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Faahlonable Life In Paii»--Drr»».
A Paris correspondent of tho St. Louis Republican
(jives some very readable aocounts of fashionable lile
at the headquarters of fashion, and the reason why
French woman appear to better advantage than those
of any other nation is said to be thefact tliatin France
there is no predominant fashion. The ladiea think
every tiling of dress, but it is the dress of material,
of color and of form, and thoy are selected solely
in reference to the wearer. In England all persons
follow a custom, and so in the U, S. The difference,
however, between an English and American lady in
Paris iB that the former give themselves up to the taste
of their dressmakers, while the latter go on their own
hook. The following is a picture of a French dress
maker in Paris :
Some of these indies live in great magnificence in
PariB. Your readers would perhaps like to have some
little idea of it. An American friend, a very un
affected, lovely woman, went to the most fashionable
iiiantua maker hero to have her dress made for the
President’s ball, and she thus described her visit:
“ 1 scut word to madam to know at what hour
I should go to her; the servant brought back a rose
colored scented note containing these words : ‘ Mad
ame will receive Madame N to-fhorrow
morning at 11 o’clock.' I wus a little vexed ut this
oxtreme elegance, but went the next day at the hour
specified. A servant in rich livery opened the door
when 1 rang, and then closing the door sank down in
a velvet chair in the hall, which it seems he never
quits except when the street bell rings; another ser
vant in tho same livery stepped forward us soon
us I entered, and went before m i up a magnifi
cent flight of marble stairs carpeted with imperial
Wilton.
At the head of the stairs, he threw open a door, and
I was ushered into a splendid saloon, carpeted like
the stairs, furnished in crimson and gold, and the
walls hung round with a great many fine paintings in
rich frames. When 1 hud had time to examine the
room.nnotherservant, likewise in livery, entered bow
ing like a Chinese mnndurin.aud requested me to enter
the fitting room, at the same time opening a small door
covered with a mirror. The fitting room was small,
but the walls were entirely covered with mirrors,
which were draped at the ceiling with gold colored
B atin. 1 had hegan to be very much alarmed, and to
think that I must have made some mistake and got in
to the house of some foreign priuce. While I was
debating whether 1 should run or stay, another door
was thrown open with great ceremony, and madame
herself was announced. She is a large fine look
ing woman, nud came in likea duchess. She was dress
ed in embroided silk, with a rich lace bertha, apro-
lussion of bracelets and a points d' Anglcterre cap up
on her head. I was so frightened that 1 did not dure
say one word about my own taste, but left everything
to her. She begged my pardon in the most polite
manner possible, for having keptme waiting, and beg
ged also that l would excuse her if she seemed to look
at mp very closely, as it was absolutely necessary in
her profession, in order to know wlint to recommend
to a lady.
After I had told her that I wished the dress for the
President’s ball, and she had scrutinised and consid
ered me for a few moments, she turned to the servant
and said, “bring me No. 7." I wondered exceedingly
what number seven meant, but the man went out and
soon returned with a large box tilled with elegant and.
costly silks, all, however, of one style and only two
colors, pink and white. She begged me to select one
to my taste, which I did ; the servant then brought a
white silk pincushion, and held it while Madame-:—
fitted my dress. She was quite shocked to find I wore
no corset, and insisted upon my having apair. This I
declined, saying that 1 hud never worn any in my
life, and should feel very uncomfortable to put one on
now.
“ Well but," said Madame , “it is impossible for
you to go to the President's without one.”
“ Why should I not go without one there as well os
nnywere elsel"
“ Because, Madame, the President is exceedingly
particular about ladies' dress, and he dislikes very
much to have ladies go to his ball enckemise.
I could not help laughing at this, but told her that
to please the President, or any body else, I should not
wear a corset. Seeing me so determined she no Ion-
S r persisted, but before 1 come away, told me that
ove all things, 1 must never wear the same dress
twice to the President’s ; that he was extremely fas
tidious about that, and so was the Due de , the
Marquis, &c. 1 told her the President must be a Ve
ry extraordinary man if he remembered all the dress
es that were worn ut the balls. She said he whs,
and that he did remember. Well, said I, Madame
it is a very good thing for you at any rate.
8he saw at onco thut I understood her completely,
and colored slightly as she laughed, and answered
“ yes."
