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EDITOR’S DEPARTMENT.
WM. O. HICiiARDS, Editor.
D. H. JACQUES, Assistant Editor.
CHARLESTON, S. C.:
Saturday Morning; Jan. 19, 1850.
Office of the Gazette.
Wo have fitted up a room over the Book
Store of Mr. A. Head, having aprivateen
tiance upon Broad Street, as the Publish
ing Office of the Gazette ami Schoolfellow.
There, the Editor, or his Assistant, may be
found at nearly all hours, and there all the
business transactions of the establishment
will bn conducted. Upon the table of the
Office will he kept some of the principal
Literary Journals of the old and new worlds
—accessible at all times to the public, and
particularly to ottr patrons. A desk, with
writing materials, will always be at the
command of visitors—and our friends from
abroad will doubtless find this a conve
nience.
We design to make our Office a place of
rendezvous for literary men —a sort of in
tellectual Exchange, where they may meet
in pleasant fellowship. They are cordial
ly invited to drop in at their earliest con
venience.
Ferdinand J, Sebastian De Brahm.
In our last number, we noticed the cor
respondence which has passed between the
Mayor of our City and the Hon. Jared
Sparks, concerning a valuable MS. vol
ume, written by M. De Brahm, and con
taining much valuable information upon
the topography and natural history of this
region. Since then, we have hail ail inter
view with Mr. Simms, who has placed in
our hands an article prepared by him for
tile Southern Quarterly Review, as a note
to his paper on the Siege of Charleston, in
the last October issue of that Journal. The
attention recently excited to M. De Brahm
by the correspondence already alluded to,
has suggested the propriety of making pub
lic, without delay, the note in question—
and we take pleasure in laying it before
our readers.
Among the authorities quoted in our no
tice of the Siege of Charleston during the
Revolution, was that of M. De Brahm, of
whom we then professed to know but lit
tle, but who had been described as a man
of science, and was “supposed to have
been an Assistant Engineer, a Frenchman,
employed in the City during the Siege.”—
We spoke doubtfully, and from memory
only; but a recent search has put us in
possession of a couple of letters, which
confirm our statement, with a single quali
fication : De Brahm was not a Frenchman,
hut a German. We have before us, a let
ter from his pen, addressed to Henry Lau
rens, then President of Congress, with ano
ther from Gen. Robt. Howe, then in com
mand in South Carolina, recommending
him to promotion. Both these letters may
he suffered to speak for themselves. From
Howe’s, we give the passage only which
relates to De Brahm:
“ You will find, by my letter to Congress res
pecting Mr. De Brahm, what it is he wishes; in
deed, what I wish also, because I am certain, if
no mode is established by which Engineers can
rise, we shall never have any worth keeping
sone opportunities, since your departure, which
have called forth Mr. De Brahm, have shewn him
a valuable young man. and worth our having;
indeed, as the works of defence are at last to be
set about, 1 know not how we can spare him; and
yci, without the encouragement mentioned in my
letter to Congress, 1 do not think he will stay—
nor could it, considering his talents, he expected.
1 therefore, my dear sir, take the liberty to wish
you would use your interest with < ‘ongress to ap
point him an Engineer, with the rank of Major.
Be assured that bo deserves it. and that your
Mate ought not to lose him at this time.”
This letter was dated at Charleston, on
the 4th Nov., 1777. It was preceded by
that of De Brahm, which follows. Asa
foreigner, his orthography and grammar,
(which we do not care to correct,) will re
quire no apologies. He was, doubtless,
employed by Congress. His notes during
the Siege of Charleston, were accompanied
with plans of all the fortifications of the
garrison, and all the redoubts of the ene
my. If he was answerable for the works
raised for the defence of Charleston, his
merits will scarcely justify the favorable
opinion of Howe, who probably knew no
thing of engineering. These defences are
described as being absolutely worthless,
and totally untenable, from the beginning.
