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V TURDAY MORNING, OCT. 12, 1850.
M.)[o: ABOUT JENNY LIND.
,j.j ie incomparable Songstress of the North
i.-t completed her first series of Grand
,is in New-York, and is now in Boston,
jlnn r there, if possible, a wilder and deeper
,i . ]: pin than that which kindled the hearts
people in this city. In six magnificent
. v ,|.-he appeared before us—each a banquet
flight to nearly ten thousand guests—and
| p ? he was with us, our senses were too
h bewildered to think calmly and to direct
I r pen dispassionately, while her matchless
I mg was the theme of our consideration.
i, , athe more freely, now that she is re
sell 11 another scene, and it is not a little
.ifyjng to us to find, in the echoes of her
uno • th.it already reach us from the Tremont
, tVi abundant proof that the enthusiasm of her
,:,. t American auditors will not long be consid
pu singular or excessive. Wherever she
„, es then* will flow along with her a mighty
~,1,. of exultation, and the brightness of her
j' :tin e will irradiate every city that shall be hon
oured with her presence. We are aware that
our language is strong, but we are writing
r bunt the most wonderful woman of the age,
I nl every word of it is justified by her extraor
dinary gifts and graces. No woman living is
I us popular, at this moment, in both hemispheres,
a- Jenny Lind. She is the object of admira
tion, and, we may add, of profound regard, to
all classes of people. The prince and the
peasant, the scholar, refined in all the subtle
i ~s of learning, and the unlettered boor, the
worshipper of Ait, and the child of Nature,
aiike pay her the unstinted homage of their
In this universal devotion there is something
more than the tribute which we pay to tian
scendant Genius or Art. If Jenny Lind were
vnly the greatest singer in the world—if she
was only the Queen of Song, she would never
have won the fame which now belongs to her ;
her name would not have been spoken by the
Ups of millions, with delight. It would not have
-ufficed to mantle the cheek with the glow of
happiness, to suffuse the eye with the dew of
1 motion, to kindle the heart with the tire of
ail’ection, and to inspire the tongue with the
language of benediction. Jenny Lind is not
-o immeasurably superior in song to other wo
men, as to authorize the supposition that it is to
her Art alone that the world does homage.
There are not wanting those who would
even assign to her a rank somewhat below a
Malibran, a Grisi, and a Pasta ; and yet rround
which of these, or any other of the great prima
and ninas, ever gathered such a halo of renown,
such an atmosphere of devotion and popular
favour, as those which encompass the fair vo
callist of Sweden ?
Our readers will not ask us, what then is
the element in the character of Jenny Lind,
wanting in those other great Priestesses of Song,
to which we have alluded. They will be able
in.-t;mtly to divine that it is her humanity.
She is a true woman, in whom all the virtues
of the female character shine out with a rare
lustre, and in whom are centred excellences,
seldom to be found united with the highest
gilts ot Genius. In their enthusiastic admira
tion of her beneficent character, some of our
contemporaries have called her an angel, and
Jn.i.'inuch as this term conveys to our minds
tiie abstract idea of unselfish goodness, we
could readily pardon the seeming extravagance.
Never, surely, was there more angel-like char
ity, than that which perpetually Hows from her
open baud, as from an inexhaustible fountain.
She dispenses so lavishly the riches which
crown her wonderful vocal efforts, that her
best friends have sometimes remonstrated
with her. To such remonstrances her beautiful
reply has always been, “I feel that God has
bestowed upon me a special gift, with which to
accomplish some good, and not knowing how
long I may be left in possession of it, I desire
to improve it to the utmost of my ability.”
And this noble purpose she is daily fulfilling,
throwing into the tide of benevolence, gifts
whose magnitude astonishes the cold eye of the
man of the world, hut makes the heart of the
humane to thrill with an indescribable rapture,
We are at a loss to express our sense of the no
ble charities of Jenny Lind, and we therefore
leave it unuttered. We intended, in this arti
cle to say something of her last Concert in
New-York, and our readers will probably ex
pect this from us. The only hesitation we
feel in attempting it, arises from the limited
s pace allowed us for the purpose. To say, in a
few paragraphs, what would naturally demand
as many pages is no easy task. But we will
do all we can.
Up to the time of the last Concert, the popu
lar enthusiasm has been steadily increasing,
and every one felt that the last would be the
best Nor was the conviction unrealized. On
Monday, the ticket office was closed, and pla
cards announced that all the tickets were sold.
All the next day, however, crowds surrounded
the office, where tickets were offered for sale by
small speculators, who easily obtained an ad
vance of fifty or a hundred per cent, on the
tickets they re-sold to eager purchasers.
By seven, on Tuesday night, the vast amphi
theatre of the Castle was more densely filled
than it was ever filled before. At least seven
thousand persons w'ere seated in its immense
area, and at eight o’clock, nearly or quite two
thousand holders of “ promenade tickets,”
rushed in, and occupied all the available stand
ing places above and below. Such a sea of
living beings we never before saw within solid
walls, and all were intensely expectant. The
opening overture was that of DerFreyschiitz.the
music of which has a substantial and impres
sive grandeur about it, scarcely surpassed in the
role of Opera. Mr. Beudedict’s admirable Or
chestra gave it with a splendid effect, greatly
heightened by the unusual quiet which pervaded
the amphitheatre, during the initiatory perform
ance of the evening.
We have already spoken in high terms of
the singing of Signor Belleti, but our own, as
well as the public’s estimation of it, has since
vastly increased. Every Concert has added to
■his reputation, and he now stands acknowl
edged as the most attractive baritone singer
who has ever been heard in this city. His
voice is wonderfully melodious, and this quality
quite compensates for any deficiency in volume
which critics may discover. His execution is
certainly unsurpassed, and the vivacity of his
style wins every auditor. His Cavatina of
Eceo il Peno, from Donizetti’s Gemma, was
loudly applauded ; but it was his charming
baracole Suita poppa del mio brik that afford
ed the best display of the flexibility, fullness,
and richness of his voice. In the duo with
Jenny Lind, his brilliant execution was over
shadowed by her magical utterances. We are
more than satisfied with Belleti as the chosen
supporter of Mile. Lind in her duets.
