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h with the people among whom they
reside.”
l'[, e settlement of San Francisco has
1( , n t lie most efficient aid to Mission
„i v efforts in Chiim which that cause
j ui ' s ever received. The Chinese resi-
Jetits, in their frequent correspondence
homeward, forget not to impress upon
,| u .jrcountrymen that good order and
enterprise are to be found even among
.| ie outside barbarians , and although
j„sh, (their evil deity,) is, when atSan
[ iancisco, left entirely unpropitiated,
,1 >un ceases not to rise and set with
; , same regularity as before.
The French population at San Fran
are more numerous than the “Ce
], -tials,” and equally respectable and
orderly. Much French capital has
it re accumulated; we regret to add
, •..:!* much of their capital has been
,>t to them by the ruinous prices of
•Tiies, with which their vessels have
; ,istlv l>"on freighted.
Ciiitors’ Dcjnirtinnit.
V/M C. RICHARDS. Editor.
D. H. JACQUES, Associate E liter.
Cljnrlfjjtan, f.
SVTURDAY MORNING. DEC. 7, 1850.
TilE GIFT BOOKS FOR le<sJ.
THIRD NOTICE.
We shall croup in this notice several very ;
Or r ant vol.un ‘ which have reached us from
va. mis publishers, and with it close our de- ;
fcoption of the Holiday Books for 1851. Our ‘
i ; ,dcrs will giant that no previous season has ‘
1.. n graced by n-lur or more truly valuable i
I k> than those embraced in our notices. We
i, • now to introduce to them anew work, be- :
giug to the class of Annuals proper, and
,;„ug, oil its very tir.-t appearance, the highest
ia kin literary and n;t tie excellence.
Tin: Iris, an Illuminated Souvenir for 1&51,
-; ~lm>hcd by Me-srs. Lippincott, Granibo &,
C,. , of Philadelphia, in the same magnificent
sivlc which has for years made the “ Leaflets
Memory ” the first in beauty of American
,\i H.irie-. Mo expense or care seems to have
lei a .-pared in the “getting up” of the “ Iris,”
a ! ,t is truly a volume of rare magnificence
a I exceeding merit. Its five illuminations by
jvvicaux, aie the most brilliant specimens of
thi- art yet produced in this country. They are
.ally radiant with hues of * crimson and!
U’, and with every t ut of the rainbow in
, \quisite combinations. One of them is a page
, i music, entitled ‘ The Iris Waltz’, a graceful
. i| pleasing composition by Miss Augusta
i; ante. Os the ‘ illustrations’ of the volume,
wi h arc seven in number, we may say with
mice, that they are among the finest steel en
gravings we have ever met with in books of
tins class, and are chiefly from the burins of
lb mil and Mote. The literary portion of the
wt rk is in keeping with its decorations. Under
i„r editorial care <>i Professor Hart, it could
iirlybc deficient in taste and excellence.
II iiwn contributions, together with those of
Kiii'li May, Alice and Phoebe Carey, R. H.
S: ililard, George li. Boker, Mrs. Sigourney,
Mr.-. Butler, anti half a score of other popular
write..-, lend unusual attractions to its table of
contents. We have not space to copy front its
exquisite pages any tiling longer than the fol
lowing very graceful poem :
HELEN.
BY R. 11. STODDARD.
Sequestered from the giddy world,
YV itliout a sigh resigned,
She wears the vail of thought within
The cloisters of her mind.
Her days are passed in holy w orks,
Her nights are passed in prayer,
And meditation gives her lace
A solt, angelic air.
She has no sorrows of her own,
No sins to be forgiven
A seraph sent on earth awhile,
To make it morelike Heaven!
It is needless to predict the popularity of
” The b is.” The publishers will scarcely have
:i copy left by Christmas, if the edition be not
already exhausted. There is no danger in
publishing annuals when they possess such it
high degree of beauty both internal and ex
ternal.
Tiie Odd Fellow’s Offering for 1851 is
t':e ninth volume of this beautiful serial, which
hi’ been steadily progressing in merit and j
popularity until it lakes rank among the highest j
s;. i itiH-ns of its class. Appealing by its name,
: ’ and by the general scope of its contents, both
pictorial and literary, to a single, but very ex
tensive class of patrons, it has secured their fa
vour to an unexampled degree, and we know of
o Annua! that at all approaches it in the ex
llm oi t- sale. It is spread over all the terri
i"iy ot the Union, and even in Canada it meets
a laryo demand. These facts are evidence of*
hie merit of the work, for its name and pecu
hu character would not, alone, secure for it
1 ‘ll a huge share of the public support. The
pte.-ent volume is more beautiful than its pre
dccc'sors. It is an octavo,handsomely printed
mul beautifully embellished with steel plates
a,| d an illuminated title page. The contents
ilfv enti-ely original,and are eontrihuted chiefly
h y members of the Order, or by those inti
! aly connected with it. We notice the
mes ot .Mes-rs. Lester, Noah, Saunders, Fos
t r, Lossing, Mackellar and Cox, and ot Mrs.
,v ' ni ‘th, .Mis. Lames, Mrs. Hewitt, Mrs. Lewis,
‘b'“. li.de, .Mi>. Kirkland, and several other
I ‘pillar female writers. The engravings are
• to some extent characteristic and are from
1 stun s principally by native artists. The work
*’ published by Mr. Edward Walker, of New
a prominent member of the Order, and
n is generally enriched by one or more contmu
n.cations irom his own vigorous and graceful
1" 11 W e cannot too cordially commend it to
i!i” c for whom it is especially prepared.
1 lie well-known publisher, Mr. A. Hart, of
I’hi.udelphia, has issued for the season, two
’ both of which are well known to the
public.
I’m: Drawing Room Scrap Book is a very
‘■ ulsome quarto, highly embellished and well
<‘ i’ it with choice articles from some of the
sT.uUest writers of the age. It is edited by
Amelia Lawrence, whose taste, added to
tl-utol its publisher in the choice of the exqui
finished plates which adorn it, makes it
a ‘i that could be desired, as an ornament to the
drawing room or boudoir.
