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u pon different persons. The citizen,
Id ed. ne'er sees them, or if he does, and per
hljw as a matter of principle, puts a penny in
the jjjjn hand of the sweeper, he does it with
’ unmistakeable air of nonchalence. The
ctranger, however, is differently affected. If he
I, very fresh in the metropolis, he will stare
,h a surprised look at the ragged figure that
idenlv springs up in his pathway; and as he
r v naturally stops, he hears the half whining,
)i;l |f gaU cy petition of the sweeper, “ Give me
, ome pennies, Sir, if you please.” He at once
leels in his pocket, and as pennies are generally
ilot at home when wanted, the only alternative
to draw out a sixpence, or it may be a shilling,
upon which no sooner have the cold fingers of
t }j e girl eagerly closed, than she drops a quick,
rude courtesy, and before the donor has quite
recovered his surprise, her arms are again driving
the broom like a shuttle from side to side of the
crossing flags.
Our repeated visits to the metropolis had left
uS little to see in the shape of local novelties.
The “ Academy of Design” offered at its new’
and elegant Galleries on Broadway, its wonted
annual display of pictures, which w’e of course
could not fail to see. Without occupying too
much space, we cannot, however, give even the
barest outline of the “ Exhibition,” and forbear
to provoke our readers with the stale and stereo
typed generalizations of a bare notice, in which
the epithets, grand, beautiful, imposing, delicate,
effective, light, shadow, warmth, cold, distance
foreshortening and the like, and mixed up just
as if they were sprinkled out of a spice box !
At the Art Union Galleries, there was little
that was new, and less that was meritorious, to
reward our attention. As yet, only a few pic
tures of real worth grace the annual collection,
but as it is only the first hall of the year, we
may suppose that the best are to come.
Upon the night of our arrival in the city, Miss
Cu: hman took her leave of the American stage,
at leari for the present, in her matchless char
acter of Meg Men illies, at Niblo’s. The house
was crowded from top to bottom, and the dis
tinguished actress achieved anew triumph, and
drew from the vast audience the most unbounded
and prolonged applause. When she appeared
alter the fall of the curtain to make her
acknowledgments and adieux, the audience rose
up, as with a common impulse, and cheered her
with great enthusiasm. She has since departed
for Lngiand in the “ Asia.”
CHAPTER IV.
,4 Visit to the “Rochester Spirits” — The
Haunted Sisterhood — Davis , Clairvoy
ant— The Mappings begin—Communication
with “ the Spirits ’ —7 heir mode of answer
ing questions — An emphatic querist — Our
umi communication with the unknown
Th-u patience, surpasses ours—They ask
for further intercourse—Transfer of the
rnppings—lndefinite replies—The mystery
unpenetrable, though doubtless a deception.
The greatest attraction which New York now
affords the visiter, are the spiritual knocking* of
the Rochester ladies, who occupy rooms at Bar
minis, late the Howard Hotel. We readily
assented to the proposition of a friend connected
with the daily press, to pay our respects to these
distinguished ladies, and accordingly we repair
ed with him to their hotel. We were shown
into a private parlour, in which were already
assembled perhaps a score of persons, upon
whose faces there was an evident expression of
interest and curiosity. Upon the entrance of
the “ ladies,” we found them to be very inter
esting persons, three sisters, the eldest married,
and the others apparently eighteen and sixteen
years of age respectively. Their appearance
indicated great intelligence, and we could not
help fancying, in that of Mrs. Fish, a mixture
of humour and shrewdness, both very great and
evidently subjected to the controul of a strong
purpose. The ladies now seated themselves
upon a sofa, in front ol which stood a long
oval mahogany table. Connected with the
party were two young men, one the door-keeper
and the other a sort of general usher. The
mother ol the ladies was also present, and while
her lace beamed with interest in the scene, it
certainly betrayed no consciousness of any or
ganized deception.
Among the visitors, we noticed the celebrated
clairvoyant, Mr. Andrew Jackson Davis, whose
“ Prudential Revelations,” and other books of
mysteries, have won for him no small degree of
tame. He has a fine, lustrous eye, and is ex
ceedingly communicative when interested.
The visitors were invited to draw their chairs
around the table and await the “ Manifestations
of the Spirits.” ‘These were delayed some five
minutes, during which a general silence pre
vailed, and Curiosity set her impress on every
lace. The two girls whispered playfully to
each other, and Mrs. Fish sat silent and appa
rently unembarrassed.
At length a distinct rapping was heard upon
the table, and immediately two or three stooped
to look beneath the cloth which covered it, but
their investigations were not rewarded with any
discovery ! We noticed a faint but somewhat
arch smile upon the face of Mrs. Fish, while
the younger sisters looked at each other and
laughed.
One of the party now began to question the
“ spirits,” the ; r consent to hold communication
with him having been indicated by three distinct
taps upon the table.
Ot course as the only mode of reply vouch
safed by the spiritual strangers was that of rap
ping, ail questions had to be proposed in a form
admitting of direct answers, either affirmative
or negative, the former by three knocks and the
latter by two.
The first questioner was a man of at least
fifty years, a fine, grave-looking personage,
who asked “the spirits”—a name applied by
all to the knockers for want of a better—vari
ous questions touching a deceased relative, to
which, after some little confusion of ideas and
interpretation, he obtained correct replies, and
seemed to be deeply impressed with the. result of
his inquiries. To the next party soliciting com
munication, the spirits refused a reply, also to
the next, but on being pressed, promised to
answer at another time. A hustling little man
now pushed forward, and asked in loud tones,
” Will the spirits answer my questions?” “Tap,
tap, tap,” was the response ; and then ensued a
really laughable scene. ‘The querist evidently
wished to be supposed no dupe, and affected a
niort bluff and careless tone ; hut we could not
help remarking, as he renewed his first question,
unanswered, as Mrs. Fish quietly remarked, be
cause unintelligible, that he leaned eagerly for
ward, and putting his mouth close to the table,
demanded in very loud tones and slow words,
” Does the spirit mean to answer me?” [“You
need not talk so loud, Sir,” said Mrs. Fish.]
she spirit rapped again, and again the visitor
asked, “ How long has my father been dead ?”
reply, but a remark from the young man in
attendance, “ Ask it to rap the number of years.”
