slightly, it is believed. Slau, is quite as bad as slaw. It was anciently written by the Nederduitsch, slaa. It is hardly necessary to say that kohl is the German orthography. Kool sla, is purely Nederduitsch, and should be rendered into plain English, cabbage salad. There is a preparation consumed by the descendants of the early Dutch, consisting of kool sla served up with hot vinegar and butter, which they terin kool sla heet; it is neither good Dutch nor good food. I forbear to enter more profoundly into this subject, trusting that what has already been said is quite as much as can be reasonably expected to come of a head of cabbage. EIK. edition of 1789; in which every line contributed "His cheeks dispatch'd-his visage thin pended to his autograph on the fly-leaf,-some five years after the publication of the fable. To myself, this evidence is conclusive, that Trumbull was the author of the last two couplets,-containing, as Mr. O. thinks, "The gist of the whole matter;" but whether Humphreys came to seek the aid of his brother wit "in a coach-and-four," as Peter Parley has it, or by some more humble conveyance, I do not venture to affirm. I ought, perhaps, to add, that the substance of this reply was written immediately after reading Mr. Olmsted's query, but was mislaid and forgotten, when the sight of a new edition of the "Anarchiad" brought the matter to recollection. HARTFORD, Ct., July 12, 1861. J. H. T. are inclosed in brackets, and marked with TrumHUMPHREY'S FABLE OF THE MONKEY (vol. iv., bull's autograph, with his initial "T." This p. 278). Mr. Leinuel G. Olmsted, after express-mark, like others in the volume, appears to have ing a doubt of the truth of Peter Parley's state- been made shortly after it came into Trumbull's ment that the last couplet of this fable was written possession,-in 1792, as I infer from the date apby Trumbull (McFingal), a statement made, directly, on the authority of Trumbull, himself,- | asks to be informed "How early this fable was written and published, and the occasion of it?" It appears to have been first printed in the Connecticut Courant (Hartford), Feb. 26, 1787, and is there "addressed to the Hon. William Wimble, Esq.," that being the sobriquet by which the Hon. Wm. Williams (Signer of the Declaration), was usually designated by the wits of the "Anarchiad." Williams was a leader of the anti-federalists, and a prominent opposer of the order of the Cincinnati. A letter addressed by him to Jos. Hopkins, Esq., of Waterbury, inclosing an address to the freemen, designed for publication, had been intercepted and had fallen into the hands of the federalists, who printed both letter and address, in the New Haven Gazette, accompanied by a rhymed travesty. This infringement of the rights of private correspondence was denounced, in no measured terms, by Mr. Williams, which led to a newspaper controversy, waged with great bitterness, between himself and Gen. Samuel H. Parsons, and their respective friends. The members of the Cincinnati-of whom were Humphreys and Trumbull-combined their forces to make a diversion in favor of their associate, Gen. Parsons; and "William Wimble" became a prominent hero of the "Anarchiad." Strenuous efforts were made by the federalists to prevent his re-election as one of the assistants, in the spring of 1787. It was at this time, when the newspaper controversy was at its height, that Humphreys brought out his "fable." In the (second?) edition of his "Collected Works," New York, 1789, the name of "William Wimble" was omitted, and a dash substituted. And now, a word as to the disputed authorship of the last couplet. I have before me John Trumbull's copy of Humphreys' "Works," in the Notes on Books. Archéologie Canadienne. De Quelques Sépul- Monograph of Authors who have written on the Languages of Central America, and collected Vocabularies or composed works on the Native Dialects of that Country. By E. G. Squier, M. A., F. S. A. New York: C. B. Richardson & Co., 1861. 4to, 70 pp. THIS monograph, the result of Mr. Squier's researches during many years, is not likely to receive many additions from other hands. Few works on the language of that portion of the continent, can have escaped him. The work is arranged alphabetically; the name of each author, with generally a sketch of his life, followed by a list of the works written by him. An appendix follows, containing a list of books and manuscripts, relating wholly or in part to the history, aborigines, and antiquities of Central America. Historical Sketch of the Library of Brown University. By R. A. Guild. New Haven: 1861. AN interesting sketch of this library, and incidentally of that of Mr. J. C. Brown, in some points one of the finest in the country. A Memoir of John Fanning Watson, the Annalist of Philadelphia and New York. Read before the Pennsylvania Historical Society, by Benjamin Dorr, D. D. Philadelphia: 1861. THE memoir by Dr. Dorr, was a deserved tribute to one who did so much for the early history of New York and Philadelphia, as Mr. Watson. The present little volume embraces also the proceedings of the New York and Pennsylvania Historical Societies, and notices in various journals. It had been our intention to publish Dr. Dorr's address; but refrained on hearing that it was to be printed separately. years ago. This must have required long and patient investigation, which few, even scholars, will realize without attempting the like. Historical Collections of the Essex Institute. April, 1861. Vol. I., No. 2. THIS number of our fellow-laborer in historical gleaning, contains Craft's Journal of the Siege of Boston, with notes by S. P. Fowler, a lieutenant in Kimball's regiment. It extends from June 15, to August 13, 1775. The Genealogy of the Holyoke family occupies several pages, the abstract of Wills is continued, and G. F. Chever's very interesting paper on Philip English, progresses. An account of the Massacre at Fort William Henry, in 1757, a history of the Essex Lodge of Free Masons, with other matters, make it an exceedingly interesting and valuable number. