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jjson. and Jones, and Boyle, and Hamp den. and Russell, and of thousands more ofthi* most intelligent and distinguish (.,l 0 f mankind in the different classes of society, who have investigated the , 1 liins of ('hristianity, and confessed its livirtt v. Is there not reason to think il„il religion may be true, whose evi dences such men have investigated, and wliosc truth and divinity they then ac knowledged ? Is there no reason to holiovc that those who treat it with in difference or hostility, really know nothing respecting its nature and its claims : or are unwilling to submit to its requirements ? Is there not cause jo think they deserve a reproof similar to that given by Sir Isaac Newton to Dr. Halley? —“lam always glad to hear \ on speak about astronomy, or oth er parts of the mathematics, because that is a subject which you have studied, and well understand ; but you should not talk of Christianity, for you have not studied it; ! have ; and am certain von know nothing of the matter.” Does it display wisdom, or folly, to treat with contempt or neglect what Bacon, and Milton, and Newton, and Locke, and Johnson, and Washington, reveivd and loved? Does it display wisdom, to profess to be wise by scorn ing what the wisest and most distin guished of mankind have revered asthe truest w isdom ? Rather does not such ;i rour.se display the self-conceit and ig uoraiice of the most destructive folly.— ißilitora’ JJfjinrtnifnt. WM. C. RICHARDS, Edtor. D. H. JACQUES, Associate Editor. (L'ljarlrstnn, #. SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 18, 1850. MISS BRUM HR AT CAMP MEETING* [concluded.] The sermon was followed by an exhortation, in the course of which the preacher warmed into great animation of manner, and some ex c.lenient began to manliest itself among a portion of the audience. When he concluded, another minister arose and announced that they would soon engage in solemn prayer to (hxl ; that before doing so, a hymn would be sung, and, meanwhile, all who desired to be prayed lor and become Christians, should ap proach and kneel at the altar. The hymn was then commenced and quite a number of young persons immediately left their seats and prostrated themselves around the altar. At intervals, during the singing, the invitation was repeated, and as one and another approached, -nine minister would exclaim, “ Thank God lor another soul struggling to be converted,” or Here is another and yet another, and still there is room.” Occasionally the words of exhortation would rise above the voices of the singers, urging sinners to come and seek the prayers of God’s people. hi a few minutes, the signal for prayer was given and the whole vast assembly immediate ly knelt upon the straw-carpeted ground, and a profound silence reigned, broken only by the ‘■artiest petition of the minister. Ashe prayed n, his manner became fervent, and soon ex nted, producing a similar effect upon the more impressible portion ol the audience. Presently loud and quick ejaculations broke from various lips, and, anon, some would take up the words “t the minister and repeat them with great zval, or enforce, in their own peculiar language, the public supplications. In a very short time a ” intense excitement pervaded the coloured people, and one and another would shout and scream with an enthusiasm little short of I’hrcnzy. As soon as the prayer was finished, 1:10 various ministers began to converse with ll "’ mourners, whose sobs or groans attested llle violence ot their feelings. Others now p ssed forward to the altar and Rung thein '■ ves upon their knees, with their faces buried in their hands upon the benches. From this time all regular order of services seemed to be N a-ide, and all manner of religious exercises w ere in progress at once. While one minis • ’’ i exhorted with great earnestness, another ‘l'uKl be praying over a weeping penitent, another singing, perhaps sotte voce, snatches of i'Vmi'm a voice husky from over exertion. At intervals, loud and piercing shrieks would es -1 l i” lioin one or another ot the mourners, vhile again shouts of “glory” would evince tu, ‘ telicity of some overflowing heart. During ii. - exercises, so novel to our friend, Miss ‘ l l ’ ‘, s he pressed forward so eagerly to *'le attar, that we felt some apprehen- I, st s,le should be mistaken for a “mourn ai|d to avoid a mistake so embarrassing, mated to her our fears and withdrew ‘oinewhat front tiie hallowed precincts. I “ii die negro side ol the desk,a still greater l, "‘ eeot excitement wa3 manifesting itself, l " 1 ’ 1 ‘he exhortations, prayers and singing of “""“ed “leaders,” many of whom exhibited in,ui degree ot power in their exercises, 1,1 idi u.-e ot language which surprised not 11111 11 tend, hut ourselves. Several times 1 Ul1 ” le evening, individuals were carried ■’ Hon, the stand in a stale ot ex tune, u ll iiig with an energy that seemed to portend itastrophe to their lungs, not dissimilar to which sometimes belals steam boilers on OUf western rivers. ‘•<” Bremer was struck with the peculiar these informal exercises, which might properly be called religious “ refrains.” 11 “’ following is a specimen of them, as sung >hc white assembly: Jesus my all to heaven is gone. ’ “ Jesus lias promised lo be with us to tile end. He whom i lived my hopes upon; Ji-u.