While writing of other things than Jenny’s
own performance in the sixth Concert, we must
give a word of praise to the Orchestra, for the
Grand March from the Crusaders, which is a.
ttmst captivating peice of composition, and wa3
performed in a style with which no fault could
well be found.
The Overture to “Zampa,” was a showy
performance, and well calculated to display
the physical force of the Orchestra, but it lacks
the soul and sentiment of such music qp Men
delsshon’s, Donizetti’s and Belleni’s. It is a
sort of musical stampede, better suited to the
open air, than to the Amphitheatre.
We have left ourself small space, indeed, to
devote to her who was the great idol of the
night. When she appeared, the cheering was
so tumultuous and protracted, that we were
carried back to the moment when she first
stood upon that stage, bowed to the very floor
beneath the weight of a people’s spontaneous
homage.
The desire to hear her voice at length sup
presaed every other sound, and she commenced
that brilliant Aria from the Elixer of Love—
Prendi per me. Her voice never sounded in
our ears so rich, so surpassingly clear, and she
closed the allegro with a tour de force, that
fairly startled the listening multitude. The ef
fect of this piece was, however, that of un
mixed wonder at her skill. The aria is not im
passioned in itself, its music glitters and spar
kles, but it is the glitter of the diamond trost
work, and not ot the sunlight upon the waters.
Her next appearance was in the amusing
duet, commonly known as the Music Les
son. It is from 11 Fanatico per la Musica,
and she has sung nothing in New-York, -in
which her voice was indulged in so many
freaks, if we may use the term. Every res
ponse she made to II Fanatico (Belleti) who
was teaching her to sing, not only surprising
the audience, but confounding her master, and
one matchless series of trills extorted from him
a most laughter provoking exclamation. She
flung around her in the most lavish manner,
roulades of notes, as if her throat was the
Bank of Song, and there was no restraint to the
utterance of its treasures !
One of the gems of the Concert was an En
glish Ballad, “By the Sad Sea Waves,” and
its effect upon the audience, increased by its
encore, was a fitting rebuke to those prejudi
ced critics of the Italian School, who declaim
loudly about the want of soul in Jenny Lind’s
singing. They insist that her songs do not melt
the heart, and that she lacks the element of pas
sion in her vocalization. This objection is
both premature and vain. Up to this time she
has not sung in those parts which are suited to
the development of strong passion, either in the
singer or listener. Her programmes have been
arranged to display the wonder of her voice,
its tours de force, its astonishing range ; and
she has taken the ear captive, by shakes, trills,
chromatic exercises, by sustained tones, disolv
ng cadences, and miraculous echoes. She has
shewn herself to be superior to every other vo
calist in the quality and use of her organ, and
we have no doubt, that when she sings in more
impassioned music, she will take the heart cap
tive also. When the wonder her voice first
excites has ceased, then will the listener ac
knowledge the overwhelming sentiment of her
song. The ballad alluded to was lull of the
most tender pathos, and drew tears into many
eyes.
We must dismiss with a sentence the exqui
site finale ot Somnambula — Ah! non guinge.
A breathless silence prevailed, as the flood of
delicious music rolled on the vast area, and
when its last cadence died on the ear, a great
sigh of suppressed emotion was audible in every
part of the house.
The closing triumphs of the Concert were
the Flute Song and the Echo Song, which we
have before described. It was the sixth time
that the latter had fallen upon our ears, and for
the sixth time did we thrill with indescribable
emotion beneath its bewildering effect. We
had not yet ceased to wonder at that myste
rious echo, which some of the wise critics
hereabouts pronounce to be a trick or a juggle !
She ceased to sing, and disappeared amidst the
excited shouts of the audience, who lingered
some moments in the Hall, as if absolutely
spell-bound.
Titus have we imperfectly described Jenny
Lind’s sixth Concert in New-York, and we
have no hesitation in saying that it surpassed
either of her previous Concerts, both in the de
velopments of her musical powers, and in the
effect it produced upon the multitude.
She is gone, and Boston, staid, prfm, long
faced Boston, is now quivering and trembling
and shouting with the most indescribable furore
under the magic of her tones. Alas! for the
gravity of the Tremonters, thus completely up
set by the voice of a young girl. It is, howev
er, a consoling reflection, that their enthusiasm
is worthily excited. The pure, peerless Jenny
deserves every syllable of honest praise which
the pen can write, or the heart dictate ; and
we would not call that city home, which would
refuse to her the warmest enthusiasm of which
it is susceptible.
NEW-YORK LITERARY GOSSIP.
We are permitted by a friend to make the
following extracts from a private letter lately
received from a gentleman in New-York, who
is au fait in everything pertaining to the wo.ld
of letters:
“ In answer to your enquiries of P 1, By
ron, &c., it sounds, as Coleridge says, like sto
ries from the land of spirits; so soon pass away
these things in New-York. P 1 was una
ble to cope with Wall-st., and soon ran out his
unavailing career, in negotiating bills of ex
change, without acceptances. Like Poe and
others, he exhausted the charities of his ac
quaintancess, and subsided, by natural procliv
ity, to the small beer of Wind ust’s, and the
slang of the Sunday papers. He is now wri
ting slip-slop and stale anecdotes, (a readable
dog) in a little theatrical paper, called Figaro,
got up by Corwin, the theatrical agent, and
contributed to by our excellent friend, Howes,
who has seceded from the theatrical criticism
of the Albion. As for Mi Lord Byron, his
motto, Crede Byron, proved to be utterly inad
missible, unless on the old Father’s Maxim,
Credo quia impossibile , est. He is a little for
eign humbug with whom the impudence of oth
er people was modesty itself. His capital was
second hand stuff fiom the London Satirist,
revampings of thrown away anecdotes in the
Magazines, and a rehash of the last Murray
edition. He evaporated with his second or
third number.
James, the Novelist, I have seen. He has
nothing of the ideal about him. You would
overlook him in an omnibus,-among clever
looking pork or flour merchants. He will be
here to lecture on the Progress of Civilization,
in a few days. He had a bad start with his
course in Boston. Had he followed ad
vice and begun here, he would probably have
done better. He is very little talked of. Bar
num is just now an infinitely greater man. You
have his movements, ad nauseam, in the pa
pers, though you probably enjoy them at a dis
tance, as a chapter in the world’s history of
popular enthusiasm.
