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igiiitiirs’ Drprfincnt.
WM. C. RICHARDS, Editor.
D. H. JACODES. Associate Editor.
(gljnrlfstott, I.
SATURDAY MORNING, NOV. 2, 1850.
leaves from the forest.
Summerville, S. C., Oct. 23,1850.
Dear Richards. —You may have cause
tii regret that you ever allowed me to escape
from my cage in the city. Do you flatter
yourself that I shall return at your call ? Is it
nti easy thing to lure back to his wire prison,
the bird which has been permitted, for an hour
or two, to taste the sweets of freedom among
the trees and flowers of the garden ? Are the
hot and dusty streets of Charleston, the din of
drays and omnibuses, and wrangling of vulgar
crowds, sights and sounds so attractive that
they arc like ly to win me back ? Is an editor's
‘den’ on Broad-street, the vestibule of Heaven,
that I should hasten to return to it? Is “more
copy, sir,” a phrase of such pleasant sound that
I need be in a hurry to put myself in the way of
hearing of it again ?
But you may mention the Battery and the
Public Garden—remind me of the brilliant
throngs of the young and the beautiful. which
crowd the pave of King-st.,of an afternoon, and
hint at the ice creams of Madame Petit, the soda
tiiuutaiu of Haviland.Harral &Co.,and thoplea
suies of a chat with literary friends,at Rnssell’s.
It is all in vain. A walk on the Battery is not
to be compared with a ramble through these
forest-avenues, and if the young and fair pass
not in crowds,as through the thoroughfares of the
chy, the few whom I meet on the wood.paths
are not less lovely. With a plenty of fiesh
milk and clear cool water from the spring, your
ices and soda wouid hardly tempt me, during
the heats of Summer, much less now ; and in
my present mood, the song of the mocking
bud in its native thickets, and the music of the
breeze, as it sweeps through these lofty trees
have greater attractions for me than the spici
est conversation of the literatures: so unless
you bring Barnum and Jenny Lind to Charles
ton, or convince me that our Gazette is suffer
ing on account of my absence, I shall not return,
to town till 1 choose to. In the mean
time, having nothing else to send. I send you,
two or three “Leaves from the Forest.”
I.
SUMMERVILLE.
This is the quietest little forest-nook imagi
nable —a very Paradise to the seeker after quiet
and repose. Art here nestles lovingly in the
bosom of Nature. The refinements and luxu
ries of the town are combined with the fresh
ness and freedom of the country. There are
no clearings and no cultivation, except of a few
shrubs and flowers near the pretty white walled
cottages, glimpses of which one catches, here
and there, hidden, like so many bird-nests, in
embowering foliage.
Pleasant paths wind among the trees in ev
ery direction, and in every direction one dis
covers the unpretending, but neat and tasteful
dwellings of a sylvan population, ensconced
snugly behind their out-works of shrubs and
vines, and surrounded on all sides by tall, sen
tinel pines. In my rambles this morning, I
discovered two Churches, a Town Hall,
and a Post Office—all in the woods ! No one,
I beleive, is permitted, under a heavy penalty,
to cut down a tree, as it is believed, that if the
country was cleared of its forest.it would be
come unhealthy, like the region surrounding it.
As it is, the place is in the highest degree
healthful, both in Summer and in Winter—in
fact, as in all my rambles. I discovered no
grave yards, I conclude that the inhabitants are
obliged to go elsewhere to die ; a circumstance
which, it must be confessed, subtracts some
what f om the advantages of the location !
In the forests of the Great West, I have
seen the far-apart log-cabins of the squatters,
each surrounded by its little clearing, and I
have found in these cabins the honest and in
dustrious, but rude and ignorant pioneers of
civilization. Such a state of things seemed
legitimate. But here, in the piney woods of
the South, are found the elegancies and the pol
ish of the city. When I say that the place is
peopled by South-Carolina Planters,than whom
a nobler race is not foud on the face of the
earth, no further explanation is needed.
11.
A FOREST HYMN.
Stretching far on either hand,
Rows of lofty columns stand.
By the All-Wise Builder planned,
For his temple olden ;
And the vista’d aisles I tread,
Are with verdure carpeted.
Inwove with flowers golden.
List I here no ehaunting choir ;
Peals no organ on the air;
But the “pine lutes” everywhere,
Touched by unseen lingers,
Yield their music to the breeze,
Chiming in with birds and bees,
’Mong the Autumn-tinted trees,
Where the sunshine lingers.
God, thy greatness here I feel.
Heeds my heart thy love’s appeal,
At thy forest shrine I kneel,
All my sin confessing!
Here with strength my soul imbue.
Light thy altar tires anew,
Aid me to be pure and true.
Father, with thy blessing!
111.
WOOD NOTES.
It is much, to one who has been shut up
through all the long, hot Summer in the crowd
ed and dusty city, merely to breathe the un
eontaininated air of the woods, and lis'en to
the song of the wild birds, and the thousand
harmonies of Nature. The perpetual anthem
ol’ the pines falls on my ear. A million of
wire-like leaves thrill and vibrate,as the invisi
ble fingers of the breeze sweep over them !
Now the vast ocean of sound swells grandly,
the breeze strengthens, and anon it dies
away in soft cadence. But, soft or loud, the
harmony of Nature’s music is perfect. The
song of the mocking bird, the chirp of the
sparrow, and the cry of the vulture break in
in perfect tune. Sounds of man’s causing
alone make discord.
IV.
AUTUMN.
