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be something very precious to be in
such sina’ bonk.’
The words were scarcely uttered,
when halt'of a gold ring lay in Mary’s
hand.
“Where has this come true ! ex
claimed Mary, wringing her hands;
“has the dead risen to upbraid me t’
“No, Mary, but the living has come
to claim you,” cried the young sailor,
as he vaulted through the Open win
dow, and caught tier in his arms.
“Oh, Willie, Willie, where line ye
beeu a’ this weary time 1” exclaimed
Mary, while the tears fell on her pale
cheek.
“That’s a tale for another day,” an
swered the sailor; “1 can think of noth
ing but you, while 1 haud you to my
breast, which you will never leave
raair.”
“There will be twa words to that
bargain, my joe,” retorted Dame Se
ton ; “let go my bairn, and gang avva
wi’ye; she’s trysted to be this hon
est man’s wife, and his wife she shall
be.”
“Na, na, mistress,” said the bride
groom, “1 hae no broo o’ wedding an
other man’s joe ; since Willie Fleming
has her heart, he may e’en take her
hand for me.”
“(Jude sale us,” cried the farmer,
shaking the young sailor by the hand,
“little did 1 keu wha 1 was speaking to
oil the top of the coach. 1 say, gude
iiafirpr t Jr j
Willie take her; nae good e’er yet
came of crossing true love.”
“Deed, that’s a truth,” w as answered
by several bonny bride’s-maids. Dame
Scton, being deserted by her allies, and
finding the stream running so strongly
against her, at length gave an unwil
ling consent to the marriage of the
lovers, which was celebrated amidst
general rejoicings; and, at the request
of his bride, Willie, on his wedding
day, attired himself in the clothes
which the moths had so considerately
spared for the happy occasion.
—
(T’ljr il'orlif'j jfe
OPENING < )F the WORLD’S
FAIR.
rv'e intend, in this department of
our paper, to record, front week to
week, such details of the progress of
the Great Exposition of All Nations,
as we shall deem most interesting to
our readers. It seems proper that we
should commence with the opening
ceremonies, although we have alluded
to them in our editorial columns. The
following description is from the Euro
pean Times : Eds. Gazette.
After several days’ excitement, du
ring which the publiccuriosity has been
wound up to the highest pitch, the
morning of Thursday, the day fixed
for the opening of the Great Exhibi
tion of industry ol all nations, opened
most auspiciously. On the preceding
day wo had rain and hail, with very
cold weather, lmt the glorious lirst of
May was uninterrupted by scarcely a
cloud: and at mid-day, when the Queen
ascended the throne, the effulgence ot
the sun left no other wish ungratified.
As far as the festal arrangements de
pended oil man, they were perfect; and
I rejoice to say that the day passed oil’
without a single accident that 1 have
heard of. 1 found upon reaching Pic
cadilly, at nine in the morning, a line
of carriages which reached from the
Exhibition to the eastern end of Long
Acre, a good couple of miles, ami the
some thing existed west, north, and
south. Finding this to he the case, 1
alighted, and walked into Hyde Parke,
entering the Commissioner’s gate with
out the slightest inconvenience. The
scene upon entering was beautiful in
the extreme. Already every seat was
occupied; but a member of Parlia
ment, who was an exhibitor, tried to
make a little coterie in the Tunisun de
partment, to which I was admitted and
saw the w hole inauguration scene un
der the happiest point of view'.
The company kept pouring in until
the last moment, and at half-past elev
en o’clock, I gazed upon the wonders
of the transept, and heard the mighty
organ from the west end, the tones
wafting their sounds through the maze
of British manufactures and produc
tions; whilst at the eastern extremity
you saw the American eagle proudly
conspicuous over the hold inscription
which marked the regions of the Uni
ted States productions— long lines of
beautiful women, with officers and gen
tlemen, filling up the back-ground,and
in every way the eye was turned,
some surprising natural, or artificial
object was to be seen ; the toute en
semble was altogether most beautiful.
Punctually at twelve o’clock the Queen
arrived, her entrfe being marked by
long and animated cheering. She seat
ed herself on a chair raised on a plat
form, surmounted by a spacious ele
gant blue canopy ado with feath
ers, with Prince Alberwm her left.—
They were accompanied by the Prince
of Wales, and the Princess Royal.—
The court circle was now completely
formed, making a tableau never to he
forgotton. The Queen looked remark
ably well. She wore the order of the
garter, a pink dress, shot with
gold, and the Prince calmly and proud
ly happy. The Duke of Wellington,
who this day completed his eighty
second year, had been there nearly two
hours before, and the commissioners
and all the officials and ladies of the
household surrounding the throne pre
sented a scene of extraordinary splen
dour. The National Anthem was per
formed, and the music produced a most
delightful effect in the glass building.
Prince Albert, with the commissioners,
presented himself bed ire the Queen
and read the report as described in the
official programme, I could not hear the
tones of the Queen when she read her
reply, from the spot where 1 was
placed, but the fact is, any mortal voice
is lost in the vast edifice.