* * * *
Os Willis, I see nothing. He has been so
lacing himself with the purchase of some acres,
anew Glenmary in the Highland, after turning
the corner, above West Point. His damages
in the Forest Suit will probably be nominal or
moderate.”
SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE.
(Dur fesip (Column.
“ Drawing Room Journal.
The handsomest paper in the United States,
except the Southern Literary Gazette ! (we
are bound to make our paper an exception,—the
present company is always excepted,) is the
Drawing Room Journal, published in Philadel
phia, and its beauty of mechanical execution is
by no means its only or its greatest merit. It
is conducted with marked ability ; is high
toned and pure, both in a literary and a moral
point of view, and its columns are free from the
ebullitions of anti-slavery fanaticism which dis
grace some of our literary contemporaries ol the
North. We can cordially commend it to those
who wish an unexceptionable Northern paper.
See Prospectus in another column. *
A Unique Poem.
The following unique but simple song, from
the new Novel, “Alton Locke.” has the pathos
of true heart-music.
BALLAD.
“O, Mary, go and call the cattle home,
And call the cattle home,
And call the cattle home,
Across the sands o’ Dee.”
The Western wind was wild and dark wi’ foam,
And all alone went she.
The crossing tide came up along the sand,
And o’er and o’er the sand,
And round and round the sand,
As far as eye could see:
The blinding mist came down and hid the land,
And never home came she.
“Oh, is it weed, or fish, or floating hair, —
A tress o’ golden hair!
O’ drowned maiden’s hair —
Above the nets at sea ?
Was never Salmon yet that shone so fair,
Among the steepes on Dee.”
They rowed her in, across the rolling foam.
The cruel, crawling foam —
The cruel, hungry foam —
To her grave beside the sea;
But still they hear her call the cattle home
Across the sands o’ Dee.
Jenny Lind Songs.
The controversy in regard to the Jenny Lind
Prize Song is still going on, and as is usual on
such occasions, the Committee gets much un
called for and ungenerous abuse. By the way,
speaking of the Prize Song reminds us of the
criticism of the Literary World. In the last
number of that paper, we are presented with
specimen stanzas from several songs, sent in
with the hope that they will be found nearer
the mark than Mr. Bayard Taylor’s. One of
these songs, which the World says is from one
who is honoured by the. public as one of our
most delightful and popular poets, has the fol
lowing fanciful but beautiful opening :
“ From the grand old hills afar,
O’erwatehing the summer sea, —
Where day rolled down in its sunset car,
There teemed a voice from a radiant star,—
Come, Maid of the Hills to me,
Come, Maid of the Hills to me !”
Though rather a sudden transition to some
thing in quite a different vein, we must give here
the following capital epigram from the witty
Morning Post of Boston :
JENNY LIND’S LAP DOG.
O, Jenny, sweetest Child of Song,
Why did you bring that pup along,
’Twas quite a needless weight—
And much the same as taking coal
To Lehigh mines, upon my soul,—
Or fish to Billingsgate! *
A Brief Chapter on Hats.
An English paper, says the Literary World,
has a letter from a gentleman signing himself,
“Hatophobia,” who suggests the organization
of a society to discountenance, by example and
precept, the wearing of hats. He says, “Asa
sufferer from the perverse fashion of wearing
hard, black, chimney-pots on the heads of
those who would not appear singular, I observe
with great consolation, that our French neigh
bours propose to exhibit a variety of hats at the
exhibition, next year. Certainly, no part of
British male costume—ugly as it is, from hat
to boot,and senseless and costly as it is ugly—
no part is more odious than the covering we
are doomed to wear upon our heads from year
to year, and from generation to generation, as
if we were as perversely determined to stick to
one fashion, as Turks and Quakers, without
the lightness of the one, and the shadiness of
the other. I have resolved, myself, to set the
world at defiance ; and if the hatters are so ob
stinate as to invent nothing more comfortable
than heavy felt and pasteboard pots by the time
of the exhibition of 1851, I shall do without
them altogether. I trust you will lend your
powerful aid in favour of the “anti-stiff hat
movement.” *
Graham versus Griswold.
George R. Graham, editor of Graham’s
Magazine, publishes a letter to Rev. Rufus
Wilmot Griswold, in regard to the latter’s bio
graphical sketch of Edgar A. Poe, prefixed to
his “ Literati.” It is bitterly sarcastic an and ter
ribly severe. We cannot say that the severity
was uncalled for. The grave should have shield
ed poor Poe, and we have little sympathy to
waste on the man who has exhumed him only
to despoil and mangle ! We make an extract
from Mr. Graham,s letter: *
“ Give the devil his due” may be a very or
thodox maxim, but you seem, in adopting it,
to have started with the hypothesis that you had
a devil to deal with ; yet in the exercise of jus
tice thus liberally, it would seem but fair to
meet even this Personage face to face, that he
might dispute’the account if he felt aggrieved
at your estimate. This last point, I think, you
have a fair chance of attaining. Nor will it do
to affect courage and great devotion to truth.
It is very well to say, that vice should be held
up that its deformity may be seen, so as to star
tle and deter others. You should be sure that
the vice of your brother is not his misfortune,
and that the sin which taints your own fingers,
may not turn crimson in contrast before the
eyes of the gazers. Courage, my dear parson,
is a relative term. You may think it great cour
age, and a duty you owe to truth, to assail your
friend for wishing to evade a matrimonial en
gagement, yet it would be the veriest weakness
and wickedness—if you had set the worse ex
ample of evading your marital duties after the
solemnization. He who sacrifices at the altar
should have clean hands.
Etymological.
Caliber is from the the Latin equilibrium
“ because,” says Mmshew, “the boare or hole
of a peece must be even or equall.”
Firm, denoting a mercantile house, is from
the Spanish firma, a signing or subscription.
Sincere is from the Latin sine cera, applied
to honey, purified or cleared from the mixture
of wax.
