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■vM. C. at 0 HARDS, Editor.
P H. JACQUES. Associate Editor.
Mcrltsfant, t.
vTURDAY* MORNING, DEC. 21, 1850.
but true.
\ ceriea of interesting articles might be
. . 011 the Curiosities of Science. The
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, are abundant, and it requires only or
niaU‘ iau
v industry, taste and skill to collect and
, them. Each department of science
jy wonders —its seeming miracles—facts
| t true than strange. At some future
jj- leisure serves and no one better qualified
■. (he task forestalls us, we may give our read-
a scries of articles ; but our object at
- lit is simply to throw together a few won
ml facts, gathered lately in the course of our
ling, in regard to the living animals found
v .j,led in stone, or encased in the solid
•ruuks of growing trees. These facts may be
n.iliar to some of our readers, but we doubt
(hey will be new to many. We presume,
. .. that they will be met by some with utter
vdulity. Such quarrel with the truth and
twith u~. A sufficient number of well au
, nticatcd cases are or, record, to establish,
vond the possibility of a reasonable doubt,
, • tact, wonderful as it is, that animals still
.-e--ng life, have been found in situations
v , c re they must have lain dormant thousands
o’ years !
vt Middleton, Conn., a few years ago, an
uncommonly large pine log was sawed at the
in.lt of Mr. Stephen Miller. The log con
ned two hundred and twenty rings or grains,
Mul, consequently, must have been that num
ber of vears old. In the centre of the log was
it, ud a hollow about two feet in length and
ut the size of a man’s hat-crown. Out of
; ]i: , eiivity, when the saw had made an opening,
I, ; ,jied a toad, of a large size and rather darker
~ usual. After a few hops, in which it dis
yed as much activity as is common to its
family, it jumped down into the saw-pit and
wa-i lost sight of. The log was entirely solid,
w ci the exception of this cavity, no hole or
cit vice leading to it in any way. This toad
must have been a close prisoner at least a
couple of centuries!
la tlic Memoirs of the Academy of Sciences
1711), is an account of a toad found alive in
i. heart of an old elm. Smellie, in his Phi
[,,, ,phy of Natural History, mentions one found
in the heart of an aged oak, without any visible
entrance to its habitation. He concludes, from
Cii size of the tree, that the animal must have
remained m lhat situation at least eighty or a
handled years! The English Gentleman's
Mayuzine for April, 1773, gives an account of
a large, live toad found embedded in a lump
of coal, oue hundred and eighty feet under
ground!
Rev. Mr. Comber, Rector of Oswaldkirk,
Westmoreland, England, was at the pains to
obtain a regular allidavit before a magistrate,
respecting the finding of a frog in a huge block
of millstone grit, on rftainmoor, by four men
engaged in repairing the highway. This event
occurred on the 25th of July, 1832. The four
men, in their deposition, declare that they
“were astonished,on splitting a large block of
more than a ton weight, by a lively yellow Irog
springing out of a cavity in the centre ot the
-aid .-olid rock, where it had been as closely em
bedded as a watch in its outer case, without
any communication with the surface nearer
than eight inches. The said frog was taken
up by one of us, when it discharged a consider
quantity of black fluid ; it was safely con
ic) cd to Brough, and given to Mr. Rumney,
junior, surgeon, in whose possession it now
January 21, 1833) continues, in a healthy,
lively state.”
Tillock’s Philosohphical Magazine records
the following:
“In August, 1821, at Auchtertool, in the
county of Fife, as David Virtue, a stone mason,
was dressing a block of sand-stone, with a
view to its serving as a mill-stone, he found,
embedded in it, a living lizard. The creature
was about an inch and a quarter long, of a
brownish-yellow colour, and had a round head,
with bright sparkling projecting eyes. It was
apparently dead, but after being about five
minutes exposed to the air, it showed signs of
life. One of the workmen very cruelly put
snutFin its eyes, which seemed to cause it much
pa.a. It soon after ran about with much ee
icrity, and after half an hour was brushed off
the stone and killed. When found, it was
cmled up in a round cavity of its own form,
being an exact impression of the animal. This
stone is naturally a little damp; and about half
an inch all round the lizard was a soft sand,
tile same colour as the animal. There were
about fourteen feet of earth above the rock,
die block in which the lizard was found
” i- seven or eight feet deep in the rock, so
that the whole depth of the animal from the
surface was 21 or 22 feet. The stone had no
nss ire, was quite hard, and one of the best to
be got from the quarry of Culluloe, reckoned
perhaps die best in Scotland.”
At Buckhaven, England, in May, 1837,50 me
workmen, quarrying stone on the beach for the
erection of a harbour, discovered, in a cavity
ot about eight inches deep, a fish six inches long,
tu. kind usually called,in that place, a “sea cat.”
“hen taken out of the stone it appeared to be
Goad, but in a short time showed signs of ani
mation, and lived several hours. The cavity in
which the lisli was found was lined wiih a coat
“f clay about a quarter of an inch iu thickness.
In December, 1827, some workmen in the
employment of Mr. Atkinson, cabinet-maker,
Liverpool, in sawing up a log of zebra-wood,
i ’und near the centre an insect about two inches
mug and rather more than an inch in circum
ference, resting in an oblong cavity a little
w.der than the bulk of its own body. It con
tinued to exist for some time, manifesting great
activity.
