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\VM. C. RICHARDS, Editor.
D H. JACQUES. Associate Editor.
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jaTURDAY MORNING, JULY 6, 1850.
ON THE NORTH ;
jrjjoM THE EDITOR’S POCKET BOOK.
chapter v.
I hasty exit from the City—Speed on the
Hudson River Rail-Way—Tunnels—Sig
nll Flans —A Suggestion—Successful En
terprise —“ Cold Spring''—A brother found
The ‘ Highlands' ’— West Point Foundry
Excursion to “ lYest Point"—Memorials
of the Mexican War—The “Stars” the
Stripes”
\i the wane ot a sultry day, we hurried to
( ht Chambers-street Station of the Hudson
Kiver Rad-Way, and reached it just in season
to spring upon the last car of the live o’clock
Express tiain, as it was already in motion. 80
Hasty iiad been our resolve upon on excursion
10 “ West Point ” before the closing of the
Annual Examination at the Military Academy,
that we had no time to pack even a carpet-bag;
but hkc Dickens’ “ wonderful traveller” in the
■Household Wolds,” we went without ‘* a
change,” and felt all the pleasure of an unex
pected jaunt. ft took us half an hour to reach
the upper “Station” and get the separate cars
in one train and aiiuched to an engine, but this
done, our onward flight was rapid and exhili
ratmg Along tin- bank of the noble Hudson,
we ru-hed with a speed that mocked the pro
cess of the steamers, formerly miracles of
swiltnes.-, but now left hopelessly behind by the
rapid car,” foreseen by the poet Dryden.—
Vccustomed as we were to rail way travel, we
felt, notwithstanding, a little nervousness as we
dashed at tlie rate ol thirty miles an hour
around roeky dirts, which thrust their jagged
amis almost into our faces, or dashed into the
profound darkness ol’ a tunnel, as if we had
suddenly sunk into tile earth, the wild din of
I,or headlong progress still further suggesting
the roar ot the elements in the chaotic bosom
II mother Earth 1 it is almost impossible to
converse with another while in motion upon the
rail-way, *o incessant and stunning are the
echoes of the thundering wheels from the rocks
on one or hoth sides. At very brief intervals
men or boys are stationed with white Hags,
winch they wave until the train has shot by.
This is to assure the engineer that “all is right,”
I a precaution but lor which many accidents
must inevitably result from the great speed at
which the train moves, and which, considering
ihe almost constant curvature of the track, is
Out little inferior to the rate of the English rail
win trains If the English custom of sowing
gi. within and without the rails were to be
adopted, it would greatly enhance the comfort
of summer travel, by the avoidance of the dust
which now almost chokes the traveller.
When the Hudson River rail-way was pro
jected, there were many doubts as to the wisdom
ot the enterprise. While yet incomplete, how
ever, and opened for only half its entire length,
,t is so protitable that its stock is held at a gen
erous premium. The travel upon it is immense,
‘.he rates scarcely exceeding those of the steam
sou i- at average fares. The charge is a little
over one cent per mile! The trains stop only
a minute at each station, and perform their time
almo-t to the fraction of a minute. When
shall we have great speed and low fares upon
oui Southern rail-ways ?
At T o’clock, the conductor announced to us
die ‘• Cold Spring ” station, more than fifty miles
truin the city, and there we stayed our flight,
li’ ping to meet in the very pretty village of that
name, our brother, who was somewhere in “ the
Highlands,” with his easel and his portfolio.
In less than five minutes, we surprised him
I it his inn, upon the very margin of the river,
sud received “ a highland welcome,” not ex
iting tlie good fare, which we suppose to
nave constituted an essential part of the re
nowned reception!
After we had supped, there remained still an
hour of twilight, and we sallied out with a
I thud friend, to take a bird's eye view of the
I v uiage and the West Point Foundry, upon its
I southern verge.
1 here is not. upon the river, a more beautiful
I situation, than that of Cold Spring. It is the
I Kt; ni the Highland. The village slopes from
I ,l - height to the river, immediately opposite
Iw lamous Crow’s Nest, the first lofty peak of
hie Highland group. Upon its northern border
‘die lofty “ Bull’s head,” and just beyond
dial the wild “ Break -neek,” distinguished by
I the contused heaping of its rocky masses, from
10 summit. Across tlie river from this
I point is “ Butter Hill,” a name probably derived
I horn the resemblance which this round peak
I hear-; to a lump of butter, fresh moulded for the
‘'■euktast table ! These hills seem to shut the
I in and give it the appearance of a moun-
I tain-loch.
1 he West Point Foundry is one of the most
extensive of its kind in this country. It em-
I c-oys over live hundred men, and performs
aea.iy all the heavy forging for New York and
‘icinitj Castings of more than forty tons
‘o -l.t haw been produced here, and shafts have
” ’■u wrought exceeding fifteen tons in weight!
t-oiti Spring was the birth-place of the gal
•utA Colonel Duncan, whose memory is cher
<shed by his countrymen.
n 1 ..
*’ ’ ‘lept soundly at our “ highland inn,” and
1 an duly breakfast, set out for West Point,
‘’'’ miles below us on the opposite side of the
Our light boat, propelled by a single
-u.roi oars, >kimmed ihe placid waters of the
80n > in the clear depths of which were
the majestic forms of Crow Nest and
,li mountain peers. In twenty minutes, we
-i.ued on the beach of West Point, in the face
“great guns” which, upon the day pre-
I ■ made the hills reverberate with ten tliou
"“d echoes, as they discharged heavy balls at a
placed upon the shore, across an inland
II hot the river. A sentinel, with his musket,
1 the shore, but demanded no pass-word.
