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Drprtmrnt.
D H, JACOUES. Associate Editor.
(fljnrlrston, C.:
;A TURDAY MORNING, OCT. 19, 1850.
TRIAL.
() ir cu? tomary phrase, speaking of the Rev
.on 1S to describe it as “the time that tried
en -, couls.” Perhaps we should better des
„^e it as the time when men’s souls were to
triet | when there were souls—souls of
landI a nd stern purpose, and unbending cour
\ll times are calculated to try men’s
. Life, itself, is a sort of moral revolution;
only remark periods in history by the pres
,. 0 i such superior souls as give character
( , f vents, and make the trials of times subser
vient to the moral purposes of man. If we look
the history ot the United States, its moral
rjl hcr than its political history, we shall see
the souls that were tried by the American
Evolution were the unwonted growth of suc
.yive centuries. Such souls do not spring up
annually, into existence, under those regularly
recurring laws upon which we build in the pro
(iuction of ordinary crops. They are the rep
re-entatives of all that the human mind has
I II realizing, in the Struggle arid toils of Jong
■ nods before —periods in which,from the gen
, ;; 1 stagnation of moral purpose, there would
..in to have been no souls at all. They seem
la be the aggregation of the social strength, the
~o t. ial intellect, the wisdom and the resolution,
which, scattered in small particles throughout
L nation, are nothing, and produce nothing, un
jj brought together for performance in the per-
IKm of someone strong minded individual. It
| . A:l s n>t until some four hundred years of Egyp
:,:in bondage, of brick-making without straw,
t it the wondrous great soul, which, in human
I language, we call Moses, came to the rescue o*
, Hebrews. He was the genius of the nation
-11, collected into himself its scattered truths,
lb digested its feeble, striving, powerless, and
i„thermo ineffective strengths! He showed
I. m-elf able to govern and to lead them forth;
and. from the moment of that discovery, his
I pie could no longer be enslaved. And so,
with nut Revolutionary souls—our prophets—
men-gods who were to guide, and govern,
I and lead us out of bondage. The moment
I that the colonists could produce from their
I own scattered population, intellects which could
I (iintend with those ot the oppressor—even as
Muses contended with the Egyptian priesthood
-from that moment they were free ! Proud
arc we. —Proud we should be—of those stern,
leave, fearless, old souls—our Moseses, our
Aarons, our Joshuas, sons of Nun ; ay, and
Miriams too, —high-browed, dark-eyed
I'mphetesses, who could sing for us songs of
i:iiiniph, which were also songs of encourage
ini-iit and progress—when our even-tide came
i a. and we stood, doubtful of our course, —even
burdened with our new freedom, drinking of
tin bitter waters of our Marah! Times for
trying souls, indeed ; but better phrase were >
“sails for trying times,” —for all times—sor >
ti-’xs it matter that those times are past—that
the men themselves, the prophets, are dead
and gone ? The souls are still with us; they
cannot pass; we could not lose them if we
would 1 We too have our times of trial
-1,1 : -end us souls again—souls that will meat
the trial and overcome it, in stern, long con
-I'iie conflict,it.-elf, shall be a seasoning for
-nils: in which men-children suck milk of might
amt mow,at length,after repeated seasonings, to
be -mils like those that have vanquished the ene
my before. It is a miserable spectacle that we
sometimes still see, of a weak, vast nation, fee
ble, faint, striving—crying aloud because of fa
mine in the wilderness; having no eye to
guide, no soul to bring them out from bondage,
te show them the land of promise, to coerce
‘hem to the performances by which alone it can
be won ! Such were, and are, the great ua-
: ‘ns of this our Western Continent—as we
call them, the aboriginal nations! They lived’
and perished, and never had a soul ! Wha
a dreadful destiny! And Africa, with he r
thousand scattered nations—will a soul ever
arise for her ? will she ever see the truth, and
ol the truth, and work out the truth by the
1,1 >’ process—work, work, work ! It is a sol
i inquiry, but we have one like it, that more
mediately concerns ourselves. Even now-
America is crying out for succour from some
1 ng, God-appointed soul, come to her
me. America, North and South, though in
- rent degree—perhaps,both need the succour
some necessary prophet. It is the season
1 false prophets in both countries. False
I ) lri ’l>hets are numerous enough in these times,
” promise all tilings and perform noth-
Ihere is little hope from the toils
’Hell Souls as the Santa Annas, the Bus
tents, the Guerreroes, the Paredes’, and—
-1 wl >y Mieitk ol these mocks in the shape of
which, among ourselves, are recognized
le available, if not the useful—the neeessa
-16 God-elect, and God-appointed. When
a >k for the Washingtons, the Henrys, the
r > iklins, auj their associates, methinks there
ust deep blush of crimson that passes over
me ot our struggling country, no t, indeed
at there are not prophets among us, but that
‘k are not what we demand. We do not ask for
-mils that will sate, but for those that will
! us—not those whom we need, but those
|[ --J m. Tne tioi3 needsits soul. Le*
‘urprayer be that a soul may come in time!
TliE GRAND EXHIBITION OF 1851.