The Archbishop of Canterbury then
delivered the prayer of inauguration,
which was followed by the Hallelujah
Chorus of Handel, under the direction
of Sir Henry R. Bishop. The effect
of this was most striking, and the
voices of the choristers were here in
the fullest perfection. A procession
was then formed of the most interest
ing character. The State heralds pre
ceding, Messrs. Paxton, Fox, and Hen
derson led the way. Then came all
the officials engaged in constructing the
building; afterwards the foreign act
jug commissioners; and most singular
was it to see all the various costumes
worn by hard-headed capable men from
every quarter of the world. Then ful
followed the Royal Commissioners,
! amongst w hom I noticed Mr. Cobden,
I dressed in a plain black coat. Then
followed the venerable Duke of Wel
j lington, walking side by side with the
Marquis of Anglesea; both were loud
ly cheered. The foreign ambassadors,
among whom Mr. Lawrence appeared
to considerable advantage from his
age and commanding appearance, fol
lowed, and Her Majesty’s Ministers,
headed by Lord John Russell. These
were loudly applauded; and lastly the
Queen and Prince Albert, the one lead
ing the Prince of Wales, and the other
the Princess Royal, closing the pro
cession with the Royal Prussian guests
at the palace, and the ladies of the
hou ehold. The procession first march
ed along the British or Western nave,
and then recrossing the transept, pas
sed on the eastern extremity, the U.
States’ end. At every step new accla
mations arose; the music from the va
rious organs saluted the procession as
it passed, and thus every person in the
building was enabled to see every in
dividual in the cortege. The Queen
then declared “the Exhibition opened;”
and the trumpets and artillery announ
ced the fact to the countless multi
tudes outside. The whole auditory
arose to give a parting -
c*T.e*W'tiflonli)& acclaniafiobs of joy,
and the /eremony terminated by the
retirement of the Queen, who went
back toßuckingham Palace in thestate
in width she had come. The multi
tudes ip the park were countless. 1
looked through the glass window, and
a sea of huuian beings surrounded me
on all sides, Everybody was in good
humour iV l '! all the superstitious pre
sentiment/ of mischief which had been
formed* the imagination of some minds
wer*/W holly falsified. Never was so
a spectacle inaugurated with so
much good order and tranquility, in
the presence of perhaps half a million
of human beings.
THE AMERICAN DEPARTMENT.
How do we appear in this great fra
ternal contest? is a question of deep
interest to every American. Our opin
ion is, after all that has been said to
tlie contrary, that our share in the Ex
hibition, taking all the circumstances
of the cause into consideration, is quite
creditable to us as a young nation;
though we have not quite met the ex
pectations of the world. Perhaps we
have talked a little too much, and have
partially failed to makegood ourwords
with corresponding deeds. The Lon
don Times says:
Os all the departments into which
the Crystal Palace has been divided,
this is the least crowded with contribu
tions, and perhaps the least dependent
for its effect upon ornamental quali
ties. While the industries of other
countries have been screwing them
selves up tight, and getting into the
smallest possible compass, that of the
United States invites emigration from
France, from ourselves, from the rest
of Europe generally. It wants expan
sion, and it has scope for it. Nor does
it hesitate to render its actual condi
tion manifest to the world. Other na
tions rely upon their proficiency in the
arts, or in manufactures, or in machi
nery, for producing effect. Not so
with America. Site is proud of her
agricultural implements,w hich Garrett,
or Ran sum A; May would reject as
worthless; she is proud of her machi
nery’, which would hardly fill one cor
ner of the Exhibition, and upon the
merits of which our civil engineers
would not pronounce a very’ flattering
opinion; she thinks a great deal of her
lirst efforts in native marble, by an un
taught sculptor; nor is “The Wound
ed Indian” a work, unentitled to praise.
She has manufactures of various
kinds—carriages of the slimmest con
struction and most adaptable forms,
light sleighs, excellent harness, and a
piano forte capable of being played by
four performers at a time. After allu
ding to the daguerreotypes, the Times
says they (the Americans) have fur
nished specimens of the tools with
which they have hewn out a vast em
pire from primeval forests. All these
things they are, and may be more or
less jirofld of; but when you enter
their compartment of the Exhibition,
they lightly drag you off’ to the ex
treme south to admire their raw pro
duce. That is the striking and most
valuable part of their show.
The above is what John Bull thinks of
Brother Jonathan’s share in the Great
Show. Jonathan deems himself rath
er underrated, but acknowledges that
he has not quite beaten “all creation”
this time. Mr. J fiddle, the American
Commissioner,gives the following view
of the matter from his stand-point:
Now that we are so near the comple
tion of this long preparation, you, who
have taken so great an interest in our
part of the Exhibition, will naturally
ask how we are likely to appear. 1
answer, well. We have not fairly re
presented our couhtry, and we could
not do it. We have not done it as
well as we might. Even considering
the three thousand miles of distance,
we have not done ourselves the justice
that we ought. We have not even
equalled the expectations that had
been formed of us. And yet we shall
appear well. Our contributions are
national, characteristic and unique.—
They are abundant enough to give
some idea of our resources, ingenious
enough to show our skill, and superior
enough in quality to prove our capabil
ities. We have a better machine —
auy mechanic being the judge—than
stands within the building. We have
a dearer conception of the graceful in
vehicles than any other nation here.
