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■editor’s depa rTME NT. ym. c. RICHARDS, EDITOR. atDens, CScotfita! I Saturday Morniii!?, Way 12, 1H49. HOME LITERATURE. I One of the most urgent wants of the Soutli *t the present time, is a sound and high toned Ilonrc Literature. This fact cannot ®o too often stated. It should be repeated Again and again, and kept before the people, till the public mind is aroused to it, and the 4fant supplied. Literature is as essential An clement of our prosperity as Commerce, II inufactures, or Agriculture. It secures to a people respect ahroad, and elevation of 4h iracter, refinement of tastes, and sources ts exalted happiness at home. I We want Histories of the rise and progress | O) the various Commonwealths of the South • tof the stirring and often tragic adventures of their founders and early settlers —of their t ruggles with hardship, famine and pesti lence—of their early wars with the red men and with foreign foes, and of the later con- JL s .ts, in which the people of the South have ■borne so conspicuous a part —Histories wor th’ of such themes, We want works on Education, worthy to give direction to the intellects of our young men and women— orks which shall create a demand for high er mental culture, and a more general diffu sion of knowledge among the people. We •ant Agricultural works, Statistics of Trade Ind Manufactures, etc. And we want Poe fc y and Romance, which shall be true to the and scenery of our country—which ■hall be as intense as the matchless blue of ur skies, as full of vivifying warmth us the ■onerous sunshine of our climate, as sublime as our mountains —Poetry and Romance in Which our broad savannas, our noble rivers, our dark piny woods, and our gloomy, death haunted swamps and lagoons, shall seem to translate themselves into words, and in *hich, whatever is courteous, generous, lib eral, free, hospitable, and magnanimous, in Eie character of our people, shall be proper ly commemorated. 9 In making these remarks, we have no de- ’ ■ sir to foster improper sectionalism. Amer ica 11 Literature should be something higher U and broader than the literature of the South or of the North. It should embrace this and ■itch more. But each section of our coun ty should have its own peculiar Home Lit ■iaiture —a Literature that shall be distinc tive and characteristic. ■ We cannot here enter into a consideration. Os the causes which have 1.-.1 to the c.ompsr ■tive neglect of Literature in the South.— W e believe they are causes which can be re moved, and we call upon all who have the interests of their native land at heart, to use their best endeavors to seek out these causes, and to apply the proper remedy. ■A few generous, self-sacrificing spirits, have done nobly for the cause of Literature in the South. They have received little re ward, except in the consciousness of having toiled and suffered in agood cause. We hope at and believe that we witness the dawning of a brighter day. The great want of which we hr ’ spoken, begins to be felt by the best minds of the South. One important point, then, has been gained. The recognition of the need of a Home Literature, will lead to Alle creation of such a Literature —so, at lr ist, we trust. Arc we right ? We must Aivait the Future for au answer. THE SCHOOLFELLOW. ■ IVc have been so much absorbed in the of the Gazette, and in other en gagements, that we have quite too much The Schoolfellow, and failed to i Bring it sufficiently to the notice of our read ■s. The readers of our Journal will hc jvuit us of any disposition to boast, or to in (Jidgc in the self-puffing, so common, and so ®>gusting withal, in some of our contempo raries. We do not know, however, that we not, in avoiding one extreme, fallen Into the opposite, and in saying little or I ™>tliing of ourself and our labors, led some to imagine that there was little to say—at l*nst, in the way of praise. • ■To be just to ourself, then, we are about to claim for The Schoolfellow the highest and warmest approbation of parents, teach eite, and pupils, for it deserves them in a *ipst eminent degree. There is not jn the whited States a better work for children, or on l which they admire so much. We have be’ a told this so often by judicious parents, th.i iwe assert it confidently. Many have beni the thanks tendered to us for this un pretending little work, and we have really coinc to the conclusion, that for once we *hive made a truly successful hit. Hear wjiat the accomplished Editress’ of .Veal's m<izette says of it; Every number of this charming