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turnip —and added, in present
.;o the seigneur, “Hold ; this cost
t ,h„usiid crowns, and 1 give it to
I !!r ,onr horse.” — Walpole.
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I'Tiiitws’ itprtrarat.
IvVM. C. KICHARDS, Editor.
g, JACQUES, Associate Editor.
(fljnrlrstnn, I.
[TRDAY MORNING, JAN. 25, 1851.
associations.
I j l:l ye deeply felt and deplored the want
L vrary organizations in our city, and our
’ i.fj will doubtless require no apology from
~r occupying a brief space of our Journal
. une reasons why immediate measures
,j be taken to supply the deficiency. By
v organizations, we mean chiefly the in
ngiVe and practical Lyceums of the North,
■ especially of New England, which have
jVrt t such admirable instruments of popular
I™ , [lle iiment. Are our readers so familiar
!tb Societies that they need not to be
bow rapidly they have grown into favour,
■ what a wide-spread influence they are eon
, u ]y exerting upon the public mind of the
I ; b ( We doubt it, for if it were so, they
id not have been so long indifferent to the
I i-ance of their establishment in our midst,
-ball be met at the very threshhold of our
.. [nc nt with the thrice-toid tale of defeat
o mortification as the only fruits hitherto of
t 0 up such institutions in the South,
j , for this we are prepared, resolving to reply
|,v asking, if repeated failures are sufficient
ad- for present and future inaction ? If so,
?ma y as well, at once, abandon all hope of
-trial progress, and declare ourselves con
; L .J with our mental achievements. Yet
;imon g us is prepared for tins ? Who doe
,• profess to deplore the seeming futility of
t 0 elevate the tone of popular feeling as
i-hr claims of Literature and Science ?
pH,, necessity of action, and concerted action,
vm rally confessed. What then hiuders it ?
i, apprehend that there are obstacles more
• as than the commonly-urged ones that we
■.| k . South lack the spirit of enterprize—that
I.adustry is at fault—and that we prefer in
nous case to exertion of any kind—mental
h physical. There is perhaps a superficial
Hynn these charges,but it is only superficial.
■ Joe? not extend to the serious depth of per-
M-iit and efficient resistance to measures for
■ development and stirring progress in any
B :ao great fields of human endeavour and
I . foment. Show us that a result is desirable,
I we are at once resolved to reach it, how
I taiseevcr of opposition we may encounter.
: . lustration of this point, we need only refer
ur political history and temperament, the
I mer of which will prove that the latter has
I ..in been chilled by this reputed inertness of
cMiure. The true cause of our oft-repeated
I :::ration in the ill-results of literary organi-
I e,: i? to be found, we think, in the absence
I i•. pmper sense of their importance to all the
I ; of society in the South. The acknow
| cement of our deficiency in this respect,
I hvve have already alluded to as universal,
I .mere negative feeling—a concession of the
I -aabout any corresponding sympathy of the
1 : It is like the popular assent to the truth
::h> Bible and the claims of the Christian
I . n—a barren faith, a cold abstraction, an
I practical Christianity. If we are correct in
I l-indication of one of the chief obstacles, if
I : itself the master-barrier to Literary and
I :.-r.titic combination in our midst, the remedy
gain—a revolution in the public sentiment.
IB how is this to be effected ? We must an
m very briefly at this moment. By an im
■ .ate concentration of the right feeling which
§uiis, and a vigourous endeavour on the part
If i p part of those who cherish it to bring the
■ alar feeling to their standard. To attain
B- great result, the few must conquer the
■ y, and this is not so rare an achievement in
■ r animal or intellectual warfare as to be
■ ;sided a formidable task. On the contrary*
■ r precedents of success are so numerous as to
u almost certainty to the undertaking. The
I oil? of intellectual movement must concert,
I mlmie, resolve on plans of action, and then
I ! them out, confident of success. Their
iithwords must be—The Aim and the End,
I operable! We have not time now to indi-
I r ’ the modes of this action—its necessity
I itet first be felt, and then the old adage,
“here there’s a will there’s a way,” will be
I “died again for the benefit of the human race.
FRAGMENTS.
IV. —RADICALISM.
* * We do not reject a doctrine or a
1 ■’ merely because it is new',and comes to us
ugh oilier channels than the accredited ones
“ schools, nor are we willing to receive
; ti the ground simply of its antiquity and
P' l talulity. At the same time our natural
1 ‘realism opposes itself, at once and sternly,
‘U reckless and destructive radicalism,
t m would sweep away, at a blow, all the sys
s and institutions of the Past, without be
t° supply their place with better ones.
: U P> 0, ye wise Social Architects! in all
-and and harmonious proportions, the
ke of anew and better Order, ere you nt
• t to pull down about our heads the vener
• ‘ ather-stained, irregular and doubtless
‘fertect structures of the Past—structures
!*d by our fathers, under the guidance of the
■’ wisdom of their day and generation, and
} ‘ ‘ !l > at worst, protect us against the fury ol
( dements. * * * *
V.—A PRESCRIPTION.
211 old black letter volume, published, we
I about A. 1). 1430, is found the lbllow
= quaint and curious prescription for a cold.
I Tit:
Putte your feette in hot water,
A? high an your thighes ;
“rap your head up in flannelle.
As lowe as your eyees.
Take a quart of rurn’d gruelle.
When in bedde, as a dose;
” ith a number four dippe
Well tallowe your nose.”
VI. —TO e***.
t'ter, broken hearted, we liave known a common
I
-writ I would meet thee, ’neath the shadow ot
I , cross:
: - u set and common phrases, and no words ol
I . Wiettly cant,
’ I break the sacred silence, which most holy meino-
I rie * haunt.
1 ‘otily kneel beside thee, gently press thy hand in
j mine,
’ Prayers, though all unspoken, should but echoes
“of thine.
boasted manhood ; in my strength no more
I < * trust;
’ “eak and life but mocks us, and I bow me in the
I dust.
I !„, W ' s^om of the sages—all the ages vaunted lore
I • ‘ Jor ’ an t as folly, Hope’s dead blossoms to restore.
