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(Editors’ ffjinrtmraf.
WM. C. RICHARDS, Editor.
D. H. JACQUES, Associate Editor.
(Cjjnrlrstnii, C.:
SATURDAY MORNING, SEPT. 14,1850.
NOTES ON THE NORTH;
FROM THE EDITOR’S POCKET BOOK.
CHAPTER XIII.
Washington, “ the City of Magnificent Dis
tances ” —lts Population—The Avenue —
Omnibuses and their effects —The Capitol —
The Patent Office —Extensive additions —
A “Curiosity Shop” Post Office —The
Treasury —Incongruous Architecture—De
sign of Greek Temples —The White House
National Hospitalities Government
Halls —The National Observatory — The
Washington Monument A Dilemma —
Interior Design—Government Clerks.
Washington has been called, by some Eng
lish traveller, we believe, “ the City of Magnifi
cent Distances,” an appellation strictly true.
It was projected on a scale of grandeur never
to be realized, and the result has been to occupy
a vast space ot ground with a comparatively
small number of buildings. The charter-limits
of the metropolis embrace a tract four and a
half miles in length and two and a half miles
in breadth, lying on the north border of the
Potomac River. It is now just half a century
since the Seat of Government was established
here, during which time it has acquired a resi
dent population of perhaps 37,000. The only
street of any magnificence is Pennsylvania
Avenue, upon which are situated the Capitol,
the President’s House, and several of the Public
Puddings. It is the grand thoroughfare of the
place, and is perpetually thronged by coaches
and omnibuses, tile latter being a new feature,
but already vastly appreciated. Formerly, the
weary pedestrian was compelled to pay half a
dollar to secure the luxury of a carriage ride
from the Capitol to the Executive Mansion,
while now he can ride on velvet cushions, not
only over that distance, but, if he pleases, to
Georgetown, for half-a-dime! The conse
quence. is, that Washington and Georgetown
are in as close communication as if they owned
a common charter, and many of the Clerks of
the Government offices, and many of the
tradesmen of the metropolis, live in George
town. Members of Congress also hoard there,
riding in and out at any time in the omnibuses.
The public buildings of Washington are its
only attractions, apart from Congress in ses
sion und the Smith -oniau Institute. Os the
Capitol we have already made some general re
marks. Its corner-stone was laid in 1793, and
the tirst meeting of Congress within its walls
was held in 1800, though the building was not
nearly completed. In 1814, it was partially
destroyed by the British, and when it was re
stored, great additions were made to it, and it
assumed its present imposing appearance. Its
total cost was not much less than two millions
of dollars. As we before remarked, it is not
adequate to the wants of our expanded and ex
pansive government, and additions now con
templated to its length, would add to its general
effect. The Supreme Court would then be
accommodated with a hall more commensurate
with its dignity than the cell now appropriated
to its deliberations, and the members of the
House would have room to turn round in.
The most interesting object to visitors, among
the public departments, is the Patent Office,
which, however, is at present so ‘ cribbed, ca
bined and confined,’ that its ten thousand curi
ous models are piled one upon the other, or
thrown together helter-skelter, so that there is
no satisfaction in examining them. This will
be remedied soon by the completion of large
additions to the Patent Office, now being erect
ed. It strikes us strangely, however, to see the
contrast between the main building and the
wings. The former is ot the coarsest and
brownest sand stone we have ever seen, while
the latter are of the brilliant white marble.—
Ihe sand stone is liable to disintegration by
exposure to the weather, and moieover it can
not resist great pressure, so that there is some
ground for apprehension that the main building
may one day or other crumble into ruins. It
will probably be painted (like the Capitol) to
correspond with the marble wings, when it will
make a most magnificent appearance.
Its Museum, as the depository of the strange
productions of Yankee ingenuity, will always
be the greatest “curiosity shop” in the world,
over which the genius of a Barnum might be
satisfied to preside !
Near the Patent Office is the General Post
Office, a noble structure of marble, where the
tifiiiirsol Uncle Sam’s mail bags are regulated
• v a large corps ol’ officers and clerks. Both
of these edifices are somewhat remote from
the great line of the city. Let us return to
tuat, and passing along its broad pave, and by
; *h the Hotels of the city, we arrive, about a
ntile from the Capitol, at the Treasury. This
* 8 the largest of the public offices. It is built
sat'd stone, not much better than that of the
1 stent Office, and presents to the spectator a
‘fry long facade of columns, rising from a
‘"fty -tone terrace, which is reached by a broad
flight of steps. The columns are of the lonic
order, and would have a most imposing effect,
httt for the three rows of windows which are
Been hi the building beyond them— in utter sub
version of the rules of Grecian Architecture!
e do not, of course, object to the windows,
which are probably quite essential to public offi
ees, where there is writingto be done, but we ob
ject to the use of a style of building, the pri
mary and essential requisitions of which are
opposed to the necessities of those who are to
occupy it. The Greeks never built their tem
ples to be inhabited—they were to be seen ex
ternally .and windows were not required in them.
hy ntay we not have an American order of
Architecture—an order adapted to the times in
which we live—as were the Grecian and the
Norman to the periods at which they prevailed?
