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more than once saved by a man called from the plough. Moses had been keeping sheep lorty years before he came forth as the deliverer of Israel. Jesus Christ himself, during the early part of his l'fe, worked as a carpenter. 11 is Apostles were chosen from amongst the hardy and laborious fishermen.” Ciiitors’ Drjiartniriit. WM. C. RICHARDS, Editor. D. H. JACQUES, Associate Editor. (Tljnrlrstnii, I. SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT. 7, 1850. NOTES ON THE NORTH ; FROM THE EDITOR’S POCKET BOOK. CHAPTER 111. The Smithsonian Institution—lts Origin — James Smithson — Chancery Proceedings — The Legacy paid to Congress—A Charter granted — Trustees—Regents — The Edifice —Cost of Material—General Description —Reflections on the Style—Cost of the Building—Girard College—Professor Hen ry—Piofessor Jewett—The Library—Pub lic Expectation —Great results anticipated. One of the most interesting objects to us, in the National Metropolis, is the Smithsonian Institution, and we propose to occupy this chapter with a description of the beautiful edi fice now being erected under the direction of the National Board of Regents. A word or two of the origin of this Institution may not be unacceptable to some of our readers. It is the bequest of England to America—of the mother country to the young and thriving daughter. In regarding it in this somewhat figurative light, we make use of that figure of speech which rhetoricians call metonymy and put England for one of her sons. Janies Smithson, a relative of the Duke of Northumberland, died in the year 1833, and in his will bequeathed more than half a million of dollars to found in the United States “ an esta blishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.” He was a single man, of remarkably retired habits. His name, however, was well known in connection writh numerous published treatises on scientific sub jects. These are said to be twenty-four in number, and to display much knowledge and re.-earch. The American Government experi enced some little delay in obtaining the large sum thus devised to its control, and proceedings in Chancery were instituted by Mr. Rush, the American Minister, who at length succeeded in securing a decree for its payment to Congress. Upon receipt ol the money, Congress invested it chiefly in Western bonds. In pursuance of the object of the legator, a bill for chartering the Smithsonian Institution was passed by Congress in April, 1846, and the President of the United States, the Cabinet Ministers, and some other parties, were consti tuted its Trustees. A Board of Regents w r as then appointed, composed of the President, the Mayor of Washington, the Chief Justice of the United States, three members of each depart ment of Congress, and six other persons. This Board elects the Chancellor and Secretary, and has the immediate government of the Institu tion. We have thus hastily glanced at the origin and foundation of the Institute, and will pro ceed to notice the building appropriated to its use. It is yet uncompleted, but there is no reason to doubt that it will be finished by the time specified by the contract, which is March, 1852. It is situated on an open and level mall S. W. of the Capitol, and its picturesque appear ance attracts the attention of every visitor. The building is in the Norman style of architecture, that which prevailed in the latter half of the twelfth century, and is almost the only con sistent example of this style to be met with on this continent. The material of which it is constructed is a rose-coloured, or more cor rectly speaking, a lilac-grey sand stone, quar ried in Virginia, about twenty-five miles dis tant. It is certainly one of the handsomest varieties of the sand stone we have ever seen, and in every respect superior to that used in any of the public buildings. We learn also that it is delivered at twenty-five cents per cubic foot, a cost one hundred per cent less than that of the dull brown stone with which the Treasury is built. The entire length of the building is 450 feet, and its extreme breadth 140 feet. Like all Romanesque structures, it is, however, quite irregular, composed of halls, quadrangles and connecting ranges, and surmounted by square, octagonal and campanile towers of unequal heights. The principal entrance is upon the north side, and is flanked by two unequal tow ers, the western one being a beautiful octagon, very richly ornamented. This is yet unfinished. The central building is flanked by four towers