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WM. C. HICHAHDS, Editor.
D. H. JAOQOES, Associate Editor.
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VTURDAY MORNING, SEPT. 28,1850
NAMES.
FIFTH ARTICLE.
Abraham is, of course, from the Hebrew,
nnd signifies/<Aer of many. It is not now
often used.
Adam, it is well known, signifies red earth.
The author of the “Wealth of Nations” bore it
with honour.
Benjamin is a fine name, from the Hebrew
stock, and has been borne by men of genius
and renown, among whom were Jonson, Frank
lin and West. The only objection to it is the
facility With which it is contracted into Ben.
it signifies son oj the right hand.
Jacob, signifying a supplanter, is from the
Hebrew. The name has, since the days of its
original bearer, been borne by thousands, and
has assumed various forms. James, which in
t is French becomes Jacques, and in the Ital
ian, Giucamo —in other forms lachimo and
logo, is properly the same name. In the forms
of
James and Jacques it has been borne by
hi igs, and by those who were greater than
hi gs. In poetry it assumes the familiarized
foiin o i Jamie.
Alexander is from the Greek, and has the
meaning of he per o) men. Alexander the
Great, made it
“ One of the few, the immortal natner.
That were not borne to die,”
So:ne ancient guisard lhymes.the historical ac
curacy ol which, however, may be questioned,
run thus —
“ Here conies in Alexander king ofMacedon,
Who conquered all the world but Scotland alone:
i’o. when he came to Scotland, his courage it grew cold.
To see a little nation so stout and so bold. ”
The name is a great favourite in Scotland.
Erasmus is fiom ihe Greek, and signifies
lovely, or worthy to be loved.
Henry is, we believe, of German origin, and
has the signification of rich lord. It was
home by the famous Eatl of Surry, by Field
ing, the Novelist, and by eight English kings,
li is honoured in this country by the great
statesman, Clay. Henry in its familiarized
form becomes Harry. Its feminizat ons are
Henrietta, Henricu and Harriet, who,
nine they cannot he rich lords, ought to be rich
ladies.
Magdalene, from the Syriac, has the sense
rif magnificent. Its modern forms are
Madelina, Madeline, and Madeleine —all
sweet names, and favourites with the poets.
Tennyson thus addresses one who boie the
name:
“Thou art not steeped in golden languors.
No tranced Summer calm is thine,
Ever varying Madeline ;
Thro’ light and shadow thou dost range,
Sudden glances, sweet and strange,
Delicious sprites and darling angers,
And airy forms ol flitting change.”
Mary Howitt, puts into the mouth of the
Landless Poet, the following:
“Lovely lady Madeline,
High-born lady Madeline,
What a heavenly dream had 1
’Neath the moou but yester-e’en.
In thy gracious beauty bright,
In thy bower I saw the stand,
Looking from its casement out,
With mu verses in thy hand.”
Sybilla is from the Latin, Sibylla, a proph
et >’s. Barry Cornwall has the following song,
in which the name is musically interwoven
with the verse:
“Sybilla, dost thou love ?
Oh, swear! Oh, swear!
By those stedfast stars above!
By this pure sweet air!
By all things true, and deep, and fair !
By hearts made rich with love,
Made wise by care !
Sybilla ! I love thee!
I swear, I swear, —
By all bright things that be !
By thyself, my fair !
By thine eyes, and motions free!
By thy sting, thou honey-bee!
By thy angel thoughts that flee
Singing, through the golden air,
l swear, I swear!”
Maureen is a sweet Irish name, Ihe signifi
cation of which we are not able, at this mo
iin .it, to ascertain. That best of all song wri.
his, Barry Cornwall, has embalmed this name
a ‘‘” in his ver.-e. The following song has the
r e Irish pathos:
The cottage is here, as of old I remember ;
flie pathway is worn, as it ever hath been:
‘hi the turl-pileil heath, there still lives a bright ember ;
But,—where is Maureen ?
1 ” Lost!—Like a dream that hath come and departed,
( All, why are the loved and lost evi r seen?
hath (alien, —hath flown with a lover false-hearted ;
So, mourn for Maureen
•weet Shannon! a moment by thee let me ponder;
’ moment look baek at the things that have been ;
h .li, away to the world where the ruined ones wander,
To look for Maureen!
Alice, or Alicia, signifies noble, and is one
fie sweetest ol female names. The poets
ve m,t been neglectful of it. It was the
n,line °* the Miller’s daughter of Tennyson :
“ 0 that I were beside her now !
O will she answer if I call ?
0 would she give me vow for vow,
Sweet A lick if 1 told her all ?*’
Deborah is 1 1 om the Hebrew, and has the
■initig of a bee. It is rather a homely name,
11 a associated in our minds with household
( ' ares and labours.
I (tiDGET is too unmi.-takeably Irish to need
■ woid- on the score of its origin. It signi
r-ght, but has been too long associated in
‘Hinds with chambetmaids and cooks, to be
i ied in a higher sphere of life.
1 hloel-, we be believe, of Greek origin, and
Unification is a green plant or herb. It is
“itut.ful rutal name. Prior, “to Chloe jeal
i 0U “” thus writes :
U lat 1 speak,i my fair Chloe, and what 1 write
1 SllOWs
I | le difference therei* between nature and art;
- vhers in verse, but I love thee in prose;
1 hey have my whimsies, hut thou hast my heart.”
‘'Tara is the poetical name by which Hab-
J,| n,oneof the most graceful of the En
‘ “'UK.r poets, designated the lady of his
’ “hose true name, we think, was Lucy
I *'Tbert.
Like the violet, which, alone,
Prospers in some happy shade,
Mv Castara lives unknown,
I o no looser eye betrayed. ” *
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THE LIND CONCERTS.
1 t: ‘ke pleasu eiu subsliti ting for a brief
‘T t I °
1 ‘ le ’ “hit'll we projjosed to write, concern
‘at,‘ concerts of Jenny Lind, a few par-
I hhs from the pen of a favourite correspond-
I 1 ‘hi Gazette, who has been enticed from
Ulll| y to the town, by the irresistible se
■ 1 ‘ tlS •he Queen of Song. He thus dis-
I ‘discs: *
Ii U| i"2 the week, Mile. Lind’s third and
H l:| lh p
‘oticei ts have been heard here by even
an d more delighted audiences than
■ , e u the vast area of Castle Garden, on her
and, 'd second appearance. On each occa
le fickets, to the number of eight or
fl °usand, have all been sold, long before
r °t assembling, and all hope of a de-
In ‘he value of seats, however protracted
“° Urn here of the tuneful Jenny, is now
‘ J 'ied. The ticket office, in the vestibule
•Museum, has been in a continual state o 1
seige from “morn to dewy eve so much so as
to require the constant presence of several mem
bers of the police force, to prevent any usurpa
tion of peace in the long and closely serried
file ol purchasers, reaching from the window
many feet into the street Each new comer
takes up his position at the end of the line, and
esteems himself happy if an hour or so’s trial
of patience brings him to the other end of the
row. Stepping iuto an omnibus on Thursday
evening, duly gloved and eravatted for Castle
Garden, I wa9 received, as I sank into the only
vacant scat, with a smile from my fellow pas
sengers, all obviously bound on the same errand.