juvenile pub liwition increases in interest. That for March is illustrated, and contains many arti cle well adapted for the minds of the little ones whom it is intended, from well known writers. them, we notice the names of two of the Nest contributors, Marie Roseau and Aria, together with Mrs. Oakes Smith, Richards, Miss C. W. Barber, and others, aim ‘s Vacation, by the Editor, combines scien instruction with un interesting tale ; and an entitled “ Table Etiquette,” might in •troct Rrown people, as well as children. The low terms, as well as its superior excellence, cora- it to all parents. $1 }>er annum.” Ha nd in a still more recent notice, the paper calls it “ the best of all the Ju- Pmtiles.” I a this nothing, to be said of the work of the kind ever attempted South the Potomac, and as yet only four months •frl ■ We are—let us confess it—proud of Schoolfellow, and we claim for it a cir culation of ten thousand copies. No in which there is a child capable of or of understanding wliat is read, slould be without it another month. We lo.<-e half our faith in the intelligence and good sense of the Southern people, if The Schoolfellow does not obtain the cir culation we claim for it. It is unsurpassed in the variety of its contents—the beauty of its illustrations, and the cheapness of its price. We will close by calling attention to the Prospectus on our last page. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN. This distinguished navigator has been now four years absent on an exploring ex pedition in the extreme northern regions of the Western Continent, endeavoring to dis cover the Northwest Passage, so long an ob ject of scientific interest. During all that period, no intelligence has been received from him; and, as the probable time fixed for his return has gone by more than a year, much solicitude is felt on his account. In the autumn of 1847, the British Gov- i ernment sent out an expedition, in three ! divisions, to search after the missing explo- 1 ‘rers. Os these three, one was entirely inef ficient; another has sent back no intelli gence ; and the third is wintering in the ice ! in Lancaster Sound. In these circumstances, Lady Jane Frank- i lin has addressed a letter to President Tay lor, invoking our national aid in the search after her husband and his enterprising as sociates. To this letter, which contains a brief view t>f the facts, the President has re- j sponded in a manner at once creditable to himself and to the American people. In this i Jotter, which we would publish if we had space, he says: “ To accomplish the object you have in view, the attention of American navigators, and espe cially of our whalers, will be immediately invoked. All the information in the possession of this gov ernment, to enable them to aid in discovering the missing ships, relieving their crews, andrestoring them to their families, shall be spread far and wide among our people; and ull that the execu tive government of the United States, in the ex ercise of its aonstitutional powers, can effect to meet this requisition on American enterprise, skill and bravery, will be promptly undertaken. “ The hearts of the American people will be deeply touched by your eloquent address to their Chief Magistrate, and they will join with you in an earnest prayer to Him, whose Spirit is on the waters, that your husband and his companions may yet bo restored to their country and their friends.” Most fervently do we echo the sentiments of this letter, which cannot fail to meet a response in every patriotic heart. ottr oossip Column. The American Art-Union. From the Bulletin for May, we learn that there are at this time, one hundred pictures in the possession of the “ Union”—most of which, if we may judge from the opinions of the press, are of the highest degree of merit. Among the subjects, we notice only one of Southern origin—a view on the French Broad River, N. C., from the pencil of Mr. T. Addison Richards. We wish we could count twenty Southern pictures, instead of one; for while the “ Catskills” and the “A dirondack” are represented in every con ceivable variety, until, from repetition, they ‘fjecomc tedious—our magnificent “ French Uro.d,” >• TdluM,- utl.c. regions, arc absolutely terra incognita, to almost the whole body of American artists. Their virgin beauties are yet to be revealed to the eye of the painter; and when that time shall have come, the walls of the “ Art- Union” will be adorned with “ pictures that are pictures,” not only in execution, but in A whole world of beauty and picturesqueness is yet