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EDITOR’S DEPARTMENT.
WM. C. RICHARDS, Editor.
D. H. JACQUES, Assistant Editor.
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L g;f JERS FROM THE NORTH.
NO. VI.
Boston, Sept. 28tli, 1849.
My dear Jacques: I have always lmU a
fancy f<J>’ Boston, and every visit I make to
ihc city seems to increase my preference.—
I do not exactly know why it is so—procise
]v upon tllC samu principle, 1 imagine, that
we do not always know why we dislike any
thing—a philosophy most luminously un
folded in the famous Verse :
“I do not lih you, Doctor Fell,
The reason why I ca m -t toll;
But this one thing 1 know fall well—
I Jo not like you, Do tor Fell!”
Why l do like Boston better than other
Northern cities, I am neither obliged, nor
able, to tell! Perhaps it is owing to its un
rivalled vicinity—perhaps to its endless va
riety in the shape, direction and develop
ments of its streets, avenues, places and
courts ! It cannot boast the architectural
elegance of New York—its Washington
Street is but a poor type of Broadway—it
has no Battery promenade —but, neverthe
less, it lias something in it, and about it,
that interests me exceedingly. It. has his
torical associations of a deeper interest than
Manhattan possesses—a Fanueil Hall, and
a Banker Ilill—eloquent monuments of the
nativity of American Freedom.
But I must not moralize —my space is too
[brief. I arrived in the “ City of the Pil-
Lgrims” yesterday morning, in the very nick
lof time for a comfortable breakfast at the
I “ United States Hotel” —ft name most fitly
I belonging to the largest public house in this
[country, and, 1 may add, to one of the best.
|] journeyed by the Norwich & Worcester
[line, which is one of four daily routes avail
able to the traveller between New York and
Boston. I have tried them nearly, if not
Unite, all, and decidedly prefer the one 1
| have named. I left New 1 ork at SP.M. in
the elegant steamer Knickerbocker, whose
luxurious saloons, cabins an l state-rooms,
make travelling a delight—to say nothing
of the beautiful scenery of tlie East River,
with its countless villas, its public build
ings, and its populous villages. At a place
called Allen's Point, we took the Norwich
i Boston Rail Road, about 1 A. M., and
glided swiftly through moon-lit landscapes,
with frequent glimpsesof towns and village ,
having all the characteristic neatness and
thriftincss of New England.
I spent, a considerable part of my first
morning in Boston, in examining the Libra-
Iryinthe Boston Athenaeum. This edifice
lis an ornament to the city, and the rooms
■ appropriated to the Library arc among the
■ finest, for the purpose, 1 have ever met
■ with. Ido not remember anywhere, indeed,
[to have seen 50,000 vols. so admirably and
[beautifully displayed, as in the main hall
and the alcoves of this Library. Os the
hooks themselves, I may remark, en pat
tout, that they are of unusual merit, com
prising rare and choice editions of nearly
till standard books of past and present ages.
I regretted that 1 had not time to inspect
them more thoroughly. The brevity of my
visit was compensated, however, to some ex
tent, by the attention and ready information
if my kind guide, the able and accomplish
ed Whipple, whose “ Reviews and Essays”
have been so much admired.
Tlie afternoon of the same day, I had the
pleasure of spending with Professor Longfel
low, at his beautiful residence in Cambridge.
His dwelling—called “ Cragie House” —is
invested with a two-fold interest —that of
his own fame, and also of historical memo
ries. It was the residence of Washington
in the wars of Independence, and the very
room in which I sat with the accomplished
poet, and where ho pursues his elegant stu
dies, was the room where Washington wrote
his orders and his despatches —his letters
tnd his journals.
It is so well known, that I shall not be
;uilty of indiscretion or indelicacy, in re
winding you that the Poet of Cambridge is
lot like most of tlie tuneful brotherhood —a
iave to poverty. Enjoying ample wealth,
ie surrounds himself with the luxuries of
irt and vertu, and dispenses to his friends
‘hospitality as cordial as it is refined and
levatcd. I had the pleasure of walking
rith him through tlie classic groves of old
farvard—but my time would not allow of
ny visiting the elegant Library and tlie
Philosophical Halls, as I wished to do.
Messrs. Longfellow and Whipple have,
>oth of them, volumes in the press of Tick
lor & Cos., of which house, as you doubtless
inow, Mr. Fields, tlie author of a very beau
iful collection of verse, is a partner. To
dm 1 uni greatly indebted for courtesies
which constituted the chief pleasure of my
risit to Boston. More of this city in my
■ext letter, from
Y'ours, always, W. C. R.