Ihe Gift, by the same tasteful publisher,
’ ; '°nec the choicest gift book of the American
I'"'. For some years, however, it has been
1 i ended, and its re-appearance now will
übtless be grateful to its old admirers. It is
•> i nuice volume, whether we consider its lite
-Im i -v or its artistic attractions, which, though
11111 or iginal, are derived from the ablest writers
“'1 uniats, of Europe and America. Its name,
“ I,: * die old memories which cluster around it,
” ,l ‘ to regain for it a first place in the
F'iilic favour.
* he Irving Offering, published by Messrs.
1 avitt &. Cos., of New York, appears, we be
’e > fur ihe first lime. It has chosen a fa
’ourite a | 1( | | lonoure d name, which will do
,I,Ut 'd attract the public eye to its otherwise
‘■ pretending merits. These consist in a series
of graceful pictures in Mezzotint, and choice
stories and sketches from the best writers. The
“ Lizzie Leigh” of Dickens, the “ Maelstrom”
ot Poe, Mias Sedgewick’s “ Look before you
Leap,” and other favourites by Willis, Fanny
Osgood, Longfellow, and a dozen other bright
names, make up a most attractive “ Index,”
and will secure for “ The Irving Offering” a
good degree of popularity.
The American Female Poets, by Caroline
May, is a standard work, published by Lindsay
&, Blakeston, of Philadelphia, who have issued
an edition in choice binding and with beautiful
illustrations for a gift book, and really we
cannot think of any volume better suited for
the purpose. Miss May's acknowledged taste
and ability as a poet herself, has fitted her to be
the editor of the Female Poets of her country ;
and we are happy to bear testimony to the
equal grace and fidelity with which she has
executed her delicate task. Among the new
names embraced in this later edition of the
work, we ate L :j j y to notice that of our fa
vourite correspondent, Mrs. Du Bose, of Geor
gia, whose pocticai effusions, under the signa
tme of “ Leila Cameron,” we had the plea
sure of introducing to the public in this Journal.
Her beautiful poem of “ Wachulla,” which was
written for the Gazette, is given entire in Miss
May's volume. The Carey sisters, of the West,
are also among the new subjects of thisedition,
and their beautiful verse adds a positive grace
to its pages.
(Our (iffßssiji Column.
Over the Way.
Did you ever, dear reader, fall in love with a
pretty face at a window ? If you have, you
can appreciate the beauty and truth of the fol
lowing lines by the lamented Hood, a man of
the most sparkling wit, combined with the ten
derest pathos. Reeal to your mind some pas
sionate affection that was suddenly kindled be
tween yourself and a fair inconnue whom you
saw at her chamber lattice, “ over the way
and with the memory fresh about your heart,
read:
*’ Alan! the flames of an unhappy lover
About my heart and on my vitals prey ;
I’ve caught a fever that I can’t get over—
Over the way!
I’ve gazed too often, till my heart’s as lost
As any needle in a staek of hay :
Crosses belong to Love—and mine is crossed —
Over tlie way!
I cannot read or write, or thoughts relax—
Os what avail Lord Althorp or Earl Gray?
They cannot ease me of mu window tax —
Over the way!
Even on Sunday my devotions vary,
And from St. Bennet Fink they go astray
To dear St. Mary Overy—the Mary
Over the way!
lint how to breathe to her my deep regards,
Or ask her for a whispered yea or nay—
<>r other her my hand—at thirty yards—
Over the way!
Cold as tlie pole she is to nty adoring—
Like Captain Lyon at Repulses Bay
I meet an icy end to my exploring—
Over the way!”
Oysters-A Stratagem.
An excellent joke is told of a traveller, who
coining, on a cold evening, to a country tavern,
found the only fire in the house so surrounded
by people lliat-he could not get near it; and no
one was poltie enough to rise and offer him a
place. Turning to the hostler, he ordered him
to put Ins horse in the stable and give him a
peck of oysters. The astonished hostler very
naturally observed that the horse could not
eat oysters. “ Try him, and you will see,”
said the traveller. The oysters were carried
out and the whole company hastened to see the
wonderful phenomenon ! Our joker got a com
fortable place at the fire-side, which was all he
desired. Soon the hostler returned and told
him that the horse would not eat the oysters.
“No matter,” said the traveller, “ bring them
to me and I will.” *
A Meteor.
Avery brilliant meteor of the apparent size
of the moon, was visible from Brooklyn flights,
New York, on the evening of the 24th ult. It
was in the west, and moved very slowly in a
nearly horizontal line from north to south. It
was, as we learn from the Tribune, of a fine
red colour, and remained in sight while tra
versing a path of 70 degrees in length. Mr.
Bliss, of Brooklyn, whose house is situated on
the brow of the flights, had a lull view of it,
as did also the members of bis family, its
progress being so slow that he had time to call
them. *
That Unfortunate Auxiliary.
Jenny Lind is to give her first concert in
Washington on the lfith instant, so that we
will be disappointed in Iter reported arrival here
on the 17th. —Charleston Sun.
Well if our neighbour will be disappointed
we suppose he must. Pity would be thrown
away upon him. His ease is like that of the
poor Frenchman who, falling into the Thames,
cried out “ I will he drowned, nobody shall
help me!” *
A Gem from the Slavonic.
“ Upon tbe plain an oak-tree stands.
A cuckoo there doth
And still she mourns and still complains,
That ’tis not always Spring.
How in the fields could ripen corn,
If Spring were evermore?
llow apples on the ore hard -trees,
Were Summer ne’er to go?
Or how the ears in garners freeze,
Were nought hut Autumn known?
How woeful were it for the maid.
If always left alone!' 9
(Dur Cniitnnjinnnm
The International. New York : String
er &, Townsend. November, 1850. This is an
admirable number, fully up to the high standard
which its previous issues had indicated. Dr.