to be opened to Art in the Swamps of the South, where the lav ish foliage mocks the most gorgeous colors of the palette, and where the “ effects” are ■strange and startling. Why will not our Ar tist of the French Broad return to that mag nificent field, and. reap there the laurels which are so hardly won from the painter haunted Catskills ? A word to the “ Art- Union,” en passant. The addition of South ern pictures to the Gallery, would have the happy effect of multiplying ten-fold the number of patrons in the South. We should rejoice to know that there were thousands of subscribers South of the Potomac. Carrying it too far. At a recent performance of “ Nourcddin,” a popular extravaganza, at the Princess’ Theatre, London, the scenic illusions were so extraordinary, that one of them, repre senting a fire, created the wildest alarm among the spectators, and even frightened the “ ballet girls” oft’ the stage! A great rush was made for the door, and cries of “ Fire” prevailed. It was impossible for the manager to restrain the terrified crowd, and only a very few remained to learn that it was nothing more than a “ scenic illusion,” and a legitimate part of the show ! Whortleberries. The Editor of the American Agriculturist enquires, in his April number, if the Vac cinium Frondosum is found in the South in other than mountainous regions. We reply that it is our most common species of the Vaccinium, and occurs in almost every sec tion of Georgia and the Carolinas. It is abundant in the woods contiguous to Athens —and we have often seen it in the lowlands. Punch on the Panoramas. Mr. Punch has been recently getting into hot water —not a very uncomfortable place for Punch, by the way—by accusing Profes sor Ilisley, who is exhibiting a ‘ four mile panornma” in London, of copying Mr. Ban vard’s picture of the Mississippi, (which, it seems, has had quite a long run in the Me tropolis.) Professor Risley denies that his picture is “ a copy of Banvard’s,” and Punch retorjs that he did not say the picture was a copy, hut that the Professor had plagiar ized the idea”of estimating the merits of a painting by its length from Banvard. Punch rather tartly adds that the mileage of a pic ture Is not a very legitimate claim upon the public favor, and questions the merit of that rivalry which consists in seeing “ which of the ‘two competitors can go, literally, to the greatest lengths.” The idea of a picture’s having latitude, (breadth,) will do very well, but that of its being estimated by de grees, in longitude, is certainly a novel one; and tve do not wonder that Mr. Punch is chary-very in his approbation of it. Station vs. Depot. The word depot is purely and there is no more fitness in its general use in this country, than there would be in our calling‘steamboats batteaur de rapeur, or uiise.tr ©aasiiia stage coaches diligences. The English em ploy the word “ station,” and this is the term which we should immediately substi tute for depot. It is a libel upon our mo ther tongue to select a word from a foreign language to express what might be better conveyed in the vernacular. The affecta tion of calling things by French names is superlatively ridiculous and should be dis countenanced. | The Treaty of Vienna a Myth, The Treaty of Vienna, between the Em peror and the King of Spain, is stated both by Rees and Brewster, in their famous Cy clopoedias, to have been made on the thirty first day of April , 1725. If the Chronology of these distinguished annalists is correct, then the Treaty of Vienna must be included among the myths of the past, since the day of its birth is a non-entity. This is a stri king illustration of the manner in which er rors are perpetuated by transfer from one book to another. Can any of our readers correct the mistake of the Cyclopoedists ? Electro-Magnetic Power. YVe have long been satisfied, from person al observation and experiment,that Electro- Magnetism is available ns a cheap and effi cient motive power. It is, therefore, with pleasure, that we learn the successful re sults of recent experiments of Professor Page, in applying the power to a Napier Printing Press. With the sum of .