem to argue a great nod de plorable depravation that the people should have suffered this monument to bo demo lished in the village where the elders re membered the beaegts which they had re ceived from stouber aod from the wife to whose memory it was erected and where the younger part of the population must have been taught to think of them as their i benefactors the most charitable suppol sitioo is in this case the most probable that they were visited by a band of itine rant terrorists and that their pastor in structed them to offer on resistance but to bend before the storm until it had passed over from that time he rejected all offers of preferment some persons said he think it a merit in me to have refused more considerable cures than this but you addressing himself to a military officer if your general had given you a post to de fend would you quit it without positive orders i aod as if a simple answer to thai question implied of necessity an assent to the inference which he drew from it well he continued god has confided this flock to my care and why should i a- handoo it where could i find better pa- rishioper gr3wttlhm l itf utheriodmdual were dispersed infrance wherein of all countries the influence ctf the bible is most needed employment having been thus secured for the population the visitations of pro vidence seem to have been the only inflict ion which either oberlin or his people en dured from that time tbey suffered scar city io the year 1816 and 1517 the effect of most unfavourable seasons aod theo as on a former occasion the potatoeawhich oberlio had introduced preserved them from perishing aod the knowledge which the parishioners had acquired from him of the nature and properties of every indige nous plant is said tn have proved at that lime most useful to them io preventing or relieving many distressing diseases he himself was for some lime the general phy sician in his parish he had learned how to open a vein during his abode with mzieg- euhagen aod had also made himself ac quainted with tho routiuu ofthe profession io ordinary cases when the great inerease ofpopulatiou increased his other duties he transferred this part of his functions to his son charles and to a young man whom he had sent w mdv si iffasbourg for bis exertions at these times aod for the great aod manifest improvements which he had made io the condition of the ban de la rouche louis xviii sent him the ribbon of the legion of honour and the royal agricultural society voted him a gold medal when count francois de neufchateau proposed this vote he said if you would behold an instance of what may be effected in any country for the ad vancement of agriculture and the interests of humanity friends of the plough and of human happioess asceod the vosges moun tain and behold the ban de la rouch v his benevolent exertions were thus ac- koowledeed io his owocouotry while the religious principles from which those exer tions proceeded aod by which they were sustained made his character more highly as well as more justly appreciated among that not inconsiderable part of the bri tish public to whom his name was known old age came gently on this venerable man his strength failed so that he no longer left his home except for urgent motives but his body was not bent neither were his senses dulled he devetod more time than he had done during his more ac tive years lo composition and the last es say oo which he was engaged was for the purpose ofgiving a more cheerful ami con solatory picture of old age than cicero at length io tho 86th year of bis age be was seized with shivering and faiumigs fit succeeded fit during fuur days on the fifth morning he lost his speech ho was still able to tako off his cap join his bauds and raise bis eyes for tho last time to hea ven his countenance beaming tho while with faith and joy and love he tbeu closed them forever aod soon afterwards departed in peace during the four days that intervened bo- tweeo his decease aud tho simple and af fecting ceremony which consigned his re mains to their last home heavy clouds rested on the surrounding mountains nod tho rain poured down iu iocussaut torrents this circumitancedidnot bowcverprovent the inhabitants of the ban de la kocho of all ages aod conditions uearei or remote from coming to pay a last tribute of respect to the remains of their cher papa whose venerable countenaucechey were permitted to see through a glass lid which under the direction of mr legraoj covered the cof fin which was placed io his study early in the moroing of the day fixed oo for the interment the clouds cleared away and the sun shone with its wonted brillian cy as they left the houso- the president of the coosistnry of harr the revd mr jaegle placed the clerical robes of the late pastor on his coffin the vicepresident plac ed his bible upon it and the mayor affixed to the funeral pall the decoration of the legion of hooour at the cooclusiou of this ceremooytcd ortwelveyouog females who had been standing arouod the bier began to siog a hymn in chorus anciat two oclocktthe procession took its departure the coffin beiog borne by the mayor elders aod official magistrates in front of it walked tho oldest inhabiant of the ban de la roche carrying a cross which louisa bad given bim to plant oo the tomb and on which the words papa oberlin were engraved iu open lotters so numerous was the concourse of peo ple assembled on tho occasion that the foremost of the train already reached the church of fondat where the interment was to take place before the last had left the parsonage althnugh tho distance was nearly two miles the children of the different schools formed part of the melan choly procession chanting at intervals sa cred himos selected aod adapted for