Griswold is a most industrious and compre
hensive editor. All themes in Literature, Art
and Science are fairly treated in the pages of
his work. The ccleclic material of the present
issue is singularly attractive. The Interna
tional makes three volumes a year, each con
taining GOO pages for One Dollar ! If miracles
had not ‘ ceased,’ this would be one —of cheap
ness. The only parallel it has, is the very
beautiful Magazine published by the Harpers,
at the same price.
The Edinburgh Review. YVe have re
ceived from Air. Russell, King-street, the Octo
ber number af this sterling quaiteily. It is an
unusually interesting number. It opens with
an able paper on the English Language, in
which much light is thrown upon the origin,
progress and structure of the Anglo-Saxon
speech. This is followed by an article on the
United States, in which a strong desire is mani
fested to do justice to our country and institu
tions. Then we have articles on The British
Museum, Ancient Gieek Language and Liter
ature, The Euphrates Expedition, Emigration
and Industrial Training, Difficulties of Republi
can France, and Horace and Tasso. *
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine for
November, presents the following attractive ta
ble of contents:
My Novel, part 111.
The Rise, Power and Politics of Russia.
Hours in Spain.
Modern State Trials, part 11.
Anna Hammer.
Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet.
The Renewal of the Income Tax.
Mr. Russell, King-street, is Agent for the
work. *
SOUTHERN LI TER AR Y GAZETTE.
(Our 96nnk tfalilr.
A -ton Locke, Tailor ami Poet. An Autobiography.
New York: Harper &. Brothers. 18j0.
This book has faults enough to ruin half a
dozen ordinary novels. Its incidents outrage
probability ; its scenes are ludicrously incon
gruous, and its leading characters often act and
speak in a mannei totally out of keeping with
their respective ranks, stations and circum
stances. But this book is no ordinary novel,
and, though its beauty and proportion are some
what marred, is not ruined by these very glar
ing laults. It is too full of truth and beauty—
too unmistakably the offspring of genius to be
thrown aside because it is inartistic in its con
struction. The truth is, the author has only
thought how he might most effectually bring
his peculiar views to the notice of the public.
He choose fiction as the best garb in which to
clothe his social doctrines, but has made the
fiction subservient to his ulterior design.
Alton Locke, the subject of this professed
autobiography, and tlie hero of the story, is the
son of a bankrupt grocer, who “ died of bad
debts and a broken heart,” and left a wife and
two children in extreme poverty. Alton’s
mother, a Calvinist of the austerest school, is
thus described :
“My mother moved by rule and method; by
God’s law, as she considered, and that only.
She seldom smiled. Her word was absolute.
She never commanded twice, without punish
ing. And yet there were abysses of unspoken
tenderness in her, as well as clear, sound, wo
manly sense and insight. But she thought her
self its much bound to keep down all tender
ness as if she had been some ascetic of ihe
middle ages—so do extremes meet! It was
“ carnal,” she considered. She had as yet no
right to have any “spiritual affection ” for us.
We were still “ children of wrath and of the
devil”—not yet “convinced of sin,” “con
ceited, born again.” She had no more spiritual
bond with us, she thought, than she had with a
heathen or a Papist. She dared not even pray
for our conversion, earnestly as she prayed on
every other subject. For though the majority
of her sect would have done so, her clear logi
cal sense would yield to no such tender incon
sistency. Had it not been decided from all
eternity? We were elect, or we were repro
bate. Could her prayers alter that ? If He
had chosen us, He would call us in His own
good time, and if not—.”
Her teachings, as may be supposed, were not
very palatable to the boy-poet. The only
books which Jte knew were Pilgrim’s Progress
and the Bible. To these, at a later day, were
added si me missionary tracts and journals,
which he devoured with avidity. Alton had
an uncle who had been fortunate in business
and was now a man of considerable wealth
and influence. Through the good offices of
this relative, he was at length duly appren
ticed to a tailor at the West End. What sort
of a place his wotk-room was may be judged
by the following extract:
I stumbled after Mr Jones up a dark, nar
row iron stair-case till we emerged through a
trap-door into a garret at the top of the house.
1 recoiled with disgust at the scene before me ;
and here 1 was to work—perhaps through life!
A low lean-to room, stifling me with the com
bined odors of human breath and perspiration,
stale beer, the sweet sickly smell of gin, and
the sour and hardly less disgusting one of new
cloth. On the floor, thick with dust and dirt, (
scraps of stuff and ends of thread, sat some
dozen haggard, untidy, shoeless men, with a
mingled look of care and recklessness that
made me shudder. The windows were tight
closed to keep out the cold winter air; and the
j condensed breath ran in streams down the
panes, checkering the dreary out-look of chim
ney tops atul smoke. The conductor handed
me over to one of the men.
“ Here, Crossthwaite, take this younker and
make a tailor of him. Keep him next you,
1 and prick him up with your needle if he shirks.”
He disappeared down the trap-door, and me-
I chanically, as if in a dieam, 1 sat down by the
j man and li tened to his instructions, kindly
enough bestowed. But I did not remain iu
peace two minutes. A burst of chatter rose as
the fireman vanished,and a tail,bloated,sharp-
I nosed young man next to me bawled in my ear,
“ I say, young ’un, fork out the tin and pay
your footing at Conscrumption Hospital!”
“ What do you mean ?”
“ ‘Aiiit he just green ? Down with the
stumpy—a tizzy for a pot of half-and-half.”
“ 1 never drink beer.”
“ Then never do,” whispered the man at my
side ; “ as sure as hell’s hell, it’s your only
chance.”
There was a fierce, deep earnestness in the
tone, which made me look up at the speaker,
hut tlie other instantly chimed in,
“ Oh, yer dont, don't yer, my young Father
Mathy! then yer’ll soon learn it'here if yer
want to keep yer victuals down,”
“ And I have promised to lake my wages
home to my mother,”
“ O crirniny ! hark to that, nty coves! here’s
a chap as is going to take the blunt home to
his mammy.”