#20,000 wisely appropriated by Congress to such experiments, we doubt not gratifying results will be produced ; and we confidently expect yet to see the lightning harnessed to our rail road cars, and doing the work of the steam engine in our noble ships. As(s)similation. Punch, having seen it stated that “ one hundred thousand bushels of corn had rotted in California, for want of persons to gather it,” very impertinently inquires which was longest in the ear —the “ corn” or the “ persons !” For an answer, we respectful ly refer him to the Vicar of Bray. Sparkling and bright. We do not know when we have met with a more briliant tribute to a lady’s eyes, than lb contained in the following verses : “ Prometheus stole fire, the poets all soy, To enliven the image he’d modelled iu clay : Had fair Mary been with him, the beams of her eyes Would have saved him the trouble of robbing the skies. Edwin Forrest. Mr. Forrest having achieved a world-wide reputation as an actor of tragedy in “ coun terfeit presentments,” seems now seriously bent on playing tragedy in earnest, if we may judge from his recent course. To say nothing of his conduct in the Macready quarrel—his still later act of separation from his wife appears very extraordinary. To “ put away” by a sudden and unexplain ed caprice, one who has been to hitp for ma ny years a bosom companion, and the mother of four children, all of whom died in infancy, seems to us an act bordering on insanity. Well may his deserted wife—who is said to be a most excellent lady—address him in the words of the immortal Sliakspeare : “ A.U -, In what have I offended you 1 What cause Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure, That thus you should proceed to put me off, And take your good grace from me 1 Heaven witness I have been to you a true and humble wife, At all times to your will conformable ; Ever in fear to kindle your dislike, Yea subject to your countenance; glad or sorry, As I saw it inclined. 99 Mrs. Forrest was the daughter of Sinclair, the celebrated vocalist. She was named after the gifted but unhappy Mrs. Norton —whose destiny also she seems to share. our (HtHitnnporarics. Southern Literary Messenger, for May. AVe have read only the New York Letter of this number, in which the writer “ does not hesitate to pronounce ‘ The Sea Lions’ a very stupid novel, tedious, .dismal; loose in its style, ill-constructed, poorly begun, fee bly continued, and lamely ended.” This reviewer is “ nothing if not critical,” we take it; and perhaps he is critical; but we thank Heaven he is not our Mentor ! It is fashionable now-a-days to decry Mr. Coop er’s novels, as this writer does; but we must be permitted to believe —yea, and to express our belief—that he is still, even as he was, the greatest American Novelist; and as for the “ Sea Lions,” we differ with the correspondent of the Messenger “ in to to calo.’’ Next week, wc too “ will shew our opinion.” Western Literary Messenger, for May. Buffa lo: Jewett & Cos. This is decidedly one of the choicest mis cellanies ou our exchange list. It contains monthly a vast amount of the most agreea ble reading, partly original and partly se lected. Its contents are never tame or pro fitless, for Mr. Clement is a man of too much good taste to allow this. The Mammoth Sahtrday Gazette. This is not anew Journal as some readers may think, but an old favorite—“ Neal” un der anew name, and, let us suggest to the publishers,a far less popular one. But eha cun a son gout, “ What’s in a name ?” This is, beyond all question, the best week ■ly family paper in Philadelphia, and if we had said in the world, we should hardly have made a mistake. AA'e commend it for its good taste, its variety, and its purity. The Literary American. New York: A. J. Townsend. This popular Journal is publishing as ft serial, a Tale, by Lieut. Mayne Reid, enti tled W ar Life : or the Adventures of a Light Infantry Officer in the late Mexican War. Terms $& per Annum. The Literary Union. Syracuse, N. Y.: W. W. Newman. We are pleased with the appearance of this new paper. Its pages evince both tal ent and industry on the part of its Editors, Messrs. Winchell & Johonnot, who say the great idea which will pervade its pages, is Progress. It is a quarto of 16 pages, published weekly, at Two Dollars. Littell’s Living Age, No. 260, (May 12.) Bos ton. This is a sterling issue. The chief paper, on the poet Campbell, is worth the price of the number, which contains a dozeu articles besides, including more of “ The Story of a Family.” Scientific American. Now York : Munn & Cos. No better paper for the avechunic. or the amateur in the useful arts, is anywhere published, to our knowledge. It is only #2 per annum. The Monthly Law Reporter, New Series, Vol. 11, No. 1. Edited by Stephen 11. Phillips.