” e might multiply these cases indefinitely,
but tlic lore-going will suffice for this time. The
Dels cannot be disputed. How can they he
reconciled with the laws of Nature and with
our observation and experience 1
hi the first place it will be observed that the
animals usually found enclosed in rock and
wood, are of the tish and reptile classes. Now,
many reptiles, it is well known, habitually lie
ui a torpid state during a portion of the year,
and tish, after being a long time frozen and en
cased in solid ice, regain their animation on be
mg thawed.
To account for the presence of toads and
other animats in logs of wood, is not difficult.
Small cavities in the trees are sought lor as
secure hiding places in which to take their
“’niter’s sleep. The hole through which they
eiu er is closed, either accidentally or by the
natural growth of the tree, and they are soon
encased in solid wood. To persons acquainted
“'•lit Geology, the stone enclosures present no
ditlicultiea. The kind of stone iu which they
found is formed as a residuum of matter at
die bottom of collections of water. Now, w en
die rock of the Cullaloe quarry, for instance,
“as a soft mass of sand, the deposition of a
in a torpid state, in its bosom, was neither
dilllcult nor strange. Dead animals thus em
bedded, become changed into the same sub-
s t .nee as the surrounding rock.
hut how has life been sustained in such situ
••tioas for thousands of years? This is the
great question. We will briefly answer it ac
cording to the best light we possess on the
subject.
Every one knows that certain animals are
capable of remaining in a dormant state during
the whole of the Winter, returning to animation
and consciousness again in the Spring. Now
if during this torpid sleep the animal should
become so encased in some solid material that
the influences which usually restore it to active
life, cannot reach it, why may it not remain in
that state for years as well as for months? and
if for years, why not for hundreds or thousands
of years? No waste can take place under
such circumstances, because there is no motion
and no activity of the animal functions, conse
quently there is no need of food or air. In
such a state, time is of no importance what
ever. A day and a thousand years are the
same—seconds and centuries are equally mat
ters of indifference. *
(Pur dt)Dssi|i Column.
Jenny Lind’s Christmas Concerts.
Before this number of pur Journal reaches
its remoter readers, Jenny Lind will probably
have arrived in Charleston, as she is expected
on Tuesday morning, the 24th instant, and is
announced to sing at the Theatre on the fol
lowing Thursday and Saturday nights. The
Programme of her first Concert will be lound
in another column, and we have no hesitation
in saying that a more brilliant selection and
combination of her most celebrated Songs
could not have been made. To say nothing of
the Casta Diva with which she opens her part
of the Concert, we have a glorious and unpar
allelicd trio of attractions in the Flute Song,
the Bird Song, and the Echo Song, either of
which is itself worth the price of a ticket, cost
what it may, and which, united, form a musi
cal feast such as would have satisfied St. Ceci
lia herself.
We would not tantalize those of our distant
readers who cannot possibly come to hear her,
by too glowing descriptions of her singing, but
we desire, upon the other hand, to admonish all
ot the greatness of the sacrifice they will make
in not hearing her, In this connection we will
remark that the Theatre has undergone such
alterations that it will comfortably accommo
date 1700 persons. All the seats are numbered,
and tickets holders will be sure of their places.
The price of tickets will probably range from
$lO down to $3, and tickets may be secured at
the Box office ol the Theatre, on Monday and
1 uesday for the first Concert, and probably for
the second. It is yet uncertain whether or not
more than two Concerts will be given. We
hope that Mile. Lind will be persuaded to fa
vour us with a third at least, as she will have
two nights disengaged before the sailing of the
Isabel. We are sure that two Concerts will not
satisfy our people and the visitors By the way,
the refusal of the South Carolina Rail Road
Company to reduce the price of tickets Haring
the Concerts, strikes us as very illiberal and im
politic.
Before we close this article, we would say a
word of those connected with Mile. Lind in
these grand musical festivals. Mr. Manager
Banium has won a high meed of praise every
where lor his exceedingly liberal and judicious
management.
Mr. Benedict is an amiable gentleman and a
thorough musician. His Opera of “ The Cru
sades” alone, entitles him to the first rank
among composers, and his direction of the Or
ohestra is unexceptiohable.
Signor Belletti deserves the honour which he
enjoys of supporting Mile. Lind in Duettos. He
is the finest baritone singer we have ever heard,
and for richness and purity of voice, is scarcely
equalled. In buffo, he is unsurpassed, and he
will undoubtedly become a great favourite in
our city. Ot Mr. Burke’s abilities as a violinist,
it is scarcely necessary to say that they are
acknowledged in the highest musical courts.
The other accessories of the Orchestra will be
adequate to the occasion.
And now for the advent of the illustrious
Queen ol Song in the Queen City of the South.
We bid her welcome,
‘‘How Will the Tickets be Sold?”
This is a very absorbing question, and has
quite thrown into the shade all other popular
queries of the day. It is propounded in all
places and by all sorts of people. We picked
up, this morning, a dingy-iooking note by our
office door, and seeing that it contained verses,
we read them, and were so much interested in
the “ poor devil ” who wrote them, that if he
will only make himself known to us, we will
make him happy by giving him a “ticket” to
hear Jenny sing. Here are the verses:
How will the tickets be sold—alack;
How will the tickets be sold?
Will speculators buy bythe pack,
And try to get twice their money back,
Out of those who had ever more lack
Os solid sense than of gold?
Or will not tickets be sold, alas!
Or will not tickets be sold
At auction, where men of the wealthierclass,
YVho’ve plenty of “tin,” and plenty of “ brass,”
Will buy them all up, till we of the mass,
Shall find that we too are “sold.”