He did so, and eight distinct knocks upon the
table were heard, upon which the querist looked
up in great surprize and said to eager questions,
Right.” Several queries now lollowed, to
which answers were “ knocked,” with more or
h precision, but not without confusion and
” misapprehension,” as the ladies termed it.
After a while it came to our turn to question
the invisible oracle, and we were fortunate in
getting an audience at once. We record our
conversation precisely as it occurred.
“ Is the party of whom we are thinking now
living?”
“Tap, tap,tap.” (Yes.)
the spirits reveal the place where the
party is living ?”
“ Tap, tap, tap.” (Yes.)
M e then wrote on a slip of paper several
names of cities, and pointing with our pencil to
each in order, enquired, “Is it this ?” Upon
touching the name of Philadelphia, three
knocks were distinctly given. Our next question
was,
“ Is the party of whom we are thinking a
relation of ours ?”
“Tap, tap.” (No.)
“I s the party a connection of ours !”
“ Tap, tap, tap.” (Yes.)
Upon being asked to indicate what connec
tion, the reply was—a wife. We then asked
for our residence, and the reply was Charleston ;
and to a further question, if we had been there
in the present month, three raps were given.
[We left home on the first day of June.] We
confess to a little ;-iiiprise at the freedom with
which we were answered, and at length we
asked if “ the Spirits ” were not weary of con
versing with us, when a loud negative was
rapped out. Many other queries were then
proposed to the communicative strangers, some
of them for those who could themselves get no
reply. To all we obtained prompt answers,
and what is more, correct ones, and when we
ceased, “ the Spirits ” indicated a w’ish to con
verse with us hereafter! Whether we arc in
debted for this mark of favour to any peculiar
appearance of credulity, or whether they took a
fancy to us, we cannot tell. We certain y re
solved to visit them again, a determination
hitherto unfulfilled.
1 he removal of the ladies to another part of
the room, transferred the knockings to the
wainscotting, the floor, or a contiguous table.
1 hey were subsequently heard in two or three
places at once ; and the ladies informed us that
when this occurred, conversation could not be
satisfactorily carried on ! Our space forbids us
to record many laughable incidents that took
place, such as awkward questions and indefinite
answers, consisting oi iong-protracted rappings.
’1 here were also palpable mistakes made by the
“ spirits,” probably arising from inattention, pos
sibly from iciljillness on their part!
During nearly two hours we watched nar
rowly and critically to discover the source of
the knockings, or to find some clue to this most
unparalleled deception, but we confess it was all
in vain. We have no manner of doubt that it
is a deception, because we cannot believe it to
be supernatural. The ladies appear to be in
jenuous, but we fear they are rather ingenious,
though it is hard to doubt their softly-spoken
words and their artless manner.
It is certainly a curious spectacle to witness
grave men, divines, professors, editors, and
others, all absorbed in these mysterious‘‘knock
ings,’ and suggesting as the most reasonable
explanation of them, a magnetic origin !
It is worthy of remark, that the “ spirits” re
fuse to reveal future events, or to be concerned
in any revelations of a mercenary character,
except that of receiving one dollar from each
visitor who records his name upon their “ spirit
book!”
Mrs. Fish and her pretty sisters will grow
rich, we presume, and for our part, if they can
succeed in humbugging the “ doctors” as harm
lessly as they are now doing, we don’t see why
they should not!
\\ e do not know what is “ behind the cur
tain ” in this strange affair, but we are firmly
persuaded, nevertheless, that when the curtain
rises—as rise it must —a very simple and natural
apparatus will be revealed as the cause of these
“ spiritual knockings.” Meanwhile we are
content to record ourselves among the puzzled
multitude.
(Ditr donssiji Cnlmnn.
A Charlestonian in Paris.
The Paris correspondent of the National
Intelligencer, in a letter dated May 30th, thus
speaks of our scientific fellow townsman, J.
Lawrence Smith:
“We have in Paris at present a scientific
young countryman, J. Lawrence Smith, of
South Carolina, who, some four years since,
left the United States to prosecute, in the ser
vice of the Sultan, geological and mineralogi
cal researches in Turkey. I have had the plea
sure of conversing with him since his return
from the East. After labouring faithfully for
several years, and developing mineral resources
which, in the hands ol a more intelligent and
practical Government, would be highly im
portant and productive of great wealth. Mr.
Smith has abandoned the service of the Sultan,
without a fortune himself, and without the hope
that his labours will be of material benefit even
to his employers. lie is now hard at work in
his laboratory in Paris. He proposes to con
tinue so for some months yet, when he will re
turn to pursue, 1 hope, a useful and lucrative
scientific career in the United States.”
The Moral of a Blot.
A certain distinguished author, about to write
a hurried note, in his haste dashed the white
paper with a blot. The immediate suggestion
of his moral sense prompted him to write an
Epigram rather than a billet. The perform
ance is before the reader. The original is
under our eyes as we write, unblotted except in
the great black gout which caused the Epigram,
*
BLOT.
The hasty hand, the reckless mood,
Will thus deface the fairest spot,
The error of the heart or blood,
Still leave, where’er it works, a blot—
How more secure the prudent care,
That calmly measures every pace;
Thus still the prospect, ever fair,
Is mark’d by love, and glows with grace.
Curiosities Eeceived.
We have lately made the following addi
tions to our collection of Curiosities:
1. One of the hooks with which men “ fish
for office.”
