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avidity tltcrc than tliey ever were in “his own native land.” -Tie Tiles of a traveller” and- Brace bridge.Hall” fo.:oweJ .luring tlte ue»t four years; bu* the next work was entirely d.lfcr. eut, t. e basis o. vvinc.i was suggested bv A ex tinder Eveiett, win* wos in ißdo Minister P.euijtoieutiary at tb» Conn ot Madrid. I< was bis great wotk. “TueH.sto.y oi Co.uin fee,” an o. igmal history ot t e lite and \oy ages of the great mariner. •* Ti.e Conquest ot Grenada” followed in 182s. t. e material for winch vve e obtained wen lie made Ins in vestigatioas for t;.e Ini' of Columbus. In 183 -2. - Toe Adventures of the Com pan ions of Columbus,’ and the AI nam fir,,, succeeded as rich in Historical inter, st. “T, e To ir o i tiie Prair.es.” alter a |>erso lal excur sion oftiieuuliior tiirnugli the w d.lsol tl.e \\ est came forth in 183->. and ti.C same year pro dueed *• Abhottsfiird and Newstead Abby, and* A Ijegeiid ol u.e C<mqu slot Spain. la 1837. *• Astoria” was published, - being n descript o.i o’ the settlement ol that name, commenced bv Mr. Astor.at tae mouth ot the C> i niiibia r;ver. and t e sin rounding traiisino i ta: e • cgaiu in all tueir tiesln ess and wildness of I'eaiitv.” 'l' ie •• Rocky Mo’intains.” last year given to the wo Id,complete tae i st ot o r unt lor s wo ks. a I took vv i< h, like •• A -’oria and •• toe Tour Olt ie P juries.” give* t most vivid sk. tidies oft .e legends and |>eeiiliarit.es oft’oe untutored menoftlie so est,and oftne “grand features of nature in that picturesque teg.oh.’ It is mi necessary to say in conclusion to tins very hasty synopsis, that Washington Irving, both at home and abio id. is justly regarded as the most popular pro-e writer of America, mid wc think we may not lie thought singular ini our opinion, it we say lie will lie ultimately | looked upon as the most clear, sententious, i and pleasing writer—lake Inin all in all—that j tiie world has ever had. THE ALAMO. Tiie eloquent vvrtei of Summer Rambles in j Texas, thus describes the ruins of tiie Alamo! in a late New Orleans Bulletin : “T.ie Alamo.. ow fain liar to every one, isj o military outpost to the city, established by the Spanish go.eminent in 17-8 as a place oil refuge and defence from the Indians. It is a j quadrangular enclosure of about an aero ofj land, with walls ol mud and lieestoue, about j ten feet .n height, mid three in thickness — having barracks within t e wiills.and a church ( ofgreat architectural stiengthand beaut y, with | a chime of three Itells, and several s atues ofj saints of exquisite chiseling, and worthy ot Athens in her best days. They arc now. however, a heap of rums, having been destroy ed t>\ the Mexicans at the last storming ot the Alamo, tiiice vears ago. Tl.e church and fortress are now as desolate as the dwellings of Monia. The flowers around seem to lan guish, and tl.e birds sit g less gaily. But the spirit of Bmve. and Travis, and Crockett, will hallow the scene forever, and render it dear to the pilgrim ol liberty and an object of interest | to all ramblers, who like myself, have hi en 1 enrolls to learn the fegeuds of this sunny! land. “ Early in the montliof flowers, we turned our faces southward ; anti in eom|iauy with a distinguished military cliicttuin and his suite, rotlc oil our way lejoicing, to a rauclio occu pied by a Mexican family, twenty-four miles! distant fiom the city. It was a sweet, bright,] tranquil afternoon. sun was just dipping! beneath t.ie wool-curved bills upon thenppo | site bank of tne l iver wc bad just crossed, but i the air was still full of bis light—the forests j and the n ountains, the soft green slopes, the blue sky, and tl.e light | ass ng cloud were mirrored in the swift waters oft ar lovely stream j ns it flowed on towards the ocean. litre we rested fin- the n.gbt. We obtan ed a good j supper, piej ined in real Mexican style wth stewed href and ree e' r e-e to: ilia and collie. We slept upon the bare eaith, protected only bv a U-nr skill and blanket, anti dreamed away the night in visions of happiness that danced through the soul.” NEW REMEDY FOR DEAFNESS. In a communication in tins week’s Lancet, from Mr. Curtis the Surgeon to the Royal Dispensaiy to; Diseases of tl.e Ear. u ,o from Ins sitnat.on niust have bad great experience in this line of practice, an account is given of the employment of anew remedy for the dis eases of toe ear, the value of wiiicb has been exemplified in sever 1 eases. Afer leinrok inil on tne prevaleti 'mistake that tuese ilisascs are incur able, and the consequent i egleet of them, to w licit he attributes the gre .test num her of cases of eafi ess, he observes that one of the principal and most common causes of That malady is deficiency <>i the natural secie lui, arising from a want of act on in the ceruminous glands, on removal of which the tieidiicss gencr llv and sappears. For t;.e pur. pose of effecting this, Mr. Curtis lias lately emplov ed a solution of kreosote. t e appli a. tion.of which does not cause any pain or smar ting sensat on, tae only sensible effect pro. dueeti being a feeling of agreeable warmth. Tni- t preparation excites the action of the glands, and causes an abnnd'int secretion of cerumen, thereby restoring bearing. REAL LIFE. “ V/ell w ife, has ti e p.q er con e vet ? " Yes husband, and a bill came with it for one year’s subscription.” “Alarm!” “Well, what kind of a paper have tlrey got to day, liev, pretty tolerable—any thing new ?” “Ob yes, got a glorious paper !