On “concert nights” the drivers of these vehi
cles change their usual route, as if by instinct,
and bring up, not at the “South Ferry,” but at
the Battery. The programme of the last two
Concerts was greatly enriched by the addition,
or rather substitution of several of the great
songstress’s most admired passages; among
them that delicious scene from the Puritans,
familiarly known to all the admirers of Bellini,
as “Qui la voce,” the melody of which would
have a place forever in the hearts of all who
then heard it, had it not then been so quickly
followed by the Nightingale’s matchless execu
tion of the “Non Paventar,” in the Opera of
II Flaueo Majico. While uttering certain
passages from this grand aria, Mile. Lind so
won the souls of her vast audience, that a still
ness as of death pervaded the whole house.
Beneath the influence of her magic tones,
criticism shrinks abashed. We hear only to
wonder and to enjoy ; almost forgetting that
there ate such singers in the world as Steffano
ni, Biscacianti or even Grisi. The one all-pei
vading feeling in this city is that of complete
and intense delight with Mile. Lind’s vocaliza
tion, mingled with a profound admiration of
her more than queenly charity. She goes to
Boston this week, where, doubtless, a cordial
reception awaits her.”
THE MOULTRIE HOUSE.
This establishment has one advantage over
all of a similar kind m the States north of us.
When the season at the northern watering
places, is fairly over, and the visitors are driven
away by bleak and chiliy winds, which usually
begin at the close of September, the season on
Sullivan’s Island begins to be more pleasant
than ever. September, October, and Novem
ber, are the most gratelul of all the months, at
this lovely spot, in the whole calender. The
sunny skies which we inhabit, and the soft meek
warm breeze from the Gulf of Mexico, admira
bly temper the otherwise ungracious approach
of winter; and one who has fled with shivering
from the Fall breezes at Newport, Cape May
and other places, finds himself wrapt here in
zephyrs ot most delicious soothing. From the
day that the Sun crosses the Line, in September,
and all dread of the usual equinoctial storm is
ended, the Island affords the most delightful of
all places of sojourn. We are happy to learn
that many of our citizens are preparing to build
upon it for the ensuing summer. More than
twenty lots, we understand, have been staked
off for this purpose. Judge Frost, we are told,
is about to erect a beautiful Italian villa, and
his example will be followed by others ; while
Col. Gadsden is equatly resolved to mkeh i
farmstead a model plantation in miniature.
We are glad to learn that his purpose is to en
ter largely upon the cultivation of the Date, and
other choice fruits of the East, and the extreme
South, for all of which the Island is admirably
adapted.
(Dnr dtoiji Column.
The Prize Song and the Critics-
The Prize Song of Mr. Bayard Taylor is
pronounced by some of the newspaper critics to
be devoid of merit—stale in sentiment, and un
melodious in versification. This is hardly to
be wondered at, considering that there were
upwards of seven hundred disappointed aspi
rants for the S2OO, to say nothing of the fame
which the song was to bring. Many of the
spiteful effusions of the papers, including that
in the Literary World, we fancy, are to be
very readily traced to some of the “ great re
jected.” We hope our neighbour of the Mer
cury is not one ot that class, though we con
fess to a contrary suspicion—from the indig
nant height to which he rose against the fortu
nate song. We never thought or said that it
was a faultless production ; but we commended
it for ‘delicacy of sentiment and melody of
rhythm,’ and we are not inclined to alter our
judgment. The song met the approval, sub
vera judice, of an intelligent committee, and
it was the especial choice of Mile. Lind, who
had more to do with it, we think, than newspa
per critics, who, carp as they may, would be
sorely puzzled to amend its alleged faults. It
is due to Mr. Taylor to say that the Song,
as written, contained three stanzas, the first of
which was suppressed, for the sake ot brevity
alone. This certainly marred the spirit and
proportions of the song, as it made it necessary
to aiter the first line of the second stanza to
adapt it as an opening sentiment. We do the
author simple justice in printing the Song as it
was written, and should have been sung :
’Tin said that in silence the heart must reveal
What the faltering lip to its pleading deniea.
When the warmth of its beating we may not conceal,
And grateful emotion i soft in the eyes.
But silenceitself, in the region of song,
Is music made sweeter, and purer in tone,
And tiie minstrel whose hopes to that region belong,
Must feel in its beautiful language alone.
11.
I greet, in that language, the Land of the West,
Whose Banner of Stars o’i ra world is unrolled,
Whoseempire 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 soul’s of the mighty from slumber awake,
And hallow the soil tor whose freedom they died !
111.
Thou Cradle of Empire! though wide be the foam
That severs the land of my lathers and thee,
I hear from thy bosom, the welcome of home,
For song hasahomein the hearts of the Free!
And long as thy waters shall gleam in the sun,
As long as thy heroes remember their scars,
Be the hands of thy children united as one,
And Peace shed her light on the Banner of Stars !
Patent Cow Milking.
We recently spent a night with a friend, who,
though doing business in Gotham, yet resides
upon a beautiful farm, some twenty-five miles
up the Haarlem Railway. Upon retiring for
the night, he told us that he designed early
next morning, to make an experiment in cow
milking, with anew patent apparatus. As we
have quite a penchant for experiments, we
readily agreed to a very early call, to enable
us to see the fun. About day-light we accor
dingly obeyed the summons of our host, and
having donned india rubber boots, we accom
panied him to the barn-yard. He bore in hi 9
hand a small box, containing the mysterious
implements of his new domestic philosophy.
Upon examination, we found them to consist of
slender tubes of silver, each fitted with a silver
piston and sliding rod, and projecting an inch
into a cot or sack of india rubber, with an elas
tic band around the upper edge. “Oty,” the
Irish waiting man, now proceeded to attach
one of these to each of the cow's teats, which
he did by slipping the projecting tube into the
milk orifice, and then drawing around it the
mbber sack. When this was done, the piston
was withdrawn by the ring attached, and from
every tube there immediately flowed a full
stream of milk, which continued to run freely,
SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE.
tor three or four minutes, discharging, mean
while, at least six quarts of milk, and nearly
exhausting the udder. The experiment was
then repeated upon two other cows, with like
result. An old farmer, and a negro servant
from a neighbouring farm, witnessed the opera
tion with undisguised wonder. The latter
turned up the whites of his great eyes, and ex
claimed—
“ Golly gracious! on’y to think of tapping
de cows, as es you was tapping a cider-barrel,
and running her clean dry afore she know it.”
It teas something new under the sun, certain
ly, and justified Mose’s astonishment. The
apparatus is exceedingly simple and cheap, and
can be applied in a few moments, thus greatly
expediting the process of milking, and yielding
the milk perfectly clean. Most assuredly, if
we owned a cow or cows, we should provide
ourself with Knapp’s curious “ Patent Cow
Milkers,” and do the thing up secundum ar
tem.