2. A bell that rings when it is “ toll’d.”
3. A tear from the “ eye of a potatoe.”
4. Some leaves and fruit from a “ boot tree.”
5. A buckle from the “ belt of Orion.”
6. One of the horns of the Pope’s last “Bull.”
7. A staff used to support a “ lame excuse.”
*
Questions without Answers.
1. Cana “ blaze of triumph” be extinguished
by a common fire engine ?
2. What kind of wood is the “Board of
Health ” made of?
3. What kind of a pencil do people use in
marking out a “ line ot conduct ?”
4. Is a “ standing collar ” usually worn on
“ Charleston Neck ?”
5. Does a wateh-dog keep the “ dog watch”
at sea ?
6. How many feet make a church-yard ?
7- What is the weight, in pounds and ounces,
of a “ heavy affliction ?”
8. If the “ scales ” of a fish were fastened to
a “ beam” of the sun, would the result be a
“ balance ?” *
Freaks of the Types.
A contemporary lately announced that a
certain house was entered by a widow (win
dow?) and a large quantity of valuable plate
stolen !” The widows must be looked after if
they arc up to such tricks! Another paper
informs its readers that “ the court of common
fleas ”is now in session ! A dancing-master in
England, renewing his solicitations, through the
papers, for patronage, wished to express his obli
gations for past favours, when the printer made
him say, “ Most respectfully offers his shanks /”
SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE.
Precious Metals in the Ocean.
MM Malazutti Derocher and Sarzaud,
French sarans, announce that they have de
tected in the waters of the ocean the presence
of copper, lead and silver. The sea water,
analyzed by them, was taken some leagues off
the coast of St. Malo, and was found to con
tain one 100,000,000 th of silver. Several of
the tuccidal plants of the same district yielded
about one 100,000 th of the same precious metal.
What between Metallurgic and Chemical dis
coveries, the wildest dreams of the El Dorado
seeker and alchemist seem about to he realized
in this Aurargento-brazen Age! *
Poetry of Drinking.
T he Linden (Ala.) Free Press publishes the
lollowing specimens of native poetry. That
Linden is unquestionably a great place. *
POETRY.
Reuben Red Rat is my name,
Americu my nation,
Linden is my dwelling place,
And brandy my damnation. Sykes.
ANSWER.
Linden is my dwelling place,
And I tell it with good grace,
I take two punches every day,
And thus I pass my hours away. Fykes.
iDitr (Contfinpraria
The Houston (Texas) Mercantile Ad
vertiser has been discontinued, the Editor hav
ing received a “ call ” from the “ Texas Monu
ment Committee” to edit their paper, The
Monument, at La Grange. We wish hint all
success in his new field of labour.
The Spartan, Spartanburgh, S. C., has
put on anew dress, and is much improved in
appearance. We are glad to see this indica
tion ot its prosperity and of its “ progressive ”
spirit.
The New York Tribune is publishinga
series of articles headed “ Dens of Death,” in
which some startling developments are made,
in regard to the physical effects of living under
ground, in cellars, as more than 18,000 persons
are now living in the Empire City ! Speaking
of these subterranean abodes, the writer says:
“ The average number of people living in one
room among the very poor in our city, is about
six, the extreme number is twenty. The aver
age number occupying one house among this
class of people is about sixty. These are the
permanent dwellers. The occasional lodgers
swell the number to an incredible amount; the
place known as the Old Brewery at the “ Five
Points has often contained as many as three
hundred. In one room there have been known
to have been from two to four families ; most
of these will take lodgers. Such an arrange
ment prevails in all parts of the city where the
extremely poor reside.”
The rate of mortality in these “dens” is, as
may well be supposed, frightful. Such is life, in
one ot its phases, in the city of New York, in
the year 1850 of the Christian Era!
The Boston Museum has just entered
upon anew volume, improved (though there
seemed little room for that) in appearance, and
as well filled with original and selected matter
as any of its contemporaries. It is one of the
best of our Northern exchanges. *
d>itr %mk ituiilr.
The Tire and Correspondence of Andrew Combe,
M. D. liy George Combe. In one vol. 12 mo. Phila
delphia: A. Hart. 1850.
This is no vain or insignificant contribution
to biographical literature; oti the contrary, it is
a work of deep interest, chiefly in its material,
but not at all questionable in its manner. No
one was better fitted to give the world the me
moirs of Dr. Andrew Combe than his brother,
whose social intimacy, and whose professional
and philosophical sympathy alike qualified him
most admirably to he his literary executor. We
have been interested even more lhan we expected
to he, in the volume before us. In saying this,
we would not be understood as expressing a
slight regard for the character of Dr. Andrew
Combe, but rather as indicating our reasonable
apprehension that, like multitudes of other bio
graphies, his would fall signally short of being
a fair and full portrayal of his eminent career.
We are disposed to congratulate the biographer
and the reader upon the general felicity with
which the former has accomplished a peculiarly
delicate and responsible task.
Asa physician and physiologist, Dr. Audrew
Combe deserved in an eminent degree the meed
of renown. His position as a phrenologist was
not less conspicuous and apart, and although he
may not here command an undivided approba
tion, his dignified and conscientious advocacy of
what he regarded as a true science, entitles him
to, and will doubtless secure for him, the pro
found respect of even scientific opponents. We
shall not discuss in this notice, the philosophy
of his opinions. Our duty is a more simple and
satisfactory one, involving only a conscientious
expression of our views as to the merits or de
merits of the book before us. While the latter
appear to us to be exceedingly slight and indeed
negative in their character, we have found the
former abundant and st iking. Chief among
them we may mention the biographer’s style,
chaste, perspicuous and concise, displaying the
salient points in the character of the subject to
great advantage, and also a very judicious selec
tion from his letters and productions, constitut
ing, as they do, reliable pictures of his social
and intellectual character.
His letters arc marked by a quiet but often
genial humour, and always evince the amiability
which distinguished him in his personal relations.