■ ‘ii tin huge dirt's of smooth rock which
4111 the ramparts of this military station, are
ur W in huge letters, some of them three feet
1 kmgth, the names of Mexico, Palo Alto,
toca de la Palma, and other significant
r m. with equally significant dates attached to
On further investigations, we found
other memorials of the triumph of our
raS;n Mexico. These inscriptions are more
“ l ' !ul l ° us than they would be, we fancy, to
oxiean soldier, who might by chance visit
Point!
‘M; mounted the hill to the beautiful plateau
I 1 ' 41 “ilich the Academy and its belongings
f ‘cted. [t is indeed a delightful place, and
e P green of its embosoming foliage lent
“ more vivid hues to the “Stars and Stripes,”
lh y floated out from the summit of the
“ ld ‘ng3. One of our party remarked upon
1 4 Edition of a star only for each new State,
’ “ ea another replied that “ the glory of the
stars belonged to every State, but the glory of
the stripes belonged only to the ‘ old thirteen.’”
Another “ Chapter” is due to a just com
memoration of what we saw and heard at
West Point.
MOULTRIE.
The ever memorable Twenty-Eighth of June
—a day pregnant with memories of perilous
times and glorious deeds—a day on which the
humble walls of the old log-fort of O'Sullivan
were made an altar on which Patriotism laid its
costly sacrifice of noble blood, was appropri
ately celebrated, on the Island, and near the
ancient battle ground, on Friday of last week.
A procession, composed of citizens of Moul
trieville and Charleston, and escorted by that
fine corps, the Moultrie Guards and a de
tachment of the United States troops, marched
to tne Moultrie House, where, after appropriate
religious exercises by Rev. Mr. Hyatt, an oration
was delivered hv Gen. Wm. E. Maitin. The
Moultrieville Association afterwards partook of
a public dinner, which is spoken of as being a
scene of high festivity and enjoyment. We
did not have the pleasure of listening to Gen.
Martin’s oration, but it is mentioned in the
highest terms of praise by those who heard it.
The Moultrie Guards, whose anniversary
occurs on this glorious battle-day, and who e
guest we had the honour to be, also partook of
a public repast. Their table was loaded with
all the luxuries which our unrivalled market
affords; but the dinner was sufficiently praised in
its reception and we need not dwell on that
point. The rude hall in which the table was
spread was decorated with much taste. Appro
priate mottoes met the eye a*, each extremity of
the hall.
After the material luxuries had been disposed
of, in a manner quite satisfactory to those en
gaged in their discussion, an intellectual banquet
was quickly prepared and partaken of with no
less zest. Patriotism, eloquence and wit were
mingled most harmoniously. The spirit-stirring
sentiment alternated with the sparkling jeu
d'esprit, and songs were not wanting to give
variety to the entertaintuient. Among those
who distinguished themselves by their bon mots
and witty and playful retorts, Colonel A. O.
Andrews, Rev. Mr. Cox, and our friend, J. J.
Pope, Esq., were conspicuous. Our limits will
not allow us to report, even in outline, any of
the speeches made on the occasion, though some
of them were full of eloquence and patriotism.
Tlie regular toasts have been published in the
daily papers and we will not give them here,
hut we cannot refrain from copying a few of the
volunteers:
By Col. Andrews— The Young Men of Ca
rolina : If they would maintain and perpetuate
the high standard of our State, they must lay
the foundations of their own characters broad
and deep, and qualify themselves for performing
nil the duties which she may require in peace
and in war, bravely, magnanimously and skil
fully.
By J. J. Pope,Esq.— Revolution: The resort
of freemen under oppression—the terror only of
slaves.
By Daniel Wayne— John C. Calhoun: The
pure and incorruptible patriot—his memory is
embalmed in our heart of hearts.
By Rev. Mr. Cox— The Ladies: God bless
them, and bless us with them.
By Thomas Y. Simons, Jr.— The Moultrie
Guards and the Washington Light Infantry,
Rifle Corps of the 16 th Regiment: May they
know no rivalry save that of warm and gener
ous feeling.
By D. H. Jacques— The Moultrie Guards:
May they ever prove as true to the Palmetto as
the Palmetto proved to their namesake in the
days of the old log-fort.
By W. G. Vardell— The Spirit of June 28,
’76: Let that spirit which tyranny could not
enthrall—that unity of spirit which character
ized the men of that day, now pervade our na
tional councils—then shall justice triumph and
our glorious Constitution, unvioiated, uncom
promised,be transmitted to an admiring posterity.
The Southern Iflterary Gazette had the
honour to be mentioned in a toast, for which, in
behalf of Editors, Publishers and Printers, we
hereby tender our thanks. We responded by
giving the following:
The Citizen Soldiery and the Press. —May
the latter ever be found ready to contend for the
rights of our country in an intellectual warfare,
as the former on the battle-field.
It is perhaps generally knoyn that the Moul
trie Guards were organized on Temperance
principles, and that the sparkling champagne is
forever banished from their festive board. This
will account for the extraordinary fact that no
one was “laid under the table” during the
whole performance 1 But though the spirit of
the wine bottle was excluded, there was no
lack of spirit of another and a better kind—a
spirit of social hilarity and fraternal feeling, and
we have seldom seen a more jovial company.
When the Moultrie Guards celebrate their
next anniversary, (do you take the hint, gentle
men ?) “ may we be there to see.” *
A REMINGTON BRIDGE.
The Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser gives a
long and interesting account of the testing of
the Remington Bridge at that place. The
Bridge has been constructed, at the expense of
Mr. Remington, across a deep ravine which has
intercepted the thoroughfare between the city
and its wharf and rail-way station. Its span is
four hundred and thirty-six feet —the longest
span, it is said, of any wooden bridge in the
world. The Advertiser gives the following
description of its construction:
“ Without pretending to give anything like a
description of this wonderful specimen of archi
tectural invention and skill, we would simply
remark, that the supporters of this immense
structure, except at and near the abutments, are
nothing more than two layers of inch or inch
and a quarter ordinary pine plank, eight or ten
inches wide and eighteen or twenty teet long,
securely fastened together by means of a cer
tain glue, (also the invention of Mr. Reming
ton,) and sheet iron firmly nailed on where tlie
extremities meet. These pieces, thus fastened
together, are extended longitudinally from one
abutment to the other, to each of which it is
firmly and securely attached by means of large
iron bolts. Side by side are these longitudinal
supporters, laid until they form a platform some
eight or ten feet wide, across which plank is to
he laid for the floor way upon which to travel.
The abutments, of course, are constructed ol
the stoutest material, skillfully put together.
The longitudinal supporters at the abutments
are some tour or five inches thick, gradually
diminishing in thickness until they reach the
distance ot some forty or fifty feet from the
abutments, where they assume the thickness ol
inch plank, as before mentioned.”
The testing of the structure was a scene of
uncommon interest. It was witnessed by an
immense crowd of spectators, most of whom
were entirely incredulous in regard to its suc
cess. It appeared so frail that every one was
curious and anxious to see whether it was capa
ble of sustaining itself in the air. We give the
closing paragraph of the Advertiser’s article:
“ Prop after prop was cut and knocked away,
and as the few last were, one by one, being re
moved, the eager crowd gathered closer and
closer around the bridge—the scene was in
tensely interesting. As the span gradually
widened, disparaging remarks ceased the
doubting began to speak up as if the thing
would do—the incredulous stood aghast.—
Finally, the last prop was cut from under, and
with fi long vibration it remained suspended in
the air. The unbelievers approached it some
thing after the manner of the frogs in the fable
of Log.” It holds its own weight, but
will it admit of any other l It was soon tested;
one, and then another and another in quick
succession iollowed, and soon the whole crowd
was on it, passing to and fro; giving perhaps as
severe a test in the way of weight as it will ever
be subjected to.”
We trust that the people of our city will
soon witness an equally triumphant testing of a
similar structure. The Remington Bridge is no
longer an experiment. It is a fixed fact. *
SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE.
(Pnr (feiji (Cnlninn.
The World's Industrial Exhibition.
A Central Committee for the United States
has been appointed at Washington to promote
the objects of the great Industrial Festival and
Fair, to be held in London in 1851. The co
operation of all parts of the countiy will be
invoked to make the American portion of the
exhibition worthy of our country. Copies of
the correspondence between the British Min
ister and the Department of State, in relation
to this matter, having been laid before the Na
tional Institute, that body, in accordance with
the suggestions of the Department, have taken
active measures in furtherance of the great
movement. The Committee consists of twenty
gentlemen, at the head of whom is the Vice
President. An Executive Committee, to carry
out the views of the General Committee, con
sisting of the following gentlemen, has been
appointed: Col. Peter Force, Prof. Walter R.
Johnson, Prof. Joseph Henry, J. C. G. Kennedy,
Esq., and Capt. Charles Wilkes.
Associations, committees, or individuals, de
siring to make propositions or receive informa
tion, are requested to address Joseph C. G.
Kennedy, Secretary of the Executive Commit
tee, Washington, D. C.
The British Consul in Charleston, George
Mathew', Esq., will receive communications
iroin parties disposed to exhibit Produce, Ma
chinery, or other specimens of American in
dustry and art. *
American Aristocracy.
Mr. Bristed, in his letter to Horace Mann,
gives the results of his observations on the sub
ject of Aristocracy in this country, in the fol
lowing terms:
“ I do not mean to say that there is no aris
tocracy in the country—that is to say, no set
or sets of men who use their own so as to abuse
their neighbours, who infringe upon other peo
ple’s rights, and exercise a tyranny over other
people’s amusements and occupations. There
is a sufficiency of such aristocracy among us ;
so Jar as my observation has extended, it is
composed chiefly of the following classes: Ist,
Omnibus drivers; 2d, Hotel keepers ; 3d, News
paper editors; sth, Blackguards and rowdies
generally, such as the people who stormed the
Opera House and drove Maeready out of New
York.”
Confession. *
A young man who was about being married,
presented himself to the priest for confession.
As he appeared rather embarrassed and did not
seem to know how to proceed to enumerate
his errors:
“ Come,” said the father kindly. “ do you
ever tell falsehoods?”
“ Father, I am not a lawyer,” proudly re
plied the young man.
“ Did you ever steal ?’’
“ Father, I am not a merchant.”
“ You have not committed murder ?”
“ I am a physician,” conscienciously replied
the penitent, casting down his eyes. *
Death of Dr. Tydiman.
We learn w’ith regret that Dr. Philip Tydi
man, an old and respected citizen of this State,
died in Aberdeen, Scotland, on the 11th ult.
He had but lately left this country fora tour in
Europe, and had visited London and Edinburgh
and arrived at Aberdeen, where he became ill,
and notwithstanding the best medical aid and
the kind attentions of friends, he died.
Dr. Tydiman was a public spirited, generous
and philanthropic citizen, a liberal patron of the
fine arts, and an especial benefactor of his Ger
man fellow'-citizens. His loss is deeply felt. *
Dr. Webster—Table Rock.
The telegraph, which we are sorry to say is
notorious for hoaxes, reported to our daily
papers, under date of June 30th, the follow'ing
rather suspicious looking items :
“ Dr. Webster has written a letter to the
Governor of Massachusetts, in which he con
fesses the killing of Dr. Parkman, but says that
the act was not with a murderous intent, and
prays for a commutation of punishment.
*• Table Rock, at Niagara Falls, fell to-day,
with a tremendous crash. A carriage contain
ing six persons was passing over at the time.
