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(gititnrs’ Drpnrfmrnt.
WM. C. RICHARDS, Editor.
D. H. JACQUES, Associate Editor.
vTljnrlratun,
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 8, 1850.
NAMES.
•‘What’s in a name?*’ — Skakspeare.
Notwithstanding the implied answer to the
,juery of the loving Juliet, there is much in a
name. If “ a rose by any other name would
-niell as sweet” its spoken sign might fall less
musically upon the ear and fail entirely to call
U p [he pleasent associations which now cluster
a-outid the beautiful word—Rose. We are not
disposed here and now, to discuss the abstract
question of the original and inherent corres
poaJen between the symbol and the thing
si ■-< l.fied. We would make the question a
more practical one and speak of names as we
tind them, with ali their associations, historical
and poetical, connected with them. Looked at
ia this light, names are everything—almost.—
Have you a fair young friend who rejoices in
the euphonious and poetical name of Mary ?
Can you imagine her transformed into an Aba
gait or a Deborah ? What's in a name ? Ask
Napoleon Ir petit what raised him to the chair
of the Presidency. Simply the prestige of a
name —the name of the idol of France, and :
the conqueror of Europe. A name lias raised
hundreds to places of honour and power—a
name has crushed hundreds to the dust. There
is much in a name.
Tne practice which prevailed among tiie
J-ns, and among other oriental nations, of per
petuating in the names of children the memory
of circumstances connected with their birth,was
a beautifm and touching one. The dying Ra
chel gave to her last child, the name of Benoni
son of sorrow, but Jacob, who could not bear
die sad memories which that name was calcu
lated continually to awaken, called him Ben
jamin, son of the right hand. Again when
Ui news ol'iiie capture of the Ark, by the Phil
istines, and the death of her husband and his
lather, reached the ears of the daughter-in-law
o! ilii, slic named the child then horn, Ichabod,
signifying that the glory had departed from
Israel. Coaid that child or his companions in
life, ever forget tti j historical event thus asso
ciated with lies name ? He was a living mon
ument of disaster and defeat, and since his day
Ichabod has been a fitting inscription for the
crumbling walls and monuments of cities and
nations whose “ glory has departed.”
The custom of giving to children names sig
nificant of some event in national or family
history, ot some peculiarity ot the child, or of
the circumstances ol its birth, was not confined j
to the Jews, but prevailed to some extent J
among all the ancient nations. Thus we have 1
t iesar, hairy, from the fact, it is said, that the
head of tile first child who bore that name was
covered with an extraordinary growth of hair,
at its birth. Thus too cams Augustus, given
a- a supplementary name to the first of the Ini- |
periai uuesars, because it radically signifies in- ‘
fiensing —growing in honour.
File names both of persons and places, in all 1
tin- Aboriginal languages of this continent, it I
is well known, are significant, as Osceola, the
rising sun, Terrora terrible, Oosoola, a small |
spa/ of land subject to inundation.
How is if with us of tiiis nineteenth century
of Christianity, civilization and progress?—
Names mean nothing. We use those which j
h.t 1 a significance, but we use them without !
th slighest regard to their meaning. As Leigh
Hunt has truly said, “ A man by the name of
Georg; or Thomas, might a3 well, to all un
derstood purposes, be called Spoon or Hat
band!” yet these names have really beautiful
significations.
The only attempt, with which we are ac- J
qaaimed, made in modern times, to givesignifi- j
cunce to names, was made by the Puritans ot :
Eagland and America, over whose absurd and
strangely compounded cognomens, their de
s ‘l dants have so often made themselves merry.
In the early history of the Bridsh Colonies ol
New England, we find such names as Righte
ousness Bradshaw, Praise-God Barebones.Stick
like-wax-by-faith Martin and others equally ridi
culous.
The beautiful custom of the Jews, to which j
we have alluded, could be easily revived, with
out the coinage of new and strange names.—
Mast of the Caristian names now in use among
ui. have well ascertained meanings, and one can
readily he found appropriate to almost any cir
cumstance we may wish to commemorate, in a
child’s name. L-t the child of peculiar joy be i
cat ‘ I Fe.ix, happy or Hilary, merry. A strong,
fearless youngster, intended for the army or for
n> field ol strife, might be called Lionel,
a little lion, or Martin, martial. If it is de
“it'cd to perpetuate, in the name ot the new
horn, the memory of peace restored to ones |
country, neighborhood or family, we have the
name Oliver, (or if the child is a female Olivia
or Oave,) which comes from the, olive, the sym
bol ol peace, —and so on almost ad infinitum.
We propose, if leisure serves for the neces
sary etymological investigations, to give, in fu-
Utr article-, the principal Christian names now
m use, with their derivation and signification,
a-’ tar as ascertained, together with some ol the
historical and poetical association connected
wail each. Any assistance which our literary
trieiids can give us in our researches will be
thankfully accepted.
PROTECTION OF PROPERTY AT FIRES.
The Evening Sews of the 30th ult. suggests
‘he propriety and importance of organizing a
Promotion Company, whose duty it shall be to
protect all moveable property at fires. The
liabilities to loss, both by plunder and by acci
dental misplacing and mixing up the goods of
various in lividuals, is very great under exist
in/ arrangements. The services of the present
Fire Guard are not underrated, but the pro
ro lion they afford is quite inadequate to the
requirements of the occasion, when large masses
merchandize are removed.
A Protection Company, such as has been
-tested.would have power to select a place of
i 1 >sit. remove all property, and protect it
ul r removal We think the suggestion an
enportant one, and one that should be acted
> JU immediately. Organizations of the kind
proposed exist in some of the Northern cities,
““ i are found exceedingly efficient and useful.