Uie Council of the London Society of Arts,
1;-> ueJ a notice, which is believed to be ap
'! by Prince Albert and Her Majesty’s
inmissioners, stating the pinion that the
1 ILSe M work that they can undertake wil*
0 encourage the production of treatises on
various departments of the Exhibition,
set forth the peculiar advantages of
to the aits, manufactures, and commerce
lle country ; and they accordingly offer, in
“anie ot the Society, the large medal, and
1 r the best, and the Society’s medal and
‘oi the second best treatise on the section
Materials and produce,and the same for
>t and second best treatises on the section
£ manufactures, and fine arts*
1 tr, *tise must occupy and not exceed
e ty pages, of the size of the Bridgewater
J fvatiscj
he lasi accounts from Paris, 1212 French
-1 enrolled themselves as exhibitors.
Hurkuru states, that the following articles
1 r ady been lodged in the bonded ware
at Calcutta ;
\ I
‘ ar &e cashmere tent of extraordinary rich
lln gilt poles, the covering of finest
ltiere shawl cloth, embroidered all over
gnld and silver.
etui ot beautiful opaque, gold bound, the
J ° r| iiing a radiant centre set with diamonds
N rubi es .
Magnificent couch and six chairs, of carved
- work, presented by the Nawab Nazim to
‘‘■ r -M ajesty.
eouc h cushion, worked in gold and silver
Jll , with the names of Albert and Victoria,
f“ntial s being diamonds, and the other let
-1111 pearls of large size.
One hundred and twenty life size figures,
representing the various occupations of the Hin
doos, with working implements complete.
And a very extensive assortment of native
jewelry and gold ornaments from Delhi and
Cuttack.
W’hat are we doing ir. regard to this matter?
Uncle Sam should see to it, that none of the
“Old Country” folks get ahead of him.
THE SCHOOLFELLOW.
The protracted absence of the Editor of this
little Magazine, and other unavoidable circum
stances, have conspired to create some irregu
larities in the issue of the numbers for the past
three months, and will also delay the number
for October. After that, however, the work
will appear with its former promptness, and
the publishers are happy to announce that the
third Annual Volume, to begin with January,
1851, will present increased attractions to its
young patrons, and be more than ever worthy
of their approval. No pams will be spared to
keep it what it has been everywhere pronoun
ced to be, “ the best and cheapest Juvenile
Magazine in the United States.” Will not
those who love and admire the Schoolfel
low do something to increase its subscrip
tion list for next year? Whoever among
our present subscribers will send us three new
names, and three dollars for Volume 111, be
fore the first of January, 1850—shall have
that Volume sent to them without charge.
THE EDITOR’S RETURN.
From our “old arm chair” we once more
send greeting to our numerous readers. A long
absence has not, by any means, diminished our
attachment to the Gazette, or disinclined us to
the toils of the “Sanctum.” On the contrary,
we feel a fresh ardour and a renewed delight
in our labours, and it shall be our misfortune,
and not our iault, il we fail to satisfy our
friends that we seek their approbation as ear
nestly as ever.
(Dnr (finssiji (Column.
Punch in Homeopathic Doses.
Thinking that some of our readers, in these
Father Mathew-days.may object to Punch as a
beverage, we propose to them to take it as a
medicine —homoeopathicaliy.it will help diges
tion—there is no doubt of it. Try it. *
PUNCH.
whereabouts ought he to get it ? and who ought
to give it to him ?
married ?
A. Because they could not remain single.
The Austrians say that thrashing wo
men is perfectly allowable, for Frederick the
Great notoriously thrashed Maria Theresa.
Women-thrashing is considered in Aus
tria, so much better sport than man-thrashing,
that the Austrians in Hungary, disdained the
latter amusement, and got the Russians to
thrash the men.
“ Going the Entire Animal ‘’ —Hunting
the Hyaena. (Haynau.)
The reception of the Queen at Ostend,
is described as dull. We might have expected
the people of Ostend to have been a little more
Ostend-atious in their demonstrations !
The Height of Extravagance. —Mr.
Gordon Cumming paying a shilling to see the
Hippopotamus.
A Question to the French—Now, to
be candid and tell the truth ! Would you not
be glad to part with all your change if you
could get a good Sovereign ?
An Aerostatic Bridge.
The Paris Siecle has the following most in
teresting announcement:
“ The Academy of Sciences has at present
under consideration a plan of a most extraordi
nary character, being neither more nor less than
a suspension-bridge, between France and Eng
land. M. Ferdinand Lemaitre proposes to es
tablish an aerostatic bridge between Calais and
Dover. For this purpose he would construct
strong abutments, to which the platform would
be attached. At a distance of 100 yards from
the Coast, and at distances of every 100 yards
across the Channel he would sink 4 barges
heavily laden to which would be fixed a double
iron chain of peculiar construction. A formi
dable apparatus of balloons of an elliptical
form, and firmly secured, would support in the
air the extremity of these chains, which would
be strongly fastened to the abutments on the
shore by other chains. Each section of 100
yards would cost about 300,000 francs, which
would make 84 millons for the whole distance
across. These chains, supported in the air at
stated distances, would become the point of sup
port of this fairy bridge, on which the inventor
proposes to establish an atmospheric railway.—
This project has been developed at great length
by the inventor.”
Classical.