of various height and shape. The west wing j is a very beautiful and lofty hull, designed as a Gallery of Art. The ceiling of this hall, like those of the central hull and of the main porches, is groined and ribbed with deep Nor man mouldings. The only exception to this style of ceiling is that of the lecture room iu the east wing, which is flat and panelled with deep ribs, to adapt the room for oratorical pur poses. It is certainly one of the finest lecture rooms we have ever seen, and will doubtless be the theatre of many brilliant and startling ex positions of science. We are digressing, however from our de scrifftjon of the exterior of the building. The wings are connected with the main building by two ranges, each with a cloister and open stone screen in front, surmounted by a true Norman coibel course, which adds greatly to the pic ture.-queness of the front. The windows are generally without elaborately traced heads, finished with the stilted semi-circular arch, which prevails throughout the building. The ‘vest wing exhibits on the north end a circular apse or swell, and upon the opposite end a richly carved circular window of stained glass. At the N. E. angle of the main building there is a fine campanile tower, and on the S. E. corner a double campanile. There are in all nine towers, which are not only picturesque, but have their internal advantages, being employed for stair cases, elevators, flues, &c. They will also afford admirable facilities for experiments with falling bodies. The great central hall will be occupied as the Library and Museum Its Norman groined arehes will be constructed either entirely of stone or of iron. The exterior of the building presents very slight buttresses and no pinnacles. Its roofs are slated, except those of the connecting ranges, which are metallic. The slate pos sesses chemical advantages over tin or zinc. The whole face of the building is finished in ashlar, as architects term it. The stone is not smoothed, but left with a degree of roughness which the abrasions of Time and Climate will only serve to diminish, whereas if the face was smooth now it would by and by be corrugated. We have thus hastily, and we confess awk wardly described the Smithsonian Hall, a genu ine creation of the Norman ages revived in the nineteenth century. Os its picturesque effect we have already spoken. We are not, how ver, prepared to say that the style was well e chosen. Apart from its feudal associations, so adverse to the genius of American Institutions, we do not discover a felicitous adaptation in the edifice to the purposes and necessities of the Institution. We admire its richly pointed arches, its groined roofs, its cloisters, its screens, its corbel courses, its campanile towers, its en tering and re-entering angles, its rose-windows, and all the other accessaries of its florid style ; but the question recurs, Are they suited to the objects of the Institution ? We fear that the most favourable answer this question can re ceive is, that ingenuity can make the building answer its end ; but we are very certain that a very different style of building would have been vastly superior to this in utility. We make these remarks without intending to censure the course* of those who adopted the plan, and simply to express our opinion that the Norman style, as indeed all of the ancient styles of architecture, werfe better suited to the times which originated them than they are to the present advanced era of the world. It is due to the Board of Regents to add here that this beautiful edifice iias been constructed at a very moderate co.-t, the contractor's bid for the work completed being only $205,000. This sum will be exceeded, in consequence of mate rial changes in the plan of the interior finish, but at the most the expenditure will be a very reasonable one. The cost of the Col lege—so often quoted as an illustration of the manner in which great public legacies are per verted from their actual design—cost nearly a million and a half of dollars. Each column of its magnificent peristyle, was erected at a cost ol 13,000 dollars! Thirty four of these columns cost nearly half a million of dollars— or twice the expense of the Smithsonian Hall! We certainly think that for its cost, there is not in the United States a building to compare in beauty with the latter. We have left ourself barely space to speak of the distinguished gentleman who now occupies the post of Secretary ol the Institution. Pro fessor Henry has linked his name with great discoveries in science, and