The world is undoubtedly vastly indebted to
Dr. Combe for his works on Physiology, Hyge
ine and Digestion, than which probably no more
excellent practical treatises have been written.
The scope of the volume before us is a wide
one, comprehending as it does outlines of most
of the great topics which Dr. Combe discussed
and considered. Its phrenological complexion
should not, as the Editor properly suggests,
diminish to any reader its interest, since it is
only under such a colouring that the subject of
the memoir can be contemplated, so thoroughly
did Phrenology pervade all the operations of his
mind, and tinge all the results of his enquiries.
We take leave of this volume with a renewed
expression of the pleasure with which we have
read its instructive pages; and in recommend
ing it to our readers, we have the pleasant con
sciousness of approving what is worthy of ap
proval.
The Fountain of Living Waters, in a Series of
Sketches. By a Layman. New York: Geo. P. Put.
nam. 1850.
The design of this work is to touch the spirit
with religious emotion, through the medium of
the fancies and the feelings. It consists of a
series of domestic scenes and sketches, which
are graceful and unaffected, and possessed of a
subdued interest. There is nothing to excite or
startle in the story ; and in the calm and solitary
mood and moment, the reader may peruse it
with quite as much profit as pleasure. The
book is very prettily designed and printed, from
the press of a publisher who well knows the art
by which such things are done.
Eighteenth Annual Report of the Trustees of the
Perkins Institution and Massachusetts Asylum for the
Blind. Cambridge: Metcalf & Cos. 1850.
This Report shows the Institution to which
it relates to be in a flourishing condition, and
gives some interesting facts connected with the
education of the blind. The Institution is one
of the best of the kind in the world, and is
under the management of Dr. S. G. Howe.
The interesting case of Laura Bridgeman is
dwelt upon at great length in this Report. *
Letters of a Traveller, or Notes of Things seen in
Europe and America. By William Cntlen Bryant. New
York : G. P. Putnam. 1850.
Mr. Bryant, in giving us a book ol rambles,
has given us a very rambling book, but at the
same time a very pleasant one. Times and
places are strangely mixed up; but the lack
of unity is compensated for, in part, by the
gratification of our love of variety. Now our
author is in Florence, sauntering along the
banks of the Amo, and anon, with a strange
disregard of the proprieties of time and space,
we find him on the broad prairies of Illinois,
gazing on their ocean-like expanse of waving
verdure. To-day he is a “ looker on [here] in
Vienna,” and to-morrow a looker on at a corn
shucking in South Carolina. From Florida to
England seems but a step, and St. Augustine
and Liverpool are brought into strange juxta
position.
The author tells us in his preface that the
letters composing this volume were written at
various times, during the last sixteen years, and
during journeys made in different countries, and
that no regular account of any tour or journey
is aimed at, but merely occasional sketches of
what most attracted his attention. This state
ment prepares the reader for the rapid transi
tions, in time and place, which so frequently
occur in the course of the narrative.
The style of Mr. Bryant's letters is remark
ably pure, easy and flowing, and their tone at
once inspires the reader with confidence in the
fidelity of his sketches. In our “ Glimpses of
New Books” we shall hereafter give some in
teresting extracts. We close by copying here
Mr. Bryant’s brief notes on Charleston, of the
fidelity oi which our city readers can judge :
“ The next morning, at 8 o’clock, we found
ourselves entering Charleston harbour; Sulli
van’s Island, with Fort Moultrie, breathing
recollections of the revolution, on our right;
James Island on our left; in front, the stately
dwellings of the town, and all around, on the
land side, the horizon bounded by an apparent
belt of evergreen—the live-oak, the water-oak,
the palmetto, the pine, and, planted about the
dwellings, the magnolia and wild orange—
giving to the scene a summer aspect. The city
ot Charleston strikes the visitor from the North
most agreeably. He perceives at once that he
is in a different climate. The spacious houses
are surrounded with broad piazzas, often a
piazza to each story, for the sake of shade and
coolness, and each house generally stands by
itself in a garden planted with trees and shrubs,
many ot which preserve their verdure through
the winter. We saw early flowers already
opening ; the peach and plum-tree were in full
bloom ; and the wild-orange, as they call the
cherry-laurel, was just putting forth its blossoms.
The buildings—some with stuccoed wails,some
built ol large dark-red brick, and some of
wood—are not kept fresh with paint like ours,
but are allowed to become weather stained by
the humid climate, like those of the European
towns. The streets are broad and quiet, un
paved in some parts, but in none, as wuh us,
offensive both to sight and smell. The public
buildings are numerous for the size of the city,
and well-built in general, with sufficient space
about them to give them a noble aspect, and all
tlie advantages which they could derive from
their architecture. The inhabitants, judging
front what I have seen of them, which is not
much, I confess, do not appear undeserving of
the character which has been given them, of
possessing the most polished and agreeable man
ners of all the American cities.” *
Proceedings of the Friends of a Rail Road to San
Francisco, at their Public Meeting, held at the United
States Hotel, in Boston, April 19, 1849, including an
Address to the people of the United States, iic. Sixth
Edition. Boston : Dutton & Wentworth. 1849.
It is perfectly delightful to see with what ease
a hundred millions ol’ dollars can be disposed
ol and created, when the business on hand is
one of pure patriotism only. Seeing how
clearly the thing is made to appear in this elo
quent pamphlet and these spirited proceedings
among the Bostonians, the wonder is that we
do not hear the clink of hammers along the
proposed route. Doubtless, however, we shall
rise some sunny morning to hear the hiss of the
escaping steam, and grasp at parting the thou
sand hands of those, who—presto!—“ by a
single great act of Legislation,” (to use the
words of our pamphlet,) have set the cars in
motion for the gold regions of California. How
should our faith be slow in respect to an enter
prise that promises us such goodly millions.