Contiguous to the Treasury is the State De
partment, a plain, old-fashioned building, of no
pretensions whatever. Beyond this is the Exe
cutive Mansion, or as it is commonly called,
the II hite House, where the Chief Magistrate
ot our Great Republic lives and dispenses the
national hospitalities. As he is required to do
however, upon a salary most insignificant,
Wtien compared with that of almost every Eu
r°Pean potentate, it cannot be expected that the
National hospitalities are either very profuse or
‘vry magnificent.
Ihe “White House” is inferior in extent
” * Ncauty to some private dwellings of Ameri
-I*n citizens. It is built of free-stone and kept
a dazzling white by frequent palming. In
l “’ Nhdst of green grounds and green trees, it
1 ‘ a cheerful and quiet appearance, contrast
ln? strangely with the splendour of European
P l aces, but certainly according better with the
’’ w e re simplicity of our Republican Institutions.
Eie hospitalities of the White House con-
S|> t of frequent diplomatic dinners and occa
s ‘ Nal Urges, at which there is more or less of
play, according to the tastes of the President.
“ the noon-tide and evening receptions, each
l'< h 1 twice a week during the session of Con
■’ •'ss, there are no “entertainments"’ except,
‘ ‘ ‘flaps, at night that of music, by a fine band
of musicians, placed in the great promenade
hall of the mansion.
Just beyond the Executive Mansion are the
Halls of the War and Navy Departments, and
still beyond these many of the offices of the
Interior Department, in a lofty marble edifice,
newly erected.
If the visitor extends his walk half a mile,
he will reach the National Observatory, occu
pying a slight aclivity and finely situated for
astronomical purposes. A card of introduc
tion to Lieut. Maury, the able Superintendant,
will assure to him a glimpse of the very supe
rior transit instruments, the great telescope and
other apparatus of the Observatory.
South of the President’s House, the Wash
ington Monument is slowly—too slowly alas !
lifting its white shaft towards the pure skies—
as did always the lofty spirit of the great and
good man, whose viitue it is designed to com
memorate. We were never wholly satisfied
with the design for this monument, but we
should like, now that it is in progress, to see it
carried up as spec'ilily as possible. Its tardy
elevation is a silent but eloquent rebuke to the
American people,—but whether for their parsi
mony or for their indifference, let us not pretend
here to decide. Either horn of the dilemma is
an awkward one, and should be sharp enough
to goad them on to liberal contributions to the
funds of the Association. The intention is to
carry the needle to a height of 500 feet above
the temple from which it rises. The blocks of
stone, &.C., contributed by the various States,
will be placed inside the obelisk, and each illu
minated by gas light, at the various stages of as
cent, by a spiral stair-case. By this arrange
ment the inscriptions will appear to advantage,
and especially will the crystal and gold from
the American Ophir, gleam out with transcen
dant brightness.
Asa suitable supplement to our brief notice
of the public buildings of Washington, we ap
pend the following remarks of a friend—con
cerning the Government Clerks. We quote
nearly verbatim from the MS. notes before us:
“ While the President and his Cabinet Minis
ters, with the aid of Congress, are called upon
to do the thinking of the Government, the
subordinates thereof, who are the principal oc
cupants of the ‘ Departments,’ are the ones
who perform the manual labour. They are
very numerous, and come from every section of
the Union. Their duties are generally light,
and though as a class, they are generally well
paid, they are proverbially improvident. Their
office hours extend from nine o’clock until
three, and the rest of the day is at their own
disposal. It is a common opinion, that when a
Clerk loses his office, he is in a more unfortu
nate position than he was before; taking it,
since he finds himself without business, and
and what is worse, without habits of iudustry.
Exceptions to this rule are unquestionably fre
quent—of which our personal knowledge in
cludes many worthy examples.”
(Dur Gossip Calm.
Health of Charleston.
A friend from the country informs us that
the most extravagant and astounding rumours
are afloat in his neighbourhood, and also in
Georgia, where he has lately travelled, in re
gard to the health of our city. It is reported
that business is suspended, and that people are
dying here by hundreds, if not by thousands !
Not quite so bad as that, good friends. Quite
a respectable number of us are yet alive, and as
ready to serve our country friends as ever, des
pite the “Broken Bone Fever.” Our stores
and offices are not all shut up yet! Seriously,
Charleston is now as free from sickness as any
city in the Union, and the only disease which
has prevailed during the past month has been
the aforesaid ‘ Broken Bone Fever,’ which has
not proved fatal in a single instance, within our
knowledge, except when united with some oth
er form of disease. This epidemic has now
almost entirely disappeared; so do not be
frightened, good people. *
Jenny Lind.
The beautiful Nightingale of the North has
at length alighted on our shores, and the hearts
of thousands and tens of thousands will soon
be thrilled by her song The furor she has
created in New-York is unprecedented. Our
contemporaries of the Gotham press seem to
lm ,r e gone mad, on the occasion, and we find
little else in their columns but the sayings and
doings of the inimitable and half divine Jenny.
