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( .ji,,p],0.11, “ami they well deserve it —
Where was NN ilsoii ?”
\t this instant the bell rang, and
| t>l , v j n r the deck, both went into the
,-ahin to dinner. “Mr. Campbell,” said
passenger opposite, “we are making
•t tine passage —Voir will be in excellent
lime to take the chair at the grand
y) ; r ee — anxiously looked for, I dare
s,i\ . The stranger, dropping his knife
mill fork, looked tirst at the speaker,
tlmii at the l’oet, and evidently embar
, i,sed. Campl>ell, however, soon found
iiH'iiii- to set him at his ease — a hearty
| ilM <rh and a glass of wine together put
everything right; and after the soiree
the stranger confessed, that “after all,
t |,e Bard of Hope, and so forth,” was
had chairman.
(Eiiitors’ fitpnrtnmrt.
W.'l G- RICHARDS, Editor.
D. 11. JACQUES, Associate Editor.
vlMmrlrstnn, $.
SATI'RUAY MORNING, SEPT. 21,1850
JINNY LIND’S CONCERTS.
|'he iir.-t public appearance of Jenny Lind in
tin* New World was an event of the most sur
|iassiiui interest, and certainly forms the begin
ring of anew era in Music in this country.
Public expectation had been excited to the
highest pitch, and hundreds were already be
ginning to predict disappointment to their own
extravagant anticipations, when the night of
trial cattle. To say that it was a night of suc
-- I,ut to re-echo the voice of the press and
of the public. It was more than this, it was a
nhdit of glorious triumph—of achievement in
song, hitherto u: paralelled in America—of
ii,-w, strange, and bewildering emotions of de
light to thousands who had the honour to crowd
tin magnificent hall, rendered famous forever by
the voice of the Swedish Nightingale. In that
honor we participated, of that delight we were,
anil still are, intensely conscious ; and the pre
vailing thought of our mind is that we would
he willing to banish from our memory, all for
mer voices of song, and henceforward remem
ber only the dulcet harmonies of the incompara
ble songstress of the North.
We have not time or space to give the full
and, tils of the two Concerts which Mile. Lind
has already given in New-York. A brief des
cription of the first, of which the second was
only a repetition, must suffice our readers. By
six o’clock, on Wednesday evening, tit least
ten thousand people had assembled in Castle
Garden, and of these an incessant stream
poured into the Castle itself, passing between
dense masses of spectators, kept in admirable
order by officers of the police, stationed at eve
ry salient point. Armed with the potent charm
of a “ticket,” we passed the portals of the
bridge, and traversed its length, beneath a vast
awning erected for the occasion. Entering at
length into the itnmen a hall, we were immedi
ately directed by an ushur, to that portion of it
whose signal lamp and ribbon-knots correspon
ded. in colour, to the ticket we held. By this
simple arrangement, a vast congregation of
500(1 persons was seated with less noise and
confusion than often occur at a gathering of
500 The Castle was all a glow with light,
and a sea of human faces reflected the warm
radiance. Before eight o’clock, nearly every
seat was occupied, and as the hour struck, the
orchestra appeared, and after an enthusiastic
greeting, commenced the fine overture to the
Crusaders, a most effective uud favourite com
position of Mr. Benedict, which was received
with hearty applause. The performance gave
full assurance that the Orchestra was all that
could he desired, and efficient for the proper
support of Mile. Lind. We could cordially
praise the first song of Belliti if our space would
allow. It was a fine introduction of a baritone
singer, whose success among us is inevitable.
We had, however, neither eye nor ear for any
one or anything, save the Hesperus of the occa
sion, and we hazard little in saying that an au
dible beating of six thousand hearts was the
only sound which preceded her immediate ap
pearance on the stage. When at length she
ejane, and bowed her graceful form even to the
floor, a shout of welcome rose from the audi
ence, that mounted and swelled, into a wild
tempest of gratulation. In vain did the object
of this spontaneous homage lift her face, pallid
even with the intensity ol her emotion, beseech
ingly, though thankfully, to the excited people.
They could not be still. Did they not see,
face to face, her of whom they had heard such
things as are not often told of mortals ?—of a
gilt of song, surpassing that of Malibran and
Gri-i, and their compeers?—of a soul as pure
as her voici—the home of all the sweet har
monies of benevolence and virtue. And seeing
her about to enter upon her wonderful mission
to anew world, standing there before them,
trembling with a delight that the homage of
kings and courts had never inspired, is it strange
that they poured out at her feet, the tribute of
admiration, the shout of welcome which royal
ly itself could not have extorted !
When the applause died away, the songstress
raised herself once more, and for a moment
scented to be rallying herself to the task before
her. Her face was pale as marble, but there
beamed in her eye a soul-light which made her
whole aspect seem luminous. She began the
Casta Dim of Norma, with a voice whose first
tones won our heart, not by their perfect sweet
ness and fullness, but for a totally different rea
son. because they indicated a great soul strug
gling with a wonderful emotion, because they
seemed to be the tremulous flutterings of a
strong wing, half appalled with the height and
grandeur of the unknown skies into which it is
about to soar. We sympathized—we could
have wept ill-rest ained tears, as we heard her
voice faltering, rather than soaring up to the
bright empyrean where the ‘chaste goddess’ sits
enthroned. We had never heard her sing be
fore, but there was a something in the first
“trains of her voice, which proclaimed it vassal
to overwhelming emotion, and we knew that
the chain must soon be broken. One by one
its links weakened, and before the song was
finished, the spirit-song was free.