Oh, were the tickets but sold, as when,
Iu Tripler Hall they were sold :
At Five Dollars each to the “ upper ten,”
And at lower rates to humbler men;
Then I would go from my obscure den.
The “ Hueen of Song ” to behold!
Hut ah, should tickets sell dear, sell dear,
As they will, by all, I’m told ;
Sweet Jenny’s voice, I shall not hear,
For I’ve only two hundred dollars a year,
And out of that its exceedingly clear,
There’s little to spare ot gold !
Dec. 20, 1850. “ A Poor Devil.”
A New Song by Tennyson.
The following beautiful song is copied from
the third London edition of the Princess:
CRADLE SONG.
Sweet and low, sweet and low,
Wind of the western sea.
Low, low, breathe and blow
Wind of the western seal
Over the rolling waters go,
Come from the dropping moon, and blow,
lilow him again to me;
While my little one, while my pretty one sleep.
Sleep and rest, sleep and rest,
Father will come to thee soon;
Rost, rest, on mother’s breast,
Father will come to thee soon ;
Father will come to his babe in the west,
Silver sails all out of the west
Under the silver moon:
Sleep, my little one, sleep, my pretty one, sleep.
Jenny Lind Sealing Wax!
We have seen ‘Jenny Lind Wafers,’ and
very pretty medallions they were too, and Jenny
Lind Note Paper, * Jenny Lind Pens,’ ‘ Jenny
Lind Ink,’ and at length we have a box of
“Jenny Lind’s Own Sealing Wax,” from the
recherche magazine of Art and Literature kept
by our friend Russell. No notes or letters will
be considered fashionable in our city next week
unless sealed with this wax. A Vermillion
Edict !
A Bull done into Rhyme*
“ Ver writin’s so bad, Sir,” quoth Patrick, the Printer,
“ It looks like yer scratched off the lines wid a splinter ;
And, in faith, but I’m shure that I never can rade it,
Till in illigaiit type, sir, X have set and displayed it.”
A Conundrum.
Why was South Carolina never better pre
pared for secession than she is at this moment 1
Because upon whatever action her Legisla
ture resolves, her Executive has the Means to
accomplish it!
The “Flit” Correspondence.
A second letter from our correspondent,
“Flit,” appears in this number; the first having
been delayed in the mail, and reaching us too
late for its timely publication. Henceforward
they will appear at semi-monthly intervals.
The present letter is full of interest.
SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE.
(Dttr fmk CuMr.
The Life of John Randolph of Roanoke. By Hugh
A. Garland. Intwovols. 12 mo. New York: D. Ap
pleton & Cos. 1850.
1 here can be no reasonable question that the
life of that remarkable man, “ John Randolph
of Roanoke,” affords abundant material for a
biography at once instructive and valuable. He
occupied a position of too much prominence,
and exerted an influence too wide and com
manding, iu the national councils and relations,
not to be a mark for posterity. Seventeen
years have elapsed since his shrunken form, his
piercing eye, and his shrill voice, attracted the
attention of his fellow men, and this period has
perhaps removed him to a point of time suffi
ciently remote from our own, to enable the
candid biographer to form a just estimate of his
character and of the motives which impelled
him to conduct, in political as well as in social
affairs, which was often enigmatic to his con
temporaries. Our space will not allow us here
to enquire how well Mr. Garland has performed
his delicate and responsible task, nor would
any examination of his volumes alone, enable
us to form a correct verdict upon this point.
We must deal with these memoirs in a much
more general spirit.
The biographer was not, we believe, a per
sonal friend of Mr. Randolph, but whether
their relations were merely negative, or not, we
do not know. He tells us, in his preface, that
he was ‘ educated in his district, saw him often
among his constituents, and heard him under
the most favourable circumstances in Conven
tion and at the hustings.’ Mr. Garland was
then a young man, and might,on that account,
have had no very peculiar intimacy with Ran
dolph, but we are a little at a loss to reconcile
his want of personal acquaintance with him
with the subsistence of the ordinary friendly
relations between such a man and the aspiring
youth of his constituency. We are half in
clined to surmise that Mr. Randolph would
never have expected Mr. Garland to have writ
ten his biography. The supposition, if incor
rect, is quite harmless, and the reader may take
it for what it is worth.
The fitness of our author to be the biographer
of the eccentric Virginian, depends rather upon
the extent to which he may have been able to
command the private material which affords
the true key to the inner-life of any man, and
especially of such a man as Randolph. The
preface makes large pretensions on this score,
and the volumes embrace a voluminous corres
pondence with the late Mr. Key, of Washing
ton, and Dr. Brockenbrough, of Virginia, two
very intimate friends of Mr. Randolph—the
latter of them, indeed his bosom-friend to the
hour of his decease. The author has also de
rived aid from Mrs. Bryan, the niece of Mr.
Randolph ; and he further acknowledges his
indebtedness to several eminent gentlemen who
were the friends and companions of the de
parted. Without gainsaying the value, and
perhaps the sufficiency of this material, we can
not help wondering that the task of giving
these memoirs to the public, was not undertaken
by one more directly connected either by rela
tionship or association, with the subject of them.
Passing over this obtrusive idea, we recur to
the volumes themselves. They are certainiy
full of interest, and could not well be other
wise. Mr. Garland has a sufficiently exalted
opinion of the mental and moral excellencies
of his subject, and as a eulogist, could scarcely
have been surpassed by oue in whose veins the
impulsive and fiery blood of Randolph still
coursed with little deterioration. We do not
say this in disparagement of our author’s work.
