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|j| )e title of “ Morning star of English poetry- ” The fidelity, delicacy and freshness of Chaucer’* word-paintings are unsurpassed, fie delighted to sketch rural scenes, to .hich he gave a richness of coloring, and dewy glitter which make them charm ing. With a few vivid touches, he thus delineates a sunrise scene : The busy lark the messenger of day, Saluteth in her song the morrow gray ; And fiery Phoebus riseth up so bright That all the orient laugheth at the sight, And with his streams he drieth in the groves The silver dmppes hanging on the leaves.” In theportrayal of female loveliness and purity, Chaucer is excelled by Shakespear alone. His Dorigene and his Grisclda chal lenge comparison with the most perfect gem of poetical genius. With one of his rapid but masterly delineations of feminine beauty, we close this somewhat desultory article, promising to give our readers more at another time. EME LIE THE BRIGHT. Thus passeth yere by yere, and day by day, Till it b ile ones in a inorwe of May, That Emilio, that fayrer was to sene, Than is the lilie upon his stalke grene, Andfres-her than the May with floures newe (Kor with the rose colour strove hire hewe ; In ut which was the filler of hem two), Ere it was day as she was wont to do, She was arisen, and all redy dight Kor May wol have no -loggardie a-night. Theseson pricketh every gentil herte, And inaketh him out of bisslepe tosterte, And soyeth, arise, and do thine observance. This inaketh Emelie ban remembrance To don honour io May, and for to rise. Y’clothed was she fresh for to devise. Hire yelwe here tvas braided in a tressc, Behind hire back, a yerde long Igesse. And in the gardin at the sonne uprist She walkcth up and doun wher as hire list. Shegathereth floures, partie white and red, To make a sotel garlond for hire bed, And as an angel hevenlich she song. * 11 Can there any Good Thing come out of Nazareth ?” A Northern gentleman, at one of our hotels, the other day, took up a copy of the Gazette, and after reading some lime, glanced at the imprint. “ What! Charles ton, S. C.,” said he, in a tone of surprise ; “I was not aware that anything of the kind was published in the South. He had thought himself reading a Northern paper, until some expression inconsistent with that idea met his eye, simply because he had imbibed the usual but false notion, that nothing of a literary character could be produced in the South. Do you pretend that this work has merit?” asks the sagacious critic. Why, it bears neither the New York, or Boston, or Philadelphia imprint! It is published in Charleston! ‘Can any good thing come out of Nazareth ?’ ” Thus is Southern literature prejudged.— What chance has a Southern writer to get a fair hearing before the American public, unless he gets his book published in New York or Boston ? And even then, there is little hope that he will hear a favorable | verdict pronounced on himself at the bar of professional criticism. And our North ern friends are not the only persons in whose mind comes up the query, “Can any good,” &c. Our own people too often undervalue and distrust literary enterprizes originating among themselves, and thus discourage those who are laboring to ele vate the standard of home literatuie. We have no desire to claim for the lite rature of the South anything more than it deserves. We acknowledge its imperfec lions, but we demand for it justice. It surely should receive that at home, if not elsewhere. When you are asked, “ Can there any good thing come out of Naza reth ?” answer: “ Come and see.” * illctropolitan. Intermural Interments. The Court of Appeals has sustained the Ordinance of the City Council, passed in 1836, prohibiting the opening of new burial grounds within the limits of the city. The subject of in terments in cities has received a good deal of attention of late, and disinterested per sons everywhere have generally conceded that they ought no longer to be allowed.— A petition has been presented to the New A ork Legislature by the citizens of New Aork city, in which some startling facts are developed. We make the following ex tracts as apropos at the present time : “The testimony of medical men, and the experience of the past and of many coun tries concur with right, reason and com mon observation, in denouncing the custom referred to, as every way and materially prejudicial to the public health. During the past summer the city of New York, es pecially during the prevalence of the chol era, was the theatre of scenes too offensive and horrible to relate. Vour petitioners are credibly informed that during the heat of last Summer, dead bodies have been piled in tiers in the city burying ground, in large