In illustration of the progress ot the age, in
understanding the classic poets, The Literary
World quotes the following notable instance
which occurs in the well known verses of Hor
ace, {Ars. Poet, 21) with •’ e latest version :
“ Amphora ccepit
Institui, currente rota cur urceusexit?
[TRANSLATION.]
The two handed vessel of a foot square is
getting in fashion: as the wheel turns, why
does the pitcher disappear 1”
The above is copied verbatim from the edi
tion of Karnes’ Elements of Criticism, edited
by Abraham Mills, p. 166. New-York: 1833
and 1838, and is commended to the Sopho
mores of all our Colleges. *
More Snake Stories.
The Irish newspapers have lately teemed
with stories of an immense sea-serpent, seen on
several parts of the coast. The Cork Exami
ner gives a circumstantial account of a mon
ster seen in Ballycotton Bay, which was appa
rently about one hundred and fifty feet long,
and “at once like an eel and a serpent.” When
fired at with a rifle, as it sailed with its head
and neck above the sea, it discharged a number
of small fishes from his mouth, some of which
fell into the boat, and were found to possess
electrical properties ; from which it is conclu
ded that the creature is a gigantic gymnotus
electricus, imparting electricity even to its
food! Where is Capt. McQuahee ?
*
Conundrums.
Why was Jonah in the Whale’s belly, like
a fashionable lady ?
Because he had too much whalebone about
him.
What colour does flogging make a nigger ?
It makes him yell oh ! (yellow.)
When is a mastiff a lap-dog ?
When he is drinking, of course.
*
Wanted Immediately.
The title page and index to a “volume of
smoke.”
To know what kind of metal thunder “bolts”
are made of.
A joint of veal from the “calf” of a man’s
leg.
A spark from the “fire of indignation.”
To know the key-note to the “march of in
tellect.”
A feather from the wings of the wind.
Some lashes from the “eye ot day.”
A lace string from a sloop’s “stays.” *
SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE.
(Dm: 33nnk Cubit
The Litirati: Some Honest Opinion*about Autorial
Merits and Demerits, with occasional words of person,
ality; together with Marginalia, Suggestions and Es
says. By Edgar A. Pok, with a sketch of the Author,
By Rufus A. Griswold. New-York: J. S. Redfield,
Some months ago, we noticed two volumes
of Miscellanies, by the late Edgar A. Poe, edi
ted by Dr. Griswold, and published by Mr.
Redfield. They contained all of Mr. Poe’s
writings, which his literary executor at that
time, thought proper to publish. The editorial
notice prefixed to those volumes, dealt plainly
with the moral obliquities of Mr. Poe’s life, and
lifted the veil which had hitherto concealed
from the world the real unloveliness of his
character. For this, the Editor was assailed
in various quarters, and to repel the charges
made against him of misrepresenting circum
stances, and doing injustice to the deceased au
thor, —he has collected the articles which the
former published, from time to time, upon the
more prominent writers of his day, and in
which there are not only “occasional personal
ities,” as the Editor’s title-page intimates, but
innumerable out-breathings of personal dislike,
oftentimes expressed in no delicate terms.
Our candid opinion is, that much which
this volume contains had been better un
preserved, since it can be regarded as
nothing else than the lees of the author’s
mind, and of course is no credit either to his
intellect or to his heart. There are notices of
more than seventy writers, principally Ameri
can, some of which are appreciative and candid,
while others again are tinged with prejudice
and spleen. We shall not undertake to point
out his evident effusions of personal feeling, as
they will readily enough appear to the reader,
who is at all conversant with American Let
ters. The book will have a much wider circu
lation than Us literary merits entitle it to, for
the public will be curious to know what this
Ishmaelite of Li terature had to say of those
whose names appear conspicuously in the
books and periodicals of the day. Moreover
it is, undoubtedly, a very spicy volume, rather
too highly seasoned for some tastes, perhaps,
but, nevertheless, exceedingly appelizing.
The Editor has prefaced it with a Memoir of
the Author, in which his extraordinary and la
mentable career is presented as a beacon to
young men, whose genius and mental powers
greatly extend their stock of moral principle.
It is a sad and saddening picture, and yet we
are not prepared to say that it should not have
been drawn and exhibited to the world. We
do not feel persuaded that the Latin adage,
“De mortuisnil nisi bonum” isof uuiversal ap
plication, and Mr. Poe’s offences were the
worst offences against morality, and involved
the most aggravated injuries to Society at
large. They demand, therefore, the only
atonement which can be made for them, and
that is an undisguised acknowledgment of their
enormity to the offended party. The Editor
has prefixed to his memoir a brief statement of
his personal relations with Mr. Poe, in purposed
vindication of himself from some of the char
ges alluded to already in this notice. How far
Dr. Griswold has indulged a personal pique
against some of the parties, so severely han
dled by Mr. Poe’s book, we will not pretend to
say. It certainly looks a little wicked in hint
to give, at this day, a wide currency to “opin
ions,” which had otherwise been soon forgot
ten.
Five Years or a Hunter’s Life, in the Far Interior
of South Africa, with Notices of the Native Tribes,
and Anecdote* of the Chine of the Lion, Elephant,
Hippopotamus, Giraffe, Rhinoceros, &c. By R. Gor
don Cumming, Esq., of Altyre. With Illustrations.