— May 1, 1849. Boston: Little & Browu. The value of this work to the profession, is acknowledged. It needs no commenda tion from us, and we name it simply to ad vise our legal readers that the May number, just issued, is the first of a volume, and, of course, the present is a suitable time to sub scribe. The terns are Three Dollars per j annum. The publishers offer the current volume, together with that for the past year, J for Five Dollars Sartain’s Union Magazine, for May, 1849. Philadelphia : John Sartain & Cos. This beautiful work appears with great! promptness, and extorts admiration by the j variety and excellence of its pictorial and literary attractions. The pictures in the May number are very numerous, nod most of them possess decided met it. The success of this Magazine is “ Sartain .” (Dur Book <£abtc. [Publishers and Authors who desire to have their Books noticed in this Gazette, are requested to send copies to the Editor through Stringer & Townsend, Ncw-York, or Carey & Hart, Phil. .Mardi, and a Voyage Thither. By Herman Melville. In two vols., 12m0., pp. 365-387. New York. Harper & Brothers. 1819. Verily, this book is a literary phenome non. “ Typce” and “ Omoo” are complete ly thrown into the shade by this latest effort of Air. Melville's peculiar talent. The os tensible difference between Mardi and its predecessors is, that while they claimed to be fact, and were universally regarded as fiction, this is boldly set forth as a fiction, which the author thinks may possibly be received as a verity. If he has any hopes of this kind, he may as well dismiss them— for certainly a wilder or more incongruous mass of fiction was never brought forth, with cliristiiyi rites, than is contained in these two volumes. To analyze them, is beyond our purpose. The story is not altogether unlike “ Typee” and “ Omoo but, being a sublimation of their extravagances, the reader may judge to what extent his com mon sense will be taxed in its perusal. To do Mr. Melville justice, we must acknow ledge at once his singular inventive faculty, and his rhetorical facility. There is a spar kle, a charm, a certain wild grace about his style, that would be quite irresistible, were it not for his decided and oppressive man nerisms, which ulmost everywhere disfigure it. With Mr. Melville’s description of the Soutli Seas, and of their icthyological won ders —as also of the exquisite island scenery therein encountered—we should be stoics not to be charmed. His escape from the ‘ Arcturion,’ and the subsequent adventures of himself and his comnaninn. “ Old -lari.”—a i*onr auboliiute. by the way, for Toby of “ Typee,” though not without his good points—for many days over the wonder-teeming waters of the Southern Seas, are very graphically nar rated. Yillak, the heroine of the book, is a beau tiful creation of the author's fancy ; but we cannot help thinking that lie might hav, managed his story better than to make her a phantom, vanishing from his very arrru on,e night, and going no one knew whitliei This trick of Air. Melville’s, by the way, o creating such exquisite beings as Fayaway. of Typee memory, and Yillah, of Alardi, for his own especial and unlicensed enjoyment, is a striking commentary upon the morality of the book. The Island of “ Mardi” is another “ Ty pee,” where our author passes himself oft’ under the name of Taji, a demi-god, and a visitor from the sun. lie becomes the guest of Media, King of Odo, and, after Yillah so mysteriously disappears, he resolves to go in search of her ; and Aledia, who is a very jolly, sociable and clever fellow, decides to accompany him. And now commences a series of travels and adventures almost unparalleled in ro mance. Feasts and frolics are plenty as blackberries ; and so plenty are Kings, that five and twenty of them sit down to dinner together, “ and a royal time they have.” In the further development of the story, the machinery of magic is employed, and we have an enchantress Hautia, with her sing ing maidens as heralds; and, at the very close of the book, Taji becomes a victim of Hautia, who reveals to him his lost Yillah, lying dead in a sca-cavcrn! Romantic enough, in all conscience Wc liked “Typoc” vastly well. It was fresh, racy and delightful, despite its some what sensuality. “ Omoo” tired us with its attenuation of the fine thread of the former work, and disgusted us with the author’s evident latitudinarianism in both morals aqd religion. In “ Mardi,” we have a still further wire-drawing process, and, perhaps, even less disguised immorality and infideli ty. These are hard words, but they must be uttered in justice to onr position as a journalist. AVitliout questioning Mr. Melville’s very clever talent at romancing, we must con scientiously condemn his