Autumn here lacks the brilliant but transi
tory beauty of the same season in New-En
gland, but is not less lovely and genial.
There, for a few brief weeks it appears decked
with such lavish and gorgeous splendour, as to
puts to shame the magnificence of courts and
palaces, and then all is over, and then
the hills and fields are brown, and the
trees are bare. Here, for months, all na
ture seems steeped in golden atmospheres, and
the deep blue skies, netted about the horizon
wiih soft, silver haze, breathe a perpetual ben
ediction upon the half-sleeping earth ! The
foiests are still green, with here and there an
amber or russet tinge, and ten thousand flow
ers bloom by the wayside and in the woods.
I’he breezes are cool and bracing, but not
fro.-ty,and they give new life to the body and
new vigour to the mind. Nature is now kind
ly and genial. Well may Autumn, as it mam
f** U itself here.be called the
“ Soft twilightof the slow declining year,
All mildness, soothing loveliness and peace.”
1 bus weeks and months pass over, and what
w e call Winter is half gone, ere we are aware
of its presence. D. H. J.
(Dnr (taip Column.
The Delta of Blackwood.
We have been frequently asked the question
“Who is “Delta” of Blackwood’s Magazine ?”
A writer in Whitaker’s Magazine, in an article
upon “Modern Poets,” calls Eliza Cook “the
“Delta” of Blackwood,” We are surprised that
any one, at all acquainted with the poetry of
Eliza Cook, and of “Delta,” should suppose
their source to be identical, since their charac
teristics are so widely variant. They are both
marked by strong feeling, but the energy and
eoncentrativeness which distinguish the effu
sions of “Delta,” are wanting in those of Eli
za Cook. A comparison of the “Old Arm
Chair” of the latter author, which is a fair spe
cimen of her verse, with the “ Casa Wapy” of
Delta, or the beautiful poems in Blackwood for
the last month, embraced in a “Wild Flower
Garland,” will illustrate our remark. We
have long regatded “Delta” as one of the finest
poets of the day, and wonder that a collection
of his verse has not been made, or if made in
England, reprinted in this country. But we de
signed ill this paragraph, only to say that “Del
ta” is the nom de plume of D. M. Moir, and
not of Eliza Cook.
The Masquerade of Freedom.
Under this title, Blackwood, for October,
has a very spirited Poem, in which the treat
ment of Hayrtau, at Perkins &, Barclay’s
Brewery, is stigmarized as an outrage, unwor
thy of the name and spirit of Englishmen.
This, of course, we might naturally expect
of the Toryism of Maga ; yet we do not know
if the rebuke has not a degree of poetical jus
tice in it. Among other pictures of freedom
in masquerade, we have the following, which
the writer evidently designed as a compliment
to his Western brethren :
“ Mysterious as Egyptian Sphynx,
A perfect riddle, —who can solve her ?
One while she comes with blazing links
The next, she’s armed with a revolver !
Across the main, whene’er the shoe
Upon her radiant instep pinches,
To-day, she’ll tar and feather you—
To-morrow, and she merely lynches.”
An Epigram.
“ The . Mercury * once, with honest rage, boiled over,
When Barnum here a Mermaid brought to view,
Its Jenny-phobia we may hence discover —
For is not Jenny Lind a mer[e]niaid too?
*The Mercury is a daily paper, of soma re
putation, published in this city.
The Puff Poetical.
We think Mrs. Jervis ought to send us a box
of her celebrated cough candy, for giving the
following advertisement a place in our edito
rial columns. If she does so, we will tell our
“fifty thousand readers,” what two packages
thereof, —which cost us fifty cents !—had upon
“a miserable cold,” from which we suffered all
last week. If she don’t— we won’t—that’s
all! But now for
A FACT IN RHYME.
[NOT BY EDGAR A. POE.]
I awoke one morning, cold and humid,
With a cold the most consnm-ed.
And the man with whom I room-ed,
(W hat a bore !)
Had a cough he could not cheek, oh !
My own it seemed to echo,
And I wished he’d broke his neck, ah!
Day before,
But we said there’s naught of service,
Save your candy. Mrs. Jervis,
And we walked, though weak and nervous,
To her door.
We purchased the specific,
And our cough, late so terrific,
Grew quiet and pacific,
Evermore.
The Gold Mountain.
The New-York Tribune says that the Gold
Mountain is not fabulous. One of the editors
of that paper has conversed with a person who
has visited it. It lies in about lat. 33 deg. N.,
250 miles East of Los Angelos in Southern
California, and perhaps 100 West of the Colo
rado. The region is as forbidding as it can be,
without inhabitants, even Aboriginal, though
there is a sparse population of savages on the
Mahave River, say fifty miles East. The re
gion is infested with rattlesnakes in incredible
numbers, and the earth so full of minerals (es
pecially sal teratus) that the water is absolutely
poisonous. There is no water fit to drink
within sixteen miles of the Gold Mountain, so
called, which rises about 450 feet, rather steep
ly from a canon, which has an elevation of
someone hundred and fifty feet on the other
side of it. The hills are composed of a dark
hornblende rock, with perhaps a tenth of white
feldspar intermixed with it; and the Gold is
found in both, generally running in streaks or
strings, though sometimes showing bulbs or
lumps like a button. It has been found, by
analysis to yield an average of about $2 50 per
pound of the rock. *
The Schoolmaster Wanted-
The following is a copy, vrbatim, et litera
tim, et punctuatim. of a letter received in this
city, the original of which is carefully laid up,
among our Curiosities of Literature.