*reathe our brows with cypress, and the bitter
I ‘“tlice drain,
- to grow stronger, purer, through this sacrament
I f 01 own,
‘Cod and spirits holy gusheth forth the anguished
I Ml >er;
I lv e
1 , Slve us strength from heaven, all this weight
I f r 1 to bear,
I s- k , eat< ’ r merov . father, set our yearning spirits free—
/oar above tl, e human, where our oved one dwell*
( nlithee.”
’““•1*1850.
’r VII.— knocks (knox.)
Writer ert Knox, M. D., author of
acts °f Men,”] possess more zeal than
throws himself, ever and anon, by a headlong
movement, into positions from which an orderly
and honourable retreat is impossible, and which
must either be successfully defended at the
point ol the bayonet, or abandoned in utter
confusion and defeat. If any of his positions
are strong, they are so by accident. If they
are successfully defended, which is by no means
generally the case, that result is seldom due
either to skill or science. But his onslaughts are
terrible—rapid, impetuous, Napoleon-like. His
power lies in attack and not in defence. But
in the former he is often unfortunate, choosing
to waste his strength on points which meet the
shock as the rock meets the waves. *
OUR CITY AGENT.
Mr. Cobia is at present canvassing the city
in behalf of our Journal and other publica
tions, and we commend him to the favour of our
citizens and invoke for him the cordial assist
ance of our friends, in his efforts to extend our
home circulation.
(Dnr (teiji iCnhnun.
SignorinaParodi.
VVeare happy to learn that Mr. Adams, of
Savannah, has closed an engagement with Max
Maretzek, the celebrated impiessario, by which
his grand Opera Troupe will perform for a
season of twelve nights in this city and six
nights in Savannah, the engagement com
mencing about the 20th of March. So it is
settled that we are to see and hear Parodi, and
we have no doubt our citizens will give this
Prima Donna a flattering reception. She has
stood the test of severe criticism in the North
ern cities, and has won a high degree of re
nown. As‘Norma,’ she has probably never
been surpassed upon the American stage, and
although she is not regarded as the equal of
Malibran or Grisi, or even Pasta, whose pupil
she is, Parodi is undoubtedly one of the great
singers of the age. Her voice is described as
an excellent mezzo soprano —rich, full and
flexible. Her vocalization is said to be not
perfect, though at times remarkably brilliant.
Besides Parodi, Maretzck’s troupe embraces
Signorina Amalia Patti, also a favourite prima
donna,and • ignori Lorini and Benventano, both
deservedly celebrated singers. There can be
little doubt that the Opera season here will be a
brilliant one.
A Curious Work.
We clip the following advertisement from a
daily paper and the only charge we shall make
for its publication in our Editorial department,
is a charge to our fun-loving readers to enjoy
the joke as well as we did when our attention
was first called to it. Here it is:
The Fathers of the Desert, or an account
of the Origin and Practice of Monkeys among
Heathen Nations—its passage into the Church,
and some wonderful stories of the Fathers, con
cerning the primitive Monks and Hermits; by
Henry Ruffner, late President of Washington
College, Virginia. Just received and for saie by
W. R. Babcock, King-street.
Will it not startle some of our worthy na
turalists—Audubon, Agassiz, or Bachman—to
be told that the “Fathers of the Desert” are
nothing more or less than a tribe of Monkeys !
and will there be nothing new to them in the
account given, in this curious book, concerning
“ the origin and practice of Monkeys among
heathen nations]” The “ wonderful stories”
related of these venerable animals, certainly
eclipse any of the records of Buffon, or other
chroniclers, and reveal a class ot “monkey
tricks” as extraordinary as they are novel.
Jenny Lind in Havana.
A correspondent of the New York Journal
of Commerce, writing from Havana, under date
of Jan. Bth, says:
“ Jenny Lind has arrived ! Well that is no
thing strange, certainly, but it is strange that
her advent creates no excitement or even curi
osity.
“ The first performance is to be given on the
10th, and the programme presents a selection
very judiciously arranged, terminating with the
Echo Song, as the only one of her peculiar
pieces for the evening. This is well done, for
the impression must be made upon the Huba
neros, if it is to be done at all, with Italian mu
sic. Such a selection as has been given at
some of her concerts in the States would be
here a dead failure—if the ‘ Casta Diva ’ is ex
ecuted in the style that lam told she can sing
it, her success is certain.”
Other accounts represent the greatest enthu
siasm as prevailing. In view of these contra
dictory reports, we await further advices. The
prices of admission were: for a box in the first
or second tiers, sl7; do. in the third, sl3 ; a
seat in the parquet, $4.25; promenade tickets
to the parquet, $2 ; amphitheatre, $2 ; upper
gallery, $1.50. *
Isabel Clinton.
Most happy are we to have the honour this
week of introducing anew correspondent, in
due form. Gentle Readers of the Gazette,
Miss Isabel Clinton—Miss Isabel, our readers
of the Gazette, and henceforward your readers
with pleasure ! And now having put you, as
the clairvoyants say, en rapport, allow us to
congratulate both parties on the happy event,
and ourselves also, in being permitted to bring
together so charming a correspondent and such
an intelligent, appreciative and generous host
of “ gentle readers.”
We are sure, to drop our badinage, that the
•‘Southern Letters” of Isabel Clinton will
gratify our readers. They are as graphic and
racy a9 those of , but we will not make
“ odorous companions,” as Mrs. Partington
calls them. Suffice it to say, we admire Isabel
Clinton’s letters, and shall always welcome
them with pleasure.
“Poetry and the Practical.”
We observe in the Augusta papers notices
and abstracts of Mr. Simms’ lecture before the
Young Me l’s Library Society, on “ Poetry and
the Practical.” The Chronicle S, Sentinel, the
Constitutionalist, and the Republic, speak of it
in the highest terms of praise. The Republic
says: *
“ The Masonic Hall was filled on the occa
sion to its utmost capacity, with an intelligent
and most appreciative audience. We must say
that we have seldom, if ever, listened to an ad
dress so unequalled in brilliancy of thought, un
limited command of the most beautiful and ap
priate imagery, and engaging so completely the
attention and feelings of his auditory. It was
an effort worthy ot his high reputation as a
writer of distinguished ability, and one which
has elicited the highest encomiums upon his
> taste,literary attainmentsand vivid imagination.
We have heard but one opinion in relation to
1 the address, and that i9 of admiration,
i More Curiosities for Our Museum-
CASE NO. 11. I’HYSIOLOGICAL BRANCH.
