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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. 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They will also keep extra Coaches at tile Spring to take passengers to Clarksville. Gaiusville, Sulphur Spring, Tallulah, and Toccoa Falls. ** Extra Coaches of all sizes can be had at any time, to 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. SAULTER & IV Y, Staee and Livery Proprietors, Athens. Ga. June 8 2mo EXECUTIYE DI2PART>IEAT, THE MEDALS, prepared by direction of thp legisla ture tor the surviving members ot the Palmetto Regiment, 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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