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EDITOR’S DEPARTMENT.
WM. C. RICHARDS, EDITOR.
gJtljrns, eirorsia!
Saturday Morning,..June 16, 1549.
THE AMERICAN ART-UNION.
The transactions jof this important Art
Association for the year 184 ft, are before us,
in a volume of nearly 200 pages—and we
purpose to devote a little time and space to
a review of them, and also to a glance at
the plans announced for the present year.
We have so warmly commended the Art-
Union in previous notices, that our readers
arc already aware of the deep interest we
feel in its advancement —and we will not do
them the injustice to suppose that they are
lacking in an earnest appreciation of its
great objects.
The friends of the Art-Union have reason
to congratulate themselves on what has been
achieved in the furtherance of American
Art, since its establishment in 1839. To
adopt the beautiful figure employed by the
esteemed President of the Institution, at its
last annual meeting, “ the acorn which was
planted almost by stealth, ten years since,
has become an oak, under whose wide
spreading branches, Art reposes itself in
grateful security, sheltered from many of
the storms which often frown upon genius
and talent.”
The influence of Art upon the character
and destiny of a nation, is not to be express
ed in words. The chief memorials of the
past arc found in her statues and paintings,
which come down to us voiced with the
splendor of ages—whose glory and great
ness arc reflected only in these imperishable
trophies of Genius and Art.
The very decided manifestations of a high
order of Art in our country, should encour
age us to distinguished effort for its speedy
and perfect development. To aid in this
design, we have already an organization
most admirable in its features and most effi
cient in its operations. It has succeeded
beyond the most sanguine expectations of
its founders and friends. “ The little one”
has literally “ become a thousand”—and the
present is full of happy auguries for the fu
ture.
From the Report of the Committee of Man- ,
agement, we learn that the number of mem- j
bers, constituted each by the annual pay
ment of Five Dollars, for the year 1848,
was 16,475 —being an increase of seven
thousand over the preceding year, and
yielding to the Union a fund of over #BO,-
000. That this sum might have been in
creased to SIOO,OOO is by no means impro- j
bablc, if the Committee had not deemed it |
advisable to hasten the closing of the books.
This is, indeed, a triumph 1 One hundred
thousand dollars in small voluntary contri
butions, to erect ami adorn a National Tem
ple of Art, is an offering worthy of a great
and a free people 1
With this fund of #BO,OOO, the Art-Union
purchased 479 pictures —produced 17,000
impressions of a steel-plate engraving, rep
resenting “ Queen Mary signing the death
warrant of Lady Jane Grey”—also 17,000
sets of Outline Illustrations of “ Rip Van
Winkle,” with the text—4so medals of
Washington Allston and Gilbert Stuart,
and many thousands of Monthly Bulletins.
All of these various works are now in the
possession of the subscribers—scattered
from Canada to Mexico. The paintings and
medals were distributed by lot; and among
the prizes were the renowned pictures by
the late lamented Cole, called “ The Voyage
of Life,” and valued at S6OOO, though they
came into the possession of the Union at a
much reduced price. These splendid pic
tures—four in number—were drawn by a
journeyman printer, named Brodt—a piece
of good fortune which has made his name
famous. Os the other pictures, many pos
sessed great merit. Gems from Durand,
Huntington, Cole, Cropsey, Richards, and a
host of other names, adorned the collection.
Os the 17,000 copies of the Engraving,
and the same number of “ Outlines,” one of
each belongs to every subscriber for the
year, and will be delivered as speedily as
possible. The plate is of large size, 17 x
22 inches, and is executed in a most master
ly style. It is exceedingly effective. Os
the “ Outlines” by Darley, we cannot speak
too highly. * They are six in number, and
for felicity, of conception, combined with
freedom and grace of execution, are quite
unrivalled in the annals of American Art.