—lt’s cuock full of shocking . aceidcuts, elo|ieme its. rohtierics, and murders, »and suicides, and hommicnies, and parrac des. and—and—liesides there is a good lovestorv -on the first page, and a lot of deaths and .marriages. I’ve read it through and through. iShall igo and letch it for you ?”—“ Never mind now wile—but vvlmt did you say in the first in'tanr-e a bill came with !” “ Yes. bus. band a b 11, it is in tlie tipjier drawer.” “ That is the most important item in the pup r wi e I’ll sit right down and forward the money, and then I'M read ike paper. [Go thou and do likewise.] The first Greek musicians were pods: th< second Itfrroe*; to# third haids; tl.e fourth beggar*. Dr- Btirney. From the New Yorker. CHRONOLOGY FOR im COMPILED FROM HRIOVS IOCICIS. Jam 1. First Proclamation of President Van Boren agionai our citizens' aide g the Canada Insur gents “ l» Henry Clay nominated for Next President by 'he Legislature of Kentucky. *' 11. N ivv Island evacuated by the “Patrio's." '• 15 Sir Francis Bond Head resigned the Gover norship of Canada. “ 2d. Tiie Se ia’e of Ohio unanimously declared against ihe admi-sion of Texas into the Union. “ 30 Died, at Fort Moultrie, near Charleston, 8. C. Os, eola, a distinguished Chief ot die Seminole Indians. Feb. 17. Bowery Theatre, New York, destroyed by fire. “ 21. Jonathan Cillev, M. C., killed in a duel ran Washington, by Win. J. Graves, VI C., lio.u Kentucky. (Edwd. Robinson, Whig, was e!< ct i and in place of Mr C.) “ 2*. Irrup’ion ot -Patriots” into Lower Canada, fr<>m Alburgh, Vt. They fled and abandoned the *■! erprize the follow ing night Mar. 7. Vied, at S ratham, N. H., aged 99, Honorable Paine Wingate, who was a Senator in the first Congress. “ 11. Sia e L ection in New Hampshire. Admin istration party triumphant throughout, by near 3,000 majority. “ 15. Died, at Washington, Hon. Timothy J. Car er, M. C., from Maine. “ 16. Died, near Bos’on, Hon. Nathaniel B iwditcb, celetna'ed as a ntathe atieian, ageii 65 Apr ! 1. Isaac McKim, a distinguished Member of Congress (Adm. 1 from Bal inioie, died at Wash ington. (John P Kennedy, Whig, was elected in his stead.) “ 2. Lord Daihousie, f. rmerly Governor of Canada, died hi London. " 3. F.lretion in Connecticut. Whigs triumphant throuehou’, by m re ban 5,000 majority. “—. Election ii Connecticut. Whigs succeeded b’ 100 to 9‘ 0 majority. '* H. Th> Florida Chief Jumperoied at N. Orleans. '* 2d. S eamboat Orohoko furs’ a boiler oil the Mis si“s ppi. About 100 lives lost. “ 21. Ti e British sieam ships -Sirius" nnd “Great Wes ern” arrived at New York from Liverpool in '6 and 14 days. S earn navigation across the ocean established. “ 21. S’ate El chon in Virginia—Whigs and Con servatives successful. “ 26 Steatnhunt Moselle blew up near Cincinnati. Out of 200 persons on board, 125 were killed. “ 27. Charleston, S. C., visited by a fire which aid one-third of its property in ashes. Loss 2,000,000 dollars. May 16. “Pennsylvania Ilall” Philadelphia, burned by a moli, beeause an Abolition C invention had been held in ir. “ —. Resumption of Specie Payments in N. York and most of N. England. “ 17. Died, i" Paris, aged about 80, Prince Charles Maurice Talleyrand, the most eminent Diplo mats! of his lime. “21. Died, at Utica, Com. M T. Woolsey, U. S. N., nge<; 61. “ 2'.*. Bri'ish steamboat Sir Robert Peel burned in the river S . Lawrence, near French Creek. June 8. Died, m Tennes-ee, John Lisk, a Revolution ary Patrio', a od 104. “ 15. S eamboat Pulaski wrecked on her passage from Charleston to Baltimore. Out ot 150 pas sengers and a crew ol 37, but 5J in all were sa ved. “ 25. The Sub-Treasury Bill defeated in the House of Representatives, by a v . e ol 125 to 111. “ 24. Victoria 1. crowned Qtuen of Great Britain, &.C. (This month, as well as the two sue. eed itig, were ho’tcr than had been known lor s me years.) July 2. Election in Louisiana —Whigs elected Gover nor, all three Congressmen, and a majority of the Legislature, bv ahou 1000 majority. " 12. Died, at Wa erhury, V ~ Ex-Governor f)zra Butler, aged 77. He was many years a Mem ber of Congress, &<•. &c. Ang. 1. Dad, in Philacelplmi, Com. John Rogers, the oldest officer in the American Navv. “ —. Enmncipauon in the British West Indies. 