Eclectic Medical Institute.
We have received the Circular of the Eclec
tic Medical Institute of Cincinnati, Ohio. This
institution is controlled by the leading members
of the new or eclectic school of medicine. Its
Faculty is composed of gentlemen of high
standing in their profession, and its course of
instruction is extensive and thorough.
The leading principles of the College are,
that all medical treatment should be of a safe
and restorative, instead of a dangerous or de
bilitant character, that knowledge should be
sought freely from all sources, and that no
medical creed should be enforced by proscrip
tive associations. The Eclectic system of
practice embraces a great number of medicines
and remedial measures, not generally known
or used, and its success is believed to be une
qualled.
Further information can be obtained by ad
dressing Jos. R. Buchanan, M. D., Dean. *
Burial in Cities.
Burial was not allowed in cities, says Stave
ly, till the time of Gregory VIII: lor then it
was the priests and Monks began to pray and
perform offices for souls departed, and for their
more ease and belter accommodation therein, it
was first indulged to have sepultures near the
churches ; Gregory himself, wit li several other
Popes, being buried in the outmost porch, be
fore the Church of St. Peter, as Onuphius anno
tates to Platina. And so it was that Cuthbert
XI, Archbishop of Canterbury, happening to be
at Rome, and observing the way of burial there,
obtained lrom the Pope a dispensation for ma
king of cemeteries or church yards, within
town and cities throughout England. *
Lopez and Cuba.
Gen. Lopez was lately presented with a
sword and flag—the latter wrought by the hands
of the fair daughters of Cuba, in behalf of the
Cubans residing in New-York, Philadelphia,
and Boston. Miguel T. Tolon, made a speech
on the occasion, and Gen. Lopez, in his res
ponse said:
“This flag shall be the regimental flag of the
first body that shall be organized on our coun
try’s soil, which shall bear the proud name of
the regiment of the “Daughters of Cuba.”
It shall wave above the Moro, or it shall be my
winding sheet in a Cuban grave, which shall
serve to mark another step in the onward
march of the revolution you justly call inevita
ble. *
Jenny Lind and the Quakers.
A friend in Philadelphia gave us the follow
ing ‘item,’ which we, in turn, give to our read
ders. At a quaker meeting held a few even
ings since, the ‘spirit moved’ one of the good
members to caution the brethren and sisters
against the vanities and follies of the world,
and especially the young men and maidens
against “that celebrated singing woman, Jane
Lind.”
Mrs. Partington at Jenny Lind’s Concert.
At Mile. Lind’s second Concert at Castle
Garden, New-York, we had the had the pleas
ure of meeting either Mrs. Partington, or one
of her kin. At the close of the magnificent
Cavatina from Norma, (the Casta Diva,) we
he heard an elderly lady behind us remark to
a friend, “Well, now, that is ondoubtedly the
prettiest tune I ever heard,” and she added,
“what come’s next, —let me look at the dia
gram of the Consort.”
(Dnr Hunk UTnhlp.
The Lily and the Totem : or the HugnenoLa in Flori.
da. By the Author of “The Yemassee,” “Life of
Marion,” “Life of Bayard.” etc. New-York: Baker
&. Scribner, 1850.
The South is largely indebted to Mr. Simms
for previous labours in the field of her early his
tory. He has pursued his researches in this
department of literature, with equal industry
and success, and has made fitting record of nu
merous facts and events of the greatest impor
tance, which were rapidly passing from the
memories of men, at the same time pointing
out, as far as possible, the locale of each, and
investing it with new interest, by causing us to
look at it in its most picturesque aspects, and
through the warm atmosphere which his own
rich fancy has thrown around it. The work
before us renders still heavier our obligations,
and adds to the well-earned, and deservedly
high reputation of its author.
The Lily and the Totem belongs to that class
of works, which has been denominated the
Romance of History. The work is composed
of a series of “ Sketches, Picturesque and His
torical, of the Colonies of Coligni in America,”
in which the legendary and the romantic are
skilfully interwoven with the literal facts of
the strictly historical narrative. The fiction is
everywhere, however, made subordinate to the
fact. Mr. Simms says in his preface :
“ I have been studious to preserve all the vi
tal details of the event, as embodied in the re
cord, and have only ventured my own “ graf
tings” upon it in those portions of the history,
which exhibited a certain baldness in their de
tails, and seemed to demand the helping agency
of art. In thus interweaving the history with
the fiction, I have been solicitous always of
those proprieties and of that varisemb/ance, in
the introduction of new details, which are es
sential to the chief characteristics of the histo
ry ; seeking equally to preserve the general in
tegrity of the record from which I draw my ma
terials, and of that art which aims to present
them in a costume the most picturesque. My
labour has been not to make, but to perfect, a
history ; not to invent facts, but to trace them
out to seemingly inevitable results ; to take the
premises and work out the problem ; recogni
zing the meagre record which affords simply a
general outline ; and endeavour, by a severe
induction, to supply its details and processes.
I have been at no such pains to disguise the
chronicle, as will prevent the reader from sepa
rating,—should he desire to do so, —the cer
tain from the conjectural ; and yet, I trust,
that I have succeeded in so linking the two to
gether, as to prevent the lines of junction from
obtruding themselves offensively upou his con
sciousness.”
The records and traditions, which have been
handed down to us, of the early attempts—suc
cessful, at last, ot the French and Spanish, to
plant colonies in the Southern portions of this
country, barren of details as most of them are>
furnish materials for the historian, which have
been too long neglected. A large portion
of the field is still unoccupied. Os all avail
able facts concerning the Colonies of Ad
miral Coligni in Florida, however, the au
thor of The Lily and the Totem, has
made the beat possible use. The work is
equally creditable to him as a historian and as
a romancer. It displays the richness of hi 9
fancy, and the fertility of his imagination, no
less than his fidelity and research, and unless
we greatly err in our judgment, it will take a
prominent place among the best productions ot
its class. We cannot forbear the expression ot
a hope that this exceedingly pleasant volume
will be followed by others in a similar vein.
Among the episodical legends which so pleas
ingly break the monotony of the regular narra
tive, we have read those of “Guemache,” “Ira
cana,” and “Alphonse d’Erlach,” with most in
terest. We class them among Mr. Simms’
happiest efforts. We shall endeavor to find
room for one of them in our next.
The work is handsomely printed and bound,
and is creditable to its publishers as well as to
its author. *
1. The Slaves or England. The Seamstress ; a Tale
of Domestic Life. By G. W. M. Reynolds, author
of “ Ellen Monroe,” &c. New-York : Stringer k
Townsend, 1860.
2. My Peninsular Medal. By an old Peninsular-
New-York : Stringer and Townsend, 1850.
