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(Bites’ Drpnrtmrnt.
WM. O. RICHARDS, Editor.
D. H. JACQUES, Associate Editor.
iflinrlratnn, f. ts.:
S V TURDAY MORNING, AUG. 3, 1850.
NOTES ON THE NORTH ;
from THE editor s pocket book.
chapter Till.
Baltimore,fifteen years since and now—lts
Aspect — l* s Hotels — Barn urn's and Charles
Dickens — The City of Springs — lncrease
us the City—Washington Monument—The
Battle Monument —The Omnibus and Fares
The News Boys—A tall Shot Tower—
( lean Streets — Commerce — Steamship to
Charleston.
Fifteen years of the present age of the world
would suffice to create changes anywhere upon
the earth’s surface —excepting always its “track
|ess waters" —and we were not surprized,
therefore, to find Baltimore a very different
place from that we knew so well fifteen years
ago. Many times, as we have passed through
die city in that period, it has always been in
lia.-t, . and in darkness, affording us no satisfac
torv glimpses of its extension. At last, how
ever, we have tarried in Baltimore a whole
week, and made a few observations, which
may serve fora chapter or two of our “Notes.”
To liegiu as the ouidc books would,* Balti
more is the metropolis of Maryland, (though
let u- -ay parenthetically, not its capital,) and
is situated upon the Patapseo River, in lati
tude 39 17',&,e. But enough of its geo
graphy. No city in the Union has a more pe
culiar a-pect to the stranger than Baltimore,
ami yet it is not easy to describe what it is that
(let nguishes it. VVe have fancied that it is
the result of it- Southern character, blended
with its contiguity to the great cities of the.
Nmth. its air is quiet and yet not so oppres
sively so as that of its quaker sister, while it is
entirely free from the bluster and melee of more
remote Gotham. There is a look of substan
tial comfort about the city, and the visitor tcels
ce.tun, before he reaches his hotel, that he
shall find there every thing he requires. Nor
will he tic disappointed. We speak from gen
eral report of all the first class houses, hut
from experience ot Barnurn’s time-honoured
hoit.-e, which, tilteen years ago—even as now
itu.*s —bore away the palm from its competi
tors. It is kept by a nephew of the old pro
prietor, but whether he is a relative of the cu
riosity king or not, our politeness has not
allowed us to enquire. It ,"calling room is un
equalled by that of any other hotel we have
ever visited. It was Barnum’s Hotel that the
“ Dickens ” immoitalized in his “ American
Notes,’’ as the only one he had found, in the
United States, where the chambers were fur
nished with a supply of water adequate to the
ablutions of an Englishman. VVe would not,
hy this allusion, recal the malicious insinuation
cf some newspaper critic, that the illlustrious
traveller must have been an uncommonly drrty
person to have required so much water for his
lav.it ons—not we : hut we would express our
regret that “Boz.” should have visited New
Vork before the Croton era, which has given
to some of her hotels, at lea.-t, the advantage
over even Barnum’s in “ water-privileges.”
Apropos ol water. Baltimore is not only
entitled to be called the “ City of Monuments,”
but also the “ City of Springs.” Much of the
water supplied to the inhabitants (from Jones’
Full-, a stream that flows southwardly through
die city nearly midway,) being distributed hy
means of springs or fountains, some
twelve or fifteen feet below the surface of the
ground, and approached by flights of stone
steps. They are tastefully overarched with
domes supported by ornamental columns, in
the midst of small parks, where the green grass
and the shadow of fine trees woo the pedes
trian to momentary repose. We did not re
alize the progress of Baltimore while we lin
gered in the heart of the city, notwithstanding
ihc increased elegance of the buildings and the
-how of trade on Baltimore and other streets.
When, however, we reached, in any direction,
the old confines of the town, as we knew them,
we found ourself still far within the limits of
Brick and inortardom, and began to believe
what we were told pf its surprising growth.
Its population is rapidly approaching 150,000,
and the city is two miles square. In the north
section ot the town rises the Washington Mon
ument. ot which Baltimoreans arc justly proud.
It has a -commanding position and is in the
midst of upper-ten-dom, so that its beautiful
proportions are not marred by the contrast of
architectural deformities around it. The sum
mit ot the monument affords the visitor a beau
bfui ami attractive panorama, not only of the
city hut of a large circumjacent region.
We cannot conscientiously bestow much
prai-c on the other ambitious monument, which,
wait the one mentioned, and two or three oth
ers, has given Baltimore the name of the Mon
umental City. Perhaps it is distasteful to us on
the principle that “ too much freedery breeds
despise,” which is the true version, we believe,
the well-known adage, “too much famili
arity breeds contempt,” for it is situated close
by our hotel, and we have hut to raise our eyes
to see the ugly “winged beasts” that are
perched on every corner of its pedestal. The
column is after the fashion of a Roman fasces,
and supports a female figure*which the specta
tor is instructed to look upon as the personifica
tion us the city itself. The moral design of
ibis monument —to perpetuate the memory of
those who fell in defence of the city at the bat
tle ot North Point in 1814 —is better than the
architectural design. The Artnistead Monu
ment is nr much better taste, we think.
Among tlie changes which we notice here, is
the introduction of the omnibus. This indis
pensabie convenience of a large town is now
tuuud on all the great thoroughfares of the
city, and it is a fact worthy of record, that
passengers and their luggage are conveyed from
tbe Philadelphia rail-way station, nearly a
mile, to Barnuin’s, for a “ levy,” which being
interpreted, signifies a New England ‘-nine
pence,” a New York “ shilling,” a South Caro
lina “ seven pence,” and a Louisiana “ bit.”
I ms is certainly an improvement, as well as a
change, and if the plan was adopted in some
other cities, it would be no disadvantage to the
traveller, whatever it might be to extortionate
hackney-coach men, who almost invariably
make their levy as large as a hull dollar, and
olteu grumble at that!
We miss the news-boys here, not that they
ar, ‘ a genus unknown to Baltimore, but one is
n °t in danger of running over some little
‘levil a t every step he takes, or in st.ll more
miniineut peril of being edged oft'the pavement
an array of them, as in New York. They
not perpetually make the air vocal with the
‘“Scordaut cries of extra-Suns, (of which they
bale more than one a day in Gotham!) Her
'b'k Tribunes, Ledgers and Bulletins. They
aie not so independent a looking set either as
‘be Manhattan species; nor do they thrust their
‘■■ues into your very faces, with a zeal that
“lakes a stranger think they design to choke
“ in with the * latest foreign news.’
Baltimore, it is said, has one of the loftiest
mot-towers in the world, the height of the one
M mwn as the Merchants, being 250 feet and
exceeding by one foot the celebrated Villach
tower ia Austrian Carinthia.
One feature of the city is its clean streets,
but we are unable to say how much credit is
due to the “ city fathers ” for their present neat
aspect, and how much to the torrents of rain
which fell here in the great storm of last week,
and swept along the avenues and lanes like an
avalanche, carrying every thing before it!