- has promised to he with us to the end ; Jesus Uas been witli us, •It siis is still with us — Jesus will be with us ; he has promised to be with us lo the end. His track I see and I’ll pursue, Jesus lias promised, &c. Die narrow way tell him I view. Jesus has promised, &c. Jesus lias been witli us, Jesus now is with us, And lie will be with us, t °r lie has promised to lie with us lo the end. ” u ’ m ° °iker sentences or couplets which were “"mly sung we remember particularly the “Mowing; I lie> iliat toil shall wear a crown— -1 rom their Father’s house sent down.” 11, 1 popuiar hymn, if we may judge from ( l Uclll 'y with which it was sung, was that c °nunencing, ” When I tan read my title clear,” kue ol which was followed by some l HUfh US I am hound lor the promised laud,” ■ ‘ dups more frequently— ‘am bound for the kingdom, ill you go to glory with me!” *‘ UVe before mentioned the surprising ■ ‘““lody of tt . , ■ me camp singing, and unlainiliar or r the .j 11 ’ ° n^lUous us were the songs themselves, cadi i ‘ Was indescribably pleasant, as the n'T ul tWo or three thousand voices swelled like ,u . j, ine notes ol a vast minster-organ ’ 1 a isles of the pine forest. The time wore on insensibly, and when at a late hour we asked Miss Bremer if she were not weary standing, she replied with great ea gerness, “ Oh, not—not weary—but strangely interested !” A scene of more than ordinary moment now attracted our attention. A young girl, under the reaction of intense emotion, had subsided into a state of speechless unconsciousness.— Some female relatives sat on the ground by her, supporting her head, and singing over her, in low, sweet notes, a most touching and plaintive air, while many looked on with unaf fected interest. This instance of spiritual trance was regarded by our guest us the most interesting feature of the novel scene. About half an hour before midnight, we left the still crowded altar, and commenced a survey of the Camp ground Directing our steps towards the negro quarters, we found the tents nearly all occupied by groups engaged in religious ex ercises, and many extraordinary scenes met the eye of Miss Bremer, which her Northern philosophy ‘ had never dreamt of.’ In one cabin we saw about thirty persons at prujfer, the leader for the time being a woman. In the midst of her vehement supplication, she sud denly ceased, and raising herself while still kneeling, she exclaimed, “ Brudderen and sisters, be you all dumb?” To this singular query there were sundry ejaculations of “ No ! No!” from the party. The woman then ex claimed, “ Bray then, pray for Jesus,” where upon one began by saying, “ Give me Jesus,” and another “ Give me Jesus,” and so on until every one had echoed the prayer with various intonation and emphasis. In another tent, amid a group of several kneeling in prayer, we noticed a woman throw ing her arms and body about with great energy, and exclaiming ali the while, in a husky and exhausted voice, “Oh don’t I wish I could only holler !” ‘l’ho negro songs and snatches were much more peculiar than those of the whites, and we are sorry to have remembered none of them with sufficient correctness to venture speci mens. They were often an odd jumble of words, without meaning, but always sung to musical airs. We recollect one of a better class of refrains, which ran as follows: “ I’tl like to be the one to go, Ami ilie on /ion’s hill.” It was with no smuii interest that Miss Bremer watched these exercises of the negroes, and her repeated exclamation to us was, “ How entirely happy these people seem to be !” In one tent we witnessed a scene strictly prohibit ed by tiie authorities of the “ Camp,” anu al ways put a stop to by them when discovered, it was the “ Happy Dance,” and as Miss Bre mer remarked, not inaptly so called, if we might judge from the laces of the dancers. In the middle of the cabin, some ten or twelve of botli sexes were performing a sort of shuttle dance, gliding in and out with great rapidity, but with no other noise than a low, graceful melody, chanted by themselves and a score of spectators in the cabin. While we were yet gazing at the strange spectacle, they ceased suddenly and left the cabin, but whether our presence restrained their lawless worship or not, we are unable to say. For an hour we rambled among the tents and gave Miss Bremer “ Glimpses of Southern Life,” both novel and grotesque, yet charming in their reality. We listened now to an ad dress, eloquent in its simplicity, and anon to another, in which the speaker made sad havoc oi common sense, and greatly excited our risi ble faculties. When, some time after midnight, we sought the tent of our host, the altar fries were still mocking the pale crest of Diana and her throng ing virgins, the stars, and the sounds of devo tion still arose from various quarters of the great encampment. ‘l’he hour of six upon a bright Sabbath morning, found us assembled for prayers itt the sitting room of our host’s cabin, and notwith standing it was so early, the camp was full of life and stir. At eight o’clock, the horn sum moned us to public worship, when a sermon was preached to the whites, followed immedi ately by another to the coloured people. By the hour of eleven, large crowds of people from the city poured into the Camp and tilled the immense temple. A sermon was now preached by a minister from North Carolina, who “reasoned of judgment to come,” and displayed a good deal of popular eloquence, not lost upon the auditory. Our space fails us to narrate further inci dents of the day. The intended departure of Miss Bremer the next morning for Georgia, rendered it necessary for us to return to the city in an evening train. The journey was rendered pleasant by a most refreshing air from the sea. The train moved rather slowly, for it bore over a thousand passengers, chielly ne groes, who sung, all the way, their favourite melodies, and absolutely drowned with their voices the far less melodious noise of the heavy train and its iron-sinewed horse. When we bade Miss Bremer adieu at the pleasant home of Mrs. ii , she assured us that she had experienced, in her visit to Camp Meeting, a degree of pleasure not soon to be forgotten, and witnessed there scenes which would give colouring to many after thoughts. We parted from her with tin abiding impres sion of the beauty and earnestness of her na ture, and with memories of her delightful com panionship to be cherished long after she has returned to her native home in the far “ Nor land,” so attractively pictured in her charming books. (Dur i'uuteiiijiurams. Sartain's Union Magazine. The June number