In 2 v015.,12m0. New-York: Harper & Brothers.
This is not a book to be dismissed in a para
graph, for it abounds with strange and wonder
ful adventures, such as are very seldom experi
enced by heroes or narrated by them for the as
tonishment of the reader. Mr. Cumming is un
doubtedly Nimrod Redivivus, and we shall
hereafter devote some columns to a review of
his exploits, simply premising now, to whet the
appetite of our readers, that he hunts only the
nobler and more dangerous species of wild ani
mals, as suggested in the following catalogue
raisonnee : “Elephant, black, white, and long
horned Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Cameleop
ard, Buffalo, Blue Wildbeest, Zebra, Water
Buck, Sassayby, Koodoo, Pullah, Springbok,
Serolomootloque, Wild Boar, Duinker, Stein
bok, Lion, Leopard.” If that is not a “ bill of
fare” to satisfy the appetite of the most invete
rate sportsman, we have no idea what would
suffice. And our adventurer dealt with theso
denizens of the forest with the most perfect non
chalance. perforating the tough hide of a rhi
noceros or an elephant, with as much steadi
ness of the rifle, as if he were only doing to
death a shrinking antelope or a bounding deer.
But we will not anticipate the fuller notice to
which we design immediately, to subject this
capital brace of volumes, and which every
sport loving reader should immediately pro
cure.
Miranda: A Tale of the French Revolution. By the
Author of “The Trapper’s Bride.” &c, New-York:
Stringer &. Townsend.
This new novel, which we owe to our young
booksellers, “at the corner,” Messrs. Courtenay
& Wienges, is one of lively interest through
out. It carries us through a series of startling
scenes from history, which could not, by any
possibility, receive any increase of interest from
the arts of fiction. The plan of the author
seems to have been to afford us a perfect pic
ture of the “Reign of Terror” in France, from
the very opening of that awful drama. He
has woven these details in with his story in a
manner at once artful and truthful. His charac
ters are all well drawn,and afford some very stri
king contrasts. In the course of the narrative.he
gives us lively portraits of many of the most
celebrated of the actors in the history. We
have scenes in which Marat, Danton, Robes
pierre, Madame Roland, and others equally
conspicuous, appear in action : and the portrai
ture accords fully with all that we have ever
learned from the record. This, our author
who is an Englishman, seems to have studied
with as much facility and fidelity, as if he were a
Frenchman. We do not always agree with
him in his conclusions, but he argues them with
boldness, spirit and plausibility. The story, we
repeat, is quite an interesting one.
The Deerslayer ;or the first War-Path. BytheAu.
thor of the Last of the Mohicans. New Revised Edi.
lion, one vol. 12 mo. New York: Geo. P. Putnam.
The “Leather Stocking Tales,” of Mr.Coop
er have done more to make his reputation both
at home and abroad, than any other produc
tions ol his pen. “ The Deerslayer” though
the last of that series to be published, is proper
ly the initial volume, where tlie hero is intro
duced to the reader in the earliest vigour of his
manhood. In all the range of hero-character
we have never met with a more admirable and
attractive specimen than “ Leather Stocking’’
—and in all the phases of his appearance be
fore us- from that of the Deerslayer—to his
end in the Prairie he exhibits the noblest char
acteristics of one of Nature’s aristocrats. Our
readers will not expect us, at this period, to
commend the volume before us to their regard.
If they are not already familiar with it, the loss
is theirs. The fame of the book is cosmopoli
tan ; its merits are equal, if not superior to
those of any other work of the author. For
picturesqueness, vigour and purity of style, and
for simplicity and unity of construction, it is
not surpassed in the range of American fiction.
Mr. Putnam’s elegant edition should tempt
any man of leisure to give it a repeated peru
saL
Mr. Dalton’s Legate* ; A Very Nice Woman. By
Mrs. Stone; author of “The Young Milliner,” New-
York: Stringer & Townsend.
A story of fashionable and social life, which
the lover of such stories will find piquant and
full of spirit. The author writes with a free
dom and ease, which show her quite familiar
with her materials. She is never at a loss for
scenes and persons. She portrays admirably
the lady -parvenue, and her thousand arts for
taking a position in society, superior to that in
which she was born. This portrait of a “very
nice woman” is admirably done. So, indeed,
are several other characters : The wild young
Collegiate, the swearing East Indiaman, the
meek Daughter, deprived of fortune, the ex
cellent young Curate, starving on virtue and
talent, and the natural nobleman, who, born
humbly, deports himself humbly, but honestly,
nobly, and like a Christian. The story is full
of clever satire, and illustrates, happily, much
of the social philosophy of present times. We
are indebted,for our copy, to Messrs. Courtenay
& Weinges.
The Nightinoale ; or the Jenny Lind Songster: De
voted to the publication of all the choicest songs sung by
Jenny Lind, and other celebrated vocalists; with ap.
propriate music, &c. By Samuel Beman, A. M., &c.
New-York, Stringer & Townsend.