We join ours to the general voice of welcome
to the fail and gifted Swede, with a hearty good
will, but shall restrain our enthusiasm until
another occasion. *
The Fall Trade-
Our merchants are anticipating an unusually
heavy business this Fall, and are well prepared
to satisfy the increasing demands of an increas
ing list of customers. Country merchants are
already arriving in large numbers, and business
is beginning to ‘look up,’ in a manner quite sat
isfactory to our wholesale dealers. *
Poetical Criticism.
An English paper has the following wicked
piece of criticism on anew poem, which has
just been issued from the London press, entitled
“Sybil: A Soul’s History
“ Minty absurdity, mere puerility—
Writer deficient in common ability ;
Striving to wrap up a nothing in mystery,
Very affectedly called “A Soul’s History
Not a first effort at scribbling inanity,
(So says the preface, with ill judged vanity,)
List to the merciful sentence we utter, man:
Peace to your ‘soul,’ but your book,—to the butter man.”
Lunar Metaphors.
J. G. Whittier, iu a spirited poem, entitled
“ The drovers,” which is included in his new
volume—“ The Songs of Labour,” has the fol
lowing beautiful mezzotinted picture of an eve
ning scene in New-England:
But now the day is closing cool,
The woods are dim before us,
The white fog of the wayside pool,
Is creeping slowly o’er us;
The cricket to the frog’s basoon,
His shrillest time is keeping;
The sickle of yon setting moon,
The meadow mist is reaping.
The figure in the last two lines reminds us of
a similar one, in an exquisite little poem, enti
tled “Evening at Sea,” by our friend and cor
respondent, William Gilmore Simms, though
the latter is far more complete and beautiful.
W T e will quote the lines to which we refer. We
do not know which poem was published first.
Wedo not,however, suspect plagiarism ineither
case. It is doubtless one of those coincidences
of thought and expression which frequently
occur between writers who have no communi
cation whatever with each other :
Anon,
Comes forth the maiden moon, —her sickle bent
For service in those fields ; a glorious blade
Os silver that subdues them at a stroke,
].earing the keen reflection of its edge,
On every heaving hillock as she goes ! •
A Prospective Flogging.
Mrs. Prewett, who edits the Yazoo Whig,
having received an offensive epistle, thus replies:
“ If the biped who sent us the anonymous
letter from Jackson, signed “Cherubusco,” will
come to Yazoo City, and call at the W’hig Of
fice, two noble little boys, one eight and the
other six years old, shall tie a leather medal
round his neck, as a due bill for a good flogging
they owe him, payable some ten years hence,
with compound interest.
ILF We regret to announce that we can give
our readers no letter from our valued New York
Correspondent, this week, on account of the
failure of the Northern mail. *
SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE.
(Onr 3M
The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Moham
med, translated into English, immediately from the
original Arabic, with explanatory Notes, taken from
the most approved commentaton. To which is prefixed
a preliminary discourse, by Georoe Sale, Gent. A
new edition, with a memoir of the translator, &c..
One vol. 8 vo., pp. 670. Philadelphia: J. W. Moore.
The Koran, considered as it is pretended to
be, a revelation of God to Mohammed, has, of
course, no possible claim upon the confidence
or respect of the intelligent reader, but viewed
either iu a literary aspect, or as the civil and
ecclesiastical code of a vast number of the hu
man tamily, it possesses an extraordinary inte
rest, and claims a place in every well furnished
library. The edition before us is, by common
consent, the best one extant, and, indeed, is the
only faithful English version. Mr. Sale was a
man of great erudition, and well skilled in the
Arabic and other Eastern languages. His con
tributions to general literature are by no means
insignificant, but he is best known by his ver
sion of the Alcoran, which is truly a monument
to his industry and research.
To the text he has prefixed an elaborate pre
liminary essay, which embodies a great deal of
valuable collateral information, tending to illus
trate the Mohammedan Scriptures. It has
been charged against him that he has contem
plated the doctrines of Mohammed with undue
regard, but there appears to be no satisfactory
ground for this opinion. He does not commend
Islamism as a system of Christian faith and
practice ; he often exposes and censures the
impositions of its great expositor, and if he
bestows praise where it is justly due, he does
only what a candid translator and commentator
should do.
The Koran is, unquestionably, the noblest
production of Arabian literature—and Moham
med cunningly appealed to its purity and
grandeur of style and composition, as proofs of
its divine origin. It was considered the stand
ard classic ol its age. Little doubt exists that
.Mohammed was its principal author, though he
did not arrange it into chapters. This, Mr.
Sale informs us, was the labour of his succes
sor, Abu Beer.
