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The Schoolfellow. Next week, we shall publish the first number of the second volume of this beau tiful Magazine for Girls and Boys,—and we may venture to say, that it will be one of the most charming juvenile works in the country. It will contain 32 pages— printed upon fine paper, and embellished with 12 beautiful wood engravings. Will not teachers, parents, and guardians, send us in hundreds of subscriptions'! A Valuable Manuscript. An old manuscript volume of 360 large folio pages, relating to the history, topog raphy, productions, climate, Indians, &c., of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, was lately brought into this country from London, and is now in the library of Har vard University, at Cambridge, Mass.— The author, an engineer by the name of De Brahem, was employed by the English Government, in the South, from the year .u*63 to the beginning of the Revolution. The work is illustrated with many well executed drawings. It is said to possess much intrinsic merit. President Sparks, of Harvard University, has written to the Mayor of Charleston in relation to it, re commending that the States to which the work relates, publish the entire volume, at their joint expense. The Mayor has been authorized by the Common Council to com municate with the Governors of these States, on the subject. We hope that measures will be taken to secure the publication of the manuscript, at as early a day as possi ble. * €itji iJtcms. A Splendid Organ. The new Organ just erected in the Circular Church is a magnificent instrument. We were present at its trial on Thursday, and do not hesi tate to pronounce it to be one of the finest instruments, both for quality and quantity of lone, that we have heard in this coun try. It was built by Messrs. Appleton & Warren, of Boston, and is a munificent gift to the Church by Mrs. Keith, one of its members. It cost nearly $6,000. Seamens’ and Strangers’ Friends’ Socie- Itj of Canada. Rev. T. Osgood, Agent of tins Society, is now in this city, and will be happy to receive the contributions of the benevolent, in aid of the objects of his mission. The name of the institution is significant of its objects, and it is highly re commended by Christian ministers of all denominations. Donations may be left at the Sailors’ Home, on Market street. Adam and Eve. Etranger’s grand Scrip tural paintings of the “Temptation” and the “Expulsion,” are now being exhibited in the Apprentices Library’ Society’s Hall. They are among the finest pictures ever exhibited in this country, and our citizens should avail themselves of this opportuni ty to see them. Father Mathew will preach in the Ca thedral, on Broad street, to-morrow, (Sun day,) at the High Mass, in the forenoon, and lecture on Temperance in the after noon. Christ lilessmg Little Children. This new Scriptural painting, by Winner, is now open for exhibition at Hibernian Hall, for the benefit of the orphans under the care of the Sisters of Mercy. We intended to no tice this splendid picture at considerable length this week, but want of room com pels us to defer our remarks till our next number. We assure our readers that they will be richly repaid for visiting it. Ad mission, 25 cents. Season tickets, 50 cents. Medical Society of South Carolina. At the anniversary meeting of the Medical Society, held Dec. 10, 1849, the following officers were elected: Dr. W. T. Wragg, President. Dr. T. L. Ogier, Vice President. Dr. F. P. Porcher, Secretary. Dr. S. P. Lockwood, Treasurer and Li brarian. Kook Committee. —Drs. Ravenel, Gaillard and Desaussure. The Panorama of the Hudson is still open for exhibition, at Masonic Hall. Panorama of the Mediterranean. This great moving picture is to be exhibited one week longer, at South Carolina Hall. £l)c £ iter ary lllorlit. A Pictorial Waverly. Hewett, Tillotson & Cos., of New York, have issued the first part of an American illuminated reprint of ‘he Abbotsford Waverly. The volume contains “ Ivanhoe,” in 269 octavo pages of large type. The illustrations are print ed seperately from the text, on tinted leaves. I he price is One Dollar. Death of Ebenezer Elliott- The “Corn huv rhymer” has paid the debt of nature, and henceforth will live only in his nation al songs. He died on the Ist of December, at Argilt Hill, in England, after a severe and protracted illness, during which, he ” rote several fine lyrics, to he embraced in a forthcoming edition of his popular works. New Boohs to Appear. In London, the humorous papers, recently published in Punch, entitled “ Mr. Pips—his Diary,” as a burlesque upon the journals of l’epys, ■he old historian, are to be issued in a vol ume with Doyle’s Sketches of the “Man ners and Customes of ye Englishe.” A hook of Travels in Spain and Morocco, by Mr. Urquhart, M. P., is announced by Bentley. ‘The Prisons of London,” by Mr. Hepworth Dixon —a volume of papers collected from the London Daily News, will soon be published. In this country, I'aker & Scribner announce for early pub lication, “ Warraga : or the Charms of the Yile,” by Wm.Furniss.