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liters’ Srpn^mrnt.
WM. c. RICHARDS, Editor.
D. H. JACQUES. Associate Editor.
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, \TI’RDAY MORNING, AUG. 24, 1850.
NOTES ON THE NORTH ;
FR() >I THE EDITOR’S POCKET BOOR.
CHAPTER XI.
Hot Weather in Washington—Political Heat
__ ,j bud season for Congress —“ Eyes and
no eyes—The Capitol—The l lags of Ses
xjon Architectural defect of the Capitol—
ipproach —The Rotunda—A French Pic
ture—The Houses in Session—Scenes in the
Senate Gallery Whispers — The House of
Representatives- —A Contrast—A National
{action—Order and Disorder—The “Um
,iihns ”in the House.
Washington is just now one of the hottest
ao( j mo.-! uncomfortable places beneath the |
canopy of Heaven. To its physical heat, j
winch carries the mercury into the do e vicini- I
u irf a hundred degrees ot Fahrenheit, (joreign
hnit indeed ! we doubt if London or Paris can |
4iow any thing inure elevated!) is superadded
the interne iervour of political excitement, in
lecting all classes of people and absolutely
making the blood boil in the thermometers of
. .—ion ! It i- 1 to be regretted that this political
|, ea t does not, like the physical temperature,
affect it” victims to the melting mood; but
r.iiher, l.ke the fire on steel, hardens them to
„ idurucy most impracticable in the hostilities
engendered by the difference of sectional inter
, -t.s. ‘l'his is certainly an unfortunate season
l',,r legislation on subjects requiring all the pru
dence, deliberation and dispassionate judgment
mat men can possibly exercise. A Christmas
—ion would be far more favourable to the j
I great purpose which the National Council con- j
templates. Hot blood engenders hot breath, j
I liis almost vain to hope that any great inea- |
I of pacification will be adopted while the j
mercury stands at 95“ !
We have now been “ a looker on here in
Vienna ‘ lor some days, and as our custom is,
have looked with our eyes open, always ett-
I ileavmiring to see something unseen before. It
- range that there should be persons in the
w rid who look at life and society with their
lies shut! •‘Having eyes they see not,” and |
in,-ir observation is profitless alike to them
selves and others.
Os course the first object of inteie-t to the
-.ganger in Washington is the American Con
gress, and his first vrsit is to the Capitol, where !
I-sessions are held. Os the Capitol itself, it is
barely necessary to remark that it occupies a j
most beautiful position upon an eminence, at
the eastern extremity of the city. Its appear
ance is certainly imposing, but the ten thous
ands of pictures of it which have been seat
i. red throughout the land, make a description
unnecessary. Some extensive additions are
contemplated, to provide a more spacious cham
ber lor the House of Representatives, which is
now inconveniently small. In that event the
pr.-cut Hull would probably be converted into
the Library for Congress.
The visitor, approaching the Capitol in any
ilmrtion, may easily satisfy himself whether
tile donate and House are in session or not,
sitee at all times, while they are silting, the
national llag is elevated on either side of the
dome. Apropos of the dome. We have never
ace ll quite satisfied with the entire architectural
effect ot the Capitol, but it was only a few
evenings ago that our objection to it assumed a
definite phase. We were regarding it from a
point sufficiently remote to raise the building
entirely above the trees of the surrounding
grounds, and while steadfastly ma king its pro
portions, it struck us that the dome is too lofty
tut the building—a defect which all subsequent
observation has only served to aggravate. We
May, in this objection, betray a want of archi
trctural knowledge, but we have sufficient con
fideiice in out eye to hazard its utterance.
It takes some time, on a July day, to mount
the eapitol hill, and gain the marble steps of
tbc edifice. One must stop to breathe half a
dozen times during the achievement, and finds
a good excuse for lingering a few moments to
watch the hundreds of gold fish that desport
I themselves in the waters of the basin from
” a h springs the National Naval Monument.
I lb “ill only follow the example of the fishes
I moreover in getting upon the shady side.
Ihe Rotunda leached, and the panting oc
asioned by the exertion well over, the stranger
I “'ill find a great deal to interest him until the
•louses assemble, which will not be until 11
0 clock. We shall not describe here the well-
I known paintings which occupy the large panels
I it the walls ot the Rotunda. All are filled but
| °tie, and that is temporarily occupied by a
I showy picture of the French school, embody
■ ‘ llga thoroughly French conception, that of
I Washington crowned by Liberty, Fraternity
I and Equality. These, three ‘ideas’ are repre-
I ‘cnted as winged females hovering over the
I shade ol Washington, in the act of placing the
crown upon his brow. Around are numerous
uiaraetere well known in history, and distin
guished for their connection wuh the cause of
I human Progress. With some decided merits,
I I I"’ picture has glaring defects, both of design
■ aud execution.
by the hour of eleven, the halls and the
I chambers of the Capitol are pretty well filled,
I J| id with the interval of a few minutes—the
I ditfeience of time, we suppose, between the
I extremities of the edifice !—both houses are
I l 'aded to order and the business of the day is
’ gun wi h prayer by their respective Chaplains.
I he discussions in the SeDate upon the Com
■ promise Bill reported by the Committee of
1 hit teen, have been, and still are, the great at
traction to visitors, and the gallery of the Sen
lle Chamber are usually crowded at an early
h"ur. T'h e lobbies are also thronged by per
'"lls > s °nte anxious to get a peep at the lions
Mihout exposing themselves to the crush and
111 ‘cation of the narrow gallery-box, and
diets waiting upon some Senator to whom the
‘"•enger has borne their card.