The “ Outlines” are made up, with the au
thor's text, into an elegant port-folio, and
with the plate certaiuly constitute the most
ample return for the subscription fee. —
That man must be indeed difficult to satis
fy, who, having secured these beautiful
works of Art, does not consider that he has
received a quid pro quo for his Five Dollars.
in May last, the Union established a spa
cious and handsome Gallery, situated upon
Broadway, which is free to all, and which
has already become a point of the highest
attraction. Upon its walls are hung many
of the exquisite productions of our artists,
besides those purchased from time to time
for the purpose of distribution. Throngs of
delighted visiters resort to this Gallery to
revel amid the creations of genius, and to
feel the inspiration of Art. There the young
painter may find models of excellence to
stimulate his ardent ambition, and when he
has done well, from the founders and pa
trons of this Institution he may confidently
look for encouragement and support.
It is a happy thought, moreover, that in
this noble Gallery of Art twenty thousand
individuals have an interest nnd a share.—
There they may gather from the cold re
gions of the far North—from the broad sa
vannas of the sunny South —from the com
merce-teeming regions of the East, and the
“ide prairies and virgin forests of the West
to take each other by the hand in their
beautiful Art-palace, radiant with the mag
nificence and grandeur of native genius and
talent, fostered by their liberality.
The picture to be engraved for the present
year, is the second of the series already
spoken of—the Union always reserving the
right to engrave any prize that may be
drawn. We cannot compliment the Com
mittee of Management too highly on the
1 taste nnd judgment they have displayed in
j this selection. The subject of the picture
is Youth. Years have passed since we gaz
ed upon it—but its exquisite beauty is in
delibly stamped upon our memory. It is a
landscape of singular beauty, with the
stream (emblematic of Life) visible from
the foreground into the remote distance,
where are also dim nnd shadowy outlines of
gorgeous palaces and sky-born mountains.
Upon the stream is a fairy barge, on which
Youth is gaily floating along, paying little
heed to the kind offers of his guardian an
gel, who, from the flower-gemmed banks, is
beckoning him to accept her guidance. The
engraving of this picture is entrusted to
Mr. James Smillie, who is unrivalled in his
profession, and wliose beautiful Engravings
in “Georgia Illustrated,” have made his
name familiar to many of our readers. We
anticipate for the next distribution, a per
fect gem of American Art. A scries of out
lines by Darley, to illustrate Irving's “ Le
gend of Sleepy Hollow” will also be fur
nished to every subscriber, making a rare
combination of attractions. Probably five
hundred paintings will be distributed by
lot, in addition to which, 250 medals, com
memorative of Col Trumbull, and twenty
copies in bronze from a Statuette of Indian
Character, by 11. li. Brown, will swell the
list of prizes.
In closing this somewhat extended notice
of the American Art-Union, we once more
invoke for it the cordial and liberal support
of the Southern people. It is not a section
al Institution, but a National one—and the
surest way for the lovers of Art in the South
to diffuse their tastes, is to sustain the Art-
Union, and to multiply in our midst the
productions of Art. Last year, Georgia
had 300 shares in the Institution, a number
far exceeding that of any other State South
of the Potomac—a fact which we mention
with pride; but we trust that this number
will be at least doubled the present year.—
To prove our interest in the progress of the
Institution, we have consented to act as one
of its Honorary Secretaries; and we ear
nestly invite our readers who feel disposed
to become members, to send their names and
fees to our address, (or to that of Mr. T. A.
Burke, who is also an. Honorary Secretary
of the Union for Athens.) without delay;
for, although the drawing docs not take
place until the Winter, those who subscribe
first receive their Engravings first. The
“ Union,” moreover, can make a better in
vestment of the funds at its disposal, if they
are sent in early in the season. Let our
readers then subscribe at once, and, our
word for it, they will be richly repaid, even
without drawing a prize !
TO OUR CHARLESTON SUB
SCRIBERS.
Mr. J. 11. Honour, Jr., (Superintendent
of the Penny-post,) is the exclusive agent of
the Gazette and Schoolfellow in Charles
ton. All subscribers are supplied through
him, and he is authorized to attend to all
business in any way connected with the bus
iness department of the works. This an
nouncement is made to save our patrons in
Charleston the trouble and expense of com
municating directly with us by mail.
Qpmmunicated.