“ T’aint much of it the old un’ll see,” said
another. “ Ven yer pockets it at the Cock and
I Bottle, tny kiddy, yer won’t find much of it
left o’ Sunday mornings.”
“ Don’t his mother know he’s out ?” asked
another; “ and won’t she know it—
Ven he’s sitting in hi- glory
Half-price at the Victory.
Oh ; no, ve never mentions her—her name is
never heard. Certain y not, by no means.
Why should it ?”
“ Well, if yer won’t stand a pot,” quoth the
tall man, “ I will, that’s all, and blow temper
ance. ‘ A short life and a merry one,’ says the
tailor.
The ministers talk a great deal about port,
And they makes Cape wine very dear,
But blow their lii’s if ever they tries
To deprive a poor cove of his beer.
Here, Sam, run to the Cock and Bottle for a
pot of half-and-half to my score.”
A thin, pale lad jumped up and vanished,
while my tormentor turned to me :
“ I say, young ’un, do you know why we’re
nearer heaven here than our neighbours ?”
“ I shouldn’t have thought so,” answered I
with a naivete which raised a laugh, and dashed
the tall man for a moment.
“ Yer don’t? then I’ll tell yer. Acause we’re
atop of the house in the first place, and next
place yer’ll die here six months sooner nor if
yer worked in the room below. ’Aint that
logic and science,Orator?” appealing to Crossth
waite.
“ Why ?” asked I.
“ Acause you get all the other floors’ stinks
up here, as well as your own. Concentrated
essence of man’s flesh, is this here as you’re a
breathing. Cellar work-room we calls Rheu
matic Ward, because of the damp. Ground
floor s Fever —them as don’t get typhus
gets dysentery, and them as don’t get dysen
tery gets typhus—your nose ’d tell yer why if
you opened the back windy. First floor’s
Ashmy Ward—don’t you hear ’um through the
cracks in the boards, a-pitfiing away like a
nest of young locomotives ? And this here
more august and upper-crust cockloft is the
Conecrumptive Hospital. First you begins to
cough, then you proceed to expectorate—-pit
loons, as you see, perwided free gracious for
nothing—fined a kivarten if you spits on the
floor.
Then your cheeks they grows red, and your rose it grows
fliiin,
Then your bones they sticks out, till they comes through
your skin:
and then, when you’ve sufficiently covered the
poor dear shivering hare backs of the hatrys
toeracy,
Die, die, die,
Away you fly,
Vour soul is m the sky *
as the hinspired Shakspeare wittily remarks.”
And the ribald lay town on his back, stretch
ed himself out and pietcnded to die in a fit of
coughing, which last was, alas! no counterfeit,
while poor I, shocked and bewildered, let my
tears fall last upon iny knees.
“ Fine him a pot!” roared one, “ for talking
about kicking the bucket. He’s a nice young
man to keep a cove’s spirits up, aud talk about
‘ a short hie and a merry one.’ Here comes
the heavy. Hand it here to take the taste of
that fellow’s talk out of my mouth.”
“ Well, my young ’un,” re-eoinmenced nty
tormentor, “ and how do you like your com
pany r
“ Leave the boy alone,” growled Crossth
waite“ don’t you see he’s crying 1”
This is given as an accurate picture of one
of the better classes of tailoring establishments
of London. It is called an “honourable”
house in contradistinction from others of an in
finitely worse character.
Crossthwaite, the person under whose im
mediate charge Alton was placed in the shop,
proves to be a noble-hearted fellow, but a
fierce Chartist. From him and a queer old
Scotsman, Sandy Mackaye, who keeps a book
stall, Alton gets his first lessons in literature
and human rights, and soon becomes as mad a
Radical as the best of them. He continues at
his needle, spending all his leisure in educating
himself, until he is about twenty, when he is
thrown out of employment, is taken in by the
kind old Scotsman, Mackaye, and gains a pre
carious subsistence by writing for certain Chart
ist newspapers. In the mean time he has
written a large number of clever poems, and
Mackaye advises him to go to Cambridge and
secure the influence of a cousin, who is in col
lege there, to get a volume published. He goes
to Cambridge, falls in company with a Dean,
and falls in love with his daughter—or rather
the flame is kindled anew, for he had met her
once before in a picture gallery, when he lost
his heart in a very legitimate way. The Dean
and one Lord Lynedale, with whom he had be
come acquainted, become interested in his po
ems. But they are too radical and smack too
strongly of Socialism. Alton is weak enough,
all for the love of Lillian, the Dean’s daughter,
who had smiled on him and praised his verses,
to consent to expurgate the offensive portions.
Thus he becomes a flunky! All this time his
better angel, in the so m of a Miss Staunton, a
niece ot the Dean, and “ beautiful, but with the
face of a Juno rather than a Venus—dark, impe
rious, restless—lips firmly set and brow massive
and projecting—a queen to be feared rather
than loved”—all this time she had been warn
ing him ol his danger and trying to save him
from the gulf into which his folly was leading
him. But he thought her his enemy and her
warnings were unheeded.
Alton returns to London, becomes unpopular
with his Chartist friends, on account of his
flunkyism, retrieves his character by a flaming
speech to a tnoh ot starving peasantry in the
vicinity ol the Deanery, where lie had formerly
been a visitor. Arson and violence follow, and
the next morning he finds himself in a prison,
where he remains three years. From prison
Alton returns to London. In the mean time
his cousin George marries the fair Lillian,
though Alton remains for some time ignorant
of tlie fact. Old Mackaye now dies on the
evening preceding the memorable 10th of April,
which was to have seen England revolutionized
and the Chattel-triumphant. But the Chartists re
turned home that day full of shame, disappoint
ment and despair. Alton now falls sick, and
awaking one day from a deilriuim, finds his
good angel, Miss Staunton that was, but who
is now Countess of Ellerton and a widow,
watching over him. She had never lost sight
of him, and unknown to him, had heretofore
contrived to he of use to him. Under her kind
nursing lie recovers. The Countess reads Ten
nyson and the Bible to him, and he finally be
comes converted to a iiving faith in Christianity.