of Sariaiu is on our table in due sea son, and is one ol the best numbers we have lately seen of this popular magazine. Among its illustrations is a line portrait of Jenny Lind, which is accompanied by a sketch of her hie, by Frederica Bremer. “The Castle in the Air” is a fine poem, by R. H. Stoddard. ■ We have received Godey's Lady's Book for June. “Blue and Black Eyes” is a most beautiful mezzotint and calls up Holmes’ “Di lemma.” “ Now, by the blessed I’aphiun queen, Who heaves the breast of sweet sixteen; By every name I eut on bark Before my morning star grew dark ; By Hymen’s torch, by Cupid’s dart, By all that thrills the beating heart, The bright black eye, the melting blue, 1 cannot choose between the two.” Household I Cords .conducted by Charles Dickens. We need only say of this journal, that it is such a one us Dickens only could make, and will endear him still more to the dwellers in the homes of England and Ameri ca, and trnly make his writings “Familiar in their months as uouseuold words.” The Student is the name or a monthly devoted to the cause of Education, published by Fowiers & Weils, New York. It is a truly valuable and interesting woik, and is furnished to subscri’ _rs at the low price of §I.OO per an num. The Hornet's Nest is the queer name of a queer but spirited and racy paper, published at Charlotte, N. C., and edited by J. L. Badger. We are indebted to it for several favours, which we shall be happy to reciprocate. * SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE. d>nr (Pussip <fiilnran. 0, Tempora! 0, Mores! The “good time coming,” which, by the way, has seemed a “slow coach” to the wait ing millions, is now, evidently, close at hand. The millennium of scribblers, at least—the time when the worthy knight of the quill will no longer be known by the “shocking bad hat” and the out-at-the-elbows coat, has nearly ar rived ! Vive la plume! Hurrah for this “age of progress! “ What Jo you mean ?” do vou ask, in aston ishment? Perhaps you have not heard the news. Well, read the following : A Great Work. —Mr. F. Gleason, publish er, Boston, has now in press and will publish on Saturday, April 13th, a splendid original ro mance, entitled, “ Mistake of a Lifetime, or The Robber of the Rhine Valley, a story of the mystery of the Shore, and the vicissitudes of the Sea,” by Waldo Howard, Esq. The man uscript oi this work has been purchased at an outlay of some S3OOO !!! besides which, the author demands a portion of the profits of the work. Many years have been employed upon it; and we understand that no small competi tion was evinced by the trade to secure it, but Mr. Gleason appears to have been the. fortunate one who has obtained it. Three Thousand Dollars and a portion of the profits! Wont Waldo Howard, Esq., live after this, unless, like the happy Frenchman, he goes to his lodgings and shoots himself because lie is “too much glad.” Contrast this glorious era, which has just dawned, with that which paid Milton only ten pounds for “Paradise Lost!” Immortality and !ji>3UUO in hard cash ! Who does not envy the author of “The Rob ber ot the Rhine Valley ?” But this little matter has two sides, one of which is a sufficiently serious one, and shows the rottenness of existing society, in its com mercial phase, at least. The above very modest paragraph has been adroitly insinuated in the editorial columns of nearly all our Northern exchanges, in a way to give it the appearance ot having emanated from the editor’s pen. Doubtless the publishers are well paid for it, as an advertisement, but of this the public know nothing. No wonder humbug triumphs, when the press gives its iniluence to such shams. The work is doubtless on a par with the catch penny, yellow-covered novels usually issued by Mr. Gleason and may have cost him §25! * The Dead Languages. Mr. Cooper, in his new book, “The Ways of the Hour, introduces the reader to several real “characters,” and among others, to good “Mrs. Gott,” the wile of the sheriff and jailer, who had happily conceived a strong liking for the heroine of the story, who—unheroine-like as it may seem—was an involuntary inmate of the Biberry jail. Mr. Jack Wilmeter, one of the legal advisers of the unfortunate heroine, is discussing with the good old lady the many ac complishments oi “Mary Moiisou,” and, among others, her knowledge of languages. Mr. W. remarked that she seemed familiar not only with the living but the dead languages, where upon the innocent Mrs. Gott asked him with great naivete il he would tell her which of the languages it was that had died! The New Temple. A German paper states that the Jews have obtained a firman from the Sublime Porte, granting them permission to build a temple on Mount Zion. The projected temple is said to be equal in magnificence to that of Solomon. * An Important Discovery. The Athens Whig says that Col. Moseley, a native of Georgia, but now a citizen of Missis sippi, has discovered a process by which an excellent article ol cotton bagging can be made ot the long moss, so abundant throughout the South. If the experiments which Col. Mose ley is now prepared to try, prove successful, an entire revolution in the manufacture of bagging will be effected. * Wanted to Know, Which is the fastest, quick-silver or quick lime. How many grains make of “ scruple of con science.” What sort of a scrubbing brush people use when they “scour the country,” and whether the same might not be advantageously used to scour the streets of Charleston. Whether a “pitched battle” is water-proof. Whether Hyder Alley [Ali] issued from Tamer-lane. Whether Barnum has yet procured for his Museum, a bottle of tears from the cries of Charleston. * (Our %nk Cuiilr. Cosmos. A Sketeli ol’ a Physical Description of the Universe. By Alex. You Humboldt. From the Ger man. By E. C. Otte. lit two vol. 12 1110. New York : Harper and Brothers. This hook has been frequently pronounced “ the great work of our age,” and it is not unworthy of the distinction. It