NO. VII.
Boston, Sept. 29th, 1849.
If Roston lias no “ Battery,” it has yet a
‘Common,” which is, indeed, one of its
aost attractive features. Onus bright on
mtumnal day as Fancy could divine, 1 have
>een rambling through its shaded avenues,
nd watching the play of its fountain, which
‘‘nds up now a lofty jet, and anon a vase
die form or a spreading plume of sparkling
‘ater. The “Cochituatc” has proved to
‘°ston no less a blessing than the “ Cro
on” to New York; and the millions ex
tended in their introduction, liavo certain
y been well laid out.
I have not found leisure to visit Mount
Bnhurn Cemetery—and much as I should
Hkc t 0 sec improvements that have been
made there since 1 visited it in 1845, 1 must
forego tlie gratification.
Boston has very few places of public
amusement, in comparison with New York.
The effort to sustain a theatre here lias been
generally in vain ; and the dramatic specta
cles, to be popular, have to be presented in
tlie amphitheatre of (lie Museum, which is
generally thronged by well-bclmved visit
ors. As the entrance fee is only a trifle,
this is indicative of a highly respectable
state of society in the community.
Last night I hud the pleasure of attend
ing a grand musical concert at tlie Melo
dcon, combining tlie distinguished talent of
Strakoseh and Madame Biscaccianti. M.
Htrukosch is certainly one of the most won
derful pianists I have overheard, llis per
formances were less characterized by vio
lence than those of l)e Meyer, hut to me they
were more full of beauty and surpassing
sweetness of melody.
The singing of Madame Biscaccianti, lu.w
cver, was the charm of tlie evening—and
never have I felt So irresistibly as then, the
power of vocal music. 1 was delighted—
nay, almost transported—by the exquisite
sweetness and richness of her voice. Full,
swelling, and brilliant, it had yet an inex
pressible tenderness in its tones, which stole
to my very heart-strings, and made them
vibrate in perfect unison with its spirit. I
have heard the lark singing at tlie early
dawn, and have watched it soar upward un
til its song was almost lost to the ear, with
a feeling of delight akin to that I realized
while the voice of this accomplished song
stress rose, and rose still, upon the undu
lating waves of melody, until its strains
were faint as dying echoes. And then I was
electrified by tlie full burst of its harmonics
like the tones of an orchestra, filling all tlie
air with a sense of irresistible melody. Do
S not think, I pray you, that I am music-mad,
because I have expressed myself in such ear
nest words. lam free, however, to confess
that I was charmed by Biscaccianti, and
could willingly have heard her sing till
dawn. A rarer musical treat I have sel
dom, nay, never enjoyed; anil it was evi
dently most highly appreciated by tlie
greater part of a very crowded audience.
Boston is the Rail Road City of the New
World. From it, there are, perhaps, half a
score of rail-ways, radiating in all direc
tions, and continually pouring in and bear
ing out an immense tide of travel and freight
—the details of which astonish the behold
er. Here, the policy of low fares has been
thoroughly tested and established, and 1
believe that two cents a mile is the maxi
mum of charge on any of tlie roads connect
ing with this city.
There is less hurry and confusion in Bos
ton than in New Y'oak, and one is not per
petually overwhelmed with tlie tide of busi
ness, as in the latter city. This may ac
count, perhaps, for tlie more abundant cour
tesies and hospitalities of the New England
Emporium.
1 had some pleasant intercourse with our
Editorial brethren. Major I’uore, of the
Daily Dee, 1 saw for a few moments only,
as he was preparing to be off to a great cat
tle show, lie adds to his diligent E litorial
labors, the cultivation of a farm more than
a score of miles from the city, and yet lie is
early at his office every morning. By tlie
way, 1 saw in tlie office of tlie Bee a most
rare and curious volume of British Herald
ry, containing the “ arms” of all the nobili
ty from a remote ago. It is exquisitely
done by band, in ink and colors, and is a
treasure of no mean value.
I had a pleasant interview with Matthews,
of the Bhtde, and found him of just such a
genial, hearty spirit, as his editorials indi
-1 cate. ITc lias, however, very much in him
1 besides light and sparkling humor, and holds
, a high estimate of editorial responsibility.
