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Cbitors’ Drp'jrtmnrt. WM. 0. KICHARTis, Ed j tor. ][), H. JACQUES , Associate Editor. I * I il'ljfirlMan, j?. \Tl RL)AY MORNING,—MAY 4, 1850. another way mark. \Vk commence to-day the third annual vo- I nine of our Journal, and the occasion is pro perly suggestive of a few thoughts having re nt ion to our progress. We have so frequently i iken of the discouragements to literary effort m the South, that we may well dispense with ,he topic for the time, and to this our will the )MOre cheerfully consents that our mood is hope ful and anticipate to a degree hitherto unat tained. amid the only partial successes of two toilsome years. Although we have had pro tracted experience that ■‘The ample proposition that hope makes In all design* begun on earth below, Fails m the promised largeness—” We are nevertheless nourishing “ a credence in the heart,” ■ An esperance so obstinately strong,” ;1 . to enable us to mark another epoch in the history of the Gazette, with more pleasure than |j;tin, more determination than doubt, more faith than fear! The second year of our Journal has been tin .wiitful one, and fraught with great changes in iis condition and prospects. It commenced with a change of name and form. That the |i,iter of these alterations was judicious we do not consider a doubtful point. With the former nr have been so little satisfied as most readily ; embrace the opportunity now afforded us of returning to our first choice. During the pro ress ol the year a still more important change befell the Giizeltt—its removal from its native : soil to that ol a sister State. To us this was not a matter ot indifference; our attachment ! to Georgia was of many years’ growth, and ! had been intensified us well by many experien- | ,vs of kindness from her generous people, us by mi earnest ambition to identify ourself and ! our labours with her rapidly-growing fame, and 10 contribute our humble ruite to the develop ment of that gigantic greatness which it re cured no prescience to recognize as her destiny, j since ii was already foreshadowed in her daily i advances. T forego these hopes and to sun tier — albeit <• .iy in name—the ties which bound a- to Georgia was neither an easy nor a wel come condition Against merely personal eon- 1 siderations our amor pair>a would doubtless; have been proof; hut the prosperity—die per- I netuity of the Journal, for the sake of which we had already made great sacrifices—was a matter of too much moment to be overlooked. Kvrrv consideration connected with that im lidled it’ to the change which at length we made in the location of the Gazette. The advantages derived by our removal to a metropolitan position are too evident in the j gratifying circumstances which attend the ap pearance of this number of our Journal to re- | quire other explanation. In this city we found the long-desired means to make the Gazette w hat our pride had wished, but our poverty denied I Here we found the golden fulcrum upon which to place the lever of energy so judiciously as effectually to move the massive obstacles that opposed our progress. Our readers will excuse the pride and plea sure with which we lay before them to-day our new series, in all the beauty of faultless typo graphy, challenging comparison with any kin dred Journal, on either side of the broad At lantic. Some of them, we are sure, will par lake of our enthusiasm, and none more kindly than many friends in Georgia, whose interest in ihe Gazette has scarcely been diminished, although it has been transplanted from her soil. And why, indeed,should it be? “ The South, and the whole South,” ever has been, and ever shall he, the motto of our Journal. It is local only in those physical conditions which are inseparable from its moral influence. Emana ting from this eity.it speaks to and for the peo ple of the entire South, inciting them to intel lectual pi ogress and to literary achievement. We enter upon our third annual volume with fuller conviction than ever that the South needs such Journals as the Gazette. We use the plural term because we do not suppose that i -ingle organ of this nature will for any long period satisfy the demands of our people. To he the pioneer of its class in the South will be honour enough for the Gazette, and will distin guish it even when it ceases to stand alone ! The character of the Gazette will remain without material change, except in that pro gressive excellence for which we shall never cease to struggle. We shall bear ever in our hands, hopefully and trustingly, ” A banner, with the strange device, Excelsior!” And should the iron hand of destiny tear that banner from our grasp, and trail its bright folds in the dust, we should still enjoy the proud con sciousness of having borne it “ through sunshine and through storm,” with an unfaltering though overmatched purpose. We do not. however, apprehend so sad a termination to our hopes. I'he star of promise is in the ascendant. Its beams cheer our heart and quicken our zeal, let the true friends of a home literature rally to our support, proving the truth of their asser tions by their deeds, “ And we’ll not tail!” THE KNICKERBOCKER &, THE SOUTH. Accident has thrown in our way a copy ol lie Knickerbocker for March, iu which we find .'i poem entitled “ Disunion by Albert Pike ol Arkansas, denouncing the South in the most unmeasured and fanatical terms, as seeking to “ rase ont her name From the league of the prouil and the free, And a separate ideal sovereignty claim, I,ike a lone wave flung off from the sea!” We are politely stigmatized as “ traitors,” j ” fratricides,” and As braggart* who forged their own chain*, Bulled down what their forefathers built, \nd tainted the blood in their young children’* veins V\ ith the poison of slavery and guilt!