Here we have the three first numbers ot a
collection of popular songs, duets, glees, har
monies, &.c., with the accompanying music, as
sung by the most celebrated vocalists. The
collection is made with very good taste, and
affords facilities to those who are musical, for
obtaining all the best pieces at a purely nomi
nal cost. The series, as begun, promises a vol
ume of pleasing and constant resort, yielding
all the current songs and peices as they appear,
and almost as soon as they appear. In the se
rial form, they are particularly to be commend
ed, as being ot cheap and easy transmission by
mail, to the most remote places of the interior.
We commend it to the musical of all sections,
lor our copies, we are indebted to our young
friends, Messrs. Courtenay & Weinges, “at
the corner,” just below us.
Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution, Sic.
By Benson J. Lossing, New-York: Harper & Broth
ers, 1850.
No. 7 of this splendid serial, with its beauti
ful typography and its exquisite illustrative
engravings has come to hand. It is for sale by
John Russell, King-street.
(Dur CDiitriiipnrnrirs.
The Message Bird is a literary and mu.
sical Journal of great merit, published in New-
York, by M. T. Brockelbank & Cos.
The General Summary of Musical Matters
in Europe, with translations and gems of For
eign Music, will alone be worth its price. The
music given will be the best that can be selected
bought or written, and if purchased in the com
mon form, would amount to ten or twelve dol
ars per annum. The form is royal quarto, and
when bound, will contain over four hundred
pages. For Family Reading, the Literary De
partment will be valuable and interesting.
Among its contributors we notice the
names of J. S. Dwight, Wm. Vincent Wal
lace, George H. Curtis, Edward Hodge, Mus.
Doct, H. W. Gutoux, George Loder, Manin
F. Tupper, M. Strakosch, T. B. Read, W. H.
C. Hosmer, Miss Phoebe Carey, Miss Cooper,
Miss Augusta Browne, Miss Alice Carey, and
a host of other writers and composers of high
reputation. We were in error, in a former no
tice in stating that Mr. J. S. Dwight was Mu
sical Editor of the Message Bird ; he is, how
ever, a regular contributor. We wish the Bird
plenty of current “notes,” and a nest full of
“golden eggs.” Published semi-monthly at
$1.50 per annum, strictly cash in advance !
Graham’ s Magazine for October is an
interesting number. It has four original steel
engravings, and its literary matter is of a high
order. We understand that Mr. Graham has
completed the most extensive arrangements to
give still higher character and value to his
Magazine for the coming volume.
G P. R. James, the celebrated Novelist,
has been engaged to give a series of splendid
romances.
George D. Prentice, the Poet of the West,
will write exclusively, a poem for every num
ber.
Grace Greenwood is engaged to give a series
of her beautiful stories.
J. M. Legar6 of South-Carolina, will con
tribute a brilliant set of papers for 1851.
Miss Fennimore Cooper, the author of Rural
Hours, is also engaged, with Whipple and
Longfellow, Bryant and Lowell.
T. B. Read, the Artist and Poet, is now at
Dusseldorf, on his way to Italy, to furnish from
the Galleries, a superb set of drawings. [Ad
dress G. R. Graham , Philadelphia.
Sartain's Magazine is not behind its
contemporaries. In the November number we
have no less than 17 embellishments, and 20
original contributions, among the embellish
ments are portraits of Washington Irving, and
Felix O. C. Darley. The arrangements of the
publisher’s for the new volume, to commence in
January, 1851, are on the most liberal scale,
and cannot fail to render the work more at
tractive than even before. In the department
of Art, Sartain's Magazine is unrivalled.
The Southern Literary Messenger.
The number for October has been received.
“Judith of Bensaddi,” is continued. Among
the poetical contributions, we notice a long
poem by “Alton,” of this city, and a humourous
“Invocation to P. T. Barnum.” The Messen
ger is truly Southern in its tone and character.
It is neither flashy nor trashy, but is neither dull
or devoid of good sound literary matter. John
R. Thompson, Editor and Proprietor.
Godey’s Lady’s Book. This most pop
ular of the Monthlies is promptly on our table.
It has seventeen engravings, and the usual va
riety of pleasant reading. Godey’s Prospectus
for 1851, makes large promises of good things,
and he will not be likely to let any of his con
temporaries go ahead of him.
Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, fur
nishes such a mass of choice reading as was
never before, in the history of literature afford
ed for the same price.—149 pages for 25 cents!
The October number has been received. It can
be procured of John Russell, King-st.
We have received from its American
publishers, Messrs. Stringer &. Townsend
The London Lancet for July and August. It
is a standard journal of British and Foreign
Medical, Surgical and Chemical Science.
Published monthly, at $5,00 per annum.
*
The Boston Transcript says that Mr. Hack
er, the American Actor, has been invited by
Queen Victoria to join the company that are
engaged to give a series of Shakesperian repre
sentations at Windsor Castle, the ensuing sea
son.
(Dnr |'nst-36ag.
[L nder this head we shall reply to many letters, contain
ng queries or suggestions upon subjects of general interest
nstead of answering them, as heretofore, by post. This
will save us time, and “time is money.” We are very
glad to receive letters from our subscribers, and it only re
quires that the postage be paid to ensure prompt attention
Eds.]
Query. Yes.
Melnot, Your communication is declined.
