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cßiirtarjs’ Department.
WM. C. RICHARDS, Editor.
D. H. JACQUES, Associate Editor.
Clinrlrstnn, I. €>.:
SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 7, 1851.
HINTS ON WRITING;
INTENDED FOR THOSE WHO NEED THEM.
Our occasional hints on the subject of liter
al y composition, are penned in no censorious
or dogmatic spirit. Our knowledge and expe
rience, though neither of them great, enable us
to throw out suggestions, which we think may
he useful to young and inexperienced writers.
Wo trust that these suggestions, as far as they
possess any value, will he received, by those
who need them, in the same spirit in which
they are presented.
\ prominent fault of most inexperienced writ
ers consists in commencing with a long account
rij what they are going to write about, in which
they dwell upon the importance ot the subject,
their inter inability to do it justice, and so foith.
Such introductory matter is worse than use
less. If a prefatory paragraph is absolutely
necessary, let it be brief and to the point—
answering the necessity and nothing more. In
ordinary cases, it is best to come at once to
subject m hand, without any prelimiuai * i9
Akin to this fault is that of diffuseness.
Young writers frequently throw around their
ideas such a mass of verbiage as to conceal
them completely, and leave ihe reader to doubt
iheir existence. Adjective is piled upon ad
jective and clause linked to clause, in almost
interminable sequence. To commence a sen
tence seems much easier than to bring it to a
close: and it is only when every available
connective in the writer’s vocabulary—but,
.still, not withstanding,since, nevertheless, there
fore, besides, and so forth, has been exhausted,
that we are allowed a full slop, at which to
breathe. Too many words are employed to
express a smgle thought. Avoid the use of
phrase- which add nothing to the sense. It
the euphony of your sentence requires words
nut absolutely essential to the expression of
your thought, still let them he such us shall
help to develope or illustrate it. Young
writers are prone to compete long and involved
sentences. No precise direction in regard to the
length of sentences can be laid down, but, as a
general rule, the longest ones should not be
extended beyond live or six lines. There are
exceptions, of course. Bach sentence should
’ convey an idea, or a distinct portion of an idea,
and the fault of connecting, m the same sen
tence, several distinct thoughts,should be care
fully shunned. A neglect of this rule leads to
much confusion and obscurity.
Another source ol obscurity in the composi
tion of some unpractised writers, is the inver
sion of sentences, and the false collocation of
words and clauses. A part of a sentence com
mencing with a relative pronoun, is often so
separated from the clause containing its ante
cedent, that the true rotation of the words is
destroyed and a connection which the writer
never intended—often a most absurd one, es
tablished, in its place. Students of the Latin
and French languages often unconsciously adopt
the idioms of those languages, many of which,
according to the laws of the English longue,
are obvious inversions. We should study to
express ourselves in a simple, straightforward
style, according tu the idioms of our own no
ble
We have, in previous numbers, spoken of the
misuse of the auxiliary verbs, so common among
our writers. Will is often used in the place ol
shall , and would as frequently usurps the tune
t uni of should, in the writings of those whose
English is, in other respects, unexceptionable.
The subjunctive mood of verbs is often im
properly managed, and we have such phrases
us, if it hus and if it is for if it have and if it
be. The auxiliary should is implied in both
cases, as, if it should have, if it should he.
In expressing the different relations of time,
a great deal of looseness and inaccuracy pre
vail, especially among inexperienced writers.
The past is often improperly used for the pre
sent tense, as, “ The reader would not readily
discover that this was (is) poetry.” The past
tense is also sometimes used for the past-per
fect, and we are told, for instance, tnut “ They
united (had arrived) before we reached the
wharf.” An equally common error consists in
the substitution of the infinitive present-perfect
for the present tense, as, “ I intended to hate
sent (to send) the book to you.”
Such phrases as “ The ship is now being
built,” “the history is being printed,” and so
forth, are now sanctioned by high authorities—
though perhaps not the highest, on this side of
the Atlantic, at least. A late English writer,
however, pronounces them “ gross vulgarisms,”
hut sys that, “In the course oi being built”
and “ In the course of being printed,” are cor
rect expressions. Bolingbroke wrote, “My
Lives are reprinting ;” and I)r. Johnson, “ The
house is building, using the participle in a pas
sive sense.
The phrases from thence and from whence
arc incorrect, thence and whence, ot them
selves, expressing the ideas intended. The
word whether is sometimes erroneously applied
to three things. It can never properly apply to
more than two, being an abreviatiou of “which
of the either.”