As many ol our readers have probably never
seen this famous heathen Bible, we quote a few
passages from Mr. Sale’s text. The first refers
to the Creation of Man :
“We created man of dried clay, of black
mud, formed into shape: and we had before
created the devil out of subtle fire. Aud re
member, when thy Lord said unto the Angels,
verily, 1 am about to create man of dried clay,
ot black mud, wrought into shape; when,
therefore, I shall have completely lorined him,
and shall have breathed of my Spirit into him ;
do ye fall down and worship him. And all the
Angels worshipped Adam together, except
Eblis, who refused to be with those who wor
shipped him. And God said unto him, O Eblis,
what hindered thee from being with those who
worshipped Adam ? He answered, it is not fit
that 1 should worship man, whom thou hast
created of dried clay, of black mud, wrought
into shape. God said: Get thee, therefore,
hence; for thou shalt be driven away with
stones, and a curse shall be on thee, until the
day of judgment. The Devil said, O Lord,
give ine respite until the day of resurrection.
God answered, verily, thou shalt be one of those
who are respited until the day of the appointed
time. The Devil replied, O Lord, because thou
hast seduced me, 1 will surely tempt them to
disobedience in the Earth, and I will seduce
such of them as shall be thy chosen servants.
God said, this is the right way with me. Verily
as to my servants, thou shalt have no power
over them, but even those only shall be seduced
and who shall follow thee. And hell is surely
denounced unto them all. It hath seven gates:
unto every gate a distinct company of them
shall be assigned. But to those who fear God,
shall dwell in gardens amidst fountains.”
The Mohammedans believe Heaven to be a
place of great sensual indulgence, as the follow
ing passage will testify:
“ But the pious shall be lodged in a place of
security, among gardens and fountains; they
shall be clothed in fine silk and in satin ; and
they shall set facing one another. Thus shall
it be, and we will espouse them to fair damsels,
having large black eyes.”
The Koran abounds with assertions of its
own authenticity, of which the following is a
specimen:
“ I swear by that which ye see, and that
which ye see not, that this is the discourse of
an honourable apostle, and not the discourse of
a poet: how little do yet believe? Neither is
it the discourse of a soothsayer: how little are
ye admonished ? It is a. revelation from the
Lord of all creatures. If Mohammed had
lorged any part of these discourses concerning
us, verily we had taken him by the right hand
and had cut insunder the vein of his heart;
neither would we have withheld any of you
from chastising him. And verily this book is
an admonition unto the pious; and we well
know that there are some of you who charge
the same with imposture ; but it shall surely
be an occasion of greivous sighing unto the infi
dels 4 for it is the truth of a certainty. Where
fore praise the name of thy Lord, the great
God.”
Our limited space forbids us to quote more
from this extraordinary book, which is a com
pound of wisdom and folly—of truth and error—
of light and darkness—of virtue and vice, un
parallelled in the world.”
Picturesque Sketches in Greece and Turkey, hy
Aubrey de Verb, Esq. One vol. 12rao. Philadel
phia: A. Hart, late Carey & Hart.
Our readers had a foretaste of this pleasant
book, in a Chapter published some weeks ago
in the Gazette, from advance sheets politely
furnished us by the enterprising publisher. If
they read that chapter, they will receive the
work with cordial interest. The style is exceed
ingly graphic, and most of the material has a
freshness, which the scene of the author’s
“wanderings,” would scarcely justify the reader
in expecting. Mr. DeVere has the eye and the
skill of a true artist, and is enabled to suggest
new beauties in scenes whose familiarity to us
has made them seem common-place. He gath
ers fresh interest around the Acropolis—tells us
something new about Marathon—beguiles our
whole attention upon the magnificent Bospho
rus—and, in short, makes us feel, wherever he
leads us, that our guide is something more than
an automaton. We recommend this volume
as one of the most agreeable and satisfactory
books of travel, which the nineteenth century
has produced.
The Deserted Wife, a Novel by Mrs. Southworth.
New-York: D. Appleton & Cos.
“ A choice new American Novel,” says the
title page of this volume, and, of course, we
opened it with some interest. Nor will we de
ny that the book beguiled a day’s travel of some
tediousness, but we closed it with dissatisfac
tion. It is a story, the tendency of which we
cannot help regarding as decidedly pernicious.
A story of American life, it yet rivals in license
the productions of the popular F.ench school of
fiction. It possesses power Jut this element is not
judiciously employed. The incidents of the tale
are improbable, and the sentiment exaggerated,
and sometimes lacking in purity. It is not such
a book as we should recommend to a suscepti
ble and ingenuous reader.
The Winter Bloom, for 1851: Edited by Rev. Henry
D. Moore. Philadelphia: Hogan & Thompson.
This is the first of the Annual tribe that has
yet reached us, and its name, as well as its ap
pearance, is suggestive of the winter-holidays—
now near enough to be talked about. It is a
new species of the extensive genus known as
Gift Books, and has very distinctive marks. In
the first place, its illustrations are neither line
engravings nor mezzotints, but pictures printed
in colours, to give the effect of oil paintings.
This is a process of modem origin—and is ef
fected by means of successive impressions from
blocks of wood, variously tinted by oil colours.
