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Mention a few only. One thing particularly ‘rested us, the Columbia buggy, which was bited at our own Fair last November, stood .-eminent in beauty, among its Northern mpetitoia, and reflected great credit on Southern mechanical skill. Gilbert’s exquisite I’olian Piano Fortes charmed every ear By the .hiiess and delicacy of their tones. Amer ,a„ Broad Cloths were exhibited, apparently ua l jn beauty to the finest French Cloths, 0 j (h e same remark is true of American Cas nieres, compared with either English or french fabrics. \\ e lingered some time before a Working Model of a Multiplying Engine, propelled by Electro Magnetism, which leaves scarcely any iom for doubt that Electricity is soon to be made available as a motive power. \ ship Ventilator, for emigrant vessels, at , ao ted our notice, and repaid it too, not only upon the score of ingenuity, but also upon that of humanity* We saw carding, spinning, wire drawing, , ~| making, and innumerable other machines, all in full play, by the force of a steam engine, itself an object of interest and gratification. The elegancies of the Fair were perhaps never before equalled in degree or profusion. The glitter of silver and gold ware, the exquisite fn.ish of articles in papier mache, the thousand fumisof bijout rie, all indicated the progress of luxury in our land. As we left the Garden, a chime of eight hells rung out a melodious peal in the familiar measure of Old Hundred, and ilu ii cadence was the last we heard of the great fair at Castle Garden. (Pnr Gossip Column. The Mercury and Jenny Lind. Our “ niercuiial” neighbour has at length , ]cned his columns to accounts of the Jenny I, nd Mania in the North, but we are sorry to ild, that instead of presenting the ‘lights’ of the picture, he has chosen the only shadow it ex hibitsin the unpleasant events which attended the last Concert in Boston. By some misconduct cn the part of holders of promenade tickets, many holders of premium seats were excluded from the Hall, and in the rush of the former, a tumult arose, with the accompaniment of creaming and fainting ladies, and other et-cet , as of an excitement, which, of course, des troyed all the interest ot the Concert. The 11 pular indignation against Mr. Manager Bar num, as the supposed cause of the disturbances, ran high, and notwithstanding his explanations and honourable offers of satisfaction to any who were disappointed—the occasion is seized by (■nine presses to denounce him for his insatiable avarice, and to bring up against him a long catalogue of offences, beginning with “Joice lleth,” swelling to the “Giant,” and tapering nil'to little “Tom Thumb.’’ With this crusade against Mr. Barnum, we shall have nothing to do. He has committed the mortal offence of being successful in his money making schemes, full as honest, we fancy, as many methods which the world calls more dignified and hon ourable. His engagement with Jenny Lind is an affair of so much public importance, that were he a very Solomon in wisdom, he could not so conduct it as to escape censure. If the Concerts of Mile. Lind had failed to pay ex penses, Barnum would have been ridiculed and denounced for his folly in making so liberal an arrangement with her. Because they have re alized immense sums of money, and large prof its to the manager, he is decried as a Shylock, and every action denounced as mercenary. This is alike foolish and unjust. Mr. Barnum \\ .1 - hold enough to make an offer to Jenny Lind, which, though less tempting in amount than European offers, induced her to visit this country. He is reaping the fruits ot his enter prise, and in so far as he acts openly and hon estly, we do not begrudge him his gains. That he tries to make money out of his present con junction, we have no doubt, and that his greed of gold may lead him into errors, w r e think very probable. We should not, however, have noticed the strictures of our neighbour, had they been con fined to Manager Barnum, who is, by this time, pretty callous to newspaper squibs. Their gra vamen, in our estimation, is injustice to Mile. Lind, a noble, gifted, and generous woman, a stranger in our midst. She is presented as “'Weeping over the country, on an outrageous tide of puffing and trumpery charity and man utaetured enthusiasm, to the immense enrich ment of herself, &c.” Never was there a more ungenerous and unhandsome charge made against a fair lady. She is further stig matized by the gross nick-name of “Jenny Barnum,” and the Mercury says that she is a “creature whom we neither can classify, nor have any disposition to study or tolerate.” M w shame on such ungallantry ! say we. and more seriously, we protest against the spirit, as “ell as the language of our contemporary. ” hat does he mean by “trumpery charity,” for sooth ? Is the bestowal of tens of thousands °t dollars upon organized charities to increase ‘heir means of doing good “trumpery charity ?” Is the outpouring daily, of the golden fruits of genius, into the lap of want and destitution trumpery charity 1 Is the consecration of all ‘he profits which may accrue from a twelve months engagement in the New World to the gmat purpose of giving the blessings of Eduea t on to the poor children of Sweden “trumpery charity ]” Our finger ends blush red for shame as they guide the quill to write the harsh “"rds 1 Our qoestions will find their appropri ate answer in the generous hearts of our read *rs - The Mercury visits upon the innocent head of the Nightingale, the alleged sins of Mr. Barnum, and particularly, his mermaid impos ture, as it is termed. Now, what in the name common sense, has Mile. Lind to do with mat miserable affair, or why should she be mentioned in connection with it. Was she a Party to the matter? Does she even know that it ever excited here a “special wonder V’ file Mercury says “she has wittingly entered into partnership with Barnum,” and of course y implication, with the contents of his Mu "um—Anaconda, Giants, Fat Boys,*/ id omne Senus. The charge is hardly worthy of denial, Lind engaged with Mr. Barnum to sing l)r one hundred nights, in Concert only, in America. She knew him only through his a S ent , as a liberal manager ; and like a true ■md noble hearted woman, she is fulfilling her ’"■■iragement, scattering her wealth like the per umesof wild flowers, on the way sides of life, ‘ U| d nursing in her own breast all gentle and I,o| y emotions. So far from riding on a tide of manufactured enthusiasm, it is well known ■at she shrinks from any approach of flattery, ” A her passionate burst of tears, at the distur ri!lCe in Boston, is eloquent to every generous