LITERARY NOTICE.
The Annual Oration before the Literary
Societies of Mercer University will be pro
nounced on Commencement Day, Wednes
day, tbe 25th of July next, by the Hon. B.
F. Porter,- (formerly of Alabama, but now
a resident of this State,) an honorary mem
ber of the Ciceronian Society.
TIIOS. B. COOPER,
Penfiold, Ga. Cor Sec. C. S. of M. U.
oitr (Gossip Column.
A Singular Mistake.
One of our exchanges, in giving the cur
rent paragraph concerning the poet, Moore,
says : “ A softening of the brain has com
menced, and his melody is almost entirely
gone.” However true in fact this may be,
the word melody is substituted for memory.
A <• stand” in the Legislature.
We heard a capital story, a day or two
since, of a man who, having been a candi
date, in a border County of this State, for
the Legislature, supposed himself to bo
elected, contrary to the fact. At the time
for the assembling of the Legislature, he
went to Milledgeville, without any creden
tials, and ignorant that any would be re
quired of him When told by some of the
members acquainted with the circumstances,
that lie would not bo able to yet a seat in
the Legislature, he very innocently replied
—“ That don't make no difference; I’d just
as lief stand !!”
Beauty.
There is a great truth hidden in the fol
lowing little paragraph, and one that is not
sufficiently appreciated :
“ Beauty is like a temple, whose exterior
riches are all that are seen by the profane.
The divine mystery of the artist's thought
reveals itself only to minds in sympathy
with its own, and the smallest detail of a
sublime work contains an inspiration which
escapes the perception of the vulgar.”
A Brazilian Remedy for Intemperance.
A correspondent of the JVew York Tri
bune, writing from Rio Janeiro, says: —
“ When one of the citizens gets drunk, they
put a tin mask over his face, and fasten it
with a patent padlock behind. This lie is
obliged to wear a certain length of time.—
* * * * I have been here six days, and
I have not seen the first citizen intoxicated.
There are, at present, some 2,000 Ameri
cans from the States here, on their way to
California, and I see (sorry to say it) plen
ty of these intoxicated every day.”
Indictable Music.
A number of individuals, in Dark Coun
ty, Ohio, were lately indicted and found
guilty of riot, for serenading a wedding par
ty, with music disagreeable to “ cars po
lite.” The Judge, in his charge to the Ju
ry, said : “It has been said that
n©iaiii® wiisiit ©iiiiiis,
‘ Music hath charms to sootho the savage breast.’
It must, indeed, be a savage breast, that can
be soothed by the hideous sounds of cow
bells, horse-fiddles, ram’s horns, and like
musical instruments, rattling, ringing, and
commingling together, and interspersed with
the occasional explosion of gunpowder.—
Such serenades are unlawful and'riotous.
Such is the law. The jury will find the
defendants guilty or not guilty, ns they find
; the facts.”
Daguerreotypes.
A favorable opportunity is now offered to
the citizens of Athens, to obtain first-rate
Daguerreotypes, at a low price, by calling
at the rooms of Mr. Hyatt, at the Franklin
House. Mr. Hyatt, we understand, will re
main in town but one week longer,but will,
while he remains, take likenesses at the re
duced price of #2,00! We hope our citi
zens will avail themselves of this opportu
nity, as another, equally favorable, may not
soon occur. Mr. Hyatt’s pictures are of a
high order of merit. For beauty of tone
and finish, we have never seen them equal
led in this place—indeed, they will compare
favorably with those of the best Daguerrcan
Artists of New York.
Give Mr. llyatt a call, and judge for your
selves.
our Cook (table.
[Publishers and Anthem who desire to hnvetheir
Books noticed in this Gazette, are requested to
s-nd copies to the Editor through Stringer &.
Townsend, New-York, or Carey & Hart, Phil.
Atalantis, and the Eye and the Wing. By
Wm Gilmore Simms, Author of The Y’emas
see, &c. One vol. 12mo , pp. 141. Philadel
phia: Carey & Hart.
No American author has achieved an en
viable reputation at a greater cost than Mr.