we anticipate from his connection with this national establishment, the most gratifying results. His great aims will surely achieve them. Our grateful acknowledg ments are due to Professor Jewett, the accom plished Librarian, for the most courteous atten tion during our visit to the Hall. He is as yet surrounded by only a few books, the simple nucleus of what is destined to be, we trust, a grand and unparalleled National Library. The managers of the Institution are regarding the classic proverb, Festina lente; and the public eagerness to witness some of the benefits of Mr. Smithson’s munificence, should not unrea sonably demand fruit before the tree which is to produce it is thoroughly matured for bearing. We anticipate no trifling results, and we are willing to allow ample time for their develop ment. (Pnr §Dssiji Cnltmin. • Pink and Drab. A French gallant, whose knowledge of Eng lish was not the most perfect, but who never theless greatly prided himself upon it, being present at an evening party, met there a lady and her daughter, to whom he had been previ ously int;odueed. The lady was dressed in a drab-coloured silk, and her daughter in pink satin. The Frenchman, always eager to dis play his gallantry, approached Mrs. H. and thus addressed her: “ Madame, your daughter is de pink of fash ion to-night.” “ Ah, Monsieur,” replied the lady,“why will you French gentlemen persist in flattering the ladies ?” “ Indeed, niadamc, I do not flatter. Ido speak de truth only, as all de world will allow that your daughter is de pink and yourself de drab of fashion !” Splendid Holiday Books- We call the attention of our readers, and particularly of “ the trade,” to the advertise ment in another column of Messrs. E. H. But ler &. Cos. of Philadelphia. It presents a list of Annuals and other Illustrated Books, un equalled, in this country at least. Mr. Butler has displayed a faultless taste in getting up these exquisite books, most of which we have had the pleasure of examining in va rious stages of progress. The engravings, the illuminations, the typography, the paper, and the bindings, are all in the most perfect style of the various arts, and we take a cordial delight in recommending them. No books will com mand a larger or a readier sale in the approach ing holidays. We shall take an early occa sion of describing some of them at length. Failure of the Mails. Our Northern exchanges are full of com plaints in regard to the failure of the mails from ihe South. We have been quite as unfortunate in iespeet to mails as our Northern friends. It is only occasionally that we get a Northern mail. Charleston Ed tors can sympathize with the following lament of one of their brethren in Washington: “ We received three mails by last evening’s Southern boat. It was a sort of omnibus mail, with a vengeance upon the poor editors, who had to wade through their varied contents. Does the reader recollect the trumpet of Mun chausen, in which the words were frozen up in a very cold spell, and, when they were thawed, broke out with a din of accumulated sounds which stunned the senses? Just such is the mail which was emptied upon our table last evening. * A Literary Mayor. The Brooklyn Daily Advertiser gives the following rich specimens, in illustration of the orthographical and syntactical knowledge of the Mayor of that city. The schoolmaster must have been “ abroad ” when he went to school. * City of Brooklyn, July 30, 1850. To Mr. P Mr. Patrick McCormick is Lying Dead, the Barer Wants A Coffin to Enter the Body the Supt. of the Poor is out of town you Will Pleas to furnish them. A Coffin of the Cheapi est order And Charge the same to the County. I am with Respect yours, Copy. , Mayor. This is to certify that the Barer has the body of A un None man and has permission to re move it to ffatbush porr hous for interment. Disease drowned. This Is to Cirtefy that Doctor A B the Pirson Above Named is a Phesitian of Good Regular Standing in the City of Brooklyn. This is to certify that the Barer has permis sion to remove the body of A. B. C. to “ holy cros” Cemetery flatbush for interment disease, Coroner's Inquest. The Charleston Monument to Calhoun. The Special Committee of the Council on the Calhoun Monument have reported “ that the City Council having purchased the statue of Calhoun, by Powers, they deemed the most ap propriate memorial that the City of Charleston could erect to perpetuate the public love and veneration for their departed statesman, would be a marble Temple to contain and preserve the statue, to be