has been al ready made familiar to the English public by the exceedingly elegant translation of Mrs. Sa bine, who also rendered into English the au thor's work on the “ Aspects of Nature.” A notice of this latter work, from the Southern Quarterly Review, appeared 111 our columns last week, and will scarcely fail to interest its rea ders most deeply in behalf of any work by the illustrious Humboidt. His “ Cosmos” is unques tionably the chef d'ouvre of his popular works —comprehending, as it does, the grand results of those vast and patient investigations into physical phenomena, in which lie has spent half a century of toil! To attempt the briefest possible analysis of this book we should require to transcend the whole limits devoted to our weekly record— and yet to pass it by with a bare notice, seems like culpable neglect. Let us hope that we may speak of it however briefly, so earnestly as to impress our readers with a conviction of its interest and importance, kindred at least to our own. The “ Cosmos”—which it is, perhaps, need ful to inform our readers, is but another term for The World, embraces three great parts. The first is a view of all the known phenome na of the physical Universe. The second is itself two-fold in its grasp—now unfolding the charms of nature and the inducements which are oflered to him who would study her wondrous book, and again contemplating the various sta ges or epochs of scientific discovery, and of human advancement. In the third part, the author undertakes “ the special and scientific developement of the great Picture of Nature.” In the development of this comprehensive plan, the learned author has evinced powers ot mind worthy of his wonderful physical energies.— His generalizations are eminently philosophical and satisfactory, and we are constrained to ad mire on every page the fruits of his unrivalled researches into the arcana of Nature. This work will be to his name a monument of no perishable character, commemorating alike the boldness of his genius, and the comprehensive ness of his knowledge. To praise it in words like these seems unnecessary, and yet if we speak of it at all it must be in words of praise. We regard it as a work eminently adapted to enlarge and elevate the mind, to inform and strengthen the understanding, to interest and delight the imagination and to refine and puri fy the heart, for its revelations are all stamped with the unmistakeable image of Nature’s God. With this brief notice, we reluctantly dismiss a work upon which w’e could dilate with more than ordinary pleasure. The Ways or the Horn. A Tale by the author of “The Spy,” “The Re.l Rover,” &e. New York: Geo- P. Putnam. Mr. Cooper does not write Novels merely for the sake ot telling a story—not he. He teaches, or seeks to teach, the people Philoso phy, Theology, or Political Economy, through the media ot heroes and heroines, adventures ot “flood and fell,” and hair-breadth escapes by sea and land. He has a mode of his own of mixing up love and logic, poetry and philo sophy, and while you are breathless with solici tude for the fate of one of his dramatis per soiur. you are sometimes compelled to listen to an argument in favour of some reform in Church or State. N\ e do not quarrel with Mr. Cooper for this. It he chooses to give us essays, in the pauses of a dramatic tale, and to read us homilies at his breakfast table, we have the alternative to listen to them or not, as it pleases us; and, upon the whole, there is something novel and agreeable in the idea of learning all the dry details of Law and Ethics unconsciously, as it were, imbibing them with honied draughts of romance and love, as we sometimes take bitter pills wrapped up in a spoonful of raspberry jam ! The “Sea Lions” was a delightful book, not withstanding the theology which pervaded it; and “The Ways of the Hour” is a capital story, notwithstanding it is told to prove that “a trial by jury” is not what we have all been accustomed to consider it—a bulwark of liberty —but an anti-democratic and impolitic feature of the American Judiciary. With the argu ment we will decline having any thing to do at this time, except, it may be, to consider it well. It is with the story that we are concerned, and it that can be shown to possess its author’s wonted skill and charm, “the gentle reader” will take the jury-pill along with it, all uncon sciously we fancy. ‘Pile “plot” ot the book is a somewhat novel one, and the incident is .both varied and excit ing enough to keep up the interest of the reader trom the beginning to the end of the story. It is a tale ot “circumstantial evidence,” in which a young, beautitul and highly accomplished woman tails, under the suspicion of having committed murder and arson, the only ostensi ble motive for which horrible crimes was the acquisition of a stocking full of silver and goid known to be in the possession of one of the victims. “Mary Monson,” for such is the as sumed name of the heroine, is tried, and de spite the best exertions ot able counsel, is tound guilty and condemned to death, when presto! one ot the supposed victims turns up alive ! During her subsequent trial upon another “ count,” llie wonderfully gifted prisoner un dertakes for herself the cross-examination oi’ the most important witness against her, and in conducting it, actually convicts the witness of the thelt ot the gold, which formed the appa rent motive lor the two-fold crime of which “ Mary Monson” was accused ! By the con fession oi the witness, the mystery is cleared up, the burning of the house and the death of two victims proving to be accidental, and the prisoner absolutely guiltless, notwithstanding she had been declared “guilty” by a jury and by the indignant voice of the vulgar world. Upon this thread Mr. Cooper hangs a heavy argument against the trial by jury, and exposes the various means by which justice is defeated through this boasted “ palladium of our liber ties.” There is ol course quite enough of romance