■'"'•i • —A (Concurrence of Circumstances caused
the Y\ ritcr not without some Trouble (his near
h elation being a King’s Officer) to enter in the
Service of this .State.
In January 177(i, after I had taken a Passage
to Port Hcmlcrsmi then bound to England, the
Council of Safety at that Time had the Confi
dence in me in steat of Loave to depart (which 1
was petitioning for) to give me an Engineer
s uptain's Commission ; My having always from
iny earliest Youth till now been in the Artnee in
Germany (where 1 bear a Commission at present)
A my little Capacities in the Genie and Mathe
maticks (in which Business I came to America
on Board the Kings Armed Ship Cherokee,) were
probably the Reasons, which acquired me this
Deputation. It is now upwards of one and twen
ty Months that I bear this Commission Sr the
1 ime of my Leave of Absence from Germany ex
pired.
file Acquaintance with my Duty in this State
A the Habitude to execute it in his several
branches (as I hope, mv Superiors will attest)
not to mention the Gentil Manner, with which I
have been treated invited me to stay beyond my
proposed Time, in Expectation of being like other
1 ‘fiv ers in tho Arince preferred, when my Ser
vices are thought deserving of it, hut since I am
informed, that it is not within the Power of this
Btatc to grant me any superior than my Cap
tains Commission; 1 therefore applic to your
Honour & the Congress in Consideration of the
Recommendation of his Excellency our President
& the etea I with which 1 use to perform my duty
(as a Pattern of which I herewith transmit to
your Honour the present Plan) to grant me the
Preferment, which there is no Room for in this
State, in the Continental Armee, which I will he
ready to join at the first Notice.
1 cannot think of continuing any longer in the
Hopeless Situation, I am in at present, I expect
with Impatience the Resolution of the Congress,
wheter 1 will bo so happy to serve in the Cause
of America so long till 1 see Liberty triumphant
over Tiruuy and Despotism or wheter I ant to
return to my Regiment, in Germany.
I have the Honour to be, Sir!
Your most humble & ob’d’t. Servant,
Feud’d. Jos. Seb'n. de Bbahm.
t harlestown, So. Carolina, )
Octob. 31 1777. $
The Had Poet.
Some of our readers, perhaps, have heard
of McDonald Clarke, sometimes called the
mad poet. Our thoughts are at this mo
ment directed to him by observing, in an
exchange, one of his poems credited to that
most prolific genius, Mr. Anonymous.—
Poor fellow! he died in a mad-house, and
now the orphaned offspring of his brain
and heart wander, unowned, through the
high-ways and by-ways of literature.
McDonald Clarke was a singular, un
fortunate, but gifted being. Amid a thou
sand absurd vagaries, shone out gleams of
the highest genius. Two or three years
ago, we came into possession of a small,
miserably printed collection of his rhym
ings, published during his life-time. It
probably fell dead from the press. It was
full of bad grammar and worse orthogra
phy, yet it contained snatches of poetry
that would not disgrace the proudest of the
children of song. The following strange
ly worded, but touchingly beautiful para
graphs, are from his introduction to the lit
tle volume referred to :
“ I won’t pester folks with apologies. Here’s a
rough handful of flowers—a little dirt about the
loots—a tear ’ll wash off.
“ If the life of my poetry is wholesome, ’twill
breathe after the wild spirit that inspired it has
been sobered at the terrible tribunal of Eternity,
and the weak hand that traced it, long wasted to
ashes.”
He is the author of those oft-quoted
lines—
“ Now Twilight lets her curtain down,
And pins it with a star.”
In his wilder moments, he set all rules
at defiance, and mingled the startlingly
sublime and the laughably ridiculous, in
the oddest confusion. He talks thus mad
ly of Washington:
“ Eternity—give him elbow room—
A spirit like his is large :
Earth —fence with artillery his toml>,
And fire a double charge
To the memory of America's greatest man,
Match him—Posterity—if you can !”