Herring is from the German heer, an army,
in reference to the great numbers in which
they appear, at stated seasons.
♦ ■
(Dur 3Bnnk <£cMr.
Mental Hygiene: or an Examination of the Intellect
and P assions. Designed to show how they affect and
are affected by the Bodily Fnnctions, and their Influence
on Health and Longevity. By William Sweetser, M.
D., Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine,
&c., &c. Second Edition. New-York: Geo. P.
Putnam. 1850.
The importance of the subject treated in this
work, can hardly be overrated. That the mind
does act upon the body in such a way as to af
fect in the most serious manner its health, no
one will pretend to deny ; but there is a lament
able disregard of this important fact, by physi
cians, as well as patients, in the treatment of
disease, and in the various theories for the pre
servation of health.
The leading design of this work, as implied
in the title, is “To elucidate the influence of
intellect and passion upon the her. Ith and endu
rance of the human organization. The char
acter and importance of this influence has, it
is believed, been but imperfectly understood
and appreciated by mankind at large. Few,
we imagine, have formed any adequate estimate
of the sum of bodily ills which originate in the
mind. Even the medical profession,concentra
ting their attention upon the physical, are very
liable to neglect the mental causes of disease,
and thus are patients sometimes subjected to
the harshest medicines of the pharmacopeia,
the true origin of whose malady is some in
ward and rooted sorrow, which a moral balm
alone can reach.”
The work is divided into two parts. In the
first, the intellectual operations, in view of their
influence upon the general functions of the
body, and in the second is comprised a view of
the moral feelings or passions, in the relations
which they bear to our physical nature. Dr.
Sweetser has handled his subject with great
ability, and has given us a truly useful book.
The present edition is much enlarged and im
proved. It is for sale by John Russell, King
street. *
The Monk Knight of St. John. By Major Richard,
son. Author of “Wacousta,” &c. New-York: De-
Witt & Davenport.
We are indebted to Messrs. Courtenay &
Wienges, for a copy of this romance, which,
we greatly fear, Is destined to a popularity,
commensurate with the activity and intensity
of all the passions of a diseased and vicious
people. We are constrained to say, that this
story is full of impurities. It seems to have
been written under the inspiration of lust; and
it appeals to the most prurient passions and
imaginations. The sensual and voluptuous
furnish the atmosphere of our author’s mind, in
which all his fancies run riot with indulgence.
He seizes upon the worst material of the mid
dle ages, and makes the harem of the East, the
model for the boudoir of the West. This Ma
jor Richardson affords us but a bad idea of the
morals of the officers of the British Army.
His mind seems thoroughly imbued with vicious
impulses, and all his abilities, and they are
considerable, are made to minister to the Cy
prian Goddess. His “Wacousta,” an interest
ing Indian romance, published several years
ago, was of very different character. From
that work, we should never have expected to
see its author putting forth a tale like this.
This seems to be an effort to beat Eugene Sue
and George Sand, on their own ground, by ex
aggerating the most impure and offensive fea
tures in their literary habits.
The Recent Progress of Astronomy; Especially
in the United States. By Elias Loomis, Professor of
Mathematics and Natural Philosophy, in the University
of the City of New-York, &c\, New-York: Harper &
Brothers, 1850.
To persons interested in the study of Astron
omy, (and who is not more or less interested ?)
this volume will prove exceedingly interesting.
It exhibits in a succinct and perspicuous manner,
and in a popular form, as free as possible from
scientific technicalities, all the important astro
nomical discoveries of the last ten years. To
teachers, this work is especially valuable, as a
supplement to the text books now in use,which
are all, to a greater or less extent, deficient in
notices of recent discoveries.
As Americans, we may well be proud of the
progress of Astronomy in the United States,
and of the high rank assigned to our Astrono
mers by their European brethren. The fol
lowing compliment was lately paid to them, by
the Astronomer Royal of Great Britain :
“The Americans of the United States,though
late in the field of astronomical enterprise, have
now taken up the science with their character
istic energy, and have shown their ability to in
struct their former masters. *
Perforations in the “Latter-Day Pamph
i-ettb.” By one of the “Eighteen Million of Bores.”
Edited by Elizur Wright. No. 1, Universal Suffrage,
Capital Punishment, Slavery. Boston: Phillips,
Sampson & Cos. 1850.
This is a well written reply to some of the
arguments of Carlyle, in his Latter-Day
Pamphlets. Mr. Wright is an independent
thinker, and a terse and vigorous writer, and
stands in the front rank of Boston “Progres
sives.” We need hardly add that he is anti-
Capital Punishment, anti-Slavery, and anti
almost-everything in which the mass of man
kind put their faith. *
Health, Disease and Remedy, Familiarly considered,
in a few of their Relations to the Blood. By George
Moore, M. D., Member of the Royal College, of Phy
sician, &c.. &c. New-York : Harper St Brothers, 1850.
A somewhat rambling and desultory work,
but one which cannot be perused without profit.
It is intended for the unprofessional reader, but
the medical student would not look into it in
vain. It is pleasantly written, and is full of
useful hints, both to the sick and the well. We
have marked the Chapter on Beverage for our
“Glimpses of New Books.”
Farmer’s Guide. New-York : L. Scott & Cos.
We have received No. 8, of this valuable
Serial, and renew our commendation of the
work. *
Life and Correspondence of Robert Socthy.
New-York. Harper & Brothers, 1850.
Part V, of this work, has reached us. One
number more will complete the series. *
The History of Pendennis. By Wm. M. Thackery,
New-York: Harper & Brothers. 1850.
One number more will complete this work,
and will be looked for with great interest. No.
VI has been received.
Gibbon’s Rome. Edited by Millman. New-York:
Harper & Brothers.
We have received volumes V, and VI, of this
work, which closes the series, and gives the
public a most desirable edition of this standard
history. *
Bark Cnrttrr.
We shall occasionally insert, under this head, Riddles
Enigmas, uzzles, Gharades, &c., to which answers
post paid or free) are solicited.
CHARLESTON, Oct. 7, 1850.
Dear Sir : I think the answer to the enig
ma in the Gazette of the sth instant, is “John
Caldwell Calhhoun.”