Her repetition of this brilliant and beautiful
f'avatina, on last night, was the most triumph
ant piece of vocal art to which we have ever
listened. She sang the andante movement
with a sustained and singularly impressive beau
tv Her articulation was faultless, and every
word came from her lips with an unerring pre
cision of effect. Her warbling was like noth
ing to which we have ever before listened, not
even to that of the nightingale, as our memory
suggests the latter, which it surpassed infinitely
in richness of intonation and delicacy of inflec
tion. Through all the progress of the cavati
na, she seemed to be gathering power for the
magnificent allegro of its finale, which utterly
entranced, and to some extent confounded the
audience. It was received with such demon
strations of delight, as probably never before
greeted this beautiful cavatina, even from the
‘ips of a Grisi or a Persiana.
The second part of the Concert opened with
the exquisite Overture to the fairy Opera of
Oberon, in which the Orchestra won fresh lau
rela. Mile. Lind and Beiliti now sung a fa
vourite duo from 11 Turco in Italia, in which
the former displayed the very perfection of
chromatic effects, and gave abundant proof
that the soprano qualities of her voice are ab
solutely unrivalled. L’pon the second night, a
slight variation of the programme enabled the
Orchestra to delight the audience with the bril
liant Wedding March in the “Midsummer
Night’s Dream.”
The next triumph of the evening was a trio
conrer/anle,arranged for Jenny Lind’s voice,and
two flutes. Mr. Kyle played the first flute, and
surpassed himself; but the exquisite tones of
that favourite instrument served only as a foil
to the voice of the “Nightingale,” which rose
sweeter, clearer, and richer in melody than the
most bird-like utterance of the flute. The
least appreciative compliment which we heard
heard paid to it was, that ‘it could not be dis
tinguished from the flutes.’ From this, howev
er, we utterly dissent, for never, during the
whole piece did we lose sight of its individual
ity, or question its superior tone.
Signor Belliti then sung that very cel
ebrated Aria Du fa, known as Figaro, or
Largo al Factotum , from Rosini’s Opera of
La Darbiere. It was done in a masterly man
ner, and with proper scenic effect would have
been absolutely irresistible. It certainly never
told better out of an Opera, and justified the
plaudits it elicited.
Os Belliti’s voice and execution we may
have more to say on another occasion. Our
theme at present is the incomparable Lind, to
whom we return. Her next song was a melo
dy of Sweden, the call of the Herdsman, in
which her wonderful echo is introduced. She
accompanied herself upon the Piano, and the
first notes, ‘Komkyra! kom kyra!’ literally
thrilled into the very centre of our soul.
There are strange and startling contrasts in this
melody which, sung by any one. else, would
certainly be harsh,. It was the triumph of
Mile. Lind, to make wondrous harmony of
them all, and the echo was given with such
perfect skill ot time and tone, as to utterly
amaze all who heard it. We could scarcely
credit our ears, and while the gifted songstress
sat before the throng, and seemed to be sport
ing with her wonderful voice, we fairly trem
bled with surprize and delight. The silence of
the Hall was so profound that an echo, soft as
the dying cadence of a whisper, fell distinctly
upon the ear. To the enthusiastic encore, the
sweet singer immediately instantly yielded,
and its conclusion was a second time followed
by protracted hursts of excited wonder. The
Prize Song with which our readers were fa
voured last week, was the last act in the grand
vocal festival. It was the only English which
the Nightingale had sung ; and there were
thousands impatient to hear her voiee in words
that they could understand. She gave the
‘Greeting’ in a most animated and impassioned
style, and the magic of her voice threw into
the strains a beauty which we think the written
music hardly possesses. Her enunciation ot
the words was almost too elaborate, tending to
aggravate the really very slight accent with
which she speaks English. Mr. Taylor’s song
was introduced to the world under circumstan
ces that will help to immortalize it in our na
tional anthology.
So ended the first grand Concert of Jenny
Lind, and when she retired amid tumultuous
shouts, clapping of hands, and waving of ker
chiefs, we became conscious that the spell
which bound us was real and not fanciful. She
came back to receive for the twentieth time, the
applause of the throng, and to be again almost
covered with votive flowers. Her face was
still pale, but a bright spot flushed either cheek,
and her eyes sparkled with the joy she could
not express. There she stood, the acknowl
edged Queen of Song, so proclaimed and
crowned by a republican host, and more over
whelmed by the tribute than if the literal laurel
had been placed upon her brow by a deputation
of Kings of the Old World!
When she disappeared again, calls for Bar
num arose and multiplied, and at length the il
lustrious ‘manager’ came forward, and made a
speech, a speech which opened fresh fountains of
enthusiasm in the vast audience. After playful
ly asserting his indisposition for once to hear
the question “Where is Barnum?” and making
reply to it that “Barnum is now here !” he
proceeded to say that, in spite of Mile. Lind’s
wishes to the contrary, he must inform the peo
ple of her munificence, in giving all her income
from the first Concert to the Charities of the
City ! At least Ten Thousand Dollars in one
sublime offering at the shrine of Benevolence!
What heart could be unmoved ? The excite
ment became tremendous, bravos resounded
through the house, thousands of white banners
flouted the air, and “ three cheers for Jenny
Lind,” were given with the wildest enthusiasm.