He is soon after sent to Texas, for the im
provement of his health, but dies before he
reaches land. Thus the story ends.
Asa novel, Alton Locke is a failure. Still it
is a book that will be read and cannot be read
iu vain. It is in its frequent episodes that its
greatest beauty is found. In these the author
evidently feels himself at home and writes with
ease, vigour and great graphic skill. The so
cial theories of the work are very vague and
unsatisfactory, hut the social evils so vividly
depicted are but too real. These, think what
we may of Socialism in its numberless forms,
still stare us in the face and demand of us, not
only as philanthropists but as men and citizens,
our earnest efforts for their removal. *
Annals of the Queens of Spain. By Mrs. Anita
George. Vol. 11. New York: Baker & Scribner.
When the first volume of this work appeared
we noticed it in terms of earnest commenda
tion, and expressed our desire to see the con
tinuation. In this volume, Mrs. George has
fully confirmed our favourable Dpinion of her
merits as a biographer of the Spanish Queens,
and we have no longer any hesitation whatever
in placing her woik upon an equality with Miss
Strickland’s Lives of the Queens of England.
We will not affirm that Mrs. George’s style is
marked by all the excellencies that are com
bined in that of Aliss Strickland, but it is never
theless exceedingly graphic, terse and perspicu
ous, and carries the reader along with a never
flagging interest. The Life of Isabel occu
pies the whole of this second volume, and it af
fords admirable scope for the powers of our
authoress. She is no servile imitator certainly,
for the portrait which she has presented of
Spain’s most renowned Queen, is in strong con
trast with that which the brilliant pencil of
Prescott has drawn, and indeed with almost all
the portraitures of this sovereign. To Mrs.
George, Isahel appears no paragon of human
excellence, and while she accords to her many
amiable and beautiful traits of character, she
lifts the veil which her too-flattering biogra
phers have either wilfully refused to look be
neath, or failed at all to detect, and we see
Isabel in a far less enchanting light than here
tofore. The policy which would seem to huve
inspired all her public acts, was the establish
ment of a despotic monarchy, and in the pro
secution of this aim she shrunk from no ex
cesses of cruelly. Her bigotry created the ter
rible power of the Inquisition, and thus, calling
to the aid of the Throne the influence of the
Altar, she gave her sanction to the most un
holy and tyrannical alliance ever consummated
in the annals of History. In the “Conquest
of Granada”—nextto the discovery of the “New
World ’’-y-the grandest event of her brilliant
reign, whole hecatombs of victims were sacri
ficed to her insatiable ambition and to her ruth
less fanaticism ; and the lapse of centuries has
not sufficed to blot from human memory and
execration her treatment of the miserable Jews.
Such are the lights in which our authbress
presents the character of the world-renowned
‘ Isabel the Catholic,’ but while she has thus
assumed the delicate and responsible duty of
the iconoclast and boldly torn down the image
which History had set up for mortal worship,
she has not been blind to those moral and
mental powers of the Spanish Queen which so
powerfully contributed to the splendour of her
career.
Without presuming, in this brief notice, to
decide upon the fidelity of our author’s portrai
ture, we cannot dismiss the book without re
peating our gratification with its style and spirit,
both alike excellent.
A General View of the Fine Arts, Critical and
Historical, with an Introduction by I). Huntington, M.
A., A. M. New Vork: G. P. Putnam. 1851.
This pleasant compendium of Art is the pro
duction of a lady who, while employed upon
it, was also “ practically engaged with the
palette and colours.” YY'e have a bird’s eye
view of the arts of Painting, Sculpture and
Architecture, from the time of the first Greek
school to our times, with biographical notices
of the most distinguished artists and brief criti
cisms upon their chief works. The well-known
artist, Mr. Huntington, who writes the intro
duction to the volume, thus speaks of its merits:
“ V\ hile it embraces so wide a field, it is at
the same time clear, concise and richly attrac
tive in its details. By its simple and natural
arrangement, ijs completeness in all parts, and
the ease with which any class of art, era, or in
dividual artist may be referred to, the work is
rendered admirable for popular use. For the
same reason it might be introduced, with great
advantage, as a text hook, into the higher
schools and academies.”
This la>t suggestion appears to us an admir
ble one. Youths of both sexes “ finish their
education,' 1 as the phrase is, and even though
they sometimes acquire some little skill with
the pencil, they are entirely uninstructed in the
history ol Art, and are lamentably ignorant of
its true attractions and its general spirit. We
trust the teachers into whose hands this volume
may fall, will act upon Mr. Huntington’s sug
gestion and remedy this great deficiency in
popular education. ****
Heaven, or an Earnest and Scriptural Inquiry into the
Abode ot the Sacred Dead. By the Rev. H. Harhaugh.
One volume. Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston.
This book possesses a two-fold interest, as a
philosophical and as an evangelical treatise.
Y\ e have read it with a lively interest, and have
been delighted with the spirit which pervades
it. It discusses, in a most thoughtful and re
verent manner, the following points: 1. The
Materiality of Heaven, which it affirms; 2. Its
Locality, which it suggests; 3. The immediate
beatification of the Saints after their death,
which it also affirms; and, 4. The Sympathy
between Heaven and Earth, which is considered
as three-fold, viz : Divine, Angelic and Saintly.
The author has given us his own highly intelli
gent and rational views in a modest hut clear
and decided manner, and allows us to compare
and contrast them with the various theories of
other writers on the nature of the heavenly
world. The work appears to us to be thor
oughly imbued with an evangelical spirit, and
tlie reader is obliged to feel that the writer has
‘ sought a better country, eveu a heavenly’—
that he is one of those who pant for heaven. A
beautiful sentiment from Stilling, the German
author, forms the motto of the title page—
” Blessed are they that are home sick, for they
shall go home”—and tlie heart of the pious
reader, wanned by the glowing picture of the
“ new Jerusalem” which our author presents to
view, may well experience the spiritual home
sickness which shall be rewarded with a “home”
so glorious and so enduring.