800,000 slaves liberated. “ 6. State Elections in Kentucky and Indiana, (strongly Whig) in Missouri, (strongly Adm.) in Alabama, (Adm.) and in Illinois, (closely A irn., Legislature divided.) I ; Norih Carolina (held on sevend days) the Whigs carried 'heir Go vernor and both branches of he Legislature.— Rhode Island, anew Whig legislature chosen. “ 8. Died, at Pli hnk Iplmi, Jacob Chrysilet, lie last survivor of Washington's Life Guard, aged 81. “ 13. General Resumption of Specie Payments throughout the Middle S ti cs. “ 15 The Exploring Expedition sailed for the South Sea from Norfolk, Vn., under coinimind ot L cut. Wilkes, U. S N-ivy. Vessels—sloops-of-war Vincennes and Pt acock, brig Porpoise, schrs. Flying Fish and Sea Gull “ 17. D ed, at New York, Signor Lorenzo Da Pon ta, an Italian poet and scholar, aged 90 Sept. I. V'rniont Sate Election—Whigs triumphant by 5,500 majority. “ 7. The Emperor Ferdinand ot Austria crowned King of Laly at Milan, w ith great magnificence. “ 9. Maine Election—Administration parly com p'c ely successful, by over 3,000 majority. (6 to 2 Congress en.) “ 19 Candida <s for Governor and Lieutenant no inma ed by each party in this State, at Utica and Herkimer respectively. Oc*. 1. E'eciion in Ge rgia—W higs carried the entire Congressional Delegation f>r the first time, by 1.100 ii 2,500 majority. Legislature ctviueu — 13S Whig to 134 Administration. " —. Election in Arkansas—Administration Con gress by 2,553 majority. Legislature also Adm. “ 2. Election m Maryland— Adm. Governor by 311 majority, hut Wing Legislature, securing U. S. Sena or. “ 8. Flection in South Carolina —Calhoun Sub- Treasurvisin triumphant, except for two Mem- j bers of Congress. *• 9. Flection in Ohi.— Unexpectedly Adm.hy 5,000 majority; and n Pennsylvania—aiso Ann. by neiir 7,tXX> actual majority ; also in New Jersey —VVnig Legislature, Governor and 11. S. Sena tor ; Congress contested —the Whig candidates have the certificates. “ 13. Died, ai Sing Sing, N. York,Coin JohnOrde Creghton, U. S. Navy, aged 54. “ 18. Ti.e City ot London, and alt the North and East coast ot England, ravaged by a tremend ous storm, which did gri at damage to shipping, budding-, &c. Nov. J. Di and, ai S’. Louis, Ex-Gov. Clark, (of Clark ami Lewis) who visited the Oregon country in 1803, and published dieir ob-erva ions— agi u 6-3. “ 5. Election to Michu.au —Anniintsminopry sa ved dieir Metui er o Congr* ss by 20 i.i 3 i,OVK) votes. Leg s.auirc, aiso reduced Adniims ru __ tion hi j iru v. “ 7. Close of the New York Election, residing in the complete triumph ol tlie Whig par’y by over lD.ftx) in j,,r;ty. tioveriiiiieiii all Whig but Se na e, f . hich’ hut a fourth is elected annual.y. “ 12. Lie ton in M issachusetts —alt Whig tiy 10,000 m j n y on Govcrn. r, ulld 15,(XXl on Congress. “ 13. Election in Delaware—Administration Con gressmen e'ecied by a split in the Wing a iks tiy 51 iiu.j ority. Whig Legislature, as usual. “ Id. Landing of the’‘Patriots" at P.escott, Upper Canada. Afer a brave defence, they were hemmed in. overpowered, and dually forced to surrender—l 62 prisoners, 102 killed. “ 27. The Castle ot Si. Juan tie Ulloa, at Vera Cruz, Mexico, bombarded and taken by Admiral Kau din, of the French fleet, after an unsuccessful delence by Gen. Rincon. Mexican loss near 600, with vast stores of ordnance, St c., and the control of Vera Cruz. French loss, inflmg. Dec. 3 Congress convened at Washington ; Mr. Gar land, Administration, elected Clerk of the House bv lu6 to 104 votes. “ 4. President Van Bureti’s Message delivered. “ 5. Gen. N. S. Von Schoultz, of the Prescott “i’a'- riots,” evecuied at Kingston, ft. C. “—. Meeting of the Pennsylvania Legislature. A mob drove the Senate from their Chamber. Ri otous proceedings and bloody denunciations be came he order of the dav. “ 11. fifed, at Bennington, Ex-G tv. Isaac Tichenor, of Vermont—a Revolutionary Patriot and Sol-j dier, and for many years Governor of the S ate, j until ihe overthrow of the Federal party. He was also* Member of the U.S Senate from 1815 : to 1821. “ 25. Pennsylvania trouble quieted by the subtnis- j sn>n of the Whigs to the demands of their oppo nents. The Senate, 17 to 16, recognizes the Van Burett House. “ 23. Fire at Richmond, Va. Lose #200,000. “ 31. Died. 1838. John Davy, aged 103, mid n drummer tin t'er General \Vobi’, and uftci wauls n soldier of the Revolution, died recently in Ilampshiie. I Virginia. TIIE SOUTHERN POST. From the New York Mirror. TIIE ENGAGED LADY. BY SOLOMON SOLUS, ESQ. “ Welt, well, I am glad you like Miss Clayton, she is certainly a very pretty girl fir one so inexperienced; but, George, beware; don’t fall in love—she's enga ged !” “ Engaged I” “ Yes, sir, she's engaged; you seem to think it very strange!” “Oli, not in the feast, madam ; she's surely very en gaging “ It is queer vou haven't heard of her engagement lie fort —it's quite the common talk—l thought every body knew it" “ Never a word before, I assure you—but, pray, to whom is she engaged ?” “ O—to a gentleman !’, “ To a gentleman, of course—whoever heard of ■ marriage con'raci between two ladies ! To a gtn'le man, indeed 1 but I should like to know his name." ‘ Pretty well! Mr. Hubert, if you are not engaged, I’m mistaken—l fear my advice is quite thrown away!" “ Never mind the advice—'he gentleman?” “Why, sir, I believe he lives in Virginia." “ And the name ?" “Why, rea'ly, Mr. Hubert, you seem very much in- j terested—but, to tell you the truth, I haven't learned i his came." The last speaker was a maiden lady of some—-I | was about to mention her age ; but I have the worst memory in the world fir date o , and lam afraid I shall not give it correctly. It would be of no use to consult the family Bible—she tore the record out long ago.