We have marked with surprize the increasing
commerce of this city, and had we space for
statistics, we might exhibit a degree of progress
scarcely surpassed in the country. Baltimore
is probably the greatest flour and tobacco mar
ket in the world, and the stranger cannot fail to
remark the number of vast ware-houses de
voted to the storage and inspection of these two
great staples. The Western trade of the city
is increasing steadily, and is a source of great
wealth to its merchant princes. A line of
steam-ships from this port to that of Charleston
is a great desideratum, and would, doubtless,
greatly increase tiie Southern trade with Balti
more. The with Irawal of the fine steamer
“ Republic ” from the Atlantic coast was a
misfortune to both this city and Charleston, and
is regretted alike by both. We do not hear of
any movement, however, to put another boat
on the same route —an enterprize of no doubt
ful profit, we think.
NAMES.
THIRD ARTICLE.
John is from the Hebrew and gra
cious. It is the commonest of all Christian
names, and has been borne by some of the
greatest men the world has ever produced. It
was the name of Milton, Hampden, Locke,
Dryden, Howard, Moliere, Boccaccio, Han
cock, Adams and Calhoun. Shakspeare gave
it to one of his greatest characters, the fat
Knight who subscribed himself “ Jack Falstaff,
with my iamiliars ; John, with my hroihers and
sisters ; and Sir John, with the rest of Europe.”
The name is a great favourite with the very re
spectable and somewhat numerous family of
Smiths; and probable the most noted of all tiie
Johns, ancient o. modern, is John Smith ! The
commonness of the name is the only objection
to it. It has ceased to he sufficiently distinctive,
and we sympathize with the touching appeal or
lament of an unfortunate bearer of that ancient
and honoured hut much abused name:
“ Why did they call me ‘ John,’ 1 say—
Way did they call me ‘ Joan ?’
It’s surely just the meanest name
They could have hit upon !
Because my fattier had it too,
And suffered for tile same,
Is that a proper reason lie
Should propagate tiie name?”
Oliver is derived from the Latin word oliva,
an olive tree a.rd is thus significant of peace.
Cromwell, rathei inappropriately, bore the
name. It was also the name of Goldsmith.
Its feminine form is
Olivia or Oiave. It has been immortalized
by Shakspeare in both its masculine and its
feminine forms. It is a pleasant and harmoni
ous name, and may most appropriately be used
to commemorate the restoration of Peace to
ones country, neighbourhood or family.
“ Peace to my heart thou bringeSt now
My own, my loved Olivia.”
Patrick is derived from the Latin and sig
nifies a patrician. Among the Irish it is a very
common name. Indeed “ Pat” is now but a
synonyme of Irishman. It has in a measure
lost its patrician dignity. ‘This may now be
re tored, for the youngest Prince of the Anglo-
Coburg family—Queen Victoria’s “ little dar
ling” bears that name.
“St. Patrick was a gentleman,”
says the old song, and we hope that the fact
will be borne in mind, and also that it was the
name ol the “forest-born Demosthenes”—
Henry.
Adolphus is from the Saxon, and is the La
tinized form of Eadulph. It signifies happi
ness or help. Its French form is Adolphe.
Herbert is a good, euphonic name from the
Saxon stock. It signifiies bright lord.
Hubert, trom the same source, signifies
bright hue.
Felix, happy is derived from the Latin. For
“the child of peculiar joy,” it is just the name.
Its feminine form is
Felicia, a sweet name, honoured by Mrs.
Heinans and associated in her case with sad as
well as happy memories.
Catharine is one of the best of the female
names derived from the Latin. It has the
meaning of pure. It was honoured by the
unfortunate Queen of the eighth Henry of Eng
land, (immortalized hy the pen of Shakspeaie,)
and disgraced by she of .Medici. But we like
the name better in its abreviated and familiar
ized form of Kate. The shrew-taming Petru
chio, in the play, thus harps upon it:
“ You are called plain Kate,
And bonny Kate, ami sometimes Kate the cross:
Hut Kate, the prettiest Kate m Curistendom,
Kate or Kate-hall, my super-dainty Kate,
For dainties are all cates.”
Helen or Helena is from the Latin. There
is some difference ol opinion in regard to its
signification. It is said by some to mean one
who pities; others give alluring or ent icing, as
its signification. In this stale of the question,
we think we may apply either signification, as
it may suit individual cases. Helen is associ
ated with modern as well as ancient and classic
poetry. Its French form is Helene.
Ellen is merely a variation of Helen, and
has, of course, the same meaning. It is often
contracted to Nellie and Nell. It is a very
pretty name in all its forms. Moore thus in
weaves the name w.th his melodious verse :
When the rose-bud of summer its beauty bestowing
On winter’s rude banks all its sweetness snail pour.
And the sunshine of day, in nigut’s daraiiess be glowing,
O, then, dearest Ellen, I’ll love you no more.
When of hope the last spark which thy smile loved to
cherish,
111 my bosom shall die, and its splendour be o'er,
And the pulse oi that heart which adores you shall perish,
O, UMU, dearest Ellen, I’ll love you no more.”
Margaret signifies a pearl. It is from the
Latin. Its sweetness of sound and beauty of
signification should make it much more com
mon than it is The mention of the name re
calls at once Allan Ramsay’s beautiful pastoral,
but we do not much admire the Scottish forms
of the name—Maggy and Peggy. Mary How
itt, in her “ Flower Comparisons,” says:
“ Where may the bright Rower he met
That ean match with Makuakkt, —
Margaret stately, staid and good,
Growing up to womanhood ;
Loving, tliougntful, wise and kind, —
Pure in heart and strong in mind ?”
Rosa or Rose, signifying a rose, is pretty
enough for the name of a fairy or an angel.
There is a fragrance in the very name. It
smells of the garden, and calls up visions of
arbours and embowering shrubs and vines. It
is as poetical as it is euphonic. It falls grace
fully into the poet’s line. Wit ness the following
stanza from Moore:
“ Does the harp of Rosa slumber?
Once it hreatheM the sweetest number!
Never does a milder song
Steal the breezy lyre along,
When the wind in odours dying,
Woos it with enamour’d sighing.
and this from—we do not know whom :
•* Where the Juniata flows,
And the forest shades repose,
Dwelleth she—my lovely Rose,
In rural grace.”
Rosabel or Rosabella, is from the same La
tin root, though it comes to us through the Ital
ian. It denotes fair rose.
Rosadind probably comes from the Latin
rosa, the lind being added by Shakspeare for
SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE.
the sake of euphony. It is worthy of a place
in the Rose family.
“ From the east to western Ind
No jewel is like Rosalind.” *
• ♦ ■
DEATH OF S. MARGARET FULLER
S. Margaret Fuller, Countess Ossoli, with
her husband and child, all perished in the wreck
of the brig Elizabeth, which went ashore on
Fire Island, on the night of the 19th ultimo,
during the terrible storm which then raged.