We suppose it to be characterized by candour,
and we do not quarrel with its standard.
Asa biography, it is marked by directness
and unity of purpose, and by comprehensive
ness and variety of manner. The author has
displayed both good taste and judgment in the
selection and allocation of his material, which
was doubtless abundant enough to embarrass
him very seriously. The style of the narrative
is not remarkable for either vigour or beauty.
It not infrequently betrays a degree of care
lessness which in biography is inexcusable. It
is, however, free from the too common fault of
excessive ornament, and its simplicity will ex
cuse less palpable defects The author exhibits
his subject, and not himself, which is another
great merit.
Asa history of the times in which Randolph
played so conspicuous a part, these volumes are
almost as interesting as the personal memorials
of their subject. The biographer’s political
views of course, insensibly give colour to the
phases in which he exhibits Mr. Randolph’s
political acts, but we are free to accord to him
the praise of aiming to show the statesman as
he was.
John Randolph was one of the phenomena
of humanity. Unique in his physical structure,
his mind was scarcely less so, and his whole
social life, tinged with the gloomy hues of dis
appointed affection, was thereafter misanthropic
and unlovely. His political career was eccen
tric without parallel. He was emphatically
the man of minorities, while occupying a posi
tion at all times of what he deemed the sternest
duty and integrity. No one possessed in a
higher degree the power of invective, and in
him it was rendered ter.ibly emphatic and fear
ful by his physical conformation. His sarcasm
was sharper than the sword, and his denunci
ation heavier than the thunder-bolt.
We have not space to pursue our theme. In
Judge Garland’s volumes, our readers will see
Randolph in attitudes and lighte unfamiliar to
them, because revealed by the inner lamp of his
life. No character of modern times is more
enigmatic than his, and none is more worthy
of close examination. We must close our no
tice by recommending the volumes to the care
ful perusal of our readeis. The present rela
tions of the South to the General Government
will not at all diminish tiie interest or signifi
cance of the history which the second volume
affords in natural sequence—of the State Rights
contest, which worked out in 1832 the world
renowned nullification of South Carolina, and
which now again threatens to dissolve the bonds
of the American Union.
The World’s Frooks: A Dictionary of Dates,
With Tabular Views of •eoeral JBstory, and a His
torical Chart. Edited by GL P. Putuam. New York*
G. P. Putnam. 1851.
Mr. Putnam is widely known as an enterpris
ing and judicious publisher. His operations in
the department of business to which he has de
voted his energies, have been both extensive
and successful; but comparatively few are
aware of his claims to the honours of author
ship. The volume before us, however, is not
his first effort. His first volume, published in
1833, was prepared while he was a clerk and
only about fifteen years of age. It was enti
tled, “ Chronology: an Index to Universal His
tory.” The substance of it is embraced in the
volume before us.
“ The World’s Progress” will be found to be
a very useful book of reference, presenting, as
it does, succinctly and in alphabetical order, an
immense mass of information, historical, bio
graphical, mythological, literary and scientific,
which can be found in no other single volume.
First we have a Historical Chart, showing the
growth and decay of the principal kingdoms of
the earth, with their comparative magnitude
and importance ; then come Tabular Views of
Universal History, in which a column is allotted
to the Progress of Society in the Arts ; next we
have a Dictionary of Dates, an extract from
which, taken at random, will enable the reader
to judge of both the design and execution of
this department:
Morocco. Anciently Mauritania. From its
early possession by the Romans, it underwent
various revolutions. About a. and. 1116, Abdal
lah, a leader of a sect of Mahometans, founded
a dynasty which ended in the last sovereign’s
defeat in Spain. About this period, 1202, Fez
and other provinces shook off their dependence;
but the descendants of Mahomet, about 1650.
subdued them, and formed the empire of Mo
rocco. Hostilities with France, provoked by
Abdel-Kader, the heroic and indomitable ameer
of Algiers, commence May, 1844; Tangier
bombarded, Aug. 6, 1844; peace concluded,
and the French forces evacuate Magador,Sept.
16, 1844. Abdel-Kader taken prisoner by the
French and carried to France, 184 G.
Mortars. A short gun with an extraordi
nary large bore, and close chamber, used for
throwing bombs, first made in England in 1543.
The celebrated mortar left by Soult in Spain,
was fixed in St. James's park in August, 1816.
Moscow. One of the largest cities in Eu
rope. It was founded in 1156; was taken by
Tamerlane 1382 ; and subsequently it fell into
the hands of the Tartars, whose last attack
upon it was in 1571, when they set it on fire.
This city was entered by the French, Sept. 14,
1812, and the Russian governor, Rostochin, or
dered that it should be set on fire in five hun
dred places at once. In this memorable con
flagration, 11,840 houses were burnt to the
ground, besides palaces and churches. The
French, thus deprived of quarters, evacuated
Moscow, Oct. 19, and it was re-entered by the
Russians, Oct. 22, following. The city has
been since rebuilt.
Moskwa, Battle of, between the French and
Russians. See Borodino.
Moss-Troopers. These were a desperate
sort of plunderers, secreting themselves in the
mosses on the borders of Scotland, defiling
women, and perpetrating the most savage enor
mities, as well as minor mischiefs, extirpated A.
D. 1609.
Most Christian King. The title given to
Louis XI. by pope Paul 11., 1460. It has been
justly remarked, that never was the title or
name of Christian given to a prince more un
worthily bestowed, or less deserved.