W. A. F., St. Augustine. You shall hear
from us soon. *
Publisher of La Gazette Francaise, please
send us Nos. 1,2, and 3 of your paper, as we
wish a complete file. *
To our Correspondents generally. The
Senior Editor finds upon his table many letters
demanding his attention. They will receive
it— ceteris paribus —in the order of their date—
and he hopes to be able to answer them all be
fore the end of October.
36rraitira.
The London Literary Gazette speaks
in terms of high praise of Melville’s “Berber.”
A Chemist has a little daughter named
Ann Eliza—for short he calls her Analize.
Among the Naval appointments, we
notice the name of Henry Rolando, of this city,
as Lieutenant.
The London Ath nceum pronounces
Hawthorne’s “Scarlet Letter” one of the best
works of the season.
We find the following new reading of
an old proverb in the News of the 12th inst-:
Dat veniam corvis, vexat eensura Columbus !
The New-York Day Book avers that
Madame Bishop sings Casta Diva as well as
Jenny Lind. What a heretic!
The California fever is now at its high
est point in Paris. Forty-five mining associa
tions have been formed.
A Washington Correspondent of the
Baltimore Clipper urges Mr. Webster for the
next Presidency.
A Hydropathic establishment is about to
be opened by an English Surgeon at Alexan
dria,
Elliott Warburton, the author of the
“Crescent and the Cross,” has a work in prep
aration, on the “History of the Poor.”
John G. Saxe is to deliver the poem be
fore the Phi Beta Kappa Society ot Dartmouth
College, at the next Commencement.
The letters received by the last Califor
nia steamer indicate a great deal of a certain
kind of fever, viz: the coining back fever.
Swimming has been ordered to be taught
in the French army since the accident at An
glers.
They have got a white crow down in
Maine, which the Kennebec paper says is a
stranger bird than Poe’s raven. The owner
has refused SSO for it.
The family of Dr. Webster are about to
remove to Fayal, where a daughter now resides.
The sympathy of every heart will go with
them. •
The statue of Calhoun is not yet recov
ered ; but it may be seen in calm weather,
nearly covered with sand, and about six feet
unjar water. Y
Ledru Rolins works, the Decadence de
VAngleterre and the Lot Anglaise, have fallen
dead from the press, and only lumber the
shelves of the publisher.
The Nepaulese Ambassador, who re
cently visited London, is only twenty .six years
of age, but is already a dislinguished General,
and one of the most intelligent men of his
country.
Mr. Layard has discovered the tomb
and statue of Sardanapalus, with full annals of
his reign engraved on the walls,beneath the
great pyramid at Nimroud.
Girls, never run away from parents till
you are quite sure the young gentleman you
elope with don’t intend to run away from you.
This advice is worth a year’s subscription, but
we give it gratis.
Dr. Howard, an eminent physician, has
published an able work, for the purpose of pro
ving the hurtful effects of salt on the body and
mind of man, and its tendency to cause diseases,
especially consumption.
‘Mr. Stephenson, the distinguished En
glish Engineer, was lately offered the honour of
Knighthood,but declined it. Had he accepted,
the honor, we are thinking, would have accrued
to the Order, and not to Mr. Stephenson.
We notice in the London papers ac
counts of anew religious sect—the “Craik-and
Milleriles.” Their leader, Her Mfiller, has
built and endowed an Orphan House, simply by
praying for the means. The Literary Gazette
suggests that he be handed over to the Chan
cellor ol the Exchequer, to pray off the Na
tional Debt.
Mr. Simm’s late work, “The Lily and
the Totem,” we perceive, is most favorably no
ticed in our exchanges, both Northern and
Southern. It is worthy of all the commenda
tion bestowed upon it. Have our brethren of
the Charleston press not seen the work, that
they are silent on the subject, or does all the
loud talk we hear about encouraging and pa
tronizing native talent and industry mean
nothing ?
(Etlf Mm nf \\)t Dflq.
A Nice Garden. —A gentleman in Califor
nia writes to his wife in Ohio, that his crop of
tomatoes on one acre and a half of ground was
worth SIB,OOO.
The first Commercial Nation. —The London
correspondent of the New York Herald states
that the commercial tonnage of the United
States is 20,000 tons more than that of Eng
land, the former being 3,150,000 tons, and the
latter, 3,130,000 tons.
University of Virginia. —The “Charlotts
ville Jeffersonian ,” says that alt the dormitories
in the University were engaged by Saturday
night week, (September 28,) and the boarding
houses in the vicinity are fast filling up. It is
expected that the number of students, last
year, 427, will, this year, reach as high as
300.
The American Army. —The United Service
Gazeite states—“ By the late decision of Con
gress, increasing the rank and file of the United
States’ Army, each company will now consist
of 74 instead of 42 men, as heretofore ; this
will augment the total effective force force front
8,000 to 14,000 men. general orders issued,
one-half of the infantry serving on the frontier
are to be mounted.”
Tenacity of English Customs. —The wool
sack on which the Chancellor of England sits,
is precisely what the name implies—a large bag
of wool covered with red cloth, without any
back to lean against. Such is the minute res
pect paid to aucient customs in the slightest
things, that some years since, the Chancellor,
then eighty years of age, hesitated more than
seven years, whether he should allow a cushion
to be brought him, when the sittings were pro
tracted and fatiguing.