It is a curious and beautiful art, and the result
is not less so. In the volume before us, we
have a picture, among various others, of the
Ten Virgins, in which the draperies are as
richly and variously coloured as they would be
in an oil painting. There are also pictures iu
a single tint, representing winter and moonlight
scenes. The literary portion of the volume is
chiefly from the pen of the Editor, who writes
with taste and versatility. The book is beauti
fully printed, and elegantly bound—two essen
tials, certainly, m a holiday book. Our readers
should bear in mind, when they are selecting
gift books for Christmas and New Years, this
new and attractive “winter bloom.”
Dies BoßEALEs.orChristopherunder Canvass: By Prof.
John Wilson. One vol. 12mo. Philadelphia: A. Hart.
“Dear, delightful Elia!” said one of his
admirers, of Charles Lamb, and are there not
thousands to say of Prof. Wilson, “dear, de
lightful, fascinating, old Christopher North !”
We, at least, say so, genially, and with a vivid
recollection of the pleasure we have enjoyed,
both in the “Noctes” and “Dies” of his fertile
imagination. The readers of “ Blackwood”
need not that we should tell them any thing of
the volume before us, for they have already be
come familiar with its brilliant,clever gossipy
—charming, and withal, instructive dialogues
between Christopher North and his imaginary
interlocutors, Seward, Bullard, and Talboys.
We have read the “Dies” with a relish scarcely
inferior to that with which we welcomed the
Noctes Ambrosiana to a first reading,
shad not yield to the ill-natured suggestion of
some reviewers, of their inferiority—a criticism
probably suggested by the too frequent failure
of authors to equal their first great success.
The old man is still eloquent, impassioned, va -
rious, comprehensive, subtle in argument, and
genial in humour. His happy egotism is not
a whit abated, or a whit less pleasing, and we
do not know if “Christopher under Canvass”
has not caught from lake and sky and moun
tain, a vigour and intensity of mental energy,
which he did not display in the little back par
lour of Ambrose ! Os one thing we feel assured
—that no intelligent reader can fail to derive
both delight and instruction from the “Dies Bo
reales.”
jfm Ms.
The Gallery of Illustrious Americans.—
Under this title, Messrs. Brady, Davignon &.
Cos., of New-York,are publishing a magnificent
work in numbers, each containing a portrait
and biographical sketch. The fidelity of these
portraits is guaranteed by the fact that they are
all executed from daguereotypes, taken by Bra
dy. They are engraved by Davignon, and we
do this skilful artist simple justice when we
say that we have never seen portraits to sur
pass in artistic eflect those he has already pro
duced in this Gallery.” The biographical
sketches are prepared by C. Edwards Lester,
Esq., a writer well known to fame, and one
singularly qualified for the delicate and impor
tant task of presenting upon a single page, the
great points in the life of a great man. In this
we think he has happilysucceeded.and his vigo
rous, discriminating, and graphic sketches are
fit accompaniments to the elegant art-labours
of his associates, in this truly national enter
prize.
The Gallery will embrace only twenty-four
portraits. Os these one half are already pub
lished, beginning with the late honored Presi
dent of the Republic, who, since he was thus
properly chosen to be the initial subject of this
modern portrait gallery, has gone down to the
silent grave, amid the lamenting of millions of
his fellow-men. Number two contains the
portrait of our beloved and revered Calhoun,
a most signal and faithful “counterfeit present
ment” of his noble face. The sketch of his
life, accompanying his portrait, was written be
fore his death. Next in order is Daniel Web
ster, anil following him are Silas Wright, Henry
Clay, Col. Fremont, John J. Audubon, W. H.
Prescott, and General Scott, —in all nine por
traits.
Os the selections already made, we may be
permitted to express our earnest approbation,
and we doubt not that this magnificent work
will be carried out to the satifaction, if not of
every one, at least of the vast majority of its
patrons. Our space does not allow us to en
large now upon its value and its claims to popu
lar favour, but we cannot forbear expressing
our sincere desire, that a project so truly na
tional, will meet with a corresponding reward.
The entire work can be secured tor Twenty
Dollars, and no American citizen who can af
ford to purchase it, should be without the work.
The Art Journal.— This beautiful work,
for August, has reached us through Messrs.
Vertue &. Go., of New-York. Our readers
may not all be apprized of the existence of this
work, and we therefore mention briefly, that it
is a large quarto magazine, published every
month by Messrs. George, Vertue & Cos., of
London, and published to American patrons at
seventy-five cents a number. It has been over
twelve years in progress, and is beyond ail
question, the most magnificent Art-Journal in
the world. To describe it in words suited to
its merits, as compared with the Art productions
of this country, we should have to deal alto
gether in hyperbole. We can say with perfect
candour, that it is the most exquisitely beautiful
work of its kind we have seen. Each number
contains several very large and highly finished
steel engravings, each of which is a gem of Art.
The letter press of the work embraces from
thirty to forty pages, closely printed, and inter
spersed with hundreds of the finest wood engra
vings ever produced. These are chiefly Ulus*
trative of every variety of design in the Fine
Arts.