Mottoes, Royal. Dieu et mon Droit was
first used by Richard 1., a. and. 1193. The Bo
hemian crest, viz: three ostrich feathers, and
the motto, Ich dien, “ I serve,” was adopted by
Edward, the Black Prince, at the battle of
Crcssy, the king of Bohemia being slain in the
battle, 1346. Honi soit qui mal y pense, was
made the inotto of the Gartar. 1349-50. Je
maintiendrai, “ I will maintain ,” was adopted
by William 111., 1688. And Semper eadetn
was ordered by Queen Anne to be used as her
motto.
Mourning for the Dead. The practice of
the Israelites was, neither to wash nor anoint
themselves during the time of mourning. The
exhibition of grief for a friend lasted for seven
days ; and upon extraordinary occasions it last
ed a month. The Greeks and Romans also
exhibited their grief for the dead by many
public abstinences. The ordinary colour for
mourning in Europe is black; in China it is
white; in Turkey, violet; in Ethiopia, brown ;
and it was white in Spain until a. and. 1498. —
Herrera.
The Dictionary of Dates is followed by a
Chronological List of Authors, a Dictionary of
Heathen Deities and other Fabulous Persons,
together with the Heroes and Heroines of An
tiquity, a Biographical Index, and an Index to
Tabular Views of History.
The work does much credit to its compiler’s
industry, judgment and taste, and is a contribu
tion of no small value to the department of
literature to which it belongs. It may be
found in this city at Mr. Russell’s, King-st. *
Pioneers ;or the Sources of the Susquehanna. By the
author of the Deerslayer, Last of the Mohicans, Sic.
New York: G. P. Putnam. 1851.
We are glad to greet this old favourite, in a
new dress. We doubt not that the thousands
who will now read it for the first time will be as
much charmed as the thousands who, with us,
so eagerly perused it, on its first issue. It be
longs to the series of the Leather-Stocking
Tales, which have won for their author so de
servedly high a reputation both at home and
abroad. This uniform edition of Mr. Cooper’s
works, we are glad .to learn, is having an ex
tensive sale. *
(Dnr (tofentjinnnm
Southern Literary Messenger, for De
cember, is before us. It closes the volume in
good style, with an unusually interesting num
ber. Now is the time to send in your names as
subscribers to this sterling Southern magazine—
the only literary monthly in the South. It is
worthy of a generous support. Its contents
embrace Reviews, Historical and Biographical
Sketches, Novels, Tales, Travels, Essays, Po
ems, etc. Terms $5 per annum. Address
John R. Thompson, Editor and Proprietor,
Richmond, Va. *
The American Whig Review, for De
cember, is illustrated with a portrait of Hon.
Caleb B. Smith. It has the following attractive
table of contents: Political Preface, The Ex
ile’s Greeting (poetry), Plain Words for the
North, (by a “ Georgian ”), Hon. C. B. Smith,
Twenty Sonnets, Unity of the Human Race,
The True Issue—Union or Disunion, Genius
and Writings of Washington Irving, Russian
Ambition, British Policy Here and There,
Critical Notices. *
The January issue of this popular monthly has
come to hand. It contains several very hand
some engravings, and a great variety of Tales,
Essays and Poetry. It contains 72 pages, and
is furnished to subscribers at $2 per annum.
Charles J. Peterson, Publisher, Philadelphia. *
Water Cure Journal has put on anew
dress and assumed anew form. It is now one
of the handsomest papers we have lately seen.
It is published monthly at the low price of $1
per annum. It deserves and should receive the
fullest confidence of the most generous patron
age of the friends of hydropathy. Fowlers &
Wells, Publishers, New York. *
€tjc ‘snriii nf ilrt.
This Art Journal, for November. London and New
York: George Virtue. [For sale by S. Hart, Sen.,
Charleston.]
We have so frequently commended this
beautiful work to our readers that we know not
what more to say in its behalf. The November
number is equal in attraction to its predecessors-
One of its three steel plates is an engraving
made from the exquisite marble bust of Jenny
Lind, by Durham, of London. We had the
pleasure of seeing the original work while it
was yet in the possession of the importer, Mr.
Putnam, of New York. The engraving pre
serves the delicacy and life-likeness of the bust,
and will be highly prized by the admirers of the
“ nightingale.” It is worth a thousand of the
abortive attempts at likenesses which deluge
the picture shops. The other plates are from
subjects in the ‘ Vernon Gallery.’ The leading
article in the number relates to the preparations
of Germany for the Great Exposition of 1851.
The Statue of Calhoun. —The Interna
tional for December, is slightly in error in stat
ing that Powers’ Statue of Calhoun has been
“ placed in the temple prepared for it in Charles
ton.” It is at present in the City Hall, and
may remain there permanently. A temple for
its reception was spoken of, but has not been
erected.
National Academy of Design. —This ad
mirable Institution is in debt, and its members
have agreed to paint pictures to be sold for its
relief. It is a gratifying fact that the American
Art L nion has offered to buy these pictures at
such prices as the Academy should place upon
them.
Marion Crossing the Pee Dee.—A fine
picture of this admirable subject is nearly finish
ed upon the Easel of Mr. Ranney.in Nesv Y ork.
We hope it will be secured to our State.
<Eij? (Dli Itfnrli
The steamship America arrivod at Boston on
the 13th iust., bringing Liverpool dates to Nov.