Simms. By this, we mean simply, that the
appreciation and reward of his abilities
have been more tardy than in the cases of
I his contemporaries. Almost the sole repre
; sentative of professional Literature in the
far South, he has had to contend with the
well-known but unreasonable disposition of
men, to undervalue genius and talent de
! veloped in the sphere of their own observa
tion ; and his own sturdy independence of
j character has sufficed to retard his proper
; appreciation in the Northern literary cliques
I —whose recorded verdicts have invariably
■ given tone to public opinion in the South !
Hence it arises, that Mr. Simms has never
had justice done to him, and, as the Litera
ry World well remarked, in a recent num
ber, “ a review of his whole career, showing
how various and productive it has been, is
a work of critical justice yet remaining to
be done. An examination of the whole body
of his writings would shew him successful,
with different modifications and shades of
success, as a novelist, an historian, an es
sayist, and a poet ”
Our knowledge of the energy, indepen
dence and integrity of Mr. Simms’ charac
ter, compels us at once to receive the pro
ductions of his pen with a respect and con
fidence we should accord to others only
after attentive consideration. By this, we
do not mean to say that we should find no
fault with his labors. Far from it—but
simply that wc should be unwilling to do so
except upon the clearest evidence of their
demerit. In this spirit should the South
receive his literary productions—for no
mind has been more fertile, no pen more
industrious, than his, in developing and giv
ing shape and character to our home litera
ture.
The volume before us contains the indis
putable testimony that Mr. Simms is a true
poet, or otherwise we have no clear and sat
isfactory’ knowledge of what constitutes a
claim to such a title. It lias been asserted
that he lacks imagination, that essential el
ement of poetry. The best refutation of
such an assertion is found in the principal
poem of this collection. “Atalantis,” (orig
inally published 17 years ago, and now al
most re-written,) ig a purely ideal poem —
wrought out with much delicacy and beau
ty. Our space is too brief to allow of any
analysis of the plot, or of any extracts—
which, however, we may hereafter afford
our readers at some length. It is a story
of the sea, and Atalantis is a nereid, so that
the superstructure of the tale is fabulous
and spiritual, giving scope to the higher
manifestations of the poetical power. The
“ Eye and the Wing” is a fanciful and sug
gestive title of several poems and sonnets —
grouped together for the first time—some of
which will, equally with “ Atalantis,” sus
tain the ideality of the author. We select
the following lyric, not for peculiar excel
lence, but because it is shorter than others
we should have preferred. It is, perhaps,
a fair specimen of the flowing, somewhat
careless, but still melodious, rhythm of the
poet:
a Where by Darro’s Evening Waters.”
Where by Darro's evening waters,
Hang the weeping willowslow,
There they sat, the twilight’s daughters,
Ever beautiful with wo :
Murmuring songs of fitful sorrow “, —
Sorrow mingled with such sweetness, *
That it would not know completnesq
But for softening tears that borrow,
From the yielding heart compliance
And such touching, fond reliance
On the rapture of the morrow, —
That the hearer weeps for pleasure,
As the music o’er him creeps,
And he finds increasing measure,
In his pleasure, that he weeps !
11.
Sleeps he then besido the waters,
By that twilight song oppress’d;
Softly gliding, then, the daughters
Steal beside his rest; —
Three young maids of touching sweetness,
Born of dew, and light, and air,
Mourning still the life of fleetnoss,
That belongs to birth so rare! —
Y et, so human still their ’plaining,
In his heart strange pangs arise,
And anew life they are gaining,
From the drops that fill his eyes.
Reason good for sorrow’s power,
In that sad and tlreaming hour —
Far beyond their hapless plight,
Is his own and kindred birth .—-
Born of air, and dew, and light,
He is also horn of earth !
The Philosophy of Kelioion. By J. D. Mo
rel!, A. M , Author of “ The History of Mod
ern Philosophy,” etc. One vol. 12m0., fine
cloth, pp. —. New York: D. Appleton &
Cos. 1819.