We are greatly beyond even England
in Agricultural implements. We can
lav one sample of our cutlery by the
side of Sheffield’s thousand specimens
and carry off” the palm. France ha--
not sent a chandelier; Norway and
Sweden have not contributed a bushel
of wheat ; the Indies have not. furnish
ed a barrel of rice; London has not
displayed a paper-hanging, <>r chemi
eifis, or specimens ot book-bindery, or
dentist’s work, or hats, or needle work,
or harness, that will compare with
those we display upon our counters.—
Our pianocs will he unsurpassed. We
have scores of barrels of flour altogeth
er unequalled. \V e have carpenter's
St)uT HE R N L I fl” E R ARY GAZE TT E .
tools in abundant variety, far before
other nations. And in the products of
our soil, in Indian corn, and cotton, and
tobacco, and all the finest grains, we
stand where we ought. -Though we
might have done far more at this ex
position of the world’s industry than
we have done; though we ought to
have surpassed in many things w here
we have fallen short, and in all things’
where we have only equalled, we have,
nevertheless, done well, and thus the
event will prove.
?|iirit of tjjf
Prepared for the Southern Literary Gazette.
QUOTABLE PARAGEAPHS.
The Portland Transcript, one of
the best of our J )own-East exchanges,
thus discourses on the subject of early
marriages:
Early marriages are commendable.
We might quote Franklin and a host of
other sage writers in support of this
assertion, but it is not necessary. The
rising generation seem to be fully
aware of its truth and of its import
ance. At least, they make haste to
carry the precept into practice. But,
although it may be well to marry
early, there is qpeh a tiling as marry
| ing too early. Men and women need
U..T g.T-is SUOUIU
wait a while. Says Airs. E. Oakes 1
Smith, in one of her recent articles in
the New York Tribune: “1 have not
known a case of discomfort in the mar
riage relation, in which the contract :
did not take place during the girlhood
of the woman, when she was so young
and immature that she could form no
estimate of the importance of the step
she took.”
There is truth conveyed in the above
which our young girls would do well
to ponder. And not they alone. We
certainly have an eminent example in
Shakspeare, who, when a hasty youth,
wanting two years and a half of his
majority, fell into the toils of a mature
woman, and was thenceforth unhappy
in his married life. Was he not giving
the result of his bitter experience when
he wrote:
“ Let still the woman take
Ail elder than herself; so wears she to him.
So always isshe level in Iter husband’s heart!”
Therefore, while it is not well to
linger in single misery until the genet
ous impulse ol” youthful feelings has
wholly given place to the calm calcu
lation of mature age, neither is it wise
to rush, unprepared, in hot haste of
immature youth, into a relation so sa
cred and of such life-long importance
its t hat of marriage. Choose the golden
mean.
A late number of The Asmo
nean, the organ of the American Isra
elites, contains the following singular
epistle:
THE DESTINY UP ISRAEL.
Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people,
saith your God.
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem,
and cry unto her that her warfare is
accomplished, that her iniquity is par
doned : for she had received of the
Lord’s hand double for all her sins.
(40th chap. Isaiah, Ist and 2d verse.)
London, 17*h April, 501 J,
llev. and Rear Sir:
1 intrude upon your notice with the
following momentous communication,
directly bearing upon the Hebrew na
tion, and concerning the whole world.
My adopted daughter having attain
ed a marriageable state, I take this op
portunity of offering her, through you,
to be contracted in marriage to any
worthy son of Israel, able to win her
affections, and disposed to fulfil the re
lationship of a kind and faithful hus
band.
it is important that I should inform
you, not only that her name implies
that the. promised Messiah will he a
descendant of her, but also, that it is
my earnest hope and fervent belief
that the great event is destined by the
Creator to be accomplished: this 1
speak with authority, in the character
of the predicted Antichrist, impelled
by the Spirit, and endowed with the
power of Elijah.
With reference to pecuniary consid
erations, it is perhaps necessary that 1
mention the amount of the fair maid’s
portion, which w ill be £I,OOO (say one
thousand pounds) at her marriage, be
sides such additional provision as I
shall have in my power to bequeath to
her at my decease.
1 beg leave to enclose my card, with
name and address, and to request the
favour ot an early reply, and, if agree
able, 1 shall be happy to meet at your
festive board this evening, to perform
the necessary duty of introducing the
young lady to you.
And, in conclusion, permit ine to
state, that 1 shall be pleased at any
time to associate myself with an ac
knowledged leader of Israel, in an en
deavour to perform the arrangements
preliminary to the redemption of Jeru
salem.
I have the honour to remain, Rev.
and dear sir, yours, sincerely and re
spectfully’, Antichrist.
To the Rev. 1). Adler, Chief Rabbi,
Crosby Square, London.
A Maryland Editor pays the
following compliment—no more flat
tering than deserved, to the gentler and
better sex :
Women arc better than men in any
relation of life. They are more honest,
more virtuous, and more trustworthy.
Robert Hall says they are more pious.
The proportion that go to Heaven, he
tells us, is “as live women to three
men.” The proportion who are honest
in their transactions with the world are
treble that number. We have rarely
seen, in our intercourse with the world,
a dishonest woman. Whilst an honest
man is so rare, that when found (in
surprise at the sight) the exclamation
is, “the noblest work of’God.”