’he midst of a ‘ great speech,’ the scene in
•'enate C hamber is full of interest. The
1 01 ’he room outside of the bar is occu
-1 ■'' l| fi.v scores of privileged persons —foreign
nuitsiers, chiefs of departments, governors, and
I l “ H| honoutable characters—the gallery seems
t “ *' e on the point of falling with its dense mass
1 People— tjer rising above tier, and all look
- he very picture of uncomfortableness! The
Mt row exhibits a line of reporters, whose
I ar e fixed upon the speaker, while their
is guide the gold pens in tracing hiero-
I -••'PP.es upon the paper before them. Mean-
I “le the entrance-hall is filled by a motly
01l g- Now an old man, with silvery locks
| “‘fi Hooping form, presses to the door, peering
I ‘SPrly through its guarded portals, and yet
4 )lljdes tly shrinking away as the officer beckons
J ’'■‘h his hand for him not to obstruct the pas
’•As he retires a step, someone less timid
“•mces to his position, less regardful of the
I d| ed intimation of the vigilant official. We
“* seen, however, on more than one acca-
J s the entrance to the Chamber completely
[ J ' llUc ’ed by a score of eager listeners, the
door-keepers themselves altogether absorbed in
the immediate interest of the occasion. At such
times a pin might, have been heard to fall upon
the Senate floor, in the momentary pauses of the
orator’s progress. The multitude held its
breath, and the sentences of the speaker fell on
the ear with the distinct and clear tones of a
musical instrument.
Upon an occasion of ordinary interest, we
ascended into the crowded gallery, and as we
stood gazing upon the members below, two or
three strangers pleased close behind us, one of
whom eagerly whispered to his companions,
“ There he is—there’s Mr. Clay.” “ Where—
where ?” was the response of the others, and
we hud to yield our position a little to allow
the questioners to get a glimpse of the great
Kentucky statesman. It was interesting to
hear the whispered communications which ran
through the crowd. ‘ That’s the new Senator
trom South Carolina,’ said one, at the same
time pointing his companion to Mr. Barnwell’s
seat. ‘ That’s the d—d abolitionist, Hale,’
said a Mississippi a at my elbow to a friend
who stood near. ‘D’ ye see old Sam ?’ said
the same party, pointing to the ex-governor of
Texas. ‘Who’s that trying to get the floor?’
asked someone behind us. The answer was
immediate. ‘ That’s the great used-up Bent-on
making a speech.’ A low laugh spread out to
some distance among the gallerians at this sally,
which was followed by another touching his
Mississippi antagonist’s footing in the Senate.
The galleries ot the House of Representatives
are far more commodious than those of the
Senate, though all are sadly deficient in ac
commodation for the “ sovereign people.” We
would like to see anew hall for the House,
constructed w’ith an amphitheatre of seats, ca
pable of holding at lea.-t a thousand persons.
The ‘ House* is a scene of marked contrast to
the Senate/ Its quadrupled numbers alone
would create a vast difference, but this is the
least important element of the contrast. Its
materials are altogether unlike those of the
Senate, and even were they not, the circum
stances are totally altered. In the Senate, the
silence is sometimes oppressive—in the House
the noise is always so! The desk of the
Speaker is subjected to almost incessant blows
of the hammer, and a stranger might think that
the honourable Speaker himself was a skilful
and rapid auctioneer, while all the members
were bidders, eager to secure the great bargains
perpetually “ knocked down.”
The most familiar word to the members of
the House, of Representatives is undoubtedly
“ Order,” but we question if there is any thing
under the sun with which they are less fami
liarly acquainted by practice. There is ever a
restlessness among the members that cannot be
entirely quelled, even while some eloquent gen
tleman may have the floor; and the very mo
ment a speaker's time is up, a score of ad
dresses to the chair are shot out in a well
directed volley from both sides of the House,
and it is certainly no easy matter for the
Speaker to decide whether he shall announce
‘the gentleman from Massachusetts’ or ‘the
gentleman from Louisiana’ as entitled to the
floor, and ten to one, when he does decide,
some ‘ point of order’ will be raised to add to
the disorder. The rules of the House are so
different from those of the Senate, that two
scenes more widely variant in their character
could hardly be conceived of. Owing to the
peculiar system of the House, it can dispatch
business when it pleases with far greater
promptitude than the Senate, and its hour and
five minute rules, together with that of the
“ previous question,” are usages of no doubtful
utility in these days of protracted discussion.
Had the “Omnibus” started on a passage
through the House, instead of the Senate, it
would not have been seven months in making
the trip, notwithstanding the greater area of the
House! It would have got through in less
than half the time, but whether with more of
its original passengers or not we cannot say.
NAMES.
FOURTH ARTICLE.
Anthony, or Antony, is from the Latin. It
signifies flourishing. It was rendered famous
by Marcus Antonius. It was the name of
the celebrated painter. Shakspeare
has given it the impress of his pen. That is
enough.
Augustus is also from the Latin and signifies
increasing. Since it was borne by the first of
the Imperial Caesars, it has been a great favour
ite in princely palaces. Princes, however, have
no monopoly of it.
Caesar is used as a Christian name and thus
claims a place here. It is believed to signify
well haired. The German Kaisar and the
Russian Czar are traceable to the same source.
Hilary, merry, cheerful, is a fine old monk
ish name, which deserves to be recovered from
the dust and rubbish of the mona.-tery and
again be heard among men. Who would have
a better name.
