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Rites’ Ifprtmrnt. RICHARDS, Editor. p ji JACQUES. Associate Editor. (gjjnrlrstntt, §. €.: _ vTURDAY MORNING, JUNE 22, 1850. NOTES ON THE NORTH; FROM THE EDITOR’S POCKET ROOK. CHAPTER 11. Philadelphia in the Sunshine. — Chesnut-street jhf Opera for the Million—Philhar monic Concert at Musical Fund, Hall— laurel Hill Cemetery—Monument to Joseph q Y ea [ — Thom's “ Old Mortality”—The I Vissahirkon and “ Pickwick ” Parties — Philadelphia Ice Cream—Out of Boar Shops — Omnibuses. Philadelphia, upon a bright day, is one of the brightest and pleasantest cities we have ever „, en . I'nder this aspect we have had the gra titication of viewing it, during our brief visit, making an agreeable set-off against our recol lection- of it, only two brief months ago, when, instead of sunshine, there was gloom in the -k’ and slush in the streets. Chesnut ,trect is growing very gay with attractive shop fronts, -nine of which are really quite elegant. Th>- city presents unusual attractions at this season, in the way of public amusements. Both Miss Cushman and Miss Davenport are playing to crowded and enthusiastic houses at did’ rent theatres. Barnum has also established the Opera upon his card of entertainments, and the Seguins are doing “Norma” and“Som nambula” for the million, at the Museum, for a quarter of a dollar! We have spared only one evening from social engagements to public fes tivities, and that was to a concert given at the Musical Fund Hall, by the Philmarmonic So ciety of this city, on Wednesday night last. It was a brilliant affair, and reflected great credit upon all the artistes and amateurs concerned in it. The hall, which is a very handsome one, and tastefully fitted up—barring the hard, un cushioned benches—was thronged “with beauty anil fashion,” or with what newspaper reporters are wont to distinguish by these terms! If we doubted the fact, we should do injustice to the fair ladies whom we had the honour to attend— the accomplished Mrs. N. of this city, and the elegant Mrs. A. of New York. The overtures of “ Norma,” “Fiorella,” and Le Domino Muir,” were performed by the So ciety in a truly admirable manner. Their in strumentation was characterized by brilliance anti precision. The vocal performances were sustained by Signonni Bertucca, I'atti and Por rini, of Mnretzek’s Opera Troupe. Os these singers, Bertucca is unquestionably the best, and we were exceedingly delighted with her Aria and Cavatina from Morcadente—•“ Fran cesco Donate.” She surpasses the others in die sweetness and flexibility of her voice, which, in its upper notes, is of the very best order of excellence. In the magnificent Duo of the “Stabat Mater,” the fine Soprano of Bertucca was well sustained by the brilliant Contralto of Signorina Perrini, and we do not remember to have heard that grand piece more effectually sung. We were scarcely less gratified with the Duett from “Norma,” sung by Bertucca and Amalia Patti. This last-named Prima Donna is deservedly a tavourite with the ad rnirers of Italian music, both for her effective style of vocalization and her pleasing manners. Signorina Bertucca has recently become Ma dame Maretzek. We were, yesterday, one of a pleasant party on a visit to Laurel Hill Cemetery, five miles from this city. It was brilliant with the ver dure and bloom of early summer, and its tasteful arrangement, and fine monumental architecture, produced a most agreeable im pression upon our mind. Comparing it with our somewhat vague recollections of Mount ~, we think it superior in its general effect to that famous Cemetery. It certainly possesses one decided advantage over it, in the immediate proximity ot the Schuylkill, sunny glimpses of which are afforded by innumerable green vistas. Upon a steep terrace, that de scends to the very margin of the river, is the monument erected to the memory of the late lamented Joseph C. Neal, which is perhaps the most unique memorial in the grounds. It con sists of a rude block of marble, erected in pre cisely the condition in which it was taken from the quarrj. It is surmounted by an urn of ela borate sculpture, against which leans the frame ui a lyre. A small tablet of white marble, affixed to the rock, bears the following simple inscription: JOSEPH C. NEAL. Born 1807. Died 1847. A tribute of affectionate regret f ront those who loved him us a friend, And admired him as an author. Amid the numerous monumental devices which till the Cemetery, we were particularly “truck with one commemorative of a child. It was a tablet of marble, upon which, as upon a couch, was a sculptured pillow, impressed with the form of a sleeping child. The only actual emblem was it branch of a rose tree with a severed bud. At tln> entrance of the grounds, immedi ately after the fine portal is passed, an object °f no ordinary interest attracts the visitor's attention. It is the celebrated sculpture of “Old Mortality,” in a fine state of preserva l; °n. A more appropriate vignette to the vol ume of Mortality opened beyond it cannot be imagined. A e regard it as one of the happiest indica tions of a growing refinement in our country, that beautiful and attractive “ Gardens of the Dead ” are springing up near all our cities and larger towns; and we look forward, with in terest, to the embellishment of our own “Mag nolia Cemetery.” Front Laurel Hill, our party proceeded to the M issahickon, a quiet little stream, that flows mmd green trees and shady nooks, and offers a pleasant resort for “Pickwick’’ parties, as one °1 our number facetiously designated those Jttes champetre. Returning to the city through the village of Germantown, a place of much summer resort, hut seeming to us quite barren of attractions, we closed a pleasant excursion with ices at Newton’s popular saloon on Chestnut-street. I’he superiority ol Philadelphia ice-creams to all others, is quite proverbial. Most sincerely