interwoven with the narrative to give it the wonted charm for the lovers of fiction. “Mary Monson” is not Mary Monson, hut a Madame De Larocheforte, an American lady, married to a French Vicomte, from whom she had withdrawn herself and sought concealment in the humble abode which was the scene of such tragic events. It turns out, too, that she was connected with the family of the distinguished lawyer who had so zealously defended her in the trial, but who still refused to take a proffer ed fee of princely magnitude, even while half doubting her innocence and totally ignorant of her real station. We have not room for a closer analysis of the story. As we have al ready remarked, it is a vehicle for the author’s views upon the defects of the judiciary system. The famous revised “Code” of New York is severely ridiculed, the newspaper scribblers “handled without gloves” for their impertinent and mischievous manner of colouring and dis torting truths in their “reports” to the press, and many other abuses growing out of “ trial by jury,” luminously set forth as “ Ways of the Hour,” which imperatively demand reform. The book is certainlly one of much interest; nor does its appearance at the moment that the whole country is excited by the Boston verdict, rendered upon “circumstantial evidence,” at all diminish its interest. We must leave it to out readers to form their own estimate of the sound ness of its legal philosophy. History or Cyrus the Great ; by Jacob Abbott; one vol. 16 mo. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1850. After a somewhat longer interval than usual, we cordially welcome another volume of Mr. Abbott’s unequalled Series of Histories for the young, and we are quite sure our juvenile read ers will receive the announcement of its publi cation with real pleasure. It is the life of Cyrus, the great Persian King, whose career and exploits have been made so famous by the old historians, Herodotus and Xenophon. In his narrative, Mr. Abbott has presented his readers with a picture of Cyrus, bright with all the colouring and embellishments of his contemporary biographers, and does not, of course, vouch for the truth of all that they re lated of him in his wonderful career. How ever much of fietion there may be mingled with the graver truth of their narrative, the life of Cyrus was not an ordinary one, and it will cause many a young cheek to glow with en thusiasm and many a young heart to beat with pride. The volume is, like ail its predecessors, beautifully embellished, and cannot fail to de light the young. We cordially recommend every volume of Abbott’s series to the fa vour of all interested for the improvement of children. M Tcllii Ciceronis De Omens, Libri Tres ; with English Notes, chiefly selected and translated from the editions of Zumpt and Bunnell. By Thos. A. Thatcher, Assistant Professor of Latin in Yale College. New York: D. Appleton & Cos. 1850. This edition of De Officiis has the advantage over any other with which we are acquainted, of more copious notes, better arrangement and a more beautiful typography. The text of Zumpt appears to have been closely followed, except in a very few instances, where it is va ried on the authority of Beier, Orelli and Bon nell. Teachers and students will do well to examine this edition. * Narrative of the United States Expedition to the River Jordan and the Bead Sea. By VV. F. Lynch, U. S. N., Commander of the Expedition, with a Map from Accurate Surveys. New and Condensed Editiou. Phil adelphia: Lea Si Blanchard. 1850. The large and illustrated edition of this valu able and interesting work was reviewed at length in our columns. The publisher has, very judiciously as we think, issued this condensed and cheap edition, to meet the wants of those to whom the more expensive one is not readily accessible. The reading matter of this edition is nearly the same as that of the other, from the landing of the Expedition in Syria, until its return to the United States. We commend it to the public. * Woman in France during the Eighteenth Century. By Julia Kavanagh, author of “Madeleine, aTaleof Au vergne, &c. Philadelphia: Lea k Blanchard. 1850. The eighteenth century is an eventful period in the history ot France. It witnessed the most wonderful changes, both political and social. It opened with the absolute and des potic sway of Louis XIV, who could proudly say, “ L’ etat e'est moi,” and closed with the unbridled license of the “reign of terror.” In every act of the great drama of revolution of which France was the scene during this event ful century, woman played an important part, and it has been Miss Kavanagh’s task to give the world a history of her performance. It was a difficult and delicate undertaking and has been admirably carried out. To quote the apposite language of the Literary World, “She picks her way through the miry paths of court scandal with a skill equal to that of a modern Parisienne over the trottoirs of the muddy capital.” We copy, under another head, the story of the beautiful Circassian slave, Aisse, which stands out in beautiful relief from the records of profligacy and iutrigue among which it is found. * Money Bags and Letters. Translated from the French, by Leonard Myers. Philadelphia: Lippencott. Grainbo & Cos. We amused ourself the other day while “ riding on a rail,” with this very clever-hit at fashionable life. The author evidently aimed to “ Shoot folly as it flies,” and he has proved himself a respectable “ shot.” Sketches and Rambles. By J. T. Headley. New York: Baker it Seribner. 1850. Mr. Headley has given these sketches to the public in an authentic form, for the same rea son which induced him to publish the recent volume of Miscellanies. They were most of them published in the unauthorized edition of his Miscellanies, without his knowledge or con sent. They are sketches of the author’s ram bles in Europe and are written in His peculiar vein and style. * The Miscellaneous Works or Oliver Goldsmith, including a variety of pieces now first eolleeted. By James Prior. In four volumes. Volume iii. New York: G. P. Putnam. 