mart of her grief that she, should have been unwitting cause ol disappointment to a sin glt human being. ♦ *he last cut of the Mercury would be the unkindest cut of all,” if its edge were not hinted by the evident ill temper ot the whole I ltr ibe. Our neighbour says, “It seems to us II at an honest regard for the merits of other h'teat singers would suggest that, by herself, she 18 “ ot worth the price that is set upon her.” 1 lie only objection that we have ever before ‘ward to Jenny Lind is that she is “exhibited by J ‘ : ’ Barnnm,”—an expression, the truth of which does not excuse its coarseness. It has been argued that if she were here upon her own account solely, her reception would have been ten times more ardent and enthusiastic, and her profits much larger, at a diminished cost to the people. But the Mercury says that Jenny Lind, per se, is not worth the price that is set upon her. Our neighbour forgets, that in En gland, when she had no Mr. Barnum to arrange her Concerts, the price of tickets never aver aged so low as in New-York or Boston. We have never met with the person who has heard her upon the Continent, or in England, for the small sum of even one guinea. His estimate therefore, of her “worth” as a singer, is far be low that of the musical world of Europe, and we may add, ol America, also. We are pained to see in the conclusion fcf the Mercury'B article, an attempt to connect the Lind Concerts with the prevailing excitement between the North and South. Mile. Lind has no prejudices against the South, no sympathies with our enemies. Our interest in seeing and hearing her are as great as that of any people under Heaven, and why then seek to excite against her the bitter blood of hostile sentiment, and of sectional interest? Shame, we repeat it, shame ! A Natty Epigram. We are indebted for the following capital ‘item,’ to a beautiful and highly accomplished young lady, whom we had the pleasure of meeting during our last sojourn in Gotham. A well known writer, of the present day whose Christian name is Nathaniel, was one night at a brilliant party in Washington, where he managed, with his admirable tact, to secure to himself the smiles of a certain fair lady, who was the belle of the evening. His monopoly was somewhat odious to the careful mother of the charmer, who desired that her daughter should look favourably upon another and a wealthier suitor for her hand, of the name of Campbell. In vain, however, did the good old lady frown her disapprobation of the maid en’s decided preference for our hero, and at length she wrote, upon a card, and sent to her daughter, a eommund that she should receive the persevering attentions of Mr. Campbell. Our hero, rather impudently, it must be con fessed, took the card from the hands of the la dy, and having read it, begged permission to write a reply. T his was laughingly granted, and the followingcouplet, traced in pencil, upon the back of the card was immediately returned to the mother, whose gravity was not proof against the wit of the repartee : “Dear mother! why seek you my wishes to trammel, And strain at my ‘Nat, because I won’t swallow your ‘Campbell?” The Lorgnette. The beautiful article in our last week’s pa per, entitled “A Cavatina,” was copied from the Lorgnette, a semi-monthly brochure, is sued in New-York, at one shilling a number The printer, by an inadvertence, omitted the credit which we had duly affixed to the paper We take this occasion to say of the Lorgnette that it contains the most graceful essays we have met with, in American Letters. Our New York Letter says that the author is Ik. Marvel, the vomde plume of Mr. D. G. Mitchell. Jenny Lind and the Union. An exchange paper in Alabama contains a humourous declaration, setting forth the greiv ances of the South in the long detention of Jen ny Lind at the North, whereby our people are unmercifully tantalized. It proceeds to declare that unless the matchless Syren immediately comes hitherward, a dissolution of the Union shall be considered as having taken place ! (Our suuk (T'ulilr. A Descriptive Geography and Brief Historical Sketch of Palestiue. By Rabbi Joseph Schwarz. Translated by Isaac Leeser. Illustrated with Maps and Engravings. One vol. Bvo. Philadelphia: A. Hart. 5610-1850. The great degree of interest which has, of late, marked the popular feeling of this coun try and also of Great Britain, regarding the Holy Land, is likely to be satisfied by the vari* ety of books it has called forth, and of which the volume before is one of the most ambitious in its claims. It is the work of a Jewish Rabbi, who was for sixteen years a resident of Pales tine, and who, to a thorough knowledge of He brew Literature, and the other necessary sour ces of information, added protracted personal investigations iuto the subject he discusses. His purpose was, as he tells us in his preface, “to compose anew geography,” which should not “resemble the many modern journals of the constantly augmenting visits to Palestine, in which are repeated, again and again, the old and already known facts,” Our critical knowledge of the geography of the Holy Land is quite too superficial to allow us to express an opinion of the fidelity of the learned Rabbi’s book. It abounds in references to tjje mod celebrated Jewish authorities, and in this respect, we must regard it as somewhat too exclusive of other reliable travellers. This, though it may not impair the fidelity of the work, can scarcely fail of exciting the ap prehension of the general reader lest it should be an ex parte treatise. The catholic-spirited Ritter is lather sparing in his commendations of the work, in its claims to extended original observation. There can, however, be no ques tion that it is the result of wide and diligent research, and that it presents an unusually large amount of information concerning the geography and physical history of that land so full of interest, and so linked with the most sa cred associations and memories, as to be fitly called the Holy Land. The work is beautifully printed on fine pa per, and it is finely illustrated by maps and en gravings on stone, It quite resembles in ap pearance, the popular work of Lynch upon the Dead Sea, and the Jordan,to which it may not be inaptly considered as a companion vol ume. It may be found at Mr. S. Hart’s book store. Three Courses and a Dessert: comprising three sets of Tales. West Country, Irish, and a Me lange. With 50 Illustrations, by George Cruikshank. Fourth Edition. London: Henry G. Bohn. New-York: Bangs, Brothers & Cos. 1850. Tho “Standard Library” of Bohn is already well known to every Bibliopole, and wherever known, it is esteemed for the high tone of its selections, and the unequalled cheapness of its issues. The volume before us is one of a series called the “Illustrated Library,” which bids fair to become as popular as the older series. “Three Courses and a Dessert,” is a quaint name for a well-served entertainment of humour ous stories, to which the plates have been con tributed by the renowned Cruikshank. These plates are none of your opaque heavy stone ware, or delf, but genuine, transparent china, through which the sun-gleams of wit flash brightly and from which there comes the clear ring of a genial humour. The stories, which may be called the viands of the feast, are racy and relishing, short and spicy, funny and fine flavoured, and do no discredit to the plates on which they are served. This volume and its kindred issues can be obtained of Mr. John Russell. Th Women or the New Testament. Edited by Rev. H. H. Weld. Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakis ton. This is one of those beautiful volumes which commend themselves in two respects to the SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE. reader, by their mechanical execution, and also by the value of their literary contents. They are “gift books” of the first degree of merit, such as it is a pleasure to give or to receive. The plan pursued in the volume before us com mends it particularly to those who are wont to seek for the highest exhibitions of human ex cellence in the characters of the Bible. There are found examples of female dignity, purity, piety, and self-sacrifice unequalled in other an nals, and they are recorded especially lor the benefit of the gentler sex in all after ages. Ihe inspired Deborah, the exulting Miriam, the confiding Esther, the pious Hannah, the faithful Ruth, the gentle Rachel, the provident Martha, and the loving Marys, are all beauti ful examples of womanly excellence, the study ol which cannot fail of ennobling the mind and of improving the heart. The Editor of this volume has performed his task very grace fully, and the publishers have given it a neat but not expensive dress. Geneveivk ; or Peasant Love and Sorrows: By Al phonse de Lamartine, author of “Raphael,” &c.” Translated by Fayette Robinson, Esq. New-Vork Stringer & Townsend. 1850. To the lovers of the sentimental story, La martine deserves to be commended as one of its best living expositors. He is tender, and plaintive, and simple, and sensuous, and where the passions make no demand upon him du ring the narrative, he is usually successful in what he aims at, The story before us, is suffi ciently described in its title page. It is a tale ol peasant love and sorrow ; filled with the small details of humble life, and illustrative oi its moderate hopes,and frequent disappoinments. I he persons whom we never know in society, —whom we pass in the highways, as if they were beings of an entirely different race, —into whose lowly dwellings we never enter, —from whose lips we seldom hear any familiar ac counts. It is of these thafr Lamartine under takes to teach us—it is in these that he per suades us to converse—it is with their lowly fortunes that he would have us take an inter est. Dickens, as we ail know, makes use of like materials ; but he is quite another sort of artist. We commend it as a curious sort of study, the comparison of this volume with those of Dickens, wrought both out of the same staples. This of Lamartine’s, let us say briefly, is quite as accreditable as any of his similar performances. Its interest is of a sub dued and inoffensive kind, and it teaches proper lessons of respect for humanity. A Complete History of the Mexican War ; It Causes, Conduct, and Consequences. Comprising an account of the various Military and Naval Operations; from its commencement to the Treaty of Peace. Illustrated and explained by Maps, Plans of Battles, Views and Portraits. By N. C. Brooks. One vol., Bvo. Philadelphia: Grigg, Elliott & Cos. We notice this volume at a somewhat late day, but as its comprehensiveness and fidelity, give to it a value beyond that of the more ephemeral records of the War with Mexico, a memorial of it in our columns, will not be out of place. Mr. Brooks possesses the reputation of an elegant scholarship, and has certainly proved himself to be a successful writer. He has brought to the task of prepa ring the complete annals of the Mexican War literary abilities inferior to those of no other chronicler, and a degree of candour and disin terestedness which we think no other historian has displayed. His stand-point is such as to enable him to do justice to both sides,-in the view he takes; and his honesty would forbid any wilful perversion of the (acts in the case. We think, therefore, that this volume presents, to say the least, as full, clear, and reliable an ac count of the Mexican War as any other yet published, and we commend it to those who would carefully review the whole subject as a matter of history. They will find the style of the narrative pleasing and free from those gram matical and rhetorical blemishes which have disfigured many of the minor works upon the same fruitful topic. The Bcilder’s Pocket Companion ; containing the Elements of Building, Surveying, and Architecture- Witb Rules and Instructions, connected with the sub ject. By A. C. Smeaton, Civil Engineer. Philadel phia : H. C. Baird. This little volume will be cordially welcomed, we doubt not, by the class of mechanics for whom it is intended, for It presents, in a small compass, a larger amount of valuable informa tion, in regard to their art, than any other vol ume extant. The growing taste for Architec ture in all parts of our country, renders it imperatively necessary that the builder be well informed, and to this end he must consult the best authorities. In the manual before us, the author has given a concise and comprehensive view of all the processes concerned in the crea tion and completion of a building from its foun dations to its finish. The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer’s Compan ion, comprising the Rudiments and Principles of Cabi inet Making and Upholstering, with familiar instruc tions, illustrated by examples for attaining a proficiency in the Arts of Drawing, as applicable to Cabinet Work,&c. &c. By J. Stokes. Philadelphia :H, Ca rey Baird. This, like the volume noticed above, is one of a thoroughly “Practical Scries” of hand books in the Mechanic Arts, of great value, certainly to the artisan, since they present in a compact form, and at a low price, all the rules and receipts by which the most successful and satisfactory results in practice are obtained. The demands of the age for elegant