A button from the “ coat of the stomach.”
A limb from “ the body of evidence.”
A few drops of blood from “ the vein of
1 humour.”
, A cut from the w orld’s “ cold shoulder.”
A feather from “ the wings of Fancy.”
The nerve of the “ tooth of Time.”
A muscle from “ the strong arm of the Law.”
One of the “ ribs of Death.”
One of the arches of “the bridge of the
t nose.”
A tile from the “roof of the mouth.”
A Latin exercise by “ the pupil of the eye.”
1 Portrait of Washington.
Those of our readers who desire to obtain a
j large and well-executed Mezzotint engraving,
from Stuart’s fine picture of Washington, can
do so by sending One Dollar to John S. Taylor,
143 Nassau-street. They will receive the por
f trait in good order and free of postage. A gold
i coin or one dollar in postage stamps will be a
SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE.
Papier Mache.
1 he manufacture of goods in papier mache,
or pressed paper, has advanced in beauty with
wonderful rapidity, and the English fabrics are
quite equal in delicacy and brilliance of design
and finish to any ot the Paris or Swiss works.
In proof of this, we call the attention of our
city readers to an assortment of these fabrics,
just imported by Messrs. Oates &; Cos., King
street, from the celebrated establishment of
Jennens, Bettridge &. Sons, Birmingham. They
are selected by Mr. Oates himself, and are truly
exquisite specimens of British manufacture.
Tables, work boxes, dressing cases, portfolios,
reticules, card baskets, pen trays, and various
other articles for use or ornament, are
in the collection.
Striking a Vein.
A friend of ours, who recently w r ent to Cali
fornia, observed, upon his first landing in San
Francisco, a number of men industriously
throwing stones at a weather-cock on a church
steeple, and when his curiosity prompted him
to ask what they were doing it for, one of the
number replied :
“ Oh, d’ye see, we’re gold diggers, just ar
rived, and we’re trying to strike a vane /”
Without a word, our friend put down his hat
(his only one) and immediately departed!
Portrait Painting.
The death of Mr. Wilson, the highly esteem
ed and excellent artist, has created a void in
this department of the Arts in our city. We
hope that the appearance among us of Mr.
Wm. H. Redin, who brings letters of testimony
to his character as an artist and as a gentleman,
will fill that void. A specimen of Mr. R’s skill
may be seen at Mr. Russell’s book store. Mr.
Redin’s rooms are those recently occupied by
Mr. Wilson.
Important News.
“ The South Carolinians have just had a
touch of Northern principles, in the shape of a
sharp snow-storm at Charleston.” —Yankee
Blade.
Thank you, neighbour, for the information
but not for the snow-storm, though Northern
principles might come in a much more objec
tionable shape. You are certainly ahead of us
this time, for we were all in blissful ignorance
of the visitation you mention, till your paper of
the 18th inst. was received. *
The Tea Culture.
Contrary to the popular impression, the Tea
Plant can endure cold better than heat, and
Mr. Junius Smith, of Greenville, is decidedly of
opinion that the culture of it will be common
in New England before it is in the South, in
consequence of the higher summer temperatuie
of this region. It would seem, therefore, that
however desirable it may be to have tea hot
upon the table, it is quite necessary that it should
be kept cool upon the tree!
Mr. Richards’ Lectures.
The lectures of our Senior Editor are in the
full tide of ‘ succussfnl experiment ’ at South
Carolina Hall. The ladies have smiled upon
our associate to a most flattering degree. Verily
he is a happy and fortunate man. *
(Dur fmk Mir.
A Treasi rv of Pleasure Books for Young Children.
With more than one hundred illustrations. New edition.
First and second series. London: Cundall & Addey.
Cambridge, U. S. J. Bartlett. 1851.
Os all the ‘ Pleasure Books’ for little children,
verily these volumes bear away the palm. We
have turned over their pages with a delight
akin to that of childhood—nay, we almost
lived our childhood over during the hour that
wc suffered ourself to be beguiled of by their
charming pages. The chief stories in the first
and largest volumes, are Little 80-Peep, The
House that Jack Built, Cock-Robin, The Old
Dame and her Silver Sixpence, Mother Hub
bard, Three Bears, Henny Penny, Fox and
Geese, and Goody Two Shoes, though these
are not half the number it contains. The
second volume contains the Charmed Fawn,
Robin Hood, The Ugly Little Duck, Puss in
Boots, Hans in Luck, and Peter the Goatherd.
Now all these stories, so irresistible to prattling
infancy and lisping childhood from the lips of
the nurse or mother, are here made absolutely
fascinating to‘children of larger growth ’ by
the accessories of Art. Messrs. Weir, Absolon
& Wehnert, have illustrated them by nearly
one hundred and fifty designs, which are en
graved on wood in the best style. These illus
trations are truly admirable, and excite our
surprise that such homely themes as Mother
Goose’s melodies have been found susceptible of
such artistic treatment. The pictures of the
butcher that wouldn’t kill the ox, and of the ox
that wouldn’t drink the water, and of the water
that wouldn't quench the fire, and of the fire
that wouldn’t burn the stick, and of the stick
that wouldn’t beat the dog, and of the dog that
wouldn’t bite the pig, and of the pig that
wouldn’t get over the stile, are one and all, the
very ne-plus-ultra of cleverness, and this is
true of almost every picture in the two superbly,
but quaintly printed volumes. The type has
an air of antiquity, in keeping with the stories
themselves. [For sale by John Russell.
The Principles of Chemistry. Illustrated by Sim.
pie Experiments. By Dr. Julias Adolph Stockhardt.
Translated from the third German edition, by C. H.
Pierce. M. D. Cambridge: John Bartlett.
We have examined this w r ork with more than
ordinary attention, and are satisfied that the
American editor has performed a good service
to Chemical Science in this country by trans
lating it. It is one of the most comprehensive
text-books in Chemistry ever published, and at
the same time it is remarkably simple in its
arrangement and perspicuous in its style. The
peculiar value of Dr. Stockadrt’s work, how
ever, is the detail of copious experiments with
the most simple and inexpensive apparatus, so
that all the results described in his book may
be reproduced, by the teacher or pupil, at a
very insignificant expense. We know of no
work whatever that at all approaches to it in
this respect. The translator has not adopted
the Fahrenheit instead of the Centigrade ther
mometrieal scale, nor made other changes
which would have been welcome perhaps to
American teachers, but as he preferred to give
us the book in its individuality, we are not at
all unwilling so to receive, and properly to es
timate its value. It is beautifully printed. [For
sale by John Russell.
