New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-09
HOW MR. SEWARD Kept SCHOOL


being quarterly review, it appears to be emitted
whenever the editor may find the praturient ings
convenient: and, being an imitation of the Farm
ers' Almanac, each number ends with an assOrt
ment of venerable jokes and paulo-post diluvian
anecdotes, more remarkable for mossiness than
merriment. The Plantation differs in this respect
land others) from The North American, which,
from its homage TO its other age, has an
aboriginal gravity, ard has never been known to
smile except in solemn and scientific way. AZ
these Facetia are mostly excised from old news
papers, we would suggest to the learned editor the
yropriety of changing the name Of his "journal "
to The Transportation. We believe we have no
other fault to find at present. As variety is the
spice of life, so is a commendable thing
in quarterly journals and The Plantation
seems TO be conducted upon the most approved
Salmagundian system, presenting as it does to the
furnishing Southern reader, notable mixture of
minced meat, picked hsrrings and onions. 1t bas
classical department, tbe manager OF which, 10
this number, col fines his Greek struggle, to
making the following quotation: -" 0sl@ heye1.-
ANACREON, showing that the writer has perused
at least the first line OF the first ode OF that tosy
lyrist; though we cannot see the least possible
connection between. the verses which follow and
The motto, which might Just as we'll be translated,
" wish to leg it, and would then Indeed express,
lot the emoho1 of the bard, but the impulse OF
the audience So much for the classical field
Of The Plantation. In the Romantic we have
Walter Eary's Love for his Cousin Cleopatra
Glare" who does not become Mrs. Walter Early,
| but Mrs. Burford-the baptismal pane Of her bus
| band not being given, though it was probably
| either PtOlemy Diony sius or Antony. There is
also chapter of a novel infatuated, "The Old
Fam House, from which we make the follow.
ing extract:
ITO MAKE Toxaro BECK Take ripe Tomatoes mash them,
put them open vessels and 1T sin until they lermen
in eight or ten ds,s feu strain thToarh sune 70 every
gallon Of pce odd pound of sugar. aud botde cir usht IL
tevpoornls Of beer t1b.1 Of water ming y,ur
taste and asyoring With extract of lemon or orange"
This combination of Romance and Recipe up
pears TO US to be an absolute novelty and it fore
shadows, we hope, new school Of Culinary Novels
which will be invaluable TO youthful brides. We
can imagine charming chapters, az, for example
Welcome dear Edward welcome Your dinner is al ready.
The soup gu love- my love- awai you RRcPR Tor TosAfo
E2Ipl lie a se s,os, Tb Sompn aye a. tender a, am
fRgcIPE AFPLR DUsPLGSGsl" &c.
But we must refrain from continuing our anno-
tations, bee iuse we wish to speak fully Of the first
| article in this Quarterly 80 savage and Tartarly-
| the article called civilian II. Seward as a
/" ,hoOlmaster." Dir. Seward it appears, on:e
kept al Academy in Georgia, just as Plato kept
one in Athens Gin Greece, not Georgia). Mr.
Seward, with due assistance undertook to teach
to the Georgian youth Mathematics, Latin,
| Greek, Logic, Rhetoric Natural Philosophy,
Chemistry Geography, and English Gram
mar. He began this tough work on the 10Th
of April, A. d. 1872 aud he entreated to be
| released from his contract, and he was accord.
iDgly released, on the gid Of May following The
young men and women of Georgia therefore en-
Joy ed Mr., Stewards instructions for abott thirty
three days. His salary" says The PlantatiO,
Quarterly with due dignity, "was eight hundred
" dollars per annum, and we have no doubt that he
"got good eating for the place where he boarded
Major William Alexander's-was always famous
" for that" In 1Sl6 Mr.. Seward revisited the
scene of bis academic exploits, and was indebted
to Major William Alexander, the Georgian Al i:ius,
lot anOtneT uLiDtT. III lCt'' sOmtDooy WuOse
name is not given, wrote from Georgia
feaIfully lcng letter to Mr. Seward, which is
printed in Tie Plantation, and which we Gre as.
sured was too much for him." We d. not mean
to contrOvert this a,sertiOn we are sure that the
epis.le is "too much for US; aud unle,s Mr..
Seward had a great deal more leisure than usual
in l649 we d. not believe that he read more than
two-thuds OF production containing, as We
roughly calculate Fix thousand seven hundred aud
sixty words. Because he merely sent a note ac-
knOwledgiDg the reception OF this dreadful docu-
ment, and took no further notice u the s,me he il
pronounced BY The Quarterly Plantation to be
" deceitfal, bypOcritcaI, snd false t. the sunny
" South" The Georgian philosopher has been for
eleven years patiently waiting for an answer until
bis patience is now e1 laHt,d. Ho hes therefore
turned the matter over to his son, who is Poet;
who Ike Dry den writes satire and who, still like
Dryden, writes satire in decay Liable verse; Here
the resemblance to Dryden ceases. This poet "
has written "poem called The Old Planta- |
" ton "-msaLiDg au estate with niegers" and
not any previous publication Of that name, quar-
terly or other. This poem remains unpublished;
and affords fine chance for any bookseller with |
o Southern yesrnipg. M extract from that
Plantation 10 given IN this Plantation. We