Boniface is a well-doer, but, alas ! he can
do nothing but keep tavern since Farquhar used
the name in the Beau Stratagem. “Old Will
Boniface” is“pretty well known upon the road,
as the saying is,” but nobody but a landlord
would have the name.
Clement signifies mild or merciful. It is
from the Latin.
Constantine, another name from the Latin,
signifies resolute, standing firm.
Philip is of Greek origin and has the mean
ing of a lover of horses. It was the name of
that prince of politeness, Chesterfield. Sir
Philip Sidney also adorned it.
Martin is from the Latin and signifies mar
tial. It was, not inaptly, the name of the
great Reformer, Luther, whose “ words were
half battles.”
Lionel has the meaning of a little lion, and
is also from the Latin.
Theodore is a fine, harmonious name, from
the Greek, and signifies Gift of God. A name
so appropriate and so beautiful should be more
common. Its feminine form is
Theodora.
“Since we know her for an angel.
Bearing meek tiie common load,
Let ns call her Theodora —
Gift of God.”
Emma is of German origin and has the
meaning of a good nurse. It is one of the
prettiest of all our modem names and is too
seldom used. In the form of Imma, it was
borne by Charlemagne’s fair daughter, about
whom one of the rarest bits of historical ro
mance is recorded:
Eginhard, the Emperor’s Secretary, loved
the fair princess Imma, and his affection was
returned. The lovers dared not meet openly,
on account of the plebian rank of Eginhard,
and they held stolen interviews in the apart
ments of the princess. While they were to
gether one night, there was a light fall of snow,
which covered the ground. Here was a dilem
ma ; as Eginhard was obliged to cross a court
yard in order to reach his own rooms and his
foot-steps in the snow would betray his visit to
Imma. Behold what love will plan and exe
cute ! The princess Imma, notwithstanding
the expostulations of her lover, took him on
her back and carried him across the court, well
knowing that her foot-steps would not excite
suspicion. But it happened that Charlemagne,
who had risen from his couch, was standing at
his open window’, which overlooked the court-
SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE.
yard, and saw, in the moonlight, the love
stratagem of his daughter.* His breast was
filled with mingled rage and admiration. He
laid the matter before his council, where opin
ions were divided, and the Emperor at length
decided in favour of mercy and gave the hand
of his noble daughter to her lover. Such, in
brief, is the story of Eginhard and Imma.
“Amt rising from his throne of state.
Good Charlamagne, with rapid stride.
As if he felt the deed was late,
Led Eginhard to Imma’s side;
And laying in his trembling hand,
The long and close-linked iron band,
He called on every warrior there
To join and bless the happy pair.”
Mary E. Lee.
Rosalie, from the rose et lis, the rose and
the lily, is a favourite name. The following
lines, so full of pathos, constitute a beautiful
tribute to it:
ROSALIE.
I love to forget ambition
And hope in the mingled thought
Os valley and wood and meadow,
Where, whilome, my spirit caught
Affection's holiest breathing—
Where under the skies with me,
Young Rosalie roved, aye drinking
From joy’s bright Castaly.
I think of the valley and river,
Os the old wood bright witli blossoms —
Os the pure and chastened gladness
Upspringing in our bosoms ;
I think of the lonely turtle,
So tongued with melancholy,
Os the hue of the dropping moonlight,
And the starlight pure and holy—
Os the beat of a heart most tender.
The sigh of a shell-tict lip.
As soft as the land tones wandering
Far leagues over ocean deep ;
Os a step as light, in its falling
On the breast of the beaded lea,
As the fall of the fairy moonlight
On the leaf of yon tulip tree.
I think of these and the murmur
Os bird and katydyd,
VY hose home is in the grave-yard cypress,
Whose goblet, the honey reed —
And then I weep ; for Rosalie
Has gone to her early rest,
And the green-lipped reed and the daisy
Suck sweets from iter maiden breast.
Adeline and Adelaide are from the German.
They are only different forms of the same
name, which signifies a princess. They are
very pretty names and fall gracefully into the
poet’s verse. YY it ness the following front Ten
nyson :
“ Some honey converse feeds thy mind,
Some spirit of a crimson rose
In love with thee forgets to close
Its curtain, wasting odorous sighs
All night long oil darkness blind.
What aileth thee? whom waitest thou
Willi thy soften’d shadow’d brow,
And those dew-lit eyes of thine,
Thou faintsmiler, Adeline?”
Ada. Chambers, to whom, in a series of
articles in the Edinburgh Journal, we are
largely indebted for etymological facts, derives
this name, well known as that of Byron’s
daughter, from the Saxon Edith, happy. The
original form, he says, was Eadith or Eade,
whence Ada.
“ Is thy face like thy mother’s, my fair child,
Ada?” Huron.
(Our fmk (Tahir.
Rural Hours. By a Lady. One vol. 12 mo. pp. 521.
New York: Geo. P. Putnam.
Though the name of the author of this book
is withheld from the title page, it is well under
stood that it is the production of a daughter ol
Mr. Cooper, and it appears, therefore, under
auspices highly favourable to its welcome re
ception. It needed not this prestige, however,
to secure a large meed of praise, for it is one of
the most agreeable and pleasing books which
have recently emanated from the press, and we
most cordially congratulate Miss Cooper upon
her brilliant and effective debut, and not less
her readers, upon the pleasure they cannot fail
to derive from the book.