The Young Man’s Way to Intelligence, Respecta
bility, Honour anti Usefulness. By Rev. Anthony
Atwood. Philadelphia: J. VV. Moore.
“ With all thy gettings, get understanding,”
is the counsel of the wisest man who ever lived.
The “ way of wealth ” seems to be far more
eagerly sought after in the present day than the
way to wisdom, notwithstanding Solomon’s
precept. The little volume before us is a happy
expansion of the sacred proverb quoted above,
and we cannot too highly commend it to young
men who are not too wise in their own conceit
to receive instruction. It is a clear and com
prehensive epitome of the young man’s duty
and obligations to himself, to society and to his
Maker. No one can follow its judicious ad
vice, or pursue the ways it points out, without
“ getting understanding.”
Annual Report of the President of the Maryland His
torical Society, and of its Committee, on the Gallery of
Fine Arts. Baltimore: J. D. Toy. 1850.
This report shows the Maryland Historical
Society to be still flourishing. Its employment
of the Fine Arts, as tributary to the Society,
would seem to be no unwise mode of making
the popular tastes subservient to graver objects
to which, otherwise, they never would incline.
<Dtir |tost-3kg.
[Under this head we shall reply to many letters, contain
ing queries or suggestions upon subjeetsof 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.]
j,-*******. We are bound by every princi
ple of gallantry to suppose you beautiful, aud if
you object to the term fair as, in another sense,
inapplicable, we will designate you as lajolie
brunette. So much the better. The poet says:
“ O, talk not to me of her bosom of snow,
And her tresses of auburn so fair;
Give me the brown girl, with the bright sunny glow,
And a cluster of glossy black hair.”
We shall not promise “ never to laugh at
you.” We shall laugh as much as we please,
allowing you, unrebuked, to laugh at us in
return.
Your last note is quite as unique as the
former one, but we should not feel justified in
printing it. We shall, however, give our read
ers the benefit of your “last rhymes,” (you don’t
mean “last,” literally, of course,) as they are a
little “ unique,” too :
TO THE EDITORS OF THE GAZETTE.
The very complimentary threat,
You had, sirs, in your last Oaittte,
About the “ note” you called “uniqne”—
You flatter every time you speak—
(Excusez mo/',—just for the rhyme
I put that “story ” in that time,
For nothing, sirs, would rhyme with ’nigue.
Excepting beak and sneak and squeak,)
Emboldened me to try again,
With my prosaic useless pen,
But not at all with the intent
To get nnoitier compliment—
To just to see what you would say
In the Gazette some other day! *
A. L. H. Mr. R. is absent, and has been so
most of the time since “ Horace Graham ” was
received. Not being authorized, in his absence,
to negociate with you for its purchase, we decline
to express any opinion concerning the Tale.
We will call Mr. R’s attention to it when he
returns. In the mean time, if you do not choose
to wait, it is subject to your order. *
Rcsticus. Your poem is received and is ac
ceptable. Let us hear from yourfrequently. *
C. W. S. The principle upon which the
Autophon, invented by Mr. Datvaon, acts, is a
simple one. Perforated paper, the holes cor
responding with the notes of the music to be
performed, is drawn through an aperture over the
organ pipes, stopping some and leaving the air
at liberty to rush in at others. The music may
therefore, you will see, be varied to any extent.
The instrument is said to cost only about $125.
We do not know whether it is for safe in this
country yet or not. *
Querist. The whole low country of the
South might, in our opinion, be made perfectly
salubrious by a dense population and a thorough
and scientific culture. Some places, once ex
ceedingly unhealthy, are now entirely healthful.
Even Charleston was onee considered one of
the most unhealthy places in the world. It is
now quite the reverse. Many situations in the
West, which, on their first settlement, were
almost uninhabitable, on account of the fever
and ague and other kindred diseases, are now
as free from sickness as any place in the world.
On the other hand, places, once healthy, have,
by abandonment and neglect, become un
healthy. Man was placed on the earth to
bring it into subjection —to subdue it, and he has
a power over the elements of Nature of which
he is yet hall unconscious. All opposing influ
ences must gradually yield to him. Animals of
a predacious character, poisonous reptiles and
insects and malaria, disappear as population
and civilization advance. Even our low coun
try will yet be as free from malaria as the gran
ite hills of New Hampshire. But while the
malaria of fens and marshes disappears, it is
too often succeeded by that of ill-conducted
sewers, stagnant cess-pools and filthy streets.
These wiil vanish before a still higher civiliza
tion. This subject might advantageously be
dwelt upon at length, but time and space for
bid it at present. *
C. O. M. The gas evolved in coal mines and
usually called “fire damp,” consists almost en
tirely of carburretted hydrogen. *
Junius. Your communication is under con
sideration. *
R You are too deep for us. We cannot
answer your question. *
Leon. All right! *
(t'ljr fun 3rts.
American Art Union. —We have received
the June number of the American Art Union
Bulletin. It contains admirable critical arti
cles on “ Perugia and Perugino,” “ Street Ar
chitecture,” and “ Allston’s Lectures, ’ several
interesting letters on art and artists, from Eu
rope, and a variety of miscellaneous matter.
It is illustrated with an etching of Hinckley’s
picture of “ The Disputed Game,” which is to
be distributed this year. The whole number of
members ot the Union, whose names had been
registered previous to May 31st, 1850, was
18GG. The total number at the corresponding
period last year was only 1256. Nearly two
hundred paintings had been purchased for dis
tribution previous to the issue of the present
number of the Bulletin. *
The Western Art Union. —This institution
was established in Cincinnati in 1847, and has
proved entirely successful. The engraving to
be distributed this year is “ The Trapper’s Last
Shot,” executed in lime and stipple by T. D.