the occasion atthe moment of their approach ing the village a new bell presented by mr legrand in commemoration ofthisday of general jpwofflpibmd hshbomt priests dressed in their canonicals took their seat among the members of the con sistory and evidently participated io the general grief no man has ever left behind him a more remarkable example in his station than oberlin and how greatly might thecoo- dition of aoy country be improved wherein that example might be imitated as far as it is wisely imitahle which in many places it must be in many points and in most places if not every where in some would tho propagandist of what is termed useful knowledge learn a portion of his religious zeal would they who have that zeal learn something of bis enthusiasm for bettering the temporal condition of the lower classes takiog into consideration that the poor have bodies to be cherished aod minds to he nurtured as well as souls to be saved both would find those exertions snecess- ful which are now too vaioly or worse than vainly directed because they are not thus conjoined for io the words of our incomparable sooth it is the same spirit and principle that purifies the heart and clarifies the understanding let it not be hppodhmvte bean tate tihwl if the understanding is left in darkness nor that the intellectual part of man cao be healthy while his moral nature is unsound the heiress of bruges 7 the continued extracts introduce siger roozen after a lapse of eighteen years during which he had by a plausible and gradual em ployment and display of his treasure and his aptness to improve all advantages passed thro the civic honors of his native city acquired knowledge and manners becoming bis fortune and influence in society and had been united by marriage with one ofthe noble families of bru ges the heralds of those days found it no difficult matter to accommodate the favourites of fortune with a genealogy proportioned to their elevationand siger roozen was now the re cognized descendant of the house of rozenhoed tb last extract describes the return in all the delusive dreams of youthful ambition and future felicity of theresa van rozenhoed the heiress and the heroine of the tale from the convent where she had been brought up deprived of her mother in her early years she was now the sole object of her fathers affection and ambi tion the scene is amusing and interesting by the contrast from past times and as a picture oi human nature which is ever the same it was on a beautiful evening in the latter end of april in that year thai the newly erected chief burgomaster of the city of bruges wassittiog in a rustic arm chair on the terrace of his garden that extend from the cathedral of notre dame in friut of the iy vcr aud steeniiouwers dyk jo the unenclosed space which had formerly separated these two haodsome quafts and directly opposite tho basin oo its southern side another had of late years hoe oi built aod now joiucd them together the bouses of this new quay which was no ether than that referred lo in our first pagts were of a cheerful construction less massive and imposing than those at either end the architecture was light and aim pie aod the new range formed a plert link as it were of the chain which it sp ed to unite the burgomasters house was situ on the eastern side ofthe basin its fr looking towards that point the l commanded one of the loveliest town vlp that anywhere existed the garden to the north ofthe mansion and occflpj a tolerably large space which at this w is covered by the bouse outoffices adu grounds of the tavern called der hottm at the period of our story it was laid oul with precious flowers and plants and v terrace before mentioned extended frt ls whole western length- on tho north the canal which there branched off lv the basin separated it from that of stadthouse whose turrets rose proudsp aod overlooked the scene wo describe canal being narrow the gardens wev n a measure united for the branches w i acacias weeping willows and other x ful trees bung over from both sides r interfacing together formed a pleached ca oopy over the smooth stream for it j such that flowed drowsily aud almost perceptibly heooath- to complete the description we fl once more return to the burgomasf house aud give a short sketch of it theo appeared and iudecd may still be cognized the walls were built of brii the architraves and framework of djj aod windows of stone curiously car according to the flerid taste of tho time in front a handsome porch was ascel by a flight of steps at each side ue lustrades richly nrpameoted as was 5 trunt ofthe house with much fiuripj mm waviajlftslij tbi for special purposes of his trade the other which was the one next the gvdeo being intended and fitted up for the accommo dation of a tenant of whom we shall pre sently speak more particularly io full enjoyment of this enviable resi dence in possession of immense wealth aod io all the hcnoiirs nf his lungsouht aud but newly acquired digoity the burgo master sat as already mentioned he was a man verging oo fifty years of a good presence inclined to corpulence and rich- y dressed he seemed to some observers from the quay to slumber aod a curious ly carved instrument appeared to sustain its positioo between his teeth at one end and between his forefinger and thumb at the other without aoy waking exertion of the burgomasters will bute nearer ex amination would have proved that his worship was absorbed in thought not in sleep while the vapour that escaped in gentle puffs through his lips and the fra grance it diffused around told that he in dulged in the lately introduced luxury of smoking tobacco within an hour after tho conference be- tmm yeo roxr and 4m prvi whom the reader must have recognized as his old