Memoir of Helen M. Mason. By Francis Mason.
New York: Lewis Colby.
The preface of this volume justly remarks
that “ American Missions are characterized by
nothing so much as the pre-emiuently laborious
lives of the women of the Missions,” and adds
that there is a great disproportion between the
deaths of American Missionaries’ wives and
the wives of Europeans in India.” The His
tory of American Missions is a history of wo
man's zeal; devotion and self-sacrifice. The
names of Harriet Newell, Ann Judson, Sarah
Boardman, Mrs. Wade, and “ Fanny Forrester,”
the present Mrs. Judson, are names which the
Christian world “ will not willingly let die.”
To these might be added many others, and
fitly among them, that of Mrs. Helen M. Ma
son, to whose missionary labours her husband
has erected “ a cenotaph ” in the volume before
us. Her life was one of ardent piety, earnest
devotion, continual sacrifice, and distinguished
usefulness. We commend this unassuming re
cord of it to the friends of missions. [For sale
by Geo. Parks & Cos.
The Lorgnette : or Studies of the Town. By an
Opera-Goer. Volume second. Set oft’ with Mr. Dar.
ley’s Designs. New York: Stringer & Townsend.
We sincerely regret that the second volume
of The lorgnette, now claiming our attention,
is the last with which John Timon proposes to
favour the public, for we have read nothing for
years with a keener relish than his spicy, satiri
cal,graphic and gracelul “Studiesot the Town.”
We find the Second Series fully up to the mark
of the First, and having read them once, we
shall certainly read them again. Indeed, we
shall put the two handsome volumes side by
side, in our library, with Addison’s ‘ Spectator,’
which they more nearly approach in classic
elegance than any modern sketches we wot of.
It is now considered a settled point that John
Timon is no other than ‘ Ik Marvel’ alias M.
D. G. Mitchell; and we take the occasion to
congratulate him upon the very clever reputa
tion he has achieved under his somewhat cynical
nom deplume. It was quite time that the public
knew who “John Tiinon” was, that they might
not waste so much time in idle guessing. We
recommend our readers to buy the volumes of
The Lorgnette. [For sale by Russell.
The Mother’s Recompense: A Sequel to Home In
fluence. By Grace Aguila*. New York: Harper 8t
Brothers. Also, Library Edition. D. Appleton & Cos.
All who have read Home Influence will be
delighted to read this volume and learn the fate
of the young people for whom their interest has
been awakened,and those who have not read the
first-named book will still find “ The Mother’s
Recompense” a charming story. Their titles
characterize the volumes referred to, and the
most careless reader will find in them domestic
and social lessons which will win them to the
admiration of all things good and beautiful,
and will open their eyes to evils and follies
which too often find favour in society. The
reading of such books cannot fail to do good,
and w r e are glad to see “The Mother’s Recom
pense” in the cheap form, which will enable all
to procure it, as well as in the stronger binding,
which will give it a place on the shelves of the
library.
To Love and to be Loved. A Story. By A. S. Roe.
New York: D. Appleton & Cos.
The author of this volume has secured to
himself a favourable hearing by his deservedly
popular story of “ James Montjoy, or I’ve been
Thinking.” We remember that as one of the
pleasantest American books we had ever met
with. Os the present work, we can scarcely
speak in terms as unqualified. It is a w’ell-told
tale and has an excellent moral tendency, but
it lacks both the freshness and naivete of
“James Montjoy.” It is, however, worthy to
be read by those whose leisure allows and
whose taste inclines them to be interested in
clever stories illustrative of social life. Such
books can do no harm and oftentimes do a
great deal of good. [lt is for sale by Russell.
The Schoolfellow. A Magazine for Boys and Girls.
Edited by \Vm. C. Richards. Vol. 11. Charleston:
Walker & Richards.
The second annual volume of the children’s
favourite—the Schoolfellow —is now before us,
neatly bound. It is brimful of charming sto
ries and beautiful pictures. Every good little
girl and every intelligent boy should call it their .
own. Upon our first page will be found a spe
cimen of the engravings of the new volume
for 1851.
Olive, A Novel, by the author of ‘ The Ogilvies.’ New
York: Harper & Brothers.
This is a beautiful and charming story, full
of naturalness and purity of sentiment. “Olive”
is one of those lovely creatures whose mental
and moral excellencies more than compensate
for physical deformity. The author of “The
Ogilvies” and “Olive” cannot fail to win a
high degree of popularity.
Signs of Zion. For Revivals and Social Worship.
Composed by G. O. Robinson. Charleston: George
Parks & Cos.
This little volume is well adapted for the end
it proposes. The selections are happy and the
arrangement natural. Mr. Robinson, the com
piler, seems to have as much good taste in
choosing words for music as he exhibits every
Sunday in choosing music for words.
Memoir of William R. Falks, the Portsmouth Crip
ple. Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston.
A narrative of intense human sufferings en
dured with Christian fortitude, adding another
to the innumerable proofs of the power of
Divine Grace to make its professor ‘ rejoice in
tribulation.”
Cjj? litprnri| ItfDrlir.
Harper Brothers announce for speedy
publication, “ Time the Avenger,” anew novel
by Mrs. Marsh, “The Kikleburys of the Rhine,”
and the concluding parts of “Pendennis” and
“ Life of Southey.”
Geo. F. Putnam will soon issue “Nicaragua:
its Condition, Resources and Prospects,” by E.
G. Squier, “Novelseed,” by Dr. Mayo, and
“ Lavengro, an Autobiography,” by George
Borrow.
D. Appleton Cos. announce anew novel by
Talvi, author of “ Heloise,” &c. They have
just issued “ The Bards of the Bible,” by George
Gilfillan.
The “Memorabilia” of Lola Montes, in
four octavo volumes, is about to appear in Eu
rope in three languages—English, French and
German.
The Book Trade of Germany.— Some idea
of the vastness of the book trade of Germany
may be obtained from the fact that between
Easter and Michaelmas of last year, upwards of
5000 new works appeared, as exhibited by the
Trade Catalogue at the last Leipsic Fair.
