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do it, because only one man could
iv ~p the benefit from it; and accor
-p’dy he went through all the services,
r a yjn2, singing, preaching, and the
j Jnediction, with only one hearer. And
when all was over, he hastened down
j ~ i the desiv to speak to his congrega
,'N. but he had departed.
\ circumstance so rare was refered
occasionally, but twenty years after,
was brought to the doctor’s mind
’ jte strangely. Traveling somewhere
Ohio, the doctor alighted from the
;1 jtc one day in a pleasant village,
r when a gentleman stepped upand spoke
, him, familiarly calling him by name.
i Jo not remember you,” said thedoc
tor “ I sup])Ose not,” said the stranger;
• hut we once spent two hours togeth
,.)• jp a house alone in a storm. “1 do
not recall it, sir,” added the old man,
•>,„av when was it?” “Do you re
member preaching, twenty years ago,
in such a place, to a single person ?”
■Yes. ves,” said the doctor, grasping
bis hand, “ I do. indeed, and if you are
tlm matt, I have been wishing to see
vou ever since.’’ “lam the man, sir ;
l , | that sermon saved my soul, made
,i minister of me. and yonder is my
, hiireh ! Tile converts of that sermon,
sir. are all over <)hio.”
ißiiitors’ inrpnrtnrrnt.
WM. 0. RICHARDS, E l tor.
I.:. H. JACQUES. Editor.
Clinrlpstnii, f. €.:
S VTURDAY MORNING, MAY 25. 1850.
LEISURE FOR READING.
There is no complaint, or rather excuse, more
frequently uttered by all classes of people, at
the present day, than the one that they cannot
rind “leisure for reading.” We have deeply
wondered at this, aud it seems to us not a vain
task to enquire into its truth. Have we who
live in the nineteenth century as little time for
reading a* we allege i The excuse is general,
[i is urged by all classes, not even excepting
professional ones, to whom, it would seem,
ii ling should be a business. We are speak
ing. of course, of general reading, embracing
all the varied departments of Literature essen
tial io the formation of a well-informed mind
and cultivated taste. The majority of profes
sional men, if they read their text books,
whether of Law, Medicine or Theology, think
they have performed all that is required
of them, and have, indeed, “no leisure for
other books.” The merchant reads liis com
mercial newspapers and perhaps the pages
u! Hunts or De Bow’s Magazines; and these
arc liis Literature. The merchant’s clerk reads
novels of the cheapest kind and so satisfies
In- mental yearnings. The mechanic has “not
aa hour to devote to reading.” He works in
lii> shop till he is weary, and then goes home to
>ost, or to—the village bar-room for recreation.
Ibe mother has too many household duties to
allow her to read anything more than the
cookery hook; and the daughter is too much
occupied with dress and the beaux to read any
iliiag beside the last new novel, “ which she
would not miss for the world” We need not
extend the catalogue, which embraces, to a
greater or less extent, every class of society,
file many everywhere profess that they have
no time for reading. If this be true, it is la
mentable, and it it be not true, it is more
lamentable still that the neglect of reading
so!mid be falsely excused. It is upon the lat
ter horn of this dilemma that we must seize
m the investigation of our subject. The neglect
o! reading is not a necessary evil. All classes
have sufficient leisure for that duty, to an ex
tent corresponding to their position in society.
Ihe professional man, who is most absorbed in
hi- -pedal duties, does not lack opportunities
lor pursuing a thorough course of reading.
The example of hundreds of the ablest men
ul our times is proof oq this point. They
have added to great professional celebrity the
lame ot a liberal knowledge of Literature and
the Arts, the merchant does not require all
his hours for the counting-room. Other books
ihan his ledgers would yield him profit, with
out loss to liis commercial adventures. The
mechanic ami day-labourer, be they never so
• ! lustrious. may yet devote a very considerable
Potion of their twenty-lbur hours which com
pose each day, to improving the mind byread-
m o- ihe clerk, notwithstanding his protracted
lalxturs at the store of his employer, has ample
lei-ure for judicious reading. The mother and
the daughter are unskilful economists if they
,;um " t devote time to reading, and so on to
‘h” en I ul the catalogue of those who com
plain i>ii this wise.
Ihe secret of this often reiterated excuse
,u> ”i the want of a taste for reading. Where
h'” la> te exists, the opportunity seldom alto
-P her tails, and indeed rarely lacks sufficiency.
Row many hours are spent in absolute idleness
* 'hose who utter this very excuse. We
Lae heard it from those whose daily oecupa-
II u- did not consume one-fourth of their wake
iu* hours! We have not infrequently convicted
who urged it of the utter insincerity of
■ a h plea, and held them to confession that
>he\ had far more leisure than love for read-
1 “’ palpable to our perception is the ab-
Minlity ot the excuse, that we deem it unne
ct—ary to contend further against it. All those
” employ it, may upon occasion be self-con
weted oi its inadequacy to account for their
neglect of Ixioks.
e have not space to discuss here the value
1,1 :l taste for reading. It will scarcely be de
nied that books are the repositories of wisdom,
the sources ol knowledge and the means of
mental improvement. Shut out from all other
delights, the lover of books scarcely feels liis
destitution, it his beloved volumes surround
him. In the present day, it behooves every
“ne to read, since ignorance is no longer “winked
The man who betrays a want of general
mlormation, is at a great disadvantage in so
ciety, and must feel it painfully, unless his
’■eligibilities are completely blunted.
it is not indiscriminate reading that we would
leeommend; and, least of all, a wholesale con
sumption of “cheap literature!” That even
i in- would lie better than no reading at all, we
might grant upon occasion, since there must be
mote good ideas in a full head than in an
empty one! The best histories—the mosten
u i mining and instructive biographies, travels
•md essays—the choicest poetry —areallavail-
•d"i- now to the man of limited means. To
■hi -i- add works on Art and General Science,
11 “T ‘ed almost equally cheap by modern im
provements; and the wide range of knowledge
’““i i n to the poor man as well as to the rich,
‘hi day-labourer can buy with his dollar the
II KS I ’* Sl "iu‘ great writer, as complete as the
“in which delights the eye of the millionaire
twenty times the price.