We owe copies of these two interesting pub
lications to Messrs. Courtenay & Weinges,
young and enterprising booksellers, who have
succeeded to the business, just below us, for
merly occupied by that veteran “of the corner,”
Mr. Amos Head. The first of these stories is
from a writer who has made himself famous
in that dark and passionate school, of which
Sue is probably the greaiest living master. Mr.
Reynolds scarcely tails behind hint in intensity
and power. His stories are usually of the most
terrific and startling character. He does, in his
horrible development of the crimes of society,
for London, what Sue does for the same mate
rial, at Paris. The present story is of a most
tragic character. It has another quality by
which to recommend it. It shows the cruelty
and injustice practiced upon the poor weak wo
men of a great metropolis. How they starve
and suffer, and by what processes they are in
evitably forced from the paths of virtue.
“The Peninsular Medal” is a work of a diffe
rent character. It is not so much the narrative
of warlike events, as a sort of portraiture of
old veterans and raw recruits, in camp and bar
racks ; how they practice upon one another ;
what are their sports and humours,and how they
console themselves amidst the privations of the
field, by recklessness and waggery. An amu
sing chronicle drawn from the life.
The Companion. After Dinner Table Talk. By Cliet
wood Evelyn, Esq. One vol. 12nio. New-York : Geo.
P. Putnam.
This is a pleasant collection of good things
and rare things, from a great variety of sources;
just the volume to read in a railway carriage,
or in odd minutes at home. It is a common
place book,” but the reader will find its extracts
far from being common-place. We subjoin a
single specimen :
The following playful colloquy in verse, took
place at a dinner table, between Sir George
Rose, and [James] Smith, in allusion to Craven
Street Strand, where he resided.
J. S.—
“ In Craven-street Strand, ten Attorney’s find place,
And ten dark coal-barges are moored at its base ;
Fly, Honesty, fly to some safer retreat,
For there’s craft in the river, and craft iu the street. ”
Sir G. R
“Why should Honesty fly to some safer retreat,
From Attorney’s and barges, ’od rot eni?
For the Lawyers are just at the top of the street,
And the barges are just at the bottom.”
Life Here and There : or Sketches of Society and
Adventures, at far apart times and places. By N. P.
Willis. One vol. 12mo. New-York: Baker & Scrib
ner.
The volume before us is uniform with the
same publisher’s previous collection of Mr.
Willis’s Miscellanies, under names equally
quaint with that of the present work. They
are giving to the public, in a good library shape,
many of the best things of Mr. Willis, who is
unquestionably a capital story teller, and is al
ways sure of his reader’s pleased attention.
“Life here and There,” contains among many
other well known stories, those of Edith Lind
sey ; Pedlar Karl, and Ernest Clay. It is, of
course, unnecessary for us to commend this
book to the admirers of Mr. Willis. To others
we may say that it is full of light, gossipy, and
sparkling sketches, which will serve to while
away many an otherwise dull hour.
Miemoirs of the Life of Anne Boleyn, Queen of
Henry VIII. By Miss Benger. With a Memoir of the
author, by Miss Aiken. One vol, 12mo.
The life of Queen Anne Boleyn, affords one
of the most remarkable instances on record of
the vanity of human ambition, even when it
achieves its highest aim. It is fraught with
deep and singular interest, and, as related by
the accomplished authoress, is seen in a pecu
liarly picturesque light. We cordially com
mend the book as one in every respect, worthy
of the reader’s attention. It is beautifully print
ed and illustrated with an engraved portrait of
Anne Boleyn.
Spectacles, their Uses and Abuses. By J. Sichel,
M. D., of the Faculties of Berlin and Paris. Translated
from the French by Henry W. Williams, M. D., Fel.
low of the Massachusetts Medical Society. Boston:
Phillips, Sampson & Cos., 1850.
This work, we doubt not, will be found a
valuable contribution to Medical Literature. It
occupies a place, hitherto unfilled, and as it
comes from the highest European authority en
tire reliance may be placed upon it. We
would call the attention of the faculty to it
that they may examine and judge for them
selves. *
The Farmer’s Guide to Scientific and Practical
Agriculture. New-York: Leonard, Scott & Cos.
Numbers 7 and 9, (8 missing) have been
received from the publishers, through Mr. Rus
sell, King-street. We have so frequently com
mended the work, that we need not repeat our
words of praise here. *
Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution. By
Benson J. Lossing. New-York: Harper & Brothers,
1850.
No 6 of this serial has come to hand, and is
not inferior to its predecessors. The illustra
tions in this work are perfect gent 9 of art, in
their way. *
(Dur iCnutfinjiflninrs.
Our thanks are due to the North Caro
lina Star for its kind words in our behalf, and
in behalf of the cause of literature in the
South.
California Weekly Courier comes to
our table from San Francisco, full of golden
tales, and tales of robbery, murder and Lynch
law. It is published by Crane & Rice, Editors
and Proprietors, at the “ low price” of $25.00
per annum, payable in advance.
We have received La Gazette Fran
cois, from Boston, and shall have more to say
of it anon. *
Harper's New Monthly. The Sep
tember number-of this new, but already popu
lar Magazine, is on our table. It offers the
reader a vast amount of choice Literature at
the lowest rate, the work being published at
$3.00 per annum, and each number containing
144 pages octavo.
The September issue of the Western
Literary Messenger, being the first number of
its fifteenth volume, has been received. The
Messenger is no showy, pretentious or flashy
publication, but depends upon its intrinsic mer
its, which are neither few nor small, for popu
larity. We wish it continued success.
Sartain’s Union Magazine for October
is already on our table. Among the noticea
ble things in this number are, a“ Portrait” and
“ Memoir” of Col. Fremont, a poem on “Au
tumn,’ by R. H. Stoddard, and “ The Poetic
Principle” from an unpublished manuscript of
Edgar A. Poe.
We have received from John Russell,
King-street, the August number of the une
qualled Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine.
It contains some capital papers, among which
are “ Courtship in the Reign of James the
First,” Antiquities of Scotland,” “ African
Sporting,” and a story entitled “A Family-
Feud,’ translated from the German.
The International, for October. New
\ ork : Stringer & Townsend. This is the
best International yet issued, and the Interna
tional is the best American Periodical now
published. It is an invaluable Miscellany of
original and eclectic matter, and cheap almost
without a parallel. We commend it to our
readers, with the utmost confidence that they
will find it all that we have said, now and
heretofore.
(Dnr }'nst-sng.
[Under this head we shall reply to many letters, contain,
ing queries or suggestionsupon subjected’ general interest
Instead of answering them, as heretofore, by post. This
will save us time, and “time is money.” We are very
glad to receive letters from our subscribers, and it only re
quires that the postage be paid to ensure prompt attention
Eds.']
G. R. S. “ No.”
Nillo. We will comply with your request.
X. \ . 7j. “Lines to ” are not admissi
ble.
* * * \ our lines to Miss are res
pectfully declined. The public, we fear
would not appreciate them.
Master C. — Ihe Schoolfellow was delayed
last month, on account of the prevailing epidem
ic, and we have n*>t been able to quite
our lost ground, this month.