(Dnr (Cantfiujinrarirs.
The American Journal of Medical
Sciences. Edited by Isaac Hays, M. D. Pub
lished quarterly by Lea & Blanchard, Philadel
phia, at Five Dollars a year.
The reputation of this work is national, we
might almost say cosmopolitan, for it is well
known and highly esteemed in England and
upon the Continent. It is the leading Medical
Review of this country and deserves its dis
tinguished position. Edited with care and in
dustry unsurpassed, and garnering, as it does,
the fruits of the ablest experience in the pro
fession, its authority is standard and its informa
tion reliable. We need scarcely say more to
commend it to our medical readers.
Godey's Lady's Book for February. —
The chief pictorial attractions of Godey for the
ensuing month are, an Engraving of Single
ton’s picture of “ Christ entering Jerusalem,”
and another called “ My Own Fireside,” both
engraved by Tucker. The latter picture is
‘illustrated’ in some very charming verses by
Mrs. Neal. Instalments of one of Arthur’s
characteristic Stories, of a Dramatic Poem by
Mrs. Hale, of a Tale by Prof. Alden, and of
another Story entitled “ Develour,” are the
serials, beside which there is a very clever
sketch, entitled, “ Getting into Society,” by a
masked but not less popular writer.
Graham's Magazine for February. —
Birds, flowers and fashion-plates are the chief
ornaments of Graham in the pictorial line,
while the literary department exhibits the
names of Longfellow, Lowell, Tuckerman,
Whipple, Fields, Stoddard, Prentice, Legar6,
Benjamin, Saxe, Street, Mrs. Neal,Miss Cooper,
Grace Greenwood, Mre. Eames, Mrs. Lewis,
and several other popular names. One would
think such a list of authors in a single number
of a Magazine would make it irresistible.
The American Mechanic, published at
Athens, Geo., has lately commenced anew
volume, and we should do violence to our
sense of duty did we not say a word in its be
half. It is devoted earnestly and zealously to
the great work of elevating and improving the
artizan classes, and motives ot interest and duty
call loudly upon all mechanics to give it their
support. It is edited by one of themselves —a
practical as well as a theoretical mechanic, and
is true to their interests in every particular. Its
editor and publisher is not issuing it to fill his
pockets at their expense, but from a sincere de
sire to benefit and elevate the class to which he
belongs. Shall he sacrifice his lime and his
money without reward and encouragement 1
Mechanics of the South, and especially of
Georgia, should give their paper a liberal sup
port. Address C. S. Oliver, Athens, Ga. *
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instead of answering them, as heretofore, by post. This
will save us time, and “time is money.” We are very
glad to receive letters from our subscribers, and it only re
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mologists, is derived from a friend and
poena penalty. The custom of giving philopena
presents, as it now exists, originated in Ger
many, and the German phrase is viel liebchen,
much loved, -which is pronounced somewhat
like philipkin, hence some suppose that our
w'ord philopena had its origin in the sound of
the German words mentioned above. That it
is a Greek and Latin compound is more proba
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A Reader writes to us as follows:
Messrs. Editors: Will you, or some of
your readers, be good enough to inform me
what is the meaning of the Indian word Wac
uamaw, and oblige A Reader.
We cannot, at this moment, give our corres
pondent the information he desires. If any of
our readers can do so, we shall be happy to
give them an opportunity, through our “Private
Post Bag.” *
C. We should be glad to publish the article
you send, and others of a similar character,
but, underexisting circumstances, the “proviso’’
affixed compels us to decline them. *
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us soon through Uncle Sam’s Post Bag.
33rniitirs.
The population of Prussia is estimated
at 46,330,186.
A white squirrel was recently shot in
New Hampshire. It was as white as snow.
Thomas Birch, the w’ell-known artist,
died in Philadelphia on Tuesday, at the age of
72 years.
The New York Tribune estimates the
number of Catholics in this country at three
millions.
A New Orleans paper advertises a run
away negro as, “ A stout boy, with a low
crowned hat made to carry bricks!”
The number of emigrants into the
United States during the year ending 30th Sep
tember last, was 315,333.
light for illuminating the great glassedifice con
structing for the World’s Exhibition.
The Superintendent of Public Schools
in the First Municipality, New Orleans, has de
camped with $20,000 of the School Fund.
The lawyers of the Quebec bar, seventy
in number, have refused to plead before the Su
perior Court, on account of anew and lower
scale of fees.
The trial of the Cuban invaders is still
progressing at New Orleans. Senator Hen
derson was arraigned on the 2d inst., and his
case was to be proceeded with.
—— The New York Tribune says that Mr.
C. C. Burr has failed satisfactorily to explain
the “ Rochester Knockings,” and that the mys
tery connected with the subject is as great as
before.
The Neapolitan Government has pro
hibited the sale of the works of the following
authors: Shakspeare, Schiller, Moliere, Lamar
tine, Lucretius, Lucian, Sophocles,
Thiers, and Humboldt.
Mr. Prescott, Mr. Ticknor, and other
Boston gentlemen, have prepared a memorial to
Congress that Powers, the sculptor, should be
commissioned by government to put into marble
his Statue of America.
A valuable lead mine has recently been
discovered near the city of Galway, Ireland.
This circumstance, in conjunction with her
other great natural advantages, should procure
for Galway the position of a trans-Atlantic
Packet Station.
Mr. A. Applegrath, the eminent machin
ist, has received a commission to erect a great
printing-machine on his latest principle, for the
exhibition of ’sl. It is intended to be used to
throw off copies of the Illustrated London
News, in three different language, before the
visitors.
M. Peyrot, of St. Etinne, has arranged
an electrical clock, which, at small expense,
and by means of communicating w’ires, will
indicate the same moment upon a myriad ol
clock faces. In this manner, one clock will
serve a whole city, and the inhabitants may
take Time into their houses, and pay by the
month, as we do for gas and water.
Cjlt (Dlit XDnria.
By the New York and Havre steam-ship
Franklin, which arrived on the 17th instant, we
have Havre dates to January Ist.
The Royal Mail Steamer Asia, from New
York, arrived at Liverpool on the 28th De
cember, having made one of the shortest pas
sages on record, occupying only ten days four
hours and five minutes.