furniture and decorations, have given anew importance to the arts ol the Cabinet Maker and Upholster er ; and the Manual before us contains gene ral instructions in both of these branches, that cannot fail to benefit those who are willing to learn and improve. To such we recommend it. £jjr i'itartf Itfnrlir. New Books. Mr. Putnam announces “Let ters from Jamaica,” by Mr. Bigelow, of the Evening Post, originally addressed to that Journal. Mr. H. Carey Baird, of Philadelphia! has issued Prof. Reid’s Edition of Grey’s Poems It is the one of the most sumptuous volumes ever issued in this country. The Harpers have published William Howitt’s “ Country Year Book,” Abbot’s “Xerxes the Great,” and Mrs- Trollope’s “Petticoat Government.” The Ap pletons have ready, “Evenings at Donaldson Manor,” by Miss Macintosh, illustrated with ten steel engravings ; also, “Our Saviour with Prophets and Apostles,” a superb gift book, edited by Dr. Wainwright, and kindred to their beautiful work, “The Women of the Old and New Testament.” Russell has it in rare and unique bindings. Bancroft's History of the United States. After years of patient expectation, the public is now to be gratified with the continuation of Mr. Bancroft’s History. Little &c Brown an nounce that the first of three volumes upon the American Revolution, is far advanced in the hands of the stereotypers. They will be en riched by material of great value, collected by Mr. Bancroft, during his recent mission at the Court of St. James. New- York Historical Society. The stated meeting of this Society was held on the eve ning of the Ist inst., when, among other in esting proceedings, a paper was read by Hon- E. George Squier, on the Archatology ofNica ragua. Jenny Lind’s Progress. —W T e arrogated to ourself no singular foresight, when we predict ed that Mile. Lind’s progress in the United States would be an accumulative triumph. Her star is unquestionably in the ascendant, and the period of its culmination is more remote than our vision can reach. She is now in Philadel phia, receiving the ardent homage of a popula tion, as little impressible in its higher classes, as any in the New World. Its quaker-like gravity has been completely overturned, and the matchless vocalist has been crowned there, as in New York and Boston, the undisputed Queen of Song. Before this article reaches our remoter readers, she will have returned to the scenes of her first cis-Atlantic triumphs, and will probably have resumed her sw r ay over the musical world of Gotham. It is said that she is to occupy the new edifice, (which some unwise caprice has robbed of her name, and christened Tripler Hall,) alternately with Ma dame Bishop, who, in connection with Bochsa, has opened it upon the grand scale of the Eu ropean Musical Conservatoires. If this be true, we pity Madame Bishop, for we cannot sup pose that she can draw houses with Mile. Lind, notwithstanding her superior orchestral accom paniments, and the vastly lower price at which her tickets will be sold. We may be mistaken ip this opinion, but we confess that the effort of some of the New York critics to elevate Mad. Bishop to the rank of Mile. Lind as an artist, seems to us to be the very height of the ridicu lous! We would prize more the opportunity to hear the latter sing once than we should to possess a free ticket to all the concerts the former will give from the present time to the close of her public career. That the immea surable moral elevation of Mile. Lind over her quasi rival has nothing to do with our compar ative estimate, we will not assert. On the contrary, we are free to acknowledge that we cannot altogether separate, in the character of Jenny Lind, the beautiful and hannonious elements of Genius and Goodness—of Song and of Soul! Would that this union were less an occasion of wonder ! The mid-winter will probably witness the departure of Mile. Lind to the Havana, where fresh and peculiar triumphs await her, among the enthusiastic and generous Havanese. En route she will pass through our city, and there is a much deeper solicitude felt by our citizens to be assured that she will sing here, than the tone of our newspaper press would indicate. The key note of public feeling is much higher than that of some of our daily journals, which seem to have wrapped themselves up in a man tle of reserve, and to affect superiority to the enthusiasm of their Northern contemporaries. Why is this ? Surely our brethren of the daily press are not of that class who • have no music in their souls.’ We would not believe this of any of them, and yet they have maintained an astonishing degree of coldness regarding the singing ol the Nightingale. Ah! we have it. Not one of them, alas! has heard her sing, and they are incredulous of her reputed vocal sorceries. Upon this supposition we forgive them all, and only hope that they will be per mitted to hear for themselves the echoes of her matchless voice, its soaring and its cadence, its force and its passions, its purity and its sweet ness. If they can hear her and still be indif ferent, we shall give them up as those “ not moved with concord of sweet sounds-’ * Seriously, if our people desire to hear the voice of the charmer, we should awake early. It will be a mortification beyond endurance, If the nightingale should fly through our beautiful city and not alight, because we have not offered her a gilded cage and a delighted audience for her songs. She is accustomed to be sought after, and child of nature though she certainly is, she lingers most willingly where she is most wooed. We cannot consent that the stigma shall rest upon Charleston of repulsing, even negatively, the brightest embodiment of high powers in song and of great deeds in charity, which the world has ever been permitted to look upon. As an humble representative of the Charleston press, we utter our disclaimer of in difference as to whether Mile. Lind sings here or not. The people of our city will miss such* a treat as they cannot conceive of, if they do not hear her. But we will not suppose it to be probable that they are to be deprived of this high gratification. The rumours are that she will sing here. The Military Hall is spoken of as the most available Concert Room in the city. It is our impression that sixteen hundred per sons can be comfortably seated there, and that allowing such a press as Castle Garden exhibit ed, two hundred more can crowd in. This number ol auditors would yield, at $3 per ticket, the sum of $5,400. By selling half the seats at auction, at a premium of from two to three dollars each, the amount could be swelled to SB,OOO, and this sum might, we are confident, be realized