Some of the dresses at the Freident’s Ball are rep
resented as quite unique. Thus this correspondent
describes the Grand Duchess of Baden, a relative of
the President Napolean, as looking like the pieces of
raw meat mentioned in the adventures of the renow
ned Slnbad, as thrown into the valley of diamonds,
and drawn up again stuck all over with precious
stones. This lady is 64, immensely tat and red, and
possessing the most splendid emeralds and diamonds
• in theworld. The huge Duchess promenaded with the
President, “a little man with a great preponder
ance of nose. ” Wc give another extract from tills
letter:
There is no civilized nation with more vanity or
natural coquetry than tho French, and the ladies
would no more think of wearing a dress, a enpe or
a head dress which was not becoming to them, than
they would think of taking a December bath in the
Seine because somebody else was simple enough to
do it. At a large ball or soiree, like that of the Presi
dent’s laBt week, you will see every possible variety
of Color and make in dress. A fashionable lady here
studies her complexion, her form, her style of beauty,
even the shape of her head and the cut ot her features
and she is too anxious about her good looks to disfig
ure herself by wearing an unbecoming article of dress
merely because the fashion books say that “nothing
else is worn.” For instance a brunette would no soo
ner wear blue or yellow than a blonde would wear n
scarlet or bottle green. A lady with a neck and
arms will not, because her mode-book snys she must,
display her misfortune to all the world by wearing
a very low dress and very short sleeves; neither
will n tall woman d ress her hair in a pyramid on tup
of her head, nor a short one bring tier's all round
at the sides.
TnrilT (Iamcum nt Wnahlngitoii,
The Washington correspondent of tho N. Y. Coift-
mereiul, under dato of Jufto 14th says : ?
The consultation meeting of curtain members of
Congress at Mr. Hoc rotary Meredith's, which took
place Oil Monday evening last, lias attracted observa
tion. It was a general meeting, and will no doubt
serve to give impetus and direction to the movements
which are taking pluce throughout tho country for a
revision or radical change of the present tariff system,
under which the leading pursuits of industry have be
come so much depressed.
Mr. Vinton and Mr. Hampton, both members of the
committee of way* and means were present, and took
un active part in the deliberations of the meeting. Mr.
Hugh White, of New York, thought that the best
mode of proceeding in theHouse would be by rnising,
n select cninmitee, to which it was objected, that a se
lect committee could not bo obtained and it was not
advisable to make an abortive attempt. It was also
explained that the causes which had operated to pre
vent any practical action oil the purt of the minority *f
tile committee of ways and means, upon the subject,
would soon cease to exist. Those Whig members ot
the committee, from whom any action can be expect
ed, are Messrs. Ducr, Vinton and Hampton.
Mr. Toombs is understood to be thoroughly indenti-
fled in feeling and purpose with the free trade majori
ty of the committee. They have all been, of course,
much occupied in tbe preparation of the appropriation
bills, which labor is now completed. Mr. Vinton is
also a member of tile investigating committee on the
charges directed against the administration of the
Home Department, and in that capacity has been em
ployed witli little interruption for mnuy months past,
ft was, therefore, resolved.to leave the subject in the
hands ol the minority of tlfe ways and means commit
tee upon tho faith of Mr. Bayly's promise, publicly
made, not to make any opposition to its preparing a
report.
The next point of consideration was the principle
of the proposed alteration, l’rotection to domestic
industi y was the open object professed by all the
speakers, as it is ol the Whig or onti-free trade par
ty at large. The impossibility of any effective pro
tection upon the ad val rem principle was recog
nized, but there was some discussion ns to whether it
was better to adopt specific duties in name, or to im
pose ad valorem rates on an ntficiol valuation. The
ssue of the deliberations upon this point was a re
solution to adhere to the old Whig protective doctrine
of specification.
fl AVAST SJA HI o
Thursday Morning:, Juno !20, 1830
Private IMspatcliewt
Charleston, J une 18, P. M. Amount of sales to
day, 19,000 bales at full prices. We quote strictly
fair at 13(.
Ciiableston, June 19, P. M. The sales of cotton,
to-day have reached 2,500 bales. Prices firm and full
Gen. Twiggs, with several other army officers,
came passengers in the steamer St. Mathews, from
Florida, yesterday afternoon, and left in the Charles,
ton boat of the same evening en route, for the North.
Firemen worse than the Fire!
During a recent alarm of fire in Philadelphia, a
watchman, who was hastening to the scene of conlla-
gration, shouting “ Fire I Fi-er-r-r!ns he went, en
countered a pale, respectable looking gentlemen, who,
by his manner betrayed much trepidation.
“ Where! where is it, sir?" demanded the nervous
geutleman.
“ There, sir, there I right at the corner of Sixth and
Lombitrdl Fi-er-r-r/" added tile watchman, as ho
was about to go.
“ Where, sir—which way ?"
“ There,” said the watchman, pointing in the direc
tion, while the man breutlied n faint “thunk you,” and
turned quickly towards Market-street.
"StopI” said the watchman, “you’re goiug right
the wrong way I This way’s the fire I"
“Oh d—n the fire,” said the etrunger ; “it’s your
firemen that I want to keep out of the reuch of," And
away.he went,as if all the Killers and Smashers in the
city hud been ut his heels.
The gentleman wna a stranger in the city, but lie
was in tho iiubit of reuding the newspapers.
Trade with Japan.