The Franklin encountered a succession of
heavy Westerly gales during the passage.
There is no news of any importance from
England or Ireland. All was quiet.
France. —Our accounts from Paris are to
the Ist January. Some sensation had been
excited in the political circles of the capital, by
a disagreement between the Assembly and the
Government.
The trial of M. Allais, terminated by his be
ing found guilty and sentenced to one year’s
imprisonment, whereupon the Cabinet made a
motion to the Legislative Assembly for the dis
missal from his post of M. Yon, the Commis
sa. yof Police attached to that body. This the
Assembly refused by a large majority.
Another source of quarrel had also arisen.
M. Manguin, a representative of the people,
having been arrested for debt, his release from
durance vile was ordered by the Assembly, not
withstanding the declaration of the Minister of
Justice to the effect, that the inviolability of
Representatives of the people was not decreed
by the Constitution.
There therefore appeared to be a complete
rupture between the Executive and Legislative
powers of the State, which was looked upon as
only a precursor of the dissentions that will
take place when the new Dotation Bill is brought
forward for an increased allowance to the Pre
sident of the Republic in 1851.
Continental Affairs.— The Continental
intelligence is not of very striking importance,
The Elector of Hesse returned to liis capital on
the 27th December, having been preceded by a
body of Hessian troops. He was received by
the most frigid indifference on the part of the
people, and afterwards, while reviewing the
troops, not a single cheer greeted him.
Notwithstanding the return of this detested
Prince to his dominions, the Federal Commis
sioner in Cassel, Count Leinengin ruled matters
with a high hand, and had decreed martial law
against any persons making disturbances in the
streets.
Collisions had occurred between the Prussiau
and Bavarian troops, quartered at Cassel, and
on the 26th December, in consequence of a mis
conception of instructions between the Prussian
and Austrian Commissioners, the army of the
former power re-entered Hesse and advanced
to Within two leagues of Cassel, but afterwards
retreated upon a mutual understanding.
The Dresden Conferences were in progress,
but the chief business done had been merely of
a preliminary nature. The sittings were inter
rupted by the departure of Prince Sehwartzen
burg aud Baron Monteuffel for Berlin. The
visit of the Austrian Princes to Berlin had a
good effect, and proved that the most cordial
understanding existed between the two great
powers. The two Statesmen returned to Dres
den on the 30th December.
An Austrian army of 25,000 men was about
to march into the Duchies, accompanied by a
Prussian force of the same strength. There
was no chance of a pacific settlement of the
Schleswig Holstein question. The new com
mander-in-chief of the Holstein army had re
signed.
On the Ist January, the native custom-house
officials in Russian Poland were to be dismissed
and replaced by Russians. Other measures for
completely Russianizing the polish provinces
were being pressed forward with the utmost
vigour.
<£!/? Mt ins nf tljf Dmj.
Fatal Accident. —The walls of six new
buildings in the course of erection on Twenty-
First street, New York, fell with a tremendous
crash, on the 15th instant, at about 11 o’clock.
A. M., carrying with them the workmen em
ployed on them at the time. It is supposed that
about twenty persons lost their lives by this ca
tastrophe. Who is responsible ?
Population of Maryland. —The entire popu
lation of Maryland, estimating the only county,
Anne Arundel, from which returns have not
been received, is 591,000, of which 90,000 are
slaves. The increase of slaves is only one
thousand since 1840. The increase of the
whole population since 1840 is 121,000. As
the ratio of representation will be about 95,000,
Maryland will retain her present number of six
representatives in Congress.
New Orleans, Jan. 19.— St. Charles Hotel
Destroyed by Fire. —A tire broke out yesterday
morning in the St. Charles Hotel, and it is now
entirely consumed. The Methodist Church,
Clapp's Church, and several dwelling houses
were destroyed. The fire is supposed to have
been the work of an incendiary. The loss is
very heavy, including most of the furniture of
the hotel.
Gov. Quitman and the Government. —The
Washington correspondent of the Baltimore
Sun says: “The Marshal of Mississippi, Mr.
Davis, has the writ for Gov. Quitman, and will
serve it. He is prepared with an adequate force,
in case of resistance. It was Gov. Quitman’s
intention, as declared by him some weeks ago,
to resist by force, but it is not believed that he
will do it.”
The Viennese Children. —A letter from
Turin announces that Madam Weiss and the
Viennese children had made an engagement
with the manager of the theatre Carignan, and
appeared on the 16th ult., when they were
obliged to leave the stage, being Austrians, and,
of course, enemies of the nation. The petite
dansueses left the city.
1 wins. —The Macon (Ga.) Messenger says:
“We are indebted to the Deputy Marshal of
Carroll county for a list of the twins reported
to hint while engaged in taking the census of
the county. There are no less than fifty-four
sets ! One lady has blessed her faithful spouse
with no less than three sets, while sundry others
have two sets each.
Bibles in Havana. —A package of Bibles,
carried to Havana, lately, by the Rev. Mr. Par
sons, as agent of the Seaman’s Friend Society,
have been seized as contraband goods, Mr.
Parsons having brought them in his baggage,
and refused to pay duty on them. Mr. P. has
also been forbidden to distribute the English
version of the Scriptures among the sailors in
port.
European Democrats. —Polish and Hunga
rian Societies have been formed in New York,
for the purpose of promulgating Democratic
principles, maintaining a permanent corres
pondence and joint action with their brothers in
Europe, and for mutual assistance and support.
The Societies consist mostly of those Refugees
who arrived here in July last from Turkey!
Catholics in England. —ln England and
Scotland there are 680 Catholic chapels, 898
priests, 11 colleges, and 134 convents. Fifty
one of the priests employed in England are
D.D’s, and 17 English priests are resident in
different seminaries abroad. In England and
Wales there are 587 chapels,and in ‘cotland 93.
From Venezuela. —The brig Swan, Captain
Bray, arrived at Philadelphia from Porto Ca
bello, bringing dates to the 22d December.
Captain B. reports that up to the time of his
sailing, the country was quiet. Nothing defi
nite was known respecting the Presidential
election. Congress’ would meet in January,
when the matter would be determined.