for three or four nights. It is not probable that Mile. Lind will sing any where else in this region—Savannah possibly except ed—and therefore to this point will come hun dreds from the interior in all directions to hear his world’s wonder, and to lay at her teet a contribution to that noble object for which her gains in America are sacredly pledged. We feel confident that a thousand people will make a pilgrimage to Charleston to the shrine of this wonderful Priestess of Song, if she. only re mains here a few days to receive their oblations. Thousands more from the city and parishes would swell this number to a multitude that would make a tribute to Jenny Lind worthy tho generous and high-toned enthusiasm of the South, paid to her at the portals of our “ sunny land,” and never to be forgotten by her in her further triumphal progress over the civilized world! In behalf of our readers, we earnestly in voke the advent here of the peerless Jenny, and pledge to her, on their part at least, a welcome as true and fervent as any she has yet experienced. A Sacred Concert. —We take pleasure in advising our city readers that a musical enter tainment, of no common character, is in pre paration, to be given at the First Baptist Church 9 on the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 30. The admirable choir of this church, under the di rection of their skilful leader, Mr. Robinson, and aided by Messrs. Speisseger and Strong, will perform a variety of Airs, Chants, Duetts, Recitatives and Choruses, selected from Haydn, Handel, Mozart, Auber and others. In the pro gramme before us, we notice the fine Duo of “ Dearest Treasure;’’ from the Creation, which, together with the magnificent Finale of that Oratorio, “ The Heavens are telling,” in Re citative and Chorus, speak well for the taste of the direction of this Concert. The Alpine Chorus of Stegman, and the exquisite Spanish Hymn composed by Longfellow, are among the gems of the bill. The Overtures are from Von Gluck and Auber, and we have no doubt Mr. Speisseger will perform them with his well known skill. As this Concert is designed to raise funds to defray the heavy expenses incurred in improving the Organ Loft of the Church, we bespeak for it the liberal patronage of the lovers of Sacred Music. £1;? fm Ms. Portrait of Jenny Lind. We are indebted to Mr. Brady, for a copy of a fine lithographic print from his daguereotype of Mile. Lind, and we have no sort of hesitation in pronoun cing it the best likeness of the “nightingale” which has yet appeared in this country. It was executed on stone by D’Avignon, whose pencil is employed upon the admirable portraits m the Gallery of Illustrious Americans.” The Art Journul for September. Mr. Geo. Virtue, of London, has supplied us, through, Mr. Samuel Hart, of this city, with the Sep tember number of this magnificent Journal. It contains three very large and highly finished line and stipple engravings, from pictures in the celebrated Vernon Gallery, besides nearly a hundred illustrations on wood of various sub jects in Art. The letter-press is voluminous and full of interest, and we honestly consider it to be worth four times the price at which it is published —75 cents per number. Every lover of the fine arts should subscribe for it. Bust of Calhoun. —We call the attention of our readers to a very beautiful work of Art, a miniature bust of the great departed Carolinian, executed in Parian China, and manufactured to the sole order of Messrs. Cameron & Cos. of this city. The likeness appears to us to be al most perfect, and the drapery of the bust is beautiful. For a very small snm, the admirers of Calhoun can now have a worthy memento of him, wrought of a material at once elegant and durable, for the Parian clay is said to re tain its colour better than marble. Messrs. Ca meron &. Cos. have also Parian busts of Jenny Lind, Sir Robert Peel, Shakspeare, Statuettes of the Venuses and the Greek Slave, and other figures of great beauty and delicacy, which, as mantle and table ornaments, cannot be sur passed. The. American Artists’ Association. —Under this title, a number of the artists of New York have organized themselves for the general pur poses of an Art Union. (Dttr (tatmpDnnm The Western Literary Messenger lor October is on our table. Jewett, Thomas & Cos., Publishers, Buffalo, N. Y. The Water Cure Journal for October has come to hand, and some of our friends who have imbibed the “Hydropathic Heresy,” are loud in their praises of the work, and of the October number in particular. Published by Fowler & Wells, New-York. The American Phrenological Journal, by the same publishers, has been received. The Philadelphia Messenger and Glean er says : “ An honest appreciation of worth impels us to state that the Southern Literary Gazette, published at Charleston, South-Carolina, is one of the handsomest, as it is one of the best lite rary newspapers printed in the Union. Such a compliment from such a source is very gratifying. The Messenger is a large, handsome, and well conducted family newspa per, and is published at only one dollar per an num ! A. B. Hamilton, Publisher, Philadel phia. iT'ljp Pnrk Cnrnrr. YVeshall occasionally insert, under this head, Riddles Enigmas, Puzzles, Charades, &c., to which answers post paid or free) ar e solicited. GEOGRAPHICAL enigma. I am composed of twenty-three letters. My 1 3 12 10 is a town in Egypt. My 2 17 9 2U is a county in Illinois. My 3 810 2 8 is a county in South-Caro lina. My 43 8 10 1 is one of the Barbary States. My 5 20 813 16 is a county in Alabama. My 6 0 16 is a town in England. My 7 5 2 8 20 is a river in France. My 8 14 1 5 is a county in North-Caroiina. My 9 16 2 8 1 is a city in France. My 10 2 8 10 18 8 is a cluster of Islands in the Mediterranean. My II 3 2 16 is a town in Alabama. My 12 4 2 8 is a town in England. My 13 2 3 20 8 is a town in France. My 14 9 17 10 6 13 1 is a town in the Northern part of Africa. My 15 18 13 10 4 14 8 is a river in New- Jersey. My 16 14 19 2 2 is a river in Mississippi. My 17 13 6 20 8 12 is a county in Georgia. My 18 11 9 14 8414 is a city in Georgia. My 19 20 10 9 14 5 is a town in Abyssinia. My 20 18 1 4 2 8 is a town in Maryland. My 21 13 2 16 is a town in New-York. My 22 15 6 8 21 is a river in England. My 23 9 17 10 8 is a town in the north of Scotland. My whole is one of the most interesting pa pers published in the United States. Respectfully, J. H. G. Augusta, Ga. tonitirs. The White Mountains have donned their white winter robes. The population of Vermont is de creasing. Queen Isabella of Spain is approaching maternity. Tripler Hall was opened with eclilt on the night of the 17th inst. by