Those in the carriage escaped—the carriage
itself went over with the rock.”
The Dark Corner.
Our correspondents have been so dilatory
about sending in answers to the Enigmas,
Charades, &c., w'hich we have giyen them in
the last two numbers of the Gazette, that we
shall omit that department rhis week. In the
mean time we call for “Light tor the Dark
Corner.” *
jtfrtrnpnlitflii 3*l nttrrs.
Madame Bishop’s Concert, —We had the
pleasure of hearing Madame Bishop and Signor
Bochsa, at their musical entertainment, at
Hibernian Hall, on the evening of the 27th ult.
We do not wonder at the enthusiasm with
w'hich they were greeted everywhere in Mexico.
Madame Bishop sings and acts with a grace
and a power which move and captivate every
one. But she needs not our praise, and it is
unnecessary to describe, if we had the power
adequately to do so, the performance of one so
well known and so universally admired. She
was rapturously applauded. Signor Bochsa’s
performance on the harp is truly w'onderful.
His touch is the touch of genius, and the har
mony which follows it is such harmony as
genius alone can cause to gush forth from any
instrument.
The Hall was crowded with the beauty and
fashion of Charleston. The elegant and fine
toned piano used on the occasion was kindly
loaned by Mr. Oates. *
Fires — lncendiaries —On Wednesday night,
the 26th ult., there were tw'o attempts to set
fire. The first was made on the premises of
Mr. Anger, near the corner of Anson and
Wentworth streets, by placing combustible ma
terials on one of the sills of the piazza. The
flame w'as discovered by a slave and soon ex
tinguished The other attempt, also unsuccess
ful, was made in Charlotte-street, on the Neek.
On Thursday evening, the 27th ult., a box of
matches, a bottle of turpentine, and a large bag
of paper, were discovered on the premises of
Mr. John Malone, King-street. They were
evidently intended for incendiary purposes.
On Saturday morning, the 29th ult., about
half-past three o’clock, Mr. Kenefeck’s Drug
Store, No. 13 (Queen-street, was discovered to
be on fire. The flames were arrested, by the
prompt and efficient action of the firemen, be
fore the building was entirely consumed. Mr.
Kenefeck lost his entire stock of drugs and
medicines. He had an insurance of SBOO,
which, however, will not cover the loss.
On Saturday night, there were several alarms
of fire. There can be no doubt but that we
have in our midst a gang of incendiaries of the
most reckless and daring kind ; and prompt and
energetic measures should be taken to guard
the property of our citizens and capture the
villains who are perpetrating such outrages. *
Extension of Manufacturing Capital.—
At a meeting of the Stockholders of the
Charleston Manufacturing Company, (says the
News.) on the 28th ult., it was determined to
enlarge their capital from SIOO,OOO to $500,000,
and to erect another structure, capable of work
ing 15,000 spindles, in the immediate vicinity
of their present factory in Hampstead. General
James has subscribed one half of the additional
capital.
Wood Engraving. —See advertisement of
N. Orr in another column
(Our 3Snnk (Tahir.
Lectures on Art and Poems. By Washington All
ston. Edited by Richard Henry Dana, Ja. New Vork:
Baker & Scribner. 1850.
The acknowledged genius and wide-spread
fame of Aliston, the Artist and Poet, will en
sure for this volume a cordial greeting when
ever art and poetry are appreciated. It de
serves a more extended notice than our limits
will permit us to give it here. We shall be
compelled to hint at, rather than fully express,
our thought concerning it.
The Lectures on Art, with which the volume
opens, form, in our estimation, the most valu
able contribution to the department of our lite
rature to which they belong, tlial has ever been
made. They develope, with a rlearness and
force peculiar to their author, and calculated to
carry conviction to every mind, anew philoso
phy of art—a philosophy founded on Intuition,
as the ground of perception and taste. Mr.
Aliston assumes that what is universally felt to
be true, is true. He asserts boldly what others
have only admitted timidly, if at all, viz: “That
the phases of mind and opinion whieh come to
us through intuition, are as real as those which
reach us through the understanding.” His
genius grasps the great law of universal analogy,
seen through which many a mystery, 100
opaque for our dull mental vision to otherwise
penetrate, becomes as transparent as ether. He
sees that there is a correspondence between
body and spirit—in fact, that there is through
out the universe a general harmonious relation
of parts to other parts and to the whole, that
the mind intuitively perceives this and univer
sally desires to realize that harmony and unity,
in art, as in nature. Through this instinctive
feeling, purer and stronger in some than in
others, but never entirely lacking, we perceive
the existence or detect the absence of the har
monious relation between the forms of art and
the thought—the spirit intended to be embodied
in them, of w'hich we have spoken.
We have thus given, imperfectly we fear, the
key-note ot the lectures. We cannot proceed
to speak of them in detail, or even to give an
exhaustive analysis of them. We cannot too
strongly commend the work to artists and men
of taste and thought. The reader will find in
it nothing crude, hasty and unfinished. Careful
thought and study are manifest on every page.
Mr. Aliston was no reproducer of other men’s
thoughts. Every thing he wrote is fresh, origi
nal, and full of the intense life of genius.
Mr. Aliston was as truly a poet as a painter,
as all who have read “ The Sylphs ol the
Season,” “ The Paint King,” and the Angel
and the Nightingale,” will at once admit. The
same freshness of thought and purity of style
pervade the poems as the lectures. We copy,
in closing, the following Sonnet, as it is illus
trative of the Art-Philosophy embodied in the
author’s lectures. *
ART.
O Art, higli gift of Heaven! how oft defamed
When seeming praised! To most a craft that fits.