Miss Fuller left the United States in the
Summer ol 1845, for Europe. She visited
England and France on her way to Italy. She
became a resident of Rome, where she married
Giovanni, Count d’Ossoli. Both she and her
husband took an active part in the struggle of
Italvfor political regeneration.and were obliged
to fly from the city on its surrender to Oudinot.
They retired to Florence, where they lived till
their departure for America. Margaret Fuller
was one of the most gifted women this country
has ever produced, and her death is severely
felt by a large circle of friends and admirers.
“ The lip, all eloquent, is stilled
And silent with its trust —
The heart, with woman’s greatness filled.
Must crumble to the dust.” *
cDur Gossip (Tulunui.
The Payne Light Triumphant.
We are fully satisfied, after the most profound
and pames-taking investigation, that the public
verdict in the ease of the Water Light, is an
unjust one. We urge that Mr. Payne’s fail
ure to satisfy the Scientific Committee at Wor
cester that his discovery was what he claimed
it to he—a cheap and abundant source of light—
is not satisfactory proof that his claim is a false
one. Mr. Payne, although he deals so exten
sively in gas, may have been unable to demon
strate his theory for some hidden reason ; and
even it he is utterly incompetent to demon
strate it, possibly there are to be found those
who would succeed in the attempt. We, for
example, without any vanity, hold ourself to be
fully equal to the task, and here indeed, mag
nanimously offer, without any share in Mr.
Payne’s reputed profits, to prove beyond the
shadow of a doubt that his discovery is a cheap
and inexhaustible source of Light. The evi
dence we adduce is simply this—that for nearly
a month past the whole scientific world and
one half of the newspaper press of the United
States have, in the most profuse and lavish
manner, and at a cost equivalent only to a few
groce ol brace buttons, “ made light ” of it,
and for aught we see, will rind it a supply for a
long time to come. QR D.
The Harvard Dinner.
At the late Annual Commencement of “Old
Harvard,” the usual dinner, so far from proving
to be a festive occasion, was an occasion of
great wrath* and partook of the character of
an “indignation meeting.” The students, to
gether with the accustomed train of honorary
guests, sat down to the tables; but unfortunately
some of the meats emitted a most unsavoury
odour. Whereupon our young Cantabs, think
ing it not meet to be thus sensed, very uncere
moniously threw the oftcndiiig dishes—fowl
one report says, and foul doubtless they wer !
out of the windows, and then marched in pro
cession out of the door. The steward was left
alone to adopt the soliloquy of Hamlet:
“ Oil, my offence is rank—it smells to Heaven!”
Whether the young men, in throwing the
meat to the dog3, intended to affront the dog
star —to whose raging influences the steward
ascribes the misfortune, we have not yet learned.
One thing appears probable, that a great many
people were cheated out of a dinner!
A Brace of Conundrums.
What letter in the alphabet would be of more
service to a deaf woman than a patent ear
trumpet !
’ The letter A, because it would certainly
make her hear.
Why is a tailor a dangerous character ?
Because he is always making breaches and is
willing to widen them.
Italian Engl sh.
In an Italian Guide Book, the fallowing
accurate “ quotation ” from Paradise Lost, oc
curs in the description of Vallombrosa:
“ The celebrated Milton, struck by so im
posing a landscape, sang the following words :
‘Thick as autumnscaves that strow the brook.
In ValPOmbros vohere th Etruian iiadeo
Stigh overarch il’embrover.’
The Paradise .Sost.
Another Prophet-
One M. Plnloxene Boyer, in a grave work,
bursts out into the following sublime (?) strain
of laudation and prophecy, in regard to Victor
Hugo: “ Christ will have pity on Europe:
nations will feel breathing on their foreheads
the breath which thinkers have already felt,
and you, Victor Hugo, will become not only
President of the French Republic, but Presi
dent of the Universal Republic, Chief of the
(Reamanic Council of Nations, Intellectual
Pope, reigning in your Paris, whilst the Pope of
religion, united with you and Jesus Christ, the
common master, wdl continue to reign in his
Rome!!!” What next (” *
A Bravo Innovation.
It. has been decreed by the authorities of
London, that on the first of July, 1851, all the
city grave yards are to be closed for ever, and
that all burials must thereafter take place in the
Suburtan Cemeteries. It is understood that a
great many of the old citizens are so much
opposed to this innovation, notwithstanding its
immense sanitary importance, that they have
threatened to die before the time fixed for the
general post mortem emigration. We do not
report this upon the authority of Mr. Punch,
though we have no doubt he will confirm it.
Statue of Calhoun.
Powers’ statue of Calhoun was on board the
brig Elizabeth, which was wrecked
Island on the 18th nit,, and is probably lost,
though some hopes are still entertained that it
will be recovered. In was fully insured, but
its loss cannot be compensated in dollars. We
will .-till hope that it may yet be recovered from
tiie wreck. *
Compensation.
Here is something pretty from the Bohemian:
KISSING.
Flowing water* meet each other.
Ami tae wiaii*, taey blow and blow ;
Sweetneart witii iier brignt blue eye*
Stands and iooK* I‘ro.n her window.
Do not stand so at the window.
Rather come beiore the door ;
It’ tnou giv’st me two kisses,
f will give thee ten and more.
• jCitentrq Itfurlit.
Stringer Townsend announce, as just
ready, “ Mrs. Dalton’s Legatee,” anew novel
by Mrs. Stone. Lamartine’s new romance,
“ Genevive,” is being translated, for immediate
publication. They have also nearly ready the
qjrst series of the “ Lorgnette,” illustrated hy
Darley, in one 12 mo. volume.
Lippencott, Gra.nbo 6( Cos. have in press
“ Haw-Ho-Noo,” by Charles Lantnan.
Gould, Kendall Lincoln announce “ Lec
tures on Christian Character ” and “ Lectures
on the Lord’s Prayer,” by Rev. W. R. Williams,
D. I).
John Murphy N Cos., Baltimore, will publish
during the present month, “ Protestantism and
Catholicity Compared in their Effects upon the
Civilization of Europe.” By Rev. J. Balmes.
J. S. Redfield publishes, this week, “ The
Nighe Side of Nature ; or Ghosts and Ghost-
Seers,” by Catharine Crowe.
cDur iCnntfinprariri
Charleston Ecvening News. B. Garden
Pringle, Esq., has retired from the editorial
chair of the News, and is succeeded by Hon.
B. F. Porter, who has also become one of the
proprietors. Mr. Cardoza continues his con
nection with the paper as associate editor. Mr.
Porter is a ready and able writer, an accom
plished scholar and a courteous gentleman,
and we are happy to welcome him into the
corps editorial of our city. We wish him
abundant success in his new field of labour.