My 1 17 16 4—John.
My 2 7 10 14 19—Olean.
My 3 10 5 12 6—Hecla.
My 4 10 6 12—Neal.
My 5 17 6 15—Coal.
My 6 15 5 2 16 17 12—Alcohol.
My 7 2 18 B—Loud.
My 8 18 4 13 6 19—Duncan.
My 9 6 11 3 14 11 15 6—Walhalla.
My 10 4 17 5 16—Enoch.
My 11 10 2—Leo.
My 12 10 17 19—Leon.
My 13 6 19 14 6 4—Canaan.
My 14 11 15 6 3—Allah.
My 15 2 9 10 7 15—Lowell.
My 16 14 7 12 10—Halle.
My 17 5 14 11 6—Ocala.
My 18 4 13 7 10 1 17 3 19—Uncle John.
My 19 17 6 16—Noah.
Respectfully,
G. W. A.
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Proclamation of Gov. Quitman. —The Hon
J. A. Quitman has issued his Proclamation
convening both houses of the Mississippi Le
gislature to meet at Jackson, the Captital of the
State, the 18th of November next, “to take into
consideration the alarming state of our political
affairs, and, if possible, avert the evils vrhich
mpasid over us.”
(Dar (CnntMiinrima
De Bow's Review for October, has
been received. Its various departments—
Commerce, Manufactures, Agriculture, Miscel
laneous, and Literary, are well filled with im
portant information. The statistical matter of
this work is of great value. It deserves a lib
eral support from the people of the South and
West J. D. B. De Bow, New-Orleans, Pub
lisher. B. F, De Bow, Charleston, corner of
Broad-street and East Bay, Agent.
Littell's Living Jge, No 333, Oct. 5,
1350, opens with a capital story, entitled “Lady
Majory St. Just.
Graham’s Magazine for October, is on
our table. It contains original contributions
from Geo. D. Prentice, James T. Fields, Henry
W. Herbert, E. P Whipple, T. B. Read, Henry
Giles, R-H. Stoddard, and other weil known
writers.
able Monthly, devoted to the elevation ot
Church Music, and the progress of the Arts
generally. It is edited by J. B. Woodbury,
and published by Huntington & Savage, New-
York City. *
grated from Ergland to the United States.
Mr. Stephenson, the Engineer, has been
offered and declined the honor of knighthood.
The furniture of Alexandre Dumas, the
novelist, has been seized on execution.
On dit, that the celebrated John Smith
is in town
Salvi, the great tenor, has purchased
one of Chickering’s SIOOO pianos, to be sent to
Italy.
Flutes are manufactured in New-York,
of India Rubber, and are said to be superior to
those of wood or ivory.
M. Edmond de Lafayette was received
with much distinction in Boston. He is, we
understand about to visit the South.
The Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pa., has been
arrested for assaulting a member of the inde
pendent police !
Thackery is coming to America to de
liver lectures on English character and litera
ture.
Kossuth and his brave compatriots, it is
said, will soon arrive in England,on their way
to the United States.
When an Indian swears he swears in
English, there being no oaths in his own lan
guage.
Amin Bey, the Turkish Ambassador,
will soon visit Charleston and vicinity, for the
purpose of examining our rice plantations,
mills, &c.
Strakosch’s new Opera, Giovana di
Napoli, has been completed, and will be pro
duced at the Astor Place Opera House, in New
York, in a few weeks.
An Irish paper lias the following item
of news: “Yesterday, Mr. Kenny, returning
to town, fell down and broke his neck, but hap
pily received no further damage.
Hon. Edward Everett, of Cambridge,
Mass., has made a donation of one thousand
volumes, of choice works, to the new public
library of Boston.
Editor, down Eust, having, by some strungu
freak of fortune, got his pockets full of money,
was afraid to go by the Museum, lest they
should catch him for exhibition, as a curiosity !
‘ Un dit,” says La Gazette Prancaise,
* que Farodi, la celebri cantatrice.engagee
par Maretzek, est sur la point deviuir,
Duehess de Devonshire.” Well, Madame
Rumour tells strange stories. What will Ma
retzek do, if the report is true ?
Chaplin has had a silver pitcher present
ed to him, for attempting to carry off several
slaves. See, says the Yahkee Blade, what a
man makes by oddity ! Would they have
given him auy thing for minding his own
business ? No—not even a tin sauce-pan.
Among the projects in reference to the
Great Industrial Exhibition of 1851, is one
which should be taken advantage of to improve
the present style of dress, to something more
picturesque and convenient, viz: the display of
clothing in impoved shapes. So says the Lite
rary World, and we say amen.
Mr. J. Jay Smith’s plan for the repiti
tion of the World’s Fair, of 1851, in New-
York, in 1852, seems likely to prove successful
It is stated by the Art Journal, that he has
been promised the co-operation of the
manufacturers of the chief cities of Europe.
John Ruskin has a volume in press, on
Architecture, which is intended to prepare the
way for his elaborate work on the Stones of
Venice. Ruskin is one of those writers who
see below the surface of things, and in whose
view the Universe contains something more
then dead forms.
The progress of Science in this country
is truly encouraging. The estimation in which
our scientific publications are held, may be in
ferred from the fact that the last number of the
Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, the stand
ard scientific Magazine of Great Britain, de
rives nearly half of its matter from American
ources.
€\)t itas nf tjit Dntj.
Dreadful Collision at Sea. —A collision oc
curred at sea between the steamship Southern
er, Capt. Berry, and the barque Isaac Mead,
Capt. Brown, on the morning of the 4th, in
North latitude 38 39. There was a heavy sea
running at the time, and the barque sunk in five
minutes. There were twenty-four passengers
drowned, the only ones saved, were A. Brad
ley, and W. 11. Stuanton. The following pas
sengers perished: Mrs. Catharine Bradley,
Conn; Miss Harriet Granniss and Mrs. A.
Barnes of Macon, Ga; Mrs. Basnard, Miss C.
Barnard, and Master John Barnard, of Wil
lington Island, Ga.; Dr. McGinnis, lady and
child, of Savannah; H. Grannis and Dr. Cor
rfis of Connecticut; two Misses Adams of Lon
don; J. H. Brown, the Captain’s son.