In the following lines, he sketches, with
a few bold touches, a well-known place,
sometimes called a “Rum Hole” :
“Ha! see where the wild-blazing Grog-shop ap
pears,
As the red waves of wretchedness roll—
How it burns on the edge of tempestuous years—
The horrible Light-House of Hell!”
Here is a tribute to the Sabbath, which,
in sweetness and simplicity, is not often
equalled:
“ I feel the happier all the week,
If my foot has pressed the sacred aisle—
The pillow seems softer to my cheek—
-1 sink to slumber with a smile—
With sinful passions cease to fight.
And sweetly dream on Sunday night.”
Mrs. Child speaks of McDonald Clarke
as one of the purest-hearted and most af
fectionate of beings. “He was,” says she,
“simple and temperate in all his habits ;
and in his deepest poverty, he always kept
up the neat appearance of a gentleman.”
He died, a few years ago, in a Lunatic
Asylum, on Blackwell’s Island, New York,
at the age of 44, and was buried in Green
wood Cemetery, agreeably to a wish often
expressed by him during his brief and sad
career. He is said to have expressed a
child-like delight when told what arrange
ments should be made at his funeral. “I
hope the children will come,” said he; “ I
want to be buried by the side of children.
Four things I am sure there will be in
Heaven : music, flowers, pure air, and plen
ty of little children.” *
fllctropolitan.
Annexation. At the polls held on
Charleston Neck, by order of the Commis
sioners of Cross Roads, there was 455
votes deposited, of which, 433 were against
annexation, and 22 for it.
Hon. B. F. Porter. We are glad to
learn that our friend and correspondent,
Hon. B. F. Porter, who has resided for
many years in Alahama, where he has
held various offices of honor and trust, will
soon take up his permanent residence in
this City.
Roper Hos]>ital. We are informed, says
the Mercury, that the plan of the Roper
Hospital, offeted by Mr. E. C. Jones, Ar
chitect, has been accepted by the Com
mittee.
Necromancy. Mr. Macalhster has com
pleted a most successful series of perform
ances in this city, and proceeds immediate
ly to Savannah, where his mechanical ma
gic will doubtless elicit the applause of
crowded houses. We have never seen his
equal in his curious Art.
Christ Blessing Little Children. We
learn with regret, that the exhibition of
this splendid painting is to he closed to
day, and our regret is augmented by the
fact that, insteail of adding to the funds of
the Sisters of Mercy, for the benefit of
whose orphan proteges it has been exhib
ited, enough has not been received to meet
the expenses of exhibition! Surely our
citizens have not been aware of the great
merit of the picture which they have thus
neglected to visit. It was painted by Wm.
E. Winner, of Philadelphia, and has been
liiiai©©® wiisii ©i3iiii a
presented to the Sisters of Mercy by our
worthy and liberal fellow-citizen, Dr. Phil
ip Tidyman. No words of ours will now
avail, as the picture is to be shut up from
the public, hut we confidently express the
opinion that the citizens of Charleston will
not soon have an opportunity to see ano
ther of the kind, of equal merit. Both in
conception and in execution, the picture
reflects the highest honor upon the Artist.
*
Panorama of the Mediterranean. We
had the pleasure of visiting this vast mo
ving picture, a few evenings since and can
assure onr readers that they may find both
amusement and instruction in the exhibi
tion. No portion of the globe perhaps is
fraught with more interest than the shores
of the Mediterranean. Every spot has its
historical and classic associations. Here
are situated the Rock ofGibralter, Malaga,
“the city of vines,” Carthagena, Barcelona,
Marseilles, Nice, Genoa, Naples and other
cities and towns, celebrated in the history
of the world. These, together with a thou
sand other objects and scenes, of interest—
castles, cathedrals, mountains, men of war,
steamers, a burning ship, an eruption of
Vesuvius, a fandango, a bull-flight, re
views of troops, &c are all faithfully de
lineated in Mr. Hutchins great moving pic
ture. But our limits will not permit us to
speak of this great work in detail. We
cordially commend it and its courteous pro
prietor, to the friendly notice of our citi
zens.