The News is to occupy an independent po
sition in regard to polities. *
——We have received Nos. 1,2, 3 and
4 of Stringer &. Townsend's International
Weekly Miscellany. It is a handsome maga
zine o( thirty-two pages, and is made up ot
original articles from able writers, selections
from European and American periodicals, and
abstracts of literary, scientific and aitistic in
telligence. A hasty examination, which is all
that we have yet been able to give the num
bers before us, induces us to believe that it
will prove a valuable addition to our periodical
literature. *
The Knoxville Register has been much
enlarged, and improved in its typographical ap
pearance. It is, we believe, the oldest paper in
East Tennessee, and with but one exception the
oldest in the State. It has done incalculable
service in promoting the development of the
resources of that fine region, the eastern por
tion ol the Centre State. The industry and
enterprise of its Editor and Proprietor, Mr.
John Miller McKee, should be adequately re
warded, by an extensive patronage. *
United States Catholic , Miscellany ,
published in this city, has just commenced its
30th volume. It appears in anew dress and is
now a very handsome paper. The editorial
management ol the Miscellany has passed
into the hands of Uev. James A. Corcoran, D
D., whose learning and talents must give a high
character to the paper. It it printed hy Walker
& James. *
The State-Rights Republican is the
name of anew candidate for public favour and
patronage, lately commenced by the publishers
ot the Palmetto State Banner, at Columbia.
It is published daiiy and tri-weekly. It is a
handsome sheet and conducted with marked
ability. *
Der Teutone, the German paper of this
city, has passed into the hands of H. M. Hinck,
E-q., by whom it will hereafter be edited and
published. It should be well sustained by our
German fellow-citizens. *
The Literary Union, a monthly maga
zine published at Syracuse, N. Y. has been
discontinued for want of a remunerative pa
tronage. *
Sartflin's Magazine for August has not
been received. Graham's Magazine ditto. *
(Oar 3Gaak (T’alilp.
Thk V ale of Cedars : or the Martyr. By Grace
Aguilar, author of “ W Oman’s Friendship,” &o.
New York: D. Appleton &. Cos. 1800.
“Woman’s Friendship” has found a multitude
of readers in this country, and the admirers of
its author have not been less numerous. The
volume before us will be found equally attrac
tive. It is a historic fiction, the scene of which
is laid in Spain, in the reign of Ferdinand and
Isabella. The fortunes ot a Jewish family
form the subject of the tale. The narrative is
intensely interesting, and is written in a vigor
ous and lively style.
The work is prefixed by an obituary memoir
of the author, who died on the 16th September,
1847. We copy from the Literary World, the
following brief notice of her : *
“ Grace Aguilar was the descendant of a
Jewish family, who fled from Spain to escape
the persecutions to which their ill-fated race
were subjected. She was extremely delicate
in health from infancy, passing most of her lift
in the sick room, or in a warm climate, under
medical treatment. The weak body does not,
however, indicate the weak mind. Some of the
strongest and noblest uiterances in literature
have come from the close precincts of the sick
chamber. We need mention but one instance,
and that too of her own sex, one who has wooed
the muse in higher strain than has been heard
since the time John Milton sang of Paradise—
Elizabeth Barrett.
“ Miss Aguilar commenced her literary ca
reer at an early age as a poetess. Her effusions
aro not spoken of as of merit by her biogra
pher. She next published the Women of Israel,
a religious work lor the female members of her
own sect. Her latest productions were three
tales, Home Influence, Woman’s Friendship*
and the Vale of Cedars.”
Lectures ahd Essays. By Henry Giles. In two vol
umes. Boston: Ticknor, Reed hi Fields. 1850.
The larger portion of these volumes is com
posed of lectures and addresses, delivered by
Mr. Giles in most of the cities and large towns
of the United States, and most persons will find
themselves familiar with much that is now
placed before them in a printed form. Asa
lecturer, Mr. Giles is widely and justly popular.
His order of talent is well adapted to please and
instruct a miscellaneous audience. He is bril
liant, impressive, energetic, eloquent. He is
not distinguished for depih and originality, or
for any extraordinary critical discrimination.
He is one of those clever men who never fail
to make most excellent use of the materials
which lie so abundantly around them—and
that hone tly and with the most consciencious
regard for the riglits of others ; and in saying
that he is not eminently original, we do not
charge him with either plagiarism or imitation.
Among the subjects of these lectures and
essays are Fa Ist a ft', Crabbe, Byron, Elliott, Irish
History, Carlyle and Chatterton,
In his views of the character of Falstaff, Mr.
Giles is somewhat singular. He says that “the
gross idea of FalstaH’, that he was a coward, a
liar and a buffoon, is so partial, that, taken for
the whole character, it is untrue”; and in our
view he has made out a strong case. We shall,
in a future number, give some extracts from
these interesting volumes. The work is admi
rably printed well and bound. *
The Discourse on the Occasion of the Funeral of the
Hon. John C. Calhoun, delivered under the appoint
ment ot the Joint Committee of the City Council and
Citizens of Charleston, in St. Phillips Church, April 26,
1850. By the Rev. James W. Miles. Published by
request of His Excellency, Wliitemarsh B. Seabrook,
and of the Joint Committee. Charleston: John Rus.
sell. 1850.
An eloquent and thoughtful Discourse and
every way worthy of the great occasion which
called it forth. It contains counsel which the
people of the South will do well.to heed at this
t.rae. Asa tribute to the memory of the great
and good Calhoun, it should be preserved in
the archives of every family of our State. It
is from the press of Walker & James. *
Frank Fajrleqh, or Scenes in the Life of a Private
Pupil. Nevy York: H. Long hi Brother. 1850.
This is a novel ot the Charles O’Malley”
stamp, and abounds with wit and exciting inci
dent. It is true to life and contains some very
fair character painting. Its illustrations are
capital. It is for sale hy George Oates, King
street. *
The Daltons. By Charles Lever, Esq. New York:
Harper & Brothers.
We have received No. 2of this serial. The
name of Charles Lever will ensure it a multi
tude of readers. It is published in parts of 16
pages at six cents per part. *
The Family Dentist. ByChas. A. Du Boochet, M.
D. Philadelphia: Lippencott, Grambo it Cos.
This is a useful little manual on the treat
ment of the teeth, illustrated with numerous
neat engravings. As the production of a skilful
dentist, is is undoubtedly entitled to the public
confidence, and its practical value is only to be
measured by the importance we attach to hav
ing sound and healthful teeth.
(Par ipast-^ag.
[Under this head we shall reply to many letters, contain
ing queries or suggestionsupon subjects of general interest,
instead of answering them, as heretofore, by post. This
will save us time, and “time is money.” We are very
glad to receive letters from our subscribers, and it only re
quires that the postage he paid to ensure prompt attention.