do we wish that our Southern confectioners teould refresh us. during the dog-days at least, “hit creams and ices such as are to be found in a hundred saloons in Philadelphia, or such as one may obtain at the stalls in the Market, if °ne is sufficiently democratic to be not afraid °* eating in the market place! Philadelphia, h>’ the way, is somewhat remarkable for its out-of-door shops and booths. At almost every corner, one finds a large establishment ■or the sale of candies and bons bons, or lor b °oks, toys and small articles of common use, exposed on tables and shelves, in large eases, “ud covered by an awning to protect from sun °r storm. These stalls, however, are not found on Chesnut-street, the pavements of which are quite narrow enough without such obstructions 10 l Fe pedestrian. ‘•'be Omnibus system is not so well “ devel oped” in Philadelphia as in New York. If you desire to take one of these conveniences in dus city, the chances are that you wait ten minutes for the one you wish to pass. We have very rarely had patience to wait long enough to secure one, and as to walking half a mile in a direction opposite to the right one, for the purpose of getting a ride back, we gener ally prefer to walk altogether to our destination. In New York, the only difficulty is to find a vacant seat in either of the score of omnibuses that passes you in the space of five minutes—a serious difficulty only in had weather or about tea-time! THE BATTERY. Our citizens have good cause to be proud of their favourite promenade. No city in the United States can boast a more attractive re sort than our Battery and Public Garden.— When the improvements now in progress shall have been completed, little will be wanting to make the place all that could be wished. With the long line of the Battery on East Bay, and a broad, smooth walk on the four sides of the Garden, which is now being laid out in the most approved style, and planted with trees, shrubs, flowers and grasses, of great variety and beauty, there is ample room for all who may wish to resort thither to breath the pure, fresh, bracing, sea-breeze, and cl rink in the subtle but irresistible influences of nature, from the unrivalled scene spread out before them. The salubrious airs of the ocean play with the silken curls of beauty, kiss the feverish cheek of the invalid, and bring refreshment to all. The ceaseless dash of the small waves of the bay against the massive sea-walls, makes a music which sooths the mind oppressed and wearied with the cares of business, or vibrating with the intense excitements of public life. Thus is the health of the mind, as well as of the body, promoted. We understand that a pavilion of a light and airy style of architecture is to be erected in the garden, and that it is to be occupied in the evening by a band of music. We look with interest upon these improvements. What ever adds to the attractions of our city cannot fail, in the end, to add to its business and its prosperity. -* HUMAN INSTINCTS. One of the great but secret causes of human failure and perversion, is the reluctance of men to recognize these instincts. The pride of in tellect is not willing to refer to any other au thority than reason, and we begin the work of self-sophistication on the very threshhold of existence. Os the simplest objects we contrive to fashion mysteries—ol the simplest arts, sci ences—and the very things of which nature would seem to require of us the immediate personal performance, we strangely enough defer to a foreign authority. What more com pletely our own providence than our own feel ings and health, our own rights and interests, our own spiritual nature and religion? Yet all these concerns, which can be attended to by no body half so properly as by ourselves, we studiously put out of our own control. Hence, our lawyer can give us the most complicated and admirable system of laws, but no justice; our Doctor, the most variously compounded medicines, but no cure ; our Priest, every va riety of doctrine, but no religion—certainly no safety. But even the farmer, sophisticating like the rest, in his ambition to make a science of his art, too frequently fails in making a crop. Yet, it is very certain that nothing in the world is so easy of attainment as food, health, justice and religion, if we will only, with com mon honesty and diligence, take the matter into our own hands. The things most essen tial to all, not only to the health and happi ness, but to the absolute safety of man, were never intended by the Deity to be withdrawn from his own immediate controul, and man will never know safety in any of his interests until he resumes all the privileges he has blindly parted with. It seems to be clear, that among his personal duties are these: he must earn his own bread, learn his own bodily condition— what is its meat and what is its poison—farm Ins own lands, and carry on his own inter course with heaven, to the employment of as few intermediate agents as possible. Individu ality, and hence, individual responsibility, is the grand feature which distinguishes man from every other animal. (Titr dpDssiji Column. “Knickerbocker” Grammar. In the Editor’s table of the June “Knicker bocker” we find the following announcement: “Mr. A. Hart, late Carey &. Hart, Philadel phia, have published, each in two handsome volumes, illustrated with finely engraved por traits, “ Memoirs of Marie Antoinette ,” an extremely interesting work by Lamartine, and “ Memoirs of the House of Orleans,’’ from Louis Thirteenth to Louis Philippe, by W. Cook Taylor, L. L. D.” So Mr. Hart ‘have’ published these two works ‘have’ he? We is delighted to hear it, and think he am a very judicious publisher. The Mysterious ‘ ‘ Knockings, ’ ’ These new wonders continue, in spite of the oft repeated injuction of the press to “stop that Knocking.” We have heard them and shall tell our readers all we know about them, per