Madame Btshop, Miss Davenport is performing at Boston with great success. Jenny Lind has visited Iranistan, Bar num’s grotesque country seat in Connecticut. Paine, the Water Gas man, is out with another humbug, by which he is to impart per petual motion to ships at sea. The Arctic steamship, the third of Col lins’ American Line, has gone to sea on a trial trip. The new Epic, “ America Discovered,” is severely handled by the newspaper press of the North. We shall notice it shortly. Forty millions of acres will be given away under the operation of the Bounty Land Bill. Christopher North says that he never sees a man waltzing but he feels a fervent de sire to kick him! Mile. Jagello, the Hungarian heroine, is studying the English language at a school in Washington. On dit that Rachel, the great tragic actress, and Cerito, the queen of motion, are coming to this country. G. P. R. James, Esq. has applied for papers of naturalization as a citizen of the United States. We bid him cordially welcome. At the Treinont House, Boston, on the 16th inst., the twenty-first anniversary of its opening was celebrated by a dinner. The omnibus is not altogether a modem vehicle. Letters patent were granted to some French noblemen, in 1662, for a precisely simi ar kind of coach. Punch thinks he can trace the noble rank of Haynau till he finds it issuing from a bung-hole ! Jenny Lind’s charities in Boston amount ed to upwards of $7,000. The recipients do not call them “trumpery !” Jenny Lind’s Concerts in Philadelphia have awakened the most intense and generous enthusiasm. She is fully and truly appreciated there. An Exchange paper tells of a Bank Di rector in Boston, who not only gave a man a cent the other day but told him to keep the change ! Pass along his name. A London Journal, of the 12th Oct., now before us, contains Mrs. Joseph C. Neals beautiful story of “The Young Bride’s Trials.” with no other credit than the initials J. C. N. at the close. “Render unto Caesar &,c.,” The American Whig Review for Octo ber is disgraced by an abusive article concern ing Mr. James, the Novelist. Asa guest of the country, he should have bean safe front scurrility, and especially in a Magazine claim ing to be respectable and high-toned. AGENTS WANTED, TO canvass, for the Gaiette and Schoolfellow, the States otSouth and North Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. Young men of good character and address can nialat rom SSOO to SIOOO per annum at the business. Apply eitherpersonally or by letter, to WALKER & RICHARDS. tjif References as tocharacter will be required. CONCERT OP SACKED MUSIC. CONSISTING OF : SOLOS, DUETTS, & CHORUSES, From the Oratorios of Haydn, Handel, Mozart and other composers will take place at the First Baptist Church, on WEDNESDAY EVENING.3Oth instant. The proceeds to be appropriated for repairingand altering the Organ Gallery. The programme will appear in a few days. Oct 26 EXCHANGE HOTEL, EXCHANGE PLACE, BALTIMORE. This is the most convenient Hotel to the Rail Road and Steamboat Landings. D. DORSEY. Oct 26 /f£*&**+*& 2* w 3“ its |J “HANDSOMEST PAPER IN THE WORLD.” THE DRAWING ROOM JOURNAL. A PHILADELPHIA HOME NEWSPAPER, Devoted to Elegant Literature—The Fine Arts — Society — Fashion — Gossip — Morality — Health, etc. Edited by M. M. COOK, and C. J. DALMAS, and published every Saturday. It is clearly and elegantly printed on beautiful type and fine white paper, and the topics which find especial favor in its columns, arc such as relate to the Imaginative and Beautiful, whether ilustrated by Poetry. Music, Painting, or Sculpture. It is is also strictly moral and elevating in its tone, not a word or a line ever being admitted into its columns that may not be read aloud in the most fastidious family circle- TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. One copy One Year $2 Three copies One Year, 5 Seven “ “ “ jo Twelve “ “ “ J 5 Twenty “ “ 20 *** P ostmasters in every section of the Union are here by authorized to act as Agents for the Drawing Room Journal, to receipt for and forward subscriptions to the same, the law allowing them to frank all such letters. A liberal commission will be allowed to Postmasters, on clubs, or single subscribers. Further particulars may be ascertained by addressing Charles J. Dalmas, publisher. No. 32 South Third-street, Philadelphia, Pa. *** The Drawing Room Journal is “as neat and fair as a bride, and not less winsome,” says the Phiadelphia Sun. “Printed with unusual taste, and edited with tact and ability,” says the Saturday Gazette; “A dainty looking sheet, and edited with spirit and judgment,” says the Boston Evening Transcript: “one of the bes conduc ted Weeklies in the United States, and the handsomes paper in the world,” says the Boston Bee. Oct 12 3 mo . PROSPECTUS OF THE N ORTH-CAROLINA STAR, A Weekly Family Newspaper, published in the City of Raleigh. The STAR, (having been lately improved) is now tb # largest Newspaper in the State. It is printed on new type and fine paper, and well filled with original and selected articles of choice reading. It is devoted to Ecreign 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 Whi a principles; and ardent in its attachment to our glorious Union, it insists on SOUTHERN RIGHTS, as guarantied by the Constitution. A central position gives us great facility for collecting the local news of the State—Election Returns, Supreme Conrt Adjudications, &c.; 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 or Legislative Proceed ings. TERMS.—S2.SO per annum, in advance; or $3 if pay ment is delayed three months. 50cents during the Session of the Legislature. t W Having lately made large accessions to our sub scription list, we would suggest to the business public, the importance of ADVERTISING through the medium of our columns. The Star has the most general circulation throughout the State of any pa per published in North-Carolina, and it may be to the in terest of to advertisers patronize us liberally. RATES OF ADVERTISING. 1 square (16 lines) first insertion, - - - $1 00 Each subsequent insertion, .... 25 Do. for six monthss ..... 500 Do. for one year, ...... 900 Longer Advertisements in proportion. T. J. LEMAY & SON. Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 30, 1850. N. B. —WM- C. RICHARDS, Esq-, is our only autho rioed Agent to receive subscriptions and advertisements for this paper, in the City of Charleston. T. J. Lamay & Son, Editors and Proprietors. ’ Oct 5 J. F. CHURCH, PLUMBER, 67 EAST BVY-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, hie., tic. 