holes, themselves cut through broken bones and decaying coffins deposited before, until the whole soil was saturated and supersaturated with the putrescence of human remains, and the sur rounding air filled with the offensive and poisonous malaria. Independently of the question of the public health, the growth of cities around these city burial places ren ders it often necessary to remove the con tents of whole grave-yards to make room for the advancing business and population. Ibis has frequently occurred in New York in the last five years. Brooklyn has her streets cut through grave yards, and the ends of coffins ex posed to view, and Williamsburg, in the march of her improvements, has known the contents of coffins undistinguishingly scat tered on the ground.” * The Cutter Crawford. The Riwenue t utter Crawford, Capt. Coste, saysthe Eve ning News, arrived on Saturday last, from a cruise on the Coast of Florida. Left at St. Mary’s brig Dunbar, for Boston, in a few days; the schr. Yankee Blade sailed for New York on the 18th; the Coast Sur vey Steamer Hetzell, Capt. Rodgers, sailed on the 23d for Cape Carnaveral. On pas sing the harbor of St. Johns, observed a steamer making in, supposed to be the Jas per from Savannah. The Theatre. The Theatre is said to be now open for the representation of the “le gitimate drama,” but editorially we have no knowledge of the truth or falsity of this report. The Circus. The inimitable Dan Rice takes his Benefit to-night (Saturday).— Those who wish to get an inkling of true Shakspearean wit, will do well to attend, as we understand this is the last night of his engagement. Gentlemen will do well to get their buttons insured, on the occa sion, as accidents sometimes happen to those useful appendages, during Dan’s per formances. Kites. Notice has been issued from the Police Office, that the Ordinance of the City, prohibiting the flying of kites, will be strictly enforced. We understand that sev eral accidents have already occurred from the infringement of this law. I. 0. O. R. The following gentlemen were elected and installed officers of Friend ship Tent, No. 314, 1. O. 0. R., on Tues day evening last, 24th inst. Thos. S. Purse, P. C. R. R. W. Eason, N. R. J. G. Meyer, D. R. W. Shepherd, S. J. C. DeGalFarelly, R. S. M. Goldsmith, T. A. D. Cohen, F. S. J. R. W. Welch, L. M Mclnnerhany, I. G. C. Stender, O. G. Friendship Tent, meets every Tuesday evening, at the new Temperance Hall Wolf street, Charleston Neck. oui oossip Column. “ Toasting the Devil.” Some of our readers may very naturally conclude that this would be a work of supererogation, considering the tempera ture of the quarters occupied by his Satan ic majesty. We do not, however, allude to the ordinary process of toasting, or “do ing brown,” but rather to that mode which obtains on the occasion of public festivals. At one of these, the Annual Celebration of Franklin's Birth-day by the N. Y. Typo graphical Society, held on the 17th ult. at Niblo's Garden, the following toast, was of fered, at the close of a characteristic letter from Mr. J. Fenimore Cooper: “ The Devil— A link between the author and tho printer; may he como with queries well put, and return with every error well corrected !” The Weather. This much-abused subject has, of late, demanded the attention of the public in general, and of Editors in particular; and there is some doubt prevailing as to wheth er April has not, by some extraordinary means, got into January’s place. However this question may be settled, there can be no manner of doubt that the month just closed has been a remarkable one. The Mercury, which is, of course, the best au thority on the subject of the weather, be came so elevated the other morning, by the unusual temperature, that it rose to a very high degree of eloquence, of which we herewith make a minute: “ The Weather. —For a week past, we have had almost the temperature of summer. Fires have been a source of disgust, and the thoughts of men have fretted at Uamiel and sighed for the consolation of ice-water and straw hats. The whole season has been extraordinarily mild. In deed, within the city, water has not been frozen, nor mosquitoes eradicated. Green peas have been obtainable all winter, and even green corn. Tomatoes have been supplied to the market in considerable quantities. The gardens are beau tiful with a variety of flowers, and the deciduous trees already look impatient of longer hiding the treasures of their buds. We have had no winter.” The Spread of Light! The Washington correspondent of The Evening News, in speaking of Prof. An derson’s Lecture, (on the “ Vastness of Creation,” at the Smithsonian Institute,) says : “ The Professor, among other interesting facts, proved that such is the spread