* 9 Mr. Pike thus admonishes us, after first em phatically pronouncing us “ mad” : “Pause! think! ere the earthquake astonish your souls, Anil the thunder of war thro’ your green valleys rolls!” ami tailing thus to pause, he consigns us to •• the deepest abyss of dishonour and shame.” Now we have no objection whatever to Mr. Pike's writing such ridiculous stufi as this, and thinking it sublime ; nor do we, moreover, ob ject to its being printed, if there are publishers 10 he found with so little sense as to publish it; hut We desire to let the people ot the South know who it is that vilifies them, and in what Journals they are execrated, and “ their names ’ a*! out as evil.” The Knickerbocker has had, 111 years past, at least, a number of Southern patrons—liberal and generous ones too. Is ‘hi* the best return it can make for their sup l",rt, with pen and purse? The very same number of the Magazine in which this rodo ninutade occurs, contains a poein—doubtless a ‘■ec offering—by a South-Carolinian, one of “ho are branded upon another page as “ traitors.” w ** are sick of the miserable cant which is out in the milk and water rhymes of fa ußfiftatu, about the treason and guilt of the South, because she, forsooth, pretends to under stand her own rights and institutions better than strangers! Mr. Albert Pike and Mr. Lewis Gaylord Clark, his literary endorser, would both be bet ter employed than in writing and printing libels upon the Southern people, whose attachment to the Union ’ is quite as ardent and disin terested as that of their Northern neighbors, but who would still prefer disunion to dishonour, as what true bosom would not? Much of the mistaken sentiment prevalent at the North concerning the institution of sla very and the views ol the South upon the sub ject ol “ disunion ” are doubtless referable to abolition ballad-mongers, who spare no occa sion to breathe out their “ holy horror ” against slaveholders. If the people of the North see fit to believe these oracles, there is still no rea son why their false utterances should vex the ear of the South, and we think that our people owe it to themselves to withdraw all their sup port from thofc organs which thus ungenerously misrepresent them. THE SCHOOLFELLOW. We beg leave once more to call the atten tion of parents and teachers to ths Magazine for children—which should visit every house hold in the South ; not simply that it is the only work of the kind in our midst, hut be cause it has been pronounced by the press throughout the land, the most beautiful and ex cellent Juvenile periodical in the country. In cheapness, it is unsurpassed—and in the adap tation of its contents to the minds of children— unequalled. Not a day passes scarcely that some parent or teacher does not tell us of its popularity with their children. It ought to have 10,000 subscribers, and if it were only as well known throughout the South, as it is in some small portions of it, this large number would he readily obtained. It is published in monthly parts at 81.00 per annum—ma king a volume of 400 pages, and 150 en gravings. 0= See Prospectus in another co lumn. THE SOUTHERN ECLECTIC MAGA ZINE. 1 iie Prospectus ot this new Miscellany ap pears in another column, and we refer to it only to advise our readers, that if they would secure its monthly visits at the low rate of 50 cents per annum, they must remit $2,50 cents lor the Gazette and Magazine — post-paid—at a eerg earlg date, for the opportunity to obtain it at half price, will not always exist. O’ Four hundred royal octavo pages of choice reading matter for O’ Fifty Cents. What Subscriber to the Gazette will decline? <!% (teip (fnlnnm. A Musical Catch. A “Catch” is a composition of words and music so arranged that the combination, aided sometimes by the rapid utterance and the im perfect enunciation of the singers, gives a very different meaning to the words as sung, from that they bear as written—the effect of which is not at all diminished if the rendering be humorous. The best example of a “ catch” now present to our memory, is that of Dr. Call cott's, which reads as follows : “ All! bow Sophia! can you leave Your lover, anil of hope bereave! Go, fetch the Indian’s borrowed plume; Yet richer far, than that, your bloom : I’m hut a lodger in your heart, And more than one, I fear, have part!” These three couplets are sung by three per formers, each commencing at only a slight in terval of time. The first, for example, begins “Ah! how Sophia!” and liis rapid utterance easily transforms the words into “ A house afire!” especially as he repeats the last syllable thus, “ phia ! pliia ! pliia !” At this point the sec ond singer liegins his strain, —“ Go fetch the Indian’s borrowed plume,” and his words are readily construed into “ Go fetch the Engines! Go fetch the Engines!” a natural result of “ A house a fire !” Then comes in the third singer, with a very noncha lant utterance, “ I’m hut a lodger! I’m hut a lodger!” and why should he care about “ fetching the engine,” if the house is “ a-lire !” By a rapid succession of da capos, the most whimsical effect is produced, and as we once heard a wit say during its performance, he could easily imagine the bells to be ringing an accompani ment to the “catch.” Fast Colours. A lady of our acquaintance was urged re cently by a voluble shop-keeper to purchase a pretty dress pattern, with which she seemed to be pleased. “ But” said the lady “I am afraid that it will not wash.” “ Oh dear, yes ma’am ! I will pledge you my word that it will wash — wash beautifully ma’am. They are fast colours ma’am, and if you don’t find ’em so, I will refund the mo ney.” With this assurance, the lady bought and paid for the dress. The first time it was washed, the briliant colours ran into one ano ther so scientifically, that only a piece of white muslin remained. The lady happened to mention the occur rence to a waggish friend, as an instance of the dishonesty of trade, he replied, “ Not at all, madam ; on the contrary, the shop-keeper was literally honest—he told you that the co lors were fast, and by your own account, they ran so rapidly as soon to get altogether out of sight !” Gold Pens worth having. We write this paragraph with a gold pen manufactured by Messrs. Spencer, Rendell <fc Dixon, of New York, whose card appears in our advertising columns, and it is only justice to sav of it, that it is not only the best we ever had, but the only one that gave us satisfaction a whole week after we bought it. It has till the flexibility and freedom of a legitimate “ gray goose quill.’ and we can most cordially recommend our readers in selecting a gold pen, to choose above all others, one of their making. Their large commercial pen is the very ne plus ultra of excellence. Messrs. S., It. A- 1). have had the enterprise to introduce a steam engine into their manufactory, and in this age of speed it is n<> small object to have a steam pen! Typographical. We take pleasure in calling the attention of our typographical friends to the advertisement of Messrs. Conner it Son, in another column We have had dealings with them for years and found them ever faithful, prompt, and obliging to the uttermost of our wishes. Their new specimen book for 1850 is before us, and af fords abundant proof of their taste and dili gence iu getting up new and beautiful mate rials of all kinds. We pay the Messrs. Con ner only a merited compliment when we say that we know of no house in their line which can better supply the printer with all that is needful for his art, from a power-press to a bod kin, and we commend them to the confidence of all honourable typos. The Ruling Passion, The late lamented Calhoun was formerly an honorary member of the •!>. K. Society of Franklin College, at Athens, Ga., and while he was Vice-President of the United States he was called upon to preside at an anniversary SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE. meeting of the Society. Upon taking the chair he said, in his usual dignified manner, “ Sena tors will please come to order.” We take it for granted that the members did not come to order any the sooner for the President’s call. A Case of the Chiaro Obscuro. An exchange paper, after referring to a late decision of the Supreme Court of Georgia, that rail-road companies are liable for injuries sus tained by negroes taken on the cars, without their owners’ knowledge—even under a gene ral pass—says: 4 A man in Macon recovered damages under the above decision ot the Macon and Western Railroad company for cutting oft, through his own carelessness, the leg of a negro.* * If it were not for the prefatory allusion to the decision of the Supreme Court, we should suppose, from the construction and punctuation of the above paragraph, that a man in Macon had recovered damages lor carelessly cutting off the leg of a negro ! d>nr 36nnk (T'nlilr. The Gossips of Rivertoyvn, with Sketches in Prose and Verse. By Alice B. Neal. One vol. 12 mo. Philadelphia: ilazard and Mitchell, 1850. The readers of the Lady’s Book are famil iar with the charming story which gives its j name to this beautiful volume-*-and we do not hesitate to say, that it is worthy of a wider re putation than even that famous Magazine can obtain for it. Its popularity is well attested by the fact that in one month, the first Edition 1 was exhausted, and our notice of it, though not ■ unusually tardy, is ol the second Edition. ! The fair author has very early in life achieved ‘ an enviable position among the literary women of her country, and she well deserves it both I for the intellectual and moral elevation of her ! writings. In the “ Gossips’ which is to some extent, we apprehend, “ from life” very useful and important lessons ol charity are conveyed to the reader’s mind, and the story is told in a very pleasing manner. Some ol the briefer miscellanies are very ex cellent, and we should like in proof of our opin ion, to quote one or two if we had sufficient space. Instead of this, however, we will copy the dedication sonnet, which will exhibit, in a j beautiful light, both the intellect and the heart of the writer. It is inscribed TO THE MOTHER OF JOSEPH C. NEAL. As Rutli, of old, wrought in her kinsman's field— From the uneven stubble patiently (lathering the corn full hands had lavish’d free, Nor paused from suu, or air, her brow to shield— So I have gleaned, where others holdly reap:— Their sickles Hashing til rough the ripened grain, Their voices swelling in a harvest strain, Go on before me in the toilsome steep. And thus I hind my sheaf at even-tide For thee, my more than mother! and I come Bearing my burden to the quiet home Where thou didst welcome me, a timid bride ; Where now thy blessed presence, day by day, Cheereth me onward in a lonely way. The portrait of Mrs. Neal which accompa nies the volume, although a likeness, is so far from being a flattered one, as to fail of satisfy ing those who are familiar with the unusual attractions of her face. It is less joyous in ex pression than its bright original. Woman’s Friendship. A Story of Domestic Life. By Grace Aguilar. One vol. 12 mo. New York: D. Appleton and Cos. 1850. The object of this hook is expressed by the motto upon its title-page, in the language of the poet Wordsworth : “ To show us how divine a thing A woman may be made” Happy as the author lias unquestionably been in the illustration of her text, and beautiful as are the pictures she has drawn of “ woman’s friendship,” we fear there are not many Ida Vil liers’ in the world—though we would not call in question the geueral truth enforced by the book, that there is a depth of tenderness and energy of persistence in the friendship that springs up spontaneously, as it were, between two female hearts—kindred only by spiritual ties. The Countess of St. Maur, is not alto gether an ideal character—since we have no doubt that her prototype has here and there been found to lend a fresh lustre to the name of woman ; but alas ! that the instances should be the exception and not the rule. Nor do we write this in a captious spirit— to depreciate woman’s worth. Far be it from us to do this. How rather would we