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 IX II ATT KB. 314 BROADWAY, NKW-YORK, 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 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 anil made in his own factory. He would also call attention to his splendid. RIDING HATS FOR LADIES, and Ladies’ Riding-Whips and Gloves, of thesamestyleas those recently presented by him to Jenny Lind,so warmly approved in her autograph letter of reply. In the manu facture of ARMY AND NAVY CHAPEAUX and fatigue and undess Caps his artists cannot he equalled ill the Union. A rich and varied assortment ol the finest Furs also lorm a part of his stock, together with CHOICE PARISIAN AND AMERICAN UMBRELLAS. Elegantly mounted WALKING CANES, BRUSH ES, CARPET BAGS, RIDING-WHIPS, and other articles. All these, be it observed, will be sold at the most rea sonable rates. MODERATE PRICES AND AN EXTENSIVE BUSINESS being the motto of GENIN, 214 Broadway, opposite St. Paul’s Church, and next door to Barnum’s Museum. JOHN V. TARVER, EXCHANGE WHARF, SAVANNAH, GA. FACTOR AND GENERAL COMMIS SION MERCHANT, AND DEALER IN GRAIN AND HAY. WILLARD’S HOTEL. E. D. WILLARD, Proprietor. Pennsylvania Avenue, corner of 14tA street, WASHINGTON, D. C. NATIONAL HOTEL. F. BLACK, Proprietor. Pennsylvania Avenue, corner of 6th street, WASHINGTON, D. C. ilfipninintnits. Travelling Agents for the Gazette. — Rev. William Richards, Mr. Robert E. Seyle, Mr. Matthew J. Wroton, J. J. Richards, S. P Richards. IT Mr. A. H. Mazyck is our General Agent for Charleston. ITGeorge W. Bell is our Agent for Kershaw and the neighbouring Districts. IT Warren D. Chapman is our Agent for Spartanburg and surrounding Districts. IT All Postmasters are authorized to act as Agents for the Gazette, and thfe same commis sion will be allowed to them as to other loca Agents. THE TRAVELLER'S GUIDE. ROUTES FROM CHARLESTON. From Charleston to New- Fork. Leaving daily at o’clock p. m. By Steamer to Wilmington 180 miles.—By Railroad to Weldon 162 miles. —To Petersburg 63. —To Richmond 22. —To Acquia Creek 70.—8 y Steamer to Washington 55.—8 y Railroad to Baltimore 40.—T0 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, 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 hours. Fare S2O. From Charleston to New-Orleans. Leaving daily at 10 o’clock a. m. By S. C. Railroad to Augusta 136 miles. —By Georgia Railroad to Atlanta 171.—8 y Macon and Western Railroad to Grittin 42. By Stage to Opelaka 95. —By Railroad to Montgomery 65. —By Steamer to Mobile33l.—To New-Orleans 166. Total distance 1,006 miles. Time 123 hours. Fare $39.50. From Charleston to New-Orleans, via. Savannah, daily nat 9a. 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. —By Steamer to Mobile 331. — To New-Orleans 166. Total distance 1,032 miles. Time 77 hours. Fare $39.50. MISCELLANEOUS TABLE. Distances. Fare. Time. To Athens, Ga., 251 m. $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 18tA 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 beheld in London in the Spring ot 1851. A large and commodious building has been selected for the Exhibition, and every attention will be paid to the re ception and care of articles sent to the Fair. 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 11. 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. iVnlkrr’s (Turks. JOSEPH WALKER, 101 EAST BAY, Dealer in Ptuier, Stationery and Account Books, Printing and Book Binding. Also, Agent for John T. White, Type and Stereotype Founder; R. Hoe Ac Cos., Printing Press Maker; V. Mcßee Ac 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, Ate., is sur passed by none. Constantly on hand, Brass Rule, Cases, Uuoins, Leads, Chases, Furniture, Reg. let, Lye Brushes, Mallets, Shooting Sticks, Proof Rrusiies, Bodkins, Plainers. Also, a large variety of BORDERS, JOB AND FANCY TYPE, Sec. ALSO, AGENT FOR R. IIOE & CO., CELEBRATED PRINTING-PRESS MANUFACTURERS. Every Press, Ate., made by them, will be furnished at shortest notice and lowest price. PRINTING INKS. Constantly on hand, a large stock of the very best war ranted Inks, Book and News Printing Inds, Fancy Col oured Inks, at greatly reduced rates, say from 75 cents per pound and upwards. PAPER WAREHOUSE, 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 various sizes—2o x 30, 22 x3 * 23 x 32 ~4 x 34, 24 x 36, 26 x 38, 26 x 40 • and also Medium and Double Medium Book Printing Paper,of different quality. Arent torV. Mcßee & Son, Greenville, S. C., Paper Mills. Newspaper of every kind made to order. Also in receipt constantly, direct from the Northern Mills, Paper ot 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 constantiy on hand. Wrapping, Envelope, Coloured Medium Paper, ot all kinds and descriptions always on hand and for sale low. STATIONERS’ HALL, 101 EAST BAY. JOSEPH WALKER, DEALER IN PAPER, STATIONER Y AND BLANK BOOKS, Has constantly on hand, a large assortment of fine Eng lish, French and American Stationery, of every descrip tion, consisting in part of; Scaling Wax, Wafers, Quills, Rulers, Steel Pens ink Stands, Slates, Wafer Stamps, Pen Racks, Wax Tapers, Red Tape, Lead Pencils, India Rubber, Desk Weights, Ate. GOLD PENS, GOLD At 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 scrip tion. COPYING PRESSES, A variety of patterns and prices. Also, Copying Books, Brushes, Oil Paper, etc. BLANK DOUK MANUFACTORY A 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 beat manner, either in full Russia, extra Russia Bands, bull Bound, or Halt 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 ct 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. In the above establishment no pains or expense have been spared to have all work executed in the best maimer. STEAM POWER-PRESS PRINTING. WALKER JAMES, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS NOS. 101 AND 103 EAST BAY, Having added to their Office, Steam Power-Presses, and large louts of the latest kind of Book Type, are prepared to execute all kinds of BOOK AND PAMPHLET PRINTING, in the very best manner, and at greatly 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, BILLS-LADING, BALL INVITATIONS BILLHEADS, BRIEFS. RECEIPTS, HAND BILLS, See. 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 be services to the public as an ATTORNF. Y and COUN SELLOR AT LAW and SOLICITOR INCHAN C’ EK Y. Hisextensive 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 bulding occupied by Messrs. Yeadon hi Macbeth. Charleston, May 4, 1850. (Dnr (Dmn Muirs. THE SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE IS PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY WALKER & RICHARDS. OFFICE OVER COURTENAY AND WIENGEB BOOKSTORE Entrance on Broad-street. TERMS.