located in the centre of the City Park.” A Picture of April. The following pretty conceit is from Holmes’ poem at the late Commencement and Celebra tion at Yale College: At last young April, ever frail and fair, Woo’d by her playmate with the golden hair, Chased to the margin of receding floods, O’er the soft meadows, starred with opening buds, In tears and blushes sighs herself away. And hides her cheelt beneath the flowers of May. * SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE. Portrait of Calhoun. The City Council of Charleston has com missioned Mr. Healy, the distinguished Ameri can artist, now in Paris, to paint a full length portrait of the great statesman, as he appeared delivering his last discourse in the Senate of the United States. Mr. Healy, as we see by a letter from him to the Mayor, published in the “ Proceedings of the Council,” has accepted the commission, and the work will probably be finished by next Spring. The artist says, in concluding his letter: “ I consider the painting of Calhoun as dear to my reputation, as it was to Stuart to have painted Washington.” * A Chance for the Small Fry. Mr. Bamum having offered a prize of S2OO for the best Song of Welcome to Jenny Lind, Mr. Willis, of the Home Journal, takes occa sion to contradict a rumour that is afloat to ihe purport that both he and Gen. Morris will write for the prize. He says that neither of the Editors of the Home Journal will be competi tors, and he makes the announcement lest any should be discouraged from efforts to win the prize, by the idea that the “ Brigadier” and “My Boy ” are in the field. Magnanimous, Mr. Wiliis! A Bout. A Frenchman who was learning the English language, asked his preceptor ihe meaning of the word “ rout.” He was informed that it was “ a party at which people got tired.” “ Ah be my fait,” he rejoined, “ but we have dose same sort of parties in France too, begar, and de rout dat did make me most tire was dat of Waterloo!” Paradox. “ Truth lies in a well,” we are told. But this i a paradox clear: For Truth cannot lie we make bold, In reply—to declare. (Our %nnk (Tfllilr. Lira and I.kttkrs or Thomas Campbell. Edited by William Beattie, M. D. In two volumes. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1850. We like that style of Biography, now so common, in which the letters and journals of the subject are made largely available, and oc cupy a prominent place in the narrative. This kind of life-history possesses important advant ages over a formal autobiography. That ap pearance of vanity and egotism which is seldom entirely absent in the latter, is impossible in the former, where the author is unconsciously writ ing his own life in his private letters and jour nals. The letters of an individual give us an insight into his character, which we could hardly obtain iu any other way, and this is es pecially the case with those written to valued and familiar friends. And such letters from the pens of eminent persons, are as interesting as they are valuable. The letters of Milton and Cowper—and those of the latter are per haps the most charming specimens of familiar epistolary writing ever published, form the most interesting portiops of their biographies. The style of biography which we have com mended, and which has been adopted by Dr. Beattie in the volumes before us, is, we believe, the only one in which entire justice could have been done to that true son of genius, Thomas Campbell, who, though in a measure appreci ated as a poet, has been sadly misunderstood as a man. Washington Irving, who confesses that he had entertained erroneous notions of Campbell’s private character, thus speaks of this work, in a pleasant chapter, introductory to the American edition, and containing some in teresting reminiscences: “ It is a great act of justice to the memory of a distinguished man, whose character has not been sufficiently known. It gives an insight into his domestic as well as his literary life, and lays open the springs of all his actions, and the causes of all his contrariety of conduct. We now see the real difficulties he had to contend with in the early part of his literary career ; the worldly cares which pulled his spirit to the earth whenever it would wing its way to the skies. The domestic afflictions tugging at his heart-strings even in the hours of genial inter course, and converting his very smiles into spasms ; the anxious days and sleepless nights preying upon his delicate organization, and producing that morbid sensitiveness and nervous irritability which at times concealed the real sweetness and amenity of his nature, and ob scured the unbounded generosity of his heart.” To this high praise from such a source we need add but little. D.