1 a ppen 1 the conclusion of the article in the
•Vic*, to which we have referred:
1 he owners of property would very gladly,
‘ tank, relinquish their property into the
“uus ol known responsible members of such
u c !’ m P an y. for removal to a place of safety,
W its subsequent protection from the hands
” ‘ P r °wliug spoiler, concurring in the ar
‘■'gements, if necessary. One hundred, or
’!“ mudred and fifty citizens, thus associated,
mu afford a more effectual protection to
‘‘ro cable property, during fires, than one
■ S r | b , ai ’ individuals with no system of action
I irii K Ult ° ry “ their efforts. The company
■ - ‘ T oe enlarged, if necessary, to any requisite
“•'er. with under officers of known capacity
■ erection and action. The Insurance offices
■ argelv interested in supporting some plan
R.' 4 . ‘ Vl *l exclude the promiscuous services of
mjtmown individuals at fires, who. even if
remove property in so unsystematic a
” j r ’ that if even safe, it is sometimes im-
to identify.”
SOUTHERN SCENERY.
Ten years ago, the title of this paragraph
might have provoked the smile of incredulity
or the sneer of disdain upon the face of those
who heard it, for then the vast picturesque re
gion of the South was almost terra incognita
to our entire population. It is true there were
some among us who had seen the terrible
grandeur of Tallulah, the perfect beauty of
Toccoa, the matchless loveliness of Nacoochee,
or the singular majesty of the Table Rock;
but the number of these was few ; and when
the publication of “ Georgia Illustrated ” was
commenced, the public contemplated its exqui
site revelations of landscape and waterfall,
rivalling the most boasted of European scenes,
with mingled doubt and enthusiasm. Beyond
these prominent points, however, scarcely the
solitary adventurer had made liis way, at least
with anv such love of the picturesque in his
nature as to make him cognizant of the innu
merable beauties which Nature has so lavishly
created in those mountain recesses. When the
echoes of the virgin fame of these scenes first
fell distinctly upon the ear of our people, they
still questioned if it were not a fable that
Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee, were
very Switzerlands for picturesque scenes, that
they could boast of a Chattahoochee, a French
Broad, or a Keowee, rivalling in all the na
tural elements of loveliness, the world-re
nowned Rhine! Nor are they yet fully per
suaded that the mountains are as majestic, the
vallies as lovely, the waterfalls as “sky bom”
beneath their own native skies as they are be
neath the European heavens. To believe this
they must see it tor themselves. By this test,
hundreds have been satisfied, and we may,
perhaps, say thousands. Still it is more the
fashion yet to visit Trenton than Tallulah,
though the latter far exceeds in grandeur the
former,an l rivals, indeed, the mighty Niagara.
We have, as vet, few poets and painters tore
veal to us the beauties of our Appalachian
region. The time is at hand, however, when,
sated with the familiar and stereotyped scenery
of “the old world,” the painter will seek new
charms in the virginity of our own lofty hills
and glorious valleys, and the poet strike his
lyre with renewed vigour in praise of hitherto
undiscovered and undreamed of loveliness in
the very bosom of our own land. We antici
pate this time and shall hail its advent with a
glad Hosanna. It affords us no small degree
of pleasure to introduce to our readers, this
week, the first of a series of highly finished
Engravings on wood, from original pictures of
Southern Scenery by T. Addison Richards,
Esq., to whose pencil the South is indebted for
almost every picture of her Scenery that has
yet been made public by the graver. We de
sign to continue these sketches, and thus to
open anew world of beauty and delight; for
which service we shall expect the cordial ap
probation of every lover of his country, as well
as of every friend of Art among us.
jtjpia Camspankrtn*.
NEW YORK, June 1, 1850.
You would not believe that this was the
first day of summer, if you could see us .shi
vering over a coal tire, buried in cloaks and
sacks of January dimensions, and vainly striv
ing to keep up a decent degree of warmth, in
the most detestable weather with which ever
unhappy mortals were afflicted for their sins.
Tiie whole of the month of May has been a
succession of cold, tedious, unfriendly storms,
with scarcely a patch of blue sky or sunshine
to assure us that the Heavens had not forgotten
to be gracious. To-day, the summer opens to
us in the disguise of the stormy March, with
out vouclisafeing us a single sunny smile. We
have one comfort in the exquisite green of the
grass and the foliage, which the constant
moisture of the atmosphere has brought out in
the gayest luxuriance. The verdure of the
Parks is now really dazzling to behold, and in
contrast with the thick, tenacious New York
mud, with which the streets are covered, and
the black, heavy, brooding clouds, seeuts like
a glimpse of Paradise.
The places of amusement have shared in
the general depression, and no general rush has
been noticed this week. The Complimentary
Benefit to Mr. Bass, the Manager of the Astor
Place Theatre, came off’ last night. The at
tendance was flattering. The performances
were excellent, commencing with the Comedy
of the “ Soldier’s Daughter,” and winding up
with” Charles the Second.” Bass has lost dol
lars this season, but gained sympathy and es
teem. The “Serious Family” still draws the
town, and is produced both at Niblo’s and the
Broadway. The Havana Opera Company are
announced for Monday evening at the Astor
Place. After turning the heads of the Bosto
nians, they will have a more brilliant reception
than ever. Mad. Anna Bishop and Bochse,
I see, are on their way from Mexico, and will
soon be in New York. You will have them in
Charleston, I presume.
The decease of our sweet, bird-like poetess,
Mrs. Osgood, calls forth universal expressions
of admiration an l sympathy. During her life,
it was hardly known how wide a space she
filled in the heart of American readers. But
now we hear from all quarters nothing but an
out-pouring of grateful enthusiasm. Many
who had never seen her face felt themselves so
much indebted to the gushing music of her
song, that they regarded her as a personal
friend, and now shed the tear of private sorrow
over her early grave.
A beautiful tribute to her memory is in con
templation among her intimate friends in New
York, and the arrangements are so far matured
that there is little doubt of their being carried
into effect. It is proposed to erect a simple
and elegant monument in the cemetery of
Mount Auburn, where her remains arc interred,
forming an appropriate shrine in honour of
the geniusaud heart of thebeloved poetess.
The expense is to be defrayed by the publi
cation ot’ a volume, consisting of original pieces
by several distinguished writers, who bring
tiiis free-will offering of friendship to the
memory of the departed. The avails of the
work are to be entirely devoted to this pur
pose. Among the literary contributors are
Mr. Bryant, Willis Boker, Bayard Taylor, T.