Health of New Orleans. —The number of
interments in New Orleans during the week
ending December 28th, was 100. Os the de
ceased, 15 died of cholera and 10 of consump
tion. There were also ten deaths from cholera
during the same week, in the adjoining parish
of Lafayette.
A Profitable Office. —We learn of the Cecil
(Md.) Democrat teat T. W. Potter, Esq., Con
sul at Valparaiso, remitted to his friends in
Maryland, in a few months after his arrival
out, $5,000, the profits of his office for that
brief period.
Officers of the Territories. —lt is stated that
the Senate, in executive session on Friday, con
firmed James S. Calhoun as Governor, and
Hugh N. Smith as Secretary of New Mexico.
Also, Thomas Nelson, of New York, as Dis
trict Judge of Oregon.
More Gold in Georgia. —Gold has been dis
covered in the bed of the Alaporha River, in
Lowndes county, Georgia. About two hun
dred persons are already engaged in extricating
it. The stream is low’, and the metal is found
in its bed alone.
American Life Boats in England. —Some
of Francis’ Metallic Life Boats are being built
in New York for the English Government.
They are allowed to be superior to any other in
the world. This is a feather in the cap of our
inventors, and not the first.
} A New State Proposed. —The Henderson
(Texas) Flag of the Union goes for the for
mation of anew State out of Eastern Texas,
to be composed of the territory situated be
tween the Sabine and Trinity Rivers.
Melancholy Suicide. —The last Harrisonburg
Republican contains a brief announcement of
the death of Major John Maupin, a merchant
of Williamsburg, Va., who died by his own
hand.
A Monument to Gen. Jackson. —A meeting
has been held in New Orleans to make arrange
ments for raising funds to build a suitaqle monu
ment to the memory of Gen. Jackson.
Arkansas. —The total population of this
State is 198,794, viz: white males 82,217,
white females 70,704, free persons of colour
635, slaves 5,242.
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LIFE AND POEMS OF MARY E. LEE.
This day is published by Walker & Richards, at the
Office of the Southern Literary Gazette, 101 East Bay,
The Poetical Works of Mary Elizabeth Lee,
with a Biographical Memoir, by 8. Gilman, D.D., in one
handsome volume, 12 mo., embellished with a Portrait in
Mezzotint, by Sartain.
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I Jan. 4,1851.
€\\)i Dark Cnmr.
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Enigmas, Puzzles, Charades, &0., to which answers
post paid or free) are solicited.
A CHARADE.
Weak to a proverb my first has been reckoned;
And men have agreed to make game of my second;
Yet when both were united in beautiful alliance
Men triumphed in wounds and set death at defiance.
J. J.
ARITHMETICAL QUESTIONS.
1. A cart wheel measures, from the centre of
the nave to the outside of the felloe, 2 teet 6
inches. Required the length of five-sixths of
the rim or circumference.
2. The plate of a looking-glass being 18
inches by 12 inches, is to be framed with a
frame of an equal width, whose area shall be
equal to half the area of the glass. Required
the breadth of the frame, and length of its
shortest side. [Selected.
ligjlt for tjjr Park Cnrnrr.
Solution of the Miscellaneous Enigma pub
lished in the last Gazette :
My 1 6 10 Pen.
My 2 8 10 12 Arne.
My 3 12 10 9 11 6 Yenite.
My 4 6 8 2 5 Terah.
My 5 12 13 6 Here.
My 6 3 8 12 Eyre.
My 7 2 12 2 10 Paean.
My 8 5 12 2 Rhea.
My 9 10 468119 12 Intertie.
My 10 6 1 9 12 13 Nepier.
My 11 6 9 2 Teia.
My 12 11 5 68 Ether.
My 13 2 7 5 12 Raphe.
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ARTICLES. [ PRICES.
B agoing—Kentucky
Dundee “.. 10 @ 12
Gunny “.. 13 @ 14
Bacon—Hams %Plb 8 @ 11
Sides 8 @ 81*
Shoulders “. 6 @ 6%
Bale Rope “. 7 @ 7%
Beef —Mess %Pbhl. 00 @ 00
Prime “.. 00 @ 00
Bread—Navy “.. 00 @ 00
Pilot “.. 00 @ 00
Butter—Best qplb. 19 @ 21
Beeswax— “. 17 @ 18
Candles—Tallow “. 12 @ 15
Sperm “. 38 @ 40
Cheese —Northern “. 9 @ 10
Coffee—Rio “. 11%@ 12
Cuba “. 00 @ 00
Copperas “. 2 @ 3
Cotton—Upland—lnf. to Ord “. 12%@ 12%
Mid. to good mid “. 12%® 13%
Middling fair 13 l 4 @ 00
Fair “. 13%® 13%
Choice “. 13%@ 14
Fish —Mackerel, No. 1 11 50 @l2 00
No. 2 9 50 @lO 00
No. 3“. 6 50 @ 7 00
Flour—Baltimore “.] 5 25 ® 550
Western “. 5 25 @ 550
Belmont “. 6 12 @ 6 25
Feathers Vlly 00 @ 00
Grain—Corn (Md) Vbush 73 @ 00
Oats “.. 55 @ 00
Peas “.. 74 @ 75
Gunpowder Vkeg! 5 00 @ 550
Glass,loxl2 Am. 100 feet 600 @ 000
9xlo “ ‘S. 238 @ 300
Hay—Northern 1 00 @ 000
Iron —Swedes UPlbl 4%® 4%
Hoop “.! 6' 4 @ 7
Sheet “.! 8.%® 9%
Nail Rods “.I 5%@ 6
Lard sp>tb 7%@ 8
Lead—Pig ..VTOOlbs 6 00 @ 0 00
Bar “. 6 75 @0 00
Sheet “. 5 25 @ 0 00
Lime spbbl 95 @1 10
Molasses—N. O 31%® 32
W.I 22 @ 00
Nails,4dto2o V’lb 3%@ 3%
Oil—best Sperm Vgal 1 30 @ 1 35
Osnaburgs tp>yd 00 @ 00
Rice —Rough, Southern %rioolbs 76 @ 88
Fair “.. 2 62 @ 3 37
Choice “.. 3 50 @ 3 62%
Rosin %*bbl 100 @2 00
Spirits—Gin (Am.).. %pgal 32 @ 33
Rum (bbls.) 31 @ 00
Whiskey, Northern 29 @ 30
N. O “. 32 @ 33
Sugars—Muscovado W'tb 6%@ 7%
Porto Rico “. 00 @ 00
Havana “. 6%@ 8%
Loaf and Lump. “. 00 @ 00
Salt—Coarse Liv sp’busli 85 @ 90
Fine “ %>sack 00 @ 00
Soap—Yellow ‘P’tb 4 @ 8
Shot “. 6 @ 0
Turpentine—Virgin ybbl 190 @2 25
Spirits ip'gal 35 @ 40
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From Charleston to .Yew- York. Leaving daily at 3%
o’clock p. m. By Steamer to Wilmington 180 miles.—By
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Richmond 22.—T0 Acquia Creek 70.—8 y Steamer to
Washington 55.—8 y Railroad to Baltimore4o.—^To Phil
adelphia 92. —To New-York 87. Total distance77l miles.
