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datura’ Drprfmtnt. ■yV’M C. RICHARDS, Editor, p H JACQUES, Associate Editor. (fjjndfblnn, I. 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. ■ ■. 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. . AGENTS WANTED, TO canvass, for the Gazette ami Schoolfellow, the States ofSouth and North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. Young men ot good character and address can make from SSOO to SIOOO per annum at the business. Apply eitherpersonally or by letter, to WALKER & RICHARDS. 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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. 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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. 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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. STATIONERS’ HALL, 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. ©tir ©ton 2ltFairo. THE SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE IS PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY WALKER & RICHARDS. Office over A. Head’s Book-store. Entrance on Broad-street. TERMS.—Two Dollars per annum, to be paid strictly in advance. If payment is not made within the first six months of a term of subscription, the price will be Two Dollars and Fifty Cents— and if delayed until the end of the year, Three Dollars. Advertisements will be published at the customary rates. Business Cards, (of four lines and under.) wil be inserted one year for Five Dollars, including a sub scription to the paper. SOUTHERN QUARTERLY REVIEW. This sterling Southern Periodical, recently published by Mr. James S. Buroes, will henceforth be issued by the Subscribers, who respectfully solicit the continued favours of the Southern people, and of the citizens of Charleston in particular. The first number of the present year, form - ing the beginning of anew series, is now rapidly passing through the press, and will be delivered to subscribers bn the 15th of April. Hereafter, the work will be issued at regular periods, without delay or failure, and in a superior style, with anew, clear and beautiful type, and on the best of paper. It will continue under the Editorial con duct of W. Gilmore Simms, Esq., to whose hands it has been confided during the past year. This gentleman, we are pleased to inform our readers, has succeeded hap pily in calling to his assistance such a number of Contribu tors as will effectually place the work beyond the chances of a deficiency, or inferiority, of Literary, Scientific or Political material. The writers for the REVIEW in clude the greater number of the best and ablest names of the country. They represent the highest Literary talent of the South, and reflect truly, with a native earnestness, force and fidelity, the real policy and the peculiar institu ions of our section. The Publishers, assured by the coun tenance which they have received, from every quarter of the South, and especially sustained and patronized by the most influential names in Carolina, beg leave to solici the continued and increasing patronage of our citizens. Subscriptions will be received at their Office, corner of East Bay and Broad streets, second story, or at 101 East Bay. Contributors will be pleased to address the Lditcr, to their care, in Charleston. WALKER & RICHARDS Publishers and Proprietors Southern Q.uarterly Review. NOTICE.—AII former Agencies for the SOUTHER (QUARTERLY REVIEW are discontinued. Due no tice will be given of the appointment of Agencies by the present Publishers. 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 the only weekly organ of Literature l the entire South! GREATLY ENLARGED AND IMPROVED, Containing weekly Thirty-two Columns ot matter, is, moreover, in an ENTIRELY NEW DRESS “from head to foot,’’ and upon beautiful white paper, so that, in mechanical excellence, it shall not be surpassed by any paper whatever in the United States ! 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. 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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.