These were followed by “three more,” and these
by “three times three,” and it was only when
hands were weak with clapping, feet weary
with stamping, and lungs exhausted with shout
ing, that the applause died away, and the audi
ence began to disperse, each excusing himself
to his friend, for his unwonted excitement.
Such a triumph well became the “Nightin
gale in New-York. We are not ashamed of
our part in the reception, and we should be
ashamed of any one, who could feel, in his own
breast, no echo of our enthusiasm. Ten thou
sand times welcome is the gifted—the pure—
the simple-hearted, the benificent Jenny Lind,
to the Western World. She who was once a
poor child, shut up in a gloomy chamber, and
solacing herself there by her songs,is now filling
the whole world with the matehless melodies
of her voice,
“Untwisting all the chords that he.
Within the soul of harmony”—
and entrancing every heart by her magic tones.
This, however, is her least fame, her poorest
honour. She is the friend of the poor—the
helper of the needy—the Lady Bountiful of the
Nineteenth Century. Her benefactions are as
unparalleled as her powers of song, and long
ages after the latest echoes of her angel-voice
have died away from the theatre of life, the
memory’ of her charity will be as green in the
hearts of millions, as is the virent ivy upon the
dead trunk of the oak, or the mouldering walls
of the castle. With all the fervency of our
nature do we bid her welcome ; and we trust
that her mission to our land may be crowned with
a success commensurate with the noble scheme
to which she consecrates its fruits—the bestowal
of a free system of education upon Norway
and Sweden. Here and every where, amid all
life's vicissitudes, and far above all earthly hon
ours, may God's blessing be upon her !
JENNY LIND AT THE SOUTH.
Our readers will douhtles- be deeply interest
ed in the following brief extract, which we
make from a letter written by the Editor now
in New-York, and participating largely, as
his account of the first Concerts will show, in
the intense excitement there prevailing, about
the wonderful and incomparable “ Swedish
Nightingale.” We earnestly hope that Charles
ton will be favoured with one or two of her
glorious Concerts, and trust our musical ama
teurs will he “up and doing,” to secure them.
*
NEW-YORK, Sept. 16, 1850,
* * * * I have just had a chat with
Manager Barnum, concerning Mile Lind’s visit
to the South. He informs me that she will
certainly go to the Havana this winter, by way
of Charleston and New-Orleans; and that
Concerts will be given in those places only
SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE.
where the proceeds of each will reach nearly
or quite Ten Thousand, Dollars. I cannot
doubt that the Palmetto City will demand a
briel sojourn from the sweet songstress, for she
is, beyond all question, the greatest musical
phenomenon of all past or present times. It is
an event ol a life-time to hear her sing, and I
would not, having heard her, fail to have done
so, if the cost had been equivalent to a month’s
income ! And then, too, think of the glorious
uses to which she puts her Alladdin-like gains.
This alone should fan every heart with a gene
rous enthusiasm, and open every purse to meet
the necessary heavy cost of her concerts.
Would not Charleston fill the Military Hall to
overflowing, at $5 average for tickets ? I can
not help thinking that it might be done for two
or even three nights. I have already assured
her that we will give her a Southern welcome.
(Dur fesiji (Column.
The following articles from our Editor-in
Chief, who is now in New-York, were, on ac
count of a most vexatious failure of the North
ern mails, received too late for our last, for
which they were intended. They are, howev
er, of too much interest to be thrown aside,
and we print them, though a little out of sea
son. *
Jenny Lind in New York.
October 6, Jenny Lind born, 1820.
“She will sing the savageneas out of a bear. 4 *
Othello, Jlet ii. Scene 1.
We scarcely thought, when the above event j
and illustration were published in the Shak
speare Calendar, nearly twelve months
ago, that we should so soon have the 1
pleasure of joining in the grand chorus which
welcomed the Swedish Nightingale to the ;
shores of Columbia. That pleasure, however, j
has been ours, and our readers have a right to
participate in it, so far as the power of sympa- j
thy will enable them. They already know that |
this world-renowned songstress arrived at New
York, on the Ist of the month, and was escor
ted to the Irving House by a dense throng of
people. Her carriage was deluged with flow
ers, and the enthusiasm of the public was bare
ly restrained by the sacred character of the
day.
During this week, she has been the ‘cynosure
of all eyes,’ the theme of all discourse, and
if not the ‘observed of all observets,’ it has not
been the fault of the people, whose extreme
eagerness to see her has been unparalied in the
annals of the country. Day and night the Ir
ving House has been thronged within and
without, by those who would gaze upon the in
comparable songstress, and the ‘drawing rooms’
which she has held for some days past, have
been esteemed privileges, by some of the most
distinguished persons of this city. We count
it one of the red-letter days in our calendar,
when it was permitted to us to take the hand
ol this gifted and peerless child of song—to
give utterance in heratlentive earto the emotions
ol delight which were struggling in our bosom,
and less for ourselves than for the generous
people ot the South to bid her welcome, ten
thousand times welcome to our shores. All
this we were permitted to do, and e shall
never forget the smile which irradiated her fea
tures as she expressed her thanks and her hap
piness. Her face was beautiful, not with clas
sic outlines, not with symmetrical features, not
with the matchless harmony of tint—the lily
and the rose—but with the inspiration ot Ge
nius, with the charm ot Benevolence, and with
the soul-light of Purity. She seemed to us to
be the very incarnation ot Song ; and we never
uttered less meaning words than when we
breathed her welcome.