The following officers and crew were saved:
Capt. R. Brown ; J. B. Hildreth, First Mato;
C. Smith, Second Mate; J. Franklin, Steward;
A. McMen, H. Darley and J. Brown, Seamen.
The following seamen were lost: John
Smith, Mass; F. Butler, Savannah; John Dra
per, Dungannon, Ireland; Robt. Moore and—
Richards, England; the Cook (name unknown(;
Second Cook, (do.) New-York; and Mrs. Bra
dy, Stewardess.
Nothing is mentioned of Mr. Richardson
and family, and it is presumed they were not
on board. There were only thirty-two passen
gers in all.
The Southerner sailed yesterday for Charles
ton at her usual hour.— Mercury.
Shipwreck. —The Sophia of Portland, (Me.)
fell in on the 3d inst. in latitude 59, long. 25,
with the brig Johanna, Capt. Jessen, from this
port, bound for Bremen. She was in a dis
abled condition, with five feet of water in her
hold, and was leaking at the rate of an inch a
minute.
The Sophia took off the captain and crew,
while the mate, John Clark, of Calais, Me.,
and a French seaman were drowned.
itymnfs lltor.
MARRIED,
In Athens, Ga., on Friday morning, 27th
ult., by J. Nichols, Esq., Mr. A. S. Rose, and
Miss Fannie Weatherly.
In Athens, Ga., on Wednesday morning, 2d
inst.by Rev. T. L, Smith, Prof. J. Honflecr,
of St. Augustine, Fla., and Miss Annie E-
Whitaker, formerly of Raleigh, N. C.
At Secluded Cottage, near Athens, on
Thursday, 26th ult, by Rev. N. Hoyt, Hon.
Hopkins Holsey, Editor of the Southern Ban
ner, and Miss Mary Julia Niseler, all of
Athens, Ga.
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PROSPECTUS OF
TIIE NORTH-CAKOLINA STAR,
A Weekly Family Newspaper, published in
the City of Raleigh.
The STAR, (having been lately improved) is now the
largest Newspaper in the State. It is printed on new type
and fine paper, and well filled wjtli original and selected
articles of choice reading. It is devoted to Foreign and
Domestic News, Agriculture, Education, Manufac
tures, and a judicious system of Internal Improvements.
Mild, but firm, in politics.it is a decided advocate of
Whig principles; and ardent in its attachment to our
gloriousUnion.it insists on SOUTIfIIRN RIGHTS, as
guarantied by the Constitution.
A central position gives us great facility for collecting
the local news of the State —Election Returns, Supreme
Court Adjudications, Stc.; and located, as we are, at the
Capital of the State, we are enabled to furnish at an early
date, full and accurate reports of o r Legislative Proceed
ings.
TERMS.—S2.SO per annum, in advance; or $3 if pay
ment is delayed three months. 50 cents during the Session
ofthe Legislature.
tjct” Having lately made large accessions to onr sub
scription list, we would suggest to the business public,
the importance of
ADVERTISING
through the medium of our columns. The Star has the
most general circulation throughout the State of any pa
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terest of to advertisers patronize us liberally.
RATES OF ADVERTISING.
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Each subsequent insertion, - 25
Do. for six monthss ..... 5 00
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Longer Advertisements in proportion.
T. J. LEMAY & SON.
Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 30, 1850.
N. 8.-VVM- C. RICHARDS, Esq-, is our only autlio
rioed Agent to receive subscriptions and advertisements for
this paper, in the City of Charleston.
T. J. Lamay & Son,
Editors and Proprietors.
Oct 5
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 periods, their dependance on
Almighty God, to express their gratitude for past mercies,
and humbly to implore his blessing for the future :
Now, therefore, I,'WHITEMARSHB.SEABROOK,
Governor of South-Carolina, do hereby recommend to
the people of the State to observe the FOURTH THURS
DAY in October next, as a day of Thanksgiving, Hu
miliation. and Prayer: and to assemble at their respective
places of worship, to offer up their devotions to that Be
ing, who has assigned us a home, rich in the best fruits of
the Earth, and distinguished for 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. lienegan, Secretary of State.
(ty Every paper in the State will publish three times.
Sept 25
J. F. CHURCH, PLUMBER,
67 EAST BAY-ST., CHARLESTON, S. C.
Lead, Copper and Brass Lifting Face Pumps. Water
Closets, Hot, Cold and Shower Baths, Garden Engines,
Cooking Ranges, Lead, Pipe, Sheet Lead, Block, Tin,
&.C., &e. Every description of Lead work and Hydraul
ics furnished and fixed on the most approved principles.
Orders from the Country promptly attended to. The very
best city references in regard to quality and durability of
work
Oct 12 1 year
GEN IN HATTER.
314 BROADWAY, VEW-VOHK,
Next door to Barn urn’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, richness, and all the
qualities w hich belong to a first rate and fashionable fab
ric, to any FIVE DOLLAR HAT in the trade. His
stock of
FANCY HATS ANI) CAPS FOR CHILDREN
comprehends all 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-Whins and Gloves, of the same styleas
those recently presented by him to Jenny Lind, so w armly
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 form 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.
JOHN V. TARVER,
EXCHANGE WHARF, SAVANNAH, GA.
FACTOR AND GENERAL COMMIS
SION MERCHANT, AND DEALER
IN GRAIN AND HAY.
mrs.uwlllcocks,
MILLINER AND OSTRICH FEATHER
MA NL FACTI R ER.
157 KINO-STREET, CHARLESTON,
WILLARD’S HOTEL.
E. D. WILLARD, Proprietor.
Pennsylvania Avenue, corner of 14fA street,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
NATIONAL HOTEL.
F. BLACK, Proprietor.
Pennsylvania Avenue, corner of 6th street,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
ilppnintrats.
Travelling Agents for the Gazette.—
Rev. William Richards, Mr. Robert E. Seyle,
Mr. Matthew J. Wroton, J. J. Richards, S. P
Richards.
ET Mr. A. 11. Mazyck is our General Agent
for Charleston.
EFGeorge W. Bell is our Agent for Kershaw
and the neighbouring Districts.