>d this proclaims aloud that men should
wisdom from books. Nor is there much
“ lll^er that book-knowledge will injure any
,|ie ’ as some very sapient persons delight to
‘"end, doubtless in excuse of their own ig
-11 ranee of these blessed fountains. The ne
-1 c>sities of the age demand all the knowledge
V men and women can acquire and use
and they are not only the happiest, but the
most useful members of society, who, by read
ing good books, cultivate their own minds and
diffuse around them an atmosphere of intel
ligence.
DEATH OF MRS. OSGOOD.
A mother sweet singer has flown away to the
Spirit Land! Another voice is hushed in the
halls of Song! Another harp is silent, and
the fingers which drew such melody from its
sensitive strings, are stiff and cold in the grave!
Mrs. Frances Sargent Osgood died on the
11th instant, of pulmonary consumption, after
a brief illness. She leaves an affectionate hus
band and two interesting daughters to mourn
a loss, the magnitude of which can be appre
ciated bv those who have been similarly be
reaved. She was one of the sweetest and
liveliest of our female poets, and her early
departure has called forth universal expres
sions of regret and sorrow. The following
little poem, which we find in one of our ex
changes, was addressed to a young girl who
called upon her, on the 7th instant, four days
previous to her death, and is probably her last
composition:
You’ve woven roses round my way
And gladdened all my being ;
How much I thank you none can say
Save only the All-seeing.
May He who gave this lovely gift,
This love of lovely doings.
Be with you whereso’er you go,
Inev’ry hope’s pursuings!
I’m going thru’ the Eternal gates
Err June’s sweet roses blow !
Heath’s lovely Angel leads me there —
And it is sweet to go.
She has passed the “ eternal gates to parti
cipate in the joys of a liigher and better life. *
(Dttr Cnntmponnm
ber before us of this important periodical does
credit, by its typography, to the press of Messrs.
Walker & Janies, and by its contents, to the
taste arid industry of its able editor. It is the
beginning of anew and we trust brilliantly
successful series ot the Review. The very
ablest writers ot the South are now fully en
listed in its support, and it remains only for the
people of the South to extend to it that gener
ous patronage, which will certainly be due to
its excellence, not less than to the position
which it occupies. We have not time to notice
the articles particularly, but may, without pre
judice to others, commend those on the “ Rela
tions ol England and Spain,” and “ Kennedy’s
Life ol Wirt.” The Editor’s “ Critical No
tices” are both numerous aud spirited. They
strike us as being, moreover, remarkably just.
Let us bespeak for tile Review the cordial sup
port of all who, loving the South and her
institutions, desire to see them preserved in
honour and integrity.
The Charleston Medical Journal is
edited by D. .1. Cain, .VI. D., and F. Peyre Por
cher, M. D., and in ireshness and originality of
thought, depth ot research and literary merit,
as well as in typographical beauty, will com
pare favourably with any work of the kind in
the land. *
There is a Musical and Literary paper
published in New York called the Message
Bird, which possesses a good deal of merit in
both departments. It has forgotten to fly this
way, of iate. *
The Western Literary Messenger, fox
May, has been received. It furnishes, as usual,
an interesting miscellany of original and select
ed articles. *
The Boston Musical Gazette, which
we have heretofore received only semi-occa
sionally, is about to commence anew volume,
under such arrangements as promise to ensure
its prompt and regular issue hereafter. It is a
good paper. *
We have received a number of the
American Monthly Musical Gazette, publish
ed by Huntington Sc Savage, New York, and
edited by .1. B. Woodbury. It is devoted to the
elevation of Church music and to the progress
of the art generally. *
c!)ur fesiji Cnluiim.
A Literary Curiosity.
The Eve. News publishes the following docu
ment, the original of which Is now in the
archives of our State. The schoolmaster was
doubtless abroad, in the days of the “ Seneter ”
elect: *
“ J anuary ye 4th, 1782.
“ Sir —I have had the Honor to be voted as a
Seneter to Serve in the house of Seneters But
my Surcomstance By being frequently plun
dred by the Torryes that lias Rendered ine un-
Capabie of Serving my Cuutry or if I do iny
family will Sutler the want of my personel la
bour by Reason I have to by all the Seport of
them by the Constant impioy ot a small Stiilrey
and beg the favor to be Excused and if so 1
subscribe my self
“ Your Very Humble Serv’t
(Signed) ”
(Addressed)
“To The Honrable Speaker of the House of
Seneters to set m South Carolina,”
Cupid’s Mistake.
Notes and Queries, anew periodical issued
in London, publishes the following, with a call
for the original, which the writer says he has
seen in Latin, probably in one of the Italian
authors of the fifteenth or sixteenth century: *.
CUPID CRYING.
Why is Cupid crying so?
Because his jealous mother beat him.
What tor? For giving up his how
To Celia, who contrived to cheat him.
The child ! I could not have believed
He’d give liis weapons to another.
He would not, —but he was deceived ;
She smiled,—he thought it was his mother.
Take the Dry One.
The following capital story is told by a
London correspondent of the Evening Mirror,
after Dickens, who introduced it at a Theatri
cal Fund Dinner:
“Yesterday,” said Mr. Dickens, “I was told
a story by a friend of mine, who belongs to a
class remarkable for their literal accuracy of
narrative, and absence of all exaggerations in
their descriptions—an American sea captain.
On his last voyage home, the captain had on
board a young lady of remarkable personal at
tractions —a phrase I use as one being entirely
new, and one you never meet with in the news
papers. This young lady was beloved intense
ly by live young gentlemen passengers, and in
turn she was in love with them ail very ardent
ly, but without any particular preference for
either. Not knowing how to make up her de
termination, in this dilemma, she consulted my
friend the captain. The captain being a man
of an original turn ol mind, says to the young
lady, ‘ Jump overboard, and marry the man
who jumps after you.’ The young lady, struck
with the idea, and being naturally fond of
bathing, especially in warm weather, as it then
was, took the advice of the captain, who had a
boat ready manned in case of accident. Ac
cordingly next morning, the five lovers being on
deck, and looking very devotedly at the young
lady, she plunged into the sea head foremost.