1 met, also, a most agreeable gentleman in
Mr. Simonds, of our excellent and welcome
“exchange,” the Saturday Bumbler. 1 re
gretted not to have met others of tlie Edito
rial fraternity, to whom we hold pleasant
j relationship.
If I say much more about my visit to Bos
ton, I fear our readers will consider it a
visitation. So I will lay aside my writing
materials, and prepare to depart for New
Y’ork at 5 P. M., by the same route which 1
chose in my journey hither. You will hear
from me next in Philadelphia, perhaps.
Truly yours, YV. C. R.
PERNICIOUS BOOKS.
No single cause, perhaps, is exerting a
more potent influence upon tlie tastes and
morals of society, in this country, than our
Cheap Literature. Under this head may lie
classed many good books, but more bad
ones. The bad ones, too, often find more
readers than the good ones, and that, too,
among a class of persons but illy qualified,
cither by maturity of intellect, soundness
of judgment, or strength of moral princi
ple, to resist their pernicious influences. —
The young, the uneducated, and the weak,
are the persons most likely to seek the un
wholesome excitement afforded by the Y’el
low-covered Novel and the Tale of Outlaw
ry, Piracy and Bloodshed —and upon them
the most baleful effects are produced.
What shall be done to purify this depart
ment of our Literature, which is now cor
rupting tin; tastes and poisoning the morals
of our people? We fully agree with the
sentiments expressed in the following para
graph, which we cut from an excellent arti
cle on the subject of “ Light Literature,” in
the Yankee Blade:
“ There isno department of literature,by which
en milling views ofth I cl ah’ ilies of mall, fifty
1 aims, exalted motives ol action, and a purifyi ig
love fur moral beauty, may be so easily and thor
oughly incut ate 1 in tho ina-s, as by romu ice.—
Its pages tire open to every eye ; to high and low.
rich and poor: to thoso who never pas beyond
the threshold of lee: uie-rootn or cliuroh : to those
whom --ny, tract or sermon never reach ”
Nowdicre, then, is reform more needed,
than in this matter; and we repeat the
question—What shall he done? To tlie
making of such books, there seems to be no
end. They will continue to be printed,
while there is a demand for them. Can
nothing be done to create a purer taste, and
thus cause these pernicious books to be sup
planted by better ones ?
We believe that something cau be done.
Lot the conductors of the Newspaper Press
bo true to the cause of good morals aud cor
rect taste, and condemn faithfully and un
sparingly every bad book that falls under
their notice, instead of puffing it into a still
wider circulation; let preachers, teachers
Em ©oa iEi s 9 w asEaff
and parents do their duty, and we shall
soon see a change tor tlie better. Brethren
of tlie Press, if you approve of these senti
ments, “ pass them along.” Let the work
lie begun in earnest, and carried on with
untiring perseverance. *
THE GAZETTE IN MISSISSIPPI.
The II publican, a handsome and well con- 1
ducted paper, published in Grenada, Miss.,
which we have lately had the pleasure ofen- I
tering upon our Exchange List, thus speaks
of our paper :
Richards’ Weekly Gazette. This beau
tiful Southern Literary paper is now on our i
table. It commends itselfto the liberal pat
ronage of the Southern reader. In its ty
pographical appearance it is as neat as any
paper in the Union. It is filled witli choice j
reading matter, written by tlie best writers
in the South.
Published at Athens, Ga., by YVm. C. |
Richards See tlie Prospectus in tlie third
column of our fourth page.
©nr Book table.
Tin: Poeticat. Works ok Martin Farquuar
Tititr —including “A Thousand Lines,”
“ Ilacteaus,” “Geraldine,” and other Poems.
In one vol. ISmo. New Y’ork : John Wiley. I
1819.
The author of the “ Proverbial Philoso
phy” lias so many ardent admirers, that a
volume of his collected poetical works can
not fail to repay the enterprize of its pub
lisher We have neither time nor inclina
tion, at this moment, to suggest tlie nume
rous faults in performances so obviously
fraught with great excellencies as those of
Mr. Tapper. YVhateverhe is not as a poet,
lie certainly is a true-hearted son of song,
singing cheerfully and encouragingly to his
pilgrim brethren. Many a heart has been
cheered by his elevated philosophy and his
earnest counsel. “ Proverbial Philosophy”
is pre-eminently the master-piece of the
volume before us—containing, ns it does,
| so much beautiful, delicate and important
truth, with a diction so quaint and fclici
tous, as to attract irresistibly tlie heart of
tlie reader. Few writers have done more
good with their genius and their talent than
Mr. Tnppcr, and we honor him not less for
i liis benevolence of spirit than for his poeti
-5 cal merit.