too thinly veiled lasciviousness, and, moreover, deny his right to work an idea to death, as he has evident ly done in Mardi AVe will not take leave of the book, without affording our readers as fair a specimen of the descriptive powers of our author as a single brief paragraph can present. It is a description of Yillah, at £rst sight. * “ Before me crouched a beautiful girl. Her hands were drooping. And, like a saint from a shrine, she looked sadly out from her fair, long hair. A low wail issued from her lips, and she trembled like a sound. There were tears on her cheek, ami a rose-colored pearl on her.bosom. Did I dream! A snow-white skin: blue firma ment eyes: Goleonda locks. For an instant, spell-bound I stood, while with a slow apprehen sive movement, mid at ill gazing fixedly, the cap tive gathered more closely about her a gauze-like robe.” * Mordaunt Hall, or A September Night. A Novel, by Mrs. Marsh. New York : Harper & Brothers. Anew work, by the author of 1 Angela,’ will be eagerly sought after. Fernand::, or, The Fallen Angel. By Alexan dre Dumas. One vol., Bvo. New York: Stringer & Townsond. The admirers of Dumas—one of the least objectionable (it must be confessed) of the French School of novelists—will find in this work much of the brilliant manner of Monte Cristo, its author’s chef d'ouvre. Eighteen Hundred and Twelve, or Napo leon’s Invasion of Russia. An Historical Ro mance. By Louis Hellstab. New York: Stringer & Townsend. 1849. The author of this popular and interest ing work is a German, whose European reputation is established beyond question, and the versatility of genius is quite as re inurkable a” its brilliance. He has distin guished himself in the profession of arms, in song-writing, in journalism, in polemics, and in criticism—especially in music. Os the work before us, we may properly speak in high terms—not only comparative ly, as bis master-piece, but absolutely, as a production evincing a very high order of talent. Os modern German fiction, there is very little deserving of translation, but umong the little “ 1812” is pre-eminent. The chief interest of the book is the ad vance of Napoleon to Moscow, the famous conflagration of that city, and the retreat, with the attendant thrilling events. The reader will certainly be favorably impressed with the descriptive powers of the author. Roland Cashil. By Churles l’art 1. New York : Harper & Brothers. Mr. Lever is the prince of humorists, and it is utterly impossible to read his books without niuking one’s sides ache. This first part of Roland Cashil abounds with his hap piest characteristics, and creates impatience for the rest. £l)c Religious lUorltJ. The Georgia Battist Convention will meet in this place on Friday next, the 18th instant. The American & Foreign Bible Soci ety is in a prosperous condition. For the first time since its organization, its receipts exceed its expenditures A Bishop Bankrupt. Bishop Doane of tlie Diocess of Ncw-Jersey is said to have failed for a quarter of a million of dollars, of which vast sum he is able to pay only a tri fling per centum. A singular feature of this case is that that the greater part of the money was expended in the erection of church edifices. The Roman Catholic National Coun cil, —composed of the Arch-Bishops and Bishops of the Catholic Church, —will con vene in Baltimore on Monday, the 14th in stant. £l)e f ittrarji IVorlit. CoorEß.—Mr. Putnam lias issued the first volume, (containing ‘ The Spy’) of his edi tion of Mr. Cooper's novels, uniform with the elegant series of Irving's works. The American public will show its good taste by liberally sustaining this enterprise. Mr, Magoon’s New Work. —The last k v. r . r a... t. -■-re publican Christianity.” In a recent letter to us, he characterizes it as his chief work, and says, “it is the crystallized sweat of my brain.” American Literature in Pahis.— The London Literary Gazette notices the growing popularity of American books in Paris, and mentions Messieurs. Charles and Pichot as especially entitled to the thanks of the Americans for contributing much to increse the acquaintance of the French peo ple with American authors. Longfellow's New Work. The Litera ry IVorld gives us a chapter from “ Kava nagh ” in advance of the publication. It is a very acceptable foretaste. Harvard University. The inaugura tion of President Sparks will take place a- j bout tlie last of June. Commencement oc- j curs, hereafter, the tliird Wednesday in July. • oatljcrci) -fragments. The American Medical Association held its Annual Meeting at Boston last 1 week. It is described as a great Medical Juhilcc. The next meeting (1850) will be held in the City of Cincinnati. Destructive Fire in Charleston. — On Monday last, a fire broke out in Bound ary street, which, before it was suppressed, destroyed nearly seventy buildings, many of which were, however, of little value. The 1 loss is estimated at £30,000. It is attribu ted to incendiarism. A Daring Robbery. —Nearly four thou sand dollars were stolen from the counter of the Alcrchants’ Bank in New A’ork, on Friday, the 4th inst. TO CORRESPONDENTS. Enquirer. — The Schoolfellow will cer tainly be permanent. Alphonso.