The Panorama of the Hudson , is still
open for exhibition, and is highly spoken
of, but we ate sorry to say we have not had
an opportunity to see it.
Etranger's Adam and Eve. The “ Temp
tation” and the “Expulsion” are attracting
considerable attention at Apprentices Li
brary Hall.
The Tacon Opera Troupe we are
informed arc now on their way to thiscity.
toY' 1 Stone & McCollum’s Circus is now
open on Meeting street, near the Theatre.
our oossip Column.
“ Taking Time by the Forelock.”
The correspondent of the Courier says
that the telegraphic despatches from Wash
ington are received in this city earlier than
they are dated; a phenomena to be ac
counted for by tire difference of longitude
between the two places. He thinks, very
justly, that if such a thing had been pre
dicted in the days of witchcraft, the pro
phet would have stood a poor chance of
escaping with his life. Verily, we live in
an age of wonders, when we can discuss
at the breakfast table in Charleslon, an
event that happened after breakfast of the
same day in Washington!
A Novel Subscription.
A “freshman” having been entered at
Oxford University, and paid the customary
fees, was told that he must subscribe to the
Thirty-Nine Articles , to which he replied,
“Certainly, with all my heart. How often
is it published , axd what is the price of it ?”
A Good One.
The other day, a “constant reader”
handed to the editor of one of our contem
poraries, a manuscript, which he wished
inserted iu his “ valuable paper.” After
reading it, the editor asked him why every
line commenced with a capital letter.
“ That’s poetry, sir,” said the writer.
“ Ah,” said the editor, we had not dis
covered that.
The poet took his hat and left the sanc
tum, and the editor shortly afterwards sent
him his manuscript.
A Riddle.
We heard the following ingenious rid
dle, for the first time, at a social party a
few evenings since. It may not be new to
all our readers, hut it will bear repetition.
We are responsible for the metrical form in
which it appears.
One humlred and one
By fifty divide;
The product thus gained,
An 0 place beside ;
And now, if the rid.lle you rightly divine,
You'll find the sum total, is one out of nine.
Will some of our city readers furnish us
the key to this arithmetical puzzle, before
our next number issues.
Cento Verses.
A correspondent of the Boston Rambler
strings together the following borrowed
rhymes:
“ I bear the dread note of the drum,
The silver moon is waning ;
The melancholy days are come
To give our boys a caning.”
” Artnason’s daughter, lair and young,
Cries boatmen do not tarry ;
If you love me as I love you,
When do you mean to marry 1”
“ The moon liad climbed the highest hill,
The hero's lance to throw ;
Then with her starry court she sang,
John Anderson my Jo.”
An Oriental Love Song.
The following beautiful stanzas were
translated from the Persian, by Dr. Dick
son, of London.
It is spring; yet with all the soft sweetness it
brings,
One kiss of my love were worth twenty such
springs;
Had she breathed on that rose, had she filled tho
wine up,
1 had joyed in the odor, and welcomed the cup!
Take the wine, take the flowers; now their
charms are forgot;
For what is the bower where the bulbul is not 1
The cypress invites me with long floating hair,
But the bird of my languishing heart is not there!
How delightful to gaze on her ravishing lip,
Yet what were the pain if forbidden to sip!
For the flame of her dark eye would scorch up the
heart,
If not soothed by the balm which her kisses
impart.
What boots it for Hafix, whose life is a breath,
To say for her sake he could welcome c en death 1
Since for one happy glance of her love-lighted
eye,
Even angels, who die not, with gladness would
die!
A Riddle Solved.
VVe are much indebted to“Clavis,” for
the following answer to the riddle publish
ed in our last number.
The one who lived in Moses’ time.