“ State of Northcarolina County
September the 21st 1850 I take my pen in
hand But Now Not What to say Mr I
sean your Advertisement for Music and I don’t
Now where you Can receve a letter or Not for
I dont knw. But Mr I will send a let
ter any how and I want too tunes that is Mary
Blame and Sousannah. Sally is the gal for me
tunes and send it by male and if you do git
this letter and send Me them too tunes I will
pay you the Next Male arter they came it I
live, that is as sertain is death so if you send
them direct them to post office
County NC so Nothing more at
present from Yours
A New Anglo Saxon Empire.
A movement is in progress among the Aus
tralian Colonies of England, having in view
independence, and a republican government.
A leader in this movement is the Rev. Dr.
Laing, a Presbyterian Clergyman. He propo
ses to erect the Australian Colonies into the
United States of Australia—a confederation
resembling the American Republic. This is
to be done peacefully and with the concurrence
of England. *
A Payng Magazine.
The Tribune speaking of Peterson's Maga
zine, for November, says: “It has articles
from more than twenty contributors, principally
fe[e]males. Fortunate correspondents, they !
Wanted to Know.
How tailors usually cook their “cabbage.”
How long it would take a tailor to make a
“Zaie-suit.”
The age of an “ elder-berry .”
The number of pages in the “Volume of’Na
ture.”
The width of a “narrow escape.”
If a revolver is a good weapon to “kill time”
with.
What kind of whip a ship uses when “dri
ving before the wind.”
How it happens that the day “breaks” so oft
en, and who mends it ; also, on what kind
of hinges the “gates of day” are hung.
If an action for assault and battery will lie
when a man is “struck with astonishment.”
Wax Figure of Calhoun.
Mr. Vannuchi of Charleston, has made a
figure in wax, of the late Mr. Calhoun—rep
resenting him as he lay on the bed of death
The spectacle is imposing and impressive, as
the likeness of the great statesman is wonder
fully true, and there are no accessories to di
minish the solemn effect of the death chamber.
SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE.
(Cur 38nnk <Enblf.
Losz Powers ; or the Regulators, A Romance of
Kentucky, Founded on Facts. By Janies Weir. Esq.
In 2 vols., 12mo. Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo k
Cos.
We have made our way through these vol
umes with much the same sort of feeling with
which we should traverse a rich, but tangled
wild wood, at every step pushing aside obtru
sive branches, as we stooped to gather the
blossoms which adorn the ground.
The story is one of the wildest of the fron
tier genus, and is scarcely less novel in its inci
dents than in its construction. To determine
to what order of romance it belongs, would
puzzle acuter powers of analysis than we pos
sess,though if we were compelled to pronounce
an opinion, we should say that was a serio-co
mico-politico-metuphysico, and atUi-rhetorico
story! The fertility of the author’s imagina
tion is surpassed only by his recklessness of
style, and, indeed, he tells us, in so many
words that he “bids defiance to Lindley Mur
ray and all of his disciples,” and declares his
“independence of all grammar and all rules.”
After this, the critic need not, ol course,take the
trouble to shew that he has acted up to his
vaunted independence.
We would not, however, do Mr. Weir the
inju.-tiee to intimate that his rhetorical outlawry
is his misfortune—but boldly charge it upon
him as his fault. His book exhibits a vast
amount of talent, energy, and invention. That
they have all “run riot” in the combination
which he has presented, is a fact ior which he
is amenable at the bar ol criticism. The story,
however, as we have already intimated, is a
narrative ol outlawry and desperate adventure,
—“founded upon fact,” says the author, and re
ferable to that period when Kentucky, Ten
nessee, and other adjacent regions were infest
ed by dangerous leagues of robbers and mur
derers. The startling incidents which are in
troduced, are, we suppose, bold fictions, like
great beads, hung upon a slender thread of
truth; and they are freely interspersed with
episodes of rollicking fun, and rash adventure.
The Kentucky Steeple Chase, the Dog Supper,
and the botanizing Lieutenant, are so many
“broad grins” on tiie otherwise tragical face of
the narrative. I here is not lacking a deep and
touching pathos in the delineation of some
scenes in the sad life ot Mary Powers, and al
so in the closing career of the robber Pilot.
Ihe moralizing ol the author is, however,
the most curious part ol his book. He utters
his opinions with all the freedom of a stump
speaker, and whether his themes be Religion, or
P ashion, Morality or Politics,Union or Disunion
—for he discourses of all these and a hundred
other topics besides—he dashes into all, with
the headlong speed of a steeple chaser, and
seeks rather to relieve himself of his grotesque
nations, than to compel his readers to adopt his
opinions.
We have attempted, thus briefly, to describe
this new work, of and from “Old Kaintuck,”
which we have no doubt will find a great many
more readers than many of the tamer, less
characteristic and more maudlin romances of
the seenndem artem school.
We cannot help admiring Mr. Weir’s reck
lessness, even though it defends Judge Lynch,
tepudiates Murray, and laughs at Milton !
Pictures from the Bible. By Alice B. Neal.
With eighteen Engravings. Philadelphia: Willis P.
Hazard.
All who have read that delightful little vol
ume of Mrs. Neal’s, which narrates “Helen
Morton s I rial” will cordially welcome the au
thor once more into the interesting field of ju
venile literature. We certainly know of no
American writer, who surpasses her in the
power to interest children. There is a charm,
a complete fascination about her writings,
which, it is easier to feel than to analyze and
describe. It may be their earnestness or their
purity of style, or better still, both of these
qualities together.