—lllustrated. Lea Plane hard have nearly ready, Johnson’s Physical Atlas of Natural Phenomena, “ith 26 Maps—in quarto. A volume of “ New Poems,” by Hannah F. Gould, is ad vertised by a Boston house. Mr. Thackeray has given the public in timation of his recovery from illness, in a new prospectus, dated Kensington, Dec. 1. It refers to his Christmas book, a comical “ continuation of Ivanhoe,” which is an nounced as “ a highly Chivalrous Legend) entitled ‘Rebecca and Rowena:’ a Romance upon Romance : a Story for Christmas.” 0r oossip Column. Tall Customers. Fitzgerald, of the Philadelphia City Item , in a complimentary notice of a certain “ knight of the shears,” says that his pa trons are chiefly of ‘■'long standing.” Are we to infer that they arc tall customers'! A Wood-i x Guest. While dining, the other day, at one of our principal Hotels, we discovered, sitting near us, a supposed acquaintance, and with wonted cordiality, offered our greetings.— To our surprise, they met with no response, and upon looking again, to assure ourself as to the identity of the party spoken to, we discovered that it was a mere figure of Wood ! A Pair of Them. Mackay, in his very clever work on American Life and Manners, relates, among other anecdotes of the Mississippi, the fol lowing very singular incident: A dispute having arisen between two gamblers, one of them drew from his belt a huge bowie-knife, and flourished it be fore his antagonist, directing, at the same time, his attention to the words etched upon the steel, which were, “Hark from the tomb.” The other, xvithout being at all alarmed, drew from his breast one of Colt’s six-barrelled revolvers, and thrusting it be fore the eyes of his opponent, pointed to the motto upon the cylinder—“ A doleful sound.” These two quotations form to gether a verse of a well-known hymn—and the coincidence so surprised the bellige rents, that they settled their dispute with out resort to the ominous oracles in ques tion ! A Riddle. We like a good riddle, and such we con sider the following, which we met with re cently in an old English volume. Will some of our readers send in an answer I “ In Moses’ time there lived one— As Scripture will declare— Who spoke, and over ‘old the truth, Which plainly will appear. He lived on earth and did not sin— Guiltless he lived and died; And all his actions were most just. And to be justified. Yet for all this, ’tis sure, in Heaven He ne’er shall find a place ; Nor any of his ancestors— Nor yet his future race !” An Epigram. Some wicked wag, not having the fear of “ the sex” before his eyes, has perpe trated the following epigram upon a “ la die faire,” who, it would seen., bids fair to realize the poet’s fancy of “ blooming in immortal youth.” Miss M.’s immortal you must know ; You doubt it 1 Well, I’ll jrrovc her so: She’s twenty now, as she’ll confess — And twenty since she was no less ! A Conundrum. Why is a gale of wind like a mathema tician I Because it extracts roots with great facil ity ! (General intelligence. A private letter, published in the New York Courier and Enquirer, announ ces the intention of the Brazilian govern ment, combined with Paraguay, to com mence war against Buenos Ayres. Distinguished German Emigrants to Texas. Among the emigrants that have lately arrived in Galveston, Texas, is Dr. Florian Moerdes, recently minister of the Interior of the Government of Bavaria and Baden during the brief career of its repub lican existence. The Texas News says he is accompanied by his lady, (born Countess Armansperg, daughter of the new Premier Minister of the Kingdom of Bavaria,) and his brother, Major Francis Moerdes, late of the Ist Regiment of Dragoons of Padez Dr. Moerdes believes that at least from some thirty to forty thousand families will be induced to emigrate to America. They will generally embrace the wealthy and better educated. Brilliant Meteor. A large meteor was observed in Wilmington, N. C., on the 7th inst. It left a very bright light of ir regular form, and something of the zig-zag shape, which continued visible for about fifteen minutes, seming like a streak of lightning daguerreotyped on the sky. Mortality of Free Blacks. A writer in the Boston Medical Journal asserts that the mortality of the free people of color of the United States is more than one hundred per cent, greater than that of the Slaves. An Honered Town. Sulfield, Con., has been the birth place of 4 Congressmen, 2 governors of Vermont, 2 governors of Pen sylvania, 1 governor of Connecticut, 1 gov ernor of Ohio, 2 postmasters general, 2 judges of the superioi court of Ohio, 1 judge of the supreme court of Vermont, 1 gener al in the French war, 1 judge of the county court. Tennesee. The Legislature of Tennes see has before it a proposal to establish a sinking fund of $60,000, which would liq uidate the public debt in 20 years; also proposing the extension of railways east ward. fßay The astronomer, Leverrier, has an nounced to the Acadamy of Sciences, that the sun experiences a very considerable per turbation, not hitherto calculated. jftay-The Duke and Dutchess of Mont lOiaaiG)© 8 ir an aw ©iiiiia a pensier are constructing a splendid palace at Seville. Its estimated cost is $300,000. It will be three years before it is finished. our Book (Sable. Outlines of Astronomy. By Sir John F. W. Herschel, Bart. A.M. With Plates and Wood Cuts. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. In this handsome volume of over 600 pages, the learned author has given us the most comprehensive popular treatise on “ the science of the stars,” which has ever come under our observation. It is not an elementary work; neither is it strictly sci entific or technical. It is written rather in the didactic style, and is adapted to the wants of those readers, who desire to learn what is actually known, rather than to push their inquiries into the wide regions of speculative philosophy. The author has resorted to the higher mathematics for his illustrations and elu cidations, only when they could not be found in less abstruse processes. A mo derate share, therefore, of mathematical knowledge will enable the student to pe ruse the pages of this work with advan tage, and to learn from it the pass-word into the more mysterious accesses of the great temple of astronomical science. It is a contribution to popular philosophy, alike invaluable to the reader, and honor able to the distinguished author. Shirley. A Tale by Currer Bell. New-York : Harper & Brothers. We have read “Shirley” with intense gratification. It is a novel worth reading; dealing neither in common-place incident, or maudlin sentiment. It is a refreshing thought-compelling history, wrought out in no hackneyed fashion. The author, though assuming the guise of masculinity, is undoubtedly a woman; for none else could so successfully delineate the interior life of woman as she has done in the char acters of Shirley Keeldar and Caroline Helston. With neither space nor disposition to give a synopsis of a book that most of our readers will have already become fa miliar with, we must present our opinion of “ Shirley” in a few brief sentences. In no other novel that we have read, do we remember to have found such vivid portraitures,—such striking and harmoni ous developments of characters, —yet so widely various. The heroines are both attractive personages. Shirley fascinates us by her womanly wilfulness and her delightful independence. Caroline, on the other hand, by her gentleness and exceed ing grace, unmixed with any sentimental ism. Robert Moore is a noble fellow at heart, and develops admirably with the progress of the story. But, if we were to mention the names of all who figure on the brilliant pages of Currer Bell, we should make our para graphs—columns. “Shirley” will hardly please the fash ionable novel-reader. It has no plot, no common-place, no slip-shod sentiment, and no dull moralizing. Sprightliness is its characteristic, and the intelligent reader will be pleased with it. To others, it may very likely be a stupid affair. Sidoxia, thm Sorceress ; the Sapposoil Destroy er us the whole reigning Ducal House of Pome rania. By William Meinhold. New York: Harper & Brothers. The name of the author of the “ Amber Witch” upon the title page of this volume, secured sot it our early perusal, and disposed us to expect much interest in its pages. Nor were we, in truth, disappointed, though the tale is an over long one, and half wea risome with its protracted records of crime and horrors. Os these materials there is enough to suit the taste of a genuine devo tee of the Radcliffe School, though there is not wanting in the book a dignity of narra tive and style sufficient to elevate it far above the “Udolpho” mysteries. The work is, indeed, semi-historical and presents a succinct and elaborate account of the life and crimesof Sidonia Von Burk.a noble lady,of a quiet little province of Europe, called Pome rania. who after a life, of “four-score years” spent in wickedness and crime, was burned for witchcraft. She was charged with having caused the death of nearly all the members of the great ducal family of Pomerania, and the manner in which she compassed this xvholesale destruction, to gether with other crimes, is detailed in the volume before us. Her beauty in youth, her tender relationship to one of the scions of the ducal house, her infidelity, resulting in her dismissal from the family, her after career of lawlessness—and dreadful re venge, are material of no ordinary character, and make a most exciting story. There is not a little diablerie in its pages, mixed with much of a quieter and philosophic nature. The narrative is set forth as the result of an investigation undertaken, though at a very late day, by the authority of Boigslaf, the fourteenth and last Duke of Pomera nia. The work reflects no inconsiderable degree of credit upon the skill of the au thor in the artistic grouping of his charac ters, and in the effective management ofhis incidents,themselves sufficiently varied and terrible. Mitchkll’s Mac of the States of Missouri, Illinois, lowa and Wisconsin. Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Cos. 1859. This is the most complete and authentic Map of the Territories named, ever pub lished. It presents, also, the outline of Minesota and the mineral lands of Lake Superior, ft will be of no small service to the emigrant and traveller in those new regions. ISabbath Lyrics ; or Songs from Scripture. A Christmas Gift of Love. By W. Gilmore Simms. Charleston : From the Press of Wal ker & James. In this handsomely printed volume, Mr. Simms has afforded evidence, both of the facility and variety of his poetic talent. He has paraphrased into English lyrical verse many of the most beautiful passages of Hebrew poetry, from David, Isaiah, Solomon and Micah. The translation, so to speak, is often almost literal ; combin ing much of the energy and fervor of the original with the grace and melody of rhythm. It contains also a number of original sacred lyrics, from among which we select the following, as a specimen of the spirit and style of all, which fitly commend themselves to the devout reader. TilE MARTYR. He stood unaw’d, though many came To mock his dying hour; Though cruel foes provoked the flame, Ho scorned their hate and power: And whilst his hands wero raised on high, He gloried in his destiny, With soul that did not cower ; For midst that deuth of fear and pain, He felt he should not die in vain. His eyes wero lifted np to heaven, His soul was spent in pray’r; He prayed that they might be forgiven, Who howl’d about him there; No groan for life, from nature wrung, Broke forth npon that martyr’s tongue ; Superior to despair, His spirit seem’d already free, From mortal doubt and destiny. They bade him look for help on high ; lie bow’d, and bless’d them still: They ask’d him, “ Does he hear your cry 1” He answer’d them, “ He will!” And still with meek submission rose His dying pray’r for all his foes, Even they his blood who spill:— A spirit’s glory wreathes his brow, The martyr's with his Saviour now. The Shaksfeare Calendar, or Wit and Wis dom for every day in the Year. Edited by Wm. C. Richards. New York: Geo. P. Put nam. 1850. To the readers of the Gazette, we say all that is necessary of this volume when we tell them that it comprizes all the dramat ic illustrations of Chronology published in this journal since last May with the addi tion of those designed to complete the year. It has been published as an Annual for 1850, and our best thanks are due to Mr. Putnam for the very beautiful style in which he has issued it. Our readers will overlook, we are sure, the seeming ego tism which prompts us to copy the Dedica tion Sonnet, for which our simple motive is to disclaim for ourself too large a share in the execution of the work, and in form them to whom they are chiefly in debted for “ The Shakspeare Calendar.” DEDICATION. To her I dedicate this little book, Whose kindling fancy and whose sparkling wit Do more than aught of mine embellish it, And sheil a magic charm where’er you look: To her whose fond affection could not brook That I should sucli a joyless worker be As not to share her tender sympathy, But for my sake more gcuial tasks forsook, And with a patient, cheerful diligence, Scanned the dim records of the mighty Past, Drew with nice skill events of moment thence— And linked them to poetic honors fast To my beloved wife—whom thus I greet In this ami every task—my sweet help meet! The Neighbors. A Story of Every-Day Life, lly Frederika Bremer. Translated from the Swedish, by Mary Howitt. Author’s Edition, with anew preface. One vol. 12mi>. New York: Geo. P. Putnam. 1850. The well-established reputation of Miss Bremer’s writings, guarantees the success of Mr. Putnam’s liberal enterprise, in bring ing out a complete and elegant edition, in which the author is generously admitted to a share of the profits. The new preface to’ this volume, was written by Miss Bremer, amid the hospi talities, and under the exciting influences of “the new world,” and it naturally ex hibits the enthusiam which she could not but feel towards a people who had, for years, paid to her genius the homage of admiration. We have not space to discuss the merits of Miss Bremer’s works. They have been, and still are, vastly popular pictures of life in Sweden ; opening to us new aspects of nature, both physical and social, and pos sessing no ordinary share of interest. “The Neighbors,” in its present elegant dress, will doubtless take its place upon tables and in book-cases, from which it has hith erto been banished by its cheap appearance. Most cordially do we avail ourself of this occasion, to welcome Miss Bremer to our shores, and to extend to her, in behalf of the South, an earnest invitation to visit this portion of a land where her books are literally household books. Lecti kes on Subjects connected with Literature and Life. By Edwin T. Whipple. One vol. Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields. Mr. Whipple is certainly one of the most successful and brilliant of American essayists. His style is elegant and forci ble—abounding in the most felicitous il lustration, and compelling the interest and admiration of the reader. He is not a mere retailer of words, but deals in thoughts —vigorous, comprehensive and earnest.— It is a pleasure to pursue with him a theme of study, a chain of argument, or a flight of the imagination, for he generally con ducts you to a satisfactory result. His “ Essays and Reviews,” noticed in a for mer number of this Journal, have very justly elicited the commendation of the re viewers—and the volume before us cannot fail to add to his reputation, both as a schol ar and a writer. It comprises a number of Lectures, delivered at various College An niversaries, which, in New England, gene rally call forth the best intellectual exer tions of the orator. The subjects of this volume are exceed ingly attractive, and none more so than those entitled “Witand Humor” and “The Ludicrous Side of Life,” in which our au thor displays a thorough appreciation of his themes, and illustrates them in the most sparkling and delightful manner. Asa specimen of his genial style, we quote the following plea for Mirth—the closing par agraph of the Lecture on Wit and Humor: “ And now let us be just to Mirth. Let us be thankful that wo havo in Wit a power beforo which the pride of wealth ami the insolence of office are ab.ised ; which can transits bigotry and tyranny with arrows of lightning; which can strike its object over thousands of miles of space, across thousands of years of time ; and which, through its sway over an universal weakness of man, is an everlasting instrument to make the bad tremble and the foolish wince. Let us be grateful for the social and humanizing influences of Mirth. Amid the sorrow, disapi>ointmunt, agony aud anguish of the world, —over dark thoughts and tempestuous passions, the gloomy exaggerations of self-will, the enfeebling illusions of melancholy—Wit and Humor, light andlight ning, shed their soft radiance, or dart their elec tric flash. See how life is warmed and illumined by Mirth 1 See how the beings of the mind, with which it has peopled our imaginations, wres tle with the ills of existence, —feeling their way into tho harshest or saddest meditations, with looks that defy calamity ; relaxing muscles made rigid with pain ; hovering o'er the couch of sick ness, with sunshine and laughtor in their benefi cent faces; softening the austerity of thoughts whose awful shadows dim and darken the brain, luosening tho gripo of Misery as it tugs at tho heart-strings! Let us court the society of these gamesome, and gonial, and sportive, and spark ling beings, whom Genius has left to us as a priceless bequest; push them not from the daily walks of the world’s life ; let them scatter some humanities in the sullen marts of business; let them glide in through tho open doors of the heart; let their glee lighten up tho feast, and gladden the fireside of home “ That the night may be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day May fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.” We are sorry to have to utter, in the contusion of this hasty notice, a word of censure for what we consider a gratuitous affront to Southern readers, in the Lecture upon “ Intellectual Health and Disease.” Our author considers Slavery as the “chief Satanic element in our national life,” and in a somewhat dogmatic paragraph, anni hilates—or evidently thinks he does! —the pro-slavery argument, by a fanciful illus tration touching the gout, small-pox, and other equally pleasant diseases, between the attempt to perpetuate which physical plagues and slavery, he discovers a suffi ciently ludicrous resemblance. While Mr. Whipple discourses of books and authors, and of kindred themes he is evidently at home, but when he descends to attack, albeit “not sentimentally or shree vishly,” as he insists, the “peculiar insti tion” of the Sou:h, he is quite as evident ly “abroad,” and had far better not attempt to enlighten his New England auditors and readers upon a question invested with so much prejudice and ignorance as, is that of slavery in the North. With Mr. Whip ple’s opinions we have no quarrel; his right to publish them we do not call in ques tion. We only regret that a book so gen erally true to the catholic spirit of litera ture, should be made obnoxious to many sympathizing readers by a single sentiment averse to their reason and feeling. ®ffiHß®El©lL®®'tr. The Shakspeare Calendar. Prepared for Richards’ Weekly Gazette. December 16th.