As scripture records show—
Who spoke the truth, and did no crime,
While he was here below,
And yet himself, with all his kind,
To heaven may never pass
“Tis clear ns daylight to my mind,
Was none but Balaam’s ass!
International Art Union.
The first annual distribution of Messrs.
Gonpil, Viherl & Cos., took place in New-
Aork, on the 10th inst. One of the pic
tures, “A Site in Brittany,” fell to the lot
of Mr. R. J. Gilchrist, of this city.
<% Citerarg lUorlb.
Public Libraries in France. There are
in France 186 public libraries, containing
an aggregate of nearly five millions of vol
umes. The largest of these, is the Na
tional, in Paris, which numbers over 800,-
000 volumes; and there are a hundred
libraries, each of which contains upwards
of 10,000 volumes.
Headley Miscellanies. Air. John S. Tay
lor, whose edition of Mr. Headley’s Mis
cellanies, the author pronounced surrepti
tious, advertises that tiey are issued on his
(the publisher’s) responsibility; he having
bought and paid for tke articles originally,
and conceiving that this con-litutes a right
to publish. Who shal’ gainsay an argu
ment like this T The aithorized edition is
to be published by Baker & Scribner, at
half the price of the oilier!
High Prices and Lrw Prices. On the
same day, in London, Mr. James published
anew novel, in 3 vos., at half a guinea
each, and an old nova at one shilling and
sixpence, complete 1 Which will pay the
best 1
The late Mr. Poe. Mr. J. S. Redfield
has just published the collected works of
this deceased author, in two octavo vol
umes, edited by Mr. Griswold. The pro
fits of the work will go, it is understood,
to Mrs. Clemm, the poet’s mother-in-law.
our Contemporaries.
American Sentinel. Boston: Ben Perlcy Poore.
This is a good looking and well-filled
sheet, and seems worthy to lake a high
stand among the excellent papers which
come to us from the Trimountain City.
Few men are better qualified to make a
first rate paper than Mr. Poore. We wish
him abundant success. *
Literary American. New-York: G. P. Quack
enbos.
The American hasjjst entered upon its
fourth volume. We have heretofore spoken
of it as one of the best papers in this coun
try, and wc aeeure ouv readers that it hae
not deteriorated. Some new and attractive
features are to be added in the volume
which has just commenced. Now is a
favorable time to subscribe. *
Blackwood’s Edinbcroh Magazine. Ameri
can Edition. New-York : L. Scott & Cos.
This oldest and best of the magazines of
the world is again before us. The Decem
ber number presents an exceedingly attrac
tive table of contents. Scott & Co's, re
publications cannot be too highly com
mended. They embody the best and ma
turest thoughts of some of the best minds
ir. England, and are always replete with
interest and instruction. “They number
among their contributors, past and present,
such names as Southey, Scott, Lockhart,
Woodsworth, Mrs. Somerville, Jeffreys,
Napier, Mclntosh, Brougham, Macaulay,
Bentham, Cobden, Professor Wilson, De
Quincey, Dr. Warren, James, Bulwer, Sid
ney Smith. Sir David Brewster, Drs. Chal
mers and Hanna, and a host of others
scarcely less distinguished as scholars or
divines. *
General -intelligence.
Slave Stealing. The Athens Banner of
the 3d inst. says that an attempt was made
in that place on Friday night last by a man
by the name Kellogg, a dentist by profes
sion, to entice and carry away a negro man
belonging to Thomas Hancock. Kellogg
was, we understand, arrested intheactand
committed to the county jail the same night.
Mr. Powell , author of the “ Living Au
thors of England,” has been arrested in
New York on charge of forginga draft pur
porting to be drawn, by a London House
on McLoughlin & Bell of New York, for
SIOO.
History of Tennessee. It is stated that Dr.
.1. G. M. Ramsey, of Knox county, Tenn.,
will issue from the press, during this year,
the First volume of his History of Tennes
see.