In our day, we have witnessed many
many illustrations of the honesty of
lady subscribers. < hie we recollect
which occurred . few years since. A
man died bankrupt, leaving an inter
esting family of females. In <iLttiifv- .
ing the debts, the arrears to a Northern
literary paper were omitted, despite
the entreaty of the mother and daugh
ters. The estate did not. pay the sub
scription—the mother and daughters
ijid, and from the labour of their own
hands, in less than six months after.
Women, we are told, are angels—-
the good, angels of light —the had, an-
gels of darkness. They .e, in the
aggregate, so much men,
that the comparison is dispt racing.
The Alta Californie, Speaking
of the Hawaiian troubles 4 ith the
French, says:
From recent accounts rtf ed from
Honolulu, it would appa -that the.
French had sent in their Ultimatum
and given until the 20th nit. for the
Government to decide whdßier to ac
cede or refuse. What wa< to be the
next step in case of rei'usa *jy the au
thorities, does not appear,* But the
supposition is, that a blockade of the
port would be declared, or perhaps
something more immediately effective
resorted to. If either the one or the
other be attempted, that moment will
be the signal for running up the flag of
the United States with the Hawaiian.
This is no guess work. It comes to us
in the most positive form. It has been
determined upon by the King and his
Ministry, that, if the French lit,tempt a
blockade, or take possejj/ 51, the Go
vernment will hoist t! Stars and
Stripes, and throw the s...gdom upon
the protection of the Urii'e4 States.
We think our authority for saving this
is perfectly reliable.
Mrs. Bloomer,of the Jk(y,£ivgs
ill. .followin'’ ace*>n f o iOs
new dress:
Our costume is as yet by no means
perfected ; there is a lack of harmony
in the dress we now wear, which is
nothing different from the reigning
fashion except that our skirts have been
robbed of about afoot of their former
length, and a fair of loose trowsers of
the same material as the drees, substi
tuted. These latter extend from the
waist to the ankle, or, w hat we think
prettier, gathered or plaited up about
two inches in depth, and left sufficient
ly wide for the foot to pass through,
and allow of their falling over the top
of the gaiter. They may be trimmed
to suit the taste of the wearer. Instead
of the whalebone bodice, the dress
should he made w ith a suc< front, en
tire from the shoulder to the knee, and
a tight back, with the skirt, gathered in
as usual; or cut the whole in the sack
style—fitting the form to the waist,
and then let it swell out, giving suffi
cient fullness to the skirt. Shawls must
be abandoned, and a sack or mantilla
take their place; a nice fitting boot or
gaiter, and a round hat, would make
the whole unique.
The New Orleans Delta says, in
the conclusion of an article on the
Pettiloon innovation:
“For this and many other reasons,
we are warmly in favour of the new
idea of progress—of the ladies wear
ing pantaloons,not in the metaphorical,
but in the literal sense. Our ladies
will not only render themselves more
attractive and fascinating in this garb,
but we think they will find it more
convenient and agreeable in pursuing
their various avocations. They w ill,
perhaps, too, be required by their new
garb to attempt further innovations on
the habits of men, and gradually to
crowd us from otn; present position o
care, trouble, note paying, and strap,
wearing,—to The pftlllßTg <wriety. f
piano-play ing, face-chalking. Rot
ing, and petticoat and bustle-wearing.”
(T'Jjr ?iutci! 511 tar.
PRAYER.
There is an eye that never sleeps,
Beneath the wing of night,
There is an ear that never shuts,
When sink the beams of light.
There is an arm that never tires,
When human strength gives way;
There is a love that never fails,
When earthly loves decay.
That eye is fixed on serapli throngs ;
That ear is filled with angels’ songs ;
That arm upholds thf? world on high ;
That love is thrown beyond the sky.
But there’s a power that man can wield,
When mortal aid is vain,
That eye, that arm, that love to reach,
That listening ear to gain.
That power is Prayer, which soars on high,
And feeds on bliss beyond the sky!
Lesson for Samlay. Juneß.
THE SOURCE OF SPIRITUAL BLESS
INGS.
“ Now the oo<l of hope fill you with a:l joy and peace
in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the
power of the Holy Ghost.”—Rum. xv. 13.
Religion ennobles the character, ex
alts the feelings, and promotes the hap
piness, of its possessor, it teaches
him to cultivate a disinterested, kind
and benevolent spirit, such as Paul
displayed. We have reviewed the na
ture and the measure of those bless
ings he desires for his friends; let us
now contemplate
The source from whencss. they
proceed. “The God of hope.” He
is the fountain of hope; its streams can
only flow to us from him ; he is the au
thor and object of it; without him, not
one ray of hope can shine into the soul.
The means dy which they are ob
tained. “In believing.” Without faith
we can have no acceptance with God,
no comfort in the soul. The Wulh'rtfgif
to which we have referred aro peculiar
to believers; they cannot be enjoyed
while we are in a natural state—faith
gives us a capacity for the delightful
feelings which they impart.
The agent by whom they ark be
stowed. “Through the power of the
I loly Ghost.” And what tire we, what
can we do, or feel, or enjoy, without
his power? He turns our darkness
into light, pours the oil of joy and
peace on the troubled soul, and pro
duces a heavenly calm; this power
makes us to abound in hope. Oh!
shall we not invoke it? Blessed Spirit,
exert thy power on me, hear thy testi
mony with me, and seal me thine to
the day of redemption.