B. Read, Street, Stoddard, E. P. Whipple, Ru
fus W. Griswold, Mr. Kimball, the author of
St. Leger, Rev. Ralph Hoyt, Miss Lynch, Mrs.
Welby, Mi ss Alice Carey, Mrs. Oakes Smith,
and several other favourite writers, whose
names are not yet announced. The work is to
edited by Mrs. Mary E. Hewitt, whose culti
vated taste and nice, instructive,womanly judg
ment, give her the highest qualifications for
the delicate task. A committee of gentlemen,
composed for the most part of highly respect
able citizens of New York and Boston, is to
take charge of the funds and to superintend
the erection of the monument. The volume
will probably be brought out in the course of
the summer, executed in the best style ol New
York typography, and embellished with por
traits of Mrs. Osgood and her two surviving
daughters.
Anew play is about to be produced at Bur
ton’s Theatre, which will no doubt create a gen
eral sensation. The author i3 Fennimore Coop
er, who has embodied in this new form of lite
rary composition, the spirit of hostility and con
tempt which he so cordially cherishes towards
the social innovations which are now making
SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE.
so much noise in various parts of the country.
He shows strong traces of this in his recent
novels, but he rightly supposes that light com
edy will form a more effective vehicle for satire,
not doubting his power to wield the graceful
and rapid pen essential to this purpose. His
friends must consider it an uncertain experi
ment, as his forte is so clearly description rather
than dialogue. The title of the play is “ The
Married Bachelor ;or Woman’s Mission and
with this starting point, you may imagine the
onslaught he will make on the innumerable ul
traisms of the day, which rise up a:s a smoke in
his nostrils, and with which he has been thor
oughly sickened and enraged. I understand
that the way he pilches into socialists, agra
rians, woman’s-rights men, and indeed radi
cals and modern reformers of all classes will be
a caution to prevailing audacities, whom he
means to use up without any “ bowels of mercy”
whatsoever. The plot turns on the perplexities
of a rich old bachelor, with whose ward, a
beautilul young damsel in great request, Frank
Lowell, a scamp of the progressive school, and
a nephew ol the old man, falls in love, while
a fresh embarrassment arises in another quarter,
from a Scotch adventurer and his enterprising
sister, philanthropists both, who have a design
on the heart and the money-bag of the bache
lor, who, what with protecting himself, and
looking after his ward, finds his hands full.
A charming book, understood to be by the
daughter of Mr. Cooper, (though this I believe
ought to be kept a secret) is in press by Put
nam, entitled “ Rural Hours, or a Diary in the
Country, which is said to be written with great
freshness and beauty, combining picturesque
description with graphic sketches of natural
history. Such a plan is always attractive, and
if executed with the love of nature and the
skill in composition which we have a right to
expect the hook will prove one of the most at
tractive ol the season.
The Appleton’s have brought out this week
rather a curious philological work, by Mr. Ro
emer, one ol the Proprietors of the New York
Free Academy, being an application of Mezzo
fanii’s system to die study of French. The
principle of this method is to observe the anal
ogy of different languages, in the first instance,
instead of boggling at grammatical rules, and
by practice with large masses of words, to ob
tain a familiarity with their use, and then to in
vestigave the niceties of construction. In the
hands of one, with such a miraculous genius for
languages, as Cardinal Mezzofanti, this method
would doubtless be very effective ; or perhaps,
under the instruction of one thoroughly imbued
with his spirit; but as used by the average
mass of teachers, or for the purpose of self-in
struction, I am inclined to doubt its practical
importance.
A valuable aid in the study ot languages is
the American Dictionary of the English and
German, by Ellwell, just published by G. & B.
Westermann Brothers in this city. It is a neat,
portable edition, printed on a clear type, with
copious vocabulary, including a collection of the
most racy Americanisms with which we have
enriched the mother tongue. Asa cheap, con
venient manuel for common use by the Ger
man Student, I do not know its superior, though
it can never take the place of the excellent work
by Adler.
l)r. Smythe’s learned work on the Unity of
the Ruman Races is brought out in a beautiful
style by Putnam, and will attract attention to
the interesting subject which it discusses. The
author will prove a formidable antagonist to
Prof. Agassiz, and for my part I rejoice that, the
question is now in the hands of inen so well
qualified to do it justice on both sides.
Mrs. Hentz’s story of “ Linda,” I hear high
ly spoken of, but have not yet found time to
look at it.
The Harpers have issued this week an excel
lent reprint of an English novel “Riginald Hast
ings,” by Eliot Warburton, a fine specimen of
historical romance ; Urquhart’s Pillars of Her
cules,” a book of travels in Spain and Morocco
of a very amusing character, which has been
castigated without any assauging oil by one set
of English critics, and highly extolled by others ;
the Fourth Volume of Milman’s Gibbon, which
they are publishing in competition with the
Boston Edition ; and the first number of their
“ New Monthly Magazine,” which makes its
appearance this morning. It looks fresh and
bright, as anew coined dollar, and overflows
with the various riches of the periodicals. The
demand for it is very great. Tile whole of the
first edition was ordered, before it had got
through the press, and anew edition is promptly
under way. In Boston alone, ever 3000 copies
were ordered within a day or two after the plan
was announced. It is rumoured to-day, that a
rival house are about to set on foot a similar
publication, to contain more original matter,
and to be issued every week. The war of
bookseller - will promote the diffusion of know
ledge, and instead of “ a plague on both your
houses,” the people will give a hearty “Go
ahead.”
Among the recent English publications, of
which advanced copies have been received, is a
book of “ Travels in the West Indies and North
America,” by Robert Baird ; anew novel from
the press of Colburn, called “Sin and Sorrow”;
and a collection of Essays from the Edinburgh
Review, by Henry Rogers, a name unknown in
the literary world, but a writer of great erudi
tion and considerable vigour. They consist of
articles on old “ Thomas Fuller,” “ Pascal,”
“Lilitn.tz,” “Luther,” and a series of papers
called forth by the Tractarian controversy. The
work will be interesting to the amateur of the
curiosities of literature, though the general
reader will probably find it dull. T.