The high reputation of Mr. Morell's “His
tory of Philosophy,” prepared us to receive
another volume from his pen with interest;
and that interest has certainly not been di
minished by the nature of the subject he
lias chosen. The “ Philosophy of Religion”
is a theme calculated to excite deep atten
tion among thoughtful readers, and one
which demands fer its proper discussion,
not only peculiar ibilities, but an earnest,
truth-seeking andtruth-loving spirit in him
who undertakes it.
We have not found the leisure we have
waited for, since the book reached us, to
read it with that diligence and care which
its importance demands ; and our object in
this notice is t announce rather than to
commend the vork—to inform our readers
what is attenpted by the author, rather
than to chalbnge their approbation of his
views.
The authir’s plan is necessarily meta
physical ; aid, indeed, the scope of his work
is limited nthcr to the intellectual than to
the spiritml nature and essence of Religion.
In the firs, chapter we have a clear view of
the Mentil Faculties, and in the second, the
important distinction between the Logical
and Intational perceptions is exhibited in
a lucid manner. The third chapter treats
of the Peculiar Essence of Religion, and is
the first aspect of the “Philosophy” which
the author seeks to unfold. The Essence of
Religion is stated to bo “ an absolute feel
ing of dependence upon an absolute Being
its germ, therefore, is feeling ; and this per
ception is traced, in all its stages, from fe
tishism—the lowest form—through the suc
cessive phases of idolatry, to its perfection
in-the region of Faith. In subsequent
chapters, the author consilers The Essence
of Christianity, Revelation, Inspiration,
Christian and Popular Theology, Fellow
ship, Certitude, The Sigrificancy of the
Past, and, finally, the halation between
Philosophy and Theology.
With this bare glance a, the aim of the
book, we leave it —assured that our theo
logical readers, and, indeed, all who are
fond of elaborate philosojhical enquiries,
will examine it for themsel-es, ns it is evi
dently written in that earmst temper which
should command the attention of the enqui
rer after great truths, One thing more we
may remark: the author p-ofesses that lie
is'Yiot a Rationalist; nor does he seek to
substitute a philosophical system for tbe
Gospel. An elaborate review of the work
appears in the “ North British” for April,
but wc have not had tine to read it.
i The Maternal Manaqexent of Children, in
Health and Disease. By Thomas Bull, M. D.
From the Third Londia Edition. One vol.
12mo , pp. 4<K>. Philtdelphia: Lindsay &
Blakiston. 1849.
No one, perhaps, is so well qualified to
give an opinion of this vork, as an intelli
gent mother, who has practically tested its
rules and precepts; and we ate glad to have
it in our power to record the verdict of such
an one in its favor. It may bt taken as an
excellent guide in the nurserj—being com
prehensive and easily understood. It is no
small evidence of its merit, that it has
reached a third London Edition.
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£l)c £itcrarti lUcrllr.
The .Metropolis. Under this name Pnl k
Benjamin, G. G. Foster, and other gentle
men, have commenced a large aad handsome
weekly Journal in New-Y’ork.
American Oriental Society. This associ
ation held its anniversary in EostOn on the
16tli ult. The Rev. Dr. Robinson was cho
sen President; Drs. Jenks, Stuart and
Woolsey, Vice Presidents ; and Prof. Salis
bury, of New Haven, Corresponding Secre
tary. This Society is pushing its researches
into the languages and literature of the East
with diligence and success.
Eliza Cook an Editress. This accom
plished female poet has commencbd a week
ly Journal in London, after the manner of
Howitt’s and the People’s. We have not
yet seen any of the issues.
Dante's Inferno. The Harpers have just
published Dr. Carlyle’s prise version of
this great Italian Poem.
Mr. Tuckcrman's JYew Work. “ The
Characteristics of Literature illustrated by
the Genius of Distinguished Men,” promises
to be an acceptable and successful book.—
Its plan is well conceived, and the author’s
reputation is presumptive evidence that it is
well executed.
A JYew History of the United States.
The Messrs. Harper will publish this month,
the first volume of anew History of the U.
S., by Mr. Hildreth. It will comprise 3 oc
tavo volumes. We look for it with much in
terest.