Four of the lovers immediately jumped in after
her. When the young lady and her tour lovers
were got out again, she says to the captain,
< What am I to do with them now, they are so
wet?’ Says the captain, ‘Take the dry one !’
and the young lady did, and married him.”
Whiskers and Kisses.
“ A kiss without a moustache is an egg with
out salt,” says a Spanish proverb. A lady
editor, out West, seems to take a different view
of the subject. She says she “ would as soon
nestle her nose in a rat’s nest of swingle-tow,
as allow a man with whiskers to kiss her.”
Oh, dear! *
SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE.
Historical and Geographical.
An Englishman who had seen the wonders
ol the New World, making some “ Pencillings
by the Way,” published, on his return to Eng
land, a book entitled “Notes on America,” in
which he informs us that, “In the Bowling
Green, at the foot of Broadway, New York,
and near the Battery, Is a fountain built of
primitive rock, in every variety of uncouth
raggedness and irregularity, and that it is built
over the remains of the old gray horse rode ly
General Jackson at the great battle of New
Orleans, Missouri!” *
Suggestions for Authors.
Mr. McFarlane’s recent work, quaintly enti
tled “ Turkey and its Destiny ,” opens to au
thors anew vein of Literature. They will
probably thank us for suggesting a few kindred
titles for successful books. Once upon the
track, they will have no difficulty in pursuing
the game ad infinitim. We propose the fol
lowing :
“ Mutton and its Mutations.”
“ Beef and what Befel it.”
“ Chicken and its Chances.”
“ Duck and its Deductions.”
“ Lamb and its Lamentations.”
“Venison and its Adventures.”
“ Eggs and their Existence.”
“ Turnips and how they turned up.”
“ Veal and its Revelations.”
“ China and its Fall.”
“Greece and how to remove it.”
If any author should avail himself of our
suggestion, we trust he will dedicate his book
to us, out of gratitude.
Californians at Havana.
A correspondent of the New York Tribune
speaks in the strongest terms of the disgraceful
conduct of a party of returning Californians,
who stopped a few days in Havana to see the
curiosities and have a “spree.” He says that
while then were in town, with their “ pockets
full ol dust,” neither stranger, resident or na
tive, male or female, having self-respect, dare
venture on their accustomed evening rounds of
amusement and exercise. *
Errors of the Press.
A Northern paper lately announced “A Great
Mss Meeting” to consider the subject of a
peaceful dissolution of the Union. In the
Police Reports ol a London paper are the fol
lowing good ones:
A gentleman was arrested yesterday on a
charge ol having eaten cabman for having de
manded more than his fare.
An old offender was accused ofhaving stolen
a small ox from Pickford’s office; the stolen
property was found in his coat pocket.
R. Jones was to-day brought before the Al
derman for having spoken reason at the Lord
Mayor’s dinner. *
(Dur sunk tfitiilL
Woman’s Whims, or the Female Barometer. Trans
lated trom the French of X. B. Saintine by Fayette
Robinson. New York: Baker & Scribner.
We are greatly disappointed in this book,
and cannot agree with the translator, when he
says, in the conclusion oi a long ‘Preface,’ “ I
do not think Les Metamorphoses de Femme a
trivial work.” We do, and are not a little
surprised that it should have been thought
worthy ot publication. We can only account
for it by supposing that the enterprising publish
ers trusted to the name ot the author, or rather
to the magic words “ Author of Piceiola,” to
sell the edition. It has, unfortunately, none of
the merits of this latter work—none of its
charming simplicity—none of its exquisite grace
—none ot its perfect harmony—none of its
lotty purpose. It is ineagre, desultory aud
careless, the last named fault possibly belong
ing to the translator, who claims, however, to
have “done it into English faithfully.” We
cannot grant that he has done it “ elegantly.”
“ The Female Barometer,” and “ Piceiola, the
Prison Flower,” are so little alike in excel
lence, that we can scarcely consider them to be
the offspring of the same brain.
There istruth enough in “Woman’s Whims,”
however, to benefit the class to which it is de
dicated—to American coquettes—if they will
only read and ponder it well.
Linda: or the Young Pilot of the Belle Creole. A Tale
of Southern Life. By Caroline Lee Hentz. Philadel
phia: A. Hart. 1850.
We hail with pleasure this contribution to
the literature of the South. Works containing
faithful delineations of Southern Life, Society
and Scenery, whether in the garb of romance
or in the soberer attire of simple narrative, can
not fail to have a salutary influence in correct
ing the false impression which prevail in regard
to our people and institutions; and our thanks
are due to Mrs. Hentz for the addition she has
made to this department of our native lite
rature.
“Linda” is not remarkable for striking origi
nality, either of conception or of execution,
nor has it that intricacy of plot which many
deem essential in a novel; but there is sufficient
charm in the narrative, in the portrayal of char
acter, and in the graphic descriptions of scenery
interspersed through the work, to fix the atten
tion of the reader and keep up an unflagging
interest. Stirring and tragic incident, wrought
out with considerable power, is not wanting in
the progress of the story.
Mrs. lientz’s style is correct and elegant
rather than forcible, and she fails, partially at
least, in the portrayal of strong passion. The
hand which holds the pencil, sometimes trembles
when the picture needs the boldest touches.
We cannot close without expressing a hope
that “Linda” may be followed by many other
works of the same class from the pen of its
gifted author. *
Choix dk Poesies pour les Jeunes Personnes. Par
Mine. A. Coutan. New York; D. Appleton et Com
payuie. 1860.
This is a collection of French poetry, from
the best classic waiters of that language, made
by a practical teacher, and is exceedingly well
adapted to the wants of the young learner of
the French. We translate the shortest poem
we can find, because we have room for nothing
*f greater length, as a specimen : *
THE ORPHAN’S PRAYER.
Where, my God, are those who guided
On earth my feet?
All the children have a father
And mother sweet,
But I have none—
I’m all alone!
But thy voice now gently murmers,
“ Shut up thine eyes;
Lo, the orphan’s Father watcheth
High in the skies.”
Talbot and Vernon: A Novel. New York: Baker
& Scribner. 1850.
Here, following quickly in the footsteps of
Cooper’s “Ways of the Hour,” is another work
of fiction, which is intended to have a judicial
bearing; its leading purpose being, as the
author tells us, to illustrate the strength of
what is usually called circumstantial evidence.