Greenville and Columbia Rail Road. —
The Columbia Telegraph of Monday, says
that the first load of Cotton by the Green
ville and Columbia Rail Road, came down
on Saturday last. A Freight Car proceed
ed up the track to the plantation of John
D. Frost, Esq. and returned with 18 bales.
Fire. A letter to the editor of the Lau
rensville Herald, gives the information that
the splendid Mansion House of Samuel
Maverick, Esq., was with nearly all its
furniture,consumed by fire on Monday last,
the 7th inst.
Georgia Sugar. The Savannah Repub
lican mentions having seen several speci
mens of Georgia sugar grown in Effingham
county. The sugar is stated to be of very
fine quality.
City of Washington- The population of
Washington is estimated at 37,932 ; and
the number of dwellings at 6,322.
The Indiansof Central America call
the men from this country the sons of
Washington. Not so bad, that.
Miss Irving, of Mobile, a favorite
grand daughter of Mr. Clay, has expressed
her detetmination to take the veil.
Nicaragua Ship Canal. Sir Henry Bul
wer, the British Minister, is said to have
disavowed the seizure of Tigre island, on
the part of his government. It is also said
that two rich English Houses have offer
ed to take lia/f the capital stock of the Ca
nal Company, whenever the construction of
the work is set about in earnest.
Another Inundation. Another alarming
crevasse has made its appearance through
the levee at Klin’s plantation, parish of St.
John the Baptist, New Orleans.
Death of a Son of Lafayette. George
Washington, oldest son of General Lafay
ette, died at Lagrange on the Ist of Decem
ber. He accompanied his father in his visit
to this country, and was a member of the
Chamber of Deputies under Louis Phil
lippe. He was also a member of the Con
stituent Assembly after the revolution of
February.
Cherokee Defaulter. Mr. David Vann,
the present treasurer of the Cherokee Na
tion, is stated to be a defaulter to the na
tion to the amount of seven thousand dol
lars.
Arkansas Lead Ore. The steamboat
Pennywit, which arrived at New Orleans
a few days since, from Fort Smith, (Ark.)
brought down a piece of ore, composed of
lead and silver, weighing some fifteen hun
dred pounds. It is stated that this ore
produces one hundred and twenty ounces
of silver to the ton. The vein from which
it is taken is very rich, and promises to be
a source of great profit to the miners.
A Cherokee Lav, passed at their late
council, makes it the duty of the sheriff's of
the several districts, each, to summon a
guard of four men to assist in searching for
whiskey, and, if found, to spill it upon the
ground. All the murders committed in the
nation are caused by the use of whiskey.
A New Thermopylee. A foreign letter
says that, “the French are gaining ground
against the Arabs, but at a fearful cost of
blood. They defend themselves and their
country bravely, dying but not surrender
ing. Eight hundred of them had retreated
to an oasis, where they fought until the
last man was killed. Literally there was
not one left to tell the tale. This beats
Thermopylae, from which there was one fu
gitive.”
li r ild Pigeons. Millions of pigeons have
been filling the woods for miles around
Franklin, Tenn, for several weeks past. —
They have a roost several miles in extent
in Hickman county and with a torch and
club the people sally forth at night, and
bring home their game by meal bags full.
our Book Stable.
The Kino of the Ilruo.Ns. By the Author of
the “ Y oung I’tttroou,” etc. IXew YorK : Geo.
P. Putnam. 1850.
The title of this volume is certainly sug
gestive of savagarie , but the reader will
find it to contain much of the reverse. It
is a story of the early part of the last cen
tury, the scenes of which are laid in the
then wild region between New York and
Canada. The “King of the Hurons” is
not, as one night fancy, a red hero of the
tomahawk a J the hatchet, but a French
Baron, yclept Montaigne , who, by the fa
vor of his -overeign, Louis, occupied a
stately castli in the wilds of Canada. The
daughter oft: is Baron, Blanche Montaigne,
is the heroin ■ of the story, and the chief
interest of it iiangs upon what befel her in
a journey from New York to Castle Mon
taigne, under the escort of a French Count,
Carlton, and a young American, named
Henrich Huntington, who were rivals for
the fair girl’s love —the former with the
approval of the Baron, and the latter with
scarcely his own, but what is of more im
portance, certainly, with that of Blanche.