haps in our next number. Infantry Tactics. We were present, with a very witty friend, at the late examination of the West Point Cadets, in the science of Infantry Tactics. As the subject of examination was announced, he whispered to us, that the best specimen of infantry tactics that he had ever witnessed was exhibited by a young child manoeuvering to get out of its mother’s arms ! Wanted to Know, If steam-ships are used in navigating the “ sea of troubles.” If ships in “stays” are adicted to “tight lacing.” If it is owing to the rate of interment be ing cheap that so many are “ buried in obli vion.” Whether the sun shone during the “dark ages.” How cupid, being blind, manages to aim when he shoots his arrows. Whether the “tale” which the ghost of Ham let’s fathercould unfold, was “founded on fact.” The elevation of the “pinacle of fame,” above the ocean. The extreme length of the “ long parlia ment.” If Hydropathic treatment would be likely to cure the “eruptions” of Mount ./Etna* * A Fish Story. A gentleman at dinner in a public house, observing that the fish was not quite so fresh as was desirable, took one and put it to his mouth and then to his ear. The landlady asked him the reason, when he said, I had a brother who was shipwrecked the day before yesterday, and 1 was asking the fish it he could give me any information of him, to which he replied, that he knew nothing of the transac tion, not having been at sea these three weeks! * A Vile Calumny Refuted. A report was not long since circulated in the papers, that a certain Rev. Mr. Hardy was pro prietor and keeper of a gambling establishment in San Francisco. His friends indignantly pro nounced it a vile slander and offered to prove an alibi, which they have done in a most satis factory manner. It now appears that the Rev. gentleman is in jail in Lockport, N. Y., on a charge of bigamy! * SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE. (Oar 3t?nnk (Tahir. Standish, the Puritan. A Tale of the American Revolution. By Eldred Grayson, Esq. In one vol. 13 mo. New York : Harper & Brothers. We fear the excellent publishers of this vol ume were caught “ napping ” when they under took its sponsorship; or perhaps the contract was made immediately after dinner, when they were in a very pleasant and obliging humour. On no other ground can we account for their indiscretion, in risking a book so utterly “ flat, stale and unprofitable,” as we are compelled to pronounce it after a patient—no, we should say impatient perusal. We read it from title-page to “ finis,” with a constantly growing wonder, first, that the author should have written it; and, secondly, that he should have found such publishers. That we succeeded in getting through the book is a still greater source of wonder to us, and we shall claim canonization as the man who has read “ Standish.” In sober earnest, the book is an absolute fail ure, if indeed the author designed it as an attempt to write a good story. It is shallow in its plot, feeble in its execution, and as a literary performance, almost utterly destitute of merit. It abounds in gross faults of grammar and rhetoric. The style is miserably loose and in volved, and the moralizing often puerile and pointless. This verdict may appear to be harsh and uncalled for, if not justified by a few speci mens, which we will take at random from the book. Speaking of occasional differences be tween two friends who figure in the story, he says: “ But the sun never was suffered to set with ill-feelings to the other; it would have been a sacrifice that neither would have submitted to at so cheap a rate.” “ Has my feeble efforts had anything to do with all of this?” may have been tolerable gram mar for the daughter of an ante-revolutionary lawyer, though we have our doubts. Mr. Grayson should have been more careful of his heroine’s education. We should really like to ask our author the meaning of the following sentence. To us it appears a little obscure: “ She could make no reply, and by her va cant gaze from the window, it could be in ferred that she felt more uncomfortable while they were there than the pleasure she had re ceived in the large profits she had made out of the hard labour of her fair customer.” We quote the following portion of a para graph describing a telescopic view of a conflict between the “ rebels” and the British forces. It will convey a fair idea of the author's imagina tion and powers of description. We arc re sponsible for the italicising: “ The battallions in close column, were upon the side of the hill; that which a few moments before had been a fortification in black masses was high in mid air. The eye-balls of a noble charger seemed of liquid flame, as they boiled in their sockets; the animal was in the act of leaping a ditch, and for the moment was sus pended in the air. The sword-blade of the rider reflected the light a thousand different ways, and the high black plume was in sombre contrast to the grandeur of the moment! An instant alter, hundreds of souls had passed through space to eternity. It was the plume that had been adopted to mourn for a father and sister; and that sad catastrophe was ever kept in view by the Emblem, as cap in hand he cheered his men on to the conflict. The light was succeeded by the trembling of the Earth, and the panes of glass burst from the case ment /” We might multiply these specimens ad in finitum, but surely these few will suffice to give the reader “ a taste of the quality ” of this novel production. There is no lack of incident in the book, had it been only effectively managed. The char acters are wofully deficient in individuality; and what the author evidently designs as wit, is of so exceedingly subtle a nature, that it is entirely inappreciable to our common percep tions. Asa native American book, we would have praised it if our conscience had allowed us to do so. If, as we incline to think, it is the author’s first attempt, we counsel him to let it be his last, at least until he has acquired a vastly better style of writing English. Clara, or the Discipline of Affliction. Translated from the French of Madame Guizot. Philadelphia: A. Hart. 1850. This pretty little hook cannot fail to interest the juvenile reader, and the lesson which it so effectually teaches, is calculated to have a salu tary influence. Madame Guizot manifests a motherly sympathy and a clear appreciation of the intellectual and moral wants of the young. * 1. Robin Hood and his Merry Foresters. By Stephen Percy. 