29th. The war-clouds seem to gather again
over the continent. England is in a state of
ferment, and France is, as usual, restless and
uneasy. V e give a brief compend of the most
important news:
England. —lt is stated that the High Church
party will strive, at the approaching session of
Parliament, to abolish all titles of Honour for
Romish Ecclesiastics in Great Britain, Ireland
and the colonies; also to repeal the Maynooth
grant and all other payment to Romish Eccle
siastics, to abolish the national system of educa
tion in Irelaud, restore the Irish Bishoprics, to
banish Jesuits and allow no Romish Ecclesias
tics to reside in England who have not taken
the oath of allegiance to her Majesty; also,
that all Dissenters in Parliament shall be ex
cluded from voting on Church questions.
A second anti-Popery meeting was advertised
to take place in Birkenhead on the 4th inst.,
which it was apprehended would be attended
with another and more fearful riot. Meantime
warrants have been issued lor the arrest of
Father Browne and other Catholic gentlemen
who took part in the first disturbance. It is
said that Parliament will be called together
earlier than usual, in consequence of the pre
vailing anti-Popery excitement.
Ireland. —The Transatlantic Packet Station
Commissioners are pursuing their inquiries, and
have just issued a Circular addressed to Mer
chants, Ship-owners, and others, in England
and Ireland capable of furnishing information,
and to the effect, &.C., of establishing a station
on the South or West coast of Ireland.
Germany. —The London Shipping Gazette
of Friday, Nov. 29, 3 P. M., has the following
announcement: “ The intelligence from the
Continent is again of a warliko character.
The Cabinets of Berlin and Vienna are now
stated to have arrived at a point at which the
dispute must merge into open hostilities. The
late negotiations between the two Cabinets not
having led to any satisfactory results. The
Fieneh Government is said to have received a
dispatch from Bei lin, announcing that the Aus
trian Government has demanded the evacu
ation of Hesse Cassel within 24 hours. The
same report states that on the same day a note
drawn up in energetic terms was communicated
by the Russian Ambassador at Berlin to the
Prussian Government.”
tonitia
McKean Buchanan lias arrived hon.o in
New Orleans.
Alfred Tennyson has been appointed
Poet Laureat.
The remaining Contoy prisoners have
been released.
Queen Victoria has designed a carpet
for the fair of 1851.
Miss Cooper, author of “ Rural Hours,”
has anew work in preparation.
Hawthorne’s forthcoming work is to be
entitled “ The House with Seven Gables.”
President Fillmore and Postmaster Gen
eral Hall have taken pews in the Unitarian
church.
Mrs. Sigourney and daughter sailed in
the steamer America, on Wednesday last, for
Europe.
Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, the celebrated
authoress; was at Constantinople at tho latter
part of October.
John M. Daniel, Esq., Editor of the
Richmond Enquirer, has been chosen Council
lor of State by t ie Virginia Legislature.
The census returns in Virginia indicate
a much greater increase of population within
the last decade than within any previous one.
The steamboat Sagamore lately ex
ploded in San Francisco Bay, killing every
soul on board—oilicers, crew and passengers.
that mirrors fastened to the walls were appur
tenant to the house and passed with a sale of it.
Hackett, has been invited by the Queen to join
the company who are engaged to perform some
of Shakspeare’s plays at Windsor Castle during
the ensuing season.
The Paris correspondent of the Home
Journal announces the near approach to Amer
ica of another danseuse, Mile, Louise Daey-
Barry, who dances with great lightness, grace
agility and precision, is tall, elegant and beau
tifully formed, with a pleasing, intelligent coun
tenance.
MADEMOISELLE JGMV LIND
WILL (JIVE HER
FIRST GRAND CONCERT
IN charleston, at tiie theatre,
OX THURSDAY EVEXIXQ, DF.C. 26, 1850.
PROGRAMME.
[Subject to Slight Variation.]
PART I.
Overture, (Zampa,) .... Herolil
Scena and Aria—“ Sorgete ” —(Maometto
Secnndo)—Signor Belletti, . - Rossini
Scena and Aria —“Casta Diva” —(Norma)
Mile. Jenny Lind.
“Caprice le TreineloSolo Violin—Mr,
Joseph Burke, . - . De Beriot
Duo—Con patienza soportiano [II Fanatico
per la Alusica ) —Mile. Jenny Lind and
Signor Belletti. - . Fioravente
Trio for Voice and and two Flutes—(Camp
of Silesia) —-Composed expressly for
Mile. Jenny Lind. Voice—Mile. Jenny
Lind. Flutes—Messrs. Kyle and Siede, Meyerbeer
PART 11.
Overture, (Crown Diamonds) . - Auber
Barcarola—“ Sulla Poppa del mio brik ”
La prigioned’Ediuburgo—Sig. Belletti, Ricci
Grand March —“ Crusaders,” . Benedict
The Bird Song—Mile. Jenny Lind, . . Taubert
La Tarantelia—Signor Belletti, - - - Rossini
“The Herdsman’s Song,” called “The
Echo Song,” a Swedish melody—Mile.
Jenny Lind.
Conductor —Mr. Benedict.
An Orchestra, composed of the most eminent Solo per
formers, from the Jenny Lind Concerts, New York, led
by Mr. Joseph Burke, has been engaged for the occasion.
Doors open at 6 o’clock. Concert to commence at 8
o’clock.
No checks will be issued.