credulously worship her as a divinity than degrade her as an entirely selfish being. She is neither the one nor the other—and yet she sometimes so closely ap proximates either extreme, as to afford us on the one hand the original of Ida St. Maur, and upon the other, to darken the canvass with the revolting image of a Flora Leslie. The story is told in a very graceful manner—and is full of in terest and pathos. We have not space to present an outline of it—and moteover, we intend to urge our readers, especially our lady readers, to give the book a careful perusal—assured that it will both benefit and delight them. We cannot forbear a single word of Florence Leslie, the gentle but gifted, and at first, unfortunate girl— who awakens in the heart of Lady Ida that strong affection which survives absence—evil report, and apparent shame, and is at length crowned with its own sweet reward iu the hap piness of the noble-hearted Florence. The episode of the life and death of the poet Wal ter Leslie—is very beautiful, and, indeed, the book abounds with grace and feeling—and commends itself to those who read with their hearts, as well as with their intellects. The Optimist. By Henry T. Tuckerman. One vol. 12m0.. New York: Geo. P. Putnam. 1850. The chapter on “ Manner” which we have quoted from this volume, in another page of our Journal will afford our readers an idea of its style—which we think is characterized by pleasant vigour and rhetorical elegance. Tuc kerman is one of the best essayists in this coun try, if indeed he be not fairly entitled to the exclusive possession of the superlative we have chosen. His previous works have won for him an enviable reputation. The title of the book before us is significant of its spirit and its phi losophy. The author emulates the genial ex ample ot the English essayists—Lamb, Gold smith, Leigh Hunt, and others, in their efforts to infuse into their delightful works, the very essence of social life and happiness. He seeks as they evidently did, to blend the amenities of life with the bright and glowing fancies of the mind—and thus happily to unite the utile et dulce. The term “ Optimist” properly signi fies ‘ the producer of the most good’—and hence is it properly applied to him who incul cates by the labour of his pen a cheerful and elevating philosophy—who seeks after Truth and Beauty wherever they may be found, and shunning the merely theoretical and absolutely Utopian in theories of happiness—directs the heart to its true sources, and thus ministers to its best and noblest sympathies. There is in Mr. Tuekerman’s volume, much to delight the reader whose mind is not warped and distorted by false philosophies and corrupt theories. The true heart will be nourished thereby, and the thoughtful spirit find much food for reflection. There is a happy vein of humour running through the book—quiet it may be, but still like the motionless gem, sparkling and flashing with a brilliancy depending much upon the per ception of the reader. Without claiming for this work a very high degree of intellectual merit—we are free to say that it is exceeding ly agreeable, and exhibits in a pleasing light, the grace and fertility of the author’s taste and fancy, The Women or the American Revolution. By Elizabeth F. Ellet. Volume Third. New York : Ba ker and Scribner. The success of Mrs. Ellet’s earlier volumes i ot the Women of the Revolution, has induced ‘ her, she tells us in her preface—to publish ad ditional memoirs—which are accordingly em braced in the volume before us. There is no inconsiderable degree of interest attached to any authentic records of our great national stru ggle, and it is w r ell that the part which he roic women so nobly played in its chequered scenes, should become a part of the country’s history. Mrs. Ellet has performed her task with much credit to herself—displaying a com mendable diligence in her search after material, and a good share of talent in her manner of using the material thus obtained. Many a heart will beat quicker and many an eye glisten with interest and emotion at the “ ,a l es ot woman’s trials” and of woman’s dauntless courage and noble sacrifices in the cause of her country, narrated in our author’s pages. The new volume contains quite a num ber ot sketches, ol which, eleven are of Caro lina’s brave heroines—than whom nobler or j more devoted patriots never lived. Asa literary performance, the merit of the j hook lies chiefly in the unity of design and simplicity of manner which characterize it. It is nothing more or less than a memorial of the brave women, whose precept and example alike, animated the hearts and sustained the hands of their fathers, husbands, and brothers, in a protracted and unequal contest for free dom ! We cordially commend it and the preceding volumes to all those who would keep alive in their memories, the price at which American In dependence was purchased. ■A-THEIsm among the People, By Lamartine. Boston: i 1 lumps, Sampson and Cos. This is really an earnest and instructive, I as well as spirited and eloquent Essay. It tells the French people momentous truths, with a clearness and cogency that can scarcely fail to make an impression. It insists that a people denying God is incapable of sustaining a Re publican government, and must “ rush head- j long into the government of the brute, the ties- ! potism ot the sword.” It traces the origin and j history ot French Atheism down to the pre sent day, and widely proclaims the fact that France is even now the most irreligious nation in Europe. It denounces the great sects now infesting the Republic as thoroughly Atheistic. Communism, Fourierism, Socialism, as “ de grading, besotted and abject,” because all seek to dethrone God and deify matter. The circulation of this Essay in our country will prove exceedingly useful. It confirms and enforces all those lessons which have become j stale and almost unmeaning amongst us, re specting the indispensableness of virtue and pie ty to a people that