Its title is sufficiently indicative of its char
acter ; it is a record of life in the country, as it
appeared to an intelligent, cultivated and ami
able observer, for there can be no wanner of
doubt that Miss Cooper is all of these. The
work is written in the form of a journal, and is
characterized by the exceeding simplicity and
grace of its manner. There is not the slightest
ambition of “ effect ” perceptible in its records,
which, on the contrary, are the spontaneous
utterances of a heart deeply in love with Na
ture, and sensitively alive to all its manifold
phases of loveliness. We have been really
charmed with the unstudied beauty of the de
scriptions of “ birds and flowers and other coun
try things,” which abound in the work. It
rivals the best nature-paintings of the Howitts,
and the charm of Miss Milford’s village sketches
is revived in the pages of “ Rural Hours.”
Nor is it a book of mere agreeableness.
There is a deal of valuable information in its
pages concerning the natural history of the
region where the author resides—one of the
most beautiful portions of New York. Its
pictures are drawn with the minuteness and
fidelity of the daguerreotype, and possess the
additional charm of colouring to the life. Miss.
Cooper understands the alchemy which can
extract beauty from the humblest material, and
invest the tiniest object of nature with a resist
less interest. One of her own tex has sweetly
said :
“ There’s beauty all around our paths,
If but our watchful eyes
Could trace it midst familiar things,
And in their lowly guise ”
and our authoress has discovered this beauty,
and with the unstinting bounty of Nature her
self, she has revealed it to all who love and de
sire its manifestations.
We have no disposition, if there were occa
sion, to deal severely with the literary merits of
the book before us. It possesses fewer defects
of style than we should expect, and certainly
overlook, in a young writer, and its positive ex
cellencies, especially of naturalness, grace and
unity, are worthy of high praise. We have lit
tle room, in this department, for extracts, or
we should certainly freely fortify our opinion by
quotations from the book. Some of its graphic
passages will be found hereafter in our pages,
aud for the present we must content ourself
with two brief paragraphs. The first is from
the journal entry of April 27, when the ‘deli
cate-footed Spring’ has awakened the early
flowers from their winter lethargy.
“ Followed an old wood road for some dist
ance. Squirrel-cups in abundance ; though very
regular in other respects, these little flowers are
not at all coloured alike: some are white,
others pink, lilac, or grayish blue. They are a
nice little flower, with a modest, unobtrusive
air, which is very engaging. When they first
appear, they shoot up singly, each blossom
alone on its downy stalk ; but now they have
gained courage,standing in little groups, gleam
ing gayly above the withered foliage. Their
young downy leaves do not show yet, although
a few of last year’s growth are found, in a hall
evergreen state. One often sees these flowers
at the foot of trees, growing on their roots, as it
were; and perhaps it is this position, which,
added to their downy, furred leaves and stems,
has given them the name of squirrel-cups—a
prettier name, certainly,for a wood flower, than
liverwort, or its Latin version, hepatica.
The small yellow violets are springing up ;
they also show their golden heads before their
leaves are out. It seems singular that the
flower, which is the most precious and delicate
part of the plant, should ever be earlier than the
leaf, yet it is the case with many plants, great
and small; among trees it is very common.
Doubtless there is a good reason for it, which
one would like to know, as the learned in such
matters have probably found it out.
The arbutus is now open everywhere in the
woods and groves. How pleasant it is to meet
the same flowers year after year! If the blos
soms were liable to change—if they were to
become capricious and irregular—they might
excite more surprise, more curiosity, but we
should love them less; they might be just as
bright, and gay, and fragrant under other forms,
but they would not be the violets, and squirrel
cups, and ground laurels we loved last year.
YVhatever your roving fancies may say, there
is a virtue in constancy which has a reward
above all that fickle change can bestow, giving
strength and purity to every affection of life,
and even throwing additional grace about the
flowers Mdfich bloom in our native fields. We
admire the strange and brilliant plant of the
green-house, but we love most the simple flow
ers we have loved of old, which have bloomed
many a spring, through rain and sunshine, on
our native soil.”
Next we have a picture of Autumn, in strik
ing contrast to the above, under date of Octo
ber sth:
“ The woods are very fine, under the cloudy
sky, to-day. Scarlet, crimson, pink and dark
red increasing rapidly—gaining upon the yel
low. So much the better ; seasons where yel
low prevails are far from being our finest au
tumns. The more crimson and scarlet we have
to blend with the orange and straw colours,
the gayer we are. Still, this seems rather a
yellow year; for the elms and hickories—
which often wither and turn brown, without
much beauty—are very handsome just now, in
clear shades of yellow, fluttering in the breeze
like gold-leaf; while the chesnuts, birches,
witch-hazel, and many maples, as usual, wear
their same colours. Although there are certain
general rules regarding the colouring of the
trees, still they vary with different seasons;
some which were red last year may be yellow
this autumn, and others which were dull russet
may be bright gold colour. The other day we
found a wood-path strewed, at one spot, with
pink aspen-leaves; but the general colour of
this tree is a decided yellow, nor do I ever re
member to have seen its foliage pink before this
instance ; still there was no mistake about the
matter, tile leaves belonged to the large aspen,
and they were clearly pink. They looked,
however, as if they had first turned yellow, and
then a coat of rich warm lake had been laid oil
afterward. Maples frequently go through the
same process.
“ Some of the oaks are turning deep red,
others scarlet The ashes are already dark
purple. But while most of the foliage is gain
ing m brilliancy, bare limbs are already seen
here and there ; the Virginia creepers are all but
leafless, so are the black walnuts; and the
balm ot Gilead poplar is losing its large leaves.