Booth, of Cincinnati, from the original picture
by W. Ranny. One of the prizes for this year
is Power’s Statue of the “ Greek Slave,” pro
bably the most valuable work of art in this
country. *
The Harem. —The London correspondent of
the American A i t Union Bulletin thus describes
a water colour painting by Lewis, which is
truly, if the description may be depended upon,
a marvel, in its way: *
“ The scene depicted is the interior of a
Harem, (“Hhareem,” he writes it.) The
“ Boss,” with several of his female suite, re
clines upon a divan; a negro slave-dealer is
exhibiting a half-caste girl; a black boy on the
right brings in refreshments; in the distance of
the room are figures, all having relation, by
their actions or expressions, to the event which
is depicted. Now, this seems a common-place
subject, and is ; but it is redeemed from insigni
ficance by the laborious truth with which the
whole is presented. The room is screened from
the sun by an elaborate trellis-work, but as it
only half keeps out that “ rider of the day,” a
shadow is cast by each piece of delicate but
solid wood which intercepts the rays. The
manner in which this reticulation of shadow is
elaborated, really belongs to the wonderful; in
its passage across the floor, it spreads itself
over the divan, various stuffs, a gazelle, (which
looks as if it had rubbed itself against a chess
board and carried off the squares,) and finally
expends and dies upon the opposite wail. There
is a wonderful effect of light in the drawing ;
there is unmistakeable evidence of reality ; the
characters of the personages are admirably
portrayed, and the effect is most artistically
managed.”
Dusseldorf Pictures. —Mr. Boker is in
Dusseldorf, making a collection of paintings for
America. He has purchased, among others,
the great picture of the “Martyrdom of Huss,”
by Lessing, for ten thousand thalers—about
$7,500. It is rumoured that he intends to esta
blish an Art Union for the disposal of Dusseldorf
pictures. *
ItonitiPß.
The Temple of Nauvoo, finished by the
Mormons in 1845, and partially burned—only
the walls being left standing—in 1848, was
destroyed by a hurricane on the 27th ult. The
Icarian Communists, who had purchased it,
were preparing to refit it for the use of their
schools, for meeting halls and for a refectory.
The Washington correspondent of the
Evening News, speaking of Senator Benton,
says: “He marches into the Senate, where he
sits, for all the world like a barrel of gun
powder, ready to be touched off!”
■ Dr. Bell, of London, is said to have
discovered a method of steering balloons, and
to have made a successful experiment in the
sight of the astonished Londoners. Perhaps so.
The London “ Association for the Burn
ing of the Dead,” propose to erect an edifice
lor a funeral pyre, “ combining the greatest
efficiency that science can devise,” and a garden
for the reception of urns and monuments.
Walter Savage Landor predicts that
the United States will go on annexing foreign
States and establishing in them the English
language, until the Union will embrace all fra
ternities and climates. “ Within two or more
centuries,” says he, “ Rio de Janeiro and Val
paraiso will be the richest of the cities in the
forty United States, and will contend with each
other which of the two speaks with most
purity the Anglo-Saxon tongue. Germans,
Polanders and Hungarians, will sing their in
surrectionary traditions in the same tongue.”
One of the medals struck to commemo
rate the Alfred Jubilee, held in England some
months ago, has on the reverse the united arms
of Great Britain and the United States.
The Apothecaries in our neighbourhood
(Broad-street) are getting to be very syrup
titious in their dealings with their soda custom
ers. The latter, however, seem to take it very
coolly !
said Mr. G , our foreman, the other day, as
we sat in our sanctum, congitating a subject for
a paragraph,—“ long primer is short!”
Kahgegabowh has been selected to re
present the North American Indians in the
Peace Convention to be held in Germany.
Governor Ujhazy’s Hungarian colony is
to be located on Grand River, Decatur county,
lowa.
Douglas Jerrold advocates the abolition
of the Laureateship, and suggests that its
salary be applied as the endowment of a keep
ship of Shakspeare’s house at Stratford-upon-
Avon.
The bones of a Mastadon have been
discovered at the bottom of Wakulla Spring,
in Florida, by Mr. George S. King. Some of
the bones have been raised.
The celebrated astroner, Gaspa’is, has
discovered anew planet between Mars and
Jupiter.
Mr. Gliddon, the Egyptologist, says
that when he manufactures a mummy himself,
he will take care that the interior shall corres
pond with the exterior!
Mr. Cass, the United States Charge at
Rome, declined kissing the Pope’s slipper on
the occasion of his being escorted to his throne,
though all other foreign ministers performed
that ceremony.
Jacob Hays, the High Constable of
New York, and the most celebrated rogue
catcher in the United States, died in New York
on the 21st inst., in the seventy-ninth year of
his age. He had been at the head of the New
Police nearly half a century !
A Committee of the French Assembly
has under consideration a bill for the removal
of the seat of Government from Paris.
The new Bible Society—the “American
Baptist Bible Union ” —has gone into operation.
Dr. Cone is President. The object of the So
ciety is “ to procure and circulate a correct ver
sion of the Bible.” Anew translation is aimed
at.
Marble mantle pieces may be effectually
cleaned by rubbing them with a flannel dipped
in a weak solution of carbonate of soda.
Kendall will return to Paris in August
to complete his history of the Mexican war.
BJrtrupnlitnu JUflttrrH.
Burglary. —The store of Mr. J. H. Ren
neker, on the corner of King and Queen streets,
was broken into on Sunday morning, between
one o’clock and daylight. The villains entered
the yard by jumping the fence on Queen-street.
Failing to break open the back windows, they
wrenched the lock off the back door. They
took the small amount of change which had
been left in the till, drank a bottle of brandy,
regaled themselves with a bunch of segars, and
decamped. *
Sculpture. —We noticed at Mr. Russell’s
book store on King-street, the other day, two
gems of art, such as our citizens do not often
have an opportunity to see. They are two
ideal female busts, by our gifted countryman,
Powers— Psyche and P roserpine. They were
executed, we understand, for Mr. Heyward, of
Pocotaligo, and will remain in the city but a
few days. They are attracting much atten
tion. *
Fire. —A fire broke out about 8 o’clock on
Monday evening, in the partition between the
counting rooms of Mr. De Saussure and Mr
Winthrop, on Adger’s wharf. The firemen
were promptly on the ground, and the flames
were soon extinguished. The books of both
offices were saved, but in a damaged condition.