2. Talks from the Arabian Nights. Philadelphia: A. Hart. 1850. Here are two more books for the juveniles, that need no puffing. All the children old enough to read such books, will want these beautiful little volumes. * 1. The Painter, Gilder and Varnisher’s Com panion. 2. The Dyer and Colour Maker’s Companion,each in one vol. 10 mo. Philadelphia: Henry L. Baird. 1850. These two very neat volumes are the first and second of a Practical Series, the value of which to the artizan can hardly be overrated. They contain rules and receipts for every thing pertaining to the arts embraced in their title pages, and the information they contain is both reliable and complete, leaving nothing to be desired in such manuals. The publisher well deserves the thanks of artists and mechanics for his commendable enterprise for giving them such a series of guide books to the practice of the Art-. Romance of the Ocean, a Narrative of the Voyage of the Wildfire to Calilornia. By Fanny Foley. Phila delphia: Lindsay it Blakiston. 1850. This is professedly the Journal of a young lady, a daughter of an officer of the medical staff, who was a passenger on board the Wild fire, iu a voyage to California, and was written for the amusement of a young school-mate. Perhaps the world would have been no loser had it never been diverted from its original in tention. We suspect Fanny Foley is a nom de plume, and that all the names mentioned in the book are fictitious. Be this as it may, the work is written in a playful conversational style, and may serve to while away a summer afternoon withal. It is interspersed with sto ries and anecdotes, some of which are very good. * Regulations of the Citadel Academy at Charles ton and Arsenal Academy at Columbia, with a List of the Board ot Officers and Visitors. Columbia: A. £*. Johnston. 1849. The interesting and important experiment made by the State of South Carolina, in the establishment of these Military Schools, has resulted in the most complete success; and the problem, gravely questioned at first, by which the government of the State unites with the people in the business of education, and on the plan proposed, is no longer a subject of misgiv ing. The graduates have usually been of a high order order of intellect and moral, de stined to adorn the country and Society, with the application to useful purposes of the most valuable educational attainments. We hope, at no distant period, to discuss the system at large for the benefit of our readers in other States. For the present, we must content our selves with briefly representing the flourishing condition of both Academies. The number of pupils increases, and the field of study and ex ercise is constantly enlarging for their benefit. Correspondence Relative to the Catawba Indi ans. embracing Gov. Seabrook’s Letter to the Special Agent and Commissioners appointed by him. Columbia: I. C. Morgan. 1849. One of the official publications of the last Legislative Sessions of the Assembly of South Carolina. From this document we learn that the remains of the once powerful nation of the Catawba are now reduced to ninety persons, all told, and of these seventy-eight are women and children. In South Carolina, of these, the number is 18 only; the rest are in North Caro lina. They are wretchedly destitute—squalid, mean, dissolute, worthless—dying out in spite of all that has been or may be done with them, and so cumbering the earth that we cannot doubt the inevitable application of that doom which decrees that the unprofitable tree shall be cut down and cast into the fire. To allevi ate this doom has been for a time the care of South Carolina. We are glad that the State still continues its guardianship of this wretched remnant of a once great people. Sketches or Scenery, and Notes of Personal Adven ture in California and Mexico, containing 16 Litho graphic Plates. By William Mcllvame, Jr. Philadel phia: Lindsay &. Blakiston. This is another California book, but differing from its numerous predecessors in that it tells its story in a series of pictures, tastefully drawn on stone, from Mr. Mcllvaine’s sketches. They embrace views of San Francisco, Sacramento, Stockton, Sutter’s Fort and Mill, Prairie, Rfeer and Mountain Scenes, Acapulco, Chapuitepee, City of Mexico, and other objects of chief in terest in that highly picturesque region. The explanatory text is brief and modest, and the volume makes an agreeable addition to our sources of information about California and Mexico. The History of the Decline and I'all of the Roman Empire. By Edward Gibbon, Esq. With Notes by the Rev. H, H. Milman. In six volumes. Vol. IV. Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Cos. 1850. Two volumes more will complete this beau tiful edition of this standard history. The vol ume before us commences with the reign of Theodore and ends with that of Isaac 11. Angelus. * Shakspeare’s Dramatic Works. With Introduc tory Remarks, and Notes, original and selected. Boston Edition, Illustrated. Phillips, Sampson & Cos. 1850. This very beautiful edition of Shakspeare, decidedly one of the very best and cheapest which has ever been issued from the press, has reached its sixteenth number—Macbeth. The several issues maintain uniformly the beauty and excellence ot type and paper and illustra tion with which the publication begun. iDur Cnutniijinninrs. The Westminster Review for April, contains several articles of much interest. In the leading paper, Lord Jeffrey’s “ Theory of Beauty ” is subjected to an analysis which effectually exposes its absurdity. This theory is thus stated: “Beauty is not an inherent property or quality of objects at all, and does not depend upon any particular configuration of parts, propor tions, or colours,” but consists entirely in the power which certain objects possess of remind ing the beholder of pleasing emotions which have been previously experienced by him, and have become associated m his mind with such objects. Objects are beautiful “ merely because they possess the power of recalling, or reflect ing the emotions of which they have been the accompaniments,” or with which they have be come in some other mode connected. Conse quently, “ no object can be beautiful in itself, or could appear so antecedently to our experience of direct pleasures.” The next article, on “ Persian Cuneiform In scriptions,” we have read with much pleasure; as also that on “Junction of the Atlantic and Pacific.” In the last mentioned paper, we have marked several passages for future use. A review of Eliot’s “Liberty of Rome” will he found very readable. Of the large number of articles bearing attractive titles, in the last London Quarterly, we have found time to read only two, Grote’s “ History of Greece,” and Urquhart’s “ Pillars of Hercules.” Urquhart’s book is “ cut up” in the most approved style. The Edinburgh Review for April, offers an attractive table of contents. Among other topics of interest discussed, are “ National Ob servatories,” “ Sydney Smith’s Moral Philoso phy,” “ Landorks Poetry, and “ Taxation.” Western Literary Messenger, a plea sant miscellany, has been received, and is, as usual, well filled with articles adopted to popu lar reading. The Student, an excellent educational magazine, published by Fowlers & Wells, has been received. The Scientific American is a paper de voted to Art, Science and Mechanics, and is undoubtedly the best periodical of the kind in America, if not in the world. It should be in the hands of every artizan and inventor. It is published weekly, at $2.00 per annum, by Munn & Cos., New York City. The Southern Literary Messenger for July, contains its usual variety of original papers, and does not fall behind its predeces sors in interest. We renew our repeated com mendations of the work. It is a work which the South should be proud of and delight to patronize. The American Musical Review, a monthly musical and literary magazine, is de serving of the patronage of the lovers of music. It is published by Messrs. Huntington &. Savage, New York City. The number before us bears ample testimony of the taste and talent of its conductors. The July number of Godey's Lady’s Rook contains contributions from Simms, Tuck erman, Arthur, Mrs. Ellet, Mrs. Neal, and other popular writers, and more than forty em bellishments, among which are five engravings from originals, two on steel and three on wood. Sartain’s Union Magazine, for July, lias six full page engravings and twenty-six fine embellishments of various kinds, scattered through it. Its literary attractions are com mensurate with its artistic merits. Contribu tions are given from the pens of J. Orville Dewey, D. D., Mrs. Kirkland, Bayard Taylor, T. B. Reed, Thomas Dunn English, R. H. Stoddard, Frederika Bremer, Caroline May, Phoebe Carey, and others. * (Dur [Under this head we shall reply to many letters, contain ing queries or suggestions upon sub. ecus 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. £ds.J R. N., Clarksville, Ga. The omission of your card was the result of a mistake, and you know “ mistakes will happen in the best regu lated families.” You will see we have again inserted it. We are disposed to do justice to all our patrons. * R. S. T. Your poem has some merit, but the rythnt is occasionally quite defective. We cannot publish it at present, if ever, as we have a large number of poems on hand which better fulfil our requirements. It does not follow, be cause we reject a poem, that we think it pos sesses no merit. We can publish only two or three original poems each week, while we re ceive, within the same time, at least a dozen! However great their merit, we cannot print them all. We select from among them such pieces as we deem most meritorious, or best adapted to our columns. We would not dis courage you from further attempts. * C arlos. \ our poems are not admissible. There is too much crudeness about them and too little sense. Pardon us if we commend to your attention (some others wc wot of will not be harmed by reading it) the following hint from the Worcester Tribune: * “ M e do not profess to give instructions in the art of making poetry, hut, for the benefit of ‘ those whom it ntay concern,’ we may mention that an examination of several articles in verse, which have lately come under our notice, has discovered to us the fact that poetry docs not read as smooth when a part of the lines contain two or three more syllables than the measure requires to say nothing of a discordant accent, and an obscurity of moaning, or n total absence of ideas.” C., New \ ork. You may send through Geo. P. Putnam, Broadway. * Linos must send in his true name. * Antonio. According to the best authority at our command, the word Creole comes from the Spanish Criolle, and was originally used to designate the children of Spanish parents, born in the colonies ol that country, in distinction from the natives of the mother country. The term finally extended itself to the neighbouring colonies, and people spoke of the French Creole, the Danish Creole, &,c. rite true defi n:tion ot the word Creole, as it is now used in the l nited Slates, seems to be .1 person of French or Spanish descent, born in a part of the country originally settled by the French or Spanish. In this sense the word is used in Florida and Louisiana. * Muttm. Hayne Streit.