Clara. Ihe Drawing Room Journal is
published in Philadelphia, and not in New
\ ork, as you suppose. Address Charles J.
Dalmas, Publisher.
Ann R. 1., Fort Moultrie. Your solution of
the Charade is correct, and the verse very pret
ty, but it catne too late for the Schoolfellow.
You must ‘try again.’
W. D., Boston. ’1 he Senior Editor and both
of the Publishers ol the Gazalte are absent
f.ont the city. On their return, your letter will
be laid befoie them.
“A Subscriber,” who sent u- the Story, enti
tled “ Mary Catharine Wentworth.” You
must give us your name. We cannot publish
anonymous articles. We do nor require that
the real name of the w-ritet be given to the pub
lic. Our correspondents can assume any notn
de plume they’ choose, before the readers of the
Gazette, but the Editors, being responsible to
the public for whatever they publish, must
know who is responsible to them. *
(Eijr jteirnl itfnrlil.
Jenny Lind’s Songs.—Messrs. Wm. Hall
& Son. of New-York, hate published three
elegant volumes, containing the Swedish Melo
dies, Ballads, and Operatic Songs of Mile.
Jenny Lind, as sung by her in Europe, and as
they will be sung by her in this country. To
praise them would be to “paint the lilly,”—
and we have no time for needless tasks. A
vo! ume is devoted to each class of her Songs,
and they are published in the best style of the
day. with vignettes. ’l'b “Swedish Melodies”
will become, perhaps, the most popular of all,
when they have been sung among us by the
matchless voice of Jenny Lind, and their ex
quisite sweetness and beauty made apparent.
The enterprising publisher deserves the thanks
of the musical world for this invaluable collec
tion of Songs, published at such a very reasona
ble price, as to ensure an immense sale. Our
Charleston readers can obtain them at the Mu
sic Store of Mr. George Oates.
touitifs.
The Statue of Calhoun has not yet been
recovered.
Louis Phillippe died on the 26th of Au
gust.
The Mercury,of this city, calls the Jenny
Lind Prize Song “trash !” Well, “De gustibus
non est disputandum.”
On dit that there is an editor in Ala
bama who has two wives. There are some in
South-Carolina who have not even one.
There is an Indian woman in New-
York, whose name is Miss Now-ne-she-ke
joke, or, “the sun in the centre of the sky.”
Mr. Edmund Lafayette is at present in
New-York. He is a grandson of General La
fayette.
There are about 250 daily papers pub
lished in this country, accoiding to the New-
York Tribune, of which number, 15 are issued
in New-York.
A compositor lately created quite a
breeze, by dropping a letter fiom the title of a
pious work, entitled the “Lives of the Saints.’
He made it the “ Lies of the Saints.”
Col. Chesney, who commanded an ex
pedition sent out by the British government, to
explore the Euphrates, thinks he has ascer
tained satisfactorily the site of Paradise, in
Central Arminia !
The Prize Song is the subject of a good
deal of conversation and speculation. It seems
that the author’s first stanza has been omitted
entirely, in the publication of it. We hear ru
mours of the forthcoming into print of others of
the competing efforts for the ptize.
By an act of Congress, which look ef
fect on the Ist ult., “slick quarters pass for
twenty cents ; twelve and a half cent pieces for
ten cents, and six and a quarter cent peiees for
five cents. It would be well for our people to
remember this.
On Saturday last, there was washed
ashore on Fire Island, about four miles in an
easterly direction from the wreck of the Eliza
beth, a box containing a marble statue. It
represents a boy about fifteen years of age, in a
state of nudity, standing in a tub of grapes.
At Manzanilla, 300 men are engaged
upon the preliniary work for the road across the
Isthmus, and it is expeeted that 700 more
would before long, be added to them. Some
laborers had arrived from the Island of Ja
maica.
Kah-ge-ga-geh-bowh, the Ojibway
Chief, and Rev E. H. Chapin, a Universalist
Clergyman, of New-York, seem to have aston
ished and overwhelmed the Germans, with a
perfect torrent of trans-Atlantic eloquence, at
he Peace Congress, at Frankfort on the Maine.
The following lines form a part of a
very curious “ Address to Jenny Lind,” which
appeared in the IVibune. It is by one ol the
Ottar family, and is called a Norannic Wel
come :
“ Himniglaefa down from heaven
Bows her cloud-invading head,
Dritanow to slumber given,
Keeps the night-watch of the dead:
Blothughadda, Hetring, Hravan,
Hush the surging of tiie main:
Bylga, Uthr, Kolga, Drain,
Laugh and dimple in thy train,”
G. P. R. James, the Novelist, has com
menced his lectures in Boston.
The Rev. Henry B. Baseom, one of the
Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, died at Louisville, Ky„ on Sunday, the
Bth inst.
Gov. Towns, of Georgia, has issued his
Proclamation, calling a Convention of the peo
ple of Georgia, to consider what measures the
late acts of Congress have rendered necessary.
The New-York Post states that Mr.
Skerret, the comic actor, formerly attached to
the Baltimore Museum, has, by a recent death
of a relative in England, become a baronet.
He is now Sir George Skerrett.
Mr. Ferdinand Lasteyrie, at present a
member of the National Assembly of France,
who married a neice of Governor Seabrook, of
South-Carolina, came passenger in the same
steamer wuh Mr. Lafayette.
P. T. Barnum, says the Boston Trum
pet, was once a Universalist Preacher, in Con
necticut, was imprisoned for an alledged libel,
and afterwards went penniless to New-York,
where he rapidly accumulated a fortune.
The Nashville Banner says that the
new capitol of Tennessee, now in course of
erection in that city, will, when completed, be
the noblest structure of the kind in the Union.
The roof is to be of iron, and no wood at all is
used in its exterior.
California.
By the steamship Philadelphia, we have two
weeks later uews from California. The Phil
adelphia brought $1,000,000 in gold dust. The
news from the mines is favorable. In relation
to the terrible riot at Sacramento City, we
give the following particulars, gathered from
the Alta Californian :
TERRIBLE RIOT AT SACRAMENTO!
Collision between the Landholders and Sqat
ters !—Major Bigelow,Assessor Woodland
and several citizens killed !—Martial Law
proclaimed!—Troops ordered from Brene
cia !—Tremendous Excitement !
The news which the Senator brings from
Sacramento is exciting in the extreme. Riot
and death rule the hour ! The long expected
collision between the land holders and squat
ters has at last taken place. The battle has
begun—God knows when and where it will
end !
Capt. Van Pelt of the Senator, has furnished
us witn the following information :
“An armed body of the Squatters proceeded
through the streets, about a quarter after one
o’clock, yesterday, and were interrupted by the
authorities, and opposed by portions of the cit
izens. An aflf ay soon commenced, and the
city was aroused to arms. Mayor Bigelow
was shot in three places, and died in fifteen
minutes after. J. W. Woodland, City Asses
sor, was shot dead, and several citizens killed
and wounded.”