Ed* A
W. G, C. Your letter anti poem are re
ceived. You shall hear from us soon by Uncle
Sam’s Post. We never mind newspaper bul
lets. VVe like you just as well as we should if
you belonged to “our church.” *
Laura Linton. We gladly put your name
on our list of contributors. We will send Ga
zette and Schoolfellow. We hope the former
will please you and we are sure the latter will
please the little folks. *
*#*##***. We believe everything you say
and are perfectly satisfied. The only advice
we have for you is “ keep cool,” if that is pos
sible this hot weather, and write as much poetry
as you please. *
Jennie Elder. Your Story was duly re
ceived and is “under consideration.” Your
poems are acceptable. *
J. 8., Jr., Boston. We have written to you.
*
(T'jiP astral ttfnrlfr.
We gather the following items of musical
intelligence from various sources:
Jenny Lind Tickets. —The tickets to be
used during the engagement of Jenny Lind in
this country, are to be engraved in the highest
style of art, and have a medallion poitra.it of
the celebrated songstress. It is intended that
the purchaser shall retain his ticket if he chooses,
as a memento of having seen and heard this re
markable singer. The most interesting and
memorable part of the matter will doubtless be
the price paid for the ticket.
ILF The Gazette Musicalc announces that
Dr. Spolir has just finished a ninth symphony,
entitled “The Seasons”—that M. Meyerbeer
has produced a torch dance, by way o t piece ‘d
occasion for the marriage of the princess of
Saxe—Meiningen.
EFWe notice in the Southern Cross, pub
lished at Auckland, New Zealand, that among
the pieces played by the Military Band on the
grounds of the Government House, was the
waltz, “ Le Pas des Fleurs,’’ by Max Maretzek.
LFHenry Russell is about to make us another
visit. How can he tolerate us again, when we
are such verdant bipeds, as he has been pleased
to term us, in his entertainments, on the other
side of the Atlantic.
LTA blind Swiss girl, Anna Zingella, has
created quite a sensation, both on the Continent
and Great Britain, by her fine performance, both
as a vocalist and pianist.
LFJose Domingo Busquet, a violinist, from
Cuba, has arrived in New York, for the pur
pose of making a professional tour through the
country.
LFThe Bostonians are agitating the subject
of a new Music Hall, of large dimensions, with
seats for some thre* thousand persons.
LFJenny Lind’s engagement in this country
commences on the fir.-t of October. She will
embark in September.
Hats and coverings of umbrellas are
now made in London of gutta percha.
man or woman, the more you aproximate to
uniformity of colour the better.
The number of Roman Catholics in the
world is commonly estimated at 250,000,(100,
and of the Protestants at 100,000,000.
The St. Louis Union gives a list of
sixty-seven steam-boat accidents which have
occurred on American waters since January Ist.
tated three leagues of the crops of wheat, oats,
tobacco and grape, in the vicinity of Rennes,
Britanny.
The proposed tunnel, connecting the
east and west side of the Boston and Troy
Railroad, through the Green Mountains, is es
timated to be four miles long !
* According to the Bombay Telegraph,
hail-stones lately fell in India as large as cocoa
nuts, killing people, cattle, and even fish in the
rivers! That beats the Yankees.
Mr. Buxton, of the Wandsworth-road,
England, florist, has in his grounds a rose-tree
10 feet in height and 28 feet in circumference,
with the extraordinary number of 2,000 roses in
bloom.
in their animadversions upon the management
of the great Exhibition of the Industry of all
Nations in 1851, and the entire failure of the
whole project is predicted, in some quarters.
Mr. Forrest, says a New York corres
pondent of a Philadelphia paper, will resume
the practice of his profession in the autumn.
He is said to have made an engagement to per
form for a short season at the Howard Athe
naeum in Boston.
The Cherokee nation of Indians sup
port twenty-one/ree Public Schools, from their
own funds. They have just established two
High Schools, one for each sex, for which they
have erected, at Telequah, their capital, two
commodious brick buildings.
The Medical Board at Calcutta have
just directed a meteorological register to be kept
at Khote. Kangra station (the projected sanata
rium of Sir Charles Napier), for the next
twelve months. The. temperature is to be re
corded for four differet hours each day.
of hail-stpnea caused a fearful destruction, about
Calutrava, in the province of Ciudad-R6al.
The Spanish journals state that 20,000 olive
trees and 150,000 vines were destroyed. Some
of the had-stones weighed from six to eight
ounces.
The linger of Galileo Ls shown under a
glass-case in the Florence Museum. It stands
a mysterious-looking bit of parchment point
ing towards heaven. The hand to which it
belonged is supposed to have been put to the
torture of the Inquisition for ascribiug motion
to the earth, and the finger is now worshipped
for having proved the motion.
A correspondent of the St. Louis In
telligencer says that Lord Calthorp, Lord
Lord Breatley, Lord Cook, apd some other
English nobles, are encamped with-a swarm of
California emigrants of Council Bluffs, Nebras
ka Territory, on their way to the land of gold,
all by way of a summer pleasure jaunt. Per
haps they’ll have enough of it before they get
through.
A Sea-Cow ( manatus ) is being exhibited
in this city. It was caught, about a month
since, in St. Lucia Sound, Florida. It is about
ten feet in length and eight or nine feet in cir
cumference at the largest part ot the body ; has
a broad, fan-shaped fin or tail, and two flippers,
or paws, somewhat sim.lar to a large turtle, but
with more points, Its head is peculiarly fo.m
ed, having nostrils and bps resembling a cow,
——The British East India Company in four
teen years—from 1834 to 1847—have collected
a revenue of 316 millions, which, deducting in
terest for debt, is 20 millions a year: that oi
Great Britain, deducting interest of debt, is
only 25 millions.
per that there should be no specimens of wea
pons of war in the Exhibition of All Nation?
next year. The meeting, it is urged, will be a
type of union—a prophecy, as it were, of the
coming ages of peace and unity, and that
anything which foreshadows strife and blood
shed, would be out of place, and mar the
beauty of the scene.
The population of Cuba is thus classi
fied : —Creole whites, 520,000 ; Spaniards,
35,000 ; troops and marines, 23,000 ; foreign
ers, 10,560; floating population, 17,000 —total
of the white population, 605,560. Free mu
lattoes, 118,200; free blacks, 87,370; slave
mulattoes, 11,100 ; black ditto, 425,000 —total
coloured population, 641,670, Grand total of
the entire population, 1,247,230.
Two Parisian savant, MM. Barral and
Bixo, lately made a most daring balloon as
cension, to repeat certain scientific experiments
made half a century ago by Gay Lussae. They
ascended in an old balloon, and being ignorant
ol practical aeronautics, they made rather a
disastrous voyage. They made a rapid ascent
to the height of 5893 yards above the level of
the sea, when, attempting to open the valve of
the balloon, they tore a hole in it, which caused
a rapid descent. They came to the earth with
a bump that nearly shook them to pieces. They
fell nearly 6000 yards in seven minutes.
(Ejje Sm of tJjB Doi{.