“ Come, heavenly Comforter! come,
Sweet witness of mercy divine !
And make me thy permanent, home,
And seal me eternally thine.”
The Lord’s Prayer.—l remember
on one occasion travelling it. this coun
try with a companion who possessed
some knowledge of medicine. Wear
rived at a door, near which we were
about to pitch our tent, when a crowd
of Arabs surrounded us, cursing and
swearing at the rebellers against God.
My friend, who spoke a little Arabic,
said to an elderly person, whose garb
bespoke him a priest, “Who taught
you that we are disbelievers? Hear
my daily prayer, and judge for your
selves.” He then repeated the Lord’s
prayer. All stood amazed and silent,
till the priest exclaimed, “May God
curse me if ever 1 agaiq curse those
who hold such a belief; nay, more, the
prayer shall be my prayer till my hour
become. 1 pray tilde, O, Nazarene,
repeat that prayer, that it may be re
membered among us in letters of gold.”
[Hay’s Western Baritary.
rrm-fiirk Irtte.
CamopoDdenoe of the Southern Literary Gazette.
THE FLIT CORRESPONDENCE.
SECOND SERIES—NO. 14.
New York, May 31, 1851.
The Broadway and the Bowery—
these two main arteries of this great
body municipal, lying side by side and
with a hundred connecting veins, are
yet totally distinct in character. They
are the moral poles of Gotham—a per
fect social antithesis—the atmosphere
of the one, patrician and conservative,
that of the other, plebiau and radical.
The area between the two points is the
only neutral ground; beyond which
the denizen of either may not venture
with impunity. The house-keeper of
Broadway and its western territory,
would as soon think of a migration to
China, as to the oriental latitudes of the
i>owcry, as such a step would involve
the loss of caste and perchance of
friendship and acquaintance.
“If homeward wending fiom his daily cares,
He go by Murphy’s Line, thence Austward
tending,
The vision is departed; harshly falls
Tile doom upon the ear—“ He’s not genteel!”
To cross this neutral ground to the
westward, would be equally fatal to
all the social and local interests of the
oriental, lie would be considered to
have apostatized from the faith of his
fathers and to have gone over to the
world and the devil. The gloved and
perfumed and patent-leathered propri
ety of Broadway is oppressive to the
laisscr-aller resident of the Bowery ;
and the rude sans ceremonie and unsa
voury manners of that free country,
are equally ungeuial to the elegant
lounger of Broadway. The two re
gions are clearly individualized and op
posed, in spirit, dress, manner and lan-!
guage. The characteristics of each have j
become proverbial, and serve at once j
to distinguish the gay gallants and j
proud dames of the one, and the rough
and ready b’hoys and g’hals of the j
other. Os a certain air, we say, it is j
the genuine Broadway “cut,” or that it i
is decidedly “ Boweryish.” An amal- I
gamation of these opposite moods has
often been attempted; lately, by re
baptizing the upper part of the Bowei'y
and bringing it within the circumcised
pale of the “ Fourth Avenue;” hut the
old leaven still remains.
“You may break, you may ruin the vase if j
you will,
Uul the sceul of the roues will hang round it
. - . atilt V - ■ A
This gossip, my beloved editors,
slips from my pen this evening, on my
return from a stroll in the Bowery, ao- ;
companied by a philosophic and specu- j
lative friend, whose delight it often is
to give play to his fancies and httmani- i
tics, in the more liberal and fraternal
atmosphere of that happy neighbour
hood, “There,” says he, “oue finds!
more true nature and variety, than in !
the prim and uniform flag-stones of
Broadway; less of that conventional I
hypocrisy which so shockingly white- 1
washes all the pleasant linchens and
moss-stains of individual character.”
Our rambles in tiffs region usually ter
minate in the neighbourhood of a co
lossal pair ot breeches, suspended be
fore the shop of a knight of the shears.
At this point, in}’ friend falls back suf
ficiently to take in the whole glorious
scene at one comprehensive and ex
static glance, when lie ejaculates, in the
fullness of his large and prophetic
soul—“ Excelsior! what scope, what
freedom! How catholic in their pro
portions ! YV hat manner of man must
he he, who fills their magnificent area!
Behold the type, the animus of the
place. The be-all and the end-all of
un-fettered, democratic Bowery!”