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. July, 1861. THE Register treats us to the Diary of Jeremiah Bumstead, 1722-7, taken from his almanacs. Governor Welles' instructive Bibliographical Essay on Early Voyages, is concluded. An account of the Mason Family will interest all acquainted with New England history. Histories of the Clapp, and Pain families, will prove of interest to many. The valuable notes on the Indian wars are continued, and forin a main attraction of the number, which is illustrated with an outline sketch of Trumbull's Bunker Hill, with a key. Relation de la Mission du Mississipi du Séminaire de Québec, en 1700. Par MM. de Montigny, de St. Cosme, et Thaumur de la Source. New York: J. G. Shea. 1861. Relations diverses sur la Bataille du Melangueulé, gagne le 9 Juillet, 1755, par les François sous M. de Beaujeu, Commandant du Fort du Quesne, sur les Anglois sous M. Braddock, Général en Chef des Troupes Angloises. Recueillies par Jean Marie Shea. New York: J. G. Shea. 1860. THE first of these little volumes is a series of letters describing the attempt made by the Seminary of Quebec to found Indian missions in the Mississippi valley; an attempt, carried out with zeal and considerable success for some years. St. Côme, one of the founders, was killed, as was another Canadian, Foucault; Davion labored for many years on the lower part of the river, as Bergier did among the Illinois. Their mission at Tamaroa continued the longest of all; first, as an Indian mission, then as a French parish. The second volume contains all the French accounts, published and unpublished, of Braddock's defeat, with a sketch of Beaujeu, the French commander, and a portrait, engraved from a small miniature preserved in the family. A grand-nephew of Beaujeu is now a member of the Provincial Parliament, in Canada. These accounts throw considerable light on the French action in the battle, and especially on the rank of Beaujeu, as to which some French accounts seem strangely in error. Thirteenth Annual Report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York, on the Condition of the State Cabinet of Natural History. Albany: 1860. THE greater part of this document is a Report on ancient monuments in Western New York, by T. Apoleon Cheney, M. A., with a map and 14 plates. This is a valuable supplement to the work of Mr. Squier; and Mr. Cheney deserves credit for carrying out his explorations under very disheartening circumstances. We trust that he will be encouraged to proceed, and that before the levelling hand of progress comes upon them, the various mounds in the State may be examined and properly described. Miscellany. A LIST of American writers on recent Conchology; with the titles of their memoirs and dates of publication, by George W. Tryon, Jr., member of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, has just been issued in royal 8vo, in clear type on extra plate paper. Price in paper covers, $1. In neat cloth binding, $1.25. in 1832, leaving a widow. A posthumous child, Louisa, who married Wilson Eyre, in 1856, was the sole heir and next of kin of Benjamin. From the decease of Col. Lear until some time during the last illness of his widow, who died in December, 1856, the widow held and retained possession of the papers in controversy. During her illness the defendant, Mrs. Higbee, took them in custody, and the defendants have since retained them. The defendants claim the title to the papers as the legal representatives of the writer. The main question involved in the case is whether the writer of a letter has property in it after he has sent it. The case was referred to a referee, who reported in favor of the plaintiff, from which the defendant appeals. The appellants contend that the writer has property in his letters. The respondents, on the other hand, insist that the receiver of letters has right to their Possession against all the world, and has a propof the writer to publish and to restrain the publierty in them; the only limitation being the rights cation of them by the receiver or others. The decision was reserved. WILLIAM LUCIUS STORRS, chief-justice of Connecticut, died at Hartford, on Tuesday, June 25, Connecticut, March 25, 1795, graduated at Yale, aged 65 years. He was born at Middletown, in in 1814, studied law at Whitestown, New York, and was admitted to the bar in New York, in 1817. Soon afterwards he removed to Middletown, Connecticut, where he practised until elected a judge of the Supreme Court of that State. He often represented that city in the General Assembly, and in 1834 was Speaker of the State House of Representatives. He represented that State in Congress from 1829 to 1833, and in 1839 and '40. He was elected an associate judge