Gin: tin and Roman M ytiiot.ooy. By M. A
Dwight New Y ork : Geo. P. Putnam. 1849.
This is a judicious abridgement of tlie au
thor’s admirable work on Mythology. It is
adapted for young pupils, anil cannot fail to
attract them to the study of a subject so full
of interest—so intimately connected with
all our first sources of knowledge. This
volume is handsomely embellished with
outline engravings from most admirablo de
■ signs, and is every way worthy of tlie at
tention of classical teachers.
! Evenings at Wo.iduwx. By Mrs. El’et. Ia
one vol. 12ino. New York: Baker bz Serib
ner. 1849.
This is a collection of legendary stories
from the inexhaustible mines of German su
; pevstition. An agreeable family party, liv
ing on tlie banks of a beautiful river, and
possessing in their refined tastes and culti
vated minds all tlie elements of social and
| intellectual happiness, find a most delight
ful acquisition in the visit of a travelled
scholar, who has devoted much time to tlie
! study of European, and especially German,
poetry and romance. Prof. Azole, to con
tribute to the pleasure of his friends, read
■ ily agrees to narrate some of the many le
i gends and traditions he had picked up in his
travels. These narratives, with the intelli
gent comments of the party, make up the
contents of the book. Mrs. Ellet has chosen
tliis very natural and modest plan of intro
l ducing to the public her agreeable research
!es into German superstition. She has pre
sented us with chaste and graceful transla
tions from such authors as La, Motte.Fonquc,
Musieus, Hoffmann, Grimm and Lyser—the
work of tlie last-named author being, per
haps, the best one extant, on European tra
ditions.
Tlie materiel of Mrs. Eliot’s volume is so
essentially poetical and picturesque, that
nothing less than a highly interesting book
could be expected. Nor will it disappoint
the public anticipation. In her nccountsot
the Querxen, the Nissen, the Fairymcn, the
Lurely, the Erdmannchen, and other classes
of the “little people,” there is much to charm
the imagination and delight tlie mind. Her
legends, too, of ltubczhal, tlie King of the
Gnomes—the tradition of the Kyflliauser, ofi
which Irving has made acknowledged use in
his beautiful legend of Rip Van Winkle —
the terrible tales of tlie Vam pyre—and of
the Witch Capruslic—the latter being so
much iu the spirit of one of Shakspeare’s
immortal stories, as to be called the “ Dan
ish Macbeth”; —the delightful legend of
Santa Claus, a name so familiar to child
hood—and a score of other tales and visions
of fairy-land—are well calculated to arrest
the mind, and charm it into delighted at
tention.
There are ten of these pleasant “ Even
ings”—and we recommend our readers to
occupy as many of tlie long nights now at
hand, in acquiring the same information
which so much delighted and instructed the
family circle of the Guions at “ YVoodlawn.”
To the fair author of this volume we ten
der our sincere thanks, for revealing to us
so much of the hidden legendary lore of Ku
i rope, and not less for the very beautiful
form in which it has been displayed. Tlie
work is creditable alike to lier ingenuity
’ and her taste, and will add to her wcll
i merited reputation in the field of letters.
Our readers shall have specimens of these
legends in an early number of the Gazette.
A Ltrr for the Lazv. “ They linve b-en at a
great feast ■( languages, ate) stolen the scraps ”
—Lore's Libor Lost. One vol 12m0.. pp.
19.>. New York : Geo. I*. Putnam. 1849.
This is a quaint title for a book, certain
ly, and sufficiently non-committal of the
ctiaracter or scope of it. We have taken it
up a score of times, perhaps, since it arriv
ed, and never without deriving some grati
fication from it. It is an omnium gatherum
—“a thing of shreds and patches.” Com
piled without order or apparent plan, it
groups together an odd melange of defini
tions, quaint facts, and amusing anecdotes,
of which we can give no pat ticular idea.—
By way of illustration, we copy one or two
t i
of its clever paragraphs, and shall draw upon
its pages more freely hereafter.