— Bu , if I am qpr verv much mistaken, she was aged— -1 have not finished the sentence —she was aged about a maiden lady, who could not rationally ljok to the fu ture for her thirtieth birthday. Although I am bv no means free from the common antijiathy to “old maids,” I am inclined to be very to lerant of all such as are single against their own incli nations ; since it were the height of injustice to make necessity a matter of reproach. If Miss Nipkins was an old maid, it was not entirely her own fault. If she never married, it was not because she woo'd not. Un like many in her situation, she could not be censured for having refused a score of good offers—she never had an;. If, indeed, any gentleman was ever likely to he ensnared hy her craft, it always happened that he “ broke from her enclosure,” upon further acquaint ance. lam unable to account for her ill-success on any other ground than that of her ill-nature, which was well-nigh proverbial. With all the advantages afftrded j hy a good education, respectable rank, and a tolerable person; her disposition, which was jealous, envious j and mischief-making, rendered her the bane ot society, | and the constant source of unhappiness to herself. It is painful to state what i9 true nevertheless, that human nature is very nearly the same in women as in men, and that even the fair are capable of the rri"St un- j fair proceedings. It was the uniform policy of Polly j Nipkiris, in the process of a couitship, (that’s the best! word I can find,) elegantly to disparage every young! lady of her acquaintance, whom she thought at all in her way ; ei'her to advance her own interest in the as-! fair, or, in the event of a failure, to render the case of ■ her lady-friends as hopeless as her own. Having made the reader sufficiently acquainted with one of our colloquists, we will prjceed to a brief des cription of the other. Ge irsre Hubert was a young man of twenty-two —I knew him well at college—handsome, talented and genteel, and every way a fine fellow. At the time of our story, he was residing in Fairfield, Connecticut; where he had arrived a few months before, for the pur pose of completing, in the office of a respectable attor ney at that place, the last year of his legal study, pre paratory to an admission to the bar. He was already a decided favorite of Miss p. ,Hy Nipkins, of whom he knew very little, and decidedly in love with M.ss Sa rah Clayton, of whom he wished to know m ire. Miss Clayton, like himself, was a “ resident stranger " Ear ly in MaV, she had left her home in Virginia, to spend ! the rein-tine months df summer at the residence of a i wealth} uncle, in the cooler climate of New England. Possessing an Uncommon degree of personal beauty, high conversational endowment", and withal, a gentle and affectkina'e dispositio ’, Sarah Clayton was emin- I etitly qualified to be admired and beloved. Still, she I was too bright a mark to escape the shafts of envy ; ! and more than once, in the lapse of eighteen summers, had she been made to wish she were less attractive. George Hubert had met her but twice, when, much to his amazement, he was fast losing a heart which, up to that time, had beet ent rely his own. Like every incipient lover, he found himself on enchanted ground, enchained by a spell equally mys'erious and delight ful. Such were the feelings of Mr. George Hubert, , when Miss Polly Nipkins told him that Miss Clayton ‘ was “ engaged !” “ Engaged !” exclaimed George, as soon as he had escaped Irom the presence of Miss Nipkins, “enga ged ! it is impossible !” But reflection soon told him it was by no means im possible for a pretty girl of eighteen to be engaged; in fact, it was one of the most na ural things in the world. And then, every body said Miss Clayton was engaged —at leasi. Miss Nipkins said “every body said so;" “ it was quite common talk"—and why should he doubt that Miss Nipkins told the truth ? Bu: George was too i deeply interested to let the matter rest here. He re solved to make farther inquiry, and, if she w as not en gaged—well, w hat then ? Perhaps site would choose to remain so' No matter! He was determined to know ;he truth, however unpleasant. His investiga tions were pursued w ith as much delicacy and skill as he was mas er of—'he result was most unpr ipitious.