Garibaldi. —This distinguished Roman Re
publican, who is daily expected to arrive at
New York, thus writes to one of his friends in
Turin, under date of Gibraltar, June 15, 1850 :
“ I depart to-day for England ; thence I de
sign to pass to New York. My friends in
Italy have given me a sh p, which they place at
my disposition. Igo to America to act as the
captain of a merchant vessel, if it shall so please
God.
“ I could have wished, in spite of the dangers,
to sail under the auspices of our own dear
colours, and I had manifested my intention to
do so, but certain conditions will deny me this
pleasure, and in my quality of merchantman, I
obey. I shall, perhaps, be able, under the
powerful flag of the United States, covering me
as one of her citizens and sailors, to revisit
those cherished shores, where rest all the hopes
of this poor life.”
Post Offices in South Carolina. —New ones
have been established at Moultrie, Spartanburg
District, J. R. Wilkins, P. M.; at Marengo,
Laurens District, Wrn.G. Coleman, P. M.; and
at Harkinsville, Anderson District, James W.
Lewis, P. M. The name of the office at
Woodville, Abbeville District, has been changed
to “ Greenwood,” and that of Greenwood, Lau
rens District, to “ Woodville.”
Navigating the Air. —Capt. Taggart made
another successful ascension with his self-pro
pelling balloon on Monday afternoon, from
Lowell, Mass., ascending to a great height.
After floating in different directions for about
two hours, he landed in Wilmington. He pro
pels his balloon in the course desired by work
ing a crank, which puts in motion the necessary
paddles or fans.
Demand for Lawyers. —A correspondent of
the Missouri Republican, writing from Fort
Laramie, says: “If you conld manage to send
us a lew of your briefless lawyers, a good
judge, and a constable or two, I think they
would do well in this part of the country.”
U. S. Senators. —The Hon. Thomas IJ.
Ewing has been appointed, by the Governor of
Ohio, to till the vacancy occasioned by the re
signation of Mr. Corwin in the Senate, and the
Hon. Hannibal Hamlin has been elected Senator
to that body by the Legislature of Maine.
Claims on Portugal, —A telegraphic com
munication from Washington says:
“ Dispatches have been received from Hon.
James B. Clay, stating that our cla ms upon
Portugal will be paid, including the Armstrong
claim.”
osHerr0 s Herr Alexander, the magician, was ar
rested on the 21st ult. at Rochester, and taken
in irons to Lockport, at the instance of a man
who was Ins bail two years ago in a case of
damages, Alexander having failed to appear.
O’More than one-eighth part of the ex
ports of the United States are furnished by the
State of Alabama, a State which, thirty-five
years ago, had no existence, and was chiefly
an uninhabited wilderness.
Old Settler. —Capt. Osborn, of ship Marcus,
of Fairhaven, Mass., states, in a letter, that he
found a ter apin on one of the Gallipagos
Islands that had the year 1630 marked upon
his shell.
Death of Prof. Morrow. —The Cincinnati
papers announce the death, from dysentery, of
Professor Thomas V. Morrow, of the Eclectic
Medical Institute of that city.
(Tjjp Dark Cnrnrr.
VVesliall occasionally insert, under this head, Riddles,
Enigmas, Puzzles, Charades, &c., to which answers
(post paid or free) are solicited.
A CHARADE.
As I was walking in the street,
As dusk, the other day,
I dropp’d my brooch beneath m y first
(A careless trick, you’ll *ay.)
“ Alas!” I said, ‘‘had but my next
Been to my first convey’d,
Then would this dull and gloomy street
My last two have been made.”
Scarce had I spoken, when, with joy,
I saw my whole approach ;
And by his aid a search was made,
And soon we found the brooch.
ARITHMETICAL QUESTIONS.
1. James, Henry and William purchased to
gether a piece of land. James paid three
sevenths, and Henry one-filth of its worth, and
William S6O. What part of the land had
William, and how much did James and Henry
pay ?
2. A cistern can be filled in one hour by a
pipe, \, and emptied in 40 minutes by another
pipe, B. After A has been opened 40 minutes,
B is opened 24 minutes, when A is closed, and
B remains open 10 minutes longer; and now
there are 26 gallons in the cistern. How much
would it contain when full ?
IMliiini’s liter.
MARRIED,
At Sherwood Forest, seat of Ex-President
Tyler, in Charles City county, Va., on the 11th
ult., Rev. H. M. Dennison, late pastor of the
Episcopal Church in Williamsburg, (now ot
Brooklyn, N. Y.) and Miss Alice, daughter of
Ex-President Tyler.
On Wednesday, 10th ult., Mr. John Har
man, of Abbeville District, and Miss Virginia
J., eldest daughter of A. Walker, of Hamburg.
£jjr Jtasalrnm,
DIED,
At Fort Moultrie, on the 25th ult., Anita,
wife ot Dr. J. B. Porter, Surgeon U. S. Army,
daughter of the lato Josiah Sm.th, Esq., of St.
Augustine, Fla.
On Sunday, 21st ult., after a short but painful
illness, Miss Susan S. Harleston, second
daughter of the late Nicholas Harleston, Esq.,
of St. John’s Berkley.
BENJAMIN F. PORTER,
(LATE OF TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA,)
Has opened an office in this city, and respectfully offers his
services to the public as an A TTORNE Y and CO UN-
S ELI .OR AT LA It and SOLICITOR IN CHAN
CER Y. His extensive acquaintance with the population
of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Qeorgia, and
with the local Jaws ot those States, will euab'e him not
only to impart important information to merchants, hut to
introduce customers.
He will take claim? on persons ip those States and for
ward them to responsible agents, for whose fidelity lie will
answer,
Office on Broad-street, in the huilding oooupied by
Messrs. Yeadon & Macbeth.
Charleston, May 4, 1850.
ilppnintnmits.
Travelling Agents for the Gazette.—
Rev. William Richards, Mr. Robert E. Seyle,
Vlr. Matthew J. Wroton, .T. J. Richards, S. P
Richards.
O” Mr. A. H. Mazyck is our General Agent
for Charleston.
O’George W Bell is our Agent for Kershaw
and the neighbouring Districts.
O Warren D. Chapman is our Agent for
Spartanburg and surrounding Di triets.
O* All Postmasters are authorized to act as
Agents for the Gazette, and the same commis
sion will be allowed to them as to other loca
Agents.
THE TRAVELLER’S GLIDE.
ROUTES FROM CHARI. STON.
From Charleston to .Yew- York. Leaving daily at
o’clock p. m. Bv Steamer to Wilmington 180 miles.—By
Railroad to Weldon 162 rnile^ —To Petersburg 63.—T0
Richmond 21. —To Acquia Creek 70.—8 y Steamer to
Washington 55.—8 y Railroad to Baltimore 40.—T0 Phil
adelphia 92. —To New- York 87. Total distance 771 miles.
Time 60 hours. Fare S2O.