acquaintance father wolfert the resa the object of so much domestic aod public interest arrived at her fathers mansion theo called rozenhoed house she was brought there from the convent by the abbess herself and accompanied by her owo faithful attendant nooa who had on her mothers death ten years before entered with her the sanctuary where she received her education and now left it with her to watch over her in the world for vhich it bad been meant to prepare her theresa bad received snch an education at the hands of the sisterhood as was usu al in such establishments as theirs she was better informed in the various branch es of knowledge than girls educated at home aod io the common accomplish ments of those days her natural taste en sured a proficiency more than usual she wasbroughtup io strict notions of piety and the doctrine of passive obedieuce to hor fathers and coofessors wilt was rigidly ioculcated for all matters appertaining to this life she was instructed to rely on the former for all that related to another and a better world father wolfert was pointed out as an infallible guide oo these points of belief theresa was a true catholic she considered herself born for her fathers will as far as worldly con- corns were in question aud she became imbued with the feeling that wheuever she might quit tho convent aod return home it was for the purpose of making a marriage with some one of high distinc tion to he chosen by her father aud a a matter of course accepted by her this notion gradually seemed to make a part of her mind as if it spruog up there sclf- fonued and the ambitious pride which she inherited from her father as her chief and almost horonly fault involuntarily cherished the idea of a high alliance it was for the sixth day after theresas ostahlishmeut iu rozenhoed house that her fathers grand installation feast was fix ed as had beun jutly calculated aud ex plained by count ivou iu hit parliu con versation with lydoric tho repast given on this occasiou was as was the custom at tho oxpeose of the city aod took place io the bauqucitiog rooms of the townhouse nothing could exceed the sumptuousnessof the eutertainmeot there was a profusion of everything in season and iu fashion and dishes were filled with delicacies as foreigo to our present tastes at the crane of the ancients or tho peacock of the chivalric a- ges were to those of the gluttonous burg hers ofthe time we treat of a flemish feast has at all times boroe tho same character for gormandizing which we attribute to the corporation diu- nersofour own country there is per haps a little exaggeration in both cases but it is more likely io the latter than in the former our more social habits allow to individuals tho constant opportunity of convivial meetings the iufrcqueucy of which in the netherlands gives them when they do occur the greater probability of ctrcs- tbc moment tbnt theresa sot her foot across lho threshold of her fathers inftu- sion as its recognised mistress a toial re volution at once took place in her mind lu quitting the cnuvent where her years of early youth had so quietly glided away she seemed to throw back upoo its walls her infantine habits of thought aud action too indistinct and insubstantial in themselves lobe dignified with the name of character she had hitherto been hut the reflection of others if at times a spring of origi nal thought seemed to hubblo up in her brain she started with affright at the un seemly boldness in which it had its source her occupations aud duties had alike been traced for her and sho followed and ob served them with a taci ackuwlqdo- hood rioving in the regular circles of their mechanism offered no contrasts no points no angles of comparison beatrice alone had furnished aliment for that craving which our heroine felt and loved to feel- in her there was much beyond tho conven tional commonplace of tho rest but that something had displayed itself in afortfso abrupt and appalling that theresa had beeu confounded too much for reflection all the habitual train of her feelings suffer ed a revulsion but the elements of thought were thereby brought ioto play and her mind seemed to open wide as if at the pressure of a magic spring in this the resa bore an inherited resemblance to her fathers character one marked event in which she was by chance au actor brought into life a myriad of sensations the exist ence of which she knew not aod the found deep buried within her own mind treasures more various and valuable than thoso which he had discovered in the bosom ofthe earth a blaze of light a profusion of oroa- ments mirrors vases paintings plants and flowers have been since luxury and pleasure have gooe hand in hand with ci- wftqwttl rib uhafasittbjje otk4ftnflii w every fete given by refinement taste and wealth music in its intoxicating harmo nies splendour iu dress beauty graco and gallantry complete the combination aud such was assembled io profuse magnificence at rozenhoed house on the night we wish to bring back in all its life and reality to our readers comprehension every tbiog that mooey could procure consistent with the somewhat incongruous contrasts which distinguished the style of furniture and de corations io those days and that suited such a mansion had been amply provided by the gorgeous taste of vao rozenhoed subdued and regulated as that had heco by tho wifo wbo had nurtured it and the daughter who was now its absorbiog ob ject the guests as they entered the square before the house were dazzled by the lus tre of its illuminated front covered with buodreds of coloured lamps in various fan tastic devices while as many large white wax flambeau flared from each niche aud window the steps leading to the porti co were lined with odorous shrubs fes toons