(Our doU3oi}i Tiilrniiii.
Teachers’ Convention.
By reference to our advertising columns, it
will be seen that the Governor recommends to
the Teachers throughout the State, to assemble
at Columbiaou Friday, July 12th, to take into
consideration the subject of Free Schools, and
the interests of Education generally. Tiiis re
commendation should be promptly and zeal
ously acted upon by our teachers, in uo way
can they manifest tiieir patriotism with more
honour to themselves or more profit to the
State, than by promoting the cause of Educa
tion. *
Pembino.
Geographers have discovered anew town in
the far off'North West, inhabited by civilized
people. The Ultima Thule civilization is no
longer St. Paul’s, Minnesota. In lat. 49° north
and lon. 2i)< west, not very far from the Lake
of the Woods ! and five hundred miles from St.
Paul’s, is Pembino. The inhabitants are thus
described: *
The inhabitants are Indian aud French, as
happy as the day is long, and affording a lively
instance of the well kuown affinity of the
Frenchmen for the Indian women. This asso
ciation of the two races favours the side of civ
ilization more than barbarism. Therefore the
Pembmians are civilized. They live in houses;
they use carts, and raise grain. Yet the cir
cumstances of their location, or a lingering of
the Indian instinct, lead them to tind tneir chief
subsistence in the chase. Their arms are guns ;
their dress is half way between that of the
whites and Indians. They wear wild-looking
fur caps, blanket coats, pants secured around
the waist by a belt, and deer-skin moccasins.—
Tneir complexion is swarthy, their hair and
eyes black. Their language is impure French,
though all probably taU Indian besides.”
A Law School.
We have been favoured with a prospectus of
a Law School, to he commenced in this city in
November next and conducted by the Hon. B.
F. Porter, late of Tuscaloosa Ala. The ad
vantages oi a Law School over a simple course
ol reading and practice in an office, are great,
and are beginning to be appreciated, in this
country, as they have long been in Europe.—
The qualifications of Judge Porter for the post
he Is about to assume, are undoubted. His at
tainments both in the fields of legal science,
and in the walks ofliterature, are extensive and
of a high order. His mind is clear, strong and
and discriminating, and his manners those of a
gentleman, in the highest sense of the term.
The following paragraph from the prospec
tus referred to will give the reader an idea of
the plan on which the School is to be conducted:
“The mode of instruction intended to be pur
sued by the undersigned, will consist of oral
lectures, mock courts, and constantexcercise of
the speaking powers. Not only will law be
taught, but also the elocution of the profession,
ihe student will be taken through a thorough
course,commencing with the Roman Civil Law,
for which the undersigned trusts he has, by un
remiited attention, amply qualified himseit ; and
ending with the common and statute Jaw of our
own country. It wilt be his ertbrt to exhibit
the great foundations of law ; to show what
cnaiiges have occurred; wnat improvements
the progress of society and varying forms of
government have made necessary; in what
manner the theory of the law has been adjust
ed to the circumstances of life, and what forms
reason and justice have dictated, as most suit
able to adapt the principles of tne science to
the exigencies of society and the wants of man.
For particulars address Hon. B. F. Porter,
Charleston S. C. *
A Gem from the Welsh.
The Boston Caomet, in an article on Welsh
poetry, gives the following surpassingly beau
tiful lyric, written by a Welshman, Davyddal
Gwilym, a volume of whose poems was lately
published. There is notliiug in riheliey’s cele
brated poem “To the Sky-lark ” superior to it:
TO THE LARK.
Sentinel ol tlie morning lignt!
Reveller ol’ the spring.
How noble and how wild thy flight—
Tny boundless journeying.
Far irom thy bretnreuoi the woods alone,
A hermit bent at tny Creator’s throne.
Oh, wilt thou climb the heaven for me—
You rampart's starry height—
Thou interlude of melody,
’T wixt darxness and tne light;
And seed witu witn day’s nr.it dawn upon thy breast.
My lady-love—me mjun-beam of tne west!
No woodland denizen art thou,
Far irom tne arener’s eye,
Tny course is o’er tne mountain’s brow,
Tny music in tne sky ;
Then tearless float thy path of cloud along,
Tnou earthly carotler of angel song!
Ho! For the Springs.
We desne to call attention to the Stage No
tice of Messrs. Sauiter &. Ivy, published in
another column. We can assure the public
that they will “ put them through,” from Athens,
(Ga.) to which place they will be conveyed by
railway, to the various points named in their
advertisement, as speedily, as safely and as plea
santly as can be done by any one. Those who
intend to visit the Springs and the glorious
scenery of Upper Georgia during the present
summer, should bear this in mind. *
Stationery in Ph laielphia.
Mr. Liptnan, whose advertisement appears
in another column, has lately opened a new’
and splendid establishment on South Fourth
street, Philadelphia, where he keeps a complete
assortment of Stationery, which he offers, at
wholesale, on the lowest terms. See adver
tisement. *
The Enigma.
No one has sent us an answer in verse, to the
Enigma published in our last number. The so
lution, as given by several correspondents, is—
A Shoulder of Mutton.
The Literary World.
For the latest literary intelligence, we refer
our readers to our New York Letter. *
(Our fmk (Tahir.
M EMOiR.B of a Hungarian Lady. By Theresa Pulszky.
With a Historical Introduction, by Francis Pulszky.
Philadelphia: Lea ii Blanchard. 1830.
The Memoirs, which form the larger portion
of the volume before us, are autobiographical.
They are lively, graphic and full of interest.
Madame Pulszky is the wife of a distinguished
Hungarian, who took an active part in the late
struggle for freedom, and was conversant with
all the movements of the patriots. Her nar
rative throws much light upon the history of
the conflict, the disastrous termination of which
made her an exile. We have read no work of
a similar character with more interest than
this. The Memoir closes with the following
pertinent question, which time alone can truly
answer:
“As for Hungary, deep silence reigns there.