of light, that it would go nine times round the earth in a single second.” The word “ spread” is probably the printer’s substitute for “ speed,” though it is very evident that light, to accomplish a journey so extraordinary, must inevitably “spread” itself some! G RANDILOHU E NCE. A man asking the meaning of the ex pression, “ a neutral man,” and being in formed that it signified one that belonged to no party, said that he “always thought it was a man who was neither elevated upon the pinnacle of Fame, nor yet sub servient to a state of meniality !” Cooper’s Details. “ Have you ever read any of Cooper’s Sea Tales ?” said we to a waggish friend the other day. “Never,” replied he; “but 1 have read some of his de-tails.” We offered him our best beaver, but it was such a bad one he would not have it! Lines from a Georgia Album. We are indebted to a correspondent for the following precious morceau, which we are enabled to warrant as genuine : “ Methought my heart a-roasting lay On Cupid's iron spit: Methought he stole thy heart away, And stuck it close by it. Methought they both began to melt, And into gruvy run ; Till each A glow congenial felt, And glided into one.” A lot of tnters all smashed up, Are saft as saft can be ; But softer is the silly pup Who writ these lines to thee!” SEiaaßiiD© 0 wiiiaw ©aosiii Q <£l)c jutcrary lUorUr. Mrs. Joseph C. Neal. A volume of sketches, in prose and verse, from the pen of this accomplished young authoress, is announced by Messrs. Hazard & Mitchell, of Philadelphia. It will contain, among other things, the admirable story published in Godey, entitled “ The Gossips of River town,” and it will be embellished with a fine steel portrait of Mrs. Neal, whose face will charm the reader not less than her graceful and beautiful writings. The vol ume will doubtless prove welcome to thou sands of readers, and amply repay the en terprise of the publishers. Gilffllan's Literary Portraits. A second series of sketches of living authors, by Mr. Giltillan, is announced by Messrs. Apple ton, and will, of couise, sell handsomely. Miss Macintosh. This accomplished Southern lady has anew volume in the press of Messrs. Appleton, entitled “Wo man in America.” The theme is one wor thy of her acknowledged talent. Necrology. The Vicksburg journals of the 17th ult. announce the death of Mrs. E. S. Connor, formerly Miss Charlotte Barnes, an actress of high reputation, and a writer of considerable merit. It seems but yesterday since we received from her an earnest expression of interest in the first weekly instalment of “The Shakspeare Calendar,” immediately after its appear ance in the Gazette. The Winchester Virginian also records the death of Mr. Philip Pendleton Cooke, of that vicinity. He was born in New Hampshire, but for many years resided in Virginia, where he acquired high reputa tion as a poet, and especially by that beau tiful production, “ Florence Vane ,” which deserves to be ranked as a classic poem. Dickens et. al. vs. Powell. The London Literary Gozette of the 22d Dec., speak ing of the late “row” kicked up in New York by Mr. Clark, of the Knickerbocker, and others, in the case of Dickens vs. Pow ell, says—we are sorry to confess, with 100 much truth—“ When our brethren across the Atlantic quarrel, they do it in earnest, and carry the flowers of vituperation to the highest, (or, quwre, lowest) pitch of which the English language refined in America is capable.” With reference to Mr. Dickens’ wholesale charges of forgery and stealing against Mr. Powell, the Gazette adds:— “For ourselves, we must believe that Mr. Dickens would not have sketched the life of Powell as he has done, without being well able to sustain the responsibility of such grave accusations;. but how his proofs may he made available for defence against Powell’s suits in the law courts of Ameri ca, we are not lawyers enough to deter mine.” our (Contemporaries. Littell’s Living Age. Boston: E Littell & Cos. The number for the week ending to-day (Feb. 2), is already before us, with the usual promptness of this invaluable mis cellany. ft contains the admirable review of Ticknor’s “History of Spanish Literature,” from the North American Quarterly, and attributed, with reason, we think, to Mr. Prescott. There is also a spirited paper on the late Arctic Expeditions, with seve ral other excellent articles. Again and again do we commend Littell to our readers. Southern Literary .Messenger. Richmond, Va : Macfarlane & Furgurson. The January number of the Messenger commences the sixteenth volume. It is a standard periodical, and has long enjoyed an enviable popularity. Its conductor, Mr. John R. Thompson, is an able writer and a most judicious and discriminating editor. He never fails to give his readers, in each number, a large amount of sound and use ful reading. Both its critical essays and its general articles, are of a high order of merit, and it well sustains its place among the best magazines in the United States.