of the Supreme Court of Errors of Connecticut, in 1840, and to chief-justice, in 1857. MARQUETTE'S DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI. This work contains the full titles of the writings-The very interesting letter of Dablon, the Suof one hundred American authors, embracing nearly a thousand articles on recent Conchology. It is alphabetically arranged, and will prove a valuable book of reference to naturalists. The dates, both of the reading and printing of the papers, are accurately given. THE curious case of Eyre against Higbee, is again brought into the Supreme Court, New York. This controversy grows out of a claim to a volume of original letters and papers written by Gen. Geo. Washington to Col. Tobias Lear, who was for many years the general's private and military secretary. Col. Lear died intestate, and the letters passed to his son Benjamin, who died perior of the Jesuits at Quebec, to his Provincial, in France, given in this number, is perhaps the earliest account sent to Europe of the great discovery made by Marquette and Joliet. It is evidently made up from Joliet's verbal account, as his papers were all lost in the rapids above Montreal. The views of Joliet as to the course to be followed, and the canal to be cut at Chicago, are curious, and are evidently those followed in part, and in part criticised by La Salle, in the paper printed in the last number of the Magazine. Fortunately, Father Marquette had kept a copy of the journal and map, so that their contemporary account survived, without their being compelled to make one up merely from recollection. VOL. V.] THE HISTORICAL MAGAZINE. SEPTEMBER, 1861. THE Conquest of Canada, and its subsequent cession to the British crown, the results of this expedition, are matters of familiar history. General Amherst, with an army of ten thousand men, regulars and provincials, left the frontiers of New York, in the early summer of 1760, and advanced to Oswego. From this place the army proceeded along the shore of Lake Ontario, and through the St. Lawrence to Montreal. General Amherst was joined in front of that city by other forces, under the command of General Murray and Colonel Haviland. The British forces were proceeding to invest Montreal, when the Marquis de Vaudreuil, the governor-general and commander of the French forces, consented to a capitulation, by which the whole of Canada was surrendered to the posses sion of the British. The third regiment of the New York Provincials, under the command of Colonel Nathaniel Woodhull, formed a part of General Amherst's army, and had also taken an active part in the previous campaigns of this war. At its close, Colonel Woodhull returned to his paternal estate at Mastic, Suffolk county, on Long Island; where he devoted himself actively to the cultivation of his farm. For eight successive years, however, he represented Suffolk county in the colonial Legislature. In that body, with General Schuyler, George Clinton, and a few other patriots, he steadily resisted the encroachments of the crown upon the rights and liberties of the province. Gen. Woodhull continued a member of the Assembly until its breaking up, at the commencement of hostilities. He represented Suffolk in the first provincial Congress; of which body, on its assembling, HIST. MAG. VOL. V. 33 [No. 9. he was elected president. Upon the landing of the British on Long Island, General Woodhull hastened from the Congress, and putting himself at the head of the Suffolk county militia, was actively engaged in preventing the enemy from obtaining cattle and provisions. A day or two after the disastrous battle of Long Island, General Woodhull, while attended by a few followers, was surprised by a party of light-horse, about two miles to the east of Jamaica. Resistance being out of the question, the general tendered his sword to the commanding officer of the enemy, who, as he accepted it, ordered his prisoner to say "God save the king." The stern patriot refusing to comply with this insolent demand, was hacked and cut down by the soldiers. Grievously wounded, he was taken to a prison at Gravesend, where, in a few days, he died of his wounds. Had General Woodhull lived, it is plain from what he had already done, both as a soldier and statesman, that he would have acted no mean part in the great contest which has made so many illustrious. JOURNAL. H. N. ALBANY, June 11th, 1760.-We struck our tents and marched to Schenectady, and encamped on the little island; the first regiment* began their march from Schenectady for Oswego on the 12th; the second regiment for the fort at Oneida Lake on the 13th, and the third regiment on the 14th, We went about eight miles, for Fort Stanwix. when we encamped, and waited until ten o'clock, on the morning of the 15th, for the rear of the batteaux. We had prayers this morning, and then set out with the whole again. I had in my regiment 52 batteaux, and 800 barrels of provisions. We encamped about two miles below Fort consisted of the first and second battalions of the 42d, * Amherst's army, to which Woodhull belonged, the 44th, 45th, 46th, and 77th regiments; the 4th battalion of Royal Americans, Gage's Light Infantry, Ogden's and Waite's companies of Rangers, Schuyler's Jersey regiment; Le Roux, Woodhull's, and Corsa's N. Y. regiments; Lyman's, Woorster's, Fitch's, and Whitney's Connecticut regiments; a detachment of artillery under Col. Williamson, and a corps of Indians under Sir William Johnson.