\ Beattie has performed his task, often a delicate one, in a faithful and consciencious manner, “ combining the truth fulness of history with the tenderness of friend ship,” and the thanks of the reading public are due to him for his successful labours in their behalf. We have no room for extracts here, but will give our readers some “glimpses” of these volumes, under their appropriate head, in a future number. The work contains a portrait of Campbell, and is printed in the beautiful style which distinguishes the publications of the Harpers. * Europe, Past and Present: A Comprehensive Man ual of European Geography and History ; with separate Descriptions and Statistics of each State, and a Copious Index. By Francis H. Ungewitter, LL.D. New York: Geo. P. Putnam. 1850. This work, which is comprised in a volume of 671 pages 12 mo., deserves a more extended notice than our very limited space will enable us to give it. It is one of those simply useful books which are not calculated to attract the puffs of the press, but which are appreciated by the student and the seeker after general in formation. Asa manual of European Geo graphy and History, for every day reference, it is invaluable and fills a place hitherto unoccu pied. The author, who is a German, now re siding in this country, has travelled in nearly all the States of Europe, and has had access to abundant and accurate materials, which he has used with true German industry and suc cess. The Index, which contains nearly ten thousand names, enables the reader to turn readily to any fact connected with the Geogra phy or History of Europe. For instance, we were just now reading the late news of the military movements in the Duchies of Sleswick and Holstein, and wishing to learn something concerning the past history of these countries, and the nature of their relations, geographical and political, to Denmark, we were enabled in a moment to turn to the pages where the de sired information is recorded. We belie v e the authenticity and accuracy of the work can be fully relied upon. * Christian Thoughts on Life, in a Series of Dis. courses. By Rev. Henry Giles. Boston: Ticknor, Reed hi Fields. This volume contains thirteen Sermons, or occasional pulpit discourses, on one general theme. The intention, as the author informs us in his brief Preface, which governed him in the composition of the greater number, was to gather into compact form, fragments of moral experience, and give some record and some order to desultory studies of man’s interior life. Every page almo. t bears the impress of Mr. Giles’ peculiar eloquence. The work, we doubt not, will prove highly acceptable to the Christ ian public. * The Farmer’s Guide to Scientific and Practical Agriculture. By Henry Stephens, F. R. S. E. New York: L. Scott & Cos. 1850. Numbers five and six of this serial have come to hand. Each additional issue serves to strengthen the conviction we have heretofore so freely expressed, of the importaace and value of the work to the agriculturist. It will make the most complete and reliable work on farming ever published. It can be procured through Mr. John Russell, King-street. * The Annual of Scientific Discovery: or \ ear Book of Facts in Science and Art. Edited by David A. Wells, of the Lawrence Scientific School,'Cam bridge, and George Bliss, Jr. Boston: Gould, Kendall ii Lincoln. 1850. Here is a handsome volume of very modest pretensions, but of great value. As its title in dicates, it chronicles the most important disco veries and improvements in Mechanics, Useful Arts, Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Astrono my, Meteorology, Zoology, Botany, Mineralo gy, Geology, Geography, and Antiquities. It also contains a list of recent scientific publica tions, a classified list of patents, obituaries ot eminent scientific men, and an index of im portant papers in scientific Journals, Reports, &c. The volume is embellished with a por trait of the distinguished Prof. Louis Agassiz, accompanied with a brief Memoir. Many of the articles comprising this work have never been published elsewhere. It will be found use ful and interesting, both to the scientific man and to the general reader, enabling them to see at a glance what has been accomplished in the world of science during the year. We trust the enterprise will prove in the highest degree successful, and that each coming year will add another volume to these Annals of Scientific Progress. McCarter &, Allen, Meeting-street, have the work for sale. * Gibbon’s Rome. Vol. IV. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1850. This capital edition of Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, is rapidly passing through the press of its enterprising publishers. Two volumes more will complete the series. We are assured that the work is having an ex tensive sale, which it certainly deserves. * 1. Latter Day Pamfhlkts, No. VII. New York: Harper & Brothers. 1850. 2. Latter-Day Pamphlets, No. VII. Boston: Phil-’ lips, Sampson & Cos. 1850. These rival editions of Carlyle’s unique pam phlets, are both very neatly got up, and are having an extensive sale. * Shakspeare’b Dramatic Works, Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Cos. We have just received No. 21 of this elegant edition, from the enterprising publishers. The illustration in this number is the “ Princess Ka tharine of France.” * cDnr iCmitriiijiimirii's. Sartain’s Union Magazine for Septem ber, has among its embellishments portraits of Fredricka Bremer and President Fillmore.— Among the contributors to the literary depart ment of this number, we notice the names of Harriet Martineau, Fredricka Bremer, Mrs. Joseph C. Neal, Anne C. Lynch, and other well knowui writers. The music is “ A Serenade,” by E. W. Nichols, the words by R. H.Stoddard. We copy Mr. Stoddard’s beautiful stanzas: A SERENADE. The moon is muffled in a cloud, Beside the lover’s star, But underneath thy balcony, I touch my soft guitar. If thon art waking, Lady dear, The fairest in the land ; Unbar thy wreathed lattice now And wave thy snowy hand. She hears me not: her spirit lies In trances still and deep; But music turns the golden key, Within the gate of sleep. And thus I linger in her bower, And weave a simple strain : A little thread of melody, To lead her back again. The London Quarterly Review for July opens writh a long and elaborate paper on Con dorcet. The next article is a short one on Spectacles, which is followed by a severe cri tique on “ Dr. Johnson : his Religious Life and his Death,” in which its author is dealt with in no gentle manner. The fourth article, on the Mechanism of the Post Office, is perhaps the most important and interesting one in this issue. There are articles on Ancient Agricultural Li terature, The Austrian Revolution, and Na tional Workshops, which we have not yet care fully examined. L. Scott &. Co’s. Reprint. J. Russell, King-street, \gent. The Western Literary Messenger is a monthly of modest pretensions but of much merit. Its original articles arc well written and its selections are made with good taste and judgment. The Southern Star, a racy and spirited sheet, published at Huntsville, Ala., which has before spoken kind words in our behalf, in a late issue calls the Gazette “ the most tastefully gotten-up paper in America,” and adds: “ The substance matter of which it Is com posed, both original and selected, is in keeping with its general appearance. We heard a gen tleman remark a few days since, that he W'ould het a “ ten dollar bill” that there could not be produced from among the newspapers on the north side of Mason & Dixon’s Line, as fine a specimen of the art of printing as the “South ern Literary Gazette,” The paper may be seen on file at this office.” We are glad to learn that the Gazette finds admirers in Alabama. We shall strive to render it still more worthy of their high encomiums. Will our friends in that region make an effort to extend its circulation ? * i I'itrrnnt IBnrlir. A Tribute to Mrs. O'good A beautiful tri bute is to be paid to the memory of this gifted lady, as novel as it is appropriate. An illus trated volume, to be entitled The Cairn, is in the press of our American Murray, Mr. Put nam, the literary contents of which are original contributions from many of the leading writers of this country, of both sexes. It has been edited by Mrs. Hewitt, the most intimate friend of Mrs. Osgood, and will undoubtedly possess an extraordinary degree of interest. With the profits arising from its sale a monument will be erected in Mount Auburn, to commemorate the graces and the virtues of one who in life was tenderly beloved and in death tenderly la mented. Holiday Books. In addition to the “ Holiday Books” mentioned in our paper of August 24, we may announce the following: Messrs. Phillips, Sampson Cos. of Boston, will publish among others the Gems of Beauty and Literary Gift for 1850, a third annual