The great fact of the day is, that Jenny Lind
is actually here ; and that she will sing next
week, is an announcement which is beginning
to be realized. The public interest is rapidly
rising into an eestuey, and there is no telling,
or even conceiving, what extravagant modes of
utterance it may not take, upon the occasion of
her first appearance upon the stage. It is say
ing nothing, to predict that she will be received
with applauses, such as never before awoke
echoes in the halls of this city, or that she will
be buried beneath an avalanche of the rarest
flowers that the conservatory can yield. We
doubt not that thousands will pay her the more
exquisite tribute of tears—the inexpressible out
gushings of a delight too deep for mere boiste
rous uterauce— the pure crystalizations of in
tense and passionate emotion. This—aye more
than this—will be the spontaneous offering,
when she stands revealed to the multitude as
the Jenny Lind of their imagination ; but how
feeble will be all this, compared withjhe storm
and tempest of enthusiasm which will be raised
by the first out-pourings of the wonderful har
monies of her voice. We doubt not to feel,
what we dare not attempt to express.
The popular enthusiasm is venting itself in
a thousand ways. The lovely vocalist is over
whelmed with offerings from all classes. A
catalogue raisonnee of the gifts which have
been showered upon her, would be a formida
ble document.
Some may, perhaps, look coldly (from a dis
tant point of view, disprovingly,) on all this
enthusiastic homage. We would, however,
remind such, that the object of it is as peerless
in soul as she is in song, and that the most
powerful cause of all the admiration she ex
cites, is the singular purity and beauty of her
character. She has received the homage of
kings and courts, and it has left no spot upon
her soul, no shade upon her name. In her we
see transcendant gifts and unparalleled renown
unsullied by the slightest breath of shame, and
repelling, as if by an electric power, the ap
proach of calumny. We admire her as the
high priestess of song—we revere her as a
woman of all delicate instincts and of all pure
and generons deeds.
Her career throughout our country, will be
one of perpetual splendour. The glory of her
fame will enfold her like a halo ; and she will
not only charm all with her voice, but win all
by her sweetness of manner. We are happy
to announce the probability that she will visit
all the principal cities oi this country—and
possibly of this continent—achieving for her
self a fame in the new world, as wide and vast
as its proud dimensions.
We are assured by Mr. Barnum, that it is
her desire to sing for all. The price of tickets
has been fixed here at the -exceedingly mode
rate rate of three dollars, and this price will be
exceeded only at the pleasure of the public.
The sale, by auction, of reserved seats, is but a
provision of necessity to meet the demands of
those who are not only willing, but eager to
pay higher rates for the privilege of hearing her
first. We doubt not that eventually the known
liberality of Mr. Barnum and the expressed
wish ot the amiable songstress, will avail to
give all classes the mueh-eoveted opportunity
of listening to her incomparable music.
We seem, to ourself even, to have been wri
ting with enthusiasm ; but we have no wish to
blunt the edge of our language, or to assume
an indifference we do not feel. We look for
ward to the day when the echoes ot the “night
ingale’s” voice will float on the breezes of the
“ sunny South,” enkindling in the hearts of our
people a rapture in harmouy with the intensity
of their nature. We anticipate the time when
the loftiest peaks of the great Western hills
will catch the harmonies of her song, and till
the vallies, at their feet, with enchantment and
delight. But we will add no more at present,
except the heartfelt sentiment—to which we
challenge the assent of all our readers— Jenny
Lind —no longer the Swedish nightingale only
but the world’s !
The Jenny Lind Prize Song.
It is with no ordinary satisfaction that we
are enabled, by the kindness of our friend
Bayard Taylor, Esq., to present to the readers
of the Gazette, almost simultaneously with its
vocalization by Jenny Lind, at her first con
cert, his song of “ Greeting to America,” to
which the Committee awarded the prize of two
hundred dollars, offered by Mr. Barnum. It
was selected from over seven hundred contri
butions, and received the unanimous approval
of the Committee over all others, —for superior
poetic excellence—except one, to which its su
periority in musical adaptation, caused it to be
preferred. We are sure our readers will ad
mire, as we do, its grace and delicacy of senti
ment, and the melody of its rythm. We have
no doubt the Committee discharged their diffi
cult task with equal taste and fidelity, and we
are happy to be among the foremost to inscribe
this National Song upon the roll of fame.
GREETING TO AMERICA.
Written by Bayard Taylor, Esq., set to music by M.
Jules Benedict, and sung, at her Jirst concert in the
United States, bp Mile. Jenny JJnd, Wednesday
night, Sept. 11, 1850, at Castle Garden, New- York.
I greet with a full heart, the land of the West,
Whose banner of stars o’er a world is unrolled ;
Whose empire o’ershadows Atlantic’s wide breast,
And opes to the sunset its gateway of gold !
The land of the mountain, the land of the lake,
And rivers that roll in magnificent tide—
Where the souls of the mighty from slumber awake,
And hallow the soil for whoe freedom they died !
Thou Cradle of Empire ! though wide be the foam
That severs the land of my fathers and thee,
I hear, from thy bosom, the welcome of home,
For song has a home in the hearts of the free!
And long as thy waters shall gleam in the sun,
And long as thy heroes remember their scars.
Be the hands of thy children united an one,
And peace shed her light on the of stars !
Bust of Jenny Lind.
We had the pleasure this morning of seeing
a fine marble bust of the “ nightingale,” re
ceived hy the hist steamer from London, where
it was sculptured by Durham, in 1849. It is
not only an exquisite work of art, but a most
perfect likeness of Mile. Lind—the delicacy
and sweetness of her expression being faithfully
preserved. The price is SSOO. It was import
ed hy Mr. George P. Putnam, the elegant and
popular bibliopole of New-York.