Ihe present volume is a very felicitous
grouping of picturesque narratives, from the
Scriptures, constituting in their entireness, a
full record of the chief events in the Life of our
Saviour, and of his Disciples. Each story is
beautifully illustrated by a picture, and the vol
ume is full of artistic and moral beauty. It is
admirably suited for Sunday School Libraries.
Our city readers can obtain it at the store ot
Messrs. George Parks & Cos , Broad-street.
Household Surgery : or Hints on Emergencies. By
John F. South. Philadelphia: H,Carey Baird.
Books on “Family Medicine” are as plenty
as blackberries, though not, we fear, quite as
harmless in every body’s hands ! but popular
treatises on Surgery are rarely met with,though
quite as indispensable as the former. An “emer
gency” not unfrequently arises both in town
and country, in which the delay occasioned by
sending for a surgeon, proves, it not fatal, at
least injurious. An intelligent perception of
the danger and of the means to be employed to
avert it, would, in such acase.be invaluable;
and it is precisely this sort of knowledge,
which Dr. South’s popular manual will im
part. It contains chapters on all the processes
of Surgery, which any one beside a skilful
professions might undertake. It instructs in
the manner of making poultices, fermentations,
washes, lotions, liniments, &c., &c. It sug
gests what should be done, in regard to infec
tions or contagious diseases, and has some val
uable hints on ventilation. Altogether.it is a
book for the people, which the people should
very highly esteem. Free from quackery and
charlatanism of every description, it is a safe
guide for “emergencies.”
The Life of Luther: with Special Reference to its
Earlier Periods, and the Opening Scenes of the Refor
mation. By Bamas Sears, i), D. Philadelphia:
Ain. S. S. Union.
We cannot too highly commend this work
to our readers. It deserves every word of the
high praise it has elicited from the ablest
Christian Journals of this country. It is the
most impartial and comprehensive memoir of
the great Reformer that we have ever met with,
and while the material of the work is ample and
rich, and much of it the result of modern and
laborious research, its style is exceedingly
chaste, perspicuous, and forcible. The author’s
distinguished attainments, and especially his
intimate acquaintance with German Theologi
cal Literature, eminently fitted him to be the
biographer of the great-souled Luther. The
work is for sale at the well-supplied store of
George A. Parks & Cos.
Christiana and her Children: or the Second Part of
Cottage Lectures on Pilgrim’s Progress- Philadelphia:
Am. S. S- Union.
The repulation of the Cottage Lectures,
upon that immortal allegory of John Bunyan’s,
the Pilgrim’s Progress, is almost co-extensive
with the bounds of Christendom, and we feel
very sure that the Second Series, embracing
the “Progress” ol Christiana and her Children,
will be equally well received by the religious
public. The style of these Lectures is simple,
earnest and impressive, and their spirit thorough
ly evangelical and practical. Every family
would derive both pleasure and profit from the
perusal of this, and also of the preceeding vol
ume. George Parks & Cos. have it for sale.
The Home : or Family Cares and Family Joys, by Fred,
erica Bremer, translated by Ma.y Howitt, Author’s
Edition. New-York: George P. Putnum, 156 Broad
way.
In this beautiful edition of Miss Bremer’s
works, Mr. Putnam is giving them to us in a
form worthy of their importance. The Home
is a favorite with all her readers, and the char
acters of the Judge, Elise, Petrea, and Mrs.
Gunilla, are among her most charming concep
tions, The lessons of truth, transparency, and
confidence in all our relations with others,
taught by “The Home,” render the book one
of great value to all who can appreciate such
teachings. Petrea is a favourite conception of
Miss Bremer. She has reproduced her in more
recent works, but the original Petrea, with her
extraordinary nose, “ her turn lor every thing,
whether good or bad, and her dangerous desire
to make herself remarkable, and to excite an
interest,” must always claim our preference.
All Miss Bremer’s admirers, and they are num
bered by thousands, should avail themselves of
the opportunity offered by Mr. Putnam, to se
cure handsome copies of her books.
1. Parker’s First Lessons in Natural Philos
ophy.
2. Parker’s Introduction to the above. New-York: A.
S. Barnes & Cos.
We have before taken occasion to commend
the first of these little manuals, as character
ized by a happy simplicity and perspicuity of
style. The latter, equally entitled to our appro
bation. It consists of conversations between a
mother and a child, and conveys instruction
upon the first principles of Philosophy, in a
very familiar manner. It is also illustrated by
numerous wood engravings. Teachers would
do well to introduce these primary books into
their schools.
Shakspeare’s Dramatic Works. Part XXVI. King
Henry VIII. Buskoii: Phillips, Sampson & Cos.
This magnificent edition of the great drama
tist is approaching its completion, whan it will
be unrivalled by any American edition, what
ever. It does honour to the American press.
£ljr 3Httsintl Wn rlk.
Jenny Lind at Tripler Hall. —Our New
York exchanges contain very glowing des
criptions of the first Concert given by Mile.
Lind at the New Musical Hall. It is spoken
of by all as the most brilliant musical spectacle
ever witnessed in that city, though we have our
doubts whether the Reporters cherish a suffi
ciently vivid recollection of the first and last
nights at Castle Garden Amphitheatre. How
ever, the scene at Tripler Hall had some fea
tures of surpassing elegance, the intense bril
liancy of its thousand Lamps, setting off’ to
great advantage the decorations of the splendid
room, and the rich and varied costuming of
the audience, that filled it to its extreme capac
ity. The “Come Sereno” of Somnambula,
and the “Inflammatus” of the Stabat Mater
were received with the warmest enthusiasm.