—Two Dollars per annum, to be paid strictl in advance. If payment is not made within the first six months of a term of subscription, the price “ill be Two Dollars and Fifty Cents— and if delayed until the end o the year, Three Dollars. Advertisements will be published at the customary rates. Business Cards, (of lour lines and under.) wi be inserted one year for Kivt Dollars , including a su scrip tion to the paper. SOUTHERN QUARTERLY REVIEW. This sterling Southern Periodical, recently published by Mr. James S. Burges, will henceforth be issued by the Subscribers, who respectfully solicit the continued favours of the Southern people, and of the citizens of Charleston n particular. The first number of the present year, form ing the beginning of anew series, i9 now rapid y passing through the press, and will be delivered to subscri rs on the lath 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 t e best of paper. It will continue under the Editorial con duetol 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 bap 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, i->cientiflc or Political material. The writers for the RLVIEW 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 instilu ions of our section. The Publishers, assured by thecoun tenauce which they have received, from every quarter ot the South, and especially sustained and patronized by t le 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 ot East Bay and Broad streets, second story, or at 101 East Bay. Contributors will be pleased to address the Editcr, to their care, in Charleston. WALKER & RICHARDS Publishers and Proprietors Southern Quarterly 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 ! UE THIRD ANNUAL VOLUME OF THE SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE Wascommenced on Saturday, the 4th ot May, 1850 undents original name —instead ot Richards Meekly Ga ictte— as more significant of its peculiar character, it being the only weekly organ of Literature l the entire South . GREATLY ENLARGED AND IMPROVED, Containing weekly Thirty-two Columns of matter, is, moreover, in an ENTIRELY NEW DRESS “ from head to foot,” and upon beautiful white paper, io that, in mechanical excellence, itshall not be surpassed by any paper whatever in the United States! It will contin 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 with the Northern weeklies, in cheapness and interest, THE SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE Shall rival the best of them in all the characteristics of a truly valuable fireside Journal. Its aim will be the diffu sion of cultivated and refined taste throughout the com munity—and it will embrace in its ample folds every spe 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, hut not to the exclusion of 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, hut it will be strictly NEUTRAL IN POLITICS AND RELIGION ! Its columns will he 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, butcarefully condensed from the leading Journals of all parts of the world. Notwithstanding the great increase in the size and at” tractionsof the paper, it will still be published at Two Dollars Per Annum, in Advance I 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 copies, 60 All orders must he accompanied with the money and addressed, post-paid, to WALKER hi 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 number of the Second An. nual Volume of THE SCHOOLFELLOW, which has been pronounced by some of the ablest presse 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 erx, 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 he 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, Mias Tuthill, Caroline Howard, Miss C. VV. Bar ber, Clara Moreton, Maria Roseau, the Editor, and many other well known writers. ITS PICTORIAL EMBELLISHMENTS will he 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 hops. 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 funushed in con nection with the second Year for Two Dollars. To clubs, it will be supplied at One Dollar for each copy. All orders must be accompanied with the cash— if by mail, post-paid. Clubs should be made up as early as practicable— and those wishing volume first, should apply immediately to WALKER & RICHARDS. May 4, 1850. Charleston, S. C. *** Editors copying this Prospectus, or making suitable notice, shall receive a copy of the work without an ex change. They will pleas send marked copies of their papers containing it to the ‘ Gazette.” GENERAL AGEACY 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 Hill correspond with authors concerning the publication of hooks and pamphlets upon their own ac count, or otherwise ; execute any commission for gentle* men forming libraries; forward subscriptions for any peri odical work, American or European ; receive and execute promptly commissions for any work of Art; supply accu rate estimates ot the cost of Philosophical Instruments, order them at his own risk and guarantee their efficiency. All communications must be addressed, prepaid, to WM. C. RICHARDS. No charge will he made for any service required by his brethren of the press, who will oblige him by pub lishing this notice. TUI, v t engraving. HE subscriber would inform Authors, Publishers and I CDJfTSi y*at he still continues to carry on the busi ness pi LNGRAV ING ON WOOD, in all its branches- Ills facilities are such that he is enabled toexecuteall orders promptly, and in every style of the Art, upou 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- N. ORR, 151 Fulton-street, New York. June 6 THOMAS row PERTIIW AIT BOOKSELLERS, PUBLISHERS AND STATIONERS, 523 MARKET-STREET, PHILADELPHIA, ’ Publish Mitchell’s Geography and Atlas, Primary Geo graphy. Intermediate Geography, Ancient Geography ami Atlas, Umversa! Atlas, with nearly eiehtv he.ntifnll. coloured Maps ; Pocket Maps of the UnitedSt£ks and of the different States ot the L nton : Swan’s series of School Readers Spelling Book and Primary Spelling Book • Greene s English Grammar, and Greene’s Analysis of the English Language ;K A. Adams’ Arithmetics, parts 1 and 2; Peimock s Histories of England, France, Rome, and Greece; Picott sseries ot Elementary Books in learn ing trench; trost s United States, & c . And they offer for sale at the lowest prices, the largest frtTsGjVr- iTf .“R’r country of SCHOOL, L.dAnancrt 1 !’ MEDICAL, THEOLOGICAL and MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS L&T Orders solicited. Brno 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 tor a term of years. The House has been in complete repair during the past winter and mostly furnished anew. !he proprietor respectfully solicits acontinuanceolthe patron age heretofore soliberallyreceived. T JOHN P. TREADWELL.