Barnum's Parnassus.
Coder this “ taking” title, an elegantly print
ed brochure has just appeared from the press of
Appleton, purporting to be “ Confidential Dis
closures” of the Jenny Lind Prize Song Com
mittee. It is, of course, after the manner of
Horace Smith’s “ Rejected Addresses,” and
contains parodies on the style of Longfellow,
Byratit, Halleck, Holmes, Morris, Willis and
others. We have not space to say more of it
this week, than simply that it is cleverly done,
and contains some very capital hits. A single
stanza from “ a volunteer Ode, by the acknow
ledged best song writer in the eouutry,” [vide
Willis in Home Journal ] must suffice as “ a
taste of its quality !”
“O brother poets ! shout for glee,
For our poor, half-starved genus,
That in these raging dog-days, we
Have found a true Mcecenas !
And what in olden time was he
To that rare fellow, Horace,
In modern days, perhaps I\ T.
Barnum may he for !”
Vive la bagatelle ! Vive “ le brigadier!”
Vive la Jenny Lind !
A Gold Pen for Jenny Lind.
We write this paragraph with a gold pen
manufactured expressly as a present for Jenny
Lind. It is made of 18 carat gold ; the ease
is of a convex-hexagonal pattern, solid but very
graceful; and it bears the following inscription:
Respectfully presented
to
MDLLE. JENNY LIND,
by
Spencer, Rendell &. Dixon,
Manufacturers.
The pen itself is of their highly approved
“ long nib” pattern, which imitates perfectly the
action of a quill, and comes nearer to being the
ne plus ultra of gold pens than any other style
which we have seen. We have used one of
them for a long time, and it improves with use
We fancy that among all the presents which
Mdlle. Lind will receive, none will be more
acceptable or useful to her than this beautiful
pen.
A Cap-it-all Hit by a Hatter.
At the public sale this morning, of the choice
seats for Mdlle. Jenny Lind’s first concert,
there was a brisk competition for the first
choice, and it was finally knocked down, at
the large sum of $225, to Genin, the celebrated
Broadway Hatter. This is a master-stroke of
policy, on the part of our illustrious friend,
Genin, for he has achieved thereby a fame as
wide as the continent. The fact is placarded
on every bulletin-board in Gotham, discussed
at every restauraut, and repeated at every
comer of the streets. More than this—it has
been already announced by the telegraph, in
every large city of the Union, that Genin the
Hatter, has bought the first ticket at Jenny
Lind’s first concert, for 225 dollars! We are
credibly informed, that his agent was instructed
to purchase the ticket at any price within one
thousand dollars ! Genin knows what he is
about, tind if he has not made it a cap-it-all
hit, we are no judge, that’s all. Who would
buy a hat anywhere else in New-York, than at
Genin’s, we should like to know ! By the
way—see his advertisement in another column.
(Our Ymk (Mir.
The Phantom World. Tlie History and Philosophy
of Spirits. Apparitions, &c. From the French of Cal
met. By Rev. Henry Christmas. M.A. One vol.
12mo. Philadelphia : A. Hart.
A more thoroughly philosophical and com
prehensive work on supernatural appearances,
than this of Calmet, is certainly not to be
found; and enriched, as the present edition is,
by the notes of its learned translator and Edi
tor, it is doubly valuable to the reader. How
ever sternly the intelligent mind may reject all
the doctrines of the ghostly school, it cannot
refuse to investigate thoroughly its assump
tions, to scrutinize its alleged facts, and to
weigh candidly any arguments which it may
offer in support of its claims. To do less than
this, were to betray a most unphilosophical
spirit—which, unlike the spirit of Christianity,
forbids us to “ prove all things ”
The curious reader will find a mine of inter
est in the volume before us. Calmet was a
truly learned man, of large views and catholic
spirit, and he made the investigations which
resulted in this work, to enable himself “ to
form a just idea of all that is said on the appa
ritions of angels, of the demon, and of disem
bodied souls.” His readers may, with no less
confidence, iorm their own opinions on these
subjects, not in a spirit of incredulous ridicule,
or, on the other hand, of over credulous super
stition, but with wisdom, knowledge and truth
as their guides. Ii the book be sought only for
amusement, it will not disappoint the reader,
tor it contains a maas of the most startling in
cident conceivable. Magic, diablerie and de
monomanie are the staple of its pages, and
ghosts, ghouls, spectres and vampyres its dra
matis persona. They are exhibited, however,
by the light of a truly liberal philosophy .
The Ojibway Conquest : A Tale of the Northwest.
By Kah-gk-ga-oah-bowh, or G. Copway, Chief ol
the Ojibway Nation. New-York: Geo. P. Putnam.
This is. certainly one of the “ Curiosities of
Literature”—an English poem by a thorough
bred Indian ; and it claims a special notice at
our hands. This chief, with the unutterable
Indian appellation, is an educated man and a
Christian minister, if we mistake not. His
portrait, which accompanies the book, is from
a daguerreotype, and exhibits a face of more
than ordinary intelligence, notwithstanding its
dark shade. The poem is a metrical narrative
of the events attending the conquest of a con
siderable portion of the Sioux territory, by the
Ojibway tribe of Indians. This conquest lies
principally east of the Mississippi; and the last
decisive battle—described in the poem—was
fought, tradition says, near the “ Apostle Is
lands, and precisely where La Point now
stands. Ihe author says, “ A residence of
Teba-koo-ne wa-we-ne-neh, in the remote
west, originated the tale which is now pre
sented to the public.”