of flowers wore intermixed with va rious banners that formed a tapestry a- bove and covered tho wainscoting ofthe entranceball the staircase was gar nished with tho choicest treasure of the grceuhnusc s not only of van ituzciihoed but of bis frirnds who were all proud to contributq towards the dccoratious of the few van rozenhoed was a has been before observed a bountiful patron of tho arts uj i i liouo was adorned with busts and rtatucs of exquisite rhiselliiig and pictures by several of the great artists just tbuu flou rishing accnico tho monuments of their genius find the title deeds of their immor tality numbers of liveried attendant with the hado of tho rozeohocd arms famoned on ihcirsleoves moved to and iro serving wines cordials and other refresh- in lis suited to the lane of those dny and some which bore a patnut ofapprobd litwi fur the palates of all lime ah that was distinguished and rcspcfta- bbfa uiouug the citizens of urugos aud nel ghbouring inhabitants whether noble or plebeian be their party opinions or re ligious differences what they might had been invited io the fete the family of claasscu aud many other of his public en emies as well as the officers ofthe spanish garrison olmoxipus us they and their cause were to bis most secret prejudices had been bidden by van rozenhoed with his daughters fall consent- as soon as the chimes from the city clocks told seven and tho carillons from the stadthouso steeple struck up their cheerful yet somowhat dis cordant announcement of the hour many an expectant bosom fluttered with the joy that beats io young hearts longing for a night of pleasure tho arrivals soon be came numerous and in tbo order suited to ibe circumstances or taste of the visiters some drove on in the few lumbering spe cimens of carriage building which had been but lately established by tbo nobility or wealthy burghers of flanders other came dragged along in a utter suspended between two poles in which were yoked as many mules one in front the other in rear of the coarse vehicle and in such a machine as we know by engraved evi dence did the tyrant alva take his depar ture from brussels wheu he was removed from hisensaoguiued government rudo models of thoso poitable chairs afterward called sedans from their beiog greatly im proved if not actually invented in that town and upheld by human carriers bore several of the splendidly dressed townswo- men to tho scene of the nights festivity others came in attire equally rich but in more homely seated oo high backed pil lions behind their husbands fathers or brothers on the broad flanks of the flaor woj tyu aiviailuig nimglets ot her bright and almostflaxen hair were all of exceeding value but assortingso well with each other and with tho character of the wearers beauty that the combination they produced was one of rich simplicity the resas complexion was brilliantly fair her eyes were of dark hazel that tempered aa h were the dazzling whiteness of her tkia and the vermiilion of her lips aod impart ed to her countenance a softed seriousness moro dignified and not less tender than tho expression given by blue eyes which are generally found associated with such a complexion her fully developed figuro was such as ascuphor might have desired as a model or such when she moved a- long in swelling gracefulness as might 11 an intellectual voluptuary with the true and natural delight excitod by the association of physical with mental charms nor was there less attraction in her lovely form when reclining as at present in her chair oostifl formality cramping her natural ease but body bead aod limbs all takiog the attitudes that seemed cbosen by the free will of each and coo armed by the as senting gracefulness ofthe whole 8 the following circumstance from the last new york enquirer is h extremely out of even romantic calculation that we can scarcely say we insert it frotnbelief it is certainly de sirable to oscertain the truth of such remarka ble event the poetical reader will recollect tho beautiful and affecting tale of the hermit io douglas interesting scene a few dayssince a young tradesmao a oative of ireland but long a resident in this city io passing along a wharf at which a ship from one of tho ports in ireland was about to be made fast stopped as is usual with persons from a foreigo country to observe whether any face which had been familiar to their eyo in earlier years might uot present itself io the bustle of attempting to get quickly oo shore one of the passeogers fell ioto the dock and instantly sunk under the ves sel without a moments hesitation the young man before alluded to who had re mained to gratify his curiosity plunged in- the deep after the drowning man and with considerable difficulty succeeded io bringing him safe on land the deliverer very na turally felt arfxious to see his prize restored to perfect life and with this view remained to tender his assistance without going away to change or eveu dry his npparol a few moment after some simple remedies had been applied tbo rescued man siowlyopen- ed his eyes ami murmured cjod bless you god bless you it would be too soon to dio far far away from home the voice and the awakening countenance of the newly arrived young man filled the other with an intensity of eagerness visible to all arouod he asked the place of birth aud namo of bis patient both questions wore soon answer ed satisfactorily enough to provo that tbo rescued and rescuer were brothers it i needless to attempt to relate the sequel in an instant ihoy wcro interlocked iu a close embrace and n thousand questions ami congratulations wore made on each side before one could bo auswercd fi nally the brothers retired amidst the tjaru- lttioih and the wuudetof all whuobancd he the aiuular bceuc