-Knox, vol. îì., p. 393. William. On the 16th, we struck our tents, and went on. We encamped on the 20th within two miles of the Little Falls, and waited there for the 1st and 2nd Regiments to get over the Falls. On the 23rd, we marched and encamped at the Falls; on the 25th we marched two miles above and encamped. On the 26th, we marched to Fort Karamay, where we drew provisions; on the 27th, we marched 12 miles; on the 28th, we went to (illegible); we got to Fort, Stanwix on the 29th, and on the 3d of July, we marched from that fort, and encamped at Fort Beal (? Bull). On the 4th, we encamped at the neck, on the 5th at the west end of Oneida Lake; on the 6th, at the Three River Rift; on the 7th, at the falls, and on the 8th, we reached Oswego. General Amherst arrived here the next day, and on the 15th, our vessels arrived here from Niagara. August 8th.-The Grenadier Companies and Light Infantry Companies of each Regiment, and Capt'n. Ogden's and Wait's Companies of Rangers, set out to take an advanced post under the command of Colonel (illegible);* the rest of the army left Oswego on the 10th, under the command of General Amherst, and encamped on a creek, about 30 miles from Oswego; the front got in about sunset; the rear did not get in until near midnight, many of the batteaux sticking fast on the beach all night, and several of them being stove and rendered unfit for service. After mending what we could of them, we set out again the next day, at 10 o'clock, and encamped at another creek, about 8 miles further; both very good harbors. Oswagorche,* where we heard the cannon fire from the vessel. On the 17th, the Redows engaged her by daylight, and at 7 o'clock, they took her; there were 50 sailors and 60 marines on board of her; they had 3 men killed and 17 wounded, ten of whom died by the next day; we had only one man killed and one wounded; at 12 o'clock, we set out again, and encamped at Oswagorche, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, with the whole army. There we found a good many Indians and squaws. On the 18th, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, all the regulars and rangers, and Lyman's and Naylor's Regiments, set out with the vessel taken from the French and the Redows, to attack the fort on the island; the fort and the vessels began to exchange shots. As the Batteaux and the Redows were passing the fort, a shot struck one of them, and a ball went thro' another, which killed two New Yorkers, and another struck a batteau, which broke a man's leg. They then took possession of the islands below the Fort, § and began their batteries on the points of two of the islands, each about 600 yards of the fort. On the morning of the 19th, the vessel and fort began their fire at each other; the firing continued until about 10 o'clock, when it ceased on both sides. The Gunner was killed on the vessel. The three New York Regiments were ordered to march by the fort with all their artillery in the evening. On the morning of the 20th, we encamped; we continued at work on our batteries without firing, and the French only firing a few cannon, without doing any damage. There are several very good islands here, which are improved with buildings on them and plenty of corn, beans, squashes, and cabbages, with some hogs and fowls; but they were all deserted by the inhabitants as soon as we came in sight. On the 12th, we set out again, and encamped in a fine bay. On the 13th, we set out at 9 o'clock, marching in three columns: the regulars on the right; the Connecticut and Jersey troops On the 21st, we still continued at work, makin the centre; and the Yorkers on the left, and ing fascines and preparing our artillery and batencamped on Col. Robinson's bay; on the 14th, teries, the French still very careful of their we set out at 10 o'clock, and encamped on Hold-powder and ball. At ten o'clock, they began the eman's island, where the regulars all drew pro- fire briskly; they killed five men, three of them visions. On the 15th, at 9 o'clock, we set out with one ball; at night they ceased firing until again, in three columns; the regulars on the right, next morning. the Jersey and Connecticut troops on the left, and the Yorkers in the centre. We entered the River St. Lawrence about 11 o'clock; we went about 20 miles down the river to our advance post, and there I encamped about five o'clock in the afternoon. Orders were immediately given for the Provincials to draw four days' provisions, and to examine all our arms and ammunition. On the 16th, at 10 o'clock, we set out again, and encamped at Point Berry,† about 3 miles from *Col. Haldemand.-Knox, vol. ii., p. 402. + Point au Baril.-Knox, vol. ii., p. 404.-Pouchot, vol. ii., p. 262. 22nd. In the morning they began to fire briskly from the fort again, and continued until *Oswegatchie, now Ogdensburg. + The vessel taken was the brig Outaouaise, M. de la Broquerie, of about 160 tons, carrying one eighteen, seven 12-pounders, 2 eights, and 4 swivels. The five row-galleys who took her, were commanded by Colonel Williamson.- Knox, vol. ii., pp. 404, 410. Knox gives the English loss, one killed, two wounded; the French three killed, and twelve wounded. Fort Levis, on Isle Royale. Isle Galot and Picquet.-Knox, vol. ii., p. 406. Isles à la Cuisse, de la Magdelaine et des Galets.-Pouchot, vol. ii., p. 265. |