1 he book has a double dedication ; in prose
to Col. McKinney, and in verse, “ To Eliza
the poem is divided into cantos, secundum
artein. Os the poetical merit of the perform
ance, we intend to let our readers judge foi
themselves. It opens thus—descriptive of the
St. Louis.
“ There is a stream that hath its rise
Beneath the veil of Northern skies,
Where frosts and snow’s eternal meet,
In wild array, the wanderer’s feet,
And all, above, beneath, around,
Are fast in icy fetters bound :
A gloomy, wild and dreary waste,
As e’er the eye of man embraced.
Where shrub— if shrub perchance fie there —
Blooms not as elsewhere fresh and fair:
Bntstinted, bare, and small of growth.
It nestles to the earth, as loth
To spread its branches when the breeze
Which passes, kisses, but to freeze ;
And if a flower should rear its head
From such inhospitable bed,
When thawing shows may yield a day
To summer sun’s resistless sway,
It is a flower which doth not blight
By frosts that clothe its leaves in white.
But smiles, e’en from its bed of snow,
Like Hope upon the lap of woe.”
The principal point of ihe story is this : Me
gi-si, a proud and noble chief of the Ojibways,
being captured in battle by the Wen-di-go ot
the. Sioux, is recognized by the latter as his
long-lost son, and when Me-gi-si is made
aware of the relationship, he sacrifices to his
filial duty, his connection with the Ojibway
tribe ; to a beautiful maiden of which, called
in the musical speech of that tribe, “ Me-me,”
or the Dove, he is betrothed. He reveals all
to Me-me, who, with a breaking heart, coun
sels him to his new duty, as he has taught her
to regard it. Side by side with Wen-di-go,
Me-gi-si does battle with his late friends. The
Sioux are defeated—‘■annihilated—the two he
roes only surviving ; and in a renewed and
desperate struggle, Me-gi-si falls, but Wen-di
ga plunges into the river, and is seen no more
of his pursuers.
“ One thrilling yell of scorn he gave,
Then plunged beneath the blood-dyed weve.
They saw no more, and whether then
His spirit passed, or if again,
Concealed by magic from the view.
He living rose, none ever knew ;
Still they believe, amid the dirge,
Os winter’s winds and water’s surge,
Or in the tempest’s blasting hour,
They hear his voice and feel his power,—
And even upon summer’s night,
When winds are hushed and stars are bright,
They sometimes see his shadow pass,
Slowly along the moonlit grass,—
And then with bloodless lip they tell
Os some mischance they know full well,
To fall on whom the spirit ’s eye,
Glanced angrily as it passed hy.”
There is a natural grace about the narrative
which is, perhaps, its principal merit. Its ver
sification is often greatly defective, but, upon
the whole, the impression it has left upon our
mind is a pleasing one. It will be a novelty
for Dr. Griswold to have to introduce into his
next edition ot the American poets, the name
of Kah-ge-ga-gah-bowh.
Reminiscences of Congress. By Charles W.
March. New-York: Baker & Scribner. 1850.
r The title of this book is a misnomer. The
work is simply a biographical sketch—very
cleverly done, but very eulogistic—of Daniel
Webster. The preface informs us, that it was
the original design of the author to give a series
of descriptive sketches of persons and scenes
in Congress, but finding that “ the god-like
Daniel” formed the principal figure in al l his
pictures, he concluded to give the book a more
personal character, and make it an approxima
tion to a biography. (Why then did he not
change the title, to correspond with this change
of design !) The work is well written and will
be read with interest. It is embellished with a
portrait of Webster. *
Hungary and Transylvania. By John Paget, Esq.
From the new London edition. In two volumes. Phi
ladelphia: Lea &. Blanchard, 1850.
This work was first published in London in
1839, and had an extensive circulation. The
late revolutionary struggle in Hungary having
given anew interest to every thing in relation
to Hungary, a second edition was called for and
published. Os this edition, the volumes before
us are a reprint. They consist of a narrative
of the author’s travels in Hungary and Tran
sylvania, interspersed with remarks on the con
dition, social and political, of those countries,
evidently written in a candid and truth-loving
spirit. Mr. Paget is liberal in his views, and
evidently sympathizes with those who are
struggling for their constitutional rights. The
descriptive portions of the work are lively and
graphic. From a sketch of the Wallack popu
lation of Transylvania, we make a brief ex
tract, which is all that our very limited space
will permit: *
“ Like the Turks, the Wallaeks ornament
their burial places by planting a tree at the head
and another at the foot of every grave ; but,
instead of the funeral cypress, they plant the
swetshen or plum, from which they make their
brandy—a very liberal illustration ‘of seeking
consolation from the tomb.’ For the death of
near relations, they mourn by going bare-head
ed for a certain time—a severe test of sincerity
in a country where the excesses of heat and
cold are so great as here.
“ The village-well is still, all over Hungary,
the favorite gossiping spot for matrons and
maids. There is a custom which I often no
ticed among the Wallaeks, of throwing over a
small quantity of the water from the full pitcher
before it is carried away. It appears that this
is done to appease the spirit of the well, who
might otherwise make her pure draught an evil
bearing potion. Has not this some analogy to
the Roman libations to their gods? The ana
logy, if it be one, is strengthened by the classi
cally-formed earthen vessels which the Wal
laeks commonly use, and which are often ex
ceedingly elegant.