By dead, prescriptive Rule, the scattered bits
Os gathered knowledge; even so misnamed
By some who would invoke thee; hut not so
By him, —the noble Tuscan,* —who gave birth
To forms unseen of man, unknown to Earth,
Now living habitants; he felt tlie glow
Os thy revealing touch, that brought to view
The invisible Idea; and he knew,
E’en by his inward sense, its form was true:
’Twas life to life responding,—highest truth!
So, through Elisha’s faith, the Hebrew Youth
Beheld the thin blue air to fiery chariots grow.
*Michael Angelo.
Map of Minnesota, with a Topographical Accompani
ment. Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwaite & Cos.
1850.
The public attention has been of late so much
directed to the territory of Minnesota, the
“ New England of the West,” (as it has been
significantly termed,) that a correct map and
guide book for that region cannot fail to be
acceptable to all who are contemplating emi
gration thither, or to the traveller who follows
the course of “ the Star of Empire.” The
map embraces all the organized counties, and
is beautifully executed.
Minnesota contains over a million of acres,
and lies nearly in the centre of the North
American continent, being almost equally dis
tant from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and
nearly so from Hudson’s Bay and the Gulf of
Mexico. The Indian orthography of the name
is Min-nee-so-tah, signifying cloudy water,
from the greyish waters of the St. Peter’s River,
which flows through the territory.
It is a fertile and salubrious country, and a
year ago its civilized population numbered 5000,
a number unquestionably more than doubled
by immigration and natural increase within the
past year. The Indian population of Minne
sota is estimated at 27,000 principally Sioux
and Chippeways, with some Mennomies and
Winnebagoes. They are peaceable and oblig
ing to the settlers. Land warrants, securing
to the holder 160 acres of good land, near the
principal towns and rivers, can be obtained for
$125. The Government is in treaty with the
Sioux for a vast tract of rich country, west of
the Missississippi, which will open an attractive
field for immigrants. The public lands are
held at $1.25 per acre. Liberal provision has
been made for educational purposes, each town
ship having a grant of two sections, embracing
in all 1280 acres, for the establishment of a
common school lund. This is twice the appro
priation in any other State or Territory, arid
speaks well for the future of Minnesota.
The distance from Charleston to Saint Paul,
the chief city of the new Territory, by New
York and Chicago, is 2300 miles. It can be
performed in nine days, at a total expense ol
from SSO to S7O dollars. By way of Balti
more and the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, the
distance from Charleston is about 2800 miles,
and the time occupied eleven days.
Ten yeats hence, Minnesota will be crowded
by a large and prosperous population, realizing
the wealth which its numerous and diversified
resources already promise to the industrious
emigrant.
nPAEEIE TON AnOETOAON. The Acts
or the Apostles: according to the Text of Augustus
Hahn, with Notes and a Lexicon, forthe use of Schools,
Colleges and Theological Seminaries. By John L.
Owen, D. D. New York: Leavitt Si Cos, 1850.
This edition of the Acts of the Apostles is
an exact reprint from Dr. Robinson’s edition of
Hahn's Novum Testamentum Grace. The
Editor informs us that his great object in pre
paring it, was to secure, if possible, the intro
duction of a portion of the Greek Testament
into the prescribed and regular course of clas
sical study in our academies and colleges. As
a specimen of typography, the work before us
will compare favourably with any work of the
kind w,th which we are acquainted. The
Greek type is remarkably clear and beautiful.
It is of the kind called the Porsonian, and was
imported for use on this and kindred works.
The work is neatly and strongly bound, and is
in every way well adapted to the use of stu
dents. Its appearanne is highly creditable to
its enterprising publishers. *
An Introduction to the Water Cure. By Thomas
L. Nichols, M. D. New York: Fowlers & Wells. 1850.
As an introduction simply, this little treatise
is just the thing to place in the hands of the
enquirer, who desires to investigate the claims
of the Water Cure to the confidence of the
public. It is calculated to awaken an interest
in the subject, and lead to the perusal of larger
and more complete works. Mr. Nichols writes
with clearness and force, and manifests a candid
and truth-loving spirit. *
•Six Months in the Gold Mines : From a Journal of
Three \ ears Residence in Upper and Lower California.
By E. Gould Buffum, Lieutenant First Regiment New
York Volunteers. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard.
1850.
Were w*e to devote to a notice of each “Cali
fornia book” that we receive, the space in our
columns which it, individually, seems to claim,
w r e might almost fill our paper w r ith such
notices, so rapidly are such works multiplied.
We can only speak of them in very general
terms. Lieut. Buffum, being in California at
the time the Gold Fever broke out, was an
early victim. He gives his experience in a
very lively and pleasing style, and the reader
gathers a great deal of useful information from
his book. The fact that he has resided in Cali
fornia three years and understands the language
and is familiar with the manners and customs
of the country, gives his narrative a value not
possessed by those written by transient visitors.
We submit the follow’ing extracts for the con
sideration of those who have an itching to be
come gold-diggers:
“ I would advise all who are in good posi
tions at home to remain there. The labour and
hardships consequent upon the life of a gold
digger, are of the most severe and arduous
nature. Prying and breaking up huge rocks,
shovelling dirt, washing it with w r et teet all
day, and sleeping on the damp ground at night,
w'ith nothing above but a thin covering of can
vas, or it leaky log roof, are not by any means
agreeable to one who has been accustomed to
the civili/.ed life of cities.
I hesitate not to say, that the labour of
gold-digging is unequalled by any other in the
world m severity. It combines within itself the
various arts of canal digging, ditching, laying
stone walls, ploughing, and hoeing potatoes—
and adding to this a file in the wilds of the
mountains, living upon poor provisions, con
tinually exposed to the burning rays of the
sun or the heavy dews of night, and the occu
pation becomes anything but a pleasant one.
“ Never come without money, as gold is not
to be found in the streets of San Francisco.