Ipnfs jlltar.
MARRIED,
In Boston, on the Ist of October, by the Rev.
Dr. Gannett, Dr. J. B Whitridge, of this city,
and Miss Caroline Hammond, second daughter
of Daniel Hammond, Esq. of the former place.
On Sunday the 22d ult., by the Rev. J. G,
Humbert, Mr. Benjamin Gaines of Green
ville District, to Mrs, Nancy Jones of Laurens
District.
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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 religions 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.WHITEMARSH B.SEABROOK,
Governor of South-Carolina, do hereby recommend to
the people ofthe 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 limits 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. Hknkgan, Secretary of State,
ty Every paper in the State will publish three times.
Sept 25
J. F. CHURCH, PLUMBER,
67 EAST BAV-ST., CHARLESTON, S. C.
Lead, Copper and Brass Lifting Force Pumps. Water
Closets, Hot, Cold and Shower Baths, Garden Engines,
Cooking Ranges, Lead, Pipe, Sheet Lead, Block, Tin,
&c., Stc. Every description of Lfead work and Hydraul
ics furnished anu 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, NEW-YORK,
Neit door to Barnum’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 of
FOUR DOLLAR HATS for 1850.
Superior in style, workmanship, richness, and all the
qualities which belong to a first rate and fashionable fab
ric, to any FIVE DOLLAR HAT in the trade. His
stock of
FANCY HATS AND CAPS FOR CHILDREN
comprehends all the newest Paris patterns, and a variety
of superb original designs prepared under his own eye and
made in his own factory. He would also call attention to
his splendid.
RIDING HATS FOR LADIES,
and Ladies’ Riding-Whips and Gloves, of the same sty leas
those recently presented by him to Jenny Lind, so warmly
approved in her autograph letter of reply. In the manu
facture of
ARMY AND NAVY CHAPEAUX
and fatigue and undess Caps his artists cannot be equalled
in the Union. A rich and varied assortment of the finest
Furs also tbrm a part of his stock, together with
CHOICE PARISIAN AND AMERICAN
UMBRELLAS.
Elegantly mounted WALKING CANES, BRUSH
ES, CARPET BAGS, RIDING-WHIPB, 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 Y. TARVER, *
EXCHANGE WHARF, SAVANNAH, GA.
FACTOR AND GENERAL COMMIS
SION MERCHANT, AND DEALER
IN GRAIN AND HAY.
WILLARD'S HOTEL.
E. D. WILLARD, Proprietor.
Pennsylvania Avenue, corner of 14 th street,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
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Mr. Matthew J. Wroton, J. J. Richards, S. P
Richards.
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for Charleston.
[tJ’George W.Bell is our Agent for Kershaw
and the neighbouring Districts.
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Spartanburg and surrounding Districts.
O’ All Postmasters are authorized to act as
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Agents.
THE TRAVELLER’S GUIDE.
ROUTES FROM CHARLESTON.
From Charleston to New- York. Leaving daily at 3!-*
o’clock P. M. By Steamer to Wilmington 180 miles.—By
Railroad to Weldon 162 miles. —To Petersburg 63.—T0
Richmond 22.—T0 Acquia Creek 70.—8 y Steamer to
Washington 55. —By Railroad to Baltimore 40. —To Phil
adelphia 92. —To 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, at 4 o’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 IfGurs. Fare S2O.
From Charleston to New-Orleans. Leaving daily at
10 o’clock a. M. ByS.C. Railroad to Augusta 136 miles.
—By Georgia Railroad to Atlanta 171.—8 y Macon and
Western Railroad to Gritiiu 42. By Stage to Opelaka
95. —By Railroad to Montgomery 65. —By 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 Macon 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,
OPEN ON THE 18 th NOVEMBER NEXT.
The second annual Fair ofthe South Carolina Institute,
for the promotion of Art, Mechanical Ingenuity, &c.,
will be held ir. Charleston, opening on the 18th November,
and to continue during the week.
Specimens of every branch of Industry are earnestly
solicited. Premiums will be awarded—for the best speci
mens, a Silver Medal; for the next best, a Diploma. For
Original Inventions, a suitable premium, at the discretion
of the judges.
A selection will be made of the best specimen of Me
chanism and the Arts—of Cotton, Rice, Sugar, Tobacco,
Corn, Wheat, Flour, Rosin and Turpentine—and sent to
the World’s Fair, to beheld in London in the Spring of
1851.
A large and commodious building lias 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 ba 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 ol charge.
WM. GREGG, President.
E. C. Jones, Secretary.
itfnta’s Carta
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 & Sons’ Paper Mills, and of va
rious Printing Inks.
JOSEPH WALKER,
AGENT FOR THE SALE OF
TYPE, PRESSES AND PRINTING MATERIALS
Os all kinds, at New York prices, actual expenses from
New York to Charleston only added.
AGENT FOR
JOHN T. WHITE, TYPE-FOUNDER,
Whose Foundry has been in operation over forty years,
and for beauty and variety of Type, Borders, Sic., is sur
passed by none. Constantly on hand, Brass Rule,
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ranted Inks, Book and News Printing Inds, Fancy Col
oured Inks, at greatly reduced rates, say from 75 cents per
pound and upwards.