Is it the stillness which is spread over the
grave-yard, or the oppressive heaviness which
precedes a storm ?”
The Introduction contains a historical sketch
of Hungary from the earliest times down to
1848. and adds much to the value of the work.
*
The Unity of tiie Human Races proved to be the
Doctrine of Scripture, Reason and Science. With a
Review of the present Position and Theory of Professor
Agassiz. By Rev. Thomas Smyth, D.D. New York:
Geo. P. Putnam. 1859.
The question of the Unity or Diversity of the
Human Races, is likely, for some time to come,
to be one of the most prominent subjects of dis
cussion among scientific and religious men.
Each side of the question has able advocates,
both in Europe and in this couutry. Among
those who have joined in the discussion of the
question here, the most distinguished, perhaps,
are Bachman, Morton, Agassiz, and the author
of the volume before us.
Dr. Smyth takes a theological as well as
a scientific view of the question. He believes
that With the doctrine of the Unity of the
Races must stand or fall the Mosaic History
and the truth of the Scriptures. This is at
tempted to be established by the deductions of
science. The importance which he attaches to
the doctrine of the Unity of the Races, in a
theological point of view, may be inferred from
the following strong statement: “Unless all
men have descended from Adam, by ordinary
generation, they cannot, according to the Bible,
have any part or lot in the great salvation.”
Oar limits will not permit us to give here an
analysis of the work. We can only say that it
evinces a great deal of learning and research,
and contains clear statements of all the principal
arguments of the side of the Unity. It will ex
cite a good deal of interest, in the Scientific
and Religious world. *
Siiakspeare's Illustrated Works. No. 15. “Coni
edy of Errors. Boston: Pnillipa, Sampson it Cos. 1850.
The very beautiful engraving of “ Luciana,”
which forms the frontispiece of this number of
the best and cheapest edition of Shakespeare’s
works ever published in America, is of itself
cheap at the price of the ■ art, which is only
twenty-five cents. Fifty thousand copies of
such an edition should find ready sale in our
vast territory; and we hope the enterprising
publishers may be called upon to double even
that generous issue. The “Comedy of Errors,”
though not one of the best plays of the great
moster, (aud considered by some critics of
doubtful authenticity as entirely Shakespeare’s
composition,) is yet one of no small degree of
interest, from the complexity of its plot and
its overflowing humour.
The i aßmer s Guide to Scientific and Practical Agri
culture- By Henry Stephens, F. R. S.. assisted by Prof.
Norton, oi \ ale College. New York: Leonard, Scott
& Cos.
This is just the work the age requires, a re
liable ’guide to Scientific Agriculture, detailing
the labours of the farmer in all their variety,
and adapting them to the seasons of the year
as the successively occur.’ In a recent tour
through the middle part of our sister State,
we saw “ the old red hills of Georgia.” and
despite the lyrical charm which the muse of
Jackson has thrown around them, they appear
ed to us to be blushing for very shame at the
slovenly and ruinous habits of the tillage so
common in the South. This ought to be
amended, and that too with the least possible
delay. M e therefore recommend every itelli
gent farmer and planter in the South to take
the “ i armer’s Guide,” which will be completed
in 22 parts lor Five Dollars, or 25 cents eacli
as they issue.
Dictionary or Scientific Terms. By Richard D-
Hublyn, A. M., Oxon. Author of a Dictionary of
Medical Terms, &c. New York: D. Appleton 4: Co
-1850.
I ins is an exceedingly useful manuel for the
desk and shop. It contains in a convenient
and condensed form a vast amount of valuable
information, and for a work of every day reier
; ence, leaves nothing to desire. Its price throws
it within the reach of those to whom larger
works are not readily accessible. We shall
i give it a place on our editorial desk. *
(Our CnatMjinrcms.
A new monthly magazine called The
Ladies’ Parisian Confidante has been issued,
It is published at Paris and Baltimore, by
Etourueau &, Cos. The design of the Editors,
one oi whom resides in Puns, is to give their
patrons a work of a high literary character,
suited to the ta.-tes of educated and refined fe
males. A portion of the work will be devoted
to Parisian intelligence, criticism, music, fash
ions &c. Its price is two dollars a year.
The Farmer and Planter for May lias
been received. It is published at Pendleton S.
C. by Seaborn & Gilman, at SI,OO per annum,
in advance. It deserves the patronage of our
agriculturists.
The I Cater Cure Journal lor May is
on our table, recalling memories of douches,
sitZfbads, and wet streets, all very confortable
to tnink of, hot days.
American Phrenological Journal for
May has come to hand.
Blackwood and tile London and Edin
burgh (Quarterlies have been received. Where
are the fiiorth British and Westminster Re
views? We shall notice them next week, if
received.
The June numberofthe Literary Union,
contains a some what severe criticism on Cooper’s
“ Ways of the Hour.”
The Drawing Room Journal Phila
delphia, is out again, beautiful, fresh and racy
as ever.
We have received from New York, the
May number of The United States Law Mag
azine, edited by John Livingston. We have
not read it, of course, but presume, from the
reputation of its editor that it is a valuable work,
and worthy of the patronage of the profession.
Also from the same office the United States
Lawyers Directory, containing the name and
address of every practicing lawyer in the Uni
ted States, together with the names and places
of residence of the Commissioners of Deeds,
appointed by the Governors of the various
States, and “ The Manuel of the American Le
gal Association.” From this document we
learn (may the Lord preserve us,) that there are
nineteen thousand five hundred and twenty
seven practicing lawyers in the United States!
*
cDur ]timk
[Under this head we shall reply to many letters, contain
ing queries or suggestions upon subjects of general interest,
instead of answering them, as heretofore, by post. This
will save us time, and “time is money.” We are very
glad to receive letters from our subscribers, and it only re
quires that the postage be paid to ensure prompt attention.
! Eds. 2
] Marie writes as follows:
“ I have just been reading an article in a
popular magazine, in which allusion is made to
the ‘Seven Sleepers.’ Pray, who were these re
markable ‘Sleepers,’ when did they sleep, how
long and under what circumstances ? lam
i aware that I expose my ignorance, (an inex
cusable ignorance, perhaps,) in asking these
questions, but do you not think it better to do
so than to remain in ignorance ?”