(General Intelligent*.
Franklin College. The following gen
tlemen have been appointed, by His Excel
lency, the Governor, the President of the
Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, a “Board of Visitors,” to
attend the examination of the classes in
Franklin College, on Tuesday, the 19th
inst., to-wit:
Hon. 11. V. Johnson, Milledgeville.
Rev. C. P. B. Martin, do
Rev. S. J. Cassells, Savannah.
Col. Henry R. Jackson, do
Jas. Girdncr, Augusta.
F. F. Cunpcll, do
Rev. Thompson L. Smith, Athens.
Col. Hopkins Holsey, do
J. S. Ingraham, Esq., Macon,
Rev. G. V. Petrie, Washington.
Dr. Jas. .1. Singleton, Dahlonega.
Col. A. M. Wingfield, Madison.
Milton E. kacon, Esq., La Grange.
S. Fouche, Esq., Rome.
Hon. Turner H. Trippe, Casville.
Cholera. The Cholera continues its rav
ages in New Orleans, St, Louis, Cincinnati,
New York, and other places in which it has
been heretofore reported. It has also, du
ring the past week, spread rapidly in va
rious parts of the -country. It generally
manifests itself in a milder type than du
ring its previous visits to the country. We
give below some items of intelligence con
cerning it, gleaned from various sources :
Ravages of the Cholera. In our exchanges
which came to hand yesterday', we have re
cord of the following cases and deaths :
Nashville, Tenn., 8 deaths in 12 days, half
of which were negroes; Memphis, Tenn., 3
fatal cases; Lexington, Ky., 60 cases and
22 deaths have occurred up to the 29th ult.;
Maysville, Ky., 3 new cases and 1 death >
I New Brunswick, N. J., 3 cases and 1 death.
Philadelphia. Two cases on Friday, and
one on Saturday. No deaths.
Kingston , U. C. Several Cases of Chole
ra are reported at Kingston, with some
deaths. The symptoms arc generally very
mild.
Richmond. Va. Two hackmen died in
Richmond, of the Cholera, on Thursday
morning. The report of their deaths threw
many members of tho Legislature into great
excitement.
Boston. Three or four cases and two
deaths have been reported
Aeto Orleans—The Crevasse. At the
latest dates, the crevasse had not been stop
ped, and the water was steadily gaining
ground in the City. The river was falling,
however, which led to the hope that the cf- j
forts which were being made to stop the 1
crevasse, would soon be successful. The !
overflow has brought large numbers of 1
snakes and other reptiles from the swamp
up into the streets. Congor snakes, the
most venomous known in this country, had
been seen in the water in several places.
Railroad Convention. Gov. Towns has
appointed one hundred and seven of the :
most distinguished citizens of Georgia to j
represent the State in the Pacific Railroad
Convention, to be held at Memphis, Tenu., ■
on the 4th of July next.
Gen. Ghiiies. This veteran soldier died
of the Cholera, at the St, Charles Hotel,
New Orleans, on the (itli inet.
<£ljc ®U> lllorltr.
The Steamer Europa, which arrived at
Boston on the 7th inst., brought six days
later intelligence from all parts of Europe.
Since the previous arrival, as will be seen
below, events of thrilling interest have tak
en place. The danger of a general Europe
an war appears now greater than at any
previous time during this year.
England. There has been no further dis
cussion of Canadian affairs in Parliament.
Another pistol has been fired at Queen Vic
toria. The pistol contained only powder,
and the criminal seems to have had no oth
er object in view than to obtain notoriety-
Trance. The recent elections have re
sulted in favor of the Socialists and Red Re
publicans to a greater degree than was an
ticipated. They will muster about 240.
The “ friends of order,” however, are in the
uiajority. In the Assembly, one of the most
exciting and violent debates ever witnessed
occurred on the Roman and Hungarian
questions. Propositions for an immediate
declaration of war against Russia and Aus
tria were urged by several speakers, which
were subsequently modified by the adoption
of a resolution proposed by General Cavaig
nac, recommending the Government to adopt
energetic measures to protect the internal
and external interests of the Republic. —
This resolution, though violently opposed
by the Ministry, was carried by a majority
of 436 to 184.