“ It (California) is as yet an unpromising re
gion lor w'hat are called the‘learned profes
sions,’ and I would advise no more ‘of that
ilk’ to wend this way. The country is already
overrun with young lawyers and doctors, who
are too feeble physically to succeed as gold
diggers. and seek in vain for tees.”
We consider this excellent advice. Our read
ers can judge of it for themselves. *
Supplement to Frank Forester’s Fish and
Fishing of the United States and British Provinces of
North America. By Henry W. Herbert. New York;
Stringer & Townsend. 1850.
The design of the author in the publication
of this Supplement, is to correct some errors
which occur in his previous work, and to furnish
additional information on various points con
nected with the subject. Mr. Herbert informs
us that he intended to insert some information
concerning the sea-fish of the South, but was
disappointed in obtaining specimens which a
friend in this city had promised to send him.
He adds six or seven varieties of Salmonidce,
found in the rivers which flow into the Pacific,
and several new Northern fish. *
Hand Book of Mediaeval Geography and History.
By William Putz. Translated from the German by
R. B. Paul. New York: D. Appleton Si Cos. 1850.
Geography and History are very happily
combined in this work, which is admirably
adapted to the use of schools. It commences
with the migrations of the Germans and the
dissolution of the Roman Empire, and closes
with the discovery of America, embracing a
period about which too little isgenerally known.
It is as full as a manuel of the kind can well
be, and may be relied upon for strict fidelity.
*
The Golden Sands of Mexico. A Moral and Reli.
gious Tale. True Riches, or the Reward of Self.
Sacrifice. Philadelphia: Lindsay & BlakUton* 1830.
The two stories embraced in this volume are
from the pens of unknow’n writers, but give
evidence of considerable power and literary
experience. Tlie lesson inculcated in both is
that the unscrupulous pursuit of wealth is dis
tructive of moral purity, domestic happiness,
and often life itself. They are worthy of the
most unreserved commendation. *
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman
Empire. By Edward Gibbon, Esq. With Notes by
the Rev. H. H. Milman. Anew edition. In six vols.
Vol. V. Boston: Phillips. Sampson Si Cos. 1850.
One more volume will complete the set, and
give the public entire the best edition of this
standard history ever published in this coun
try, at a price so moderate as to place it within
the reach of persons of small means. The
sixth and last volume will soon appear. *
Dictionary ofMechanics and Engine Wore. Oliver
Byrne. Editor. New York: D. Appleton & Cos. 1850.
We have received No. 8 of this exceedingly
valuable work. We can only renew our oft
repeated recommendations of this publication.
The talent and learning of the editor, and the
enterprise and energy of the publishers, are
worthy of the highest praise. They ought not
to lack efficient support. *
Shakspeare’s Works, Boston edition. Boston: Phil
lips, Sampson & Cos. 1850.
No. 17 of this superb edition of the great
Dramatist has been received. It contains the
play of “ King John,” and is illustrated with a
beautiful portrait of Queen Constance.
(Cnlifnrnia Struis.
Fire at San Francisco. —A correspondent
of the Tribune, writing from San Francisco,
under date of Tuesday, May 14th, gives the
follow'ing account of the dreadful conflagration
W'hich lately devastated that place :
An awful conflagration has laid waste the
heart of tlie city, and destroyed property to the
amount of nearly five millions of dollars!
The fire broke out on the plaza, opposite the
Custom House, at an early hour on Saturday
morning, May 4, and extended with a rapidity
sea cely equalled by that in Albany two years
ago. There were but four engines, and the
water had to be taken from the bay, at conside
rable distance, and with a good deal of diffi
culty. But the fire could not have been stayed
by such means, even with better laeilities, from
the combustible nature and proximity ol the
buildings.
Fortunately there was no wind at the time,
though it had been blowing a gale during the
night, and the flames were scarcely extinguished
when it commenced again, in most admonitory
gusts, from the same direction.
Nearly all our hotels and caffis were destroy
ed, together w'ith the gambling saloons, which
openly disgraced them; and il the loss had been
confined to them, there would be but little
sympathy for the sufferers, even in this commu
nity. With them it originated ; audit is not
unlikely that some incendiary hand applied the
torch, while smarting under his losses at the
gaming table. That it was the work of an in
cendiary, there is no doubt, having been set in
several places in a building which lor some time
was unoccupied. And a report prevailed in
Sacramento, on the day before, that this city
was already in ashes. But phoenix-like, a
hundred buildings are now rising from these
ashes, some of which are finished and occupied.
And if you were to judge of the prosperity of
the city by the business and bustle in its streets,
you would never dream that such a calamity
had befallen it.
Enlargement of Society.—We are pleased
to notice by the arrivals from sea on Saturday,
the appearance of some fifty or sixty of the
fairer sex in full bloom. They are from all
quarters—some from Yankee-land, others from
John Bull country, and quite a constellation
from merry France. One Frenchman brings
twenty—all,they say, beautiful. The bay was
dotted by flotillas of young men, on the an
nouncement of this extraordinary importation.
[California paper
o"The Stockton Times says that three men,
in the space of two weeks, took out $30,000
from one hole, at the new diggings, four miles
above Sonora, besides one lump weighing Jive
pounds
<Pnr tym&it snst-38iig.
[Under this head we shall reply to many letters, contain
ing queries or suggestions upon subjectsof general interest,
instead of answering them, as heretofore, by post. This
will save us time, and “time is money.” We are very
j glad to receive letters from onr subscribers, and it only re
i quires that the postage be paid to ensure prompt attention.
| Eds.]
