The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1838-12-25
CURRENT LITERATURE.

CRAVING OF tue Pfey village OF w lest biooihncu, ~
Y.-the following views in that beautiful and enter
prising town, Poughkeepsie N. Y; the Van Kleek
House-Mansion House, Locomotive Engine Fac
tory-collegiate Scbool-Femae Academy -Pough-
keepsie Ho,el-Exchange House. Some Of these are
institutions which Mr.. Tallmadge labored 10 pro-
MOTE and for which he was yulgarly and personally
assaulted and yifed by the authorized organs" of
the administration. They survive the wars. OF the
Golhs and Vandals upon them, It seems, and are go
ing forward in The fulflment Of their high destiny
II will be recolleeted that the New York Evening
Post, accused Mr.. Tallmadge OF the heinous crime Of
belonging TO the Improvement party" and with The
insatiaie spirit Of diabolism raked from the dusty ar
chives OF the court of record, all the private actions
Of that gentleman to illustrate the enormity of his
offence for the qualification Of the greedy barbarans
to whose foul appeties it administered And what
was III Why, says The Family Magazine;
In 1880, spirit Of improvement which for many
years had lain dormant, was awakened in Pough-
keepsie and many valuable buildings were erected,
new kinds OF business introduced, and enterprise OF
every kind fosered and encouraged In '33-4 seye-
raj enlerprsiDg gentlemen subsequently known as
the improvement party, laid out about thirty acres
Of land within The suburbs ofthe village into streets,
with a spacious square. They erected near the
square large public hotel, called the Mansion
House., and, in short time, several elegant private
dwellings, grew up ike magic around H.
About this time the business of whaling COM
menced, and three ships fitted Out in rapid sue
cession. The voyage of all proved disastrous and
one was entirely lost to the company. They pro-
other company built an extensive wharf with stores
and now they have four ships at sea, and one ather
wharf The latter vessel returned two or three
months since with full cargo and all are doing
well.--ln addition to the whaling business, silk
company was formed, and a large factory erected,
but they have not yet gone into operation. Many
other manufacturing establishments were started, but
the most important and extensive Is the Locomotive
Engine factory. This establishment Is much the
most extensive Of the kind in America being capa-
bic of producing from seventy-fve to one hundred
locomotive engines, with their tenders annually II
is under the direction Of r. M Bouton Esq one Of
the best engineers of the country"
The collegiate school for boys is ofthe best re-
gulated and most beautifully situated institutions in
the U. s. II stands out Of the village, about mile
from the Hudson river, upon :" an eminence com
handing an extensive view Of almost every variety
Of feature necessary the perfection Of beautiful
landscape" The building itself is in excellent taste,
remarkably convenient and comfortable, modelled
after the Athenan Parthenon, and cost $4,000. 1t
is under the control Of one of the best of teachers
MIR. Barett) gentlemen ofexcelent a,tainments,
pleasing manners, and of high moral worth. "The
youths Magazine" New York Methodist publ
cation says:
The collegiate school was first projected in the
spring of 1885 under circumstances somewhat pecu-
liar, and which show from what small beginnings
great results sometimes follow. Mr. Charles Bart
lett the present Principal while visit here, was
invited by the Hon. N. p. Tallmadge,+ and one or
two other gentleman totake ride about the suburbs,
to witness the various improvements then progress
ing Alighng at the base OF the hill on which the
school now stands, they assembled it, and while SO do
ing, Mr. Bartlett was, Gas he had been before soil
cited to take charge Of our academy for boys, but,
before declined When they reached The summit Of
the hill and were gazing with admiration upon the
scene around them Mr.. B. remarked, What a beau
tifnl place this would be for literary institution to
which Mr.. Tallmadge Immediately replied, Will
you take charge Of one, il estabshedp will was
the prompt answer and ten days after, meeting of
a few enierprising citizens was held the ground
bought for the sum Ct $4,000, and in very short
time contracts were made for the erection Of build
ing. In October the following year il was complet-
ed and in November ensuing the school was opened
under the superintendent Of MIR. Bartlett assisted
by eight competent teachers. During the first term,
there were fifty pupils; the second, eightyfour the
third hnety-four; and the present fourth term,
tnerr ar ono handred and eight. The capacity Of
the school Tor accommodations for about one hun
dred." =
Next follows an engraving Of the Pougbkeepsie
Female Academy which is under the supervision of
Mrs. Isabella Holt, lady extensively known as an
able and successful insrucress." Then come the
Poughkeepsie Hotels, second to none in the IT, s.
There is the Exchange House" with every conve-
nience; Hatchs said to be- like the rest first rate
and the Poughkeepsie Hotel" with its polite and
liberal host and comfortable accommodations, &c.
This number ofthe Magazine also contains pic
lure Of Washington Irving's residence, and view
of the city of Portland.
To the liberal enterprise of this gentleman, in
connexion with others less publicly known, our vii
lage is greatly indebted for its fouIishing literary
institutions.
INTRopUcToRY ADDRESS, delivered before The
Young Mems Association of Albany Dec. A. 1888.
BY VIM B. Sprague, d. D.: Albany Alfred South
wick
This is very sensible pamphlet, principally upon
the sublime subject Of the RlGHTs OF THE MINp-
Among these rights it treats briefly but strongly, of
the right Of the mind TO lis appropriate alimentviz:
hnt-cf its right TO be actire-of its right tobe free
free from unfair and ilegitimate conrol-free from
prejudiee-frec from the dominion Of passion and
oppctitc-free from the undue influence of external
objects of its right TO the assistance of ether minds
of its right TO be respected both by itself and ether
minds"-of its right 10 great and lefty aspirations.
" II was evidently made" says the author (and he
strikes cord in our heart which vibrates cordial
response to the hope implied in lis anguage) for
higher purposes than il accomplishes in the present
life; "and il we were to discard the doctrine ofim-
mortality, it would be an everlasting enigma, how
infinite wisdom could have made such superior
being for such an inferior purpose. But this doc
trine admitted and il Is written in degree at
least on the very tablet Of natureand it TO be
wonder that man should exist here under such in
suspicious circumstances. For he has right TO an
cipate state Of existence, in which these powers
will burst into something yet greater and nober, and
from which the noblest efforts that he ever made
here will appear less tha& the crude conceptions OF
an infant. ! speak to that principle within thee,