Diagrams of the Theatre may be seen at the Box office,
where seats may be secured on Monday and Tuesday, the
23d and 24th. 1 Dec 21
MLLE. JENNY LIND'S
SECOND GRAND CONCERT
WILL BE GIVEN
OX SATURDAY EVEXIXG, DEC. 28,
Upon which occasion she will sing the air from Handel’s
Messiah, “ / know that my Redeemer liveth,” also
“ Sweet Home,” and other of her most popular Songs.
£3^"Seals for the Second Concert may besecured in ad
vance at the Box office. 1 Dec 21
TO TEACHERS.
A LADY thoroughly competent to teach MUSIC and
SINGING, and a skilful Performer on the PIANO,
may, by applying immedsately, secure a permanent aud
lucrative situation in the Edgefield Female Institute,
Edgefield C. IL.S.C. If a performer ou Ihe GUITAR,
and capable of teaching DRAWING and PAINTING,
it will considerably add to her income.
Also, a LADY thoroughly competent to teach DRAW
ING aud PAINTING IN WATER COLOURS, and
willing to assist in the Junior English Classes. Apply to
thePrincipalatEdgefieldC.il. 3 Dec 14
CABINET PORTRAITS.
Mr. EGAN, Artist, begs most respectfully to inform the
Ladies and Gentlemen of the City of Charleston and
vicinity, thatlie proposesremainining a short time in pur
suit of the above-mentioned branch of the Art, together
with a view of benefitting 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 Painted if required.
Nov. 23
ligjjt for tjp Park Cnrntr.
ANSWER TO THE BIOGRAPHICAL
ENIGMA.
My 1 17 7 11 24 1 7 Essenea.
My 2 23 7 17 G Lasso.
My 3 7 5 19 21 Isaac.
My 4 11 10 5 17 Zenas.
My 5 10 19 2426 5 7 Ananias.
My 6 5 24 10 1 17 Oanues.
My 7 6 13 6 24 Solon.
My 8 6 15 9 19 7 Tobias.
My 9 16 6 10 6 20 12 5 17 8 7 Iconoclasts.
My 10 11 5 2 Neal.
My 11 13 16 23 7 Elias.
My 12 1 6 Leo.
My 13 5 10 6 Lano.
My 14 12 3 6 24 Ilion.
My 15 6 21 18 5 20 18 9 6 Boccaccio.
My 16 19 17 6 7 lasos.
My 17 18 6 8 25 Scott.
My 18 8 1 7 26 5 17 Ctesias.
My 19 10 25 3 5 7 Antias.
My 20 19 15 6 8 Cabot.
My 21 5 7 17 9 24 16 Cassini.
My 22 10 6 Ino.
My 23 2 14 Ali.
My 24 11 15 6 Nebo.
My 25 19 2 13 9 17 Tallis.
My 26 10 18 5 Inca.
Charleston. HENRY.
Messrs. Editors : The answer to your last
Enigma, I think, is, Eliza Osti.yelli Biscac
cianti. CYPRE'S.
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Whose Foundry has been in operation over forty years,
and for beauty and variety of Type, Borders, Sic., is sur
passed by none. Constantly on hand. Brass Rule,
Cases, Quoins, Leads, Chases, Furniture, Reg.
let, Lye Brushes, Mallets, Shooting Sticks,
Proof Rkusues, Bodkins, Plainers. Also, a large
variety of
BORDERS, JOB AND FANCY TYPE, ire.
ALSO, AGENT FOR
R. HOE & CO.,
CELEBRATED PRINTING-TRESS MANUFACTURERS.
Every Press, Sic.. made by them, will be furnished
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, h uncy Col
oured Inks, at greatly reduced rates, say from 75 cents per
pouud 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
ot Newspaper, of various sizes—2o x 30, 22 x 32 , 23 x 32.
24 x 34 , 24 x 36, 26 x 38, 26 x 40; and also Medium and
Double Medium Book Printing Paper, of different quality.
Agent for V. Mcßee & Son, Greenville, S. C., Paper
Mills. Newspaper of every kind made to order. Also in
receipt constantly, direct from the Northern Mills, Paper
of all kinds.
Writing Paver.—English, French and American
Letter, Cajp, Folio, Commercial and Packet Post, Demy,
Medium, Royal and Super Royal Papers, ruled and plain,
ot every variety, and atall prices—a large stock constantly
on hand.
Wrapping, Envelope, Coloured Medium Paper,
of all kinds and descriptions always on hand and for sale
low.
STATIONERS’ HALL,
101 EAST BAY.
JOSEPH WALKER,
DEALER IN
PAPER, STATIONER Y AND BLANK BOOKS,
Has constantly on hand, a large assortment of fine Eng
lish, F rencli and American Stationery, of every descrip
tion, consisting in part of: Scaling Wax, Wafers, Quills,
Rulers, Steu Pens, Ink Stands, Slates, Wafer Stamps,
Pen Racks, W 7 ax Tapirs, Red Tape, Lead Pencils, India
Rubber. Desk Weights, Sic.
GOLD PENS, GOLD & SILVER PENCIL CASES.
A large variety of Levi Brown and many other marks.
INK.
Black, Blue, Red, Copying and Marking Inks, of the
best kinds.
PEN AND DESK KNIVES.
A beautiful assortment of the finest Cutlery’ ol* every de
scription.
COPYING PRESSES,
A variety of patterns and prices. Also, Copiying Books,
Brushes, Oil Paper, etc.
BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY A FANCY
BOOK BINDING.