Leroy. We can give you, just now, no in
formation on the subject of your inquiry, that
has not been before the public, and may have
been seen by you. We know little of the na
ture of the Haschich or Indian Hemp, further
than we can judge of it by its curious physiolo
gical and psychological effects. A correspond
ent of the English Medical Times mentions a
French physician who lately made some inter
esting experiments with the drug. He betook
himself, with about fifteen grains of the extract,
to a case close by, to the habitues of which he
was well known. Not more than a single grain
was given to each. Some bolted it like a bolus,
others smoked it; one individual merely smear
ed about a quarter of a grain over his cigarette
paper. About one grain was dissolved in a
glass of curacoa, and this was allotted to the
master of the house. His two young and
handsome daughters were forbidden to taste of
the drug; but the physician had evidently for
gotten his scriptural history. About three
quarters of an hour passed quietly over, and the
curious were rapidly lapsing into incredulity,
when a short laugh followed by an awful and
tnost piercing shriek, issued from an inner apart
ment. The youngest daughter, following tra
ditional example, had tasted of the forbidden
object, and was suddenly struck with delirium
and hysterical movements of a very alarming
appearance. Consciousness was only half
obliterated, and the mind seemed to make
supernatural efforts to escape from the chain
about to be thrown around it. The shrieks
were rapid, most violent, and of a peculiar kind.
The girl felt conscious that she was raving, and
earnestly entreated all around her not to con
clude that she was mad, each appeal being ter
minated by a heart-rending scream. Some in
ternal sensation also compelled her to cry every
now and then that she was dying. With great
difficulty she was conveyed to bed, where the
delirium continued for four hours, all her little
love secrets, &e., being revealed to the aston
ished auditors. As if a signal were set by this
mischance, the young men of the case went off
about the same moment. The effects were not,
however, so violent. They were extremely
varied. The individual who had smoked some
hemp (half a grain) in his cigarette, was sud
denly attacked by violent fits of laughter, which
compelled him to roll on the floor, during which
he exclaimed that something was raising him
up to heaven. These fits, resembling hysteria,
did not last more than ten minutes. Another
individual, instead of being agitated, fell sud
denly into a deep sleep, bolt upright against the
wall, with the chin sunk on his chest, and the j
features were in the most perfect calm. Were
it not for the deep, slow inspirations, one would j
have thought him defunct, for the face was j
deadly pale. So profound was the sleep, that i
it continued for three hours, despite the shouts i
and screams of the excited bacchanals who
danced around him; for, in the majority, the
hemp merely produced intoxication. In all,
the excitement was soon followed by an in
vincible tendency to sleep; the benches were
strewed with the slain, and delightful dreams,
producing strange laughter, repaid the adventu
rous tasters for their curiosity. *
A. R. A. Accept our thanks for your favours
and for your kind offer. You can best serve us
by sending us some brief prose sketches of
scenery and society in Florida, or something of
that kind—condensed, racy and graphic. Poeti
cal wares are exceedingly dull in this market.
*
J. W. S. We will publish your poem by
and by, when we can find time to revise and
correct it. Its metre and rhythm are a little de
fective. *
Arthur. We will investigate the matter
and if we can get any new light on the subject,
we will give you the benefit of it. *
Master C. L. The Schoolfellow is pub- i
lished on the fifteenth and not on the first of j
each month, as you now seem to think. *
Sigma. Your article is good, but lacks ori
ginality. Never try to shine in borrowed
jewels. *
SBmritiM.
Silk sacks are now worn by gentlemen
abroad.
A new paper is about to be iasued in
Boston, called the Boston Punch.
Grace Greenwood is about to publish a
volume of poems entitled Greenwood Flowers
as a companion of Greenwood Leaves.
The celebrated Ivory Christ sent to this
country by Mr. Lester, while Consul at Genoa,
is to be sold at auction in New York !
The Cholera has re-appeared at Nash
ville. There had been five deaths of it at the
last accounts.
A bottle of Egyptian perfume, 2000
yeare old, is preserved at the Ainwick Museum,
and still retains its odor.
We learn that Mr. Wm. Cooledge, of
the Georgia Hotel, Griffin, Ga., has taken the
Hotel at Rowland Springs.
A proposition has been made in New
York to employ some of the inmates of the Deaf
and Dumb Asylum as telegraph operators.
White barege dresses are fashionable in
Paris. The flounces are narrow, but very nu
merous, and are edged with coloured braid.
M. de Gasparis, of the Royal Observa
tory of Naples, proposes to call the new planet
lately discovered by him, Parthenope.
The Hippopotamus now exhibiting in
Regents Park, London, seems to be a thorough
vegetarian, living on porridge made of milk and
Indian corn.
Dr. Chevalier, of Paris, has invented a
disintoxicating potion. It consists of acetate of
ammonia dissolved in sugared water. It renders
a drunken man immediately sober.
An improvement recently adopted in
the formation of bricks, is to shape them so
that they dovetail with each other. By this
means extraordinary strength is obtained.
The Literary World criticises, rather
severely, Mr. Coopers new Comedy—“Upside
down, or Philosophy in Petticoats,” which has
just been “ brought out ” at Burton’s Theatre,
New York.
The New York Evening Post says that
Powers’ Statue of Eve, which was reported to
be lost in the wreck of a vessel off Carthagena,
it turns out was not damaged at all, and is now
on its way to that city. A friend of Mr. Powers,
who went to the place where it was supposed to
be lost, found it safe and without a speck of
injury.
Gen. Paez, Ex-President of the Republic
of Venezuela, is expected to arrive in New York
early in the present month. His whole life has
been devoted to the service of his country, to
the Chief Magistracy of which he was several
times elected. He is now an exile, through the
machinations of his enemies, headed by that
fiend in human shape, Monagas.
31m s nf tlji’ Pnt{.
Texas and New Mexico. —Resistance and
IFar Threatened .—The Texas papers are
loud in the expression of their indignation at
the course pursued by Colonel Monroe, the civil
and military Governor of New Mexico, in
issuing a proclamation for the holding of a
convention “ for the formation of a State Go
vernment, and to urge upon Congress the ad
mission of that territory into the Union as a
State.” The Washington Ranger says:
“ This intelligence has caused considerable
excitement about Austin and the whole West.