— We can only reiterate our often-repeated commendations, and our best wishes for its success. * The Charleston Medical Journal and Re view. Edited by D. J. Cain M.D., and F. P. Porcher. M.D. January 1850. Charleston: Walker & James. The importance of a Medical Journal, emanating from a place like Charleston, will probably be acknowledged by the pro fession throughout the South. It affords us pleasure to commend the work under ‘notice to the fullest confidence of medical men, assuring them that they will find it an enlightened exponent of modern medi cal science, and a reliable guide to modern practice. It is beautifully printed, and furnished to subscribers at Four Dollars a year. The Medical Examiner, and Record of Medi cal Science. Edited by F. Gurney Smith, M. D. January, 1850. Lindsay & Blakistou, Philadelphia. Anew series of this very cheap and excellent Medical Journal, commences with the number before us. It is emphatically “a Record of Medical Science, ’ and com mends itself to the intelligent physician everywhere. It is published monthly, at $3 per annum. Sartain’s Union Magazine of Literature and Art. Philadelphia: John Sartaiu it Cos. This is the only one of the Philadelphia rivals , for February, that has yet reached us in our “new home”—so that, judged without comparison with others, it demands our unqualified praise. It is really a very beautiful number of a very admirable work, and so cheap, that it is needless to allude to that point. Twenty-seven choice arti cles and thirty-six illustrations, make no ordinary “bill of fare” for the monthly feast to which the patrons of Sariain's Magazine are invited. If you want a “ season ticket” for these entertainments, gentle reader, it will cost you only Three Dollars, and by adding a fourth dollar, and sending to our address, you can secure a capital weekly dinner beside, in the form of our Gazette. Who will take a joint ticket? our Book iftable. Statistics of the State of Georgia, including an Account of its Natural, Civil and Eclcsius tical History, together with a particular de scription of each County, Notices of the Man ners and Customs of its Aboriginal Tribe-, and a correct Map of the State. By Geo. White. One vol. Beo. Savannah : W. Thorne Wil liams. Mr. White’s long-talked-of volume is at length upon our table, and we have given it a cursory examination. The promise of the title-page, which we have quoted in full, is a large one, but then the book com prises 700 pages, and the author is very summary in his strictly historical labors. The bulk of the work is devoted to a par ticular description of the counties, in al phabetical array, and presents a most hete rogeneous mass of matter, varying in im portance from accounts of their early his torical settlement, down to the amount of merchandize retailed annually in the coun ty towns! We know not which the more to admire —the industry of the author, in accumu lating such a vast amount of information, or the patience of that reader who may be courageous enough to undertake its diges tion. For the latter, we should certainly be inclined to pray : “ May good digestion wait on appetite!” Mr. White’s book is unquestionably en titled to be cal ed “ The Encyclopoedia of Georgia.” It narrates her history, chroni cles her wars, defines her geographical boundaries, explores her caverns, scales her hills, measures her rivers, traces her railroads, digs out her treasures, expounds her creeds, eulogizes her great men, living and dead, catalogues her birds, beasts, in sects and fishes, describes her botany, de tails her schools, post offices, cross roads, and creeks—philosophises upon the social character of her people, averages her agri cultural products, and, in short, shews up the State in her physical, moral, social, political, intellectual ant spiritual aspects, past, present and future ! Can we say more to commend this truly comprehensive work to our readers ? Not at present, at all events! People I Have Met, or Pictures of Society and People of Mark—Drawn under a thin veil of Fiction. By N. Purkcr Willis. One vol. 12mo. New York: Baker & Scribner. 