We have made notes ot several other points,
in connection with this subject, hut must defer
the consideration of them until another occa
sion. *
SULLIVAN’S ISLAND.
(>ur Southern Newport exhibits unmistakea
ble signs of a brilliant season. Not in vain do
its delicious sea-breezes woo the weary deni
zens of our city, and hundreds of them forget,
amid its charms, the heat and turmoil ol the
town. Every house upon the Island is either
tenanted, or in preparation for tenants, and the
spacious halls of the Moultrie House will
doubtless very £oon be,
“ Without o’erflowing—foil.**
We recently visited this elegant and popular
establishujfnt, and had all our impressions in
•ts I '.vojff abundantly confirmed by a delightful
li.y'.eKfc'*. Can any thing be imagined
more refreshing to one worn out with protract
ed toil in the hot city, than to step upon one of
our Island Ferry Boats, at the edge of evening,
and in little more than half an hour, find him
self standing in one of the long corridors ol
the Moultrie House, gazing out upon the rest
less ocean, whose surging billow’s break almost
at his feet, while its life-giving breezes bring to
his frame a buoyancy like that of youth renew
ed. Such were our fillings as we lately stood
there, and while we gazed an ocean steamer
“ Walked the water* like a thin* of life,*’
and added to the grandeur of Nature the ma
jesty ot Human Art.
The attractions of Sullivan’s Island, as a
summering place, are not surpassed by any
I fashionable sea-shore within our knowledge.
What it lacks in one particular is made up lor
in another, and we are perfectly satisfied that it
requires ouly that the Southern people know
its merits, to make it rival “ Old Point Com-
fort,” “Cape May,” or even “Newport” itself,
in the throng of beauty and fashion which it
will attract
To the invalid, the chief attractions of our
Island Watering Place will be its salubrious
air and its invigorating baths. To the pleasure
seeker, it offers all the gaieties of kindred re
sorts, and to the bon-vivant, all the native lux
uries of a Southern clime, with all the foreign
delicacies which money and skill can com
mand. The cuisine is admirably well managed
by that experienced caterer, John Lee. The
gentlemanly and unremitting attentions of Mr.
Knisell, demand recognition and acknowledg
ment. They go far to make up the sum of the
visitor’s satisfaction. Os the vigilant, liberal
and comprehensive care of Captain Paine, the
proprietor, we may justly say, that its most fit
ting eulogium is the admirable system which
prevails throughout the establishment and which
cannot fail to impress most favourably every
visitor.
A word of commendation is due to Mr.
Carroll for his enterprise in fitting up extensive
livery stables, and in providing comfortable
coaches to convey guests to and from the Ferry
to the House.
To those of our readers whose business will
not allow them to reside upon the Island for
the next three months, we will venture to say,
that an occasional night at the Moultrie House,
where they may sink into slumber fuuiied by
the breezes and lulled by the murmurs of the
oci will be no small alleviation of the weari
ness of our protracted summer. They should
he thankful—as we are—that so delightful a
retreat is accessible to them.
cOur Gossip Column.
A Novel Petition.
We are enabled to lay before our readers a
petition, which, we understand, will be present,
ed to Congress, at its next session, by that emi
nent philanthropist, Win, H. Seward, of New
York. It will be signed by upwards of ten
thousand names, and can scarcely fail to ex
tinguish the little coin against which it is
directed :
Tu the Honourable Senators and Representatives of the
American Congress :
We the itinerant musicians and beggars, who
have industriously pursued our honest profes
sions in the various cities, towns and villages of
this glorious country, and have been, hitherto,
most liberally and bountifully rewarded by a
generous and appreciating public, with douceurs
of silver, chiefly of the denomination of half
dimes and Spanish sixpences, do humbly and
respectfully represent to your honourable body
that our rights and privileges have been seri
ously infringed by the issue and circulation,
throughout all the American territories, of a
new and insignificant coin under the title of a
three-cent piece. Your petitioners declare that
since the appearance of this brazen-faced strang
er, the legitimate profits of their calling have
begun to decrease, and they have every reason
to apprehend that their income will he dimin
ished from forty to fifty per cent, for instead of
half-dimes and sixpences, the majority of their
patrons now give them these mongrel and ill
featured tri-cents. in vain do your petitioners
look with rueful eyes upon those who thus
abridge their wonted largess, for they meet
only a look of intense self-complacency at the
idea of being able to bestow “silver” upon
i.s, at half tile usual expense. Our patrons
have ever been too generous to put us off’ with
“ coppers/’ hut they seem, one and all, to have
concluded that liiesmaller the quantity of silver
they give us the better. Your petitioners re
spectfully represent, furthermore, that whereas
they always received enough from each patron
to obtain a brandy-smasher or a whiskey
punch, they are now compelled, however re
luctantly, to swallow two of their kind friends
in every glass. In view of these aggravated
evils, your petitioner respectfully,but urgently,
>rny that thi coin railed the tri-cenl may he.