The fashion of wearing the heard,
which has of late years gained so ra
pidly, promises to receive anew im
petus from the strongly manifested dis
position, on the part of the ladies, to
assume the costume and privileges of
the lords of creation. Here manhood
thinks to draw a line which, though it
0“ but a hair, will prove a Mason A
Dixon to the fair invaders, in their
further encroachments upon manly
prerogative. This difficulty occurred,
no doubt, to the thinking of Mrs. Am
azone Swisshelm, and it was with sheer
envy that she so indignantly cut the
board, in declaring that she would soon
er put her sweet face in a hornet’s nest
than suffer a kiss from a moustached
lip! Whether or not this he the lad
der by which the beard is to climb to
its ancient place, in the estimation of
the world, it certainly promises to come
again into universal vogue. Mousta
ebios, of all lines and devices, are as
thick as the dust or the mud in Broad
way ; ami even those who affect to de
ride them, still display latent sparks of
taste and nature, by wearing someone
portion or other of this facial orna
ment—whisker or imperial, or both, in
greater or less quantity. These con
servative gentry seem to regard the
climax of the moustache as the step
from the sublime to the ridiculous—
whereas they only display a pitiable
weakness “which dare not do all, that
may become a man!” Beards, say
their advocates, if not elegant and na
tural,(and nature is not often in error)
—if not scriptural and godly, (and
prophet or apostle, without them, would
be droll looking guys)—are yet vast
ly convenient in obviating the disa
greeable necessity of diurnally scrap
ing and defacing the countenance, to
say nothing of the saving of tiie time
and money sacrificed in t lie bai herons
operation. The wearer of the beard,
who quietly and piously takes himself,
as Heaven pleased to make him, is by
some looked upon as a monster of
vanity and a weak follower of idle
fashion ; but were beards only the gen
eral custom, as “ they have been and
must he,” and shaving the exception,
what, would be thought ot the foppery
and effeminacy and folly of him who
should spend hours at his mirror, in
such unnatural efforts to improve his
appearance—in such glaring exhibi
tions of personal vanity ! Would not
the grave and reverend shavers then be
the eox-eombs, and the whiskerandoes
the true men ! Shaving would well
serve as a mark of disgrace for the
felon and would he a capital prepara
tion for hemp —the only distinction
to which the habit, in some wise coun
tries, lias, to this day, attained. No
doubt thfc custom ’tly
some wretched Peter Schlemil, to
conceal personal defects. Such unhap
py people, however, should not be hu
mored at the cost of all the world;
let them but “do the best their cir
cumstances allow, and as the poet
says in continuation, “ they do well,
act nobly; angels can do no more!”
Finally, let me recall the united tes
timony of physicians respecting the dan
gerous efl'eCbL < >f shaving, upon health,
and the development of the physical
powers; the prevalence of bronchitis
and kindred maladies, in all countries,
and in those only where the throat and
face are so recklessly exposed ; and’
the daily withdrawal of a portion of
the lymph so necessary to the full and
natural growth and development of the
body.
Much note has been made, by both
home and foreign observers, of the un
due prominence of juvenility in Amer
ican society, and the consequent frivol
ous and empty tone of social inter
course. The opera-lobbies and the
club-rooms are crowded with miniature
gentlemen and ."esthetic hats, longitu
dinal neck-ties, perfumed kids and gos
samer canes; and our drawing-rooms
are mere rehearsals of cmTdren, play
ing “grown up.” Both ladies and gen
tlemen take their farewell of the salon
at the. very moment wlu n they are
best fitted to make their debut—when,
falling into their real, natural charact
ers, on marriage, they free themselves
front the affectat ions and conventionali
| ties which more or less mar the inter
i course of young, unmarried people,
j and are prepared to contribute truth
i fully and earnestly, without any ulte
| rior motives, to the mutual interchange
of thought and sentiment. This evil
is only one, and perhaps the least, re
sult of an unhappy cause—the too in
dulgent and familiar education of child
ren. From this error springs the uni
versal moral precocity and contempt
for authority. The child is rather too
much the “ father of the man.” From
| his earliest years, he is suffered to think,
act, dress, do every tfc ng for himself.
He participates in his father’s pastimes
and pleasures, and oftentimes in his
vices; talks to him jocularly as to an
old crony ; asks him for fire to light
his segar; calls him “governor,” or
perchance slaps him on the back and
salutes him patronizingly, as “mon
vieujs /”
The pros and cons of a passage of
words between Col. Webb and Mr. N. 1
I’. Willis, have made recent gossip for :
the town. Col. Webb, in repayal for 1
certain ill-usage he claims to have re- j
ceived at the pen of Mr. \V illis, ferrets
out all that gentleman’s short-comings
from the remotest antiquity to the pre
sent day, ending with anew and spe- ;
cial charge of moral delinquency. Mr.
Willis very quietly and positively 7 de
nies the impeachment, and demands
proof. This Col. Webb finds himself
unable to give, without compromising
others and betraying the trust of a
“dear friend ” —a consequence which
has occurred to his mind rather late, by
the way. In this dilemma, he very
reasonably invites the accused to hunt
up the proof kimself, which kind invi
tation being respectfully declined, the
Colonel repents him bitterly of having
bored the readers of the Courier <£•
Enquirer with iiis own personal afilio
tiotis, and virtuously resolves (ID. V.)
■ never to do so again. The frequency
of private altercations in the columns
of our public journals, almost makes
one w ish that
“ The point of honour were still declared of
URO,
To leach good manners and to enrh abuse.”
This is Quaker week in Gotham,and
drab is the only wear. Dotted so
liberally, as it now is, with the quiet
phizes of the “friends,” Broadway pre
sents a grateful aspect of brotherly
love. Wherever the “ centre of gra
vity ” t‘ belongs,” it is for the nonce, in
this staid capital.
I met, to-day, six venerable ladies,
walking soberly abreast, in dyspeptic
coal-scuttle bonnets, some two feet and
a halt in length, the deep shadows of
which intensified a stolidity and so
lemnity of expression, which might
well serve as a type of grand-mother
hood of Christendom, The moral ef
i feet was touching in the highest degree,
j I do not mean to speak irreverently of
the worthy followers of the immortal
Fox, for 1, myself, have a maternal
aunt —dear old soul, what a bonnet she
does sport, to he sure —who calls the
world her “friend;” and ever since 1
learned, in my younger days, to quake
in her presence, 1 have had an unlading
weakness that way.