Nearly every man is willing to shoulder his
gnn and defend the rights of Texas at the can
non’s mouth.”
Dahlonega Mint. —The following statistics
of the U. S. Brench Mint, at Dahlonega, for
the month of May, we extract from the Ad
vertiser of the 6th inst.
Amount of Bullion received, - 20,793 33
“ “ coined, - 18,645 00
Half Eagles, - - - 3,060 00
Gold Dollars, ... 3,345 00
Louis Philippe. —lsaac Mickle, Esq., of
Camden, New Jersey, has received a letter
from Louis Philippe. ex-King of France, in
which he takes occasion to deny that he ever
taught school in Haddonfield, New Jersey, or
ever went by any other name than that of
Orleans, when in the United States.
From Daracou, Cuba. —Captain Lawson,
from Baraeoa, states that Mr. Bonnell, (of the
firm of Bonnell & Overman,) an American
merchant, had been imprisoned for two or three
weeks, for having a letter from Gen. Lopez in
his possession.
Yellow Fever at Rio. —The fellow fever
still continues to prevail at Rio, and hundreds
die daily ; the shops are closed, and all business
is suspended. A great many of the most dis
tinguished citizens have been carried oil'.
Pine Apples in Florida. —The cultivation
of the pine apple has been commenced in
Florida ; and, with a little protection occasion
ally in winter, it is believed this delicious fruit
can be raised in that Slate in abundance.
CFThe Dublin Nation says the Governor of
Maria Island is murdering Smith O’Brien by
inches. He is in solitary confinement, with
scanty and loathsome food,
ilpjiuiutiiirats.
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Southern character or Southern landscape.
2. It will be furnished to subscribers folded so as to be
subject to newspaper postage only, at the low price of One
Dollar per annum.
3. Subscribers to the Southern Literary Gazette will be
upplied with both Paper and Magazine for Two Dollars
and Fifty Cents in advance.
4. The F.c/ectic will also be put up in a neat cover and
the edges trimmed, at $1,25 per annum, or 12*.j cents per
number.
CAP’ All orders must be accompanied with the money,
and if sent by mail post paid, or they will not be atte and
to. .2E3 Address
WALKER ft RICHARDS, Chirlestoi
UNRIVALLED NORTH OR SOUTH!
THE THIRD ANNUAL VOLUME
OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE,
Was commenced on Saturday, the 4thofMay, 1850,
under its original name —instead of Richards’ 11 ecktp Ga
zette— as more significant of its peculiar character, it being
the only weekly organ of Literature in the entire South !
It is
GREATLY ENLARGED AND IMPROVED,
Containing weekly Thirty-two Columns of ur.tttr. It
is, moreover, in an
ENTfRELY NEW DRESS
“ from head to foot,” ami 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 chief!)
occupy its columns, but not to the exclusion of choice mis
cellany. selected from the best American and European
sources
The tone of the “Gazette” will be independent in criti
j cism and in the discussion of every legitimate topic, but it
will be strictly
NEUTRAL IN POLITICS AND RELIGION
Its columns will be occasionally embellished with
SOUTHERN PORTRAITS & 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, butcarefully condensed from ihe leading
Journals of all parts of the world.
Notwithstanding the great increase in the size and at
tractions of the paper, it will still be published at
Two Dollars Per Annum, in .Idranee !
It will be furnished to persons becoming responsible for
the whole number of copies, and having them sent to ont
address, on the following terms:
Three copies, 45
Five copies, 8
Ten copies, 15
Fifteen copies, 20
Twenty copies, 25
Fifty copies, go
All orders must lie accompanied with the money,
and addressed, post-paid, to
WALKER & RICHARDS.
Charleston, S. C.
N. B.—Editors who will copy, or notice full) , 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 e> PATES.
On the Isth of January, 1&50, was published at
Charleston, S. C., the first number of the Second An
nual Volume of
THE SCHOOLFELLOW,
which has been pronounced by some of the ablest presses
and best judges, “ The best and cheapest Juvenile Mag
azine in the United States.” The success of this beauti
ful little work during its first year has been so flattering
that the Publishers have resolved to continue it and make
it permanent, and they therefore call upon parents, teach
ers, and all interested in the rising generation o aid them
in their efforts to make the Schoolfellow all tiiat its most
flattering judges have pronounced it.
It will be published in the same form as heretofore and
under the same editorial care; and will contain chiefly ori
giual articles from the pens of Mrs. Caroline Gilman, Mrs.
Joseph C. Neal, Mrs, W. C. Richards, Mrs. C. W. Du
Bose, Miss Tuthill, Caroline Howard, Miss C. W. Bar
her, Clara Moreton, Maria Roseau, the Editor, and many
other well known writers.
ITS PICTORIAL EMBELLISHMENTS
will be more numerous and beautiful than before; it wil
be 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 be published on the fifteenth of each month,
and will make a volume of about 400 pages and 100 en
gravings,
Five copies will be sent to one address for 64 ; Eleven
copies for $8 : Twenty-three copies for sls, and Thirty
two copies for $20!!
THE FIRST VOLUME,
beautifully bound in gilt muslin, will be furnished in con
nection with the second Year for Two Dollars. To
clubs, it will be supplied at One Dollar for each copy.
tW“ All orders must be accompanied with the cash—
if by mail, post-paid.
Cel 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 Prospectns, 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, 8. S.
Tiie Undersigned, Editor of the “ Southern Lite
rary Gazette,” begs leave to inform the jublic 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 of 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 for any service required
by his brethren of the press, who will oblige him by pub.
lishing this notice.