—Napoleon divorced Jo sephine. 1809. “ For no dislike i’ the world ‘gainst the person Os the good queen, but the sharp, thorny points Os my alleged reasons drive this forward ” Henry VIII, Act ii, Scene 4. Decembei l?th. — Sedition Bill passed in England. 1795. “ These thing indeed you havo articulated, Proclaimed a! market crosses,read in churches: To face the g aicnt of rebellion With some fin color that may please the eye Os fickle changelings, and poor discontents Which gape and rub tlie elbow at the news Os hurly-burly innovation.” I Henry IV., Act v, Scene 1. December 18th.— —’Tea destroyed in Bos ton Harbor. 1773. “ Defiance hurl we in your teeth.” Julius C.esar, Act v, Scene 1. December 19th.—Hair-powder lax be gun. 1795. “ Yes, to pay a fine for a porukc.” Comedy of Errors, Act ii, Scene 2. December 20th.—Steam-ship Avenger wrecked on the coast of Africa. Two hun dred and seventy lives lost. 1847. “ Not a soul But felt a fever of the mad, and played Some tricks of desperation.” Tempest, Act 1, Scene 2. December 21st.—Lavallette, aided by his wife, escaped from prison. 1815. “ O ye gods! Bender me worthy of this noble wifo.” Julius Act ii, Scene 1. December 22d.—The Pretender lands near Aberdeen. 1715. “ Use all your power To stop their marches ’fore we are inflamed.” King John, Act v, Scene 1. December 23d.—James 11. lied from England. 1688. “ The better part of valor is discretion; in which hotter part, 1 have saved my life.” 1 Henry IV, Act v, Scene 4. December 24th.—Robin Hood died.— 1247. “ Sick in the world’s regard, wretched, and low, A poor unminded outlaw.” 1 Henry IV., Act i, Scene 3. December 25th.—The Island of Rhodes taken by the Turks. 1522. • The Turkish preparation makes for Rhodes.” Othello, Act 1, Scene 3. December 26th.—Wilkes died. 1797. “ Sir, I will counterfeit the bewitchment of some popular man, and give it beautifully to the dcsirers.” Coriolanus, Act ii, Scene 3. December 27th.—The King of Naples dethroned. 1805. “ Somo will mourn in ashes, some coal black, For the deposing of a rightful king.” Richard 11, Act v, Scene 1. December 58th.—Logan, the poet, died of a broken heart. 1778. “ Thero’s nothing in tho world can make me joy.!’ King John, Act iii, Scene 4. December 29th.—Becket assassinated. 1170. “ From tho four corners of the earth they come,” To kiss this shrine, this mortal, breathing saint. Merchant of Venice, Act ii, Scene 7. December 30th. — The first idcaof Elcc tricity given by two globes of brimstone. 1740. “ First let us talk with this philosopher, What is the cause of thunder!” King Leah, Act iii, Sceno 4. December 31st.—Gifford, the reviewer, died. 1826. “ I am nothing—if not critical.” Othello, Act ii, Sceno 1. January Ist.—The New Years com mence on this day. “ What! will tho line stretch out to the crack of doom 1” Macbeth, Act iv, Socne 1. January 2d.—King Charles 11. shuts the Exchequer. 1672. “His exchequer is too poor.” Henry V., Act iii, Socne 6 January 3d. —Bread-fruit plants intro duced into the West Indies. 1793. “ It may well bo called .lovo'a tree, when it drops for thee sncii fruit.** As You Like It, Act iii, Scene 2. January 4th.—Roger Ascliam died— -1568. “ Was ho not held a learned man 1” Yes, surely.” Henry VIII., Act ii, Scene 2. January sth.—Pope Leo orders images to be abolished. 814. “ Disrobo tho images If you do find them deck’d with ceremonies.” Julius C.esar, Act i, Scene 1. January 6th.—Count D’Artois lands at Keith, in Scotland, being driven from France by the Republican party. 1796. “I am now, sir, muddied in fortune’s moat, and smell somewhat strong of his displeasure.” All’s Well, Act v, Scene 2. January 7tli. — A successful Balloon as cension in Paris. 1785. “ Aye, marry, now my soul hath elbow room.” King John, Act v, Scene 7. January Bth. — Battle of New Orleans— the British repulsed with great loss. 1815. “Anon, A rout—confusion thick: Forthwith they fly Chickens, the way they stooped eagles.” Cymbeline, Act v, Sceno 3. January 9th.—Funeral of Lord Nelson. 1806. “ Within their chiefest temple I’ll erect A tomb, wherein his corpse shall be interred.” Henry 1., Act ii, Scene 2. January 10th. — Disturbances in Eng land, caused by raising the price of porter. 1792. “ Wc can afford no more at such a price.” Love's Lauor Lost, Act v, Scene 2. To Our Exchanges. We will thank our brethren of the press to send their Papers and Magazines hereafter to Charleston, S. C. They will confer a favor upon us, by having the alteration made at once upon their mail-books. SPECIAL NOTICE. 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