We answer Marie’s last query with an em
phatic yes, and shall be happy to give her the
little information we possess in regard to the
“Seven Sleepers,” not doubting that it will
prove as welcome to many others as to our
fair correspondent.
The legend of the “ Seven Sleepers ” relates
to a very early period in the history of the
Christian church. It runs as follows: Seven
noble youths of Ephesus, persecuted by the
Pagan Emperor Decius, because they were
I Christians, hid themselves in a mountain cavern.
| The tyrant, learning their place of refuge, or-
I dered that the entrance to the cave should
be firmly secured by a pile of stones, that the
Christian youths might perislt there. But they
fell into a miraculous slumber, which was pro
longed during the period of one hundred and
eighty-seven years! At the end of this time,
l some slaves of Adolus, the proprietor of the
mountain, removed some of the stones from
the mouth of the cavern, to furnish building
materials, when the light darted into the place
and the sleepers awoke.
They thought they liad slept but a few
hours, but being pressed by the calls of hunger,
they sent Jamblicus, one of their number,
secretly into the city to procure bread. He no
longer recognized the once familiar aspect of
his native country, and his surprise was in
creased when he observed a large cross erected
over the principal gate of the city. His anti
quated dress and obsolete language confounded
the baker to whom he offered an ancient medal
of Decius, in payment for his bread He was
dragged before the judge, and the investigation
which followed led to the astonishing discovery
that almost two centuries had elapsed since
Jamblicus and his companions escaped the rage
of the Pagan persecutor. The bishop of Ephe
sus, the clergy, the magistrates, and even the
Emperor Theodosius himself, visited the cavern
of the Seven Sleepers, who related their story,
bestowed their benediction, and immediately
expired.
This legend was once received with undoubt
ing faith by the Christian church. *
T. W. L. We cannot admit into our col
umns any article which, in our opinion, is likely
to lead to a mutely personal controversy. We
are sorry to decline a communication from a
friendly pen, but trust you will appreciate our
motives in doing so, in this case, and not attri
bute the non-appearance of your article to any
unkind feeling towards yourself. *
J. A. T. “ Tom Tooke” and “Oh Mary
Dear,” have been received. W. C. R. is ab
sent and we are not not authorized to answer
the queries propounded in your letter. Mr.
Simms is Editor of the Quarterly. *
G. A. C. “To ” and the “ Summer
Shower” are respectlully declined. *
Lucy. Your verses have been received and
await a perusal. *
“Thomas Lawrence.” In reply to a paragraph
which appeared in the “ Business Department ”
of the Madison (Ga.) Family Visitor, in which
it is asserted that the Parody “To Mary,” pub
lished in the Gazette of May 25th, as origi
nal, was published in the Visitor a year ago,
“Thomas Lawrence,” in a letter just received
by us, says:
“ The Parody was published in the Visitor
a year ago; but this fact had escaped my me
memory—its admission into the eolums of that
paper not being an event or an era in my life,
it did not make that impression upon me which
Mr. A . seems to think it should have done, and
when, by a mere accident, I was reminded of it,
I immediately wrote you, and requested it sup
pressed, but before the arrival of my letter, the
Parody was in type, and printed off on the out
side of your paper.”
This statement should, we think, ho satisfac
tory to all concerned. *
Tecumseh. “ Voices from the Air” is under
consideration. That pronunciation of a/tpear
which makes it rhyme with air, though very
common in some parts of the South, is false,
and has the authority of no good orthoepist to
sustain it. Appear rhymes with here and ear
and not with air. *
may rest assured that we shall not publish her
name, contrary to her wishes ! though we con
fess we are half inclined to print the unique
and pretty little note which accompanied her
verses. She evidently understands the mean
ing of those disagreeable verbs “to decline”
and “to reject.” We pity any poor unfortunate
ot our sex whom she may cause to feel the full
force ot those terms. We neither reject nor
decline the “poem,” though were the writer near,
we would beg leave to suggest sundry altera
tions which we believe would improve it. We
think (we never flatter —even the ladies) that
has talent and only needs the skill which
study, practice and a thorough knowledge of
the art of versification will give, to write quite
acceptably. *
Grammaticus. The apostrophic s, as used
in the formation of the possessive case is the
contraction of the regular Anglo-Saxon pos
sessive termination, es or is. *
Srruitifs,
Lady Bulwer, wife of the British Minister
at Washington, presides at the tea-table in pro
pria persona, and dispenses the agreeable bever
age with her own fair hands.
Some shrewd Yankees have established
a “Matrimonial Agency” at Boston, with a
capital of $15,000.
Dr. Junius Smith represents his tea
plants as being in the most thriving condition.
Carlyle, who calls the Americans a na
tion of “ bores,” says in a later issue that the
27,000,000 of people in Great Britain are
“ mostly tools.” What is the world corning to?
The funeral of the Danish poet Ochlens
chlalger, who died lately, was attended by up
wards of 20,000 persons!
collected for the Astor Library, New York.
Miss Frederica Bremer has returned to
Charleston, and is the guest of Mrs. Howland,
corner of Montague and Lynch streets.
time” sliding down the hill on the snow, on the
21st of May.
his seat in the Senate as soon as the “ Southern
Question” is settled.
The largest steamer afloat has just been
finished by the French Government. She is
called the President.
cTljr Mtm nf tljt Dnt[.
Death of Col. Elmore. — lt is with sorrow that
we record the death of another Senator. Col.
F. H. Elmore died at Washington at half-past
8 o’clock on Wednesday evening, May 29th, in
the 50th year of his age. His health had been
quite precarious for some time previous to his
departure for the seat of Government. Both as
a public man and a citizen, Col. Elmore had
won the respect and esteem of all who knew
him. He combined all those traits which go to
make the character of the good citizen and the
true gentleman. The announcement of his
death was received with feelings of deep sorrow
by our citizens. *
Demnrara. —Late news from Deinarara re
presents the inhabitants of the Province as being
resolved to secure a change in their Colonial
constitution. They are petitioning the Crown
and Parliament for a House of Assembly and
Elective Council, in lieu of the oligarchical
Court of Policy which now controls all legisla
tion. The Governor has every thing at present
his own way.