would govern themselves. Poems. By Frances Sargent Osgood. In one elegant vol. 8 vo. Illustrated by Huntington, Harley, and oth c*rs. Philadelphia: A. Hart. 1850. This is one of those superb volumes which exalt the character of Art—and afford the eye the most refined delight. Mrs. Osgood’s poems are all grace and fancy—very daintily blended, and in this collection they are set forth in all the beauty of exquisite typography—vel lum paper—and illustrated by the pencil and the graver of the very first artists of the land. It is a volume radiant with manifold attrac tions—and it reflects the highest credit upon its publisher and all employed in its prepara tion. Poems, by Amelia, (Mrs. Welby, of Kentucky.) A new enlarged Edition, Illustrated with original designs by R. W. VVeir. New York : D. Appleton and Go. [Charleston, John Russell. A fit companion volume to that of Mrs. Os good,—and one to which we have before awarded the highest praise in our power. In typography, paper, engravings, faultless ; in its gems of thought and language, a most precious casket. The Poetical and Prose Writings of Charles Sprague. New and revised edition. New York: C. S. Francis and Cos. 1850. A portrait of the author’s contemplative face accompanies this neat edition of his works— which though not too numerous to be em braced in a thin 12 mo. vol., are valuable for the grace and purity of their style and the vi gour and independence of their thought. Latter-Day Pamphlets. Edited by Thomas Car lyle. Nos. I. and 11.. Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Cos. These are precious bits of nonsense and rant—which are very happily “ hit off” in the article entitled “ Punch’s Police”—in another column of our paper. itljr fi up Ms. The National Academy of Design.—A friend writing to us from New York, under date of the 25th ult., speaks of the Annual Exhibition of the Academy of Design, as fol lows : “ Our Academy of Arts has just opened its 25th annual Exhibition, under the happiest cir cumstances. The collection of pictures, and statuary, is not only of uncounted extent and excellence, but it is made, for the first time, in the beautiful and commodious edifice, lately erected for the use of the institution. The ex hibition rooms, (no less than five in number,) are in every respect all that could be desired, and now that the walls are adorned with the | beautiful creations of our gifted artists, and the nicely carpeted floors are trodden by our love ly maidens and gallant beaux, the scene they | present is one not easily to be driven from the memory. It is a matter of earnest gratulation, that the Arts have won such a magnificent • Home” as that now secured for them by the Academy of Design. “ While the tout ensemble of the Exhibition is thus singularly attractive, the visitor will be still more gratified by a study of its parts ; as strolling through the labyrinth of rooms, he pauses continually before the works of our most esteemed artists; the exquisite landscapes of Durand and of his younger competitors in this favourite department; the glorious coast scene of Huntington—unquestionably the finest pic ture of the kind ever painted in this country— and the “ Cup of Water,” a sweet and charac teristic work of the same gifted pencil ; the “ Child’s Passage to Paradise” by Peele ; The magnificent full-length of Pope Pius IX, the on ly picture (we thing) ever painted from life, of this celebrated personage ; speaking heads by Elliott, Page, and Ingham, with some of the happiest efforts of Rossiter, Stearns, Hicks, May, Shegogue, Baker, Mount, Spencer, Shum way and many others, whose names it is scarce ly just to mention until time serves me to do so with Jess haste than now,” American Art Union Bulletin. This miscellany is now issued in quarto form—and contains a large amount of choice reading matter connected with the Arts in this country and in Europe. It is sent free to all subscribers to the Art Union—from the date of their sub scription, a fact which should induce all who design to become members for 1850, to do so at once. Mr. S. Hart, is the Hon. See. for Charleston. New Jersey Art Union. Art Unions are multiplying in this country —and we observe that treasures have been adopted for the early formation of one in New’ Jersey—to be located at Newark (Ttir Bliisiriil itforlir. OPERA MUSIC AT CHURCH. The music-service at Grace Church in New York, partakes far more of the character of the Opera than of the Anthem, and is thus se verely, but perhaps not unjustly, satirized by Park Benjamin, in a Poem on Fashionable Follies—recently read by him before some As sociation in Brooklyn, we believe. After objecting to the gaudy style of the in terior of Grace Church, a fault which every visitor must have realized to a sense of oppres sion—he supposes someone to insist upon the excellence of the music, (e. g.) “ ‘ The music’s splendid.’ Grant it so ; The Doctor’s practised and he onght to know: YV hen last to France he voyaged for his health He heard the Opera now and then —by stealth. His choirs are artistes, and they ought to be— They sing at theatres two nights of three, The primit donna none could e’er persuade In any other church to give her aid. Her vocal beauty—her bewitching air— Fill the pews here and cram the boxes there ; When from her lips the thrilling solo flows, Dandies and damsels cease awhile to doze: And when she quavers to her usual pause, A something hums like ill-suppressed applause: While the plump parson placidly surveys— His people’s backs all turned to meet her gaze !” Quite an evangelical picture truly it must be confessed —wanting only the lorgnette to com plete it. And this in a sanctuary, which is called “ Grace” ! Tempo res mutantur! New Music. Messrs. Firth, Pond & Cos., New York, have laid upon our table the fol lowing pieces of music which we commend to the attention of professors and amateurs. The Original Schottisch, composed by Jul lien. ’Phis is a graceful and pleasing compo sition and destined to