— Sbe was engaged ! To be sure, some of the vouug la dies had only heard the story, and could not vouch for its corree'iie-s. But o'hers knew it to be true —there was no chance lor a mistake. The gentleman was a dashing young merchant of Virginia, who sent Miss Clayton a letter every week. So said Miss Nipkins, and so said the p.istmaster’s two daughters. Do not say, gentle reader, that Mr. George Hubert should have gone directly to the lady herself td learn whether she was unengaged. Perhaps he would have done so upon more mature acquaintance— perhaps he did. As it was, Mr. Hubert was not in the least dis posed to ask a question, w hich would probably be an swered to his mor ification. Besides, he had no rea son to supp.we that the lady regarded him in any other light than that of a common acquaintance. Although George had neithei the assurance, nor the disposition to “ pop the question” directly, he occasionally rallied tlie lady about her “beau in Virginia.” Miss Clay i ton, however, was a lady of too much refinement to take great pains io prove that she was unengaged ; or. to assert die opposite, whichever was true; and hence I treated the subject with mirth or indifference. Yet, hopeless as he deemed his case, and deeply as he felt the lolly and danger of cultivating a passion for an I “ engaged lady,” George could nJt deny himself the J pleasure of her society. Chance and design brought I him frequently nno her presence, until at length the ! stranger was lost in the friend, and formal urbanitv gave place to mutual kindness and esteem. Thus passed a few weeks, when, with the recurrence of aututnn, Mias Clayton received a request from her parents to return to her home in Virginia. She imine diately prepared to obey the parental injunction, and, to the exceeding regret of Mr George Hubert, and to tl.e unspeakable joy of M s* Polly Nipkins, the eusu- Img week witnessed her departure. I licl eve it to be s pretty psosrsl inch, that in any pises, tht amountof attention paid to each individual ii universely propor tional to the number of inhabitants. Accordingly, in every small village a recent arrival or departure seldom faila to create “quite a sensation,” and furnish material for a fortnight's gossip. Milk Clayton had no reason to complain of neglect. When she arrived in Fairfield, the busy-bodies of her own sex attired wick ohtr she had come to get married! Now she had gone, they assured the pMic she had gone to he married ! No one had more to say about it than Miss Polly Nipkins. “ Well, Mr. Hubert, Mss Clavton has left us—l am sure we sha'l miss her very much—l am really <juite attached to her.” “S » am I,” replied George, looking as if he meant more than Miss Nipkms could possibly understand. “ Quite a confession, truly ! you must be very dis consolate.” “ Not at all!” * But, do you know what took Miss Clayton home in such a hurry ?" “ Humph ! —a stage-coach, I suppose.” “Come, no joking—don’t you think she’s gone home to be married ?" “ I don't doubt it.” “ And yet you would hardly believe she was * enga ged !'" “ I know it.” “ Well, you now believe she's engaged ?'* “ Yes, I believe she’s engaged now.” The sentence was ambiguous—and Miss Nipkins didn’t notice the emphasis. Site con'inued :—“ Well, it's queer enough, we never could learn the gentle man's name.” “ I can tell you." “ Ah ! —indeed; who is it 7" “ Gporgt Hubert!” “ You don’t mean yourself ?" “ Myself—e tactlv ! why not ?” *• Bu’ I really thought—" “ I very much doubt it." “ But the letters you kno .v—” *' Were from her brother —and you knew it too !" “ Allow me to beg—” “ I haven’t a cent to spare !” Here Miss Nipkins compressed her lips into the shape of a pair of shoemaker's pinchers inverted— trotted her foot with great rapidity, and looked like the most ill-used lady in existence! “ Madam,” said Hubert, rising and taking his hat, “madam! accept from me a maxim, which I offer in the utmost sincerity and kindness—repeat it to every young lady of your acquaintance : as you regard your own reputation, and the reputation and happiness of your sex, never report a young ladj to be engaged, till you know it to be true. About two years after M ss Clayton's return to Vir ginia, I received the f slowing note : “ Dear Sir—l am to he married to-morrow ! —you must be present by all means. We shall need vour as sistance. Miss Clayton would undoubtedly be happv to insert a word to her old friend, but just at this mo ment she is engaged. Yours, in haste. Georue Hubert." To Solomon Solus, Esq. NOVEL READING. From Dr. Humphrey’s "Thoughts on Edu cation,” in the New York Observer. Absolutely to pro-cribe all fiction, would, perhaps, be going too far. I think 1 could select a dozen votaries, besides Robinson Crusoe, wincii I should be willing to have in\ children read in their minority. But nothing is more to be