Some of the F.nglish newspupers are agitating the
subject of forcing u trade with Japan. A writer in the
United Service Journal, after rccupituluting the fail
ure of both this country and Fiance to open peaceful
communications with the Japanese, recommends that
Great Britain should now try her hand, and in a fash
ion that could not be refused. He urges the dispatch
ot a magnificent embassy, accompanied by a fleet, so
that if friendly overtures fail, powder and ball may
carry the point. His argument is that Japan has cer
tain commodities necessary to the comfort und luxury
of other portions of the world, and that hence she
has no right to close her ports or refuse to exchange
products and manufactures with European nations.
The earth, he maintains, is the common heritage of
all. This reminds us of the sylngism.by whicli some
crazy Puritan once sought to defeat the wars upon the
Indians, “ the earth is the Lord's and the tullness
thereof; we are the Lord’s people ; ergo the earth is
ours alone.” Or of the pedlar, who, when people
would not buy his wares, fell to and thrashed them.
The writer, however, after all his logic, admits that
whipping tlie Chinese into opening their ports, has
not made them buyers of English manufactures ; and
we do not see how lie can expect a ditferent result in
Japan. It is not strange in nn age like this to see
such doctrine gravely advanced.—Phil. Bulletin.
Fashions fob June.—Home Toilette.—The un
settled weather has caused ladies to be very undeci
ded with respect to their toilettes; indeed, light and
transparent dresses are only just now beginning to be
generally worn. For the morning, loose open dres
ses in pale-colored cambrics—pink, blue, primrose,
or lilac, with mantelets of the same material, are ex
tremely comme ilfaut. The collars and cuft's worn
with these morning toilettes are of fine white cam
bric, either plain or plaited. For walking in public
f 'ardens, barege dresses, plain or figured, are genernl-
y adopted; but glace or damask bareges are the most
recherche. Dresses of shot silk form also charming
toilettes. The skirts are less full than those of last
year—but, to compensate for it, they are trimmed with
graduated flounces up to the waist—as many as five
ure worn, and they are pinked and stamped at the
edges. The bodies are tight, and open in front; a cord
connects the two sidcB of the corsage, and buttons,
cither of silk, coloured atones, or steel, are placed on
the centre of this cord. The sleeves are wider at the
bottom tban at the top, and are trimmed with two
small flounces; from beneath them a large lace sleeve
falls over the hand, leaving the lower part of tbe arm
uncovered. This form ot sleeve is very becoming to
the hand. Some unsuccessful attempts have been
mode to bring square bodies (a la vielle) into favour;
buttliis form narrows the cheat so much, that few
young ladies can make up their minds to adopt this
ungraceful fashion.
Promenade Dress. Among the different head
dresses, we have remarked one which is worn by
young girls who wear their hair in short full ban
deaux. It consists of a wreath of buds of the rose
pompon and of lilies ofthe valley, which forms a point
on the forehead, and large bunches over the bandeaux.
The wreath, Pessi rosette, is most becoming. For
small soirees young people wear on each aide ofthe
head bows of ribbon, with long ends which fall on
the shoulders.
Mantelets are very slightly altered; they are, how
ever, rather more closely fitted to the figure than last
year: they are all made of taffetas glace, and trimm
ed with pinked ruchcsot' the same material for young
persons, and with wide black luce for married ladies.
Boston, June 15.—A daring attempt was made last
night to rob the Matapan Bunk in Dorchester. The
robbers fired a pistol at the Bank watchman and the
ball passed through his hat. The watchman fired in
return, when the robbers tied, leaving a lot of skele- - .
ton keys in the road. Tho watchman gave chase, one month s time. 1
when the robbers faced about and threatened to shoot
him if ho advanced. One of the robbers was wound-
«d, as wlion they left,his companions wercobliged to
lift him in:o the buggy wagon.
Gold Dust.—Messrs. Valentine, Brokers of New
Orleans, have deposited in the Mint, of thut city for
coining, since it lias recommenced operations, 9699
ounces of gold dust. The Treasurer’s (of the Mint)
receipts for this amount show that the average vulue
per ounce of this dust, is $17 66.
Cniitain Tatuall, of the U. 8. Steamer
Saranac,
The N. O. Picayune of Friday lust, publishes the
following letter in vindication of Capt. Tatnall’s
course in relation to the Havana prisoners. The Ed
itor says the letter is from high authority. We pub.
lish it in justice to Capt. T., whoee conduct in this
affair, it will be remembered, is said by some of the
Washington letter writers, to have been disapproved
by the President.
To the Editors of the Picayune :
In your daily paper of June 9,1 find published a let
ter from your Havana correspondent, signed -Pere
grine,” who undertakes to narrate certain transactions
which had very recently taken place in Havana. Pere
grine seems inclined to ca6t censure upon Capt. Tat-
nall, of the U. S. steamer Saranac, for having inter
posed and prevented the U. S. Bhips Albuny and Ger-
m ant own from attempting the re-capture ot the two
American vessels seized upon by the Spanish Admiral
on the coast of Yucatan, and the liberation of the
persons found on board, and who were taken to Ha
vana in the brig Habanero, ami convoyed by tbe frig
ate Esperanza.
