Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-05-01

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During the Ad1ninstrasion Of John Quincy Ad.
ans, Wm- B. Hodgsoo.s native Of ,Msryland, bul
reared In Vreinis, vss ssnt by the Administra,ion
wnen mere boysto Aieiers, for the purpose OF &C.
curing the Oriental living languages with avsw to
MS becoming serviceabe % an interpreter. He,e
NAMED at Aigiers six years, and became an emf
nent Pro6cient in the languages OF the Etst The
post oil Dragonan or Interpreter at Consta ntnople
was afterwards conferred upon him, which he filled
with distinction. Subsequently,. his place was want.
cd Tor nephew OF the American Minister. Com
modore Porter-anephew who, SO far from being able
read Arabic, or TO interpret the Turkish language,
could not spell his own-and Mr. Hodgson was ere
| 'ormeo' out OF the way to make room FOR the ne
phe~ OF the Plenipo.cntiary. 7he ntphso di,charg-
co $50 the report isl his duties through an Armen
an, and the Armenia was paid ont Of uncle Sans
Golfers, leaving the nephew his salary in full unen
numbered by any duties whatever! Thu, things
went under the corrupt dynasty which was prostra-
ted IN November last
It's not too much to hope. we trust, that the Ad.
nnistrauon will make the wrong right" by ro.
placing Mr. Hodgson, and evicting the nephew
we would so farther and say. that Porter himself,
violent, weak and conceited man, is Of all others
~' ~S"f'SHV We pace ne mis-.
The New York Signal furnishes the following
memoir OF Mr. Hodgson, than whom the country ha,
not produced so distinguished an orientals,, and
scarcely more accomplished man.
"ouR pRAeoMAs AT CossrAnrMoPLr.-Amon,
the acts OF justice which we hope to see carried in
to execution under the administration of MIR Tvlar
Is one that cannot fail to be acceptable to men of
letters throughout the country. We allude to III.
restoration MIR William b. Hodyson, our former
drsgoman at Cons,anlinople, to the post which he
SO cred'aoly hlled, and from which he was so rudev
and unwarrantab!y removed, to make way for one
whose recommendation was not that he knew any
thing OF Arabic more than the dialects spoken in the
moon, but that he was a nephew Of Commodore
Porter, our Minister resident
MIR Hodgson, who is virgini,n by birth. was
sent when mere boy to Agiers by the Admins.
trai'on OF Mr. Adams tor the express purpose of be-
ing educated for the service of the country in the
oriental languages. His proficiency and aptitude in
'he STUDY were most satisfactory. When only 2I
years oil age, he translated the New Testament into
the Berber language, believed to have been spoken
oy the ancient Carthaginians, and now spoken bv
nearly thirty millions of human beings and hi.
translation was publishedin beautiful style bv IN.
English Foreign Bible Society. We have seen -.
copy oil th'swork. The labor expended in the trans,
ia'on must have been immense. Mr. Hodpson re-.
ceved Tor II, OF course, other remuneration than
the praise OF the good and the learned. He was
eomplimented and thanked by most Of the scion.
.'hc societies OF Europe, and Louis Philippe sent
MN the cross of the Legion of Honor. MIR Hod,.
son continued his studies with the most indef,,iss
ME ardor, cheered on by the applause and the ap
Prec'atng notice OF the first phioosists of the age
oo'h IN this country and in Europe. He had mad.
himself complete master OF Arabic, which he could
speak with the fuency Of native and he had sen,
u most interesting treatise on the Berber ansuase
10 ms countrymen At home, which was published
oy the philosophical Society of Philadelphia. and
commented in the highest terms by Mr. Dupon.
ceau and the critics Of the North American review.
I'm the midst of these useful and honorable labors
the OBJECT oil which in great measure was the pro.
Pasaton OF the Christian gospel in Mahome,an
counties, MIR ii odgson, who had been Withdrawn
from all lucrative pursuits at home and sent abroad
when a mere boy by our government for its own e,-
Peeial convenience and benefit, was rudev and ,r.
oitrary arrested in his career by the peevisb IN.
price OF a morose old man Commodore Porter, who
wished to place dependent relative in an Office
which he was unqualified to fill.
This is one ofiho.e cases which call for n,omn,
and full redress. We have stated nothing bu, wb,,
Is VIGOROUSLY true; and we greatly misapprehend
Inc character OF the present administration if il do
not reinstate MIR Hodgson in the Office from which
he was so unfairly elected, and which he is SO we'll
qualified TO dignity and improve"