be very popular. The Return Waltzes, composed by E. P. Jones. The Wandering Melodies, Waltzes by Gung’l. The Celebrated Bell Waltz, by Strauss. Les Patineurs. Waltz Brilliante from La Prophete. The Phoenix Waltzes, by Labritzkv and Ban ner. The Bridal Waltz, by Jullien. The Juliet Polka, by Carl Lorenz. Mary Loves the Flowers. A song by S. C. Foster. Nelly Bly. [A new and capital Ethiopian Melody. Fd.] The Song of the Beloved. (Gift Songs, No. 3.) Music by Shaw. A ride I once was taking. [This is the cel ebrated Song “ Tramp, tramp, tramp !” as sung by Jenny Lind.] Somebody's coming, but I'll not tell who. [For the Guitar.] The Bachelor s Song. By one of the Squad. Music by a Spinster. Home of my Heart. Anew ballad. Meyerbeer’s Prophet. The magnificent opera La Prophete has been performed recent ly at New Orleans, with great success. Henri Hf.rz. This distinguished Pianist has been appointed chief of the Musical Con servatory—recently established by the Mexi can Government. He is to receive a high Salary, and will reside permanently in Mexico. Jenny Lind. Mr. Barnum has had a tick et of admission to Jenny Lind’s American Concerts, engraved in a beautiful style. It is designed as a souvenir to each purchaser, of the visit of the Sweedish Nightingale. Our exchanges are full of anecdotes of her sweet ness of temper and beautiful charities to the poor and humble. (Dnr pnuk [Under this head we shall reply to many letters, contain ing queries orsngee-tionsnpon subjectsof general interest, instead of answering them, as heretofore, liy post. This will save ns tim . and “time is money.” YVe are very glad to receive tellers from our subscribers, and it only re quires that the postage be paid to ensure prompt attention. Eds.] Gas-light. —Our correspondent wishes to know why our “ city fathers ” do not have the. lamps lighted on those nights when the moon ought to shine, but, owing to the inclemency of the weather, or some other reason, best known to herself, does not make her appearance. We cannot answer our correspondent’s question sa tisfactorily, for w’e do not know the terms of the contract which the “ Council ” has made with the moon regarding the nights in question. One thing is certain—the streets ought to he lighted, whether the gas lamps are or not, and if the moon, like a petulant and capricious pri ma donna, fails to “ come out ” on account of the weather, or for any other equally important reason, and the “city fathers” have no means of compelling her to come out, they should order out the lamp-lighters forthwith,and in stead of saving a few feet ol’gas, save the feet — and necks—of not a few passengers, whose duty compels them to be abroad in spite of the weather. This question might have been pro perly discussed under our scientiflc head, as it is unquestionably a gassy (Agassiz) one. J I've nis. You must pay more attention to the art of versification. Your rhyme, rhythm and metre are all defective, in the stanzas you send us. “ Flow” does not rhyme with “ now,” nor “credit” with “merit.” Were the accent on the last syllables the latter might possibly pass, but not otherwise. In the following line, as in several others which might be named, your rhythm is sadly at fault: “ The dark waves broke upon the lone shore.” You fail in regard to metre, in several instan ces. It is as necessary to keep good time in poetry as in dancing. The tread of the lines (lines have “feet,” why should they not “tread,” and when they are lame, “ limp” ?) should be measured and musical, and the rhymes should come naturally and without effort on the part of the reader, at the same point. The lines which rhyme must be absolutely, in point of time, of the same length. They must have the same number of syllables, as a general rule ; but there is an exception which applies in cases where two syllables admit of being easily and naturally pronounced in the time of one, as in the following line of Willis : The Spring | is here, | the tie I licate lout | eil May. and in this: YY’ho laugh |of vie | tory loud | est rang. Here the three syllables “ licate foot,” occupy precisely the same time in pronunciation, as the iambic feet of which the rest of the line is composed ; so with the syllables “ tory loud,” in the other line. We will recur to this sub ject again. In the mean time we advise you to study Poe’6 “ Rationale of Verse,” the best treatise ever written on the subject of versifi cation. Fanny complains of the habit which some young gentlemen have of standing on the steps and in the vestibules of the churches, on Sun day, and staring intensely into the faces of the htdies-r-especially of the young and pretty ones—of whom we are bound to believe our correspondent one. She says that however much they (the ladies) like to be looked at when they have disposed themselves satisfacto rily in their pews, they are exceedingly discon certed by a volley of impertinent glances while they are enpied. We unite with Fanny in be seeching the young gentlemen aforesaid not to be peeping before the curtain rises. “Ellie” wants to know if there is any word in the English language that will rhyme with orange. A friend at our elbow suggests that door-hinge rhymes very well with it—-only a little a-jar• Maria Estella. —The editors of the Gazette respectfully tender their compliments to Maria Estella, and beg leave to assure her that she is labouring under a very slight mistake in che rishing the faintest suspicion that what she was so kind as to send them “ for publication in the poet’s corner” is poetry. It is of a totally dif ferent genus, and, if they mistake not, rhetori cians call it “ Proserunmad.” They beg leave, with many grateful thanks, to return it here with, supposing that Maria Estella would like to preserve it in her cabinet of curiosities. If not, however, they will be happy to make it a present to Barnurn. Here it is. THE SPRING. BY MARIA ESTELLA. The bright and soft-footed spring is come, The birds do sing and the bees do hum, The dowers