* * * #
“ The Wallaeks, especially those of this
neighborhood, have a custom oi which I never
heard elsewhere. A party of idle young fel
lows sell themselves, as they say, to ihe devil,
for a term of three, five, or seven years—the
number must be unequal, or the devil will not
hold the bargain—engaging to dance, without
ceasing, during tne whole of that period, ex
cept when they sleep ; in consideration of
which, they expect their infernal purchaser will
supply them with food and wine liberally, and
render them irresistible among the rustic belles.
Accordingly, dressed in their gayest attire,
these merry vagabonds start out from their
native villages, and literally dance through the
country Every where they are received with
open arms; the men glad of an excuse for
jolity, the women anxious, perhaps, to prove
their power, all unite to feed and tete the
devil’s dancers ; so that it is scarcely wonder
ful there should be willing slaves to so merry
a servitude. When their time is up, they re
turn home, and become quiet peasants for the
rest of their lives.”
Chronicle of the Conquest of Grenada. By
Washington Irving. New-York: George P. Put
nam. 1850.
This forms the fourteenth volume of Mr
Putnam’s beautiful, revised edition of Irving’s
complete works. A work so well known and
so universally admired, needs, at this late day,
no words of praise or commendation from us.
but we wish to call the attention of the reading
public to this new edition, which possess some
important advantages over any other. The
narrative, though still retaining in all its pictu
resqueness, its poetical and romantic garb, is
brought more strictly within the bounds of au
thentic history, and is enriched with new tacts,
recently elicited by the researches of Alcan
tara and others.
There was much chivalric, generosity and
high-toned courtesy mingled with the craft
bigotry and fierce hate which reigned in the
breasts of Moor and Christian, during that
romantic struggle of which Mr. Irving has
given us such a delightful history. Take the
following for an example :
Muley Abul Hassan, the Moorish King, had
mode foray in the Christian territory, and was
returning, driving before him great herds of
cattle which he had captured, and loaded with
spoils, when his vanguard was fiercely attacked
by Pedro de Vargas, Alcayde of Gibralter,
with a small force, and hundreds of Moors
slain, and many of the cattle dispersed. Don
Pedro was, however, obliged to retreat, on the
arrival of the main body of the Moors, and to
shut himself up within the walls of his castle,
past which the Moorish King then paraded with
his army, cattle and spoils, by way of taunting
his foe. The Chronicle proceeds:
“ With all his fierceness, old Muley Abul
Hassan had a gleam of warlike courtesy, and
admired the hardy and soldierlike character of
de Vargas. He summoned two Christian cap
tives, and demanded what were the revenues of
the alcayde of Gibraltar. They told him that,
among other things, lie was entitled to one out
of every drove of caltle lhal passed his bounda
ries. “ Allah forbid,” cried the old monarch,
“that so brave a cavalier should be defrauded
out of his dues.”
“ He immediately chose twelve of the finest
cattle from the twelve droves which formed
the cavalgada. These he gave in charge to an
alfaqui, to deliver to Pedro de Vargas. “ Tell
him,” said he, “ that I crave his pardon for not
having sent these cattle sooner: but I have this
moment learnt the nature of his rights, and I
hasten to satisfy >hem, with the punctuality due
to so worthy a evalier. Toll him, at the same
time, that I had no idea the alcayde of Gibral
tar was so active and vigilant in collecting his
tolls.”
“ ‘Phe brave alcayde relished the stern sold
ierlike pleasantry of the old Moorish monarch.
He ordered a rich silken vest, and a scarlet
mantle to be given to the alfaqui, and dismissed
him with great courtesy. ‘ Tell his majesty,’
said he, ‘ that I kiss his hands for the honour
he has done me, and regret that my scanty
force has not perm!:ted me to give him a more
signal reception,on his coming into these parts.
Had three hundred horsemen, whom I have
been promised from Xeres, arrived in time, I
might have served up an entertainment more
befitting such a monarch. I trust, however,
they will arrive in the course of the night, in
which case his majesty may be sure of a royal
regale in the dawning.’ ”
We will close by again commending Mr.
Putnam’s revised edition of Irving’s Collected
Works to the public. It should be found in
every library, public or private. *
The History ok the Decline and Fall of the
Roman Empire: By Edward Gibbon, Esq., with
Notes by Rev. H. H. Milman, In six volumes. Bos
ton : Phillips, Sampson St Cos. 1850.
We have received the sixth and last volume
of this beautiful edition of Gibbon, and must
again commend it to the notice of the reading
public. This volume contains a very carefully
prepared index to the whole work.
Uniform in style with the above, are also
published, Hume's History of England, from
the invasion of Julius Cwsar to the Abdication
of James the Second—complete in six vol
umes—and continued from that time by T.
Babington Macaulay. Os the latter work only
two volumes are yet published. The future
volumes will appear nearly simultaneous with
their issue in London. *
An Oration, delivered before theFourtbof July Asso
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Alston Prinole. Charleston: Walker Sz James.
1850.
This is a chastely written and thoughtful
production, contrasting strongly, both in man
ner and in matter, with those bombastic and
fulsome glorifications of our immaculate coun
try and institutions, which are so commonly
put forth on similar occasions. The true
friends of our beloved country are those who
proclaim in her ears the unvarnished truth,
however unpalatable. The effort before us, is
highly creditable to its talented author. *
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11. Summer Travel in the South.
