New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-11
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
,rywYsoWs DOMESTIC LlFE.

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In bs,,uba career, Air. JcscEoh h"u 90, 10 ,1uo
of cTcl ting more bitter eumdcS thN Usu""S
tse Iat az etat.smea In the most eva "'"'
regulation among his paiiiIca olI'"."' We :4t
s,stro,,s ord sr,fsI mauprlator Of a''uS h''n0
- ~. ..,~,oss of his rarty with little scrUp'e
90 On tse measures by which that s''''''' We
.',,,l;sb.d In the childhood Of men VINO /
- now advanced in life, there was u" """,'
.,,,cbed IN his name Of which few 'hi''!' V-'S'''
how boe the subjects AZ subsequent peru" " '''
noIitio,l history Even Mr. Jefferson piN",r 'i'''
acter did no. escape the shafts Of catu'h'!' Nu",
ous malignant anecdotes were circulated 10 ns u''
,cdi+ winch have not been sustained ID inc nsI' q.
h,,,er evidence But, in fact, within the circle OF
b;s family and immediate friends me was al""Ns
rcrorded with depth and fervor Of affection that
eIlH.,le short Of idolatry. The present volume
oycs its existence II feeling Of this kind which is
stiT cherished by q descendant of the third genera
zion. The information which it presents, III a
kinQUlarly attractive form, for the most part
can Law no claim to novelty but has already appeared
70 some extent in the various biographies III Whch
the memory OF Mr. jefferson is pIcseryod. some
original extracts given from his correspondence
with his family at different periods for succession
Of years but they Gouo add much to the illustration
Of his character, or to the completeness OF the
portramre already in the possession of the public.
HE Iett OF TIC toNipltNl N'ioletN HI ''N 4''N'
with which she has collected the materials from
vast mass Of correspondence and other trustworthy
sources and the sll and good taste with which size
has combined the fragments into pleasing mosaic
picture If her iiluStIious relative.
Among other traits of Mr.. Jeilcrsons boyhoOd, his
love for athletic sports holds prominent place. His
father seems to have been entitled TO the name of
Virginia Hercules. He was early engaged in combat
with wild beasts, and for days at time was forced
10 live on raw flesh. So great was his strength, that
when standing between two hOgsheads OF tobacco
lying on their sides. he could raise or head them
both ND at once. Young Jefferson inherited the
yigor and the manly tastes Of his stawart sire. He
was early instructed in all the rural sports and exer-
cises Of his day. While still a schoolhoy, be was
good swimmer. n fearless rider, and an ardent
sportsman. spending a great portion of his time in
WANDERING after game along the sides Of the romantic
Southwest Mountains lie was not moro than two
years old when his father moved to Tuckahcc, yet lac
often declared that his earliest recollection in life was
of then being handed mp to servant on horseback, by
whom he was carried on pillow for long distance
He also remembered that later, when five years
old, he one day became impatient for his school to
be out and going out, knet behind the honse. and
there repeated the Lords Prayer hoping thereby to
hurry mp the desired hour
The general mode of life at that time had q de-
sided flavor of ratTiarchal simplicity One OF JET
ferson's gandSons asked him, on one occasion. how
the men of his fathers day spent their time, lie
sm,lcd and, in reply, said: MY father had DO
voted friend, to whose house he would go, dine
spend the night, dine with him again on tie second
anv and return to Shadwel in the evening. His
friend in the course OF day or two, returned the
visit and spent the same length of time al his house
This occurred once every week; and thus ycu see,
ihey were together four days out Of the seven
At the age Of seventeen, the future President was
cent to William and Mary College, where he became
Intimate in several of the most distinguished fani-
lies of Williamsburg, in some of which the vice Of
gaming was carried to q pcrnicious extent. Jclcr-
son. however, never knew one card from another
and never allowed the game 10 be played in his own
house. The charms Of the society into which
he was thrown never had the power to
divert his mind from bis literary pursuits
He studied fifteen hours day. During the most
closely occupied days OF lis college life II was his
habit to study until two o'clock al night ard rise at
dawn; the day be spent in close application-the
only recreation being a run at twilight 10 a certain
stone which stood at point mile beyond the limits
of the town. His habits Of study were kept up dur
az his vaca ions, which were spent al ShadWell;
and though lac did not Gu. himself OF from the
pleasures Of social intercourse with his friends and
family yet lc still devoted nearly tbFce-iourtAs OF
his time 10 lis hooks lie rose in the morning as
soon ne the hands Of a clock placed on the mantcl
piece in ms chamber could be distinguished IN the
gray light cf caIly dawn. After sunset he crossed
the Rivanua in little canoe which was kept exclu-
sively for D. IS own use aud walked mp to the summit
of his loved Monticello. where he having the
apex OF tho mountain leyeled down, preparatory to
building
At the time Of his leaving college, he must have
been one of them aocompiishcdyourg men IN Viz
ginia. Ho was an excellent mathematician, and
4 ;,,f T,tip Gpo1ieh nd
italian though he could scarcely have BEEN as his BIZ
serapher states, a flushed scholar in either OF
those languages. John Adams, in his diary
thus speaks Of him: Duane says that Jefferson is
the greatest rubber-ot OF dust that he has met with
that lie has learned French, italian, and Spanish,
and wants to learn German
His school and college education was considered by
him as only the vestibulc that palace OF learning
which is reached by "royal road" lie once tOdU
turned of weared from play and rrst found pleasure N
books, he had sat down in ldcness Ana Whcn we
fo1Inetion uosscSscd by him and which in his adj
ganced years hun the appellaton OF waiiing
have been tie case thirst for knowledge was in
ssiiabc and seized eagerly all means OF obtaining it,
Ii his habit ia his intercourse with ali classes OF men
the mechanic as well as the man OF scncc-to turn inc
conversation upon at subject with which the man was
best acquainted, whether II was tie CONSTRUCTION OF q
wheel OF the anatomy Of an extinct species OF animals
which e possessed returning home or retiring to his
private apartments all set down by him IN writing
thus arranging 10 inethOlcay and liking IN lbs mind
An auecdOie which has been often told OF him will
give tic reader an idea OF the varied extent Of bis
knowiedcc ON one OCCASION while travelling, he stopped
al a country inn. stranger who did not know who ne
was entered into conversation with this plainly
and assuming traveller He introduced one subject
after another into the conversation ana found MN per-
fectly acquainted with each. Filled with wonder he
seized the first opportunity to inquire OF the landlord
who his guest was. saying that when he spoke Of the
versation Oh medicine felt ply sician but
i rlns 'cS , on or ,,n,lcd tbr gDd6r ylv
Thought you knew The squire Inc stranger was tHo4