A disgraceful riot occurred oir Mon
day, in our Jersey suburb of Hoboken.
Some thousands of Germans wereeeL.
{ ebrating a fete in the happy shadows
of the Flysian Field-, when an .alter
cation arose between them and certain
rowdies, glorying in the style and title
of “Short Boys.” A pitched battle
ensued, in which all sorts of weapons,
from brick-bats to pistols and knives,
were freely used. Ihe result was the
destruction of considerable property
and tile loss ~j a tew lives. Hie lvi
bune says of this outbreak : “DN hile
we admit the full extent of the evil, we
cannot regard it as other than inci
dental to a purely transitional social
condition /” This explanation isequallv
satisfactory and encouraging.
The great controversy between the
Methodist Churches South and v
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■hitl decuple* rue atir!TTT(iTvotunn. ■ MIS !
Mrs. FolV-t's suit for divorce came
up for trim this week, but has been
postponed.
M’lle Lind continues her Concerts,
with complete success, at Castle Gar
den and Tripler I Sail, lhc various
shop bills advertising tickets to these
entertainments, are embellished with
life-size portraits ot Mademoiselle, in
which she is made to bear fearful sent-’
blance to an Indian squaw. Oh! Bar
naul, Barnuin! that ever Jenny should
“to this complexion come at last!”
Mr. Copway, the Ojibway Chief,
is to deliver a lecture to-morrow eve
ning, in the Indian dress,and with other
accompaniments. I met this amiable
warrior, lately, in the reception rooms
of a distinguished lady. His elegant
toilet and his gracious poses, as, with
his hat held daintily in his gloved hand,
he bent with pleasant compliments to
the fair belles, or accompanied them in
the mazes of the waltz, ottered an odd
contrast to one’s imaginings of the
fierce red man of the. forest, with his
tomahawk and scalping-knife, or in his
uncouth sports and mad war dances.
The two pictures, this and that, were
suggestive enough for a whole eve
ning's musings.
The “ Lady Jane Summer,” whose
non-appearance you make me lament,
in my last letter, is none other than the !
fair Season, soealled! Ah! my bless
ed Editors, you in the “Sunny Land”
know her Ladyship more intimately
than we, in these ice-hound latitudes.
None of us, here, were so familiar with
her as to know her Jirst name until you
mentioned it. Dear “Jane!”
Speaking of Summer—when this j
budget reaches you, you may congratu
late me upon having escaped, for the
season, from the dust and duties of the
city. No more for many months, 1
trust, shall we be jostled on the throng
ed pav6 of Broadway 7 or Bowery.—
Hereafter, when humour prompts, we
shall chat of babbling water-falls, or
muse under the t.diage of umbrageous
oaks, and so on. As to the geography
of my proposed vagabondage, we will
“let time and chance determine.”
-1 la campagne. FLIT.
Correspondence of the Southern Literary Gazette.
Lebanon Springs, May 22, ’sl.
Messrs. Editors: This charming Wa
tering Place is now open for the season,
and it is already beginning to witness
some degree of the excitement and
luxury of elegant and fashionable so
| ciety. For more than half a century,
| Lebanon Springs lias been the resort
I particularly of the South Carolinians.
1 owards the close of the last century,
and fora long period in this, gentlemen
from South Carolina were in the habit
of frequenting this place; they came
| to the North in their carriages and
brought their families with them, jour
neying leisurely along in the Spring,
and returning, as muchat their leisure,
in the Fall. The other day, in making
a rural excursion, 1 found, in an old
church-yard, a monument to the memo
ry of the wife of Gen. Hamilton, who
died here nearly fifty years ago. There
were many sad and touching associ
ations connected with the grave. Last
summer, while 1 was here, there was a
gentleman from South Carolina stay
ing at Columbia Hall, who gave me a
great many interesting incidents con
nected with those Southern families
who used to frequent these Springs.
The scenery around here is the most
beautiful in the Northern States. Al
though it is not so wild as the scenery
ot Switzerland, it is as beautiful as
that of Savoy ; and the vale of Le
banon, strctchinJPliway to the South
west from the hill on which stands Co
lumbia Hall, is by far the most exqui
sitely beautiful prospect that my eyes
ever gazed upon. The waters of the
Springs have been celebrated, ever
since their discovery, for their wonder
ful heal ing properties, and are the purest
and most exhilcratingl have ever seen.
Columbia Hall has been thoroughly
renovated and enlarged during the past
year, and is now prepared to accom
modate with luxury and taste, six hun
dred guests. The grand saloon is the
finest I have seen in the United States.