It is true thatthe Albany and Germantown did leave
the port of Havana for the purpose of re-capturing til e
two vossels .alluded to above, and, if possible, of re
leasing tho prisoners taken at the Island of Contoy,
whom the Captain General seemed determined upon
hanging ns pirates, (for such was his threat to Coin’r.
Randolph,) but in resolving upon this course, Com’rs.
Randolph and Lowndes were governed by their gen-
era! instructions to protect our citizens and property
on the high seas; whereas, Capt. Tatnall had been
sent from Washington in great ha6te, with specific in
structions to aid the authorities of Cuba in arresting
find defeating the buccaneer expeditions known to be
fitting out in our country to invade the territory of a
friendly power. N«.W, admitting thaf Com’ra. Ran
dolph and Lowndes Were right in what they Intended
(which is not entirely clear,) surely Capt. Tatnall
ought not to be blamed for preferring to submit the
matter to the Government at Washington for their de
cision. Nor should it be overlooked that Capt. Tat-
nail, in accordance with his well known noble nature,
put himself to infinite trouble to furnish the Captain
General with such testimony, (obtained at Key West)
as placed it beyond a doubt, and satisfied even the
vindictive authorities of Cuba that the Contoy party
had withdrawn from Lopez’s gang many days before
the descent upon Cardenas. Indeed, Capt. Tatnall
and Judge Marvyne exacted a promise from the Cap
tain General that the threat which that functionary
had made to Com’r Randolph should not be enforced,
but that the Contoy m?n should be tried as persons
who had abandoned the expedition, and in the mean
time be treated with all possible lenity and kindness
whilst confined.
1 beg that the aboveexplanation may appear in your
next paper, tor Capt. Tatnall is the last person in the
world to be suspected. of doing aught not character
ized by good judgment, goodness of heart, and con
spicuous gallantry. Ho is, in truth, as the whole navy
will attest, the embodiment of all that is admirable and
heroic in the gentleman and officer. TbUth.
Georgians in California. We clip the follow
ing paragraph from the California correspondent of
the Rome Southerner:
Col. John H. Watson, from Muscogee county, Ga„
has been elected one of the Circuit Judges ; he has
jqst resigned his sent as a member of the lower
House ol Representatives. Col. F. H. Sanford, of
Georgia, is also elected one of the Judges. Among
many old acquaintances I found here, Col. 3. R. Bon
ner, well known in many portions of your States.
Rev. Dr. Borin«r and family, have just ari ived here
in the steamer Tenneesee—all in good health.
RP The roWdies of Pittsburg have a refined way
of showing their rowdyism. Itis by throwing oil upon
ail ladies they see with silk dresses on. Four la
dies hod their dresses spoiled in this wuy un Tucadcy
last.
A Flying Machine.—The following curious ad
vertisement lately appeared in the London Times:
“Rescue of Sir John Franklin:—To the rich and
chivalrous. A gentleman, whose claims to common
sense, respectability, and talents, are corroborated by
university distinctions, honorary medals, and works
of art and literature, offers to construct for £8000,
ami in Ibree months, a flying machine, able to travel
in the air at the rate of 100 miles a hour. The ex
pense of an experimental trip would be £.100, and
Wouldn’t Mix.—One or two of the Notional Division
from the South left the National Temperance Proces
sion in Boston on Tuesday, in consequence of some
colored boys being among the Cadets -of Temper-
Death in a Family—“One of the most distressing ance -
bereavements we have been called on for along time
to record, says the Harrisburg (Pa.) Intelligencer, has
occurred in the family of Dr. Thomas Duncan, of
Duncan’s Island, in this county. His whole family
ot children—tour in number—were suddenly struck
down by the relentless hand of Death, in the short
space of a few days. Their disease was the malig
nant scarlet lever. Ellen Dorsey, the eldest daugh
ter. an interesting little girt, died on the 2d inst.,
aged 6 years and W months; Renj. Stiles died on the
4th inst, aged 3 years and 3 months; Greenbury
Dorsey died on Thursday, the 6th inst,, aged 8
months, and Dorsey on Friday tile 7th inst., aged 5
years and 4 months. But a few weeks ago WeVare
called on to record the death of Dr. Duncan’s mo
ther, and si) shortly after follows the terrible afflic
tion above. It is truly a distressing bereavement."
Washington, June 15—T>. M. It is given out that
there will be two new propositions lor'aeomproniise,
on the California and slavery questions, offered next
week, making fourdis tine (propositions, supported by
what may be called four parties.