(Dur ]}nu\t
[Under this head we shall reply to many letters, contain
ing queries or suggestions upon suhjectsof general interest
instead of answering them, as heretofore, hy post. This
will save us time, and “time is money.” We are veri
glad to receive letters from our subscribers, and it .only re
quiresthat the postage be paid to ensure prompt attention.
Eds. ]
Messrs. Editors : I regret exceedingly the
very questionable tas'e, on you: part, which in
duced the insertion of the story entitle 1 “Mu
sical Neighbours,” in your paper of 23d ult.,
to say nothing of your calling attention to it
as likely to be “ extensively appreciated.”
As caterers for the public, your columns
should be an index of the general taste ; and no
article should be admitted which is calculated,
by its tone, extensive circulation and extreme
notoriety, to dampen the ardor and thereby re
press the efforts of any youthful seeker in the
arduous paths of science, or to deprecate the
industrious and worthy labours necessary to
professional success.
In my opinion, it would have been far more
creditable to your taste, as Editors of a Journal
which has so properly lavished unlimited enco
miums on “ tlie Divine Jenny,” it* you had po
litely declined the story as one decidedly calcu
lated to promulgate more acerbity than plea
surable feeling, and at the same time to have
taken the occasion, as an excellent opportunity
for commenting mildly, in the way of a sug
gestion to such as might be engaged in devel
oping “ the hidden soul of harmony,” either as
a recreation or as a means of livelihood, that,
however worthy their efforts, they should have
due regard to the comfort or convenience of
their immediate neighbours, by limiting such
efforts within tit bounds of that hour of night
“ when grave-y. is yawn” at the farthest.
This certainly might have been a less potent
mode of redressing such a grievance than ridi
cule, but you v. oild have had some compensa
tion, through the medium of your organs of
self-esteem, in refusing to “pour out the vine
gar ” of some old maid’s wrath upon the heads
of many who may have unwittingly offended
Iter.
Without further comment on the bud taste of
that writer, (a female,) in making the sacred
songs in question a means of arriving at such
an unenviable di.-tinction, permgpme, a con
stant reader of your very interesting paper,
with the best wishes for its welfare, to subscribe
myself, ALEXIS.
There! we have given you a hearing, and
have only a very few words to say in reply. In
regard to the “ questionable taste ” involved in
the writing and publishing the article in ques
tion, you may perhaps remember the old Latin
proverb: De gustibns non est disputandum.
You will find, in general, tint people have too
much confidence in their own taste to adopt
yours in its place. You certainly do not sup
pose that “ The Musical Neighbours” was
written to bring music and musical performers
into disrepute! How absurd ! Its lesson is
perfectly obvious, and is much more effectually
conveyed than it could have been in a prosy
essay. If you have been guilty of any trans
gressions in the direction indicated, we hope
you will go and sin no more. What you mean
by your hints in regard to that respectable sis
terhood, the “old maids,” we are sure we can
not tell. If you intend to insinuate that our
fair correspondent—the author of “ The Musi
cal Neighbours,” belongs to that class, we will
not answer for the consequences ! *
£ije jfhm of tljr Dmj.
Governor Quitman. —Some strange reports
are afloat, says the Sun, in relation to Governor
Quitman, resulting from his connexion with die
Cuban expedition. The Vicksburg Whig says
that it is rumoured in that city that a writ from
a Court now in session in New Oilcans, de
manding ihe appearance of Gov. Quitman at
its bar to undergo an examination in regard to
his alleged implication in the Cuba enterprize
of Alay last, has been received at Jackson—
that the Governor refuses to answer the de
mand, and threatens to call upon die people of
Mississippi for protection, and that Judge Ghol
son, of the U. S. Court, now sitting in Jackson,
has expressed a determination to use the federal
authority in him vested, to execute the writ to
the full purport of its requisition.
Mr. Webster, a Washington correspondent
of the New Turk Tribune says, will be imme
diately called upon to prepare a report to Con
gress upon the real stale of the question be
tween this Republic and Great Britain relative
to the encroachment of the latter power upon
the defenceless States of Central America, Ni
caragua, Honduras and San Salvador.
Splendid Watch. —The Washington Re
public describes a most superb watch. It is
encompassed with diamonds of magnificent
beauty. Its value is ten thousand dollars! It
is to be disposed of by ralile, there being five
hundred chances at twenty dollars each. Three
hundred of them are already taken.
[O’The Newfoundland Times gives fact||
establishing the probability that the whol™
island is rising out of the ocean with a rapidity
which threatens, at no distant period, to mate
rially atfeet, if not utterly destroy, many of the
best harbours on the coast of Newfoundland.
Commodore Stewart, dining a few days ago
with the President of the United States, re
marked that he had dined with every Presi
dent with the single exception of the lamented
Taylor.
Those Knockings I —Willis’s Home Journal
says that “ the knockings” are now heard in
many houses in New York, by persons who
carefully conceal the fact from dread of noto
riety.
A Costly Dish. —At the late York banquet,
Mr. Soyer placed before Prince Albert a dish
which cost 100 guineas—the most expensive in
the annals of modern cookery.
Mr. James. —James, the novelist, has not
taken steps towards becoming a citizen of the
United States. Mr. James says he cannot an
nul his obligations of fealty to the Queen, cre
ated by the oath of allegiance, but he intends
to make this country his residence.
Emigration Turning Hack. —The Kilkenny
(Ireland) Moderator of the 2d ult. states that a
considerable number of persons who recently
emigrated to America, returned home last week,
being disappointed in their expectations of earn
ing a livelihood in the New World.
Deep Snow. —The Syracuse (N. Y.) Star
says, that about 9 miles of that city, the snow
on Wednesday was very deep. In Otisco and
Tuily, it was full Tor 5 feet deep in some places
where it was drifted.
Hon. Seth Barton, while American Charge
d’Affairs in Chili, married a lady of high stand
ing in that country. She died at New Or
leans, however, on the 14th ult., aged 26, of
cholera.