Our correspondent informs us that Dr. Rob
inson, the leader of the Squatters, was shot
through the head. His horse was first killed
under him. Several of the squatters were kil
led and wounded. Their ranks were swollen
from the 60 first engaged in the afi’ray to a
body of armed men, numbering between 700
and 800 before the Senator left. The keepers
of gaming houses and sporting men generally
sided with the real estate owners, or citizens
proper. A tremendous force was fastaccumu
ting.
The war continued to rage as the Senator
left. The discharge of fire arms was head in
every part of the city. Martial law has been
has been proclaimed, and the excitement is
intense throughout Sacramento.
The Gold Hunter, having on board Lieuten
ant Governor McDougal,came down to Benjo
la last evening, and was to return immediately
with troops and arms.
Couriers have been started to San Jose, and
the Governor will probably repair at once to the
scene of riot.
Our military citizen companies in the State
will probably be required to march under arms
to Sacramento.
It appears the squatters were proceeding to
liberate two of their party confined on board
the prison ship, where they had been commit
ted the day previous, when they were confront
ed by Mayor Bigelow and Members of the Cor
poration. A little girl was wounded in the
streets by a chance ball. The squatters were
assembling at the corner of J and Ninth-streets
in deliberation, and it was feared an attempt
would be made to destroy the city by fire.
Sheriff McKinney was shot through the arm.
<Elje jJlnusalrmn.
DIED,
On the 4th instant., Mrs. ISABELLA MO
SES, consort of Mr. Solomon Moses, in the
56th year of her age.
On Wednesday, the 18th inst., at Richmond,
Va., on her way home, after an iliness, of a few
days, Miss LUCINDA E. WHITTEMORE,
of this city, eldest daughter of Mrs. Lucinda S.
Whittemore.
On Wednesday morning, the 18th inst., at
Clinton, S, C. Mr. M. J. WROTON, after two
days of severe illness, aged 25.
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By his Excellency Whitmarsh B. Seabrook, Govern.
or and Commander-in-Chief in and over the State of
South Carolina:
WHEREAS.it is the duty of every religious communi
ty to acknowledge, at stated perio Is, their dependance on
Almighty God, to expr ‘ss *heir gratitude for past mercies,
and humbly to implor • his blessing lor the future :
No w, therefore, I, W H ITEM ARS H B. SEA B ROOK,
Governor of South. Carolina, do hereby r*comm*nd lo
the people of the State to observe the F< )URTH THU RS
DAY in October next, as a day of Tnanksgiving, Hu
miliation. and Prayer: and to assemble at their respective
places of worship, 1 1 otfer up their devotions to that Be.
ing, who has assigned ns a home, rich in the best limits of
the Earth, and distinguished tor the excellence of its reli
gious, political, social and civil institutions.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State, at
Columbia, this twenty-third day of September, in
the year of our Lord one thousand seven huudred
and fifty, and the seventy-fourth year of American
Independence.
WHITEMARSH B. SEABROOK.
B. K. Henkoan, Secretary of State.
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Sept 25
Gi:\lN HATTER, -
314 BROADWAY, NEW-YORK,
JVezt door to Harnum’s Museum.
J. N. GENIN invites the attention of the gentlemen
about to visit New-York. and the public generally,
to his splendid FALL FASHION ot
FOUR DOLLAR HATS for 1850.
Superior in style, workmanship, richnen. and all the
qualities which belon.- to a first rate and fashionable fab
ric, to any FIVE DOLLAR HAT in the trade. His
stock of
FANCY HATS AND CAPS FOR CHILDREN
comprehends a'l the newest Paris patterns, and a variety
of superb original designs prepared under Ins own eye and
made in his own factory. He would also call attention to
his splendid.
RIDING HATS FOR LADIES,
and Ladies’ Riding-Whips and Gloves, of thesamestyleas
those recently presented by him to Jenny Lind, so warmly
approved in her autograph letter of reply. In the manu
facture of
ARMY AND NAVY CHAPEAUX
and fatigue and undess Caps his artists cannot be equalled
in the Union. A rich and varied assortment of the finest
Furs also torm a part of his stock, together with
CHOICE PARISIAN AND AMERICAN
UMBRELLAS.
Elegantly mounted WALKING CANES, BRUSH
ES, CARPET BAGS, RIDING-WHIPS, and other
articles.
All these, be it observed, will be sold at the most rea
sonable rates.
MODERATE PRICES AND AN EXTENSIVE
BUSINESS
being the motto of GENIN, 214 Broadway,
opposite St. Paul’s Church, and
next door to Barnum’s Museum.
WILLARD'S HOTEL.
E. D. WILLARD, Proprietor.
Pennsylvania Avenue, corner of 14tA street,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
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ilpjinintnirnts.
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Rev. William Richards, Mr. Robert E.Seyle,
Mr. Matthew J. VVroton, J. J. Richards, S. P
Richards.
U* Mr. A. H. Mazyck is our General Agent
for Charleston.
[CrGeorge W. Bell is our Agent for Kershaw
and the neighbouring Districts.
O’ Warren D. Chapman is our Agent for
Spartanburg and surrounding Di.-tricts.
O’ All Postmasters are authorized to act as
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THE TRAVELLER'S UIIDE.
ROUTES FROM CHARI. STON.
From Charleston to .Yew- York. Leaving dnilv at 3‘i
o’clock p. Jt. By Steamer to Wilmington 180 miles.—By
Railroad to Weldon 162 miles. —To Petersburg 63. —To
Richmond 32.—T0 Acquia < ‘reek 70.—8 y Steamer to
Washington 55.—8 y Railroad to Baltimore 40.—T0 Phil
adelphia92.—To Nevr-York 87. Total distance 771 miles.
Time 60 hours. Fare S2O.
The “Southerner” (Steamship) leaves Charleston every
tenth day after the 27rdi of April, at 4 o’clock p. M. Thro’
in 60 hours. Fare (State-Room) $25.
From Charleston to Philadelphia. —The Osprey leaves
Charleston every oilier Saturday, at 4 o’clock, p. m. —
through in 60 hours. Fare S2O.
From Charleston to .Yew-Orleans. Leaving daily at
10o’clock a. M. By B.C. Railroad to Augusta 136 miles.
—By Georgia Railroad to Atlanta 171.—8 y Macon and
Western Radroad to Griffin 42. By Stage to Opelaka
95. —By Railroad to Montgomery 65.—8 y Steamer to
Mobile33l. —To New-Orleans 166. Total distance 1,000
miles. Time 123 hours. Fare $39.50.
FYom Charleston to-Yew- Orleans, via. Savannah,daily
at 9a. M. By Steamer to Savannah 140 miles. —By Cen
tral Railroad to Macon 190. —By Macon and Western Rail
road to Barnesville 40.—8 y Stage to Opelaka 100.—By-
Railroad to Montgomery 6).—By Steamer to Mobile 331. —
To New-Orleans 166. Total distance 1,032 miles. Time
77 hours. Fare $39.50.