1850. This volume contains chiefly, if not al together, tales and sketches published by the author in various periodicals, and once before collected as part of a series of vol umes entitled “Dashes at Life, with a free pencil”—a title not inapt, by the way, to express the license which Mr. Willis has everclaimed, to write about whom he would, and in what manner he would. It was this “free pencil” that rendered him so odious in his transatlantic sketches—and while we may admire the gay colors of his pictures, we cannot help thinking that it would have been better to have sacrificed something of the brilliance to propriety! Mr. Willis has not made any progress in intellectual character for many years past. He might have risen to a very high posi tion in the Republic of Letters, but he chose rather to dissipate his really fine talent, in petty scri hidings about fashionable people and fashionable life, to be the leader of which, was his ever unsuccessful aim ! We have cordially admired some of Mr. Willis’ productions—especially his earlier ones; and although our admiration has been greatly diminished of late years, we are not disposed to withhold from him the credit due to his power of investing the most ordinary themes with a surprising in terest. He is a capital story-teller, and but for his miserable affectations, and in sufferable egotism, his personal adventures would be exceedingly agreeable reading. There are some very “spicy” articles in the volume before us, but most of them are known to our readers, if they have kept pace at all with the lighter periodical lite rature of late years. Mr. Willis never writes a dull story or a prosy sketch. He is full of life and vivacity in his narrative, and upon occasion, as he conceives, is spiteful in the bargain. The “people he has met” do not all cherish agreeable Me collections of the encounter, we will answer for it—and of the “people of mark” among whom he has been, not a few have made their mark less to his credit than other wise. We sincerely regret that we have to write thus of an author who once promised to feed the public with pure intellectual ambrosia, but who, alas! has apparently torgone his noble purpose, and contented himself with throwing sugared sons into the gaping mouth of fashionable society ! The Poetical and Prose Writings of Charles Sprague New and Revised Edition. Bos ton : Ticknor, Reed & Fields. 1850. Sprague’s writings are not voluminous. Here we have all that, with the modesty of true genius, he deems of sufficient merit and importance to lay before the public, in one thin 16mo. volume. We can hardly refrain from regretting that the pen which wrote “Curiosity,” “The Family Meet ing,” “The Brothers,”and other rare gems of poesy, should now he employed in mak ing “ dollar marks” in a ledger—• “ To life’s coarse service sold; Where thought lies barren, and nought breeds but gold.” But who can blame the poet who deserts the service of the Muses who pay only in posthumous fame, for that of Plutus who is good for the hard cash, on demand ? We ought to be grateful to Mr. Sprague, for the beautiful things he has given us, rather than to grumble that he has given us no more. We are glad to greet our old favorites in this new and handsome re print of Ticknor & Cos. One of the best of the minor pieces in this volume, is “The Brothers,” and though it has often been copied, we are sure our readers will not regret to see it here : THE BROTHERS. We are Birr two —the others sleep Through Death's untroubled night; We are but two—O, let us keep The link that binds us bright! Heart leaps to heart—t-ho sacred flood That warms us is the same ; That good old man—his honest blood Alike wo fondly claim. We in one mother’s arms were locked — Long be her love repaid; In the same cradle we were rocked, Round the same hearth wo played. Our boyish sports were all the same, Each little joy and woe; Let manhood keep alive the flaine, Lit up so long ago. Wf. are bt't two—lie that tho band To hold us till we die; Shoulder to shoulder let us stand, Till side by side we lie. * Appleton’s Southern ami Western Travel ler's Guide:— with new authentic maps illus trating those divisions of the country, and con taining sectional maps of the Mississippi and and Ohio Rivers, with plans of cities, views etc , forming a complete Guide to the Kalis of St. Anthony; Mammoth Cave; Virginia Springs; Tour of the Great Rivers of the Wert; the Great Lakes; tho Copper Region of Lake Superior. &r.; and containing full and accurate descriptions of the cities, towns and villages, with distances, fares, etc. By W. Williams. New York : Appleton & Cos. The title page of this little volume is its best exponent of its merits. Our ex amination of ihe work enables us to com mend it for general fidelity. It barely glances at our Southern scenery, however, and evidently has no knowledge at all of those wonders of the South, Table Rock, Tallulah, Toccoa, which lying off the great routes of travel, need, and must find their peculiar “guide-manual.” The Sea-Side and the Fireside Ily Henry W. Longfellow. Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, 1850. The peculiar claim of Mr. Longfellow’s poetry is itsexquisitegrace. He wreathes his fancies into artistic forms that take us captive by their simple and irresistible beauty. No writer in this country has excelled him in this respect. His poems are like pictures, in which the painter has studiously observed details—elaborating each to perfection—rather than seeking to produce a grand general effect. Mr. Long fellow’s muse is not creative. It illus trates and adorns its themes, but seldom, if ever, soars away into ideal realms—com pelling the mind of the reader to a daring flight in its pursuit. The volume before us is made up chiefly of the poet’s recent contributions to periodicals. It contains several very beautiful productions, such as The Building of the Ship,” “ The Light House,” “The Fire of Drift Wood,” and “The Sand of the Desert in an Hour- Glass.” Our limits will allow us to copy only one brief poem, entitled— SUSPIRIA. Take them, i) Death ! and bear away Whatever thou canst call ihine owm ! Thine image stamped upon this clay, Doth give Ihee that, but that alone ! Take them, < i Grave! and lot them lie Folded up i thy narrow shelves, As garments by the soul laid by, And precii us only to ourselves ! Take them, O groat Eternity ! Our little life is but a gust, That bends the branches of thy treo, And trails its blossoms in the dust! The Font Gospels; Arranged as a Practical Family Commentary, for it very Day in the Year. By the Author of “ The Peep of Day,” etc. Kdited, wilh Preface, by Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, D. D., and illu-trated with twelve highly finished engravings on steel. New York : D. Appleton & Cos., 1850. In this elegant volume we recognize, upon examination, an acquaintance of some year’s growth. It is anew edition of a work entitled “Light in the Dwelling,” which we have always regarded as a most excellent book, deeply imbued with the spirit of evangelical piety, and partakingi in no degree, of sectarianism. It is the production of an English lady, unknown by name to the world, but possessing a high reputation in a series of volumes for the young, of which “Line upon Line” is an example. Dr. Tyng has prefixed to this volume an Essay exemplifying its merits, and commending it, as do we. most heartily, to Christian families throughout the land. [lt is for sale at Russell's. Memoirs of the Life of William Wirt. By John P. Keunvdy A now and revised edition, in two voir. 12 mo. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard. 1850. This second edition of Mr. Kennedy's work follows the first with a rapidity that speaks volumes for its popularity. The au thor has revised his work, and the publish ers have issued it in a more compact form and at a reduced price, which will doubt less secure for it a very extensive sale. [For sale by Mr. Russell. Physical Geography. By Mary Sommerville. Second American edition, with additions and a Glossary. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard Mrs. Sommerville has won for herself an enviable reputation as a writer upon the physical sciences. Her learning in this department of knowledge, emulates in va riety and comprehensiveness that of the great physicists of the age, while her style has all the delicacy and felicity of a feminine character. In this delightful work, the reader is conducted through the most wonderful fields of observation by a guide ever awake to his enquiries, and never wounding his sympathies by affecta tion of superior learning, or confusing his perceptions by ambitious utterance. Her manner is easy, perspicuous, and attrac tive, equally removed from the superficial and the obscure. The volume before us, is re-printed from anew and revised Lon don edition, enriched with the fruits of modern research, for which acknowledge ments are made by the author to Johnson, Humboldt, Campbell, Thomson, Stracliey, Dr. Hooker, and other naturalists. The glossary added to this edition greatly en hances its value to the unscientific reader. For sale by McCarter & Allen. The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Gold smith, including a variety of pieces now first collected. By James Prior. In four volumes 12 mo., [volume 1 now published.] New York: Goo P. Putnam. Mr. Putnam is multiplying his admirable editions of standard books, with a speed that is almost magical, and certainly indi cative of an improved taste upon the part of the public, who two or three years ago would buy nothing scarcely, at a greater cost than 25 cents! Prior’s edition of Goldsmith is the only complete one ever published, and American readers will be glad of an opportunity to add to their libraries, in a worthy shape, the works of one of the most various and felicitous authors who have