1850. Os this beautiful edition of Goldsmith’s Works we have heretofore spoken iri terms of the highest praise. We need only add that one volume more will complete the series, and fur nish a set of hooks that should be in every li brary. The volume before us contains the “ Vicar of Wakefield” and various Biogra phies. * Outlines of the Prominent Circumstances attending the Hungarian Struggle for Freedom, with hritd’ Biogra phical Sketches of the Leading Statesmen and Generals who took part in it. By Johann l’ragay, Colonel and Adjutant in the Hungarian Army, under Kossuth. New York: Geo. P. Putnam. 1850. This is a condensed and well written narra tive oi the glorious struggle of the brave Hun garians for Freedom. It will prove interesting to all who sympathize with that noble but un fortunate people. It is to be followed by a more complete and elaborate work. * The Fear of the World, or Living for Appearances. By the Brothers Mayhew. New York: Harper it Brothers. Most cordially do we welcome such books as this, and commend them to the perusal of out readers. They have a purpose of good and can scarcely fail of accomplishing it. The story itself is not anew one, save in the details. It has been told before, not once only or twice, but many times, and yet it is as good as new, and may be read with profit for the twentieth time. We do not mean that our authors are entitled to no credit for their outline, but simply that it is founded upon so common a weakness of poor human nature, that its originality must have been coeval with society. Living for .Appearances! who has not seen the dangerous and fatal experiment in the cir cle of his own acquaintance, however narrow it may be? The Brothers Mayhew have given us a very beautiful story of the old failing. Their hero and heroine possessed capacities and ambition, alas! beyond their position, and were easily flattered into all manner of sacra iices and follies to gain admission to the charm, ed circle of fashion. They no sooner found themselves within the dazzling precincts of the gay goddess’s domain than they began to suf fer all the bitter consequences of their vain am bition. In the very midst of gilded, but hollow splendour, surrounded by the gay butterflies whose bright wings had allured them, they suddenly felt the ground beneath them to open, and were at once engulphed in distress and ruin ! Happily, for the moral of the story, their overthrow was not final, and the reader is well pleased to find those for whom he cannot help feeling much interest, by and by holding up their heads again in a much humbler, but also much happier sphere of life, and no longer straining their bodies anti souls in the misera ble effort of “Keeping up Appearances !” (£jjc jCiterant te'arlit. Lea Blanchard, Philadelphia, announce, among numerous other works, Macfarlane’s “ Turkey and its Destiny,” Erman’s “ Travels in Siberia,” “ Six Months in the Gold Mines,” (If we are not more familiar with California than with Carolina, it surely will not be for want of books on the subject.) and Paget’s “ Hungary and Transylvania.” Harper S, Brothers, New York, publish this week, No. 1 of “ The Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution” by Benson J. Lossing, with six hundred engravings on wood by Lossing and Barrett, chielfy from original sketches by the author. Also, “Pride and Irresolution,” by the author of “ The Discipline of Life,” and “ The Pillars of liurcules,” by Urquhart. A. Hart, Philadelphia, will shortly publish “ The Phantom World, or Narratives of Ap paritions, Mysterious Sounds, Knockings,” &c., “ The Initials,” anew novel by a “ noble au thoress,” “ Rambles in Nuremburg and the Hills and Vullies of Franconia,” Prof. Wilson’s “ Dies Boreales,” &c. T. B. Peterson, Philadelphia, will publish about the first of June “ Cruising in the Last War,” a Tale founded on facts, and originally published in “ Graham’s Magazine.” Edward Everett. The Boston Courier, states on authority, that Mr. Everett is not en gaged on a history of France, as has been re ported. Heath of Wordsworth. The last steamer brought the melancholy intelligence of the death of the Poet Laureate of England. He died at Rydal Mount, on St. George’s Day, April 23d, having just completed his eightieth year ! The correspondent of the Liverpool Mercury, in an nouncing his death says, very truly : “Wordsworth was truly poeta nascitur, non Jit. His productions the public have judged, and posterity will judge —that posterity to whose decision Wordsworth ever, in noble con stancy and simplicity of mind, looked forward and appealed to when, in his early years, he was assailed by the captious snarls of his crit ics. Whatever may be thought of his works Wordsworth bowed to the stroke of death in the full satisfaction of feeling that he never wrote a line which, dying he could wish to blot.” Charles Lanman. Bentley, London, is about to publish a volume of Indian Legends, by Charles Lanman. one of whose stories in the legendary vein, we have the pleasure of laying before our readers this week. * cDnr |%st-9£ng. [Under this head we shall reply to many letters, contain ing queries or suggestions upon subjectsof general interest, instead of answering them, as heretofore, by post. This will save us time, and “time is money. YVe are very glad to receive letters from our subscribers, and it otdy re quires that the postage be paid to ensure prompt attention. Eds.] Inez. We do not hear from our fair corres pondent as often as we could desire, but when ever it is our happiness to receive a communi cation from her, it is so entirely fraught with kindness, and, we almost fear, flattery ! that it quite atones for the infrequency of such mis sives. We thank her now, with all the fervour and cordiality of our heart, for a note of con gratulation upon the improvement made in the Gazette, and, notwithstanding her warning, we