— The scene of the late tre mendous confiaguition now presents a busy and bustling appearance. A large body of work men are employed, and (lie street is rapidly rising from its ashes. The wails af Arnold’s store are going up rapidly. We risk nothing in predicting that tue whole line of stores burned by the late fire, will be rebuilt and filled with goods in time for the Fall trade. * Protection Company.— We are glad to learn that the Protection Company has been fully organized. The following are the names of its officers: E. W. Edgerton, President, J. H. Ladson, Vice President. \V 11, Liam Bird, Ist Director. Benjamin Lucas, 2d Director. H. F. Strohecker, 3d Director. L. A. Edmondston, 4th Director. R. M. Butler, sth Director. Samuel Fogartie, 6th Director. H. S. Griggs, Treasurer. T. Tufper, Jr.,Secretary. Charleston Library Society.— At the An niversary of the Charleston Library Society, held 21st June, the following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing year: Henry A. Desaussure, President R. B. Gilchrist, Vice President. Wm. Logan, Secretary and Librarian. A. R. Drayton, Treasurer. Committee on Books. —President and Vice President ex officio, Charles Fraser, Judge King, Hon. T. L. Hutchinson, Professor L. R. Gibbes, Professor F. A. Porcher. Committee on Accounts. —Alex. H. Gordon, Jas. Lamb, G. W. Egleston, Dr. P. C. Gaillard, James Gregory, O. Hammond. Madam Bishop. —The News of the 18th inst. says: “We have seen a letter, received to-day, which informs us that Madam Bishop and Signor Bochsa are to arrive early next week, and will positively give but one Concert here, in costume, as th<*y are compelled by engage ment, to be in New York at the end of this month.” Fire-Works.— On dit that our City Council intend to regale us with fire-works on the “glorious fourth.” A correspondent of the News suggests that they be exhibited on South Bay, at the Public Garden, as a pleasanter place than Citadel Green. * British Consul. — G. Mathew, Esq., Her Britanic Majesty’s Consul for the port of Charleston, arrived in this city on the 13th inst. and took rooms at the American Hotel. * £jjr jiltisiral itfurlii, American Musicians Abroad. —The Musi cal Review says: “ It is a gratifying fact, and one of which w r e may well he proud, that one of the most popu lar lecturers on music, and best vocal perform ers of classical compositions at the present time in Great Britain, is an American. The writer of this is well acquainted with Mr. J. Q. Wetherbee, and has listened to him with de light, both as a singer and public speaker, be fore some of the highest literary societies of London. He has delivered courses of lectures before crowded audiences in Liverpool, Man chester, Edinburgh, and other large places, du ring the year past, and with unqualified success. Long may he be appreciated; and should he ever again visit his native land, may he meet with the reception which high moral worth and eminent musical talent deserve.” O’lt is said that the late Johann Strauss de sired that the MSS of his last jig and polka should be buried with him.’ ETKreutzer, the composer of many glees and four-part songs, lately died in Rija, at the age of 67 years. The Authopon. —An instrument has been constructed by Mr. Charles Dawson, of Lon don, which is said to be capable of performing mechanically an unlimited number of musical compositions. The inventor, in describing it, says: “ Though it can play no music of itself, it can play any music that may be arranged on a sheet of paper supplied to it, reiurning the sheet uninjured when the piece is done, to be again inserted if a repetition be desired, or to be replaced by a fresh sheet if another piece of musice be required.” Ijjf (Dili ftforli. The steam-ship Canada brought European dates to June Ist. England. —ln English politics thre are three great questions occupying public attention— these are, Protection, Education and Church Reform. The first enlists chiefly the sympa thies of the great land proprietors, and is not likely to be re-established ; the second is grow ing more into favour and government patron age ; and all except the beneficed clergy and their friends are crying loud for the third. The ultimate fate of the Church oppression is not doubtful. From Ireland, we learn that the Repeal rent has fallen off, and John O’Connell again threatens to close doors. Mr. Reynolds is to be ejected from his office of Lord Mayor of Dublin, and anew Mayor elected. France. —The fear of an immediate out break in Paris has died away ; but the deter mination of the republican party to protect their rights has assumed the tone of determina tion for the agony of despair. The electoral law is likely to pass, nnd it is said Louis Napo leon will follow up this victory with other stringent measures. The reconciliation of the elder and younger branches of the Bourbon family begin to assume an open character. The Monarchists are driving their game hard, and Louis Napoleon may yet be bought off by them. The Greek Question. —It is rumoured that the Russian Minister has been recalled from the court of St. Janies; but public sentiment is growing stronger in England against any sub mission to the haughty ambition of Nicholas. Insinuations have been thrown out that Rus sian money has been at work with English journals, to create prejudice against Lord Pal merston’s action in the Greek question. The Liverpool papers all have articles in praise of the U. S. steamer Atlantic. i'rrnitirs. An Episcopal church has been erected at Shanghai, China. Mustachios and tufts are forbidden, by a recent order, to the officers of the French | navy. Mr. Clay has been presented with a magnificent gold watch chain, manufactured of California gold. The Astor House, New York, is to be lighted with Paine’s new gas. This will test it fully. Mr. Rainhard