New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-01-15

J IsAsHtSGToH 5 CSIS!CH OF A PuPCL.R VICE
Sparks, il his Writings OF Washington, page 49o
| givea the following extract from enc OF the ardsr
books Of Washingfon
"Coopel Washington hss observed that the men
! OF his Regiment ere very prosne and ,eprchale.
de taxes ls dprOrUI1 20 inform them Of hIs grcG,
| 6ispeasure et such practices and assures than,
that il they DO not leave rhem OH, they sa.ii be &C.
yeIely punished. Tse officers o5e desired. II they
aear any nl.n swear, or make uss OF an oath o! ex
ecraiion, 70 order the oencer twenty Eve l.shes in,
inediaieiy. wthouta Coui, Martial
g i'he General ID sorry TO be Informed that the
foolish and wicked practice Of profsna cursng and
s~eafing-a vc@ heretofore little known in an
| American srmy-T growing into fashion. II. hopes
the Liiicers Will by example as TTeii % iahuencr
eUdelvor 10 check II. ard .hsi both they aHd the
m7n VIII reject, mat we can have but ii;t!e hope
oi lac blessing 0i Heaven on onr arms, ii insaii
il BY cur impicty and folly. Added TO this, il is
vice and low, without a5y JeHiJjztion that
| every man q sense ead Character ds!es.5 and de-
4pses IL
JEErsEsoSs NorEs o. yiRe,sA,-It sounds
strangely, bu, most OF the demands for this very
agreeable cook ere met by cosiss imported from
England, generally Of S.ocktae's editicn oi 1877
The eighth American edition IVES published in Bos-
| ton Ia 1901. iorr.ihrea years ago. The work was
undertaken IN 1881 for the purpcss OF ans9eriug
then Secretary Of the French l4egaion 10 the Uni
ted States; and evsn at this distance of time has
lost but little Of lis interest. When ijr Jefferson
in 1874 joined Dr.. Franklin ct Paris, the third
Minister Plenipoteni:ary OF the United States, 10
France he there priar-d privately, with the view OF
gratifying some friends, Two hundred copies. Some
oil lhese he presented Europe, and Others TO
America 10 biz friends. Occasionally copy SO
presented appears liz the sale catalogue OF some
arisocratc bookseller, v,i'h oil the importance de;
rived rJm the station Of It's Guthor, and the dress
given 10 il By its passessOr. No doubt there ere
copies still in The possession CT the descendants 10
whom they were sent in this country We have
before us ivai one sent 10 JuJga Ffuacs Hopk1son,
which is quite curiosity. Ills crown octaYo size,
printed upon "papier de Holland very accurately,
and bound in French calf in the STYLE OF French
books Of the year 1884. The following significant
| autograph inscription Is on the fy leaf: g Facmas
Jr1ercon having had few copies Of these notes
printed 10 ofer 10 some of his friends, and 10 some
other eslimable Characters beyond that lire, takes
| the libsrty OF presenting copy 20 le. Hopkinson
| ss d testimony OF the esteem mich he bears him.
Unwilling 70 Expose them TO the public eve, ne asks
the favor Of aIr HopkiaaJh 10 put them into the
hands of no person on whose and fidelity he
cannot rely, 10 guard them a. zinst publications.
No duuOt all the copies carried Tie same caution
silh ihem-thst presented 10 Mons. d. Niasherbe
had i; almost word for word. Nor was il unaeces-
sary for copy did fall into the hands OF French
bookseller, who hid translation CT Ii prepared, So
"a Vi plumbers ;hat Tue author 81 last consented 10
lei loadea pub.isher Sto36d=!t) pint the oTialal,
20 caace tho impression produced - Ihe translation.
lit appeared Ia February. lIST
Philadelphia North American.