The filling up of this broad outline af
fords the author occasion for many fine
scenes, and he does not lack the skill to
pourtray them. The action of the story
soon becomes rapid and exciting. The
treachery and cowardice of Carlton are an
admirable foil to the fidelity and bravery
of Huntington. There are ambuscades,
night attacks, batteau-engagements, and all
the concomitants of savage warfare—thro’
all which, the maiden is successfully con
ducted to her father’s castle.
The Baron forces her into a match with
Count Carlton, and employs an imbecile
priest to wed them. This unholy act is
interrupted by Henrich, who attempts to fly
with Blanche, but is pursued and captured.
His death is decreed by the fierce old Ba
ron, in spite of tears from Blanche and re
monstrances from the Huron braves who
accompanied the expedition from the town,
and who heartily admired Henrich’s Jaunt
less courage. But Blanche, with a true
woman’s fidelity, interposes her own life
to save that of her lover, and the baffled
father is obliged to let his victim go, upon
Blanche’s promise to wed the perfidious
Count immediately.
This sad denouement is prevented by the
capture of the castle by a large English
patty, in which the Baron and most of his
garrison are slain, and the coward bride
groom meets a terrible death. He fled to a
secret chamber during the conflict, from
which he did not emerge until he was alarm
ed by the fire. It was then too late, and
he rushed to the top of the castle in full
view but beyond the aid of the victors!
Scorched by the sheets of flame that en
wrapped him ever and anon—he seemed to
supplicate a relief which was at length ac
corded to him by the pity of the soldiers
below, who put an end to his misery, and
gave him only too honorable a reward for
his treachery in violating his parole, by
half a score of friendly bullets. All this is
detailed with spirit and a degree of fresh
ness quite acceptable in these days of hack
neyed fiction.
The consumation of the story does not
disappoint the reader and he will part with
regret from the various characters intro
duced—and especially, after the hero and
heroine, with Lynx and the Algonquin, and
with “ Harry,” a negro man of no small
importance to the drama
We have rapidly sketched this pleasant
book, chiefly because it is published by-
Mr. Putnam in a style of elegance, which
will prove a bar to its extensive circula
tion, unless its interest is declared. We
like it much the best, of its author’s sto
ries; one of which we have heretofore
cordially commended in our columns.
Ihe New Timon. A Romance of London. By
Sir E. Bulwer Litton, author of “ Pelham,”
“ Rier.zie,” etc. Philadelphia: Carey & Hart.
1849.
In originality of conception, terseness,
vigor and melodiousness of diction, novel
ty of imagery, keenness of satire and
purity and elevation of sentiment, this
work will bear comparison with the best
poems in the English language. We haz
ard the opinion that posterity will place it
by the side of the best of Byron’s poetic
tales. The author’s skill, in the analysis
of character, is well exhibited in his sketch
es of the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert
Peel, O’Connell and others. His descrip
tive powers find expression in some exqui
site passages. The popularity of the work,
both here and in England, may be inferred
from the fact that this is the third Ameri
can from the fourth London edition. *
The Sacred Poets of England and Ameri
ca. Edited by Rufus W. Griswold. Onevol.
8 vo. illustrated with fine steel plates. New
York: D. Applotou & Cos.