depret ated, in a family, t.ian a norb and appetite lor novels : and till experience proves bow difficult it is to kt ep it from be ing absolutely ravenous , if it is indulged at all. Reading one work of fiction, is almost certain to create in the young and susceptible mind a more eager demand for anothei; and tiie demand rises at every step oft e progress, till it is prepared to break over ail bounds, and to devour whatever comes in its wav, however it may i ifiamc the passions, pollute the im >gina tion, or corrupt the heart. On • grand objec. tion against putting popular works of fiction into the hands of our youth of both sexes, is tint the wo. Id ol romance differs so entirely irnnt the rough, stormy, and matter-of-fact world, in wnicii they ate to live, and lie happy if they can ; and certainly to sutler, whatever pains tney may take to shun it. Suppose your blooming daughter, of fifteen, could he trans ported into some para iise of perpetual spring and spicy breezes—of odor fe rot is flowers, and feathered hnrmo tv, and gushing marble fountains and banyan shades, and everlasting sunshine—what kind of preparation would she lie making in such bowers of unmingfed delights, lor returning at the end of five or t’m years, to spend her life in this cold region where she was born, upon which the curs ■ of God has so heavily fallen ? But far worse than this must it It?, for her to dwell ti.e same number of years in the fairy hi rids of ro. mattce. and then come down to the dull, husky prose and discordant elements—the thousand inconveniences and cares and to Is, and disappo fitments of real life. When the novelist can plant and water and illuminate some terrestrial paradise; and shut out sor row. and pain, and sin ; anti give oar children a life-lease of it. it will b time enough to intro duce them to his acquaintance; but. till t ! eu. the less they have to do with this class of wri ters the better. THE MORALITY ' F RAIL-RO IDS. When Queen Ehzabetii wished to acenm plish an important undertaking, she com. menced what she called “ tuni g the pulpit,’ giving tlie clergy the key-note of the enterprise and the people were soon made to chime in. in mo t twee' coneortl. I? was a capital notion, at le. t (i think a R'd-ro ttl Cos npnt y i Mas. sachusetts. and they are trying to turn it *o ac. count. The “Western Railroad Corpora tion.” in order to insure the success of their application to the legisature for aid. have ad dressed circulars to all the clergyman i ; the state, urging them individually to deliver a •discourse on the moral effects of mil-roads!" We heg to suggest to t'<e clergymen, as a text suited to the subject. 1 Peter iii 9: “Render mg railing for railing. ” Boston Transcrp'. The following toast was o ven hv E R'rh ardson, President of the P tiladelph a Tvpo graphical Society, at their late annual meeting: The Evils of Rum —lt gets into our head, throws us off our feet, puts us out of register and sorts, hatters owe forms makes us see *** on a cloudy night, causes us to make a wrong use of our and knocks down the standing matter of otliers. brings us to fff with our licst friends, reduces us to the condi. Von of floor pi, gets us info the wrong lor brigs us liefore the har, nnd prematurely puts • . to our existence. From the New-Yorker. The Poet'i II ride. The Poet's Bride—oh, she should be Th’ embodying of a fairy dream. With voice of warmbling melody. Like music-gush o'er some sail stream ! Eves of a dark, unfathomed blue. Their half-veiled glances turned aside ; And cheek, whose ever-varying hue Betrays what most the soul would hide. A heart—the home of hailowed thought. And fond affection's happiness— Whose 'hrohbings love itself has taught The bliss that trembles from excess ; Now caroling like some gay bird. Now speaking soft in tone subdued ; While every low and melting wood Is with a witchery deep imbued. Now gazing’s in her Poe:’s eyes. As if her all of heaven were there ; Now starting hack in sweet surprise. And drinking in the very air Her own impassioned lover breathes. While pouring out his thrilling song Amid some vine-clad bower, where wreathe Os Summer-flowers it beauty throng. All heart—all soul—all sympathy, Thr >ugh his most cheerful in sods the same ; Gazing with him on soft blue sky. And on the lightning's lambent flame ; Seeking each glorious sight and sound lit Nature’s haunts, by man scarce trod. And soaring, through the depths profound Os midnight, to the throne of God! To him, her being’s dearest'part, Clinging with holy trustingness— The life-pulse of the gentle heart. Without which earth has nought to bless : An eye to weep, a soul to feel And fondly share his triumph's pride ; A kindness every pang to ltejl:— Oh, such should be the 'Poet’s Bride !' J. C. . TURNING STATE EVIDENCE. A goo l story lias bee t told of Geo. White, of w tom we took occasion to relate an interest ing anecdote, a week or two sin-re. He was once arraigned