The New Light Man. —Mr. Paine, the
“new light” man, will soon visit Europe for
the purpose of making the necessary arrange
ments to secure patents of his newly invented
light.
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Mr. EGAN, Artist, begs most respectfully toinform the
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vicinity, that he proposes renminining a short time in pur
snit of the above-mentioned branch of the Art, together
with a view of benelitting his health ; and in addition
would say that as he has been successful, hitherto, in his
professional career, he confidently hopes to give satisfac
tion to those who may honour him with their patronage.
Studio above the store of Mr. Epping, Chemist, No. 277
King-street.
N. B. Life size PORTRAITS Fainted if required.
Nov. 23
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His facilities are such that he is enabled toexecuteall orders
promptly, and ill every style of the Art, upon the most
reasonable terms; while the experience of many years
enables him to feel perfect confidence in his efforts to give
satisfaction to all who may favour turn with the|r natron
age. N. ORR, 151 Fuitou-street, New \ork.
June 6
THOMAS, cow PERTHWIIT * co.,
BOOKSELLERS,
PUBLISHERS AND STATIONERS,
523 MARKET-STREET, PHILADELPHIA,
Publish Mitchell’s Geography and Atlas, Primary Geo
grapliy. Intermediate Geography, Ancient Geography
and Atlas, Universal Atlas, with nearly eighty beautiiull)
coloured Maps; Pocket Mapsof the United States and ol
the Jitter jut States of the U moil: Swan’s series of School
Readers, Spelling Book and Primary Spelling Book ;
Greene’s English Grammar, and Greene’s Analysis of the
English Language: F. A. Adams’ Arithmetics, parts 1
and 2; Pennoek s Histories of England, France, Rome,
and Greece; Picott’s series of Elementary Books in learn
ing French; Frost’s United States, be.
And they offer for sale at the lowest prices, the largest
prices the largest stock lit the country of SCHOOL,
CLASSICAL, LAW, MEDICAL,THEOLOGICAL
and MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS.
Orders solicited. 6mo July 13
Mkrr’s (Cnrb.
JOSEPH WALKER,
101 EAST BAY,
Dealer in Paper, Stationery and Account Books, Printing .
tnd Hook Binding. Also, Agent tor John u. VVhite,
Type and Stereotype Founder; R- Co., Pruning
Press Maker; V. Me Bee It Sons’ Paper Mills, and ol va
■ious 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,
tnd for beauty and variety ol Type, Borders, olc. , is ® ur *
>assed by none. Constantly on hand. Brass Kilk,
.’asks, Quoins, LkadsJMUhasks, Furniture. Keg.
let, Lye Brushes, Mallets, Shooting sticks,
Proof Rrushes, Bodkins, Plainer*. Also, a large
variety of
BORDERS, JOB AMD FAMC Y TYPE, 6-e.
ALSO, AGENT FOR
11. HOE & CO.,
CELEBRATED PRINTING-PRESS MANUFACTURERS.
Every Press. &e.. made by them, will he furnished at
shortest notice ami lowest price.
PRINTING INKS.
Constantly on hand, a large stock of the very best war”
ranted Inks, Book and News Printing Inns, Fancy lol
jured Inks, at greatly reduced rates, say from to cents per
pound and upwards.
PAPER WAREHOUSE,
101 EAST BAY.
JOSEPH WALKER,
DEALER IN
PRINTING, WRINTING, WRAPPING AND EN
VKLOPE PAPER OF EVERY VARIETY.
Printing Paper.—Constantly on hand, a large stock
of Newspaper, of various sizes—2ox3o. 2gx3J, 23x32,
4 x 34 , 24 x 30,20x38 26x40; and also .Medium and
Double Medium Book Printing Paper, ol different quality.
Agent tor V. Me Bee At Son, Greenville, S. C., Paper
Mills. Newspaper of every kind made to order. Also in
receipt constantly, direct from the Northern Mills, Paper
jf all kinds.
Writing Paper. —English, French and American
Letter, Cap, Folio, Commercial ami Packet Post, Demy,
tledium, Royal and Super Royal Paper-, ruled and plain,
it every variety, and at all prices—a large stock constantly
an hand.
Wrapping, Envelope, Coloured Medium Paper,
at’ all kinds and descriptions always on hand and for sale
ow.
STATIONERS’ HALL,
101 EAST BAA".
JOSEPH WALKER,
dealer in
PAPER, STA TIO.VER Y AMD BLAME BOOKS,
Has constantly on hand, a large assortment of fine Eng
lish, French and American Stationery, of every descrip
tion, eonsisti g in part of: Sealing Wax, Waters, Cluills,
Rulers, Stem Pens, Ink Stands, Slates, Wafer Stamps,
Pen Hacks. Wax Tapers, Red Tape, Lead Pencils, India
Rubber, Desk Weights, Ate.
GOLD PENS. GOLD & SILVER PENCIL CASES.
A large variety of Levi Brown and many other marks.
INK.
Black, Bine, Red, Copying and Marking Inks, of the
best kinds.
PEN AND DESK KNIVES.
A beautiful assortment of the finest Cutlery of every de
scription.
COPYING PRESSES,
A variety of patients ami prices. Also, Copying Books,
Brushes, Oil Paper, etc.
BLANK BOOK MAXI FACTORY eV FANCY
BOOK BINDING.
JOSEPH WALKER,
101 EAST BAY
Banks, Public Offices, Merchants, ami others, can have
their Books Ruled to any pattern, and Bound in the very
best manner, either in full Russia, extra Russia Bands,
Full Bound, or Half Binding, ami made of the very best
English blue laid, French and American [tapers, made
xpre-sly to order, at the same price that the same quality
cf work is done in New York.
FANCY BINDING.
Books, Pamphlets, Music, etc., hound 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 manner.
STEAM POWER-PRESS PRINTING.