— AVe will find an early place for your verses. ‘T. J. T.—Your story is not destitute of merit, but still is scarcely admissible, judg ed by the standard we have set up. Our earnest recommendation is, that you “ try again. S. L. F.—We respectfully decline your articles. * M. P. R.—We cannot publish your rhymes upon the inducement you hold out —of “ be coming a patron”! We might procure a thousand subscribers on that condition ! Merit alone is the key to our columns. j J. A. T.—We will reply to your letter im mediately. Penseroso. —Ywur verses are not up to the standard—though we have seen many worse ones in print. G.—The length of your Poem obliges us to decline it. Let us hear from you again, and soon. J. T. — Yout ballad is filed for further ex amination. P. H. H.—-We will put you in print very shortly. T. 11. C.—Several of your favors “ bide their time.” %* We have been for several weeks absent from home, and the accumulation of letters is large, tendering it impossible for us to re ply to all in this number. We hope our correspondents will “ have patience.” 8 SUB (818 13 lb® SB?. THE SHAKBPEAEK CALENDAR. Prepared for Richards’ Weekly Gazette. May 6th—The South Sea Act passed the House of Commons, 1717. t‘ On my life, my lord, a bubble!” [All's I Veil, Act iii, Scene 6. May 7th —A Patent granted to James Burbage and his Associates for Theatrical Exhibitions, 1574. “ Good, my lord, will you see the players well bestowed 1 Do you hear, let them be well used; for they are tho abstract and brief chronicles of the time.” [ Hamlet, Act ii, Scene 2. May 8th —The Battle of Palo Alto, in which the Mexicans were signally defeated, 1840. •* They shall have wars, and pay for their pro sumption!” [Henry VI, Part 111, Act iv, Scene 1. May 9th—Tlie Battle of Itesaca de la Palma, in which the American arms were triumphant, 1846. “ Thus fur our fortunes keep on upward rourso, And we aro graced with wreaths of victory.” [Henry VI, Part 111, Act v, S:cnc3 May 10th —The city of Mexico besieged by Cortes, 1521. “ Girdled with a waist of iron, And heraui'd about with grim destruction.” [Henry 17, Part 1, Act iv, Scene 3. May 11th—Pharaoh and his host drowned in the Bed Sea, B. C., 1489. “ A thousand men that fishes gnaw’d upon!” [Hichard 111, Act i, Scene 4. May 12th—The City of Charleston sur rendered to the British, 1780. “ What say youl Will you yield, and thus avoid 1 Or guilty, in defence, be thus destroyed 1 Gov. —Our expectation hath this day an end: * * * * * * We yield our town and lives to thy soft mercy; Enter our gates; dispose of us and ours, For we no longer arc defensible.” [ King Henry V, Act iii. Scene 3. ill In thU town, on Tuesday the Bth inst., Col. R R. Randolph .and Miss Mary Brown. In Liiwrenceville,Ga., Bryant Strickland, Esq. and Miss Mary C. Russell. Iu Oglethorpe Cos., ou 26th ultimo, Mr. James Bridges and Miss Emily S. Bell. In Talhot Cos., Ga., on the Ist, G. N. McMur rav. Esq. and Miss Estra inn dura Ida Acee. T-yWETm*. ("apt. N. W. Hunter, the subject of this brief tribute, was a native of the county of Hancock iu this state —He was graduated at We9t Point | Academy in 1833 with distinction, and he,'at j once, entered the Regular Army with which he j was connected during his life, lie served t hrough I the Florida war, and also through the Mexican war in Gen Taylor’s vlivision, being present at the beginning of hostilities and j artie'pating in | the battles of Pulo Alto and Rcsaca He La Pal ma. —lie had been married but a short tiuic be- I fore the Army was ordered to the Rio Grande, yet true to the soldiers love of glory and of coun try he tore him=elf away from the endearments of | home ad rushed to the field of Mars to vindicate i the honor and interests of his country —lie cos- I tractod disease while in Mexico and returned to j Athens lust July, suffering severely w ith neuralgia j and continued an invalid for months. 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