advertises that he shall continue the business of watering streets. He is just the man for the business. We recom mend him. Powers’ statue of Eve has been reco vered from the wreck of the Westmoreland, but in a damaged state. The extent ol the damage is not known. Rev. A. Chenginy, the “Canadian apos tle of Temperance,” says that there are not less than 200,000 Canadians in the United States, and that this number will soon be doubled if measures are not taken to prevent such a result. The people of St. Louis have deter mined to rid their city of all nuisances by force ot arms. Two places, the “ Loafers’ Paradise,” and the “ Robbers’ Roost,” were broken up and their inmates scattered by a mob, on the 25th ult. So says an Exchange. A Paris letter says:—“A new lottery ol £‘24,000 in favour of distressed literary men and artists, has just been officially or ganized under the sanction of government. The first prize is worth £2500, the second £BOO, and so on. The Bouton Bee says: “We learn that a statement, giving ail the particulars of the cause and results ot the difficulties between T. B. Lawrence, Esq., and his wife, is now be ing prepared for the public press. Such facts will be brought to light as will convince the world that Mr. Lawrence has acted rightly throughout the unfortunate transaction.” At the Trapani Theatre in Sicily lately, says an Exchange paper, the first tenor had just received news of the death of his mother, and was thrown into great grief. Nevertheless, the authorities would not excuse him from per forming, and a guard ol gens d’armes was in the theatre to compel him to sing or take him to prison. The opera was Lucia di Lanimer moor, and when he arrived at the dying scene ol Edgardo, he uttered the well known phrase, “Obell’ahna inamorata!” and suddenly stab bed himselt with the dagger he wore at his side. When he was raised from the stage he was dead. £jjt Dark Cnrnrr. We shall occasionally insert, under this head, Riddles, Enigmas, Puzzles, Charades, Stc., to which answers (post paid or tree) are solicited. We give, this week, a beautiful Charade, selected from a London paper. Who will give us a solution in verse as smooth and melodious as that which embodies the CHARADE? Upon a golden ottoman, o’er which the sunbeams shine, Reclines a iair Circassian in the balmy Eastern clime ; \\ ithin the harem’s precincts, and far from eyes profane, Perhaps sighing for her native hills, —but doom’d to sigh in vain. Her face was like a hourie’s, and o’er her shoulders fair Flowed, gently waving with the wind, her long and jet black hair; And as around her playfully the halm-fraught breezes blow, They lift her second, which veils her first, as white as snow. Enough!—for how shall X essay to paint her angel form, Or each celestial beauty that her person doth adorn ? But see, the door is open’d wide, and armed with spear and sword, Before her stands, in pride revealed, the tierce pasha—her lord. ’ ‘ Sight of mine eyes, why art thou sad to-night ? Why are thy radiant eyelids red with weeping? Fear’st thou for me, that in some deadly strife I may be left upon some far shore sleeping ? “ From our last war I’ve brought thee, love, a prize, A glittering treasure, to enchant thine eyes— He stoops to embrace her with enraptured soul, And, smiling, decks her with my costly whole. I'igijt far tljf Dark Cnrnn*. The answer to the Geographical Enigma published in our last number is— Southern Literary Gazette. Answered by several cor respondents. Elbert L sends the following answer to the poetical Enigma : Your useful first I think is wheat , Which sown is sure to die; Behead it and it must be heat , Which helps to bake and fry. Behead again, it will display What’s done by high and low, At least three times in every day, For all must eat , you know : Transposed, it nothing makes, you see, But what old gossips like their — tea. The answer to the Charade is Hatred, (hat, red.) Jims nf tip Daq. War with Spain. —The following despatch appears in the New York Tribune of the 15th: Washington, June 14. The Secretary of State has received dis patches from Gen. Campbell, our Consul at Havana, informing the Government that the Court of Alcoy (Governor General of Cuba) peremptorily refuses to surrender the Contoy prisoners, although proof was clear that they shipped for Chagres without an intent of parti cipating in the expedition. Mr. Clayton has dispatched instructions to Gen. Campbell to make an unqualified demand for the prisoners, and in the event ot another refusal, war will be declared against Spain. Mr. Bulwer has given assurances that Eng land will not interfere, considering the course of the United States thus far unexceptionable. A later despatch received in this city seems to contradict this in toto. It is as follows: Washington, June 17. The National Intelligencer announces, au thoritatively, that none of the Cuban prisoners have been punished, and that matters will soon be amicably adjusted. No apprehension is en tertained of a rupture between Spain and the United States. The Hun. R. IC. Barnwell, Senator. —The Nashville papers, says the Mercury, mention the appointment of Mr. Barnwell as Senator from this State, and his acceptance ol the same. We presume it is authentic. It has been known for some days that the appointment had been tendered to him, but the great doubt of his acceptance prevented us from noticing it. We make the announcement with sincere gratifica tion, and believe it will be received with the same feeling throughout the State. No man has a larger share of the confidence of the people of South Carolina, or more fully deserves it, than the Hon. Robert W. Barnwell, and the appointment has the double good fortune of selecting a man whom all will concede to be worthy of it, and of drawing, temporarily at least, iftto the public service, one who has long psrsisted in a life of retirement. Demand for Gen. Lopez. —The Washington correspondent of the New York Commercial Advertiser states that Count de la Barca, the Spanish Minister, had demanded the extradition of Gen. Lopez, on the charge ol treason, mur der, robbery, arson, and other crimes ol that class, alleging that he was a Spanish subject, and as such amenable to her laws. A Steamer Burned. —A despatch to the Mercury, dated at New York on the 18th inst. says: The steamer Griffith, Capt. Roby, was burnt on Lake Erie yesterday, near Cleaveland. It supposed that there were 300 persons on board, of which 260 perished, mostly emigrants.