A brief glance at the number before us may
not be uninteresting. The frontispeice is a
superb engraving, ten by nine inches, of “A
Greek Girl,” from the picture in the Vernon
Gallery, by Eastlake. The face is wondrously
beautiful,and its lustrouseyes fairly fascinate the
beholder. We have seldom been more charmed
by a picture. The next plate is from a has re
lief, by Foley. It is an impersonation of Grief
Two exquisite female figures partially draped,
and kneeling before a stone cross, around which
a wreath of ivy is twining its virent tendrils.
The third engraving is of the largest size, from
Stanfield’s justly celebrated, though somewhat
early-picture of the Lake ol Como, it is a
scene of impressive and matchless beauty—that
steals into the heart with a soothing influence.
The graver has done credit to the pencil of the
painter, who has certainly superadded charms
to Italian scenery. Among the letter press of
this number is an article, entitled “A week
atKilarney,” by Mrs. Hall, which is illustrated
by a dozen or more vignettes on wood,of charm
ing grace and delicacy of finish. The leading
paper is on the “Chemistry of Pottery.” It is
followed by a thoughtful article on the project
ed Exhibition of 1851—a sketch (with portrait)
of the sculptor Wyatt and another of Linton,
a painter of great promise. A large amount of
Art-Miscellany completes the interesting con
tents of this number of the Art Journal—a work
which we recommend to every lover of the
Arts, as an absolute treasure. We believe that
it is supplied by both Mr. Hart and Mr. Russell
of our city, at the publisher’s price
The World’s Fair.— This grand exposition
occupies much of the public attention in Eng
land, and creates much discussion. The con
servatory to be erected on Hyde Park for its
accommodation is to cover eighteen acres of
ground, and to be upwards of one hundred feet
in height, so as to embrace within it a splendid
group of lofty trees, now standing on the Park.
It will be roofed with plate glass, of which
nearly a million and a quarter of square feet
will be used. The guttering of the building
will measure twenty-four miles in length. Four
thousand tons of iron will be employed in the
edifice, and the stretch of tables on the ground
floor will be upwards of eight miles. Galle
ries will be constructed to increase its astonish
ing capacities. If the building is used only for
the I air, the rent of it will be nearly half a
million of dollars, but if, as is expected, the
structure remains as a permanent ornament to
Hyde Park, the total cost will exceed three
quarters of a million of dollars! The statis
tics here hastily noticed will give our readers
an idea of the magnificence of the projet. We
earnestly trust that the proposition recently
made, to transfer a great portion of this won
derful “show” to the United States will be car
ried into effect, of which, indeed, there remains
little doubt.
Medal to Sir Robert Peel. —A splendid
medal in bronze, or electro-gilt copper, is to be
struck by Messrs. Allen &. Moore, ol Birming
ham, to commemorate the life and deeds of
England’s greatest statesman.
Philadelphia Art Union. —The annual
picture tor 1849, of this excellent and steadily
progressing Institution, is now ready for distri
bution. It is a line engraving of Huntington’s
exquisite picture, entitled “ Mercy’s Dream,” a
worthy embodiment of Bunyan’s beautiful alle
gory. It does infinite credit to the Art Union
and to the Engraver.
(Par Cnatßitifinraim
We learn from the last number of the
Casville Standard, that Mr. John W. Burke
has retired from the editorial chair of that paper,
and has been succeeded by Mr. R. F. Bennett.
We are sorry to lose friend Burke from the
editorial fraternity. May prosperity attend him
wherever he may go.
Major Godman has sold his interest in
Laurensville Herald to Messrs..). D. Wright,
and R. M. Stokes, by whom the paper will be
hereafter conducted. The be t wishes of his
editorial brethren follow Major Godman in
his retirement.
The Southern Literary Messenger. —
The September number of this sterling South
ern Monthly is on our table, and presents an
attractive array of original articles in prose and
verse. “Judith of Bensaddi,” a tale of great
interest, is commenced in this number. A poem
in the measure of Tennyson’s “Locksley Hall,”
entitled “Past and Present,” by Susan Archer
Talley, of Richmond, contains lines not un
worthy of a comparison with that fine poem.
The Southern Agriculturist, for Sep
tember has been received. C. M. Saxton, and
E. Blanchard, Publishers.
The July number of the Edinburgh
Review opens with an article on “Quetelets
Theorie des Probabilites.” This is followed
by papers on “Merivales’ Rome under the Em
pire,” “Church and State Education,” “Meri
me’s History of Pedro the Cruel,” “Goethe’s
Festival,” “Guizot on the English Revolution,”
“The African Squadron” and the “Gorham
Controversy.”
The Westminster Review has just come
to hand. L. Scott &. Co’s. Re-print, New-
York.