“ Literary Blunders.— Johnson, whilo compos
ing his dictionary, sent a note to th *( i ntleman’s
Magazine, to inquire the etymology of the word
curmudgeon Having obtained the inform it ion.
ho records in his work the obligation to an anon
ymous letter-writer— * Curmudgeon, a vicious way
of pronouncing recur mi chant. An unknown cor
re pondent.* copied the word in o Ids dic
tionary, in this manner: ‘Curmulg o.i, from tin
French recur, unknown; and mediant , a corres
pondent ’
“ Pope, in a not • on Measure for Measure, in
forms us that its story wa< taken from CinthioV
Novels, Dec. 8, Nov. s—that is. Decade ß, Nov
el 5. The critical Warburton, in his e iiti ui of
Shakrpcaie, puts the words in full length, thus —
Decern her 8, November 5.
“ In a catalogue compiled som \ yenrs n:<> by n
French writer, of ‘Works on Natural History,’
he has inserted Edgeworth's * Essay on Irish
Bulls * ”
“Let Well Alone —When Godwii was em
ployed iu writing the life of Chatham, h * applie 1
to many of his a quaintanees fir suitable anec
dotes and suggestions. Mr. Fawcett supplied him !
with a striking passage from a speech which lfe ‘
had heard Chatham deliver, on general warrants.
‘ Every man's house Is calldd his castle. Why l
i Because it is surrounded by a mo it, <>r defende 1
by a wall 1 No. It may be a straw-built but:
the wind may enter it—the rain may enter it — 1
but the king cannot.* The point, as Fawcett
thought, was plain enough; but when lie came
to read tho printed volume, he found it thus ar-
I ranged : ‘ Every man's house is called his castle.
Why I Because it is surrounded by a moat or
defended by a wall"? No—it may be a straw
built hut: tlie rain may enter it —all the winds
of heaven may whistle round it, but tlie king
I cannot.’
“ This indicated what Fawcett call’ and a defect
! of natural imagination.”
©ur Contemporaries.
The New Enjtanl Offering. Lowell, Mass. —
Harriett Farley, Editor and Proprietor.
YYe received, the other day, several num
; hers of this cxc.llent magazine, which hails
1 from the “ City of Spindles.” We tender
our warmest thanks to its fair Editor for
her remembrance of us. \Ve are glad to |
greet the Off l ine; once more. The sight of
it awakens pleasant memories. The clangor j
of a liun Ired bells seems again ringing in
our cars, and we look out, almost expecting
to sec before us lofty ranges of Factories,
long blocks of brick houses, and a clean
pave crowded with the fair “Industrials”
of New England. Wc seem to catch a
glimpse, too, of a little brown cottage on
the beautiful Merrimac —a eosey “Shady
J Nook,” where the din of the city is not
heard. Rut a truce to this—thinking aloud.
Wc took up our pen to write a “ notice” of
1 the JVew England Offering.
I The numbers before us are filled with in
; tercsting and well written articles, in prose
| and verse, all contributed by those vvlio are
|or have been “ Factory Girls.” YVe notice
I several contributions from the pen of that
sweet warbler of the Prairie—Lucy Lar
com, of Y'ine Lodge, 111., whom we remem
| her to have met in Lowell, when she was
| “ only a Factory Girl.” Though she now !
(occupies a “sweet home in the West,” as j
: well as a niche among the “ I’oets of Amer- I
1 ica,” we presume she is not ashamed of lier 1
I former title of “ Factory Girl.” She ought
rather to be proud of it, since having been
that, she is now what she is—a Teacher and
a Poet
We wish the Offering and its fair pub
lisher abundant success. *
The Medical E raminor. Philadelphia: Lindsay
& Blakiston.
This sterling medical journal is edited by
Francis G. Smith, M. D., Lecturer on Phys
iology in the Philadelphia Association for
Medical Instruction, Fellow of the College
of Physicians, etc., and David 11. Tucker,
M. D , Professor of the Theory and Practice
! of Medicine, in Hampden Sydney College,
i Richmond, Va., and Fellow of the College
of Physicians. These names are a sufficient
I commendation. The October number fins
l been received.
Holden's Dollar Magazine. New York: C. YV.
, Holden.
The October number contains tlie usual
variety of pleasant reading. Tlie “ Auto
biography of a Monomaniac” is continued,
with increasing interest. Tlie reader will
’ be sure to pronounce tliis issue “ excellent.”
*
1 The Masonic Journal. Marietta, (hi.: Hunt bz
j Campbell.