There arc others more gorgeously fur
i nished, but none that 1 am acquainted
with, with so broad and grand an area,
withsofinea balcony and so magnificent
‘| a prospect from the windows. There
is a very fine orchestral band of lmiSl j
retained here during the summer, and I
their beautiful airs enliven every sen I
of festivity and pleasure. The ta'tl.. b 1
enriched with every luxury which the I
New York market can afford, and t|, t . I
house is kept by Dr. Parsons, wh,, I
was well known for many years in (y flB
vannah, where he practiced Ids prof s. I
sion. 1 should remark that in tie. I
house there is a proper feeling of I
speet and sympathy for the South,an,] I
I have never heard any thing offensii,.
or invidious said. This will, in a I
sure, account for the fact of Column! ■
Hall being always so popular with tin I
South. Immediately in the neighbour. 1
hood of Columbia Hall is anew Water- B
Cure Establishment for invalids, set I
up by Dr. Trail, of Germany, :m ar . I
complished pupil of lianiieiuahii and fl
Preissnitz. The trout streams, the J
cold mountain lakes, the drives, (| u . i
game covers, the scenery, the waters, 9?
and thing about the place” reti- B i
der it uie most delightful iv 1 ,
sort with 1 am* acquainted. I |fl
•pit&Ji thus enthusiastically upon the
jcet because there is JB
r siut lT*hndY- am desirous Tuff “in ih,’ Bl
spot where I have experienced so niuch 1
kindness, attention, hospitality and t n fli
joyment, others tnav know of it, that 18 1
they may have the same pleasures. |
For my part, lam tired of Newport, j
and Saratogas. They are cold, heart |
less scenes of fashion, mere exporta |B,
tions of the “ upper-tendom ” of New IB
York City, with all its disgusting jmr- 1
venu vulgarities. I hope that if \,>u 1
are coming to the North this summer
you will l>e sure to pay a visit to Leba
non Springs, and lam certain that \on M]
will be glad that you did so.
Your, most truly, Viator.
Correspondence of the Southern Literary Gazette.
MUSICAL NOTES.
New York, May 21, 1851. 8 1
Messrs. Editors: W e are now in tin- |
midst of “Jenny Lind’s Farewell Con- |
certs.” The splendid tenor, Salvi. has
been added to the troupe,and he prove I
a most important auxiliary. His fin- j
ished style is the perfection of vocali- j
zation, and he is an artist worthy to he i
associated withthegiftodPriinaDonna. a
These Concerts have created scarce any I
excitement; the auction system proved I
a failure. The premiums at the first I
auction varied from 12.Je. to SI.C3. A I
fair average for about 1,000 seats sold I
on that occasion, would be 37.1 cents, J
not enough to pay the auction fees.
The second auction was an entire fail- J
ure, which shows conclusively that the j
people will not pay more than the ad- 4
vertised prices—£1, #2 and $3. The :]
Concern*, generally, have been well |fl
attended,and Jenny, as usual, delights
all. I think that she ha.-, . ®
unfortunate in the selection of her Bn! i
lads, which 1 believe has been the sole ■ ]
cause of complaint by those who have I
not found her equal to their expectations, I
She has confined her Ballad singing en- j
tirely to the compositions of Mr. Ben- I
edict, who is great as a theoretical mu- 1
sician and maestro, but who does not I
possess the first talent as a composer. 1
His pieces are laboured in their con 1
struetion and devoid of that grace 1
and simplicity of melody which char- 1
acterize all great composers. “The 1
Greeting” was a dead failure, and was 1
felt as an infliction each time it was 1
sung. “Take this Lute ” and “By the 1
sad sea waves,” though much more 1
pleasing compositions, have failed to 1
make any impression on the public. I
If, instead of Mr. Benedict’s short- ]
sighted policy of keeping her singing j
his own songs, she had sung some of I
those exquisite melodies of Schubert,
Wallace, or some such composer, or If
h id lie modestly added one of his owe
pieces occasionally, we believe that
Miss Lind’s success in this department
of her career would have been far
greater, and she would have left a more
lasting impression. Good Ballad sing
ing would be much better appreciated It
throughout the country than any other 9j
class of music, and the singer \\ ho first If
adopts this course will meet with an B
unprecedented success. !
Catharine Hayes will be here about I
September. She comes under the ili- I
rection of Mr. Beale, ot the great pub I
lishing house, Cramer, Beale & Cos., of I
London, and brings with her a son of I
the great tenor, Braham, and Richard- I
son, the famed flautist. In Italy, tier I
many and England, Miss Hayes’ sin- 1
cess has not been second even to that 1
ot Jenny Lind. She is a countrywo- fl
man of \\ allacc’s; is about 25 wars I
of age, interesting in appearance. Sin 1
is of a religious turn of mind, and i> I
universally beloved wherever she i> I
known. Her Ballad singing, it is said. I
excels anything ever before heard, ami I
her talent in Opera can best be judged B
by her receiving the highest engwl 1
incuts in all the great Opera !!<&#* fl
throughout Italy, Germany, Russia and I
England. Wlkzk.
fST* A reverend gentleman paid I
his devoirs to a lady, who was possess- I j
cd in favour of a Mr. Psalter; her pur-lj
tiality being very evident, the former II
took occasion to ask, in a room full id If
company—“ Pray, Miss, how tar have I j
you got in your Psalter T* The lad) I .
archly replied—“As Par as 1 lllessed i‘ l |
the man!’ |
A Lord Answered.—Fisher, the Ili
celebrated performer on the oboe, wa-BS
invited by Lord Kellv to slip sidßJa
him. In the course of the evening In* 11
lordship hinted that he hoped he had I ff
I brought his oboe with him. “My lord.” I j
j said Fisher, “my oboe never cats l