The “Southerner” (Steamship) leaves Charleston every
tenth day after the 27th of April, at 4 o’clock p. m. Thro’
in 60 hours. Fare (State-Room) $25.
From Charleston to Philadelphia. —The Osprey leaves
Charleston every other Saturday, at 4 o’clock, p. M.—
through in 60 hours. Fare S2O.
From Charleston to New-Orleans. Leaving daily at
10 o’clock a. M. By S. C. Railroad to Augusta 136 miles
—By Georgia Ra?roail to Atlanta 171.—8 y Macon and
Western Railroad to Griffin 42. By Stage to Opelaka
95. —By Railroad to Montgomery 65. —By Steamer to
Mobile 331. —To New-Orleans 166. Total distance 1,006
miles. Time 123 hours. Fare $39.50.
From Charleston to Nev>-Orleans, via. Savannah,daily
at 9a. m. By Steamer to Savannah 140 miles.—Ry Cen
tral Railroad to Macon 190.—8 y Macon and Western Rail
road to Bartlesville 40.—8 y Stage to Opelaka 100.—By
Railroad to Montgomery 65. —By Steamer to Mobile 331.
To New-Orleans 166. Total distance 1,032 miles. Time
77 hours. Fare $39.50.
MISCELLANEOUS TABLE.
Distances. Fare. Time.
To Athens, Ga., 251 m. $7,95 20 h.
“ Chattanooga, Tenn., 445 13,12 31
“ Columbia, S. Q. 130 4,00 8
“ Camden, S. C., 142 4,00 9
“ Hamburg, S. C., 136 4.00 8
” Memphis, Tenn., 740 28,00
Passengers for either of the above places leave Charles
ton, daily, by S. C. Railroad, at 10 o’clock a. m.
SECOND ANNUAL FAIR OF THE SOI Til
CAROLINA INSTITUTE,
OPEN ON THE \Sth NOVF.MRER JYF.XT.
The second animal Fair of the South Carolina Institute,
for the promotion of Art, Mechanical Ingenuity, &c.,
will be held in Charleston, opening on the 18th November,
and to continue during the week.
Specimens of every branch of Industry are earnestly
solicited. Premiums will he awarded—for the best speci
mens, a Silver Medal; for the next best, a Diploma. For
Original Inventions, a snitable premium, at the discretion
of the judges.
A selection wiil be made of the best specimen of Me
chanism and the Arts—of Cotton, Rice, Sugar, Tobacco,
Corn, Wheat, Flour, Rosin and Turpentine—and sent to
the World’s Fair, to he held in London in the Spring ot
1851.
A large and cskiodious building has been selected for
the Exhibition, ana every attention will he paid to the re
ception and care of articles sent to the Fair. All articles
must be directed to 1.. M. Hatch, Chairman of Commit
tee of Arrangements, and be delivered by the 14th of
November.
Communications addressed to James 11. Tayi.op..
Chairman of Committee on Correspondence, will meet
with prompt attention.
The Hon. JOS. 11. LUMPKIN, of Georgia, will de
liver the Annual Address, ori Tuesday night, the 18th
November.
Arrangements have been made with the South Carolina
Rail Road Company, to let all articles intended for the
Fair, return free ot charge.
WM. GREGG, President.
E. C. Jones, Secretary.
AGENTS W ANTED,
TO canvass, for the Gazette and Schoolfellow, the States
of South and North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama.
V oung ill ‘ll ot good character and address can make
from SSOO to SIOOO per annum at the business. Apply,
either personally or by letter, to
WALKER & RICHARDS.
References as to character will be required.
Mkrr’s Curils.
JOSEPH WALKER.
101 EAST BAY,
Dealer in Paper, Stationery and Account Books Printing
and Book Bind.iig. Also, Agent for John T. White,
Type and Stereotype Founder; R. Hoe & Cos., Printing
Press Maker; V. Mcßee & Sons’ Paper Mills, and of va
rious Printing Inks.
JOSEPH WALKER,
AGENT FOR THE SALE OF
TYPE, PRESSES AND PRINTING MATERIALS
Os all kinds, at New York prices, actual expenses from
New York to Charleston only added.
AGENT FOR
JOHN T. WHITE, TYPE-FOUNDER.
Whose Foundry has been in operation over forty years,
and for beauty and variety of Type, Borders, Sa-., is sur
passed by none. Constantly on hand. Brass Ri le,
Cases Q.coins, Leads, Chases, Furniture. Reg.
let, Lye Brushes, Mallets, Shooting Sticks,
Proof Rri siies, Bodkins, Plainers. Also, a large
variety of
lIORDF.RS, JOR AND FANCY TYPF., ire.
also, agent for
11. HOE & CO.,
CELEBRATED PRINTING-PRESS MANUFACTURERS.
Every Press. Sic.. made by them, will lie furnished at
shortest notice and lowest price.
PRINTING INKS
Constantly on hand, a large stock of the very best war
ranted Inks, Book and News Printing Inds, Fancy Col
oured Inks, at greatly reduced rates, say front 75 cents per
pound and upwards.
P VPER W AREHOUSE,
101 EAST BAY.
JOSEPH WALKER,
DEALER in
PRINTING WRINTING, WR APPING AND EN
VELOPE PAPER OF EVERY VARIETY.
Printing Paper.—Constantly on hand, a large stock
ot Newspaper, of various sizes—2o x 30, 22 x 32 , 23 x 3:2
- j x 34 , 24 x 36, 26 x 38, 26 x4O ; and also Medium ami
Double Medium Book Printing Paper, of different quality.
_Agem for V. Mcßne Si Son, Greenville, S. C.. Paper
Mills. Newspaper of every kind made to order. Also in
receipt constantly, direct from the Northern Mills, Paper
ot all kinds.
Writing Paper.—English, French ami American
Letter, Can, Folio, Commercial and Packet Post, Demy,
Medium, Royal and Super Royal Papers, ruled ami plain,
ot’ every variety, and at all prices—a large stock constantly
on hand.
Wrapping, Envelope, Coloured Medium Paper,
of all kinds and descriptions always on hand and for sale
low.
STATIONERS’ HALL,
101 EAST BAY.
JOSEPH WALKER,
DEALER in
PAPER, STATIONERY AND BLANK ROOKS,
Has constantly on hand, a large assortment of fine Eng
lish, h rench and American Stationery, of every descrip
tion, consisting in part of: Scaling Wax, Waters, Quills,
Rulers, Steel Pens Ink Stands. Slates, VV’afer Stamps,
Pen Racks, Wax Tapers, Red Tape, Lead Pencils, India
Rubber, Desk Weights, Sic.
GOLD PENS, GOLD & SILVER PENCIL CASES.
A large variety of Levi Brown and many other marks.
INK.
Black, Blue, Red, Copying and Marking Inks, of the
best kinds. *
PEN AND DESK KNIVES.
A beautiful assortment of the finest Cutlery of every de
scription.