Cuba. —The population of this island, it is
stated, in 1841 was 1,0117,624, and in 1846 only
898,752. In 1849, the total value of its agri
cultural productions, dairy and domestic ani
mals, was $59,791,462. The statement of the
exports from the island, shows a steady annual
decline in amount.
Typo in Luck. —Mr. John G. Sawyer was
last week elected Secretary of State by the
Maine Legislature. Mr. Sawyer served his ap
prenticeship in the office of the Eastern Argus,
at Portland.
Steam Ship Buildiny in New York. —There
are at present no less than eighteen ocean steam
ships contracted for, and on the way, or receiv
ing their machinery, at the port of New York.
Setting down their average value at $275,000,
we find that there is invested, or in process of
investment in steamships building in that city,
an aggregate capital of $4,950,000, equal to
nearly Jive million dollars.
Canadian Annexation. —We-have mentioned
that notice had been given in the Assembly to
petition the queen in behalf of Canadian Inde
pendence. The petition came up for consider
ation yesterday and was rejected by a vote of
7 in favour, and 57 against it ; so says the tele
graphic report.
California Steamers. There are now six
steamers plying regularly between New York
and Chagres. On the Pacific there will soon
be twenty large steamers plying betwen San
Francisco and other ports as far down as the
Isthmus. It is said that one house alone, in
New York, having command of large capital,
has embarked nearly half a million of dollars
in one of the most promising of the new steam
enterprises.
The crops — Cotton. —Discouraging accounts,
says the Milledgeville Kecorder, in reference to
tins plant from floods, late spring and cold
weather, continue to pour in upon us from the
centre cotton growiug region. It is now evi
dent that with the most propitious season for
the future, there cannot be an ordinary crop
made.
Corn in this section is rather promising.—
Wheat and oats also. There will no doubt be
more than enough of each made for domestic
consumption.
Later from Cuba. —We notice, under date ol
Washington, May 28th, that news had been re
ceived there showing that the expedition again.-t
Cuba had been very ill planned and worse exe
cuted. About 1590 additional troops had been
captured by the Spanish war steamer Pizarro,
and it is thought the whole expedition has
proved a disastrous failure.
Musical Furor. —The Philadelphia Ledger
asks:—“lf seventeen dollars are given for a
choice of seats to hear a company of every day
Italians, what will be the price paid for the pri
vilege of listening to the mellifluous notes of so
rare a bird as the Sweedish Nightingale 1”
The Mormons. —The Mormons are congre
gating at Kanesville, (near the Council Blurt’s)
in immense numbers, preparatory to setting out
for the Salt Lake and Deseret, in June. About
nine hundred wagons were at Kanesville on the
6th ult. The small pox was committing great
ravages there, and in the vicinity.
Escape of Gazzola. —Among the incidents
at Rome, has been the escape of M. Gazzola,
who was condemned to perpetual imprisonment
tor “ calumnies and insults against Pius IX, in
the Journal Postivo, of which he was chief
editor during the time of the Republic.
The Rothschilds. —lt is said the fortune of
the Rothschilds is not less than seven hundred
and thirty-five millions of francs, or twenty
nine millions four hundred thousand pounds
British money; about one hundred and forty
five millions of dollars.
Californians. —Fifty Californians, some of
them with their pockets full of gold, and others
having a beggarly emptiness, retimed to St.
St. Louis on the 15th ult. Several of the num
ber were robbed, and two of the party of SB,OOO.
Wholesale Desertion. —Late news from Ore
gon mentions the desertion of nearly all the
soldiers stationed at Oregon city. Sixtv-five,
fully armed and equipped, went offin one party.
It is supposed they were bound for El Dorado.
Dr. Aehilli. —Dr. Achilli, who escaped from
confinement in the Inquisition in Rome, is
figuring conspicuously in Glasgow, the people of
that city lionizing him to the fullest extent.
HP An address signed by 400 of the citizens
of Newburvport, Mass., has been sent to Mr.
Webster, approving <>f the sentiments of his
recent speech.
O’Pavements of broken asphalite rock, dip
ped in mineral tar oil, have been adopted in
Paris. The new material gives great facility of
traction, absence of noise, economy and salu
brity.
0 = Massaehuretts has given SB,OOO to the
New York Colonization Society, for the endow
ment of a College in Liberia.
O ‘ Mrs. Kirkland and daughter, and a party
of their literary friends, are to sail for Europe
about the Bth of June.
Jj There are several lines of California
packets advertised to sail regularly from London.
o”William H. Prescott. Esq., the historian,
went to Europe in the last Cunard steamer.
O’ Hon. George Folsom has been confirmed
bythe Senate Minister to Holland, vice Dazevac.
[O'A contract has been entered into for
building a steamer at Cincinnati, to run between
New York and California.
O’Ex-Govemor Hendricks, of Indiana, re
cently died at Madison.
Quick Sailing. —The ship Magellan, which
arrived at Boston on Tuesday last from Talea
huano, Chili, sailed on the 28th of March, and
has consequently made the passage in only fifty
nine days from land to land. The passage is
unprecedenied.
A New Public Hall in Boston. —lt is pro
posed to construct anew place of entertainment
in Boston, on the plan of Niblo’s Theatre,
New York, and capable of holding 2500 or
3000 persons.
Lola Montes has invested 400,000 francs in
American stocks. Mr. Green, the American
Banker in Paris is her agent.
A Terrible'• Joke.” —When the official death
warrant if Daniel H. Pearson, the murderer of
his wife and children, was read to him in his
cell, he heard it with perfect indifference, merely
remarking that it was “ all a joke.”
I'pnt’s illtur.
MARRIED,
On the 9th ult., by the Rev. J. Boyce, Mr. .1.