Death of George Handy, Esq.—Wc regret to lesm
says the Philadelphia Bulletin, thut George liaudy,
Esq., of this city.died recently on his way'down the
'Ohio river. He lied gone as an eboort of Mrs. Hall of
Wilmington, who was going to Maysvillo. Ky. Go
the way she took the small pox and suffered severe
ly, but is convalescent. Mr. Handy, refusing to leave
her, also took the disease and died from it, alter a
Abort but severe illness.
They acted perfectly right.
Fatal Theatrical Passion. An accomplished and
beautiful lady, aged only 17, who had slump ns a
f irivate theatrical in her circle of friends nt St. Louis,
ately committed suicide by taking arsenic, under
depression from tile refusal of her father to permit
her to udopt the stara as a profession. She said thnt
life had no longer charms for her. One of her re
quests was characteristic of her devotion. It was,
that a copy of Shakspeare might be placed upon her
bosom in her coffin 1
A petition is circulating in Massachusetts, ad
dressed to the members of Congress from that State,
which breathes a conciliatory and patriotic spirit, and
closes with this lnnguage :
‘■\Ye desire to he represented in Congress ns men
acting with forbearance. We trust, tfoenedore, that
yuti will he induced to give a ready support to those
measures which will most speedily produce, and will
longest maintain the spirit of union.
A Church blown up.—A meetiiig-honse dt
Greenwich, Mass,, wns blown tip by a mine of powder
underneath, the whole interior of the building being
destroyed. The Ucnrse house was burnt, also witli the
hearse within it. These outrages are supposed to
have been perpetrated in revenge for temperance
movefocnls, by ,thc church, or neyipns connected
with it.
Literature.—The Boston Post, speaking of the
prize tragedy of Mohammed, written by a Baltimore
an, which has just been published, says:
Mohammed, as a literary work, is neither worth
the $1000 which it received from Mr. Forrest, nor
the handsome white paper and elegant type in which
it has been arrayed by the publishers. It does not
contain a single line above mediocrity or one passage
to be remembered, while it is filled with verdancies
and crudities of all kinds. We should think it a boy’s
first attempt at working out a man’s conception. In
point ol style and in the value ofthe poetry, itis Infe
rior to thousands of plays which have gone to obllv
ion within the past century.
The Baltimore Clipper thinks that if it had been
written by a New Englander, the Post would probably
have entertained, or expressed a different opinion.
If he did, he would be actuated by prejudiee, and
not by a spirit of just criticism. From what we have
seen and heard of tho tragedy, we think the Post is
fully sustained in its opinion by the demerits of the
production. The award caused quite a surprise at
the time to all except thoee who were aware of the
true motives that prompted it. Mr. Macreadv was
shortly to visit Baltimore, to play an engagement at
the Front Street Theatre, and Mr. Forrest, in pur
suance of his determination to drive the English tra
gedian from the American hoards, had made his ar
rangements to play against him on the same nights^
at the Holiday Street house. Every means had been
resorted to by Mr. F. and his friends in Philadelphia
and New York, to prejudice the public mind against
Mr. Macready, and tho opnortunity was deemed
a favorable one to make capital, by awarding
a prize of one thousand dollars to a young Aincr
icon author—a Baltimorien. Accordingly it was
duly announced in the papers, thnt Mr. Forrest
had awarded said prize to a young gontlenten
of Baltimore, notwithstanding it had been given out
for months previous, that of all the tragedies submit
ted for the prize (some fifty in number, it was said),
not one was deemed worthy of representation. Had
the author been contented witli the money, and al
lowed his MS.to repose among Mr. Forrest’s reject
ed pluys, he would have saved both his own and Mr.
Forrest’s reputation. But by giving the misshapen
thing to the public, be has exposed the shallowness of
the device of his patron, and the poverty of his own
genius as a dramatic writer.
A census of the towns is Massachusetts was
taken by the Assessors in the spring wlthvefeeenceto
the state valuable and representation in the Legigla
tura, and the result shows an enormous incrense ,in
the population of several of the towns since 1840.
Wocester has increased 111 per cent, Somerville 211
per cent, and Chelsea 157 per cent; the smallest in
crease is that in Wrentham whicli is but 4 per oent.
The whole number of towns returned ns yet is 29,
the averrtge lhortiase being 59 per cent. The Wor-
cestcffHpy conjectures that tho number of inhabitants
in the state will not tall far short of a million, which
it thinks will retain to Ahem their .present numbor of
Repi'etentattves in Congress.
llook Notices.
Talbot and Vernon. A Novel. New York: Baker
to Scribner.