The favourite Bird Song, which so astonished
the Bostonians, was sung for the first time in
New-York, and some pronounce it to be the
greatest vocal triumph that the Nightingale
has yet acheived there. At the expressed wish
of Mile. Lind, Mr. Barnum has reduced the
price of tickets to Three Dollars, excepting on
ly for the seats in the First Circle, which are
Four and Five Dollars, according to their posi
tion. This arrangement will secure crowded
houses for months to come.
The Alpine Glee Singer. —Under this title,
Messrs. M. H. Newman & Cos., of New-York
have just published a very choice collection of
Secular Music, arranged in four vocal parts,
for choirs and Musical Societies. The volume
contains one hundred and fifty pieces, embra
cing many of the most popular airs of the day,
and we know of no Glee Book that at all ap
proaches it in merit. The arrangement of the
parts is by Mr. Bradbury, whose high reputation
gives ample guarantee of both the taste anti ef
fectiveness with which his labour has been per
formed. His own compositions, occasionally
interspersed with the selections, are worthy of
their position, and do great credit to his warm
and genial musical temperament. We have
not time to designate the gems of this fine col
lection, but we can cordially bear our testimo
ny that the book contains fewer ineffective pie
ces than any collection which we are acquaint
ed with. It deserves a large share of the pop
ular favour.
Mr. Robinson’s Concert. —We are sure
that we only echo the sentiment of the large
audience who attended the Concert on Wenes
day Night, when we say that it exhibited a
very superior degree of musical cultivation, on
the part of the performers. The recitatives
were well given, and the chorusses admirably
effective, Mr. Speisseger’s instrumentation
was all that wo could have desired, and rare
ly have we heard the organ to greater advan
tage than upon this occasion. We have not
space to notice the performances in detail. A
special mention, however, of the Alpine Cho
rus, a beautiful Chant,adapted to Longfellow’s
Poem, of the Angel Reaper ; and the brilliant
Allegro Finale, “The Heavens are Telling,”
from Haydn’s Oration of the Creation, is abso
lutely due to the performers ; and yet, between
these and other peices, we cannot help feeling
that comparison would be invidious. Mr.
Robinson’s choir would do credit to any
Church in the land. We do not know where
their singing is surpassed, or we may even say
equalled. Certainly in no Protestant Church
that we are acquainted with.
Madam Biscaccianti. —The friends of this
accomplished vocalist will regret to hear that
she met with a severe loss, in the death of her
only child, during the passage to Europe.
Parodi.— This celebrated Italian
singer, the reputed rival of Jenny Lind, is ex
pected to arrive in New-York, this month.
She cannot, however, renew the excitement
which has attended the Swedish Nightingale.
The Hutchinsons. —The Concerts of this
gilted, but eccentric family, have been suspen
ded, by the sudden insanity of one of its mem
bers, Judson Hutchinson. The derangement
is hereditary.
Alboni. This great singer is drawing large
houses in Paris. She receives S4OO a night,
only.
New Mlsic. —Messrs. Win. Hall & Son, of
New-York,have recently pub ished the follow
ing new music ior the Piano Forte :
Welcome to Jenny Lind, Valse pour le Pia
no, par Strakosch. This is a brilliant Waltz,
worthy of the great names connected with it.
Fantasia sur des motifs Lucrezia Borgia.
Romance from the Opera of Matilda.
Melodie Irelandaise. Thema. “Come o’er
the Sea, Maiden with me.”
La Marcellina. A Mazurka.
These four compositions are by Wallace,
who seldom does any thing wiihout a full
share of merit, and these will sustain his repu
tation as a brilliant composer.
Friendship Waltz.
This is a simple and not very meritorious
piece, by James Billak.
O’ We beg leave once more to remind our
musical readers that Wm. Hall & Son, have
recently published three elegant volumes of
Jenny Lind’s Music. Her Swedish Melodies
English Ballads, and Operatic Songs, each
complete in one volume.
<Tiir Park Cariin.
He shall occasionally insert, under this head, Riddles
Enigmas, Puzzles, Charades, &c., to which answere
post paid or free) are solicited.
Messrs. Editors. As an answer to the
Enigma in your last paper, I would send the
following:
My 13 12 19 is Suez.
My 2 17 9 20 is Ogle.
My 3 8 10 2 8 is Union.
My 43 8 10 1 is Tunis.
My 5 20 8 13 16 is Henry.
My 6 9 16 is Ely.
My 7 52 8 20 is Rhone.
My 8 14 1 5 is Nash,
My 9 16 2 8 1 is Lyons.
My 10 2 8 10 18 8 is lonian.
My 11 3 2 16 is Troy.
My 12 4 2 8 is Eaton.
My 13 2 3 20 8 is Rouen.
My 14 9 17 10 6 13 1 is Algiers.
My 15 18 13 10 4 14 8 Raritan.
My 16 14 19 2 2 is Yazoo.
My 17 13 6 20 8 12 is Greene.
My 18 11 9 14 8 4 14 is Atlanta.
My 19 20 10 9 14 5 is Zeilah.
My 20 18 1 4 2 8 is Easton.
My 21 13 2 16 is Troy.
My 22 15 6 8 21 is Trent.
Mv 23 9 17 10 8 is Elgin.
My whole is Southern Literary Gazette.