given immor tality to English Literature. The addition to the present work of sev eral hitherto unedited papers, leaves us nothing to desire upon the score of com pleteness. The whole work will consist ot four volumes, to be finished speedily. [We received our copy through Mr. Russell. (General Intelligence. The Bridge Case. The National Intel ligencer of Saturday says: “ We understand that the great Bridge Case , which we have heretofore noticed, Henry Shultz versus Bank of the State of Georgia, at Augusta, stands for trial on the hearing docket of the Supreme Court for next week. The amount in controversy is nearly $1,000,000. The plaintiff. Mr. Shultz, and the President of the Bank, A. Porter, Esq. are in attendance at Wash ington. Georgia Wrapping Paper. The La Grange Reporter of the 11th inst. says : “We nave been presented with a specimen of Wrapping paper, manufactured at Rock Island Factory, Columbus, Georgia, which will compare with any we have seen in this market. Father Mathew. The Savannah Geor gian 26th inst. says : The Very Rev. The obald Mathew.arrived in our city,last night, from Charleston, and was escorted from the steamboat to tile house of M. Prendergast Esq. by the Irish Union Society, the Tem perance Society, and a large concourse of our citizens, headed by the Savannah Brass Band. Coinage of California Gold. The Phil adelphia Inquirer says that since January’ Ist. 1849, there have been deposited at the mint in Philadelphia, $6,375,616 of Cali fornia gold. In the year 1847, there were 510 depo.-ites of gold for coinage; in the month of December, 1849, there were 545 deposits. The Varioloid in Cincinnati. The Cin cinnati Nonpariel of the 17th says : “ It is estimated that six thousand persons or near ly one-fifteenth of our whole population, have had the small-pox or varioloid during the last four months. It is spreading to a considerable extent in Covington and Newport. Like tile cholera, it hears a milder form now than it did in 1732-3 when it followed in the wake of that dreadful scourge. Suffering among the Mormons. A par ty of Mormon emigrants has suffered se verely on the Rocky Mountains. Duringa severe snow storm sixty of their cattle per ished from the cold. None of the Mor mons died, though a letter from one of them speaks of seeing the graves of many other emigrants. Reduction of Custom House Charges. — We learn says the Journal of Commerce. that the Custom House has reduced the charge for weighing, from 50 to 37 1-2 cents per ton! From Jacmel. Dates from Jacinel, Hay ti, to the 4th, state that a tremendous fire had taken place, destroying almost every house in the town. It is attributed to the work of incendiaries. Other accounts say that the Dominican squadron had entered Jacmel and fired the town. Burning the Dead. Ail Association has been formed in London to be called “ The Pioneer Metropolitan, for promoting the practice of Decomposing the Dead by the Agency of Fire,” instead of burying them as heretofore. The Caning. A letter ot Mr. Potter, our Consul at Valparaiso, has been published, which gives a full account of his diplomatic interview with the English gentleman, in which the latter it will be remembered, got decidedly the worst of the argument. From Florida. The steamer Fashion, Capt. Baker, arrived here this morning from Fort Brooke, Fa., having let', on the 16th inst. Major Gen. Twiggs set out for the Burnt Store on the 13th. The Fashion, howev er, brings no news relative to the Indians. Two companies of the 7th Infantry, un der the command of Major Holmes, are sta tioned at Charlotte Harbor. Cholera. Several cases of Cholera oc curred in the city during the past week, some of which, we learn, have terminated fatally. In every instance coming to our knowledge, the victims were emigrants, freshly arrived from Europe, who had en joyed their ordinary good health up to the time of disembarking at this port. — St. Lou is Intelligencer sth. “British Hotel” in Niagara, Canada, was completely destroyed by fire on the 11th instant, together with its fur niture and the extensive stables and other buildings adjoining. fl®* Frazierville P. 0., Abbeville district, S. C. bas been changed to Harrisburg. The Legislature of Louisiana, met on Monday las Baton Rouge. *3?“ The Massachusetts State Prison is overrun with a greater number of persons than ever before. I II [E © j'J U it U Jj 7 ~ The Shakspeare Calendar. Prepared for Richards’ Weekly Gazette. January 27th.—Mozart born. 1756. “ Sir, you are music's master.” Pkince Pericles, Act ii, Scene 5. January2Bth.—The Habeas Corpus Act restored. 1818. “ The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept ” Measure for Measure, Act ii, Scene 3. 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