The Charleston Medical Journal and
Review, for September, sustains the high repu
tation of the work. The leading article is on
“Poisoning by Ergot,” by Middleton Michel,
M. D. Among the Editorial Miscellanies is
an article on the epidemic which has prevailed
so extensively in our city, and which is styled
a Quasi-Dengue. Believing that this article
will be interesting to our readers in other sec
tions of the country, (our city readers have
most of them a very satisfactory knowledge of
the disease, gained in the school of experience,)
we have copied it in another column.
fcuitin
A Company has lately been established
in France, for the manufacture and sale of port
able houses.
Gutzlaff, a Missionary, that an extensive So
cialist movement exists in China.
The Northern mails are still vexatiously
irregular.
The steamship Isabel will resume her
regular trips to Havaua, on the Ist of Octo
ber.
Captain Lynch’s Dead Sea Expedition
has passed through three editions in London.
A delegation of nine Menomonee In
dians is in Washington.
The town of Romney, Va., has a popu
lation of 609, the females outnumbering the
males by 35.
‘The Sea Serpent paid a visit to the
Irish the other day, in the Bay of Dublin.
The wife of Gen. Avezzanadied in New
York on Sunday, of the injuries she received
by falling out of the window, as related a few
days ago.
There is a project on foot for uniting
New-York, Brooklyn, and Williamsburg under
one municipal government.
Mr. J. H. Johnson, inventor of the new
Incombustible cordage, died in New-York, on
the 30th ult.
The population of London is estimated
at four times that of New-York, or about two
million of souls.
A lump of gold, weighing three ounces,
was picked up near Rutherfordton, N. C., the
other day. Other large lumps have lately
been found near the same spot.
John Inman, a brother of the eminent
artist, Henry Inman, for many years editor of
the New-York Commercial Advertiser, is
dead.
Steam engines are manufactured at Wa
tertown, N. J., on anew plan, invented there,
and sold at prices varying from $75 to S3OO.
The price of a one horse power engine is only
SIOO, including boiler and fixtures.
Pedigree is supposed to be derived from
pedes, feet, and grue a crane, because geneolo
gical trees resemble the feet of a crane. Sloop
is contracted from “shallop,” a vessel fashioned
like a basin, or scallop-shell. In French, the
same vessel is called coquille, a shell.
We learn from the New-York Courier
if Enquirer of Monday last, that W. H. Webb
has on stocks a steamship of 1500 tons, built
for Messrs Spofford & Tileston, proprietors of
the Charleston line. She is called the Union,
and will be commanded by Capt. Budd, late of
the steamer Northerner.
The peninsula of Boston was originally
owned by the Rev. Wm. Blaekstone, who resi
ded there alone when it embraced but seven
acres. He sold the entire peninsula for thirty
pounds sterling, to John Winthrop & Cos., who
founded Boston in 1630.
A colossal statue of Bavaria,by Schwan
thaler, which is to be placed on the hill of Seud
ling, will surpass in its gigantic proportions, all
the works of the moderns. It will have to be
removed in pieces, from the foundry where it
is cast, to its place of destination—and each
piece will require sixteen horses to draw it.
The great toes are each half a yard in length.
In the head two persons could dance a polka
very conveniently, while the nose might lodge
the musician.
£(p IhtOß nf tlj t Paq.
The Crops. —The Columbus Sentinel says :
From all sections of the Cotton country we re
ceive gloomy intelligence of the crops. A cor
respondent from Russel writes us : “The dam
age to the crop from the storm has been very
severe. We must have a dry fall, or the Cot
ton will rot, most of it being on the ground.”
Constitutional Movement in Canada.—To
ronto, Sept. 3.—The Municipal Council of the
country, representing over 100,000 people, have
passed resolutions in favour of calling a Con
vention to frame anew Provincial Constitution.
They recommend all other municipalities to
take the question up.
Fire. —About half-past eleven o’clock, last
night, a fire broke out in Butcher Town, on
the premises of Mr. Muhlenhaus, and consumed
the entire building. We hear the loss estima
ted at SISOO or S2OOO : SIOOO of which was
covered by insurance The firemen could ren
der little service, owing to the entire absence of
water. —Columbia Carolinian, Ith inst.
Nashville and Chattanooga Rail Road. —
Three hundred Irish labourers have arrived at
Chattanooga, to break ground on the Nashville
and Chattanooga Road. The work before
them is most arduous, but magnificent in con
templation. They commence operation at the
base of the Look-out Mountain.
The termination of the mountain on the
river is a perpendicular wall of rock, about six
hundred ieet in height. Along the base of this
an immense wall is to be built, much of which
will have its foundation in the bed of the River,
and be carried to such a height as to be above
all freshets and dangers from high water.
Another Rumoured, Cuba Expedition. —
There have been rumours flying about for some
time past of another expedition being formed
for the purpose of invading Cuba. The
New-York Correspondent of the Philadelphia
Inquirer says:
“I heard to-day from a person who assumed
to know all about the subject, that they are
true, that an immense sum of money has been
raised for the purpose, and that as many as
seven thousand men had already been enlisted
for the purpose of making another descent on
that island.