Respectfully,
E. L. N.
Savannah, Ga.
Also correctly answered by G. W. A. of
Charleston.
PROBLEM FOR ALGEBRAISTS.
There are four numbers, proportionally,
such that the square of the first is to twice the
second, as three times the third is to the fourth,
and twice the product of the first two is equal
to the fourth, multiplied by one less than the
third. Also, the square of the first, added to
the third, equals, half the square of the second
less five ! What are the four numbers ?
E. L. N.
Staitiw.
Father Mathew is coming South again
this winter.
The venerable Humboldt is to pass the
j winter in Paris.
The Jenny Lind Guards is the name of
anew military corps in New York.
A Woman’s Rights Convention is in
session at Worcester, Mass.
The Charleston Hotel is one of the very
best hotels in the United States.
The once famous Mrs. Wood has re
appeared as a cantatrice, in Dublin.
There are 107 open Libraries in France.
How n.any can the United States boast of?
Jenny Lind and Jenny Rossity (generos
sity) are inseperable companions.
Measures are on foot to establish a di
rect trade between the Southern and British
Poits.
There are 3000 licensed omnibuses in
London, and they pay an annual duty of
$1,500,000 00.
The Cunard steam ship Asia, has made
another “shortest passage”—less than eleven
days.
Herman Melville, author of Typee and
White Jacket, lias bought a residence near
Pittsfield, Mass.
An eccentric English Baronet, Sir Win.
Don,is playing in Comedy at the Broadway
Theatre.
The Columbia-made buggy, noticed by
us last week, took the first premium at the Fair
of the American Institute
The Emperor of Russia has bestowed
upon Gen. Haynau the grand cordon of the or
der of St. Anne.
Gustavus Street has been officially re
cognized as Vice Consul of Brazil, at this
City,
Madame Biscacianti is singing at the
Grand National Concerts, given in London, at
the Queen’s Theatre.
A book has been published in England
showing fat people how to become lean, and
lean people how to become fat.
A party of 1300 persons went from
Boston to Montreal, and back again, at a cost
of only $7 each.
Dr. Gorrie, of Apalachicola, has per
fected his apparatus for the production of ice
upon a large scale, and at a cheap rate. See
the account in another column.
of attempted suicide, by a young lady in deli
cate health, who ate seven ears of green corn.
No cause is assigned for the rash act.
One of our exchanges has the auto
graph of the blacksmith who ‘rivited’ the pub
lic gaze. Did he forge the link which chained
the audience ?
.A lot of peaches sent from Boston in
ice, sold at Havana, for twelve and a half cents
each. They were the first peaches ever offered
for sale in that city.
Within a circle of the City of London,
the radius of which does not exceed five miles,
there are now living about two millions and a
quarter of human beings.
The Russian language will be intro
duced as the official language into Poland, on
the first of January next. It would bo impos
sible to make a more melancholy announce
ment.
to present to the great Hungarian Leader,
Kossuth, one hundred acres of land, near New
York City, in case he chooses to come to this
country.
The people of California are said to be
very profane, Latest accounts from that State
represent the people as damming the rivers, and
blasting the rocks. We commend their case
to our missionary societies.
The number of baskets of peaches sup
plied to New-York City, by New-Jersey, du
ring the past season, is estimated at nearly one
million and a half. At an average price of
two shillings a basket, the total value was little
less than $375,000.
The Drawing Room Journal thinks
that it ought not to be a matter of surprise, that
Gen. Butcher Haynau got flogged at Barclay
& Perkins’ brewery, as all strangers visiting
the establishment have almost invariably been
maltreated.
A Pennsylvania Whig paper thus an
nounces the result of the election in that
State:
X O
CP -XI3T 3111 H3AO ,Q]
On Tuesday, three fine steam ships, the Os
prey, Isabel, and Southerner, arrived at this
pert, within a few hours of each other, bring
ing over six hundred passengers.
9pn'f liter.
MARRIED.
In Brooklyn, N. Y„ on Wednesday, 23d in
stant; by the Rev. Dr. Taylor, THOMAS E.
BAKER, Esq., of this city, and Miss SARAH
B. THURSTON, daughter of Nath’l. Thurs
ton, of the former city.
In Savannah, by the Rev. Mr. Rambaut,
Mr. GEORGE E. CUBBEDGE, to Miss
MARY JANE WILLIAMS, all of that city,
On Wednesday, 16th inst., by the Rev. Cyrus
Johnston, H. WHITE, Esq., of Charleston, to
Miss SARAH, daughter of Mrs. Young, of
Charlotte, N. C.
(T'ljr .Hlnnsnlrmn.
DIED,
At. New Hope, St. John’s Berkley, on the
22d inst;, Mrs. HENRIETTA P. GAIL
LARD, relict of the late Samuel Gaillard, in
the 45th year of her age. She was beloved
by all who knew her, and has left a large cir
cle of friends to lament their untimely loss.
At Mississippi City, on Tuesday, the 15th
inst., after a painful illness of some months,
Mrs. EMILY MARTHA GOLDSBOR
OUGH. aged 27 years, wife of Col. C. H.
Goldsborough, and youngest daughter of the
late Green Cato, of Georgia.
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Oct 26
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Edited by M. M. COOK, and C. J. DAL.MAS, and
published every Saturday.
It is clearly and elegantly printed on beautiful type and
fine white paper, and the topics which find especial favo r
in its columns, are such as relate to the Imaginative and
Beautiful, whether ilustrated by Poetry. Music, Painting,
or Sculpture.