COPYING PRESSES,
A variety of patterns and prices. Also, Copying Books,
Brushes, Oil Paper, etc.
BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY dc FWCY
BOOK BINDING.
JOSEPH WALKER,
101 EAST BAY
Hanks, Public Offices, Merchants, and others, can have
their Hooks Ruled to any pattern, and Hound in the very
best manner, either in full Russia, extra Russia Bands,
Full Hound, or Half Binding, and made of the very best
English blue laid, French and American papers, made
expressly to order, at the same price that the same quality
c! work is done in New York.
FANCY BINDING. •
Books, Pamphlets, Music, etc,, bound in the neatest
and best style, either in Calf, Morocco, Russia, or plain
Sheep Binding.
In the above establishment no pains orexpenselmve been
spared to all work executed in the best maimer.
STEAM POWER-PRESS PRINTING.
W ALKER & JAMES.
BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS,
NOS. 101 AND 103 EAST-BAY,
Having added to their Office, Steam Power-Presses, and
large fonts of the latest kind of Book Type, are prepared
to execute all kinds of
BOOK AND PAMPHLET PRINTING,
in the very best manner, and at greatly reduced prices.
Also, having added a great variety of Fancy Typo,
Borders, etc., to their already extensive Office, they are
prepared to execute
JOB PRINTING OF EVERY VARIETY,
SUCH AS
CHF.CKS, I CIRCULARS,
RILLS LADING, | RALI. INFITA TIONS,
BILL HEADS, I BRIEFS,
RECEIPTS, I HAND BILLS, i-c. Sft.
which will be done in the best manner and on most rea
sonable terms.
CARD-PRESS PRINTING.
Cards of all kinds by Steam, at greatly reduced rates.
TO MUSIC TEACHERS.
A LADY, thoroughly competent to teach Music, Sing
ing, Drawing and Painting in Water Colours, is
wanted immediately in a highly resi>ectahle Village
School. She must be a superior performer on the Piano,
and be able to give satisfactory references. The village is
easy of acc as, perfectly salubrious and the compensation
will bebheral to an accom ilishe.l Teacher. Apply to
Messrs. Walker & Richards, Broad-street, Charleston.
July 13 3
our (Pton Affairs.
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UNRIVALLED NORTH OR SOUTH!
THE THIRD ANNUAL VOLUME
OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE,
Was commenced on Saturday, the 4th of May, 1850,
underits original name —instead of Richards 9 IVeekly Ga
zettc —as more significant of its peculiar character, it being
the only weekly organ of Literature ill the entire South !
It is
GREATLY ENLARGED AND IMPROVED,
Containing weekly Thirty-two Columns of matter. It
is, moreover, in an
ENTIRELY NEW DRESS
“ from head to foot,” and upon beautiful white paper, so
that, in mechanical excellence, it shall not he 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 he 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 ot 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 independent in criti
cism and in the discussion of every legitimate topic, hut it
will he strictly
NEUTRAL IN POLITICS AND RELIGION !
Its columns will he occasionally embellished with
SOUTHERN PORTRAITS it 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 the leading
Journals of all parts of the world.
Notwithstanding the great increase in thesizeand at
tractions of tile paper, it will still be published at
Two Dollars Per Annum, in Advance !
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, 8
Teu copies, 15
Fifteen copies, 20
Twenty copies, 25
Fifty copies, 60
CV? All orders must be accompanied with tiie 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 fsPATES.
On the 15th of January, 1850, was published ai
Charleston, 8. C., the first uumberof 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 hryve resolved to continue it and make
it permanent, and they therefore call upon parents, teach
ers, and all interested in the rising generation to aid them
in their efforts to make the Schoolfellow all that its most
flattering judges have pronounced it.
It will be published in 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, Miss Tuthill, Caroline Howard, MissC. W. Bar
ber, Clara Moreton, Maria Roseau, the Editor, and many
other well known writers.
ITS PICTORIAL EMBELLISHMENTS
” ill be m °re numerous and beautiful than before; it wil
be printed upon finer paper, and no pains will he 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
graving,
Fi* copies will be sent to one address for $4 ; Eleven
copies lor $8 ; Twenty-three copies for sls. and Thirty
two copies for $20!!
THE FIRST VOLUME,
beautifully hound in gilt muslin, will be furnished in con
nection with the second Year for Two Dollars. To
clubs, a will he supplied at One Dollar l or each copy.
All orders must be accompanied with the cash—
if by mail, post-paid.
tw Clubs should be made up as early as practicable—
and those wishing volume first, should apply immediately
t 0 WALKER & RICHARDS.
May 4 185°. 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.”
GENER A L AG EN CY
IN LITERATURE, ART and SCIENCE.
AT THE
Office of the Southern Literary Gazette.
Corner of Broad-st. and East-Bay, (up stairs,)
Charleston, S. S.
The Undersigned, Editor of the “Southern Lite
rary Gazette,” begs leave to inform the public that
he has opened a General Agency for the transaction of
any business connected with Literature, Science an-
Art. He will correspond with authors concerning the
publication of books and pamphlet* upon their own ac
count, or otherwise; execute any commission for gentle.
men forming libraries ; forward subscriptions for any peri
odica! work, American or European ; receive and execnet
promptly commissions Ibrany work of Art; supply accu
rate estimates of the cost of Philosophical Instruments,
order then, at his own risk and guarantee their efficiency.
All communications must be addressed, prepaid, to
t 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.
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1 EMiRAV'KG.
r subscriber would[inform Authors, Publishers and
cl’ Awfii Am iSJrtlll continues ro carry on the busi
kM.RAV JNG ON WOOD, in all its branches.
His facilities are such that he is enabled toexecuteall orders
promptly, and in every style of the Art, upon the most
reasonable terms* while the experience of many years
ena jles him to tee] perfect confidence in his efforts to give
satisfaction to all wi'o may favour him with their patron.
af T* N. ORR, 151 Fulton-street, New York.
June 6
THOM AS, CO W PERTH WA IT CO.,
booksellers,
PUBLISHERS AND STATIONERS,
523 MARKET-STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
Publish Mitchell’s Geography and Atlas Primary Geo
Intermediate Geography, Ancient
and Atlas, Universal Atlas, with nearly eighty beautifully
cotoured Maps ; Pocket Maps of the United Stuto. and
the different Mates ut the Union : Swan’s senef oF
Readers, Spelling Book and Primary SneffinJ
Greene’s Hngiish Grammar, and (Cue’s Anahsi, of .hi
English Language :F. A. Adams’ Arithmetics ’ arts f
and 2; Pennoclr* Historic* of England b
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NEW YORK, May 1, 1850.
*■ SIIE subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the
public that ho has leaded the above House for a
.erm ot years, vru* House has been in complete renair
(luring the past winter and mostly fV mished anew. The
proprietor respectfully solicits a continuance of the patron
age heretofore so liberally received.
JOHN P. TREADWELL*