must print it, though to compromise the matter with our conscience, we have resolved to send it to our readers through the medium of “ Our Private Post Bag,” No one has cheered us more in our arduous labours, for several years, than “Inez,” and should the Gazette ever reach the high position which her generous heart de sires, it will be then, as now, our highest hap piness to thank her for her words of encour agement. But to her note: May 6th, 1850. My Dear Mr. Ediior: When father returned irom town last night, he brought me the first number ot your new series, and I cannot tell you how my heart beat with pleasure as he un folded it before me, and said with more en thusiasm than he is wont to display, “ There, Inez, your favourite journal is at last quite worthy of your admiration. I shall no longer laugh at you for praising it.” I was deeply grateful, and for an hour I was so much absorb ed in its examination, that I almost forgot that Elsie was waiting for me to hear her Sabbath school lesson before going to bed. I know you will pardon my freedom in thus writing to you; but I do beg of you not to print this note, and it you do, I really must tell you that it will be the last I shall venture to write to you. The accompanying Sonnet you may publish if you think proper, for I am quite willing that all your readers should know how highly and warmly your labours in behalf of Southern Literature are appreciated by Your, sincere friend, Inez. A SONNET TO THE SOUTHERN JATERAR 3 GAZETTE. Welcome old favourite! though in masquerade— Thou contest to my quiet home to-night, In such disguise that my astonished sigiit Challenged thy claim a home-guest to be made ; But soon thyself was to my heart betrayed, By signs thy changed exterior despite ; And now all doubt and distrust put to Bight, Before me all thy treasures are displayed ! I welcome thee with pride in thine array So fair, so beautiful and so unique, Less for my own sake that the change doth speak Thy fortunes rising with the advancing day. And if my wishes could promote thy fame, World-honoured soon would be thy litly chosen name! Traveller. We subscribe to your protest. We would discard the use of the word Depot entirely and substitute Station. We would also substitute the term Railway lor Rail road. * Anne. We guess he has caught a Tartar. He will be more careful next time. Let him rail; it is doubtless a great relief to him. * A Novel Reader. We have not seen the “ Mistake of a Lifetime, or the Robber of the Rhine Valley,” but suppose it belongs to the “blood and thunder” class of “yellow covered novels.” If you buy it, with the expectation of finding it worth reading, that will probably be about the greatest “mistake of your lifetime.” * A. L. 11. In the absence of the principal Editor, we do not choose to decide upon the disposition to be made of your Tale. You must await the return of Mr. Richards, who will give you an answer. * “ Thomas Lawrence.” “The Faded Flow er is respectfully declined. The parody “To Mary,” pleases us and shall appear by and by. Give us some prose, but let your articles be short. There is no precept we have need to utter more frequently to our correspondents than “Be brief.” Give us your thoughts con densed and concentrated. We have little room for mere words. * Sopiit-hed. We hope that you and our friend T. L., (replied to above,) are not inditing love-verses to the same “Mary,” as, in that case, you might get, not only yourselves, but us, into difficulty. As you both hail from the “forest City,” we think there is some danger ol a collision. We may risk the publication of your lines ere long. * Cyd. We shall publish the selections you were kind enough to send, all in due time. Send us some more original articles, but mind your p’s and q’s, as our compositors are not very familiar with Greek and Hebrew. * fm Irts. The .statue of Calhoun. The JSlercury publishes an interesting letter from Mr. Pow ers, the sculptor, to H. Gourdin Esq, of thiscity, from which it appears that the fears which were entertained that the statue, of Calhoun was on board the ill-lated bark, which carried the Eve to the bottom, were groundless. The loss ot the Eve was a great calamity, but the loss ol the statue of Calhoun would have been a still greater one, and the knowledge that it is still safe will relieve the public from a painful anxiety. ‘Pile artist thus gives his conception of the person and character of Mr. Calhoun, as he has strived to embody them in his work : * “It may be satisfactory to you to know, that as far as I have been informed, or have means of knowing, this statue has given entire satis faction to all who have seen it here. Some say that it has a more vigorous expression than Mr. Calhoun now has, but this is owing to the time at which I took his likeness, about fifteen years ago, when he was really in his prime.— lie had, to be sure, the look of age, but none of its infirmities—the very time of life at which a great man like him should be represented by the brush or the chisel, for posterity. You will find that I have represented his hair shorter than he now wears it. Mr. Kel logg sent me a drawing of his head with long hair, but I did not like it so well. It was shorter when I made his bust, but even then I thought it too long for the best effect. Mr. Calhoun’s head is beautifully formed ; nothing could be finer than the outline of it. The con centrated energies of his powerful mind appear to glow, and sometimes to Hash, from his face. Where all is angular and masculine, long hair is effeminate and soft; it does not accord with the “ cast iron man.” I may add that long hair disturbs the clean and fine outline of his head. It is true, that at his fireside, and among his friends, Mr. Calhoun’s manner is soft and gentle as a child’s—his smile is sunshine, and like the sunshine, it warms. It is no ordinary light and heat that is perceived and felt in Mr. Calhoun’s relaxed presence. It is the light and heat of melted “cast iron.” It may be enjoy ed, but it cannot be played with. I have pre ferred to represent Mr. Calhoun as he is known and understood by the mass of our people—the disinterested and stern statesman of the South. I say nothing of his political views, more than that I believe them to he sincere and honest.” Mr. Darlev’s “ Outlines of Rip Van Win kle” have been re-engraved on steel in Lon don and published in crown octavo, by Joseph Cundall. iljijiaiiitntriits. Travelling Agents for the Gazette.