MISCELLANEOUS TABLE.
Distances. Fare. Time.
To Athens, Ga., 251 m. $i,95 20 h.
“ Chattanooga, Tenn., 445 13,12 31
“ Columbia, S. C., 130 4,00 8
“ Camden. S. C., 142 4,00 9
“ Hamburg, S. C., 136 4.00 8
“ Mcm his, Tenn., 740 28,00
Passengers for either of the above places leave Charles,
ton, daily, by S. C. Railroad, at 10 o’clock a. m.
SECOND ANNUAL FAIR OF TIIE SOUTH
CAROLINA INSTITUTE,
OPEN O.Y THE 18t/i NOEEM HER JYF.XT.
The second annual Fair of the South Carolina Institute,
for the promotion of Art, Mechanical Ingenuity, &c.,
will be held in Charleston, opening on the 18th November,
and to continue during the week.
Specimens of every branch of Industry are earnestly
solicited. Premiums will be awarded —for the best speci
mens, a Silver Medal; for the next best, a Diploma. For
Original Inventions, a suitable premium, at the discretion
of the judges.
A selection will be made of the best specimen of Me
chanism and the Arts—of Cotton, Rice, Sugar, Tobacco.
Corn, Wheat, Flour, Rosin and Turpentine—and sent to
the World’s Fair, to beheld in London in the Spring ot
1851.
A large and commodious building has been selected for
the Exhibition, and every attention will be paid to the re
ception and care of articles sent to the Fair. AH article
must be directed to L. M. Hatch, Chairman of Commit
tee of Arrangements, and be delivered by the 14th oi
November.
Communications addressed to James H. Taylor,
Chairman of Committee on Correspondence, will meet
with prompt attention.
The Hon. JO’S. H. LUMPKIN, of Georgia, will de
liver the Annual Address, on Tuesday night, the 18th
November.
Arrangements have been made with the Sooth Carolina
Rail Road Company, to let all articles intended for the
Fair, return free of charge.
WM. GREGG, President.
E. C. Jones, Secretary.
itfnlkfr’s (Carta.
JOSEPH WALKER,
lUI EAST BAY,
Dealer in Paper, Stationery and Account Books, Printing
and Book Binding. Also, Agent tor John T. White,
Type and Stereotype Founder; R. Hoe & Cos., Printing
Press Maker; V. Mcßee it Sons’ Paper Mills, and of va
rious Printing Inks.
JOSEPH WALKER,
AGENT FOR THE SALE OF
TYPE, PRESSES AND PRINTING MATERIALS
Os all kinds, at New York prices, actual expenses from
New York to Charleston only added.
AGENT FOR
JOHN T. WHITE, TYPE-FOUNDER,
Whose Foundry has been in operation over forty years,
and for beauty and variety of Type, Borders, &c., is sur
passed by none. Constantly on hand. Brass Ri le,
Cases, (1i oins, Leads, Chases, Furniture. Reg.
let, Lye Brushes, Mallets, Shooting Sticks,
Proof Brushes, Bodkins, Plaineks. Also, a large
variety of
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ALSO, AGENT FOR
R. HUE & CO.,
CELEBRATED PRINTING-PRESS MANUFACTURERS.
Every Press, &0.. made by them, will be furnished at
shortest notice and lowest price.
PRINTING INKS.
Constantly on hand, a large stock of the very best war
ranted Inks, Book and News Printing Inds, Fancy Col
oured Inks, at greatly reduced rates, say from 75 cents per
pound and upwards.
PAPER WAREHOUSE,
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JOSEPH WALKER,
DEALER IN
PRINTING, WRINTING, WRAPPING AND EN
VELOPE PAPER OF EVERY VARIETY.
Printing Paper.— Constantly on hand, a large stock
of Newspaper, of various sizes—2o * 30, 22 x 32 , 23 x 3:.
24 x 34, -4 x 36, 26 x 38, 26 x 40 ■ and also Medium and
Double Medium Book Printing Paper, of different quality.
Agent for V. Mcßee & Son, Greenville, S. C., Paper
Mills. Newspaper of every kind made to order. Also in
receipt constantly, direct from the Northern Mills, Paper
of all kinds.
Writing Paper.— English, French and American
Letter, Cap, Folio, Commercial and Packet Post, Demy,
Medium, Royal and Super Royal Papers, ruled and plain,
o! every variety, and atall prices—alarge stock constant!)
on hand.
Wrapping, Envelope, Coloured Medium Paper,
of all kinds and descriptions always on hand and for sab
low.
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101 EAST BAY.
JOSEPH WALKER,
DEALER IN
PAPER, S TJI TIONER Y AND BLANK BOOKS,
Has constantly on hand, a large assortment of fine Eng
lish, French and American Stationery, of every descrip
tion, consisting in part of: Sealing Wax, Waters, CAuills,
Ruhr-, Steel Pens Ink Stands, Slates, Wafer Stamps,
Pen Racks, Wax Tapers, Red Tape, Lead Pencils, India
Rubber, Desk Weights. &c.
GOLD PENS, GOLD & SILVER PENCIL CASES.
A large variety of Levi Brown and many other marks.
INK.
Black, Blue, Red, Copying and Marking Inks, of the
best kinds.
PEN AND DESK KNIVES.
A beautiful assortment of the finest Cutlery of every de
scription.
COPYING PRESSES,
A variety of patterns and prices. Also, Copying Books,
Brushes, Oil Paper, etc.
BLANK lIOOK -MANUFACTORY dr FANCY
BOOK BINDING.
JOSEPH WALKER,
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Banks, Public Offices, Merchant*, and others, can have
their Books Ruled to any pattern, and Bound in the very
best manner, either in lull Russia, extra Russia Bands.
Full Round, or Half Binding, and made of the very best
English blue laid, French and American papers, made
expressly to order, at the same price that the same quality
cf work is done in New York.
FANCY BINDING.
Books, Pamphlets, Music, etc., bound in the neatest
and best style, either in Call:’, Morocco, Russia, or plain
Sheep Binfling.
In the above establishment no pains orexpensehavebeen
spared to have all work executed in the best manner.
STEAM POWER-PRESS PRINTING.
WALKER At JAMES,
BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS,
NOS. 101 AND 103 EAST BAY,
Having added to their Office, Steam Power. Presses, ami
large touts of the latest kind of Book Type, are prepared
to execute all kinds of
BOOK AND PAMPHLET PRINTING,
in the very best manner, and at greatly reduced prices.
Also, having added a great variety of Fancy Types,
Borders, etc., to their already extensive Office, they are
prepared to execute
JOB PRINTING OF EVERY VARIETY,
SUCH AS
CHECKS, CIRCULARS,
BILLS-LADING, BALL INFITA TIONS
BILL- HEADS, BRIEFS.
RECEIPTS, HAND BILLS, <sc.
which will be done in the best manner and on most rea.
souable terms.
CARD-PRESS PRINTING.
Cards of all kinds by Steam, at greatly reduced rates.