How the fire originated is not known. *
Temple for the Statue of Mr. Calhoun—
We have seen (says the Evening News) a
design of the Temple intended to contain the
statue of Mr. Calhoun, by Dr. Charles Dray
ton, Architect. It appears to be a tasteful plan,
and would form an elegant architectural orna
ment for the purpose designed.
£ijE (Dlb IBnrlii.
Arrival of the Cambria. —We copy the
following telegraphic dispatches front the Mer
cury of Monday:
Baltimore, June 21.
The steamer Cambria arrived at Halifax on
Friday morning, with one week’s later intelli
gence from Liverpool.
The steamer Pacific arrived at Liverpool on
Friday, the 7th inst.
Cotton is unchanged, but firmer. The sales
of the week amount to 6(J,0U0 bales. Flour is
dull and unchanged. Corn is inactive, and
has declined 6d a Is. Provisions are very
quiet, and Lard is 3d lower. Late Continental
advices have created an active demand for all
descriptions of Coffee, which has advanced
from 3s to 5s per cwt. The news from Cuba
strengthened the prices of Sugar materially.
No sales of Rice. The Money market is easy,
and discounts are lower upon good bills.
ADDITIONAL BY THE CAMBRIA.
Baltimore, June 23.
The difficulty between France and England
has been settled, and Gen. Lavalie has been
accredited as Minister to the British Court.
The Cuban invasion had excited considerable
sensation in Parliament.
The Greek difficulty is unsettled and serious
results are apprehended.
In Ireland, the Rent movement is exciting
much attention.
The French Electoral Law had passed by a
large majority, and France was quiet. M.
Thiers has been endeavouring to reconcile the
elder and younger Bonapartes.
The King of Prussia is recovering. There
is no indication of a rupture between Austria
aad Prussia, between whom Russia refuses to
mediate.
Advices have been received from India to the
Ist of May, and in a commercial point of view
they are satisfactory.
(Tljr Dnrlt Cnrnrr.
Weshall occasionally insert, under this head, Riddles.
Enigmas, Puzzles, Charades, &c., to which answers
(post paid or free) are solicited.
ARITHMETICAL PUZZLES.
NO. I.
Meeting a boy going to a fair, with a bag of
nuts for sale, I asked him what number he had
and how he sold them ? He replied that he
sold them at the rate of 12 tor Id, but could
not remember exactly what number he had.
He recollected, however, that when he counted
them over by 2,3, 5, 7 and 11 at a time, there
remained 1,2, 3, 4 and 5, respectively; and
that he had calculated he should make between
10s and 11s of them. I then offered him half
a guinea for the lot, which the boy gladly
accepted. The juvenile readers of the Gazette
are requested to tell the number of nuts the boy
had, and whether I gained or lost by the trans
action, and how much.
NO. 11.
Two thousand one hundred, divided by two.
Will show in a word what the dandy must do,
When he would appear like his brother, the ape.
In character, figure, and beautiful shape.
AN ARITHMETICAL QUESTION.
Suppose A to be 5 1-3 when B is 59 1-6
years of age, how’ long must they live together,
so that A’s age must be just one-seventh of B’s
age? and what will be their respective ages?
With a general rule to answ r er all such ques
tions without the aid of algebra.
A translation of the following Charade into
English verse, and an answer to it in the same,
are solicited:
CHARADE FRANCAIS.
Mon premier, animal rempli de fourberie,
Ne doit, dans tons les temps, resider qu’au grenier;
Mon second, par le vent, s’agite avec furie:
Heureux qui peut aux champs habitez raon entiert
<Efjr Jtas nf tt}? Don.
Cuba. —The steam-ship Isabel, which armed
at this port on the 22d, after a rough and
stormy passage, brought our latest intelligence
front the “Gem Island.” Aside from the
strictly commercial news, the following are the
only items of importance:
The steamer Georgia arrived on the 19th at
12 M. from New York.
The excitement consequent upon the invasion
of the Island had entirely subsided. The Con
toy prisoners were still in close confinement,
and it was understood would not be liberated
until advices were received from Old Spain.
The Cholera had somewhat abated in Ha
vana, but was spreading through tne interior of
the Island with great fatality.
Forest and Willis. —The following is the
version of the encounter between Mr. Forest
and Mr. Willis, given by the New York Eve
ning Post of the 18th inst.
“ About five o’clock yesterday afternoon, the
Washington Parade Ground was the scene of a
violent personal conflict between Mr. Forest,
the tragedian, and Mr. Willis, editor ol the
Home Journal. The facts, as we have them
from an eye-witness, who informed us that he
had no personal acquaintance with either party,
are thete: As Mr. Willis, who had just left his
house, was carelessly sauntering along one ol
the walks of the square, he was approached
from the side by Mr. Forrest, who held a loaded
whip in his hand, with which he struck Mr.
Willis, on the back of the head or neck, a blow
which felled him to the ground. He then ap
plied a small cane, which he had jerked from
Mr. Willis’s hand, to his back and sides, while
he was prostrate. Two persons, who accom
panied Mr. Forrest, kept the bystanders from
interfering until the police came up, when both
parties were arrested and taken to the Sixth
Avenue police office. Mr. Willis observed to
the magistrate that he had no complaint to
make there, and Mr. Forest replied that he had
flogged Mr. Willis, and that he was willing to
take the responsibility of his actions. The
magistrate then took the evidence of the police
othcers, who were the first upon the ground,
and had both parties bound to keep the peace in
respect to each other for the next six months.