It is thought that immediately on the or
ganization of the new Assembly, Marshal
Bugcaud will be called upon to form anew
■Ministry.
Rome Ti. oro hns boon no material
change. Neither the French nor the Neap
olitans have, ns yet, entered Rome, and the
Republican Government is maintaining its
ground at every point against the combined
forces of France, Naples and Spain.
Russia. The Emperor has issued his
Ukase, announcing his determination to in
terfere in the Austrian and Hungarian
quarrel, and has put his troops in motion to
carry it into effect. The whole Russian ar
my is on a war-footing, and advancing west
ward in different directions: it exceeds
325,000 men, with COO field-pieces.
Hungary. At Presburg, on the 17th,
positive news was received of the surrender
of Ofcn at discretion. The booty to the
Hungarians embraced the military chest,
20,000 muskets, 10 batteries, and a consid
erable amount of ammunition. Fourteen
hundred Magyars were killed during the
assault.
The second edition of the London Times
of the 25th, states that a great battle had
been fought between the Russians and Hun
garians, and the latter were victorious.
Denmark. The war between Denmark
and Holstein still continues.
|OJMMS Dili AY,
THE SHAKSPEARE CALENDAR.
Prepared for Richards’ Weekly Gazette.
June 10th—The Old Pretender died.—
1770.
“ In the name of God,
How comes it then, that thou art called a king,
When living blood doth in these temples beat.
Which owe the crown that thou o'erinasterest 1”
[King John, Act ii, Scone 1.
June 11th—Malta taken by the French.
1708.
“ Truly to speak, sir, and with no addition,
We go to gain a little patch of ground,
That hath in it no profit but the name.”
[ Hamlet, Act iv, Scene 4.
June 12th—Lord Mc'lville acquitted.—
1806.
“ No might nor greatness in mortality,
Can oensure ’scape: back-wounding calumny’
The whitest virtue strikes.”
[Measure for Measure, Act iii, Scene 2.
June 13th—Lord Hastings put to death.
1483.
“ Here is the head of that ignoble traitor.
The dangerous and unsuspected Hastings!”
[Richard HI, Act iii, Sceno 5.
June 14th—The Kye House Plot discov
ered. 1083.
“ Such a deal of won lcr is broken out within
this hour, that the ballad-makers eaunot be able
to express it.”
[ Winter's Tale, Act v, Sceno 2.
June 15th—Magna C’harta signed at Uun
ymede, by King John, 1215.
“ On his choice depends
The safety and health of the wholo State:
And therefore mud his choice be circumscribed
Unto the voico and yielding of that body,
Whoreof he is the head.”
[Hamlet, Act i, Scene 3.
June 10th —Salamanca entered by Wel
lington, 1812.
“ Open your city gates ;
Be humble to us; call my sovereign your's,
And do him homage as obedient subject*.”
[Henry VI, Act iv, Scene 2.
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June 9th, 1849. tf__
ANNUAL FAIR
j OF THE £OUTR-CAItOLINA INSTITUTE,
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r TMIE FIRST ANNUAL FAIR of the above
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NEW BOOKS
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June 9th, 1849.
Maury’s Dental Surgery;
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Headley’s Adirondeck ;
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Manning's Sermons;
Domestic Duties;
Abbot’s illustated Histories, anew supply ;
Doct. Warren's Duties of Attorney’s ;
Baptist Noel’s Church and State ;
It uxton's Mexico;
Wild Western Scenes, Illustrated ;
Leni Leofci, a western story.
Lippard’s Memoirs of a Preacher ;
Reach’s Clement Lorimer;
Old Hicks the Guide ;
Averil’t* Kit Carson ;
Layard's Ninevah and its remains;
Irvings Astoria;
St. John’s Lybian Desert;
Parsons on the Rose;
Life of Louis Napoleon Bonaparte ;
Monasteries of the Levant;
Pictures and Painters;
Tuckermau’s Artist Life;
Tupper’s complete Works one vol.