— Capt. Roby, wife and child, Franklin Heath, wife and four children, and Horace Palmer, are among the missing. The despatch adds: Forrest, the tragedian,cowhided N. P. Willis in the street yesterday. Martinique. —The Mercury of the 19th inst. has intelligence from Martinique, which states that the negroes had burnt 100 houses in the neighbourhood of St. Pierre, and had then sur rounded the city, perpetrating the most horrid excesses. The whites were in arms, and mar tial law was proclaimed. O’ At Boston, the Court has refused the mo tion for anew trial in the case of Prfessor Webster. Treaty icith the Sandwich Islands. —The U. S. Consul to the Sandwich Islands, Charles Bunker, of Nantucket, has left in the steamer Philadelphia for Chagres, being the bearer of the Treaty’ recently concluded with those Islands by the government of the United States. O’Spurious American Eagles, well calculat ec to deceive, are in circulation. They have in some instances been taken by the Banks. The Cotton Crop. —The Fort G aines (Ga.) Enterprise of the Bth instant says:—The ac counts from all parts of the country in relation to the growing crops continue to be unfavour able. We have lately been in Alabama, and have seen some cotton over there that will not, without some change, m ike 100 pounds to the acre. The Albany (Ga.) Fatriot of the 7th inst. say’s:—The cotton and com crops in this county are generally some three weeks later than usual, and we now hear much complaint of injuries to the cotton plant from lice. Proof Paint. —Orders have been received for a large quantity of Blake’s Fire Proof Paint to cover the great Cathedral in the City of Mexico, which was seriously injured during the attack upon the city by our troops in the late war. It is to be put up in packages to be taken by mules from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico. This is a strong evidence of the value and utility of this remarkable article. 31. Poussin. —Poussin, whose impetuosity led him into the difficulty with Secretary Clay ton, which caused his recall as Minister Pleni potentiary to the United States from France, is now in Paris, one of the most radical members of the Red, or extreme Democrats. Calhoun, Ga. —A new County Seat, in Gor don county, Ga., has been located at the Rail road Depot, hitherto known as Oathkaloga, and has received the name of Calhoun, in honour of our lamented Statesman, the Hon. John C. Calhonn ErThe President has recognized George Benvenuto Mathew, as Consul of her Britanic Majesty for the States of North and South Ca rolina, and Arthur T. Lynn as Consul for Gal veston, Texas. U’A destructive fire took place at Alexan dria (La.) on the 6th inst., which consumed be tween thirty and forty houses, embracing two squares, with the Washington Hotel. EPln Honesdale, Pa., on the 7th, during a severe thunder storm, a yellowish substance fell in great quantities, which was subsequently tried by chemists and found to be sulphur. ETPresident Taylor has recently purchased a splendid Sugar plantation, 25 miles from New Orleans, on the left bank of the river—price !j537,000. O’The President has recognized James F. Meline as Consular Agent for France, for Cin cinnati. O'The Duke of Wellington had a service of plate presented to him by the Portuguese Government, which is worth half a million dollars. UTMax Maretzek, it is now understood, has three theatres under lease: Astor Place, New York ; Chestnut-street, Philadelphia ; and Fe deral-street, Boston. O’Hon. Wm. Weed, Secretary of State, in Connecticut, died at Danbury, in that State, on the 14th inst., at the age of fifty years. O’The Indians pronounce Minnesota as if written Mini Sotah, signifying turbid water. I3ijnira r 5 illtar. MARRIED, At Johns’ Island, on the 28th ult., Theodore A. Beckett, Esq., of Edisto Island, and Miss Mary L., second daughter of Horace Walpole, Esq., of the former place. In this city, on the 13th inst., Mr. Albert Tyrrell and Miss Leonora Phillips of St. Thomas’ Parish. Blnttsnlfmit. Departed this life, on Saturday, the Bth of June, in the 54th year of his age, Mr. Joseph Jackson, a native of Oxford, England, but for a number of years a resident of this city. The writer of this tribute to the memory of the deceased, became acquainted with him a few years since through his son. No one whose privilege it was to visit the studio of the de ceased, but will remember the gentle and polite attentions, which he was at all times ready to extend to visitors, and never did he evince, by manner or expression, any indisposition to point out the minutest beauties of the numer ous paintings which often adorned his gallery. Os late years, his art in reviving the long lost features of many a family’s ancestry, has called forth expressions of praise and admiration. Asa husband, he was devoted—as a father, kind and indulgent—as a friend, sincere—and, as a man, strictly honest in all his dealings with mankind. For the last few months, his thoughts were turned to the subject of his soul’s salvation, and his trust was, as we have every reason to believe, placed in the atoning blood of the Lamb. Although deprived of speech du ring the few days of his last illness, yet, by the gentle pressure of the hand, he intimated to a sorrowing wife and children that all was well. 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