bloom in yonder bower, And everything owns sweet nature’s power. The trees are putting a green livery on, Their cold and wintry aspect is gone, And the locust blossoms hang like a chain, Which it makes my young heart glad to see again ! I hear the note of the croaking frog, As I walk abroad with my favorite dog, And the animal seems to me to say, Spring is come and winter’s gone away. Oh let us be thankful for the spring, And for the vegetables which it doth bring. And for the birds and blushing flowers Which adorn our trees and fields and bowers! A Student —wishes to know why the e in the word sew, has the sound of o. Our corres pondent will perhaps be surprised to learn that the word sew is derived from sow —a female swine ! It came in this way :—sus is the latin for sow, and the bristles of this animal were formerly used instead of needles—as they now tire by shoe-makers, in sewing. The word sno, to sew, was founded upon sus; and the English sew came from the Latin sno. The orthoepy of the word here indicates its etymo logy, while its orthography is calculated to mislead. “ A Looker-on in Venice.” —The strictures of our correspondent are personal, we fear, and therefore unsuited to our columns, into which we shall never intentionally admit anything in which the malice outweighs the wit. By the way, we will take this occasion to correct the common mistake into which our correspondent has fallen, in signing himself “ A Looker-on in Venice.” The reading—in Shakspeare’s Mea sure for Measure ” [Act V., sc. 1.] —is “ A looker-on here in Vienna,” and there is no propriety in mutilating the text. Euterpe. —We think the day of the Polka is over. Perhaps “ the wish is father to the thought,” for we have always considered it a most unbecoming and unladylike dance ; but then there is a probability of its growing un fashionable, which is of course its death-war rant. The most likely dance to be its successor is the Schottisch. J. A. T. You shall hear from us in a few days. E. M. G. ‘Phe lines you refer to— “ Music hath charms to sooth a savage breast. To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak, are not Shakespeare’s. You may find them in Congreve’s “ Mourning Bride.” Act I. Scene 1. Penna. One who has so exalted an opin ion of himself, needs not our commendation. We have no doubt that your verses, if not immortal, are eternal, “ For he who reads them, reads them to no end.” Hortensia. —ln reply to your query, “ Should a lady pay the postage on a letter to a gentle man, written for mere friendship’s sake, and by agreement?” we answer “ No !” E. It is gross impudence in a gentleman to bow, in the street to a lady whom he does not know. Take no notice of him. Query. The words are not strictly syno nomous. Malaria is Latin for bad air : and miasma is Greek for pollution. K. Z. Study more, think more, and do not w'rite for publication till you are sure von have something to say. Btfrtrnplitmi Batters. The Tomb of Calhoun. The temporary resting place ot’ all that is mortal to the great and good Calhoun, is daily visited by hundreds of persons, both citizens and strangers. Patri otism can offer its devotions at no more fitting shrine, and no place can be fraught with holier influences. The tomb of Carolina’s noblest son, who, having lived, in all his relations to his fellow man and to God. a sincere, earnest and truthful life, has at last fallen at the post of duty, and been hidden from our sight forever by the envious marble, should be a Mecca—a shrine of pilgrimage, to us and to our children. The marble slab which covers the tomb, and which bears no inscription save the simple word CALHOUN, is now covered with flowers and evergreens, deposited in vases or woven into wreaths, and frequently renewed by the fair hands of Carolina’s mourning daughters. Fit emblems are those tribute-flowess of the pure life of him who rests beneath. Where to be well “ Suited."—There can Ire no question that if you would be well unit ed, you must go to an unexceptionable draper, and if our readers are not already acquainted with the establishments of Messrs. Edgerton tfc Richards, of Mr. Carr, and of Mr. Willcocks, they will find their addresses among our city “cards.” As to “ puffing” these gentlemen, it is entirely unnecessary —for they cannot fail of success, since they alway “ cut the coat accor ding to the cloth.” They could only fail to give their customers satisfaction by shear neg lect, and of this we feel assured that they are incapable. We do not think that even in seaming, much less in reality, they would do anything that would not be regarded as fitting and becoming. New York Steam Ship Line.—From the advertisement in our columns, it will he seen that the Agents of the favorite steamship Southerner have resolved to increase the fre quency of her trips, and thus compensate, as far as possible, for the withdrawal of the North erner. The Southerner will now leave the ports of New York and Charleston alternately every tenth day. There is anew steamer now building for this route, to be called “ The Union,” in which we shall feel a more than common interest, since we had the pleasure of suggesting the name which her owners have chosen for her. May she prove worthy of her proud appellation! Daily Route to New York. —The tide of travel is now setting Northward, and our friends in the interior will be glad to know that there is a daily line from this city to New York, with a through-fare of only S2O. The steamboats to Wilmington are safe and re liable, the Wilmington and Weldon railroad is now beiug re-laid with heavy iron, and the gen eral accommodations of the road tire vastly im proved. . Travelling Agents for the Gazette.