for horse-stealing, when it was supposed lie was connected witu an extensive gang, which was making great depredations in the country round utmut. Many inducements were held out to Waite to reveal the names of h<s associates; but he in tintained a dogged silence. An assurance from the court was at last obtained that he should lie discharged, | upon whicn he made tin oath to reveal all he knew of his accomplices. The jury were uc icordingly suffered to bring in a verdict of not j guilty, when he was called upon for the pro mised revelation. “I shall be faithful to my | word,” said he; “be it known unto vou, that tae devil is the only accomplice I ever had ; we ; i lave been a great while in partnership; you have seen fit to acquit tne, for which I thank you ; you may hang the dev.l. if you can catch him!” HUMAN HAPPINESS. “I have lived,” said the indefatigable Dr. Clark. “ to know that the great secret of hu man happiness is tiiis: never suffer your energies tc*stagnate. Tl.e old adage of ‘too many irons in t.ie fire,’ conveys un jjbonii jmi bit false! tood ; you cannot have too many —poker, tongs, and all, keep them all going.” Daily expennee. vve are bound to say, verifies tiie remark of the learned doctor. BOYS IN THE COMMERCIAL MARINE. Tiie Baltimore American states that the Board of Trade of that city hits sent a memo rial to Congress, asking that a law may be passed which will tend to create a full supply of native seamen for our commerce and the navy. 'l’. e American expresses a hope that tiie Boards of Trade of other commercial ci ties will leu their aid in urging tiiis subject on the consideration of Congress tiie present ses. siou. We have frequently brought this sub. ject to the consideration o 'our rent ers. as o ie of importance to the country. We must have ! seamen to navigate oui commerce and to man jour navy. Tiie present seems to he the time to adopt a plan by which all merchant vessels will be required to carry hoys. The law re quiring the Navy tocarry apprentices is in full j operation. It will be the means of supplying jour Navy with a fine body of able seamen in j a few years, and our commerce might be navi | gated by seamen Brought up in our merchant I service, if they will adopt the plan of carrying boys. The subject is well worthy of respect ! ful consideration. PhU. U S Gaz. AMERICAN SKILL AND ENTERPRISE The first loco-motives used on the Camden jnnd Amboy Rail Road were imported, we be jlieve, none being then manufactured in this J country. England then supplied ns. as she used to supply us, with hob-nails. Now, Mr. I Norris, an eminent manufacturer of P liludel phia, has te-rived an order from England j for TEN o Ins Locomotives, for the Birming >am and Gloucester Rad Way! CE'LOGICAL WONDER. An Englisti paper states that the miners in Ri lgeh 11 coal pit, near Oldham, a few weeks ! since, struck upon a rock, on cutting which, they found irnlieddcd in a solid mass, a frog \alive! It was discovered at a distance of ,o e hun red and four yards below the surface, anil was of a cod color, but on being brought tint of the pit. it became of the usual hue. It was alive some days fer it was exhuineded. THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION. The ship Romoke. Captain Harris, at New Orleans on tne 12th ultimo, in 49 davs fiom R o J ineiro, reports U. S. razee Independence, Po **. comm infer, lying at R.o. liearing the broad pennant of Commotio e Nicholson : of li'-ers and crew all well. Tie United States’. Exploring Expedition, under the command ofj C iplain W ilkins, consisting of the Vincennes, j Peacock, Relief, Porpoise, Sea Gull nnd Flying ! Fish, preparing for sea, to sail in a few days. A CUR OUs NAME. Austinisdeaililniiikswefirwoeinuselioevp'ms elmsigitr litshosiistr;llutscrteiivikh,nvmawsun dstt.uoetoadwyvhwHrlinfilrbtph as-edecemsetn * mhychatecerdnsAsußauapoooinnsiatieeegmriee. I From the Southern Literary Messenger THE FIRST STATUE OF CANOVA. There are, doubtless, few of our renders who have not heard nentioued with honor the name of the great Cauova, that skilful sculptor of modern times, whose admirable statues have almost taken rank amongst tlte master.pieces which Grecian antiquity has transmitted to us. Cano/a, Ike many other great men owed bis rise solely to himre f- Diligent labor was the only source of iiis fortui e, and the first attt mpts of his infancy presaged the suc cess o’ his mature age. Cauova was an Italian, the son of a mas , n . All the education which he receive I from his fattier consisted in learning the business of his trade. A-t soon as his strength permitted, he learned to hand! the trowel and the hammer, to mix the plaster and to plaee tiie gravel— jowupations which hcdischarged with suffic ent zeal and activity to lie soon able to serve as the journeyman or rather the companion of Ins father, notwitbstand ng lii.s yo th. But in the frequent intervals of repose, which his weak ness