Mr. Willis, though somewhat bruised, was not
seriously injured.”
New Post Offices. —The following new Post
Offices have been established in this State, viz:
Roseborough, Laurens District, John Duncan,
Post Master; Long Cane, Abbeville District,
H. S. McCastin, Post Master; North Saluda,
Greenville District,Juliet Good, Post Master;
Colonel’s Fork, Pickens District, George W.
Phelps, Post Master; and Henry, Spartanburg
District, Samuel N. Drummond, Post Master.
ITT The New York petition in favour of Mr
Clay’s compromise, has received more than
twenty thousand signatures.
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ENTIRELY NEW DRESS
“ from head to foot,” and upon beautiful white paper, so
that, in mechanical excellence, it shall not be surpassed by
any paper whatever in the United States! It will contin
ue under the same Editorial direction as heretofore, and no
pains or expense will be spared to make it
A CHOICE FAMILY NEWSPAPER,
“as cheap as the cheapest, and as good as the best!**
Utterly discarding the notion that a Southern journal can
not compete with the Northern weeklies, in cheapness and
interest,
THE SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE
Shall rival the best of them in all the characteristics of a
truly valuable fireside Journal. Its aim will be the diffu
sion of cultivated and refined taste throughout the com
munity—and it will embrace in its ample folds every spe
cies of intelligence that can tend to this result
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS,
from many of the ablest writers in the South, will chiefly
occupy its columns, hut not to the exclusion of choice mis
cellany. selected from the best American and European
sources
The tone of the “ Gazette” will be independeutin criti
cism and in the discussion of every legitimate topic, bnt it
will be strictly
NEUTRAL IN POLITICS AND RELIGION!
Its columns will be occasionally embellished with
SOUTHERN PORTRAITS 4c LANDSCAPES,
engraved expressly for the work, and accompanied by
biographical and topographical sketches A portrait of
the Hon. Judge Lumpkin, of Georgia, appeared in the
first number, and others will follow at monthly intervals
ITS GENERAL INFORMATION
will be copious, butearefully condensed from the leading
Journals of all parts of the world.
Notwithstanding the great increase ill the size and at
tractions of the paper, it will still be published at
Two Dollars Per .Innum, in J!ilrance !
It will be furnished to persons becoming responsible for
the whole number of copies, and having them sent to one
address, on the following terms:
Three copies, $5
Five copies, $
Ten copies, 15
Fifteen copies, 20
Twenty copies, 25
Fifty copies, 60
tAll orders most he accompanied with the money,
and addressed, post-paid, to
WALKER &. RICHARDS.
Charleston, S. C.
N. B.—Editors who will copy, or notice fully, this Pros
pectus, shall receive the Gazette regularly, and also a
beautiful Juvenile Magazine, entitled “The Schoolfel
low.”
THE BEST AND CHEAPEST JUVENILE
MAGAZINE IN THE UNITED ts FATES.
On the 15th of January, 1850, was published at
Charleston, S. C., the first number cf the Seen,,.) An
nnal Volume of
THE SCHOOLFELLOW,
which has been pronounced by some of the ablest presse.
and best judges, “ The best and cheapest Juvenile Mag
azine in the United States.” The success of this beauti
nil little work during its first year has been so flattering
that the Publishers have resolved to continue it and make
it permanent, and they therefore call upon parents, teach
ers, and all interested in the rising generation to aid them
in their efforts to make the Schoolfellow all that its most
flattering judges have pronounced it.
It will lie published in the same form as heretofore and
under the same editorial care; and will contain chiefly ori
ginal articles from the pens of Mrs. Caroline Gilman, Mrs.
Joseph C. Neal, Mrs, W. C. Richards, Mrs. C. W. Du-
Bose, MissTuthill, Caroline Howard, Miss C. VV’. Bar
her, Clara Moreton, Maria Roseau, the Editor, and many
other well known writers.
ITS PICTORIAL EMBELLISHMENTS
will lie more numerous and beautiful than before; it will
lie printed upon finer paper, and no pains will be spared to
make it a most charming companion for all good girls and
bops. It will lie published on the fifteenth of each month,
and will make a volume of abont 400 pages and 100 en
gravings,
Five copies will be sent to one address for *4 ; Eleven
copies for *8 ; Twenty-three copies for sls, and Thirty
two copies for S2O!
THE FIRST VOLUME,
beautifully hound in gilt muslin, will be furnished in con
nection with the second Year for Two Dollars. To
clubs, it will be supplied at One DoUnr for each copy.
-xC All orders must be accompanied witii the cash —
if by mail, post-paid.
Clubs should be made up as early as practicable—
and those wishing volume first, should apply immediately
to WALKER & RICHARDS.
May 4, 1850. Charleston, S. C.
*** Editors copying this Prospectus, or making suitable
notice, shall receive a copy of the work without an ex
change. They will pleas send marked copies of their
papers containing it to the ‘ Gazette.”
general agency
IN LITERATURE, ART and SCIENCE.
AT THE
Office of the Southern Literary Gazette.
Corner of Broad-st. and East-Bay, (up stairs,)
Charleston, S. 8.
The Undersigned, Editor of tae “ Southern Lite
rary Gazette,” begs leave to inform the public that
he has opened a General Agency for the transaction of
any business connected with Literature, Science an-
Art. He will correspond with authors concerning the
publication of books and pamphlets upon their own ac
count, or otherwise ; execute any commission for gentle
men forming libraries ; forward subscriptions for any peri
odical work, American or European ; receive and execuet
promptly commissions for any work of Art; supply accu
rate estimates ot the cost of Philosophical Instruments,
order them at his own risk and guarantee their efficiency.
All communications must be addressed, prepaid, to
WM. C. RICHARDS.
No charge will be made sot any service required
by his brethren of the press, who will oblige him by pub
fishing this notice.