How well this purpose has been accomplished,
we shall leave each reader to judge for himself.
The story is one of considerable interest and is
written in a simple and perspicuous style. The
unknown author evinces a good deal of talent,
The work is printed and bound in an elegant
and tasteful style. *
Major Jones’Courtship: or Adventures of a Christ
mas Eve. A Dramatic Comedy, in two Acts. By
Major Joseph Jones. Savannah: E. J. Purse. 1850.
We are indebted to the author for a copy of
this genuine Southern Comedy. It is full of
the peculiar rude but hearty back-woods wit
for which the author is so well known through
out the South. *
The Elliott Family, or the Trials of the New York
Seamstresses. By Charles Bnrdett. New York: Baker
& Scribner.
The author of this little volume tells us that
it was prompted by a perusal of Charlotte Eli
zabeth’s “Wrongs of Women,” and by a con
viction that England was not alone in possessing
“victims of sewing” worthy of the public sympa
thy and demanding redress for their grievances
and sufferings. He has therefore undertaken to
lift the veil from a portion of the human woe
which exists in New York among that numer
ous class, the needle-women, and we need
hardly say that the picture revealed is a sad
one, revolting in some of its aspects, but never
theless claiming the earnest consideration of
the philanthropist and Christian.
“The Elliott Family” is a story of the imagi
nation only in the name chosen by the author.
The incidents are strictly true, and we doubt
not there are hundreds of parallel cases in the
great metropolis ol New York.
Mr. Brudett’s style of narrative is simple
and well adapted to the object he professes to
have in view. None can read this ltttle book
without having their sympathies deeply stirred.
Wilfred Montressor: or the Secret Order of Seven.
A Romance. By the author of “ Abel Parsons,”
“Florence de Lacey,” &c. New York: Charles G.
Graham. 1848.
Talent prostituted to base ends, becomes a
curse to its possessor and to the world. The
book before us furnishes an illustration to this
remark. It is written with much power, and
shows its author to be capable of producing a
work of the highest excellence, but it is calcu
lated, in our opinion, to exert a pernicious influ
ence. We cannot commend it.
£\\t i'itrnmt WA
Harper is, Brothers, New York, will shortly
publish Sidney Smith’s “ Sketches of Moral
Philosophy.”
Lindsey is, Blakiston, Philadelphia, have in
press “ The Romance of the Ocean, a Narra
tive of a Voyage to California in the Wildfire,”
by “ Fanny Foley,” “ The Gold Sands of Mex
ico, a Moral and Religious Tale,” by a Lady of
Philadelphia; a “ Dictionary of Sacred Quota
tions,” by Rev. H. Hastings Weld, &c.
Lea Blanchard will publish in a few days
anew work on California, entitled “Six Months
in the Gold Mines,” by E. Gould Buffum.
The following new publications, among nu
merous others, are announced in our London
exchanges:
Egcriu, and other Poems. By Charles
Mackay. D. Bogue.
A Visit to Sherwood Porest. Lougman &
Cos.
Twenty-Four o'clock. By J. A. Noveilo.
W. H, Smith,
Tha Chrono-Thermalist, No. 2. C. Gilpin.
The Book of Crochet and Lace Work.
Dalton & Cos.
Money versus Life. A Review of Colliery
Casualties. By C. Colwell. Simpkin Sc Mar
shall.
Information for Emigrants and others.
White, Ward &, Sharpe. [Very useful for
Emigrants.]
Metropolitan Water Supply. By John Loude
Tabberner. H. Renshaw.
Chess Made Easy. By G. Walker. W .Sc
T. Piper.
Readings for Railways. By J. B. Syme.
C. Gilpin.
The Life of a Showman; to which is added
Managerial Struggles. By David Prince Mil
ler, late of the Aphelphi Theatre, Glasgow.
Lacy.
(Dur
[Under this head we shall reply to many letters, contain
jng queries or suggestions upon subjects of general interest,
instead of answering them, as heretofore, by post. This
will save us time, and “tune is money.” We are very
glad to receive letters from our subscribers, and it only re
quires tiiat the postage be paid to ensure prompt attention.
Eds. ]
A. J. P., Montgomery, Ala. You, uninten
tionally, no doubt, do the Gazette injustice. A
notice of your pamphlet was published imme
diately on its reception. We will mail you
another copy of the paper containing it. *
Melburne. The true name of the writer
must always accompany articles sent for publi
cation, though the nom de plume only need be
printed. *
J. A. T. The article on Bryant’s Poems
which you mention, is, we think, too long for
the columns of the Gazette. *
Engineer. The only description we have
seen of the new steam engine invented by Mr.
Tippett, is the following, which we find credit
ed to a Virginia paper:
“It dispenses entirely with boilers. The
steam is raised by means of a small jet of cold
water injected upon a large plug of iron fixed
in the furnace, and of sufficient bulk to retain
the heat that might be dissipated ; by a very
s'mple, but perfect contrivance, this steam en
ters the cylinders and moves the piston in a
manner sunilar to a common engine. The
amount of power is limited only by the strength
of the materials. It is infinitely less complex
than the common engine, and it is believed that
for a given amount of power it can be more
economically worked ; but the great beauty is
its immunity from accidents. It is utterly im
possible for an explosion of any extent to occur,
for the simple reason that there is nothing in it
larger than a cylinder to explode.”
The working of the one-horse power model,
constructed by Mr. Tippet, is said to justify the
expectation of the most sanguine. The princi
ple is not anew one. M. Testud de Beaure
gard, a French engineer, some time ago con
structed an engine, the operation of which is
thus described in La Presse :
“ The boiler is placed in a bath of melted
lead, and water projected in small quantities at
a time upon its heated surface. The spheroidal
state is produced; and although the temperature
of the water never rises above 190 degrees,
the elastic force of the vapour given off is
found to be very far superior to that ot steam
in its ordinary conditions ; a portion of the wa
ter is decomposed, and the additional force of
the gases is made available.” *
J. “ Linda ” is‘already published in book
form, as you will see from a notice in another
column. It is for sale, we presume, at Russell’s.