This is a well printed, cloth bound volume of soma
500 pages. The story is one of uncommon interest,
in which the writer has aimed to illustrate the strength
of circumstantial evidence, and the fallacy «.f the too
common opinion that such evidence ought in no ease
to be relied upon for a conviction. The writer, in his
preface, admits that men have been improperly con
victed upon circumstantial evidence, and that others
hove been buried alive, when supposed to be dead; but
he contends thnt such things cannot occur without
gross carelessness. “For," says he, “as there are
certain indications about n corpse which are absolutely
inconsistent with life, and without which, no ono with
ordinary good sense would presume death, so there
is, in every case of guilt, an inference from the cir
cumstances to the truth, which is inconsistent with
tlie supposition of innocence, and upou whicli men
are perfectly safe in acting." The incident chosen by
tho writer Tor the illustration of his hypothesis—the
case of a forger—is most admirably adapted to the
purpose, and in the elaboration of his subject, the
author lias shown himself to be a shrewd observer of
men, and a profound reasoner, as well as a graceful
and ngreeuble writer. The scene of the story is laid
in the Great West, and the author has given us some
life-like sketches of character and scenes peculiar to
that sedtion. While the book is calculated to interest
every reader, the legal man will find it no less profita
ble than entertaining.
Conquest of Canada. By Eliot Wubbubton, Esq,,
author of “ the Crescent and tho'Cross," “ Hoche-
laga," &c. New York. Harper Sc Brothers.
This is n reprint in two hnndsoine volumes, and
embraces a faithful history of Canada from the first
discoveries of tho French in 1504 to the surrender of
Quebec in 1759. Ill his history the English author
hus done justice to the French. The advantages and
difficulties encountered by the French and English
monarchies in their early efforts to colonize the New
World are fully considered, and a rational and philo
sophical reason given for the superior success whicli
attended the latter. The work is nterspersed with
copious notes and references, and supplies u vuluable
link in tlie great chain of colonial history.
Life of Jenny Lind. By G. G. Foster. New York :
Dewitt Sc Davenport.
A memoir of the Swedish Queen of Song, the
World’s delighting Jenny Lind I The uutlior has
been to great pains to gutlier from lie most relia
ble sources everything of interest connected with
the career of this highly popular and interesting per
sonage, and has presented her to tlie reader in nil her
nutive attractions of character.
An Easter Offering. By Frediuka Bremer. New
York: Harper Sc Brothers.
This is a six cent pamphlet, containing two short
domestic stories, from tlie pen of the popular Swed
ish Novelist.
Antonina, or the Fall of Rome. By W, Wilkie Col
lins. New York : Harper & Brothers.
This is a deeply interesting historical romance, and
will be read with absorbing interest by all who take
it up. The scene of the story is laid in Rome, in the
fifth century, and tlie incidents upon wliich-it is found
ed are detailed in the “ Decline and Fall of the Roman
Empire.” The name of tlie author is new to us, but
if we may judge by the masterly skill displayed in
these pages, he is destined to take a position by tlie
side of, if not even above Bulwer, as a historical Nov
elist. The characters are vividly drawn and most
strikingly contrasted, while the skill with wuich tlie
incidents, often terrible and startling, are made sub
servient to the general effect, is truly remarkable.
The novel possesses all the fuscination of Bulwer’s
Last Days of Pompeii. It appears as No. 141 of Har
per’s Library of Select Novels.
The Daltons, or Three Roads in Life. By Charles
Lever. New York: Harper &. Brothers.
This is a six cent pnmphlet, in which the Harper’s
give us three chapters of a New Story by Lever.
Ot course it is goo#, or he would not have written it,
nor they have' published it. But we shall wuit for
further installments before we read it.
Liny Leigh. A Domestic Tale. By Charles Dick
ens. New York : Dewitt & Davenport.
This is a short, pleasant story from Dickens'
“ Household Words." It is a neat pamphlet of thirty-
six pages, and contains, besides much entertainment,
a considerable amount of useful philosophy.
Dictionary of Mechanics, Engine work and Enginee
ring;. By Oliver Rybne. NewYorkj D. Apple-
ton, Sc Co.
This truly vnlunble work has reached its Ninth
number. We cannot say more than we have already
said in commendation of the Dictionary. To the me
chanic, tbe man of science or the student, it is invalua
ble. The number before us treats of dressing Mill
stones, Drilling Machines, Dry Docks, Dynamometric
cranes, Dynamometers Earthwork, Electricity and
Electric Light. All these subjects are illustrated with
fine engravings.
Great Meeting |n
In the Boston Journal of the 14th in
proceedings of o large and enthusiastic m fin ' 1 the
whigs of Salem, Mass, convened for ,h llng *4*
expressing their approbation of the com P,lrpo,e of
by Gen. Taylor’s administration, both 7° pnr, '*d
tlie foreign and domestic affairs of th" 1 regarii lo
From the tone of the speeches delivered """"D -
sion, the resolutions adopted, and the enth,,? ° le °«>-
prevailed, there can be no qu c ,ti on ,h Whi 'h
popularity of Gen. Taylor in Massachusetts
whole account of the proceedings ,i «■ He
that Mr. Clay’s name is once mentioned
Silsdee presided, and in his address nsl (. M, h>r
comium to the character of Gen. Tayl ■ gh (l >-
he expressed the hope that tho iwonle tv
land would promptly decla e their rcadines.7
port a Southern and Western President „ "‘P’
so fully up to the New England standard"' 0 ?'