The October number of this Journal of
Masonry, Science and Literature, is on our
’ table. It should receive the patronage of
. the Order. *
Southern Literary Messenger. Richmond, Y’a. :
John R. Thompson, Editor and Proprietor.
The number for September and October,
(two numbers in one,) is on our table. Its
table of “ Contents” presents an attractive
I list of original papers, on a great variety of
j themes. The only articles we have found
time to read, are, an eloquent “ Plea for
Art,” and a spirited Poem by William Wal
lace, oil “Frederick Jerome,” the hero of
the “ Ocean Monarch.”
The .Messenger has strong claims on the
patronage of the Southern public. *
j Blackwood’s £ liuburgh Magazine. American
j Edition. New York: L. Scott & Cos.
The September number, which is before
us, is not behind its predecessors in inter
est. “ The Caxtons” and tlie “ Dies Boreal
es” of old Kit North are continued. If this
number contained nothing but these arti
’ clcs, it would be richly worth its price.
! The American Tlora. Nov York : Cl rein
Spencer.
The September number of this excellent
and beautiful work, is on our tabic. We
I have heretofore spoken of it as a most valu
able work for the botanist and medical stu
dent, Its colored plates arc superb, and en
title it to a place iu the drawing-room an I
boudoir. It is published monthly, at three
dollars per annum.
I
! Illustrated Natural History. By Dr. A. B Strong.
New Y'ork : I irr> n & Spencer.
This is a monthly publication, containing
scientific nnd popular descriptions of Men,
Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, Fishes, In
sects, &c. Each number is illustrated with
i four engravings. It is a useful work.— I
i Terms— one dollar per annum
General JutcUigniff.
T,'ic Election. All the Counties have
boon hoard from hut three The .Senate will
stand 25 Democrats to 22 Whigs, and the
House of Representatives, t'.7 Democrats to
til! Whigs. Town’s majority for Governor
about 3300,
Heath I’. C. (iiiieu. The Constitutional
ist, of last Saturday announces the death of
I’. ('. (iuieu, formerly editor of that paper.
The Constitutionalist says :
Mr Guicu was one of our oldest and most
respectable citizens, and was well and fa
vorably known to the people of Georgia,
having been connected with the Press of
this State for the last thirty or forty years,
lie was a native of St. Domingo, and came
to this country when a young man.”
The .let ./'-place Rioters. The trial of
those rioters was concluded on Friday of last
week, by their conviction, and on Saturday
they wore sentenced by Judge Daly, as fol
lows :
if /. C. Judson, alias “ Ned Runtime.”
1 year in the Penitentiary and fine,
(the extent of the law.)
Adriance 2 months in the Penitentiary;
Greene 1 month in the Penitentiary ; Dou
glas, Bennett, O'Neil and Matthews, each
50 days in the City Prison.
Judson’s wife has just obtained a divorce
from him, on account of continued ill treat
ment.
Frost. We are informed, says the Char
leston . Mercury , by a passenger who arrived
in the cars yesterday, that there was dis
tinct appearances of frost in the neighbor
hood of Columbia, nnd for ten miles below.
Profits of Cotton Manufacturies at the j
South. The Graniteville (S. C.) Manufac
turing Company commenced operations in
May last, and according to the Augusta Con
stitutionalist, t lie profits of the business thus
: far are at the rate of IS per cent, on the cap
ital.
Religion in California. Letters from
I San Francisco state the Rev. Mr. Roberts,
| formerly pastor of the Methodist Church, in
Jersey City, and Rev. Mr. Wheeler, of the
; same city, have succeeded in erecting two
1 places of worship in California, and are now
i attending to their pastoral duties among the
votaries of Mammon.
Florida. We learn from Tallahassee,
Florida, says the Savannah Georgian, un
der date of 27th September, that informa
tion had been received that the contempla
ted interview with Billy Bow-Legs could not
j be had by Gen. Twig's, as appointed for
the 18th. Billy has ] istponed the talk for
the 18th of this month.
Red Iliar. The Alexandria Republican
i states that the losses through the inundation
will be immense. In that parish alone, if
j the crop of cotton be estimated at 25,000
| bales, and of sugar at 10,000 hogsheads,
with the usual quantity of molasses, the
loss will be -1,700,000; and should the in
juries done to the corn crop, and property
I generally be taken into consideration, it will
i run up to 83,000,000. The lied River val
ley, instead of giving 130,000 bales of cot
| ton, will not yield this year more than 80,-
i 000. Here is a loss of 85,000,000.
| Spanish Claims. The President lias ap
-1 pointed 8. Teackle Wallis, Esq., of Balti
more. a Commissioner to Spain, to examine
! into the validity of the claims set up by par
ties to large tracts of land in Florida, prior
to the cession of that Peninsula to the liui
i ted States.