*
Q. Phosphoric light seen in the ocean is
caused by numberless phosphoric insects. It is
sometimes so intense as to make the waves ap
pear like red-hot balls. *
Selma. We cannot answer your question,
and if we could, the answer would be of little
use to you. Time will solve it. *
C. E. J. We think your etymology is at
fault. Cruise is from the Latin crux, a cross,
and signifies to cross to and fro. *
R. A. The papers must all be sent to one
addreas in such cases, and the money must ac
company the order. We will send, directed to
you, three copies for $5.00, &c. (See Pros
pectus.) You can readily make satisfactory
arrangements for their delivery at your post
office. *
Master W. You cun have the first volume
of the Schoolfellow, handsomely bound, to
gether with the current volume, for $2.00. The
first volume alone is sold for $1.25. *
Thomas Lawrence. We regret that we
cannot comply with your request. The out
side of our paper was printed before your letter
arrived. *
tTljp 3l!usicnl IViorlil.
A Monster Piano. Mr. James Pierson, of
New York, has manufactured a monster Piano
Forte of fourteen octaves. The Express says
that it possesses the most brilliant tone, im
mense power and a delicacy of the higher notes,
that has seldom been attained. It has a double
set of keys, and is capable of being played by
six performers at the same time. It is said to
be the intention of Mr. Pierson to send this
grand instnimem to the International Fair at
London.
Henri Herz has taken up his residence in
Mexico, where a musical conservatory has been
establl-hed, at the head of which he has been
placed by the government, at a high salary.
Jenny Lind. An exchange says that Jenny
was offered some thirty thousand pounds to
sing at the Imperial Concerts, at the Court of
Russia, and that her significant negative to the
offer was “ Hungary!”
Musical Convention. The New York
Musical Convention and Teachers’ Class com
menced its annual session of ten days on the
14th inst,
Miss Rosa Jacques is about to leave for
Europe. Fitzgerald, of the Item, suggests that
it would be well to give her a parting benefit.
Hundreds of gallant young gentlemen would
take delight in assisting to get up a benefit,
which would make a lasting impression on the
susceptible heart of the black-eyed, olive-com
plexioned, impassioned, favourite little prima
donna. *
£jjf fmi 3rts.
Our Artists Abroad. Leutze, Hall, John
son and Woodviile, are at Dusseldorf, where
the first named is engaged upon his great pic
ture of Washington Crossing the Delaware.
Glass is in London. Freeman and Terry are
at Rome. Brown, the landscape painter, is
living in the vicinty of Albano.
The Art Union of London. The etchings
from Maclise’s beautiful designs of the “Seven
Ages” are nearly ready. These, in addition
to the pair of engravings from Webster’s char
acterise: pictures of “The Smile” and “The
Frown,” are due to the subscribers of the pre
sent year. Frost’s “Sabrina is still being deli
vered to those of the past year, who are also
entitled to an engraving from Hancock’s prize
bas-relief of “ The Entry into Jerusalem.’,
[Exchange.
(T'lif (Nil Runlii.
The news from Europe, by the Hibernia, is
of considerable importance, more for what it
prophecies than for what it actually records
as a portion of the history of the tunes.
From England , the only items of any im
portance are the birth of another Prince and
the defeat of the ministry on a measure of
little importance.
In France, Mr. Eugene Sue lias been elected
to the Chamber of Deputies for the Depart
ment of the Seine by 8,445 majority over the
government candidate, M. Leclerc. The So
cialists are greatly elated with their triumph,
but the utmost order and quiet prevail. It is
thought that a change in the ministry must
soon occur. The most stringent measures have
been taken to prevent the sale of the Demo
cratic and Socialist papers, but their circula
tion continues to increase.
From accounts received from Rome, we make
the following extracts:
His Holiness had been received in Rome by
his subjects with respect, but not with enthu
siasm; still, after what has taken place in the
Eternal City for 16 months, and in particular
during the tyranny of the Cardinal Triumvi
rate, liis Holiness may have seen that the at
tachment of a large body of the people was
not entirely alienated from his person. Previ
ous to his Holiness’s return, a distribution of
money and bread was promised, by a public
notification, to the lower classes of the people
—of course as an incitement to applaud the
Pope; but the real feeling of the mass of the
people has now been clearly shown, and that
feeling is evident ly not favourable to his Holi
ness.
*****
The last production of the clandestine press,
“The people to the Pope,” that tremendous
unveiling of the vices and hypocrisies of the
whole state machine and ministry, not sparing
even its august head, has found its way into
the hands of Pio Nono, and filled him with
indignation. The most unwearied researches
are being made after its author and printer,
and five years of the galleys are threatened
to any one having it in his possession. The
rage of the Cardinals, Monsignori, and Minis
ters, may be easily imagined at receiving re
gularly the first copies of whatever comes
from the secret republican press, especially as
the matter is so far from flattering to them
selves.
The difficulty between England and Greece
seems as far from a settlement as ever. The
French mediation has not proved succeseful.
A bit of a Revolution seems to be brewing
in Iceland The Free Press of Hamburgh
says:
“It is announced that a Republican move
ment has broken out in Iceland, and that the
Danish Governor has been driven away. The
maintenance of the commercial monopoly of
Copenhagen, of which the Icelanders have long
complained, is the cause of the outbreak. Two
steamers have been sent with troops to cltas
tise them.”
The news from the rest of Europe is unim
portant. *
#'rirnMi{ dp ratings.
Our most grateful acknowledgements are
due to our brethren of the Press, for the cor
dial greetings and warm words of commenda
tion and encouragement witli which our new
sheet has l>een ladled, in till parts of our
countrv. We could not have a stronger incite
ment to put forth all our energies in the enter
prise in which we are engaged, than the desire
to continue to merit the praise of our contem
poraries, and the patronage of the Southern
people. It is with honest pride that we lay
before our readers a few of the kind “ notices ”
we have received, selected from among numer
ous others of similar import. We make no
apology for doing this, believing that our pa
trons are interested in whatever relates to the
character and standing of their chosen journal,
and that they will sympathize with us in the
pleasure and pride with which we contemplate
the high and wide-spread reputation of the
Gazette.