WALKER & JAMES,
BOOKAN I) JO B P RIN TE R S
NOS. 101 AND 103 EAST BAY,
Having added to their < iffice, Steam Power-Presses, and
large touts 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 red nee S 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 UT.ARS,
KILLS. LADING, BALL INVITATIONS
BILLHEADS, BRIEFS,
RECEIPTS, HAND BIELS, ie.
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.
• J \s. E. SPEAR A CO’S.
EMPORIUM OF
FINE WATCHES, FASHIONABLE JEWELRY,
STERLING SILVER WARE,
RICH HOUSE FURNISHING ARTICLES,
AND RECHERCHE FANCY GOODS,
235 KINO-STREET, OPPOSITE IIASELL.
J. E. S. &. Cos. would invite the attention of the public,
and strangers visiting Charleston, to their extensive stock,
which they are confident will compare favourably with
any ever offered in elegance, variety, taste and
WORKMANSHIP.
Their stock of Duplex, patent Lever. Anchor and Cy
linder WATCHES, has been selected with great care
from the most celebrated manufactories of Europe, and
eased expressly to their order in Open, Hunting and Dou
ble Hunting eases, including a few’ hi autilul. extra small
inlaid and enameled Ladies’ Watches, suitable for wear
ing with the new r style of Chatelaines.
Their stock of JEWELRY comprehends all of the
latest styles, with many original, chaste and elegant de
signs, and of every quality from the cheapest to the most
expensive.
Their stock of STERLING SILVER WARE is not
to be surpassed in chasteness of design or beauty of w ork
manship, including many articles of entirely new patterns.
Their stock of House Fpunishing and Fancy Goods
comprises a great variety of articles, suitable for ordinary
use or elegant display, which would well repay the time
spent in examining.
In the assortment may be found the best English Plated
Tea Setts, Waiters, Cake Baskets, Castors, Cruet Stands,
CJrns, Tea Kettles, Vegetable Dishes. Butter Boats, Toast
Racks, Egg Stands, Nut Crackers. Ice Tongs, &c.
A superior article of Plated or Albatta Snoons, Forks,
&c : , almost equal to silver: Balanced Ivory handle
Knives and Forks, in sets of 51 pieces, or Knives only ;
Japaned Waiters, singly or in sef> : Papier Mache Work
Boxes, Tables, Writing Desks, Pray r Books, Albums,
Music, Porte and Note Folios, lx ’ilolly inlaid with
pearl; Card Baskets, Card Cases, i v.rte Monaies, Porte
Boquets, Salt Cellars. Coral and Bells. Snuff Boxes, Lan
cet Cases, Suspender Buckles, Nutmeg Graters, Fruit
Knives. Napkin Rings. Combs, &c. of fine silver.
Parian Marble and PapierCotta Statuettes and Figures.
Richly furnished (French) Work Boxes and Dressing
Cases, Bohemian Glass Toilet Bottles and Paper Weights,
Music Boxes, from 2 to 6 tunes ; French Mantle Clocks,
of various patterns ; Mantle Vasesand Ornaments, Ebony
Watch St ends, Cora! Beads.
They would particularly call attention to a lot of very
splendid Spanish and French Drew FANS, of elegant
designs, varying in price from $1 to MO, Also, Pearl,
Shell, Enameled, Silver and leather Portemonies and
Card Cases, from 50 cents to sl2.
With many other articles, suitable for presents for the
approaching holidays and weddings.
Purchasers will find it to theiradvantage to examine the
above stock, their motto being
“ MODERATE PRICKS AND QUIC K RETURNS.**
CLEVELAND’S
DR UO AND CHEMICAL ESTABLISHMENT,
201 KING-STKEET, BELOW THE BEND,
Charleston , S. C.
Has received, in addition to the former extensive stock,
by the late arrivals from Europe, a larire and well selected
Stock of DRUGS, CHEMICALS. PERFUMERY and
FANCY ARTICLES, which will be sold at a small ad
vance from the previous cost. The proprietor now offers
one of most complete stocks of
French, German , English and American Drugs, Che
m icals , Valuable Fa in ily Medic in cs , Pel u mery , 4*r.
Soaps , Brushes , Combs , and other Fancy and
Miscellaneous Articles rn this country.
Also, all the various Patent Medicines, P ills, Parsapa
rii'as. Liniments, Ointments, Salves. Balsams, Syrups,
&.c., for sale or advertised by any other Drug Establish
ment in tills city. Nov 16
a c>>v
WILURVB HOTEL.
E. D. \V ILLARD, Proprietor.
Pennsylvania Avenue, eovlter of \Ath street,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
NATIONAL HOm.
F’ BRACK. Proprietor.
Pennsylvania Avenue , corner of 6th street ,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
EXCHANGE PLACE, BALTIMORE.
This is the most convenient Hotel to the Rail Road aud
Steam lion t Landings. D DORSEY
Oct a;
” lI.LIAM H. BABTIiBSH,
FOR WARDING &■ COMMISSION MERCHANT
BROWN’S wharf, foot of vendue range.
s <■!, He will give his particular attention to Receiving
and Forwarding Goods. Ilis long experience as Secretary
and Forwarding Agent of the South Carolina Rail Road
Company, gives him peculiar facilities m this line of busi
Nov 10 ‘
J. F. CHURCH, PLUMBER,
67 EAST BAV-ST., CHARI.KSTOX, S. C.
Lead, C’opi>er and Brass Lifting Force p, w .
Hot, Cold a,,d Shower'‘LthTGa H EK
Cooking Ranges, Lead, Pipe, Sheet Read.
&e &c. Every riesenption of Lead work and Hv irau"-
u;s famished jJ fixed on the most approvd principle.
Orders fromi the Country promptly attended o. The veVy
work C, *y refrreUC " l,l reear(l 10 WKtf and durability of
!_?* 1 y
JOHN V. TARYEIi,
EXCHANGE WHARF, SAVANNAH, GA.
FACTOR AND GENERAL COMMIS
SION MERCHANT, AND DEALER
IN GRAIN AND lIA Y.