IIT Warren D. Chapman is our Agent for
Spartanburg and surrounding Districts.
I? All Postmasters are authorized to act as
Agents for the Gazette, and the same commis
sion will be allowed to them as to other loca
Agents.
THE TRAVELLER’!? GUIDE.
ROUTES FROM CHARLESTON.
From Charleston to New- York. Leaving daily at 3‘i
o’clock p. m. By Steamer to Wilmington 180 miles.—By
Railroad to Weldon 162 miles. —To Petersburg 63.—T0
Richmond 22. —To Acquia Creek 70. —By Steamer to
Washington 55. —By Railroad to Baltimore 40. —To Phil
adelphia 92.—T0 New-York 87. Total distance 771 miles.
Time 60 hours. Fare S2O.
The “Southerner” (Steamship) leaves Charleston every
tenth day after the 27th of April, at4o’clock p. M. Thro’
in 60 hours. Fare (State-Room) $25.
From Charleston to Philadelphia. —The Osprey leaves
Charleston every other Saturday, at 4 o’clock, p. M. —
through in 60 hours. Fare S2O.
From Charleston to New-Orleans. Leaving daily at
10o’clock a. M. By S.C. Railroad to Augusta 136 miles.
—By Georgia Railroad to Atlanta 171.—8 y Macon and
Western Railroad to Griffin 42. By Stage to Opelaka
95.—8 y Railroad to Montgomery 65.—8 y Steamer to
Mobile 331.—T0 New-Orleans 166. Total distance 1,006
miles. Time 123 hours. Fare $39.50.
From Charleston to New-Orleans , via. Savannah,daily
nat9 A. M. By Steamer to Savannah 140 miles. —By Ce
tral Railroad to Macon 190. —By Maoon and Western Rail
road to Barnesville 40.—8 y Stage to Opelaka 100.—By
Railroad to Montgomery 65.—8 y Steamer to Mobile 331. —
To New-Orleans 166. Total distance 1,032 miles. Time
77 hours. Fare $39.50.
MISCELLANEOUS TABLE.
Distances. Fare. Time.
To Athens, Ga., 251 m. $7,95 20 h.
“ Chattanooga, Tenn., 445 13,12 31
“ Columbia, S. C., 130 4,00 8
“ Camden, S. C., 142 4,00 9
“ Hamburg, S. C., 136 4.00 8
“ Memphis, Tenn., 740 28,00
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 THE SOUTH
CAROLINA INSTITUTE,
OPF.N ON THE 18 th NOVEMBER NEXT.
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 be held in London in the Spring of
1851.
A large and commodious building has been selected for
the Exhibition, and every attention will be paid to the re
ception and care of articles sent to the Fair. All articles
must be directed to L. M. Hatch,[Chairman of Commit,
tee of Arrangements, and be delivered by the 14th of
November.
Communications addressed to James H. Taylor,
Chairman of Committee on Correspondence, will meet
with prompt attention.
The Hon. JOS. H. LUMPKIN, of Georgia, will de
liver the Annual Address, on Tuesday night, the 18th
November.
Arrangements have been made with the South Carolina
Rail Road Company, to let all articles intended for the
Fair, return free of charge.
WM. GREGG, President.
E. C. Jones, Secretary.
Wnlkrr’s (Carß
JOSEPH WALKER,
101 EAST BAY,
Dealer in Paper, Stationery and Account Books, Printing
and Book Binding. Also, Agent for John T. White,
Type and Stereotype Founder; R. Hoe & Cos., Printing
Press Maker; V. Mcßee ft 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 Y ork 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 Rule,
Cases, Quoins, Leads, Chases, Furniture, Reg.
let, Lye Brushes, Mallets, Shooting Sticks,
Proof Brushes, Bodkins, Plainers. Also, a large
variety of
BORDERS, JOB AJYD FANCY TYPE, Sec.
ALSO, AGENT FOR
R. HOE & CO.,
CELEBRATED PRINTING-PRESS MANUFACTURERS.
Every Press, &c., 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, Rook and News Printing Lids, Fancy Col
oured Inks, at greatly reduced rates, say from 75 cents per
pound and upwards.
PAPER WAREHOUSE,
101 EAST BAY.
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 var ous sizes—2o x 30, 22 x 32 23 x 32,
24 x 34 , 24 x 36, 26 x 33, 26 x 40 ; and also Medium anci
Double Medium Book Printing Paper, of different quality.
Agent for V. Mcßee ft 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,
ot every variety, and at all prices—a large stock constantly
on hand.
Wrapping, Envelope, Coloured Medium Paper,
of all kinds and descriptions always on hand and for sale
low.
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101 EAST BAY.
JOSEPH WALKER,
DEALER IN
PAPER, STATIONERY AND BEANK 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, Wafers, Quills,
Rulers, Steel Pens, Ink Stands. Slates, Wafer Stamps,
Pen Racks, Wax Tapers, Red Tape, Lead Pencils, India
Rubber, Desk Weights, Stc.
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 BOOK MANUFACTORY At FANCY
BOOK BINDING.
JOSEPH WALKER,
101 EAST BAY
Banks, Public Offices, Merchants, and others, can have
their Books Ruled to any pattern, and Bound in the very
best manner, either in full Russia, extra Russia Bands,
Full Bound, 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
of work is done in New York.
FANCY BINDING.
Books, Pamphlets, Music, etc., bound in the neatest
and best style, either in Calf, Morocco, Russia, or plain
Shee|> Binding.
In the above establishment no pains orexpensehavebeen
spared to have all work executed in the best manner.
STEAM POWER-PRESS PRINTING.
WALKER fc JAMES,
HOOK AND JOB PRINTERS
NOS. 101 AND 103 EAST BAY,
Having added to their Office, Steam Power-Presses, and
large fonts of the latest kind of Book Type, are prepared
to execute all kinds of
KOOK AND PAMPHLET PRINTING,
in the very best manner, and at greatly reduce?! 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,
KILLS-LAD IMG, BALL INV IT A TIONS
RILL-HEADS, BRIEFS.