— Rev. William Richards, Mr. Robert E. Seyle, Mr. Matthew J. Wroton, J. J. Richards, S. P Richards. ITT* Mr. A. H. Mazyck is our General Agent for Charleston. O’ Other local Agents will be announced speedily. <Tjir nf tlje Jlnq. Death of Judge Richardson. —Death has taken from us another citizen whom South Carolina delighted to honour. Judge Richard son died, in this city, on the Bth instant. The members of his profession have paid a tribute to his memory as deserved as it was sincere. He was an ornament to the bar and the bench of our State, and his memory will long be gratefully cherished by our citizens. * The Cuban Expedition. The New York Sun of the 11th inst. has private advices from the last head-quarters of the Cuban patriots.— The intelligence published is to the effect that all the vessels of the Cuban expedition have sailed and are hovering on the coasts of Cuba. The i Sun adds: ••There is every reason to believe that the next advices from Havana, after tins date, May 11th, will bring us news of the successful ‘and ing of the Patriots, and the actual commence ment of their struggle for independence ! We are at liberty, for the present, to lay only a few particulars before the public. The plans and management of the parties concerned in getting up the expedition have been most admirable. Every movement was so cautious and so concealed, that up to the hour of the sailing of the vessels, only a few persons, except those engaged, knew anything of the affair. Thus have the enemies to the freedom of Cuba been, this time, foiled. The men engaged for this struggle were carefully chosen. They are strong and well armed. Their number and their names will be published soon, unless a wise Providence should overwhelm them with defeat. In ail human probability they will gloriously succeed. Their landing on the shores of Cuba is the signal for a general revolution throughout the Island. General Lopez is the Commander-in-Chief. He wishes his friends to know that he is all right.” Now, we should not be surprised if all this should end in smoke, and very little of that; but it may prove to be an enterprise worthy ot the great display of Capitals in which it is an nounced in the Sun. We shall see. Our sympathies are with the oppressed people of Cuba, and if they are truly engaged in this project, we say, “God speed them.” * Departure of an Arctic Expedition. —The expedition organized at Liverpool under Capt. Penny, consisting of the Lady Franklin, com manded by himself, and the Sophia, Captain Stewart, of Peterhead, left Aberdeen on Satur day, the 13th ult., on their perilous enterprise. EPThe Washington Union says: We see that Mr. Shultz is still in this city, and, as we understand, preparing for another combat in his Bridge case. O’ A large and valuable trade is already springing up between California and Canton. New Post Offices. —New Post Offices have been established at the following places in this State: Meeting Street, Edgefield District, J. Smyly, Post Master. Cedar Spring Asylum, Spartanburg District, N. P. Walker, Post Master. Fort Prince, Spartanburg District, A. C. Bo mar, Post Master. Submarine Electric Telegraph. —The Opin ions Publique states that the Submarine Elec tric Telegraph between Dover and Calais is to be opened to the public on the 4th of May, the anniversary of the proclamation of the French Republic by the Constituent assembly. Bulloch Arrested. —George J. Bulloch, the absconding Cashier of the Central Railroad Bank, has arrived in Savannah, in the custody ol Mr. Buttinan, a Boston police officer, and Mr. E. M. Prendergast, Sheriff of Chatham county. English Companies for California. —Two large companies of Cornish Miners have left England under Capt. Sir Henry V. Huntley, with machinery, to work the gold placer on their lands in California. Hr The Boston papers announce the mar riage of the eminent Professor Agassiz, to a lady of that city, from which we infer that he believes in the unity of the sexes, if lie does not in the unity of the race. ICTThe Sea Serpent, “as long as a flat-boat, with an appearance like a row of barrels,” has been seen as far up the Ohio as Jeffersonville, Ky. Kindly Savages. —A Scotch girl, named Barbara Crawford, has been found in one of the islands in Torres straits. She was the only person saved from a wreck, and had been kindly used by the natives, among whom she lived five years. O’The Florida stone for the National Mon ument was shipped recently for Washington. The following motto is inscribed en it: “Florida sees in his counsels, safety—in his life, an ex ample—in his memory, a perpetual bond of union.” The Cushions. —Blue and rose are the pre sent reigning colours in robes, shawls and rib bands, ol which St. Etienne and Lyons have sent an exquisite assortment. Very many thousands of ladies and children were assem bled in the garden of the Tuileries at 4 o’clock in the afternoon of Sunday, the 11th of April. It is difficult to convey an idea of the singu larity and beauty of the effect of those tints, along with the verdure and efflorescence of the parterres, when viewed from it balcony on the Rue de*Rivoli. (FTHarriet Farley, the editress of the Lowell Ottering, has prepared an elaborate reply to the Hon. Jeremiah Clemens, on Northern factory operatives, which will be published in a pam phlet. Dpni’s illtar. MARRIED, In Washington, on the 2d inst. Lieut. George Thom and Miss Maria Lucia Griffin, daugh ter ol J. F. 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