Chagres Mail. ’The New York papers
i state that the Postmaster General had deci
ded upon sending a regular mail by the
; Crescent and Empire City, to Chagres.
Arrival of Emigrants at J\ t ie- York
Tlie New-York Express, of the Ist inst.,
says: “There has arrived at the Quaran
tine ground, since the 2d of April to the Ist
of October, 103,193 emigrants, being an av
-1 crage of 890 per day.
Latest from Yucatan. The brig Melaz
zo, at New York, from Sisal, reports that
when she sailed, Sept. 10th, It was report
cd that tlie Indians were within fifteen miles
of the place, nnd it was expected that an at
tack would soon be made. The inhabitants
! were greatly alarmed, of course; but the
authorities were preparing to give the Indi
ans a warm reception —and they were
; strengthened by some 500 men from Merida.
Cholera. Not a single case of Cholera his
! occurred in London among the Jews , which
is attributable to their sanitary laws.
®lje olfr Iborlfc.
The steamer Canada arrive 1 in Halifax,
on the 2d. inst. From the Telegraphic Re
ports received at Charleston, we glean the
following items:
The Cotton Market. “Cotton is dull,
but prices arc the same as by the previous
steamer. The official report of the Board of
Brokers makes the same figures as last week.
Sales of the week 28.000 bales. The ac
i counts from the manufacturing districts are
1 rather unsatisfactory.”
The Cholera. Since the commencement
of the Cholera in London, it is reported that
upwards of 13,000 persons have died with
, the disease. The deaths by this epidemic
have materially diminished in Paris.
Hungary. Preparations are making to
i besiege Comorn. The officers are said to
have had a meeting, and agreed to surren
der on the terms offered the Magyars. The
whole garrison is desirous of leaving the
! country. The bombardment is said to have
already commenced.
It is rumored that Bern was captured by
the Russians ut Wallachia.
Many Hungarian officers have been put to
1 death by hanging, &c.
Turkey. The Sultan lias refused to de
liver up the Hungarian refuges,and the Rus
-1 sian Minister attempted to bully the Sultan
into complianC 1 with Austria's demands.
A Council was held, arid the Turkish Gov
ernment positively refused to surrender the
refugees either to the Russians or Austrians.
I Kossuth nud his companions liato been fur
nished with passports by the British Min
ister.
Italy. The Pope's reception at Naples
was magnificent. He evinces no disposition
to return to Rome at present, and no pro
gress is made towards the settlement of the
existing difficulties, tvitli respect to RoniMi ;
ass tire
©ur ©ossip Column.
Daguerreotypes,
We understand that the rooms Dr.
TTuslmcll, ttic Daguerrean, in this towq,
will he closed in two weeks. Dr. Bushnell
makes excellent pictures, as our citizens
know, and all per ons who wish to secure
their likenesses before he leaves, will do
well to call soon. *
South Carolina Instituto.
We learn from the Charleston Evening
*Yci?3, that, at a regular meeting of the
Hoard of Directors of the South Carolina
Institute, held on the evening of the otii
instant, it was
Resolved , That lie* time of holding the first
Annu il Fair of the Institute be postponed until
the third w kin November, and that the Fair
be opQuod. and the address by .las. 11. Hammond, j
E*q be delivered, on Tuesday night, 20th Nor.
The Editors of all the papers that have
advertised the Fair, are requested to pub- ‘
lish the above notice, and niter the date in
their advertisement.
Byron’s Satan.
The American Cabinet quotes the follow
ing passage from Byron, which it says can
not be matched by anything in Milton :
‘ His b**nw was like the deep when t**mposMa*t :
l Fierce and unfathomable thoughts engraved
! Eternal wrath on h’s immortal face,
And where he gazed a gfoom pervaded spact. %
More Curiosities.
A plank from the Bridge of Sighs.
A small cheese, made of the milk of hu
man kindness.
A small quantity of tallow, extracted in
the days that tried men’s souls.
A pair of boots made on Horn's last.
’ A pair of scissors once presented to a
rich editor, by the subscriber who nicer
found fault udlh his paper.
Another Farody—Outragoous.