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receipt constantly, direct from the Northern Mills, Paper
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English blue laid, French and American papers, made
expressly to order, at the same price that the same quality
cf work is done in New York.
FANCY BINDING.
Books, Pamphlets, Music, etc., bound in the neatest
and best style, either in Calf, Morocco, Russia, or plain
Sheep Binding.
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spared to have all work executed in the best manner.
STEAM POWER-PRESS PRINTING.
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Having added to their Office, Stearn Power-Presses, and
large fonts of the latest kind of Book Type, are prepared
to execute all kinds of
BOOK AND PAM PHI. E T PRINTING,
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Borders, etc.’, to their already extensive Office, they are
prepared to execute
JOB PRINTING OF EVERY VARIETY,
SUCH AS
CHECKS, CIRCULARS,
BILLS-LADING, BALL INK/TA TIONS
BILLHEADS, BRIEFS.
RECEIPTS, HAND BILLS, Sec.
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 A TTORNE Y and C O UN
SELLOR AT LAIV and SOLICITOR INCHAN ■
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 balding occupied by
Messrs. Yeadon Si Macbeth.
Charleston, May 4, 1850.
• our oron
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SOUTHERN QUARTERLY REVIEW.
This sterling Southern Periodical, recently published by
Mr. James S. Bi-roes, will henceforth be issued by the
Subscribers, who respectfully solicit the continue avours
of the Southern people, and of the citizens of •- ar estou
in particular. The first number of the present year, form -
mg the beginning of anew series, is now rapidly passing
through the press, and will be delivered to subscri >ers n
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 tie
best of paper. It will continue under the Editorial con
ductof 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 t ontribu
tors as will effectually place the work beyond the chances
of a deficiency, or inferiority, of Literary, Scientific or
Political material. The writers for the REVIEW in
elude the greater number of the best and ablesl 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
ious of our section. The Publishers, assured by thecoun
tenance which they have received, from every quarter o
the South, and especially sustained and patronized by the
most influential names in Carolina, beg leave to solici
the continued and increasing patronage ot our citizens.
Subscriptions will be received at their Office, corner o I
East Bay and Broad streets, second story, or at 101 Eas
Bay. Contributors will be pleased to address the Editor,
to their care, in Charleston.
WALKER hi RICHARDS
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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
Wascommenced on Saturday, the 4th ot May, 1850
undents original name —instead u! Richards Weekly Ga
zettc —as more significant of its peculiar character, it being
the only weekly organ of Literature l the entire South.
It is
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 cCT-’in
ue under the same Editorial direction as heretofore, and no
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 t witli the Northern weeklies, in cheapness and
interest,
THE SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE
Shall rival the best of them in all the characteristics of a
truly valuable fireside Journal. Its aim will be the diffu
sion of cultivated and refined taste throughout the com
munity—and it will embrace in its ample folds every spa
cies of intelligence that can tend to this result
ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS,
from many of the ablest writers in the South, will chiefly
occupy its columns, but not to the exclusion ot choice mis
cellany. selected from the best American and European
sources
The tone of the “Gazette” will be independent in criti
cism and in the discussion of every legitimate topic, but it
will be strictly
NEUTRAL IN POLITICS AND RELIGION !
Its columns will be occasionally embellished with
SOUTHERN PORTRAITS & LANDSCAPES,
engraved expressly for the work, and accompanied by
biographical and topographical sketches. A portrait of
the Hon. Judge Lumpkin, of Georgia, appeared in the
first number, and others will follow at monthly intervals
ITS GENERAL INFORMATION
will he copious, hutcarefully condensed from the leading
Journals of all parts of the world.
Notwithstanding the great increase in the size and ut”
tractions of the paper, it will still be published at
Two Dollars Per Annum, in Advance !
It will be furnished to persons becoming responsible for
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nsld.in>aa. on tlu> tollowimr
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Five copies, 8
Ten copies, 15
Fifteen copies, 20
Twenty copies, 25
Fifty copies, 60
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beautiful Juvenile Magazine, entitled “The School!
low.”
THE BEST AND CHEAPEST JUVENILE
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On the 15th of January, 1850, was published at
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THE SCHOOLFELLOW,
which has been pronounced by some of the ablest presse
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that the Publishers have resolved to continue it and make
it permanent, and they therefore call upon parents, teach
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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 chieflv ori
ginal articles from the pens of Mrs. Caroline Gilman, Mrs.
Joseph C. Neal, Mrs, W. C. Richards, Mrs. C. W. Du
Bose, Miss Tuthill, Caroline Howard, Miss C. W. Bar
ber, Clara Moreton, Maria Roseau, the Editor, and many
other well known writers.
ITS PICTORIAL EMBELLISHMENTS
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be printed upon finer paper, and no pains will be spared to
make it a most charming companion for all good girls and
bops. It will be published on the fifteenth of each month,
and will make a volume of about 400 pages and 100 en
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ty Clubs should be made up as early as practicable—
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to WALKER ta RICHARDS.
May 4, 1850. Charleston, S. C.
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any business connected with Literature, Science an-
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His facilities aresuch that he is enabled toexecuteall orders
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