First, our neighbour of the Southern Baptist
thus greets us:
“ We really do not know how to express our
admiration of the beautiful dress which our
Literary neighbour has put on. We have been
flattering ourselves that the personal appear
ance of the “ Southern Baptist” was altogether
respectable, but when we place it beside the
“Gazette ” in its enlarged form and new apparel,
we confess to some misgivings on the point.
*****
We beg all our friends who wish to see the
prettiest paper in the land, to send on their
names to Messrs. Walker *fe Richards, and by
subribing to the Gazette, and paying in ad
vance, encourage these gentlemen in their very
laudable attempts to build up a Southern
literature.”
Our ever friendly and generous bretliren of
the Augusta Republic say:
“ Asa Literary and Family Newspaper, we
know not its superior. It will still remain
under the editorial management of its former
able and gentlemanly editors.”
Friend Burke, of the Cnssville Standard,
says:
“We hazard nothing in saying that it (the
Gazette ) is the handsomest and best paper on
our exchange list.”
Our good North Carolina neighbour, the pre
siding genius of the Hornet's Nest, uses the
following strong language in regard to the
Gazette :
“ This is a choice publication, and when we
saj choice, we mean it to be understood in its
superlative sense. We would place it second
to none of the weekly family papers published
in the Athens or the Edenburgh of the United
States—in Boston or Philadelphia. It num
bers among its original contributors a number
of excellent writers, and the Editorial depart
ment is managed with ability and taste, the
editors themselves being good writers and
wielding quite able critic's pens. If persons
at the South who with such lavish purses pa
tronize the Northern family-papers, would drop
them and send for the Gazette, they would do
Southern Literature a service from having
their patronage turned in the proper direction,
and would be only repaying Messrs. W. & R.
for the generous expense they have gone to in
furnishing them with so excellent a publication
at comparatively so small a remunerating
charge—s 2 a year.”
The Atlanta (Ga.) Intelligencer says:
“ This Gazette has been gradually r.sing in
public favour, until it has finally arrived at the
position among the literary papers of the day,
which it now occupies. If it continues to be
conducted with the talent and ability which
the present number exhibits, it may be justly
considered not only the best Literary paper at
the South, but unsurpassed by any similar
publication at the North.”
From our sister cityxof Savannah, we have
received the following kind notices:
“ Southern Literary Gazette. —A beautiful
sheet under the above title came to us recently
from Charleston, edited by Wiil C. Richards,
Esq. We recognize it as the successor of
Richards’ Weekly Gazette, recently published
at Athens, Ga. The appearance of the paper
is highly creditable to the publisher, and for
interesting matter it will well compare with
any of the literary gazettes published in the
United States. It cannot fail to meet with
abundant patronage.’ I — Georgian.
“The first number of the third volume of
the Southern Literary Gazette has been laid
on our table, and we cannot describe the pride
and pleasure with which we have perused it.
In its appearance it is an honour to the South,
and in matter it cannot be surpassed by any of
the Northern weeklies. We offer our congra
tulations to friend Richards and his associate,
and we earnestly hope that the Southern peo
ple will uphold him in his efforts. If he re
ceives as many subscribsrs as his paper de
serves, he will certainly succeed beyond his
hopes. He has proved beyond a doubt that
our Southern press is as go<id as any Northern
one, and we hope that henceforward the peo
ple of the South will look nearer home for
their literary amusement.”— Friend of the
Family.
The Spartan, published at Spartanburg, in
this State, thus speaks of our paper:
“ This most beautiful sheet is now published
weekly in Charleston, by Walker it Richards,
instead of Richards’ \Vcekly Gazette, and is
conducted with much spirit and ability by
Messrs. Richards <t Jacques. It is one of the
neatest papers we have ever seen, and is en
tirely Southern in its principles, though mainly
devoted, as its name imports, to the peaceful
walks of Literature, the Arts, General Intel
ligence, Ac.; but neutral in Politics and Re
ligion.”
From the far North—from the “Granite
City”—we receive such greetings as the fol
lowing :
“ Southern Literary Gazette. —This journal,
published at Charleston, S. C.. came to us in a
new dress last week. It is now the handsom
est paper on our exchange list, and we shall
have to wait until the Museum appears in a
new dress before we shall dare to compare the
two papers together. Tin* Gazette stands de
servedly high among literary journals. Wil
liam Gilmore Simms is a contributor.— Boston
Museum.
“ Southern Literary Gazette. —We hail with
pleasure the appearance of this tasty literary
journal in new type and enlarged form. * *
* * * Brother Richards has also enlarged
his objects, his ambition being to make a paper
for the whole South, that the South need not
be ashamed of. He has done it: and he may
well “ challenge comparison with any kindred
journal on this side of the Atlantic” for beauty
and taste. The character of the matter con
tained in the Gazette is good—adapted, in our
opinion, to promote the publisher’s end, that of
“ inciting the South to intellectual progress
and literary achievement.” We hope he will
be abundantly sustained.”— American Cabinet.
•• As was announced, Richards’ Gazette, of
Charleston, S. C., has assumed with its new
volume the original name of Southern Literary
Gazette, and is truly one of the handsomest
as well as ablest papers on our exchange list.—
New Englander.
We might go on and fill columns with no
tices similar in tone and import to those we
have already quoted, but our limits forbid
We may give a “few more of the.same sort”
next week. *
€\)t Jfas nf tire Dnq.
The Fire. —A most disastrous fire occurred
in this city on Friday morning, the 17th inst.
It was discovered between one and two
o'clock, in a cotton shed situated on the South
ern line of Adger’s wharf. The flames spread
with great rapidity, in several directions, and
for a time baffled every effort of our efficient
tire department to arrest their progress. The
buildings burned were principally occupied as
store-houses and counting-rooms. Probably
more than a thousand bales of cotton and four
or five hundred tierces of rice were consumed
The entire loss is estimated at $350,000 to
$400,000, a large portion of which is covered
by insurance. The fire is supposed to have
been the work of an incendiary. *
Type Foundry in Georgia. —We stated that
a Mr. Kelsey, from Boston, is about establish
ing a small type foundry at Athens, Georgia,
at which printers can lie supplied with brass
rules, leads, cuts, quotations, job type, <tc., at
Eastern prices. Mr. K. will also carry on ste
reotyping. Such an establishment will be a
great convenience to the printers of the State,
and should be lilierallv encouraged by them.