Such is Autumn : prodigal in her magnificence,
scattering largesse with a liberal hand, she ts
yet careless, and regardless of finish in the lesser
details; she flings cloth of gold o"er the old
chestnut, and ‘Tynan purple upon the oak; while
the neighbouring grape-vine hangs a dull and
blighted garland of russet upon the forgotten
aspen, still green. Spring has a dainty hand, a
delicate pencil; no single tree, shrub, plant, or
weed, is left untouched by her ; but Autumn de
lights rather in the breadth and grandeur*of her
labours, she is careless of details. Spring works
lovingly—Autumn, proudly, magnificently.”
Proceedings of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science. Third Meeting, ;
held at Charleston, S. C., March, 1830. Published by j
tbe liberality of the Corporation of Charleston. Charles- !
ton, S. C. Steam Power-Press of Walker & James.
1830.
These Proceedings, which embrace abstracts j
of most of the papers read at the meeting, form
a handsome volume of 216 pages, and few vol
umes of its size, we venture to say, contain a i
larger quantity of valuable scientific matter.
YVe have here embodied the results of the most ■
patient and thorough investigations and of the i
maturest thought, on various scientific topics,
on the part of some of the most distinguished
scientific men in the Union. The Association
has cause for self-gratulation, in view of the re- ;
suits of its late meeting in this city. *
Lights and Shadows of Domestic Life, and other j
Stories. By tbe authors of “ Rose and her Lamb,” j
“ The Two New Scholars,” &c.Btc. Boston: Ticknor,
Reed & Fields. 1850.
This attractive looking volume contains six
stories, intended for the entertainment and im
provement of the young. YY r e have read the
first, “ Lights and Shadows,” which gives its
name to the book, and find it a very pleasantly
told and instructive tale. YVe commend the
little volume to our young friends, doubting not
that they will find all the stories in it as enter
taining as we have found the first, and fraught
with as good a lesson. *
(Tjjr I'itrranf l^nrlir.
Holiday Books. The coming season pro
mises to be one of peeuliar abundance in holi
day books, from the annuals “ gleaming in
crimson and gold ” to the more permanent and
valuable editions de luxe of the poets and fa
vourite prose writers. YVe have only space to
mention a few of those which we have seen in
preparation.
In New York, the Appletons will issue half
a dozen beautiful books, of which one will be a
companion to their magnificent volume entitled
‘ YVomen of the Bible.’ The new work will
be devoted to the Prophets. They will also
publish a book entitled ‘ YVomen on the Throne,’
embellished with splendid portraits of distin
guished royal ladies. Os their other books we
have no details.
Mr. Putnam is preparing an illustrated edition
of Miss Cooper’s charming book. This will
embrace twenty-one exquisitely coloured draw
ings of birds. Mr. Bryant’s late work, and
Mr. Irving’s Alhambra, will also appear with
Darley’s matchless sketches. To these he adds
a most superbly illustrated edition of the won
derful allegory of the Bedlotd tinker, the Pil
grim’s Progress. The illustrations are Har
vey’s, three hundred in number !
In Philadelphia, we have seen numerous ex
quisite volumes in the hands of the artists. Mr-
Butler, with his unsurpassed taste and munifi
cence, renews the exquisite “ Leaflets of Memo
ry” more radiantly beautiful than ever. He
will also issue the “ Snow Flake,” and anew
volume entitled “ The Cabinet o( Art,” with
upwards of twenty exquisite engravings. New
editions of his illustrated Female Poets and
Proverbial Philosophy, will evince a decided
advance in the art of book-making.
Mr. A. Hart, of the late firm of Carey &
Hart, will publish the Drawing Room Scrap
Book m elegant quarto, and other volumes, of
which we shall say more anon.
Messrs. Lippincott, Grambo & Cos. issue a
new annuary under the title of The Iris, a vol
ume of rare beauty, whose “ illustrations” mock
the colours of the rainbow, and whose literary
merit is of high order.
Mr. 11. Carey Baird is expending his unques
tionable taste upon an ed.tion of Gray, and we
have seen enough of the volume to predict that
it will eclipse every other edition of that ele
gant bard.
In Boston, Messrs. Phillips, Sampson & Cos.
are preparing several exquisite gift books, of
which we have not seen enough to make special
announcement.
The number of rare and costly books put to
press this summer, will far exceed that of any
previous season ; an indication this of this of
the increasing taste and wealth of our publish
ers and ergo of the public.
The Queens of Scotland. Miss Strickland’s
graphic pen is employed upon a series of vol
umes with this title, to match her very success
ful series of the English Queens.
Wilhelm Jleinhold. The author of the
‘ Amber YVitch’ is in prison, as a penalty for a
slander which he published against a brother
clergyman. As this is not the first offence of
the talented but rather ill-tempered pastor, he
was sentenced to three months imprisonment
and fined also one hundred thalers. His ‘Amber
YVitch’ is acknowledged by him to be a pure
fiction. His later work, “ Sidonia the Sorcer
ess,” has scarcely added to his literary repu
tation.
(Pur <tei|i Column.
A Word to Pork Eaters.
Scarcely any article of food is more es
teemed in this country than the flesh of the
swine. It is more abundantly eaten at the
South than at the North, though there are
strong reasons why it should be less frequently
eaten here, il eaten at all. We condemn itt/i
tott. YV c believe that it is less fit for an article
of diet than sperm candles and whale blubber.