JOSEPH WALKER,
101 EAST BAY
Banks, Public Offices, Merchants, and others, can have
their Books Ruled tp any pattern, and Bound in the very
best manner, either in full Russia, extra Russia Bands,
P ull Bound, or Half Binding, and made of the very best
English blue laid, French and American papers, made
expressly to order, at the same price that the same quality
of work is done in New York.
FANCY BINDING.
Books, Pamphlets, Music, etc., bound in the neatest
a.nd best9tyle, 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 fc JAMES,
BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS
NOS. 101 AND 103 EAST BAY,
Having added to their Office, Steam Power-Presses, and
large fonts ot’ 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 reduced prices
Also, having added a great variety of Fancy Types
Borders, etc., to their already extensive Office, they are
prepared to execute
JOB PRINTING OF EVERY VARIETY,
SUCH AS
CHECKS, CIRCULARS,
BILLS-LADING, BALL INVITATIONS
BILLHEADS, BRIEFS,
RECEIPTS, HAND BILLS, Sre.
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 AS. E. SPEAR & CO’S.
EMPORIUM OF
FINE WATCHES, FASHIONABLE JEWELRY.
STERLING SILVER WARE,
RICH HOUSE FURNISHING ARTICLES,
AND RECHERCHE FANCY GOODS,
235 king-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
under WATCHES, hus been selected with great care
from the most cetebrated manufactories of Europe, and
cased expressly to their order in Open, Hunting and Dou
ble Hunting cases, including a few beautiful, extra small
inlaid and enameled Ladies’ Watches, suitatde for wear*
ing with the new 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.
Theirstock of STERLING SILVER WARE is not
to be surpassed in chasteness of design or beauty of work
manship, including many articles of entirely new patterns.
Their stock of House Furnishing and Fancy Goons
comprises a great variety of articles, suitable for ordinary
use or elegant display, which would weli repay the time
spent in examining.
In the assortment may be found the best English Plated
Tea Setts, Waiters, Cake Baskets, Castors, Cruet Stands,
Urns, Tea Kettles. Vegetable Dishes Butter Boats, Toast
Racks, Egg Stands, Nnt Crackers, Ice Tongs, Sic.
A superior article of Plated or Albatta Spoons, 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 sets : Papier Mache Work
Boxes, Tables, Writing Desks, Prayer Books, Albums,
Music, Porte and Note Folios, beautifully inlaid with
pearl; Card Baskets, Card Cases, Porte Monaies, Porte
Boquets, Saltcellars, Coral and Bells, Snuff Boxes, Lan
cet Cases, Suspender Ruckles, Nutmeg Graters, Fruit
Knives. Napkin Rings, Combs, fee. of fine silver.
Parian Marble and Papier Cotta Statuettes and Figures.
Richly furnished (French) Work Boxes and Dressing
Cases, Bohemian Glass Toilet Bottles and Paper Weights,
Music Boxes, from 2to 6 tunes ; French Mantle Clocks,
f’l T various patterns ; Mantle Vases and Ornaments, Ebony
Watch Stands, Coral Beads.
They would particularly call attention to a lot of very
splendid Spanish and French Dress FANS, of elegant
designs, varying in price from $1 to S4O, Also, Pearl,
m e .’o^ namtl e< ’ Silver and Leather Porlemonies 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 PRICES AND QUICK RETURNS.”
CLEVELAND’S
DR UG AND CHEMICAL ESTABLISHMENT,
207 KING-STEEKT, BELOW THE BEND,
Charleston, S. C.
Has received. in addition to the former extensive stock,
by the late amvalsfrom Europe, a large and well selected
stock of DRUGS, CHEMICALS, PERFUMERY and
f ANCY ARTICLES, which will be sold at a small ad
vance from the previous cost. The proprietor now offers
one of the most complete stocks of
French, German, English and American Drugs, Che
micals, Valuable Familp Medicines, Pef umery, Sc.
Soaps, Brushes, Combs, and other Fancy and
Miscellaneous Articles in this country.
Also, all the various Patent Medicines, Pills, Sarsapa
rillas, Liniments, Ointments, Salves, Balsams, Syrups
&c., for sale or advertised by any other Drug Establish
ment in this city. Nov 16
4c ‘'Jr
WILLARD’S HOTEL.
E. D. W ILLARD, Proprietor.
Pennsylvania Avenue, corner of Hth street,
WASHINGTON, D. C.
NATIONAL HOTEL.
F. BLACK, 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 ant
Steamboat Landings. p DORSEY
Oct 26
WILLIAM H.B VRTLESB,
FOR H ARDING Sr C OMMISSION MF.RC HANT
nROWN'V WHARF, FOOT OF VENDUE RANGE.
He will give his particular attention to Receiving
and Forwarding Goods. His long experience as Secretarv
and Forwarding Agent of the South Carolina Rail Road
Company, gives him peculiar facilities in this line of hnsi
nesg ~ Nov 10
J. F. CHURCH, PLUMBER
67 EAST bay-st., charleston, s’ c.
Lead, Copper and Brass Lifting Force p„„.’
Closets, Hot, Cold and Sl,ow |l ‘ uI'Z L i ‘p Water
Cooking Ranges, Lead, Pipet L^ar
ics iurnfshed^and 5 fixedon'tK ° f Lead work ' Hy'draul-
Orders from the Country ro Ttow
references m re gard to quality and durability of
Oct 12 j
JOHN V. TARVErT”
EXCHANGE WHARF, SAVANNAH, GA.
FACTOR AND GENERAL COMMIS
SION MERCHANT, AND DEALER
IN GRAIN AND HA Y.