“The gentleman is recently from Havana,
and in addition to what he said in reference
to the rumoured expedition, informed me that
at least two-thirds of the people of Cuba are
opposed to any further political connection with
Spain.
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duct o( W. Gilmore Simms, Esq., to whose hands it
has been confided during the past year. This gentleman,
we are pleased to inform our readers, has succeeded hap
pily in calling to his assistance such a number of Contnbu
tors as will effectually place the work beyond the chances
of a deficiency, or inferiority, of Literary, Scientific or
Political material. The writers for the REVIEW in
elude the greater number of the best and ablest names of
the country. They represent the highest Literary talent
of the South, and reflect truly, with a native earnestness,
force and fidelity, the real policy and the peculiar mstitu
tions of our section. The Publishers, assured by thecoun
tenance which they have received, from every quarter of
the South, and especially sustained and patronized by the
most influential names in Carolina, beg leave to solict
the continued and increasing patronage of our citizens.
Subscriptions will be received at their Office, corner ol
East Bay and Broad streets, second story, or at 101 East
Bay. Contributors will be pleased to address the Editor,
to their care, in Charleston.
WALKER & RICHARDS
Publishers and Proprietors Southern Quarterly Review.
NOTICE.—AII former Agencies for the SOUTHERN
QUARTERLY REVIEW are discontinued. Due no
tice will be given of the appointment of Agencies by the
present Publishers.
UNRIVALLED NORTH OR SOUTH!
THE THIRD ANNUAL VOLUME
OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE
W T as commenced on Saturday, the 4th ot May, 1850
under its original name —instead ot Richards Itcekip Ga
zette —as more significant ot its peculiar character, it being
the only weekly organ of Literature in the entire South 1
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, to
that, in mechanical excellence, it shall not be surpassed by
any paper whatever in the United States ! It will cc—iin
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 cdtnpete 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 bethedifiu
sion of cultivated and refined taste throughout the com
munity—and it will embrace in its ample folds every sp®
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 independentin criti
cism and in the discussion of every legitimate topic, but it
will be strictly
NEUTRAL IN POLITICS AND RELIGION !
Its columns will be occasionally embellished with
SOUTHERN PORTRAITS fs i LANDSCAPES,
engraved expressly for the work, and accompanied by
biographical and topographical sketches. A portrait ot
the Hon. Judge Lumpkin, of Georgia, appeared in the
first number, and others will follow at monthly intervals
ITS GENERAL INFORMATION
will be copious, butcarcfully condensed front the leading
Journals of all parts of the world.
Notwithstanding the great increase in the size ami at
tractions of 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
adxlress, on the following terms:
Three copies, $5
Five copies, 8
Ten copies, 15
Fifteen copies, 20
Twenty copies, 25
Fifty copies, 60
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and addressed, post-paid, to
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beaotifnl Juvenile Magazine, entitled “The Schoolfel
low.”
TIIE BEST AND CHEAPEST JUVENILE
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On the 15th of January, 1850, was published at
Charleston, S. C., the first number of the Second An.
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THE SCHOOLFELLOW,
which has been pronounced by some of the ablest presses
and best judges, “ The best and cheapen 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 pronounced it.
It will he 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. YV. Bar
ber, 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 *ls, and Thirty
two copies for $20!!
THE FIRST VOLUME,
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nection with the second Year for Two Dollars. To
clubs, it will be supplied at One Dollar for each copy.
laT All orders must be accompanied with the cash—
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E3r* Clubs should be made up as early as practicable—
and those wishing volume first, should apply immediately
WALKER & RICHARDS.
May ?’. lßs0 ’ Charleston, S. C.
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notice, shall receive a copy of the work without an ex
change. 1 hey will pleas send marked copies of their
papers containing it to the ‘ Gazette.”
GENERAL AGENCY
IN LITERATURE, ART and SCIENCE.
AT THE
Office of the Southern Literary Gazette.
Corner of Broad-st. and East-Bay, (up stairs,)
Charleston, S. 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 ae
count, or otherwise; execute any commission for gentle!
men forming libraries; forward subscriptions for any peri
odical work, American or European ; receive and execuet
promptly commissions for any work of Art; supply accu
rate estimates of the cost of Philosophical Instruments,
order them at his own risk and guarantee their efficiency.
AH communications must be addressed, prepaid, to
WM. C. RICHARDS.
No charge will he made for any service required
by his brethren of the press, who will oblige him by pub
lishing this notice.
TH E subscriber would inform Authors, Publishers and
Jxi vJrTij continues to carry on the busi-
ENGRAY ING ON WOOD, in all its Branches.
His facilities are such that fie is enabled toexecuteall 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 the|r patron
age. N. ORR, 151 Ful ton-street, New \ ork.
June b
THOMAS, COW PERTH WAIT At Co7,
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rJNHE subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the
-M. public that he ha leased the above House for a
term of years, lhe House has been in complete repair
during the past winter and mostly furnished anew. The
proprietorrespectfully solicits acontinuanceof the patron
age heretotore so liberally received.
JOHN P. TREADWELL