issue of a truly superb annual, printed, illus trated and illuminated in the best style of the day, edited as heretofore by Miss Percival. The Souvenir Gallery, a handsome quarto, writh thirteen superior Mezzotints by Ritchie. The favourite Souvenir, Friendship's Offering, is also on their list, to be more beautiful than ever, and also their beautiful Juvenile Annual, Christ mas Roses. Messrs. Hogan if Thompson of Philadelphia, announce The Winter-Bloom, an annual of the larger class, illustrated in a most beautiful and novel manner, with nine oil coloured engrav ings. They will also publish a series of Bible Stories in verse, for children, twelve volumes, each illustrated with four beautiful coloured engravings. Messrs. Appleton if Cos. of New York, wrill publish, besides the elegant companion volume to the Women of the Bible, which we alluded to, The Christmas Guest, or Evenings at Don aldson Manor, illustrated by several fine en gravings. This is a collection of charming stories and sketches by Miss Maria J. Mcln tosh, an announcement w hich will commend it to our readers Also, “ Sacred Stwnes, or Passages in the Life of our Saviour,” embel lished with sixteen superb engravings. They announce Kendall’s Maxican I Par, a series of pictures, writh descriptions, the plates beauti fully colomed. James, the Novelist. This distinguished and popular author is domiciliated at Jamaica, Long Island. It is said by good authority that he wrill shortly deliver a course of Lectures in some of the Northern cities, upon the ehivalric ages. \\ e most cordially and earnestly invite him to favour the people of our beautiful city writh his presence and his lectures, for both will be very welcome. The Great Trade Sales. Next week will commence, in New York, the semi-annual Trade Sale of Books, by Messrs. Bangs, Brother & Cos., who have issued a catalogue of unusual extent and variety. The great rival sale ol Messrs. Cooley & Keese began on the 26th ult. and is not yet completed. This firm hold their sales in anew and magnificent hall, some distance up Broadway. Mr. Keese has certainly done credit to his reputation, as also to his new’ domain, by the sparkle of his writ while “ knocking down ” the fruits of Genius, I alent and Industry. We shall refer hereafter to these great Sales. Staitirs. Mr. McKennon has resigned the office of Secretary of the Interior. Hon. John Schnierle w-as elected Mayor of Charleston, on Monday, the 2d inst. General Scott has been ordered to fix his head-quarters at Washington City. There is a church in Feltville, N. J., whose members do not believe in any creed. Prof. Webster was executed on the 30th ult.; he died penitent and without a struggle. The Hon. Wm. J. Grayson has been re appointed Collector of the port of Charleston. At the last accounts, there was little doubt but that the statue of Calhoun would be recovered. The Northern mails are very irregular, their failure being the rule and their reception the exception. The Sea Serpent made his appearance off Casco Bay, the other morning, but they would not let him in. Mr. Buchanan, the tragedian, lias been engaged at the National Theatre, in Boston, and was to appear about the 2d of September. Miss Davenport, the favourite aetress ; commences an engageme.nt at the Walnut street Theatre, Philadelphia, on the 9ih of Sep tember. At the late Annual Commencement of the University of Georgia, the degree of LL.D. was conferred upon the Hon. John McPherson Berrien. Dr. Gerard Troost, for a long period a Piofessor in the University at Nashville, and Geologist of tae State of Tennessee, died lately, much lamented. Mrs. Mowatt is reported as rapidly re covering her health, under the treatment of the celebrated Dr. Wilson, at his Water Cure esta blishment at Melvern. Our countryman, Healy, the artist, is occupied, in Paris, upon a large picture, (18 by 25 feet,) for the city of Boston, representing Webster in the Senate. The man that isn’t afraid of thunder, talks of going to Brandywine Springs next week w ithout asking his wife. So says the Item man of Philadelphia, and he knows. A Western editor announces the arrival of a twelfth responsibility “ at his house,” and makes the following appeal immediately after: “ More subscribers wanted at this office.” The Sandwich Island girls will leap from a precipice fifty feet high into the sea. The traveller does not state whether they will leap up again or not. Diving Belles, indeed ! At the late Commencement of Yale College, one of the toasts —“ Our Alumni of the South”—was responded to by