111. Topics in the History of South-Caro
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IV. History of Spanish Literature.
V The Government and the Currency.
VI. Boker’s Anne Boleyn.
VII. Law Reports.
VIII. The National Anniversary.
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X. Bailey’s Angel World.
XI. Critical Notices.
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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
lions of our section. The Publishers, assured by thecoun
tenance which they have received, from every Quarter o
the South, and especially sustained and patronized by the
most influential names in Carolina, beg leave to sol.ci
the continued and increasing patronage ot our citizens
Subscriptions will be received at their Office, comer o
East Bay and Broad streets, second story, or at 101 Last
Bay. Contributors will be pleased to address the t*dito
to their care, in Charleston.
WALKER it 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 ol Agencies by the
present Publishers.
UNRIVALLED NORTH OR SOUTH 1
THE THIRD ANNUAL VOLUME
OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE
Was commenced on Saturday, the 4th of May, 1850
undents original name —instead of Richards Weekly Oa-
Z ctte —as more significant of 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, so
that, in mechanical excellence, it shall not be surpassed by
any paper whatever in the United States 1 It will cc-.in
ue under the same Editorial direction as heretofore, and no
pains or expense will he spared to make it
A CHOICE FAMILY NEWSPAPER,
“as cheap as the cheapest, and as good as the best!’’
Utterly discarding the notion that a Southern journal can
not compete with the Northern weeklies, in cheapness and
interest, .
THE SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE
Shall rival the beet of them in all the characteristics of a
truly valuable fireside Journal. Its aim will be the diflu
sion of cultivated and refined taste throughout the com
mnnity—and it will embrace in its ample folds every spe
cies of intelligence that can tend to tills result
ORIGINAL CONTRACTIONS.
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 ofthe“ Gazette” will be independent in criti
cism and in the discussion of every legitimate topic, but it
will be strictly
NEUTRAL IN POLITICS AND RELIGION !
Its columns will he occasionally embellished with
SOUTHERN PORTRAITS & LANDSCAPES,
engraved expressly lor 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, but carefully condensed from the leading
Journals of all part* of the world.
No:withstanding the great increase in thesizeami 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
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address, on the following terms:
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Five copies, 8
Ten copies, 15
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Fifty copies, 60
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beautiful Juvenile Magazine, entitled “The Schoolte -
low.”
THE BEST AND CHEAPEST JUVENILE
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On the 15th of January, 1850, was published at
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THE SCHOOLFELLOW,
which has been pronounced by some of the ablest presses
and best judge*, “ The best and cheapest Juvenile Mag
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that the Publishers have resolved to continne it and make
it permanent, and they therefore call upon parents, teach
ers, and all interested in the rising generation to aid them
in their efforts to make the Schoolfellow all that its most
flattering judges have pronounced it.
It will be published in the same form as heretofore and
under the same editorial care; and will contain chiefly ori
ginal articles from the pens of Mrs. Caroline Gilman, Mrs.
Joseph C. Neal, Mrs, W. C. Richards, Mrs. C. W. I)u-
Bose, Miss Tuthill, Caroline Howard, MissC. W. Bar
her, Clara Moreton, Maria Roseau, the Editor, and many
other well known writers.
ITS PICTORIAL EMBELLISHMENTS
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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 oil the fifteenth of each month,
and will make a volume of about 400 pages and 100 en
gravings.
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copies for $8 ; Twenty-three copies for sls, and Thirty,
two copies for $20!!
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nectionwith the second Year for Two Dollars. To
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£3?* All orders m ist be accompanied with the cash—
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Clubs should be made up as early as practicable—
and those wishing volume first, should apply immediately
lo WALKER 4t RICHARDS.
May 4, 1850. Charleston, S. C.
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notice, shall receive a copy of the work without an ex
change. They will pleas send marked copies of their
papers containing it to the 4 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
rar> Gpzette, begs leave to inform the public that
hehasoiemid a General Agency for the transaction of
any bus nte< connected with Literature, Science an*
Art. Fie will correspond with authors concerning the
publication ot hooks and pamphlets upon their own ac.
count, or otherwise ; execute any commission for gentle*
men forming libraries; forward subscriptions for any peri
odical work, American or European ; receive and execuet
promptly commissions for any work of Art; supply accu
rate estimates of the cost of Philosophical Instruments,
order them at his own risk and guarantee their efficiency.
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\VM. C. RICHARDS.
No charge will be made for any service required
by his brethren of the press, who will oblige him by pub
lishing this notice.
T lJt , . , i:\bK\M\b.
Hh subscriber would inform Authors, Publishers and
/• he still continues to carry on the basi
ng of ENGRAVING ON WOOD, in all its branches-
His facilities are such that he is enabled toexeeuteall orders
promptly, and in every style of the Art, upon the most
reasonable terms* while the experience of many years
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satisfaction to all who may favour him with thejr patron*
age. N. ORR, 151 Fulton-street, New York.
June 6
THOM IS, COW PERTH WAIT aTco
BOOKSELLERS,
PUBLISHERS AND STATIONERS,
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C.r Orders solicited. 6mo July 13
FRANKLIN HOUSE.
NEW YORK, May 1, 1850.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his friendsand the
public that he h&tf leased the above House for a
term of years. The House has been in complete repair
during the past winter and mostly furnished anew. The
proprietor respectfully solicits a continuance of the patron
age heretofore soliberallyreceived.’
JOHN P. TREADWELL