Ufham, in the course of his speech to n, A Mr.
said: lne toeeting
General Taylor was indeed a citizen oft •
but where, tie would ask, is the North?™
who is more true to our rights, or cnn,d? Sta, '«m«n
sentiments, than he. He is even Tow ,^ ^^
whole front of Southern opposition, ^' ^”8 the
not aid in extending the institution wil1
territory now free. Mr. Uplinm said
persona! knowledge, when he said there J7 kefr «»
of those who were opposed to General
lion, taking it for granted that he wJuldT! T
opposite ground on this subject, who now »l ke ?
he is eminently entitled to their resneet „ s th,t
deuce—and the time would come X', co *
discharge tho duty resting upon them h. .®“’ t
rendering credit when credit is due ’ P u f>'icly
In conclusion Mr. Upham remaritoA a. . .
supported Gen Taylo P r in 1848 suppon Mm' Bba
and their confidence is growing C verv I,™ , n ,™'
who supported him in 1848 honor him now »
be found swelling the ranks of those Wk d T !l
achieve his last great triumph in 1852. 0 ' hl111
1 he sentiment of the meeting in regard to the terra
rial question now before Congress will be undsr.7 ,
from the following resolutions, which, with off
were unanimously passed. ' ncr,,
Resolved, That the people of all parties demssi.v
immediate admission of California inSZ UnW
with her present Constitution, unembarrassed
undelayed by implication with any other m™,
whatever; they are justly indignant that a Stated
posed ot the enterprising, energetic, and mtiZ
sons ot every member ot our Confederacy, if ,» £
tory and growth a glorious monument of the mis,
and genius of our people, whose Constitution hi?
hie offering to the cause of freedom and humanity
and which bnugs such a contribution to the ws2'
greatness, and power of the Union, after having2
promptly and warmly welcomed by the TreE
has, tor mon ths, been knocking in vain at the door, of
Congress. The people demanded that those doors l,
opened immediately.
Resolved, Thnt the people of Massachusetts as th.;.
Representatives in the State Legislature hove unani-
mously declared, will ever earnestly insist upon the
application of the principles of the Ordinance of 1787
to nny legislation by Congress for the civil corert
ment ol tlie Territories, but we arc willing that such
legislation should be deferred for the present to cive
opportunity lor the people of New Mexico, following
the example ot California, and the suggestionsoftho
President to frnme a constitution for themselves anil
claim admission to our confederacy as a State. ’
Resolved, That the recommendations of the Pres;-
dent, on this subject, evince a wisdom and spirit
worthy of his character n'nd station, as the patriotic
chief mngistrate ofthe Union, whose duty It is to
respect the convictions of all parties and all sections
of our common country, and who has proved that
he respects our conviction by not ashing us to aban
don them. The adoption of his policy by Congress
would terminntc the conflict between the north and -
south, without'humiliating cither party, and in ac
cordance witli the rights of tbe Territories and tho
principles of liberty and justice.
Resolved, That it has now become the duty of all
Three Strong Men. By AlexanderDumas. Trans
lated by Fayette Robinson. New York:DE
wittSc Davenport.
There is a romance of the Modern French school
of course, in which the author depicts the sociul evils
arising from the laxity of morals among the upper
classes of Parisian society. The story abounds in in
cident, intrigues, plot and passion, ami lacks more of
the usual concomitants of that class of Literature.
Latter Day Pamphlets. Edited by Thomas Cablyle.
New York: Harper Sc Brothers.
No. IV.. for April, is a raking, scathing, caustic, bit
ing, Cnrlyleieh Political Candle on the abuses of New
Downing Street. To American admirers of Car
lyle’s crudities and oddities of style, these pnmphlets
do'not luck interest, even though the reader knows
nothing, and cares less of the abuses against which
they are directed.
The above works are to be had of Mr. John M.
Cooper.
[jp 1 A writer in the New York Commercial sug
gests that instead of the British Government expend
ing £760,000 annually upon the squudron, one seventh
part of the amount be laid out in sending to the coast,
at £ 10 per head, emigrants who would colonize the
country.
The only objection to the proposition is that there
is too aiuch practical good sense in it. Modem pliil-
anthrophy discards all plans that partake of the ra
tional or practical. PhilHnthropby is so elevated a
virtue in its own conceit, thut it looks beyond its true
objects. If half the money that has been expended
in the glaive trade by Great Brituin, had been employ
ed in colonizing back again the descendants of those
Africans <who were brought from their native shores
in British vessels, and by British capital, there would
now be ao need of protecting the coasts of Africa
with her fleets. Such a policy would have peopled
Africa with an enlightened nnd improved race of blucks |
and would hove been the Inst atonement that the Eng
lish people could possibly make for tlie wrong done
the African savage, of indeed ho lias suffered wrong
by a captivity which has been the means of elevating
him in the scale of human being.