Mr. Gould, of Georgia, who introduced a brief eulogy on Mr. Calhoun. John Neal announces “to all whom it may concern,” that he is preparing a History of American Literature, in two large volumes octavo. Authors are requested to furnish him with copies of their works. A card appears in the New York pa pers announcing the withdrawal of Anna Bish op, from the operatic spectacle of “Judith,” at the Astor Place Opera House, in consequence of the non-fulfilment of her engagements by the manager. Somebody says: “ The Devil never troubles a busy man.” This we know to be false. Show us a busier man than the editor, and yet he is fortunate if he has no more than one “devil” to trouble him, especially when “ copy ” is short. At the late session of the Scientific As sociation at New Haven, Prof. W. R. Johnson pronounced the stone of w'hichthe Washington Monument is being constructed, of a very in different quality. He says that if the column is carried to the height intended, it must crush under its own weight. Among the recent deaths by cholera at Milwaukie, Wisconsin, is that of the Rev. Father Beauprez, a Catholic clergyman, much beloved by his congregation at that place. He fell a victim while ministering to the sick and dying, and his funeral was attended by nearly the entire population of Milwaukie, (Eljt If ins nf tjje Dittf. The Dead of 1850.—The following persons of distinction have deceased in 1850 : Hon. John C. Calhoun, April 1, - aged 68 Rev. J. Newland Maffit, May 25, - “ 49 Hon. Franklin H. Elmore, May 29, - “ 60 Hon. Sargeatit S. Prentiss, July 1, - “ 54 Gen. Zachary Taylor, July 9, - “ 66 Adam Ramage, July 9, - - “79 S. Margaret Fuller, July 19, - - “ 42 Sir Robert Peel, July 2, - - “63 Duke of Cambridge, July 5, - - “ 77 Silver Ore in Kentucky. —The following is from the Knoxville Register: We understand that specimens of silver ore found near the Cumberland Falls, in Kentucky, were exhibited a few days since in our city by Mr. Lewis Ben tro, of that State. We also learn that the qualities of this ore have been tested by a skill ful assayer, who certifies that the yield is suffi ciently large to afford a profitable investment to those who may embark in the business. Caution. —Lieut. M. F. Maury, U. S. Navy, of the National Observatory, gives notice in the Washington papers that the ship Solon, Buck man, when off the eastern entrance of the Straits of Magellan, Cape Virgins bearing about W. N. W. six or seven miles, struck upon a dangerous and unknown shoal iti two and a half fathoms. The position of this danger is not, says Lieut. M., accurately given, nor is its extent known. Life Insurance tends to Longevity. —Those individuals best acquainted with the action of the mind and its relations to the body, will not doubt for a moment that corroding care and deep anxiety for the future have a powerful in fluence in aiding disease to accomplish its end Amongst the most powerful agencies in giv ing quiet to the mind at such times, is the confi dence reposed in Life Insurance, if the party is so fortunate as to hold a policy. Cholera. —The Cholera is prevailing to an alarming extent among the German population of Alleghany city, opposite Pittsburgh. A Board of Health has been formed, and proper sanitary measures introduced with the hope of staying the epidemic. From, the Choctaw Nation. —The elections which were recently held, are said to have passed off without disorder of any sort, and temperance was observed throughout. The school examinations also took place a short time since. They are described as having given unusual satisfaction, while they would have been creditable to children of the same age and term of schooling in any of the States. UTA man in Litchfield, Conn., dug a grave, put a coffin in it, and put himself in the coffin, after swallowing a large dose of laudanum. Finding himself alive next morning, he got up and hung himself. A minister preached, last Sunday, over his grave. The Cause of Colonization. — The West minster Review says: “The Americans are successfully planting free negroes on the coast of Africa ; a greater event probably in its con sequences than any that has occurred since Co lumbus set sail for the New World.” Er’R.ev. Adoniram Judson, the renowned Baptist Missionary to India and Burmah, is again in very low health, and has been con strained by medical advice to take a sea voy age, which will separate him four or five months from his family and his missionary labours. Heavy Loss. —The Pottsville (Pa.) 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