It is directly and pointedly condemned by two
ot the principal religions of the world, the
Jewish and the -Mahomedan, and indirectly by
the Christian, inasmuch as Christ commanded
the Devils to go out into the swine. But it is
on physiological and hygeian grounds that we
would here speak of it. A late medical writer
says that since the time of Moses a “ large por
tion ol mankind have looked upon the swine as
an impure animal, unfit for food. Its impurity
consists of a disorder of a purely scrofulous
character, wnich is inherent and peculiar to it,
and is constantly being developed, especially
during confinement and subjection to the ordi
nary modes of feeding. Pi bably no animal
is more filthy in its habits or more disgusting for
its selection ol food. Let the pork eater con
template, an instant, the customary mode of
rearing the domestic swine, and observe what
oflal, filth, putridity, scouritigs from every thing
foul and corrupt constantly swell his diseased
carcase. Let him see in the slaughter house
how often the internal organs and the surface
of the vile carcases will be studded with tu
berculous formation or scrofula, and then re
turn to pork, ‘ like a dog to his vomit,’ if he
chooses.”
A strong corroboration of our views is found
in the tact, that in all those countries where
the swine is forbidden to be used as food, scro
fula is almost unknown. The same law ob
tains with the Jews, who, abiding by the pre
cepts of their religion, inhabit almostevery cli
mate and country, and are scarcely ever afflict
ed with scrofula. *
A Grave Error-
The following correspondence, we are as
sured, actually passed between two individuals
whose names are suppressed. The names alone
are left blank; otherwise the letters are printed
verbatim: *
Office of the Cemetery, ?
July 24, 1850.
The accumulation of interments in the Re
ceiving Tomb of this Institution, renders it
necessary that provision for the permanent in
terment of the remains of those temporarily
deposited there, be made immediately, if pos
sible.
Your early attention to the removal of the
remains of G. W. P., deposited March 19th,
is therefore respectfully solicited.
Your obd’t serv’t,
To , Esq.
New York, July 30,1850.
of 24th instant, requesting my early attention
to the removal of “my remains ” from the
“ Receiving Tomb” of the Cemetery was duly
received
I was on the eve of attending the wedding of
a young friend at that time, and as the subject
of your note did not appear to harmonize well
with the occasion, I deferred answering it till
now.
Upon the most mature deliberation and in
vestigation, I have become satisfied that “my
remains” are not tenanting the gloomy vaults
of said “ Receiving Tomb ;” at any rate, I am
jogging along so comfortably with the “ re
mains” that are left to me and are now in use,
and have passed along so far without any con
sciousness ot the absence of those “remains”
alledged to have “ remained ” in said Tomb
nine© “ March 19, 1847,” that I am disposed to
“ remain ” of the great poet’s opinion—
“ He that is robin-a, not wanting what is stolen,
Let him not ki ow it, and lie is not robbed at all.”
And you will therefore pardon me if I consign
those “remains” said to “remain” in said
Tomb to the care and custody of whom it may
most concern, adding with becoming serious
ness and grace the benediction “ Peace to the
ashes.”
I “ remain ” as to my active “ remains,”
Very trulv vour obedient
G. W. P.
An Irish Pudding.
A lady residiug in the city of brotherly love
had employed a newly-arrived Irish w’oruan as
the chief of her cuisine. The day after she
was installed happened to be Sunday, and the
lady, before leaving home for church, gave
Bridget instructions about the dinner, and end
ed them with an injunction to her not to forget
the cantelopes for dessert, all of which the new
cook promised to observe. Soon after the lady
returned from morning service, Bridget made
her appearance at the door of the dressing-room
and exclaimed:
“ Sure an’ faith m'ani, but them cantelopes is
spilt intirely!”
“ Why, Bridget,” replied her mistress, “ how
is that ? They looked very fresh and nice yes
terday !”
“ Why, yes m’am ; but you see as how I put
’em into the pot to bile ’em, and when I went
lor to take ’em up, they came all to pieces and
the puddin’ jist drapt out of ’em intirely!”
station.
1. Proceedings of a Convention of Teachers.
2. Catalogue of Erskine College.
3. Catalogue of Johnson Female Seminary.
The Convention of Teachers held at Colum
bia on July 12th, in accordance with the re
commendation of Gov. Seabrook, was, as we
learn from the pamphlet before us, attended by
about forty teachers from various portions of
the State. It was conducted with much spirit
and good feeling and promises to lead to im
portant results. A Committee to whom a let
ter of Gov. Seabrook on the subject of the
Convention was referred, report, among other
things, the following startling facts:
The. results have been what all men, familiar
with the subject, would expect—2o,ooo per
sons, over 21 years of age, w'ho can neither
read nor write ; and 70,000 between the ages of
5 years and 20, who are not going to any
school—out of a population of 250,000, by the
census ot 1840. Such a mass of ignorance
perpetuates itself to the destruction of all ap
petite for knowledge, it is well known—even
where the opportunity of instruction is afforded;
and to the accumulation of vices, which are
exasperated by the peculiar position of our
whole population of this grade; as all who
know the interior %f the State could testify.
No entirely white population has any thing like
equal reason to desire, with Governor Wilson,
that “ every native citizen should be enabled to
profit by the inspirations of [divine] wisdom,
and to write his own name.”
The Convention recommend that a General
Superintendent of Schools be appointed, that a
higher standard of qualification in teachers be
insisted upon, and that Normal Schools for the
education of teachers be established. It ad
journed to meet on Tuesday following the first
Monday in December next.
Erskine College is situated in Due West,
Abbeville District, eleven miles north from Ab
beville C. H., in a salubrious region of country.
The whole number of students, according to
the Catalogue, is 70. The expenses at the
College are very low.