— Rev. William Richards, Mr, Robert E. Seyle, Mr. Matthew J. Wroton, .1. J. Richards, S. P Richards, O’ Mr. Mazyck is our General Agent for Charleston. [CF Other local Agents will be announced speedily. Mtm nf tljr Dni|. Nicaragua. —The treaty w’ith Great Britain in regard to Nicaragua was signed in Washing ton on the 20th ult. A correspondent of the New York Tribune says: “ This treaty liberates every part of Central America lrom British bondage, and attaches that Confederacy to the United States by the obligations of gratitude and interest. ‘‘lt re-establishes the Monroe doctrine, which was abandoned by Mr. Polk’s Administration, on the most substantial footing, by enforcing the American principle more efficaciously than W’as ever before asserted. “ It secures the construction of the ship canal connecting the two great oceans, by which more than ten thousand miles of dangerous na vigation will be saved, and the trans-shipment of merchandize and produce will be rendered unnecessary, and enlists the capital and co operation of Great Britain in the immediate advancement of that vast and most important enterprise.” The Steamship Atlantic. —The American Steamship Atlantic made a trial trip on the 21st ult. from New’ York. On her return, she made the trip from the Light Ship outside of Sandy Hook to the Battery at (he rate of seren tern and a half to eighteen knots, with 18 pounds of steam and 19-1 revolutions. The Pilot said that he had taken many steamers, American and foreign, into the harbor, but had “ never seen the craft that could run through the shad-poles like the Atlantic !” Fire in New York. —A most destructive fire occurred on Front anti Water streets, on the 24th ult. The loss is estimated at SBO,OOO. Fire in Savannah. —A fire broke out in Sa vannah on Thursday morning, 25th ult., about half-past 1 o’clock, which consumed the entire square bounded by Congress, Broughton, Jef ferson and Montgomery streets, consisting prin cipally of wooden buildings. The loss esti mated at from SIOO,OOO to $120,000. Er Anew Post Office has been established in Lumpkin Cos., Ga., called Calender's Creek and R. P. Honge appointed P. M. Struck with a Fire Hall. —The British brig Alcyone, from Glasgow. arrived at Boston, re ports that off Cape Cod, while the men were aloft reeling the foretopsail, in the middle of a snow storm, a ball of fire, larger than an 18- pound shot, struck the mainmast, and, without any unusual noise, such as an explosion, the mast was split in four pieces, and went over board with all the yards and rigging attached Steam on the Pacific. —’I'lie Baltimore American says that one of the steamers which recently left New r York, is going to the Pacific, for the purpose of plying regularly between San Francisco and the Sandwich Islands. Explosion of Steam Boilers. —The Commit tee on Manufactures, in the House of Repre sentatives of Massachusetts, have reported a Bill forbidding any person or corporation to use any steam boiler without a fusible plug, and au thorizing for this purpose Ashcroft’s “protected safety plug.” The penalty for removing the plug, or substituting for it any material less fu sible, or for using a boiler without it, is a thou sand dollars. Post Offices in California —The Postmaster General has established a number of additional post offices in California and Oregon, at such points as it is confidently believed will greatly facilitate the general correspondence. ‘l’he next steamer will carry out the commissions to newly appointed postmasters, together with in structions to put tlic offices into immediate operation. Jllfflr. MARRIED, At Mount Fieasjint, on the 23d ult., Dr. E. M. Royall and Miss Ann B. Venning. In Athens, Ga., on the 18th ult., Mr. George Moore and Miss J. D. Frederick. 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SPRING VXD SUMMER GOOES. rMNHE attention of purchasers of DR V GOOD n is re _R spectfully invited to examine a complete and very extensive stock at 253 King-street. My stock of EA DIES’ DRESS GOODS is unusually large, and prices probably less than was ever known in Charleston. Silk Tissues and Bareges, 25c. Foular Silks, rich Summer Silks Albenine Alvoriues, Eiiilkl. French Muslins, hie. 4-4 tine French Jaconet Muslins, 31c. On the second Moor will be found a very extensive stock of SHAR ES, MANTILLAS end SCARES. Constantly on hand, a large stock of DOMESTICS, LINENS, GLOFF.S. HOSIER >. Are. W. G. BANCROFT, 253 King-street. May 5 5 *Ol i'H CAROLINA INSTITUTE. rBVIIF. Institute, at its Annual Fair to 1m- held in this M city on the third Tuesday in November next, will award Premiums, (in addition to specimens of Mechanism and the Arts) for the following articles: For the best bale of Sea island Cotton, not less than 300 pounds. For the best bale of short staple Cotton, not less than 300 pounds. For the best tierce of Rice. For t lie best hogshead of Muscovado Sugar. For the best loaf Tobacco, not less than lUG lbs. For the best barrel of Wheat Flour. For the best tierce of Indian Corn. For the best barrel of Spirits of Turpentine. For tiie best barrel of Rosin. It is the intention of the Institute, with the consent of the persons sending the above articles, to forward such as receive Premiums to the “ World's Fair,” to be held in the city of London, in the early part of the year 1851. It is likewise intended to select, from the specimens of “ Art and Design,” which may be presented, such as may be deemed worthy of especial distinction, to le forwarded for competition to this great “Industrial Exhibition.” The Committee on Premiums therefore earnestly appeal to all the productive interests of our country to aid the In stitute in thus advancing our home enterprises, and give them reputation and character abroad. C D REYNGLDS. Jr. > Comlnitleeoll WM. LEBbV, \ Premiums. Charleston, S. C., May 4. PIANO-FORTE* AND MIHIC. rVNHE subscriber has on hand, and is constantly rcceiv. m ing large supplies of Piano. Fortes Iroin the celebrat ed manufacturers, Bacon & Raven, Duliois A: Seahury, and A. It- Gale At Co,,New-York ; and Hal let, Davis At Cos., Boston, —all warranted to he of the first quality. Melodeons of every style and finish, made by George Prince At Cos.. Buffalo, —the best article manufactured. 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