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word or a line ever being admitted into its columns that
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same, the law allowing them to frank all such letters- A
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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 th
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 Fereigh and
Domestic News, Agriculture, Education, Manufac
tures, and a judicious system of Internal Improvements.
Mild, but firm, in politics.it is a decided advocate of
Whig principles; and ardent in its attachment to our
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, Sic.; 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
ofthe Legislature.
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 n 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 St Son,
Oct 5 Editors and Proprietors.
J. F. CHURCH, PLUMBER,
67 EAST BAY-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,
Sic. , Sic. Every description of Lead work and Hydraul
ics furnished and fixed on the most approved principles.
Orders Irom the Country promptly attended to. The very
best city references in regard to quality and durability of
work
Oct 12 1 year
GENIN HATTER.
314 BROADWAY, NEW-YORK,
Next door to Barnum’s Museum.
J. N. GENIN invites the attention ofthe gentlemen
about to visit New-York, and the public generally,
to his splendid FALL FASHION ot
FOUR DOLLAR IIATS 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. Ilis
stock ot
FANCY HATS AND CAPS FOR CHILDREN
comprehends all the newest Paris patterns, and a variety
of superb original designs prepared under his own eye ail’d
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 style as
those recently presented by him to Jenny Lind,so warmly
approved in her autograph letter of reply. 111 the manu
facture of
ARMY AND NAVY CHAPEAUX
and fatigue and undess Caps his artists cannot he equalled
in the Union. A rich and varied assortment ol the finest
Furs also form a part of his stock, together with
CHOICE PARISIAN AND AMERICAN
UMBRELLAS.
Elegantly mounted WALKING CANES, BRUSH
ES, CARPET BAGS, RIDING.WHIPS, and other
articles.
All these, be it observed, will be sold at the most rea
sonable rates.
MODERATE PRICES AND AN EXTENSIVE
BUSINESS
being the motto of GENIN, 214 Broadway,
opposite St. Paul’s Church, and
next door to Barnum’s Museum.
JOHN V. TARVER,
EXCHANGE WHARF, SAVANNAH, GA.
FACTOR AND GENERAL COMMIS
SION MERCHANT, AND DEALER
IN GRAIN AND HA Y.
WILLARD’S HOTEL.
E. D. WILLARD, Proprietor.
Pennsylvania Avenue, corner of 14fA street,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
NATIONAL HOTEL.
F. BLACK, Proprietor.
Pennsylvania Avenue, corner af 6th street,
WASHINGTON, B. C.
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Travelling Agents for the Gazette.—
Rev. William Richards, Mr. Robert E. Seyle,
Mr. Matthew J. Wroton, J. J. Richards, S. P
Richards.
ILT Mr. A. H. Mazyck is our General Agent
for Charleston.
[LrGeorge W. Bell is our Agent for Kershaw
and the neighbouring Districts.
U Warren D. Chapman is our Agent for
Spartanburg and surrounding Di-tricts.
O’ All Postmasters are authorized to act as
Agents for the Gazette, and the same commis
sion will be allowed to them as to other loca
Agents.
THE TRAVELLER'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 < ’reek 70.—8 y Steamer to
Washington 55. —By Railroad to Baltimore 40.—T0 Phil
adelphia 92.—T0 New-York 87. Total distance 771 miles.
Time 60 hours. Fare $l.O.
The “Southerner” (Steamship) leaves Charleston every
tenth day after the 27th of April, at4o’clock p. m. Thro’
in 60 hours. Fare (State-Room) $25.
From Charleston to Philadelphia. —The Osprey leaves
Charleston every other Saturday, at 4 o’clock, p. M.—
through in 60 hours. Fare S2O.
From Charleston to New-Orleans. Leaving daily at
lOo’elock a. m. ByS.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.—8 y Railroad to Montgomery 65.—8 y Steamer to
Mobile 331.—T0 New-Orleans 166. Total distance 1,006
miles. Time 123 hours. Fare $39.50.
From Charleston to -Yew- Orleans, via. Savannah,daily
nat 9a. M. By Steamer to Savannah 140 miles. —By Ce
tral Railroad to Macon 190.—8 y Macon and Western Rail
road to Barnesrille 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, Term., 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, Sic. ,
will he 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 ol
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 ot
November.
Communications addressed to James 11. Taylor,
Chairman of Committee on Correspondence, will meet
with prompt attention.
The Hon. JOS. 11. 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 ot charge.
WM. GREGG, President.
E. C. Jones, Secretary.
‘Mkrr's Cnrlis.
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 Si Sons’ Paper Mills, and of va
rious Printing Inks.
JOSEPH WALKER,
AGENT FOR THE SALE OF
TYPE, PRESSES AND PRINTING MATERIALS
Ot all kinds, at New York prices, actual expenses from
New York to Charleston only added.
AGENT FOR
JOHN T. WHITE, TYPE-FOUNDER,
W hose 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,
Cases, Quoins, Leaps, Chases, Furniture, Reg.
let, Lye Brushes, Mallets, Shooting Sticks,
I roof Rrushks, Bodkins, Plainers. Also, a large
variety of
RORVF.RS, JOB AND FANCY TYPE, be.
ALSO, AGENT FOR*
R. HOE & CO.,
CELEBRATED PRINTING-PRESS MANUFACTURERS.
Every Press, &c.. made by them, will be furnished at
shortest notice and lowest price.
PRINTING INKS.