The Catalogue of the Johnson Female Semi
nary shows an attendance for the first session
of 1850 of nearly a hundred pupils. The School
is well conducted and appears to be in a pros
perous condition. It is situated at Anderson.
Mrs. Mary E. Daniel is Principal. *
Staife
The Cholera is again on the increase in
Pittsburg.
Maretzek announces that he will open
his opera in New York in October.
General Paez, the celebrated patriot and
chiftain of Venezuela, is at West Point.
A very rich gold district has been dis
covered on the river Yuruari in Venezuela.
The last Florida war seems to be ended.
The Indians are quiet, but refuse to emigrate.
Company is coming to Charleston in September.
Mrs. Fanny Kemble Butler is giving
Shakspeare readings in St. James’ Theatre,
London.
Jenny Lind’s first Concert will be in
New York. Sept. 18, according to Barnum’s
announcement.
Miss Jane Porter’s Library has been
sold. It consisted of 268 works, in which were
included some good folio editions.
Mr. Nealie has prepared Miles’ Tragedy
of Mohamed for the stage, and it is to be pro
duced the first month of the season.
Marble busts of Gay-Lussac and of M.
Blainvilie, are to be placed in the French Insti
tute at the expense of the Government.
Her Majesty’s monstrous Land Tor
toise has been presented to the Zoo ogical Gar
dens, London, as a rival attraction to the hip
popotamus.
The City of Cracow is stated to have
been extensively desolated by a fire, which,
among other buildings, consumed the Arch
bishop’s noble palace.
Mr. Bell, of London, lately made an
ascent with a locomotive balloon, which he at
tempted to guide. The experiment failed. The
balloon would go its own way.
Mrs. Bowden, an Irish heroine, has ar
rived in New York. This was the lady who
sheltered Smith O’Brien, so long and so effectu
ally, from the police, at the time iff the attempt
ed revolution in Ireland in 1848.
Abd el Kader, the brave and magnani
mous Arab Chief, who has been so long held a
prisoner in France, in violation of the condi
tions of his surrender, is about to be liberated
and sent to Egypt, whence he will proceed to
Mecca.
The Washington Union publishes an
eloquent letter from the Hungarian leader and
patriot, Louis Ko.-suth, addressed to Gen. Cass,
expressing the fervid thanks of himself and his
down-trodden country, for the efforts of the
lormer to suspend diplomatic relations with
Austria, in token of reprobation for her flagitious
conduct.
Mr. George Stephens, the author of the
“ Manuscripts of Elderly,” says the London
Literary Gazette, has been struck by ill-health
and reduced to poverty, and an amateur play is
getting up for his benefit at the Soho Theatre.
Surely the dramatist who wrote “The Vam
pire,” “ Montezuma,” and “ Martinuzzi,” will
not appeal in vain for sympathetic succour.”
The Academy of Sciences of Madrid
have announced the following subject for com
petition :
“ An experimental investigation and expla
nation of the theory of nitrification ; the causes
which most influence the production of this
phenomenon, and the means most conducive in
Spain to natural nitrification.” The prize, to
be awarded in May, 1851, is to be a gold medal
and 6UUO copper reals, about 701. sterling ; and
a second similar medal will be given to the
second be t paper. The papers, written in
Spanish or Latin, are to be sent in before the
Ist May, w'ith.as usual, the author’s name and
seal.
(Ejjf Mtm nf tjp Dnq.
Boston, Aug. 16.— Melancholy Disaster. —
A catastrophe of a most melancholy and dis
tressing character occurred yesterday afternoon
at Lynniield, involving the lives of fourteen
persona, all women and children but one. The
following are the circumstances:
A large party of men, women and children,
most of them connected with the First Christian
Society'of Lynn, proceeded to Lynnfield on a
picnic party, and .had chosen a delightful spot
on the borders of a beautiful pond.
About 2 o’clock, a party of twenty-five went
on board a large flat-bottomed row-boat for an
excursion on the pond, and when about one
hundred yards from the shore, the boat cap
sized, and fourteen of the party were drowned.
The disaster has thrown the community of
Lynn into the deepest distress.
Requisition for Chaplin —A requisition from
Governor Thomas, directing the delivery of
Chaplin, charged with an assault with intent to
kill Mr. Richaid Butt and Mr. Wm. Smith, in
Montgomery county, was placed on Wednes
day in the hands of officer Handy. W r e learn,
however, that Chaplin will have first to be tried
in our Criminal Court for abducting Allen and
Garland, the two runaway slaves found in
Chaplin’s carriage on the night of the Bth mst.
[National Intelligencer.
Trouble in the Cherokee Nation. —ln the
Cherokee Nation, on the 12ih ult., opposite
Fort Smith, Moses Vickory was killed by
Chas. Tickaneesky, both Cherokees. A feud
has existed between the famihos of Thompson
and Vickory for some time past, and it is said
that not a male member of either is now left
alive. Tickaneesky married a Miss Thompson.
J. H. Tatum, who has been engaged for
several months past in Baltimore constructing
an Engine to be propelled by Electro-Magne
tism, has triumphantly succeeded, and will soon
make a public exhibition of his machinery,
when he expects to demonstrate its power to be
from Bto 1 M horse capacity.
The Refugees. —The Ottoman Porte has no
tified the refugees at Schumla that such of them
as may be willing to emigrate to America will
receive a passport and a sum of 1000 piasters,
about X‘lo, in aid of their journey.
Death from Eating Matches. —A child two
years old, died in Newark of infiammatipn of
the stomach, produced by eating phosphorous
from matches, a box of which a servant girl
had given it to play with.