Time 60 hours. Fare S2O.
The “Southerner” (Steamship) leaves Charleston every
tenth day after the 27th of April, at 4 o’clock p. m. Thro’
in 60 hours. Fare (State-Room) $25.
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Mobile 331.—T0 New-Orleans 166. Total distance 1,006
miles. Time 123 hours. Fare $39.50.
From Charleston to New-Orleans, via. Savannah,daily
nat9 a. M. By Steamer to Savannah 140 miles.—By Ce
tral Railroad to Macon 190. —By Macon and Western Rail
road to Barnesville 40.—8 y Stage to Opelaka 100.—By
Railroad to Montgomery 65.—8 y Steamer to Mobile 331.
To New-Orleans 166. Total distance 1,032 miles. Time
77 hours. Fare $39.50.
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“ Camden, S. C., 142 4,00 9
“ Hamburg, 8. C., 136 4.00 8
“ Memphis, Tenn., 740 28,00
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will be more numerous and beautiful than before; it will
be printed upon finer paper, and no pains will be spared to
make it a most charming companion for all good girl* and
bops. It will be published on the first of each monnh,
and will make a volume of about 400 pages and 100 en
graving*,
AT ONE DOLLAR A YEAR, IN ADVANCE.
Five copies will be sent to one address for $4; Eleven
copies for $8 ; Twenty-three copies for sls, and Thirty,
two copies for $20!!
THE FIRST AND SECOND VOLUMES,
beantifully bound in gilt mnslin, will be furnished in con
nection with the third Year for Three Dollar*. To
clubs, they will be supplied at One Dollar t breach vol
ume.
All orders must be accompanied with the cash —
if by mail, post-paid.
Os Clubs should be made up as early as practicable—
and those wishing volume first, should apply immediately
to WALKER & RICHARDS.
December 7, 1850. Charleston, S. C.
** Editors copying this Prospectus, or making snitabl*
notice, shall receive a copy of the work without an ex
change. They will pleas send marked copies of .heir
papers containing it to the * Gazette.”
GENERAL AGENCY
IN LITERATURE, ART and SCIENC
AT THE
Office of the Southern Literary Gazette.
Corner of Broad-st. and East-Bay, (up stain,)
Charleston, S. S.
The Undersigned, Editor of the “ Southern Lite
rary Gazette,” begs leave to inform the public that
he has opened a General Agency for the transaction of
any business connected with Literature, Science an-
Art. He will correspond with authors concerning the
publication of books and pamphlets upon their own ec.
count, or otherwise ; execute any commission for gentle
men forming libraries ; forward subscriptions for any pert
odical work, American or European ; receive and execute
promptly commissions for any work of Art; supply accu
rate estimates of the cost of Philosophical Instruments,
orderthem at his own risk and guarantee their efficiency.
All communications must be addressed, prepaid, to
WM. C. RICHARDS.
No charge will be made for any service required
by his brethren of the press, who will oblige him by pub
lishing this notice.
CABINET PORTRAITS.
Mr. EGAN, Artist, begs most respectfully to inform the
Ladies and Gentlemen of the City of Charleston nnd
vicinity, that he proposesremainining a short time in pur
suit of the above-mentioned branch of the Art, together
with a view of benefiting 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
THE CELEBRATED OAK ORCHARD AtT
MINERAL SPRINGS.
The waters of these medicinal Springs have been anal
yzed by Professor B. Silliman, Jr., and John P. Nor
ton, of Vale College, Professor E. Emmons, of Albany,
and Dr. J. R. Chilton, of New York.
A pamphlet containing the Analysis, History of the
Springs, instructions for use, and other interesting and im
portant matter relating thereto, may be obtained by call
ing on any of our Agents.
There are hundreds of well attested cures of a number
of diseases—(especially those affecting the stomach, haw
els, and urinary organs,) diarrhtEas, dspepsia, piles,dysen
tery, chronic muscous catarrh, diabetes and cystitis, pha
ryngitis; general debility and loss of appetite, humid
asthma, chronic laryngitis, leucorrhea and gleets, scald
head and salt rheum, habitual constipation pf the bowels,
night sweats, the various forms of diseases arising from an
abuse of mercury ; and, in short, thenumerous cures it has
performed in those various affections resulting from a scro
fulous diathesis, manifest an extraordinary activity not
found in the usual remedies.
All orders to be addressed to the undersigned, and in
each order to give the mark and mode of shipment, to
avoid mistakes.
GEO. W. MERCHANT, Lockport, N. Y.
Sold by Druggists and others, in the United States,
Canada, and the West Indies; also by DAWSON &
BLACKMAN, Apothecaries, 17 Broad-street, Chnrles
ton, where a pamphlet, containing the Analysis of the
Water and Testimonials, &c., may he had gratis.
Dec 28 3m
BENJAMIN F. PORTER^
(LATE OF TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA,)
Has opened an office in this city, and respectfully ofTers he
services to the public as an A TTORXE Y and COUX
SELLOR AT LA IV and SOLICITOR IX CHAX
CER Y. His extensive acquaintance with the population
of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia, and
with the local laws of those States, will enable him not
only to impart important information to merebat ‘•*. but to
ntroduce customers.
He will take claims on persons in those Statei anc for
ward them to responsible agents, for whose fidelity ho will
answer.
Office on Boad-street, in the holding occupied by
Messrs. V eadon & Macbeth.
Charleston. May 4. 1860.