Constantly on hand, a large stock of the very best war*
ranted Inks, 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
ol Newspaper, ot various sizes—2o x 30, 22 x 32 . 23 x 32
n*kf’ vJ ?■ o’ * **’ X 4O : and also Medium ami
Double Medium Book Printing Paper, of different quality
Agent tor \ . Mcßee St Soil, Greenville, S. C., Paper
Mills. Newspaper ot every kind made to order. Also in
direct from the Northern Mills, Paper
W Kiting Paper.—English, French and American
Letter, Cap, Polio, Commercial and Packet Post, Demy,
Medium, Royal and Super Royal Papers, ruled and plain,
oi every variety, and at all prices—a large stock constantly
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
PAPF.R, STATIONERY AND BLANK BOOKS,
r Has constantly on hand, a large assortment of fine Eng
lisli, l®rench and American Stationery, ot every descrip
tion consisting in part of: Sealing Wax, Wafers, Uuills,
Rulers, Steel Pens Ink Stands Slates, Wafer Stamps,
1 en Racks, Wax 1 apers, Red Tape, Lead Pencils, India
Rubber, Desk Weights, &c.
GOLD PENS, GOLD St SILVER PENCIL CASES.
A large variety of Levi Brown and many other marks.
INK.
Black, Blue, Red, Copying and Marking Inks, ofthe
best kinds.
PEN AND DESK KNIVES.
A beautiful assortment of the finest Cutlery of every de.
scription.
COPYING PRESSES,
A variety of patterns and prices. Also, Copying Books
Brushes, Oil Paper, etc.
BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY Az FANCY
BOOK BINDING.
JOSEPH WALKER,
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Banks, Public Offices, Merchants, and others, can have
their Books Killed to any pattern, and Bound in the very
best manner, either in full Russia, extra Russia Bands,
Full Hound, 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
ot work IS done in New York.
FANCY BINDING.
Books, Pamphlets, Music, etc., bound in the neatest
ami 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 manner.
STEAM POWER-PRESS PRINTING.
WALKER At JAMES,
BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS
NOS. 101 AND 103 EAST BAY,
Having added to their Office, Steam Power-Presses, and
large louts ol the latest kind of Book Type, are prepared
to execute all kinds of
ROOK AND PAMPHLET PRINTING,
ill the very best manner, and at greatly 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, CIRC VLARS,
BILLS-I ADING. BALL INVITATIONS
BILL-HEADS, BRIEFS.
RECEIPTS, HAND RILLS, be.
which will be done ill the best manner and on most rea
soiwible terms.
CART).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 TTORNF. Y and COVN-
T lv a,l<l s .°i‘ icitor in c: han
u Eli r. Ills extensive acquaintance with the population
ot Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia, and
with the local Jaws ot those States, will enable him not
only to impart important information to merchants, but to
introduce customers.
lie 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. \ eadon St Macbeth.
Charleston, May 4, 1850.
d)nr (Dnm Muirs.
PHK MOUTHER* LITERARY GAZETTE
IS PUBLISHED EY’ERV SATURDAY BY
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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 ot the citizens of Charleston
n 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 subscribers on
the 15th of April. Hereafter, the work will be issued at
regular periods, without delay or failure, and in a superior
style, with anew, clear and beautiful type, and on the
best of paper. It will continue under the Editorial con
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 Contrihu
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 RE\ lE\\ in
elude the greater number of the best and ablest names o
the country. They represent the highest Literary talent
ofthe South, and reflect truly, with a native earnestness,
force and fidelity, the real policy and the peculiar institu
ions of our section. The Publishers, assured by tliecoun
tenance which they have received, from every quarter of
the South, and especially sustained and patronized by the
most influential names in Carolina, beg leave to soltci
the continued and increasing patronage ol our citizens.
Subscriptions will be received at their Office, corner ol
East Bay and Broad streets, second story, or at 101 East
Bay. Contributors will he pleased to address the EditGr,
to their care, in Charleston.
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Publishers and Proprietors Southern Quarterly Review.
NOTICE.—AII former Agenciesfor the SOUTHER
QUARTERLY REVIEW are discontinued. Due no
tice will be given of the appointment of Agencies by th*
present Publishers.
UNRIVALLED NORTH OR SOUTH !
U E THIRD ANNUAL VOLUME
OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE
Wascommenced on Saturday, the 4th of May, 1850
undents original name—instead of Rickards’ Weekly Ga
zette —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 of matter,
is, moreover, in an
ENTIRELY NEW DRESS
“ from head to foot,” and upon beautiful white paper, ro
that, in mechanical excellence, it shall not be surpassed by
any paper whatever in the United States! It will contin
ue under the same Editorial direction as heretofore, and no
pains or expense will he 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 ol 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 ofthe 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 be occasionally embellished with
SOUTHERN PORTRAITS & LANDSCAPES,
engraved expressly for the work, and accompanied by
biographical and topographical sketches. A portrait of
the Hon. Judge Lumpkin, of Georgia, appeared in the
first number, and others will follow at monthly intervals
ITS GENERAL INFORMATION
will be copious, butcarefully condensed from the leading
Journals of all parts of the world.
Notwithstanding the great increase in the size and at
tractions of the paper, it will still be published at
Two Dollars Per Annum, in Advance !
It will he furnished to persons becoming responsible for
the whole number of copies, and hat ing them sent to one
address, on the following terms:
Three copies, $5
Five copies, 8
Ten copies, 15
Fifteen copies, 20
Twenty copies, 25
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