S. Brice and Miss Cfi.ta Rem., all of Fairfield,
S. C.
On the 16th ult.. by the Rev. Hinton Craw
ford, Mr. C. L. Burke and Miss S. E. Foster,
all of Greene county, Ga.
On the 26th ult., by the Rev. A. T. Mann,
Mr. Oliver Danforth, of Columbus, Ga., and
Miss Emma A. Nagel, of Hamburg.
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tT'ljr ,ttlitusn!niin.
DIED,
At Beech Island. S. C., on the 25th ult., after
a few days illness, Mrs. Ann Helena Clarke,
wife of Samuel Clarke, aged 50 years.
In York District, on the 25th ultimo, Mrs.
Elizabeth H., wife of Rev. A. Whyte.
In Augusta, on the 15th ultimo, in the 24th
year of her age, Mary Frances, wife of Wm.
J. Lomax, Esq., of Abbeville District.
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finished the entire road, aud it cannot be excelled by any
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take passengers to Pendleton, Greenville, S. C.. and taken
over the best road in the State,only one night from Athens
to Pendleton, and that at a good Hotel.
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being ready for distribution, the Officers and Privates are
requested to present their names, as early as possible, to
the Captains orCommaudirig Officers of Companies, who
will thereupon report to the Governor.
By order. B. T. \\ ATTS, Secretary.
Every paper in the State will publish three times.
J unel 3
EXECI TIV E DEPAHT.MEA I'.
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enced minds are capable of shedding upon it. the Govern
or, in pursuance of what lie believes to he the public
wish, suggests to the Teachers throughout the State, the
propriety of assembling at Columbia, on Friday, the 1-th
of July, to consider the subject of Free Schools, the pre
paration at home of Elementary anil other books for the
use of our Schools, the best means of insuring the progress
of Education, and other kindred matters.
Every paper in the State will copy once every two
weeks until day. June 1
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MAGAZINE IN THE UNITED ts FATES.
On the 15th ot January, 1850, was published at
Charleston, S. C., the first number of the Second An.
nual Volume of
TIT E SCHOOLF El. I A )W,
which lias been pronounced by some of the ablest presses
and best judges, “ The best and cheapest Juvenile Mag
azine in the United States.” The success of this beanti
ful little work during its first year has been so flattering
that the Publishers have resolved to continue it and make
it permanent, and they therefore call upon parents, teach
ers, and all interested in the rising generation to aid them
in their efforts to make the Schoolfellow all that its most
flattering judges have pronounced it.
It will be published in tiie same form as heretofore and
under the same editorial care; and will contain chiefly ori
ginal articles from the pens of Mrs. Caroline Gilman, Mrs.
Joseph C. Neal. Mrs, W. C. Richards, Mrs. C. W. Du-
Bose, Miss Tuthill, Caroline Howard, MissC. W. Ba -
ber, Clara Moreton, Maria Roseau, the Editor, and many
other well known writers.
ITS PICTORIAL EMBELLISHMENTS
will be more numerous and beautiful than before; it will
tie printed upon finer paper, and ,;o pains will be spared to
make it a most charming companion for all good girls and
hops. It will lie published on the fifteenth ofeach month,
and will make a volume of almnt 400 pages and 100 en
gratings.
Five copies will be sent to one address for $4 ; Eleven
copies for $8 ; Twenty-three copies for *ls, and Thirty
two copies for $20!!
THE FIRST VOLUME,
beautifully hound in gilt muslin, will he furnished in con
nection with the second Year for Two Dollars. To
clubs, it w ill be supplied at One Dollar for each copy .
t.W~ All orders must be accompanied with the easli—
if by mail, post-paid.
t.ie~ Clubs should lie made up as early as practicable—
and those wishing volume first, should apply immediately,
to WALKER i. RICIIARD3.
May 4. 1850. Charleston, 8. C.
** Editors copying this Prospectus, or making suitable
notice, shall receive a copy of the w ork with,rut an ex
change. They will pleas send marked copies of their
papers containing it to the * Gazette.’*
\ \i;\v dollar m\<;aki\k:
The Cheapest ever undertaken in the South I
The subscribers will commence on the Ist June next, the
regular issue of anew Monthly Miscellany, to be entitled
THE (-SOUTHERN ECLECTIC MAGAZINE.
A its name indicates, the work will be made up of select
ed material, consisting chiefly of choice articles from til*
Southern J.iterarp Gazette, but not routined exclusiveiy
to that source. Many of the contributors to our weekly
journal will doubtless merit a better fate than that to which
they will be consigned by the very condition- of their pub
licatlon. and it ts to embody such papers in a permanent
shape that the “Et lecth ” |s designed. We deem it
unnecessary to add more than simply the
TERMS OF PUBLICATION.
1. The Southern Eclectic will be published on the firs,
of every month, in numbers of 32 royal Bvo. pages, printed
from new type, in double columns, on fine paper, and em
bellished with a fine wood engraving of some dintinguished
Southern character or Southern landscape,
2. It will be furnished to subscribers folded so as to be
subject to newspaper postage only, at the low priee of On*
Dollar per annum.
3. Subscribers to the Southern Literary GazetU will be
upplied with both Paper and Magazine for Two Dollars
and Fifty Cents in advance.
4. The I.dee tic will also he put up in a neat cover and
the edges trimmed, at $1,25 per annum, or 12, l . cents per
number.
s P ’ All orders must he accompanied with the money,
and if sent by mail post paid, or they will not he attended
to. Address
WALKER it RICHARDS. Charleston.
GENERAL AGENCY
IN LITERATURE, ART vxn SCIENCE,
AT TIIK
Office of the Southern Literary Gazette.
Corner of Broad-st. and East-Bay. (upstairs j
Charleston, 3. S.
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 an-
Art. He will correspond with authors concerning the
publication of books and pamphlets upon their own sc
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 ot the cost of Philosophical Instruments,
order them at his own risk and guarantee tfceir efficiency.
All communications must be addressed, prepaid, to
WM. C. RICHARDS.
No charge will be made for any service required
by his brethren of the press, who will oblige him by pub
luhing this notice.