Cotton Blankets.—Machinery has lately been
invented, by which blankets, that to all appearance
are entirely wool, are chiefly made with cotton. The
cotton-thread is wound with woollen thread, pretty
umicli as fhe steel wire of a piano is wound with silver
wire. The process is performed so cheaply that the
difference in the price of the material makes a good
large profit to the manufacturer, while he can afford
his article comparatively low.
geo, totally fori
rescue of the incorruptible magistrate, the plain re.
publican, nnd the honest man, without fear anil with- I
out reproach, who has brought to the chair of Waff. I
ington tho spirit of the Father of his Country. Let 1
the people rise in their might. Let them meet in I
their primnry assemblies and re-echo through the I
land their pledges to him who never falters ana never I
fails in their hour of danger und the path of duty I
and who is gloriously upholding the Union end the I
Freedom, the Honor nnd the Peace of the country I
Point Coupee Crevasse.
The New Orleans Picayune of Friday speaking of I
the Cre'vas8e at Point Coupee, says : ]
The great crevasse brings disaster upon the rich- I
est nnd moat populous part of the State. Hundreds j
of plantations must be overflowed, houses will be I
curried away, stock destroyed, and crops ruined. 'It J
is impossible to estimate tlie loss, present and pros- t
pective, which this inundation threatens. It will in E
all likelihood cover up a region of fertile country si I
large ns some whole States in the Union, and driie I
from their homes a vast multitude of ou r most indus- I
trious and most valued citizens. All this follows from I
a break in tho levee ofthe Mississippi not wider thu I
the space between Canal und Common streets,
through which the floods are pouring with frightful I
und irresistiblj violence. j
The True Delta of the snme date snys: I
Every boat arriving from above brings iorr ow|iil I
intelligence regarding the state of the rrret,^whicn,
at many points, has swept away the feeble nuns
raised to confine its torrent, and, with
hopes, tlie all, of hundreds of our most industn
citizens. It impossible to muke, even by spp ■
irontion, any thing like a correct estimated thee
mous injury sustained already from the crevasses
huve occurred ; but it is certainly no exagger*
suppose, that it exceeds several millions. Wa J
the most valuable plantations of the State at
parnbly injured, while the diminution of the gi
crop of this season, from overflow a' 01 ]?' JJl
very seriour indeed. An immense breadth
try is now under water, and tlie great ere '
ported by our attentive correspondent in » *
ning’s pnpor, as having occurred opposite .
rn, must produce loss nnd suffering, it notac
to the numerous planters residing between , ,
sissippi at that point, and Berwick s Bay
pas.
The New Comet.—A correspondent of the
ton Traveller says this new visitant is now ai
biota the naked eye in the constellation ^ rs ^
Its northern declination being about ~~ e “ ' .j
right ascension 16h 20m. It will contfoue ° * ^
the earth until the middle of July, when jj,|
its minimum distance from us ot sbon * en i
millions of miles, or less than one milt o
distance. As it is also approaching “ ie sun ' • Un
come five or six time* brighter than no
the 20th June, is geocenfrict position 0 j j„.
the stars Alpha and Iota Draconis. On t e ^ ^
ly it will be seen a few degrees to t ie ^
bright star Arcturus, in the constellation Boo ■ ^
ing rapidly to the south, it will {joss ne ^ £r
Spica Virginia Oil the 23d ot July, and w . a i re idy
descend below the southern horizon. ^ [>],■
fnst increasing in brightness, ih will pfol i
tiuctly visible to the naked eye during „ B , 0 h>
July. It is a singular fact, that the firs . j,y elc
servntions of this comet were repreec .jj s j 0 o with
meats which made the probability of son ■
our planet a matter of serious appreliensio
United States Mint- , go0 s.
The Philadelphia Inquier is indebted to _
den, of the U. States Mint, for the following
ing information :
Amount of gold bullion received from i3 o0,0d»
the l6t to the 14th inst. is about.-
Tlie gold coinage during the sain 1 $1,163.1-
riod, is ••••'"''-eased.P° r .'
Since tlie gold bullion fund l)* 8 e pn jd in two o
suanttothe recent law, depositors s P which >» "
three days Bftor the bullion is re , n as8 ay. I ,
soon as the value can be determ - < vvliieb
provements are now rapidly in P . gve millions
enable the mint to coin irom lour t
dollars per mouth. the business in
The following is a statement ot t sta te*,
office of the Assistant Treasurer of to
for tile week ending this day. *51,713 7 1 '
Receipts ■*!
.71,463,571 -o
Payments