BENJAMIN F. PORTER,
(LATE OF TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA,)
Has opened an office in this city, and respectfully offers his
services to the public as an A TTORNE Y and COUN
SELLOR AT LAW and SOLICITOR IN CHAN■
CF.R Y. His extensive acquaintance with the population
of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia, and
with the loeal [aws of those States, will enable him not
only to impart important information to merchants, but to
introduce customers.
He will take claims on persons in those States and for
ward them to responsible agents, for whose fidelity he will
answer.
Office on Broad-street, in the building occupied by
Messrs. Yeadon St Macbeth.
Charleston, May 4,1850.
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present Publishers.
UNRIVALLED NORTH OR SOUTH !
THE THIRD ANNUAL VOLUME
OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE
Was commenced on Saturday, the 4th of May, 1850
anderits original name —instead of Richards’ Heekip Ga
.ette —as more significant of its peculiiP” character, it being
>be only weekly organ of Literature I die entire South .
GREATLY ENLARGED AND IMPROVED,
Containing weekly Thirty-two Columns of matter.
is, moreover, in an
ENTIRELY NEW DRESS
“ from head to loot,” and upon beautiful white paper, re
that, in mechanical excellence, it shall not be surpassed b
tny paper whatever in the United States! It will ec=tm
ue under the same Editorial direction as heretofore, audit*
pains or expense wil! be spared to make it
A CHOICE FAMILY NEWSPAPER
‘as cheap as the cheapest, and as good as the best!
Utterly discarding the notion that a Southern journal can
iot compete with the Northern weeklies, in cheapness and
interest, ~,
THE SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE
Shall rival the best of them in all the characteristics of a
truly valuable fireside Journal. Its aim will be the diflu.
-ion of cultivated and refined taste throughout the com.
niunity—and it will embrace in its ample folds every spa
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 ol choice mis
oellany. selected from the best American and European
sources
The tone of the “Gazette” will be independent in critj
ism 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 &. LANDSCAPES,
engraved expressly for the work, and accompanied by
biographical and topographical sketches. A portrait of
the Hon. Judge Lumpkin, of Georgia, appeared in the
first number, and others will follow at monthly intervals
ITS GENERAL INFORMATION
will be copious, butcarelully condensed Iron- the leading
Journals of all parts of the world.
No. withstanding the great increase in the size am* 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 ont
address, on the following terms:
Three copies, $5
Five copies, 8
Ten copies, 15
Fifteen copies, 20
Twenty copies, 25
Fifty copies, 60
All orders must be accompanied with the money
and addressed, post-paid, to
WALKER & RICHARDS.
Charleston, 8. C.
N. B. —Editors who will copy, or notice fully, this Pro
pectus, shall receive the Gazette regularly, and also
beautiful Juvenile Magazine, entitled “The Bchoolf
low.”
TIIK BUST AND CHEAPEST JUVENILE
MAGAZINE IN THE UNITED SPATES.
On the 15th of January, 1850, was published at
Charleston, S. C., the first uamber of the Second An.
naal Volume of
THE SCHOOLFEJ.LOW,
which has been pronounced by some of the ablest presses
and best judges, “ The best and cheapest Juvenile Mag.
azine in the United States.” The success of this beauti
ful little work during its first year has been so flattering
that the Pnblishers 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 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.
foseph C. Neal, Mrs, W. C. Richards, Mrs. C. W. Du-
Bose, Miss Tuthill, Caroline Howard, Miss C. W. Bar
her, Clara Moreton, Maria Roseau, the Editor, and many
other well known writers.
ITS PICTORIAL EMBELLISHMENTS
will be more numerous and beautiful than before; it wil
be printed niton finer paper, and no pains will be spared to
make it a mist charming companion for all good girls and
bops. It will be published on the fifteenth of each month,
tnd 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 ; Twentythree copies for sls, and Thirty,
two copies for $20!!
THE FIRST VOLUME,
beautifully bound in gilt muslin, will be furnished in con
lection with the second Year for Two Dollars. To
clubs, it will besupplied at One Dollar for each copy.
All orders must be accompanied with the cash—
if by mail, post-paid.
Clubs should be made up as early as practicable
arid those wishing volume first, should apply immediately
t 0 WALKER & RICHARDS.
May 4, 1850. Char.eston, S. C.
*** Editors copying this Prospectus, or making suitable
notice, shall receive a copy of the work without an ex
change. They will pleas send marked copies of their
papers containing it to the ‘ Gazette.”
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. 8.
The Undersigned, Editor of the “ Southern Lite
rary Gazette,” begs leave to inform the public that
he nas op.-ned a Genera) Agency tor the transaction of
any business connected with Literature, Science an-
Art. He will correspond with authors concerning the
publication of books and pamphlets upon their own ac.
count, or otherwise ; execute any commission for gentle,
men forming libraries ; forward subscriptions for any perl
odica) work, American or European ; receive and execute
promptly commissions for any work of Art; supply accu
rate estimates of the cost ol Philosophical Instruments,
order them at his own risk and guarantee their efficiency.
All communications must be addressed, prepaid, to
WM. C. RICHARDS.
No charge will be made for any service required
by his brethren of the press, w ho wil! oblige him by pub.
lishing this notice.
ENGRAVING.
THE subscriber would inform Authors, Publishers and
Printers, that he still continues to carry on the busi
nessof ENGRAVING ON WOOD, in all its branches.
His facilities aresuch that he is enabled toexecuteall orders
promptly, and in every style of the Art, upon the roost
reasonable terms: while the experience of many years
enables him to feel perfect confidence in his efforts to give
satisfaction to all who may favour him with their patron,
age. N. ORR, 151 Fulton-street, New York.
Jane 6
THOMAS, COM PERTH WAIT At C0.,~
BOOKSELLERS,
PUBLISHERS AND STATIONERS,
523 market-street, Philadelphia,
Publish Mitchell’s Geography and Atlas, Primary Geo
graphy, Intermediate Geography, Ancient Geography
and Atlas Universal Atlas, with nearly eighty beautifully
edoured Maps; Pocket Mapso! the United State* and of
the different S ates ot the Union ; Swan’s senes of School
Readers, Spelling Kook and Primary Spelling Book;
Greene s Enghsh Grammar, and Greene’s Analysis of the
English La"gua ? e:F A. Adams Arithmetics, parts 1
811(12; Peniiock s Histories ot England, France Rome
and Greece; P.cott sser.esof Elementary Books in learn!
mg French; Frost s I. nited States, &e
And they offer for sale at the lowest prices the 1-ireest
prices the largest stock in the countr) of SCHOOL
CLASSICAL, LAW. MEDICAL,THEOLOGICAL
and MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS
Orders solicited. 6mo July IS
FRANKLIN HOUSE.
NEW YORK, May 1, 1850.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his friendsand the
public that he has 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
proprietorrcspeetfully solicits a continuance of the patron
age heretofore soliberallyreceived.
JOHN P. TREADWELL