Consul for Athens, Greece. —John D. Dio
matari, of Georgia, has been appointed Consul
of the United States for the port of Athens,
in Greece.
Mr. Diomatari is a native of Athens. Greece,
and came to this country during the Greek
struggle for independence in 1824. He arrived
in Boston, where he remained until he acquired
an English education. He afterwards came to
Georgia, in the upper portion of which he
taught school several years. He subsequently
read law, anti has for some time practiced his
profession in Eatonton, Putnam county.
French Spoliation Claims. —Letters from
Washington, says the Baltimore American,
state that the Committee on Foreign Affairs,
in the House, have agreetl to report in favour
of paying the long-standing claims for Freuch
Spoliations.
Storm in Louisiana. —The New Orleans
Daily Crescent, of the 13th instant, furnishes
the particulars of a second storm on the coast
of Louisiana, more destructive than that which
preceded it a few days before. A correspond
ent of that paper writes from Donaldsonville,
that great damage was done to the sugar crop
in that vicinity.
The Nicaragua Affair. —A Treaty between
M. de Bois Compte, the French Minister, and
Mr. Clayton, according to a telegraphic dis
patch in the New York Tribune, has been
concluded, substantially like the treaty made
with Mr. Bulwer in relation to the Nicaragua
question.
Another World's Fair. —At a meeting of
the Mechanics’ Institute of New York, held on
the 14th instant, the following resolution, of
fered by the Hon. Zadok Pratt, President of
the Institute, was adopted.
Resolved. That a Committee be appointed
to take into consideration the expediency of
holding, in the city of New York, in the year
1852, a World's Fair, for the benefit of mechan
ics and artizans of this and other countries.
California Press Gang. —California is the
El Dorado of the “press” gang as well as gold
seekers. Editors receive S6OOO a year, city
reporters $3600, marine reporter S6OOO, fore
man 5000, and compositors S4OOO. These are
the actual prices paid by the Pacific News for
the daily matter prepared for that paper. The
expenses of the year reach SIOO,OOO.
Cuban Expedition. —lt is now believed that
at least 10,000 men, well armed, disciplined
and officered, are engaged in the Cuban Expe
dition. A few days will suffice to bring us
thrilling news from the “Gem Island.” We
give a few from among the many items of in
telligence, with which the papers are filled, in
relation to the Expedition.
A correspondent of the Courier if Enquirer,
writing from Washington, May 18, says:
The Spanish Minister presented the case to
the President last night, and dispatches were
immediately forwarded to the Gulf Squadron
to arrest the movement, if practicable. I doubt
very much whether these orders will reach
their destination in season to operate advan
tageously, and I look io the next intelligence
from Havana with the most fearful anticipa
tions. An event like this, sanctioned, as it lias
been, by distinguished Southern gentlemen,
may give a dangerous complexion to pending
questions. We can only wait anti watch. The
future is shrouded in gloom and in terror.
A correspondent of the Express has the fol
lowing:
Washington, May 17 —Night,
I have seen a letter to-day from Bridgeport,
(Barbadoes,) from an official source, which
throws a flood of light upon the mysterious
manoeuversof the so-called Cuban Expedition.
If the statements in this letter be true, tliis
affair is far more extensive and comprehensive
than you are aware of. and so I think you will
be ready to acknowledge, ere long.
The writer says: “Cuba, Barbadoes, Ja
maica and Havti, are, beyond all manner of
doubt, destined to change their rulers, and ere
another letter from me may reach you, the
terrible work (for terrible it will be) will have
commenced.
The Tribune of the 18th inst. says:
“A detachment of the Cuban volunteers
sailed yesterday from tliis port. We learn that
another company leaves to-morrow. Their
movements appear to have been carefully
disguised from the authorities.”
The “Flag of Cuba.” floating from the New
York Sun building, is a great eye-sore, it is
said, to the Spanish consul in New York, who,
on Wednesday, called on Mr. Mayor Woodhull
and asked him to order it down. The Mayor,
of course, declined.
A dispatch to the Mercury, dated Baltimore
May 20, says:
“ President Taylor has despatched the new
steam frigate Saranac and the frigate Congress
to Cuba, to prevent the landing of the invading
forces under Gen. Lopez. The sloops-of-war
Yorktown, Albany and Vixen are also on their
way to Cuba for the same purpose.
“ Advices have been received from Havana
to the 12th. The Cholera was said to be rag
ing, the deaths amounting to fifty per day.—
The new Captain General had arrived from
Spain. Forts were being erected, and active
defensive measures taken in every direction.
A fire had occurred in the principal business
part of the city, which destroyed property to
the amount of a quart er of a million of dollars. 1 ’
Southern Organ at Washington. —lt is pro
posed to publish a paper at the city of Wash
ington, to be devoted to the interests of the
South, anil to serve as the organ of Southern
opinion and feeling. The Mercury says:
II We understand that editors of the highest
ability, men known already to the South by
their eloquent advocacy of her rights and
character, have been engaged to conduct tliis
paper, and that it will offer the strongest claims
to general favour. Such a press may do much
good. It is not indeed a means of redressing
the wrongs of our section—more decisive
measures are required for that—but it will
furnish true information, a faithful analysis of
Federal politics as they affect the great inter
ests of tire South, and a means of drawing
| closer our union among ourselves”
From the Rio Grande. —The steamer Mon
mouth, Captain Freeborn, says the Savannah
Georgian, arrived yesterday from Indian River.
We are informed by a passenger that just pre
vious to the sailing of tne steamer, that an ex
press had arrived to General Twiggs, from the
Rio Grande, stating that the Camanehe Indi
ans in great numbers had attacked the United
States forces on the Rio Grande, and killed
one hundred and thirty men. We have no
certain information, and hope that the report
is exaggerated, although we fear our troops in
that quarter have suffered greatly.
From Bermuda. —R. M. steamer Clyde ar
rived from St. Thomas, at Hamilton, on the
6th. The Royal Gazette says:
11 The prospects of our farmers this year, in
consequence of the failure, to a great extent, of
the Potatoes, and the fall in the price of Arrow
root, are very gloomy.”