RECEIPTS, HAND BILLS, Src.
which will be done in the best manner and on most rea
sonable 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 he
services to the public as an ATTORNE Y and COUN
SELLOR AT LA W and SOLICITOR IN CHAN
CER Y. His extensive acquaintance with the population
of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia, and
with the local Jaws 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 Boad-street, in the holding occupied by
Messrs. Yeadon & Macbeth.
Charleston, May 4, 1850.
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of the Southern people, and of the citizens of Charleston
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UNRIVALLED NORTH OR SOUTH !
HE THIRD ANNUAL VOLUME
OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE
Was commenced on Saturday, the 4th of May, 1850
underits original name —instead of Richards * I! eekly Ga
zette —as more significant ot its peculiar character, it being
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Containing weekly Thirty-two Columns ot matter,
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ENTIRELY NEW DRESS
“from head to foot,’’ and upon beautiful white paper, so
that, in mechanical excellence, it shall not be surpassed by
any paper whatever in the United States ! It will contin
ue under the same Editorial direction as heretofore, andno
pains or expense will be spared to make it
A CHOICE FAMILY NEWSPAPER
“as cheap as the cheapest, and as good as the best!’
Utterly discarding the notion that a Southern journal can.
not compete with the Northeru 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 diffu
sion of cultivated and refined taste throughout the com
munity—and it will embrace in its ample folds every sps
cies of intelligence that can tend to this result
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS,
from many ofthe ablest writers in the South, will chiefly
occupy its columns, but not to the exclusion of choice mis
cellany. selected from the best American and European
sources
The tone of the “Gazette” will be independentin criti
cism and in the discussion of every legitimate topic, but it
will be strictly
NEUTRAL IN POLITICS AND RELIGION !
Its columns will be occasionally embellished with
SOUTHERN PORTRAITS U 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, but carefully condensed from the leading
Journals of all parts of the world.
Notwithstanding the great increase in the size ami at
tractions of the paper, it will still be published at
Two Dollars Per Annum, in Advance !
It will be furnished to persons becoming responsible for
the whole number of copies, and having them sent to one
address, on the following terms:
Three copies, $5
Five copies, 8
Ten copies, 15
Fifteen copies, 20
Twenty copies, 25
Fifty copW, (JO
Cp” All orders must be accompanied with the money
and addressed, post-paid, to
WALKER & RICHARDS.
Charleston, S. 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 School!
low.”
THE BEST AND CHEAPEST JUVENILE
MAGAZINE IN THE UNITED STATES.
On the 15th of January, 1850, was published at
Charleston, S. C., the first uumberof the Second An.
nual Volume of
TIIE SCHOOLFELLOW,
which has been pronounced by some of the ablest presses
and best judges, “ The best and cheapest Juvenile Mag
azine in the United States.” The success of this beauti
ful little work during its first year has been so flattering
that the Publishers have resolved to continue it and make
it permanent, and they therefore call upon parents, teach
ers, and all interested in the rising generation to aid them
in their efforts to make the Schoolfellow all that its most
flattering judges have 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. Du.
Bose, Miss Tuthill, Caroline Howard, MissC. W. Bar
ber, Clara Moreton, Maria Roseau, the Editor, and many
other well known writers.
ITS PICTORIAL EMBELLISHMENTS
will be more numerous and beautiful than before; it wil
be printed upon finer paper, and no pains will be spared to
make it a most charming companion for all good girls and
bops. It will be published on the fifteenth of each month,
and will make a volume of about 400 pages and 100 en
gravings,
Five copies will be sent to one address for $4 ; Eleven
copies for $8 ; Twenty.three copies for sls, and Thirty,
two copies for $20!!
THE FIRST VOLUME,
beautifully bound in gilt muslin, will be furnished in con
nection 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.
ty Clubs should be made up as early as practicable—
and those wishing volume first, should apply immediately
to WALKER & RICHARDS.
May 4, 1850. Charleston, S. C.
** Editors copy ng this Prospectus, or making suitable
notice, shall receive a copy of the w ork 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. S.
The Undersigned, Editor of the “Southern Lite
rary Gazette,” begs leave to inform the public that
he has opened a General Agency for the transaction of
any business connected with Literature, Science an-
Art. He will correspond with authors concerning the
publication of books and pamphlets upon their own ac
count, or otherwise ; execute any commission for gentle,
men forming libraries; forward subscriptions for any peri
odical work, American or European; receive and execute
promptly commissions for any work of Art; supply accu
rate estimates of the cost of Philosophical Instruments,
order them at his own risk and guarantee their efficiency.
All communications must be addressed, prepaid, to
VVM. C. RICHARDS.
charge will be made for any service required
by his brethren of the press, who will oblige him by pub-
Usliing this notice.
Tun K , engraving.
HL subscriber would inform Authors, Publishers and
.. . r )sjsTii ’A** he still continues to carry on the busi
?. ess ENGRAVING ON WOOD, in all its branches.
His facilities are such that he is enabled toexecuteall orders
promptly, and in every style of the Art, upon the most
reasonable terms- while the experience of many years
enables him to feel perfect confidence in his efforts to give
satisfaction to all who may favour him with their patron.
a ßf- ORR, 151 Fulton-street, New York
June 6
THOMAS, COWPERTH WAIT Ac CO
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
coloured Maps; Pocket Maps of the UnitedState* and nf
the different States of the Union i Swan’s series of School
Readers, Spelling Book and Primary sT.elhng Book •
Greene s English Grammar, and Greene’s Analysis of the
English Langua f e: P. A. Adams’ Arithmetics parts 1
and 2; Pennock T s Histones of England V™™ K,
and Greece; Picott ’. series of Elementary Books in ta!
mg French ; frost’s United States, &c
And they offer for sale at the lowest “prices the largest
andMISCELLANEOLTS BOOKS ’ THEOLOGIt AL
Orders solicited. 6mo July 13
franklin house.
NEW YORK, May 1, 1850.
THE subscriber respectfully informs his friends and the
public that he has leased the above House for a
term ot years. The House has been in complete repair
during the past winter and mostly furnished anew. The
proprietorrespectfully solicits a continuance ot the patron
age heretofore soliberallyreceived.
JOHN r. TREADWELI.