rendered indispensable, he amused him self h\ observing Died ifferent objects'whicli he saw about him—with sketching them roughly with brick or hard sto; es upon the wall against which he leaned, or even with modelling t eir forms in the plaster ami cement which he had just mixed. These constant exercises, prttc tired with as much perseverance as intelli. geuce. soon rendered him familiar with the practice of drawing ami of sculpture in relief. But his yo tliful talent was unknown to all, even to his father, who only concerned him. self with his greater or less skiil in passing the plaster to the seive and in pouring enough j water into the trough. A whimsical event sudd nly occurred to re veal it to all the world. His father had been summoned to make some r. pairs in the country house of a rich lord of ihe neighbothoo I. He had taken bis son w t!i him, according to custom, to act as his jo r teyman, and the genteel carriage of tne little Canova soon procured him the affection of the chief cook and of all the scullions of the house, so that, the days work being ended, Canova did not stir from the pantry, wuere he executed in crumb of bread or in plaster, gro tesque figures and caricatures, which delighted the valets, and in return they f and him in the style of my lord. One day there was an entertainment at the country bouse. Canova was in the kitchen, playing with tae scullions, when they sudden ly heard a erv of despair from the pantry, and saw tiie head cook coming out in alarm, throw, ing up his cap, striking his breast and tearing his hair. After the first moments of astonish ment, they crowded round him. “I am lost,” he cried, “I am lost! My magnificent master, piece! mv palace, which I had built for the dinner! see in what a condition it is!” And with a pathetic gesture, he shovvel an edifice of pastry, which he had just drawn from the oven. Alas, it was burnt, covered with ashes, and half detnol shed. Tne.e was a gci et'iil cry < f surprise and grief. What is to lie done ?” demanded the chief cook; “here is tiie inner hour. I have not time to make another. I am lost! Mv lord expects for the desert something remarkable. He will turn me away !” During these lamentations, Canova walked round tiie demolished palace, and considered it w th attention. “ Is this for eating ?” he inquired. “Oh! no, my little one,” answered the chief cook, “ it is only to look at.” “Ah well, all is safe. I prtnwise you some thing better than that in an hour ft on* now. Hand me that lump of butler.” The chief cook, astonished, but already half persuaded by Ins boidnesss, gave him all he wanted; and of this lump of butter, Cauo-va made a superb lion, which he sprinkled with mea , mounted on a p destal of rich architec tun:, and, befme the appointed horn, exhibited his finished wot k to the wondering spectators. | The chief cook embraced him witn tears in his eyes, calling him his preserver, and hasten, eil to place upon the table tlie extemporaneous master-piece of the young mason. Tlierc was. a cry of adm.ration fiom the guests. Never had they seen, said tliey, so remarkable a piece of sculpture. Tney de manded tli • author of it. “Doubtless one of my people,” answered mv lord, witn a satisfied air ; and he asked rite chief cook. | Ile blushed, stammere I, and en 'e lby cot* fessing vvhn Imd Imppei.ed. All tiie company w she I in s< e t 'C young journeyman, and o er whelmed Canova with praises. It was de cided, at once, that tiie master of the lion e holti should take charge of him, and have him go through studies suitable o bis precocious talent. Titey had nocauseto repe itof this decision. We have seen that Cniurva knew how to profit by tlie 1 sssnns of bis masters, whom lie soon excelled. Ncvertlw less, in tlie midst of bis i celebrity, he was pleased with remembering the advevtuieof the I on of butter, and said he was very sorry that it had been melted. “ f hojic,” tc added, “that my later statues will be more solid; otherwise my reputation runs a great risk.’* BE FARTICI LAR. We find in the Fall River Monitor the fol j lowing notice of a marriage: “In Fall River, by tiie Rev. Mr. Burton, ; Mr. Edward Buffington, (not his cousin Ed j ward) o Miss Comfort Taber, daughter iof Mr. Paul Taber.” » Tne caution that Mr. Edward Buffington j was not his cousin Edward, is well timed, and -was probably intended as a mon tion to the I bride. We felicitate tlie bridegroom, and I hope that “ Cousin Edward” will have r* 'much Comfort in his wife, when lie gets one, ns the real E (ward has. u. S. Gazette. f" is cousin Edward has got married, #* will he seen by the Spy of Sep. 19, and we have no doubt 'lie good wishes of the editor of the Gazette are fully realized. Worcester Spy ] [We most heartily congratulate these young cousins on their success in wooing and winning such real Com* forte. When Comfort to cousins Such bliss can impart. Who would'nt he couaineto Win Comfort’s young heart ]