Cholera at Matanzas. —The following is an
extract of a letter dated Matanzas, May 6 :
“We have had the cholera very extensively
among the negroes for the last week. A great
number of them have died, and it has almost
put a stop to business, as those that have ne
groes are sending them into the country.”
The Cotton Crop. —We learn from reliable
and highly respectable authority, that the late
irost and heavy rains have done serious damage
to the Cotton errp—more particular in Tennes
see and Mississippi.
From the Plains. —The Advertiser of the
26th ult., published at St. Josephs, Mo., says
that 15,000 persons have arrived there up to
that date, en route for California. The health
of the emigrants were generally good, and a
number of them had departed on their long
and toilsome journey.
ILFThe Hon. Win. C. Preston has resigned
the Presidency of the South Carolina College,
on account of continued debility.
O’ Alum and Muriate of Soda have been
found in Columbia county, Georgia.
lujniro Jlltar.
MARRIED,
In Marengo county, Ala., on the 23d ult.,
Dr. Thomas Hunt, of New Orleans, and Mar
tha Caroline Pride, of this State.
In Columbus, Ga., on Wednesday evening,
the Bth instant, Col. Henry .1. Lamar, of Ma
con, and Miss Valeria R., daughter of Wiley
E. Jones, of the former place.
In Atlanta, on the sth instant, Mr. S. K.
Bartley and Miss Hetta Fowler, all of that
place.
In Augusta, Ga., on the 14th instant, Mr. J.
Bachman Wilson, of Charleston, and Miss
Martha R., daughter of the late Edmund
Martin, Esq., of that city.
ifjjr itasnlnmi.
DIED,
In tlihis city, on the 17th instant, Mr. Daniel
P.‘ Miles, aged 32 years.
In Columbus, Ga., on the 14th instant, Mrs.
Pierce, wife of Rev. Dr. Lovick Pierce.
In Columbus, Ga.,on the 12th instant, Rev.
Wm. D. Cairns, late Pastor of Trinity Church
in that city.
In Washington, Wilkes county, Ga., on the
13th instant, Mr. James Wingfield, in the 64th
year of his age.
jljipntiitiitfnts.
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Rev. William Richards, Mr. Robert E. Seyle,
Mr. Matthew J. Wroton, J. J. Richards, S. P
Richards.
O’ Mr. A. H. Mazyck is our General Agent
for Charleston.
HP Other local Agents will be announced
speedily.
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*** Editors copying this Prospectus, or making suitable
notice, shall receive a copy of the work without an ex
change. They will please send marked copies of their
papers containing it to the 11 Gazette.”
UNRIVALLED NORTH OK SOUTH!
THE THIRD ANNUAL VOLUME
OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE,
Was commenced on Saturday, the 4th of May, 1850,
under its original name—instead of Richards’ Weekly Ga
zette —as more significant of its peculiar character, it being
the only weekly organ of Literature in the entire South !
It is
GREATLY ENLARGED AND IMPROVED,
Containing weekly Thirty-two Columns of matter. It
is, moreover, in an
ENTIRELY NEW DRESS
11 from head to foot,” and upou beautiful white paper, so
that, in mechanical excellence, it shall not he surpassed by
any paper whatever in the United States! It will contin
ue under the same Editorial direction as heretofore, and no
pains or expense will he spared to make it
A CHOICE FAMILY NEWSPAPER,
11 as cheap as the cheapest, and as good as the best!”
Utterly discarding the notion that a Southern journal can
not compete with the Northern weeklies, in cheapness and
interest,
THE SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE
Shall rival the best of them in all the characteristics of a
truly valuable fireside Journal. Its aim will be the diffu
sion of cultivated and refined taste throughout the com
munity—and it will embrace in its ample folds every spe
cies of intelligence that can tend to this result
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
from many of the ablest writers in the South, will chiefly
occnpy its columns, but not to the exclusion of choice mis
cellany. selected from the l>est American and European
sources
The tone of the 11 Gazette” will he independent in criti
cism and in the discussion of every legitimate topic, bnt it
will be strictly
NEUTRAL IN POLITICS AND RELIGION!
Its columns will be occasionally embellished with
SOUTHERN PORTRAITS 8: LANDSCAPES,
engraved expressly for the work, and accompanied by
biographical and topographical sketches. A portrait of
the Hon. Judge Lumpkin, of Georgia, appeared in the
first number, and others will follow at monthly intervals.
ITS GENERAL INFORMATION
will be copious, but carefully condensed from the leading
Journals of all parts of the world.
Notwithstanding the great increase in the size and at
tractions of the patter, it will still be published at
Two Dollars Per .dunum, in Advance !
It will be furnished to persons becoming responsible for
the whole number of copies, and having them sent to one
address, on the following terms:
Three copies, *5
Five copies, g
Ten copies, 15
Fifteen copies, 20
Twenty copies, 25
Fifty copies, 60
ty All orders must be accompanied with the money,
and addressed, post-paid, to
WALKER & RICHARDS.
Charleston, S. C.
N. B. —Editors who will copy, or notice fully, this Pros
pectus, shall receive the Gazette regularly, and also a
beautiful Juvenile Magazine, entitled “The Schoolfel
low.”
GENERAL AGENCY
IN LITERATURE, ART and SCIENCE.
AT THE
Office of the Southern Literary Gazette.
Corner of Broad-st. and East-Bay, (up stairs,)
Charlehton, S. 8.
The Undersigned, Editor of the “ Southern Lite
rary Gazette,” begs leave to inform the public that
he has opened a General Agency for the transaction of
any business connected with Literature, Science and
Art. He will correspond with authors concerning the
publication of books and pamphlet* upon their own ac
count, or otherwise ; execute any commission for gentle
men forming libraries; forward subscriptions for any peri
odical work, American or European ; receive and execute
promptly commissions for any work of Art; supply accu
rate estimates of the cost of Philosophical Instruments,
order them at his ow n risk and guarantee their efficiency .
All communications must be addressed, prepaid, to
WM C. RICHARDS.
Cry* No charge will be made for any |serviee required
by his brethren of the press, who will oblige him by pub
lihsing this notice.