The publishers of this very elegant vol
ume have rendered no small service to the
Christian world in its publication. Many
of the sweetest as well as most of the lof
tiest productions of the Muse, are wedded
to sacred themes, affording evidence of the
divine origin and tendencies of Poetry.—
We know of no other American collection
of sacred anthology, half so copious as this
of Mr. Griswold and he has made his se
lections with good taste and judgement.—
A goodly array of noble names does the in
dex present —for Religion never has lacked
and never will lack the aid of Poetry. The
engravings added to this edition of the work
greatly enhance its value as a gift book
or parlour volume.
Poeticai. Quotations; consisting of elegant
extracts upon every subject. Compiled from
various authors, and arraged under appropri
ate heads, by John T. Watson, M.D. With
illustrations. Philadelphia: Lindsay & Bla
kiston.
This is a popular volume, in anew
dress; evidently provoked by the beautiful
work, entitled “ The Poet’s Offering,” no
ticed by us some weeks ago. We have
before recommended Mr. Watson’s book,
as a tasteful and comprehensive collection
of poetical gems. The edition before us,
has nine highly finished steel plates, and
its very handsome binding must commend
it to the fair reader.
Bibi.e Antiquities. For tho use of Schools,
Biblo Classes and Families. By John W.
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teacher, valuable alike for its learning and
its simplicity.
1 The Arts of Life and Lessons from them.
2. Herbet Lee, or How a Child may do good
3. The Two Sufferers Contrasted, or Fear
and Anguish and Joy and I’eace.
4. Fanny and her Mother, or easy Heading
Lessons, bringing Scriptural principles into
daily practice.
These little volumes are published by
the American Sunday School Union, and
their titles are sufficiently indicative of
their character. The excellence andcheap
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The Planter’s Guide, and Family Book of
Medicine; ByJ. Hume Simons, M. D. One
vol. 12 mo. Charleston : McCarter & Allen.
The preparation of guide books to the
domestic practice of medicine should not be
left to quacks and empirics, and we are
always happy to see intelligent and honor
able men contributing to the stock of pop
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Science. The manual before us is concise
but comprehensive, and is judiciously pre
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them. Speaking miprofessionally as we
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U il Ji Ii A ULuW/a
The Shakspeare Calendar.
Prepared for Richards’ Weekly Gasette.
January 11th.—Spirit thermometer sunk
to 39° below zero in New Hampshire.—
1848.
“ But this place is too cold for Hell!”
Macbeth, Act ii, Scene 3.
January 12th.—Herculaneum discover
ed. 1730.
“ What’s to dot
Shall we go see the reliques of this town 1”
Twelfth Night, Act iii.. Scene iii.
January 13th.—A remarkable comet ap
peared. 1470.
“ Comets, importing change of time and States,
Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky.”
I. Henry VI., Acti., Scene I.
January 14th.—The Newtonian Tele
scope first exhibited to the King. 1521.
Master ! 1 am to discourse wonders.”
Midsummer Nioiit’s Dream, Act iv., Scene 2.
January 15th.- -Negroes declared free in
Scotland. 1778.
“ I shall miss thee,
But yet thou shalt have freedom.”
Tempest, Aet v., Scene 1.
January 16th.-—Charles \ . abdicates his
throne. 1556.
“ I swear ’tis better to bo lowly born,
And range with humble livers, in oontent,
Than to be perked up in a glistering grief,
And wear a golden sorrow ”
Kino Henry VIII., Act ii., Scene 3.
January 17th.— Revolution in Denmark
—1772.
“ Something is rotton in the state of Denmark.”
Hamlet, Act i., Scene 4.
January 18th.—Henry the Seventh’s
chapel consecrated. 1504.
“1 he Commons bast thou racked ; the Clergy’s
hags
Are lank and lean with thy extortions.—
Thy sumptuous buildings
Have cost a mass of public treasury.”
Henry VIII., Act i., Scene 3.
January- 19th.—Cindad Rodrigo taken
by Wellington. 18)2.
“ ’Till we called
Both field and city ours, he never stood
To euse bis Vireatb with panting.”
Coriolani s, Aet ii., Scene 2-
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