Mechanic’s own Book ;
Miss Martineau’s Eastern Life;
Family Failings;
Valerie, by Marryatt;
Georgina Hammond;
Ned Buntline's Mysteries and Miseries of
New York ;
Sequel to the Mysteries and Miseries o{ N. Y.
The Volunteer, by Ned Buntlino;
Quaker City by Lippard;
Shakspeare Novels;
Fort's Medical Practice;
Carlyle’s Miscellanies;
\V ilson’s “
Queens of France, (by Mrs. Bushe;)
M'-moirs of Josephiue ;
Allen’s Domestic Animals j
Allen’s American Farm Book;
Cole's American Fruit Book;
Miner’s Beekeeper's Manual;
Bridgeman's Gardener’s Assistant.
Publishers’ Tlnnonnrrmcnts.
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[PHILADELPHIA,]
Have just published the following Works:
I. WHARTON’S STATE TRIALS.
State Trials of the United State , during
the Administrat ions of Washington and Adams
—wiih References, Historical, Pioiessional and
Preliminary Notes on the Politics of the Times.
By F. Wharton, Esq. One volume Bvo., 728
pages.
11. GETTY’S ORATORY.
Tjie Art of Rhetoric, or the Elements of Ora
tory. By John Holmes. Wiih QumtillMuus
Out line? of an Ancient Roman Education,
By J. A. Getty, A. M. One vol. 12aio , 3U7
pages.
111. FORRESTER’S DEER STALKERS.
The Deer Stalkers, or Circumstantial Evi
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12m0., 198 pageu With illustrations by the
Author.
LEA & BLANCHARD,
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Have recently published,—among other new
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1. —MR. INGERSOL’S NEW WORK.
Historical Sketch of the Second War between
tho United States and Great Britian, declared
by act of Congress, 18 June. 2512 ami conclu
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Ji.ger.-01. Embracing the Events of Ibl4. Bvo
318 pp., double columns.
2. NEW WORK ON TECHNOLOGY.
Technology, or Chemistry applied to the arts and
manufactures. By T. Knapp, 1 Tof. ssor at the
University of Giessen. Edited with numerous
notes and additions by Prot W. R Johnson.—
In two velum a, —embracing 464 line wood en
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3.-SCAMITZ’S GRAMMER ~
Os the Latin Language. One volume, 31S pp.
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1. Manual of Ancient Geography and His
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By F. Guizot. Translated from the French,
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Raphael Pages DeLa Vingtieme An nek,
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volum s now ready, and tlm others to appear
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Complete Text Book of Chemical Analysis.
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7. Roland Cashel, —by Charles Lover Parti.
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[BROADWAY, NEW-YORK,]
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Nineveh and its Ruins, with an account of
a Visit to the Chaldean Christians of Kurdistan,
and the Ye/.idis or Devil-worshippers, and an In
quiry inio the Manners and Arts of the Ancient
Assyrians,— by A. II Lavard. With Introduc
tory Notes by Rev. K. Robinson. D. D., L L D
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J2mo.
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LAW BOOKS
FOR sal- at the “ FNIVERSITY BOCK
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Angell and James on Corporations;
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Archbold's Criminal Pleadings;
Burge on Suretyship;
Chitty’s Blaekstone ;
“ General Practice;
“ on Contracts;
44 on Pleadings;
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1 >avis’ Justice;
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“ Te-timony of Evangelists;
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46 Law of Debtor and Creditor ;
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Hotchkiss* Laws of Georgia;
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Lawyer’s Commonplace I’ook;
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R ussel on Crimes ;
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Smith’s Leading Cases;
“ Mercantile Law;
Spence’s Equity furisdiction, &c.;
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44 Commentaries;
“ ** abridged;
44 Conflict of Laws;
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* 4 Agency ;
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44 Promissory Notes j
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<s B**. Ymcnts;
Stephens on Pleadings;
X illinghast’s Adams;
United States’ Digest, with Supplement, au
Annual Continuation : •
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Wheaton’s Law of Nation*.
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