Some wicked wag, having had the liardi
i hood to perpetrate the following rascally
! rhymes, has had the impudence to deposite
i them, clandestinely, upon our table. We
suspect “ our devil” had a hand in the busi
ness ; if so nothing can save him, on con
viction, from condign punishment. Wo pub
lish the lines, to the eternal disgrace us the
writer. We shall expect our friends, the J
poets, to show u “ proper resentment.”
“ POETOGR A PITY,
nv qt izz, .in.
Take a litllo sen-e
The less you t ike the better,
For if 30U take too much,
Bo sure you rhyme ‘twill fetter.
1 Jo it up in words
That will rhyme tog ther,
As the line above,
You s *O, will rhyme with —wrath r.
Talk of “ Indies’ eye•<,”
And the “ eve dug breezes, '*
And the “ zephyr ** sighs/*
Am mg the verd int tre ses !
Speak of “angel forms,”
“ Checks and lips of roses,'*
And of “ golden curls’*
’.Mi l which “young Love*’ reposes.
If you'll mind these rules,
You’ll be sure t > “go it,”
For nothing can be e isier
Th m t< be a 1 manufacturer of
sos .- ii siol Iy, -nt m ’ ;il dogi t 1 t/. *
jjj a 2 fig uF li &¥♦
i Till- SKAKSPtim CALENDAR.
Prepared for Iticlmrdft’ Weekly Uuzeue.
October 7th —\\ illiuiii, first King of tlit*
Netherlands, abdicates his throne, that lie
might marry a Roman Catholic lady. 1840
“ Were 1 crowned the m *st imperial mo air h
The eof most wo tliy ; were I the fairest youth
That ever made eye swerve ; h id force and know’
ledge
j More thin was ever mans -I woull not prize
them
1 Without her 1 >vc: f*r her employ them all ;
! Commend them and condemn tln-m to her -ervic •,
’ t)r to their own perdition.”
[lVintcr's Talc, Act iv, Scene 3.
t
j October Bth.—Richard Brinsly Sheridan
( horn. 1751.
“ lie U'OS his f lly like a stalking horse, and
■ under the pres aitation of that, h’ shoots his wit.”
[As You Like ft. Act v. Scene 4.
Octobkr 9th.—The death of the Emperor
Charles VI, which caused a war in Germa
ny that continued eight years. 1710
“ O, now doth death line his dead chops with
st el;
! The swords of soldiers are his troth, hi* f.tngs ;
I And now I e toasts, mouthing fie Posh of men,
In undetermined differences of kings.”
[ King John , Act ii, .Scene 2.
October 10th —Great hurricane at the
mouth of the Ganges. 1737.
‘“Blow, winds, atnl crack yoo.r checkt! rige!
blow !”
[hmj, fear , Act ii : , Scene 2
I October 11th.—St. Salvador discovered
by Columbus. 1492.
I “ What jjj thi- world ! what news are these !”
[2 Hairy VI, Act iii, Scene 2
October 12th. —Revocation of the Edict
‘of Nantes. 1085.
“ Wise men ne’er sit nnd wail their loss,
I But cbcerly seek how to redrew their harms.”
[3 Henry VI, Act v, Scene A.
October loth.—Seaman's? Widows Socie
ty founded. 1732.
“ (>ur hint of woo
1 Is common : every day some sailor's wife
.... lias just our theme of woe!”
[ Tempest, Act ii. Scene 1
ill A ii ii J A HAA,
In Milledgevillo, on Sunday last, Ezra Dug
g tt, Esq., and Mi-8 Charlotte S. Brown—both of
that city.
Iu Milledgeville, 01 the 2d inst. Dr. Jos. D.
* Owen to Miss Elizabeth F. Jones.
hi Baldwin Cos. on the 3d inst.. Mr. John Chap
|man, of Twiggs county, nnd MBs Missouri 11.
. Mot Vary, of Baldwin.
Ii ii A T ii ri ,
In'Charleston S. C. on the morning of the 19; h
of September, after a protracted illness, Mary
- Elizabeth Lee. iri whose beautiful character ramy
; of the Virtues that adorn bumajdty were blended. ,
aud where meek ocas aud humility thonc pre-em
inently. Iler death lias left a vacancy in the
he irts of her loved and loving friends, which on
ly time can fl'l up. To her immediate and devo
1 talrelatives her loss is im p trable. “ The Lord
gave, and the Lord bath hikm away : blessed b
the name of the Lord,”
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