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ROUTES FROM CHARI, STON.
From Charleston to New- York. Leaving daity at 3'a
o’clock p. m. By Steamer to Wilmington 180 miles.—By
Railroad to Weldon 162 miles.—To Petersburg 63. —To
Richmond 22.—T0 Acquia Creek 70.—8 y Steamer to
Washington 66. — By Railroad to Baltimore-10. —To 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 #2O.
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10 o'clock a. m. By S. C. Railroad to Augusta 136 miles
—By Georgia Railroad to Atlanta 171.—8 y Macon and
Western Railroad to Griffin 42. By Stage to Opelaka
05-—By Railroad to Montgomery 65.—8 y Steamer to
Mobile 331. —To New-Orleans 166. Total distance 1,006
miles. Time 123 hours. Fare #39.50.
From Charleston to New-Orleans, via. Savannah,daily
at 9a. at. By Steamer to Savannah 140 miles.—By Cen
tral Railroad to Macon 190.—8 y Macon and Western Rail
road to Barnesville 40.—8 y Stage to Opelaka 100.—By-
Railroad to Montgomery 65.—8 y 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. C., 130 4,00 8
“ Camden, S. C., 142 4,00 9
“ Hamburg, S. C., 136 4.00 8
“ Memphis, Tenn., 740 28,00
Pa angers for either of the above places leave Charles
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SECOND ANNUAL FAIR OF THE SOUTH
CAROLINA INSTITUTE,
OPEN O.V THE mh NOFEMBER .VEXT.
The second annual Fair of the South Carolina Institute,
for the promotion of Art, Mechanical Ingenuity,
will be held in Charleston, opening on the 18th NovembJJr
and to continue during the week.
Specimens of every branch of Industry are earnestly
solicited. Premiums will be aw-arded—tor the best speci
mens, a Silver Medal; for the next best, a Diploma. For
Original Inventions, a suitable preitlium, at the discretion
of the judges.
A selection will 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 beheld in London in the Spring of
1851.
A large and commodious building has been selected for
the Exhibition, and every attention will be paid to the re
ception and care of articles sent to the Fair. All articles
must be directed to L. M. Hatch, Chairman of Commit
tee of Arrangements, and be delivered by the 14th of
November.
Communications addressed to James H. Taylor,
Chairman of Committee on Correspondence, wHI meet
with prompt attention.
The Hon. JOS. H. LUMPKIN, of Georgia, will de
liver the Annual Address, on Tuesday night, the 18th
November.
Arrangements have been made with the South Carolina
Rail Ro J Company, to let all articles intended for the
Fair, return free of charge.
WM. GREGG, President.
E. C. Jones, Secretary.
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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
undents original name —instead ot Richards Weekly Oa~
zette —as more significant ot its peculiar character, it being
the only weekly organ of Literature in the en ire 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 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
trnly valuable fireside Journal. Its aim will be the diliu
ston of cultivated and refined taste throughout the com
munity—and it will embrace iiy 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, 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
cism and in the discussion of every legitimate topic, hut it
will be strictly
NEUTRAL IN POLITICS AND RELIGION !
Its columns will he 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 he copious, butcarefully condensed from the leading
Journals of all parts of the world.
Notwithstanding the great increase in the-ize and ;.i
----tractionsof the 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
Ten copies, 15
Fifteen copies, 20
Twenty copies, 25
Fifty copies, 60
Cref” All orders must be accompanied with tile money
and addressed, post-paid, to
WALKER fc 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 FATES.
On the loth of January, 1850, 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 to aid them
in their efforts to make the Schoolfellow all that its most
flattering judges have prononneed 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, 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 $4 ; Eleven
copies for $8 ; Twenty.three copies for sls, and Thirty,
two copies for $20!!
THE FIRST VOLUME.
beautifully bouqd in gilt muslin, will be furnished in con
nection with the second Year for Two Dollars. To
clubs, it will he supplied at One Dollar for each copy.
ty* All orders must be accompanied with the cash—
if by mail, post-paid.
Clubs should be made up as early as practicable
anil those wishing volume first, should apply immediately
to WALKER t RICHARDS.
May 4, 1850. Charleston, S. C.
*** Editors copying this Prospectus, or making suitable
notice, shall receive a copy of the work without an ex
change. 1 hey will pleas send marked copies of their
paiiers containing it to the * Gazette.”
GENERAL AGENCY
IN LITERATURE, ART and SCIENCE
AT THE
Office of the Southern Literary Gazette.
Corner of Broad-st. and East-Bay, (up stairs,)
Charleston, S. 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 pamphlets upon their own ac.
count, or otherwise ; execute any commission for gent) e :
men forming libraries; forward subscriptions for any peri
odical work, American or European ; receive and execuel
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.
-- C’’ No charge will be made for any service required
by his brethren of the press, who will oblige him by pnb
lishin? this notice.
THE subscriber would hiffimf AuVhors, Publishers and
V 1 * I .,|*e stjlicontinues to carry on the busi-
,pN(iR A VING ON WOOD, in all its branches.
His facilities are Hiich that he is enabled to execute all orders
promptly, and in every style of the Art, upon the most
reasonable terms; while the experience of* many years
enables him to feel perfect confidence in his efforts to give
satisfaction to all who may favour him with their patron,
age. N. ORR, 151 Ful ton-street. New York.
June b
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THE subscriber respecttu 11 y informs his friends and the
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during the past winter and mostly furnished anew. The
proprietor respectlully solicits a continuance of the pat-ton
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