sent to Coventry, or in outer words, utterly
and for ever abolished And your petitioners,
as in duty hound, will ever pray.
A New Coin Needed.
Nearly three years ago we urged the import
ance of anew coin of the value ot seven cents,
and published, at the time, a table showing
that such a coin would make such a variety of
combinations with the decimal coins of our
Republic as to render copper coins unnecessary
in any transaction, except for petty charities.
The issue of a three-cent piece has increased
rather than diminished the necessity for cop
pers, and we beg once more to call the atten
tion of the public to our proposition for the
issue of a seven-eent piece, or, as we styled it,
a septicent. The idea was favourably noticed
by some of the leading journals of the day,
and elicited many commendations from mer
chants and brokers. The septi-cent is neces
sary to adapt the tri-cent to our decimal cur
rency. With one ten, one five, one seven and
two three cent pieces, a series of combinations
can be made by which any sum front one cent
to twenty-five can he made without the use of
a single copper coin. We invoke the aid of
the press to secure this desirable addition to
our “ small change.”
Three Epigrams.
The following epigrams havo no particular
relation to, or connection with, each other, and
owe their grouping here to the accident of be
ing found together among our “ scissoring*.”
The first was written upon King Charles 11, in
the form of a satirical epitaph, by his witty
favourite, the Earl of Rochester, and is said to
he not more severe than just:
“ ltere lies our sovereign lord, the King.
Whose word no man relie* on :
Who never said a foolish thing,
And never did a wise one.”
The next is also in the form of an epitaph,
and sums up the history of its subject with pithy
brevity:
‘* Here lies William Smith, and what is
Somewhat rarish.
He was born, bred and hanged in
This here parish.”
The foregoing may be considered ancient
anil classic ! The following is of modern date.
“ Whittier,” of the Yankee Blade, is responsi
ble for it:
*• When Forrest, the actor, caned Willis, the poet,
He was poet anil actor, and all men should know it,
For, though he ne’er wrote a fond sonnet to Phillis,
He earned a great fame by hi* across-stick on Willis.”
Those Sharks.
It seems that we did the captors of “those
Sharks” injustice by upbraiding themfor“Sun
day fishing.” The adventure took place on
Saturday, and the mistake originated with some
of our daily contemporaries, who, tortfing their
paragraphs on Sunday for Mojfey’s paper, re
ported nas occurring “ yesterday.” We are
not only willing,but happy,to matte the amende
to the gentlemen engaged in the adventure,
and we are gratified further to state that rather
than save the oil of the Sharks on Sunday, they
sacrificed it altogether. When we wrote our
paragraph of censure, wc were under errone
ous impressions as to the character of the party,
as well as to the time of their adventure.
Pretension and Performance.
That inveterate old sinner, Punch, has the
following hard hit at the American portion of
the World’s Fair:
“ VVe could not help, however, being struck
by the glaring contrast between large preten
sion amt little performance as exemplified in
the dreary and empty aspect of the large space
claimed by and allotted to America. An enor
mous banner betokened the whole of the east
end as devoted to the United Slates, hut what
was our astonishment, on arriving there, to find
that their contribution to the World’s Industry
consists, as yet, of a few wine-glasses, a square
or two of soap, and a pair ol salt-cellars! For
a calculatingpeople,our friends,the Americans,
are, thus far, terribly out in their calculations.”
SOUTHERN LIT ERA RY GAZE T TE.
Miss Bremer.
This gifted lady, at present the guest of Wm.
Howland, Esq., will leave our city early next
week for the North. She proposes to pass
through Tennessee and Virginia. In August,
she w ill visit the World’s Fair, and from Lon
don return to Sweedeo, enriched with the ob
servation and experiences of two years in the
new world. Wherever she goes, the kind
wishes of her friends go with her.
To Printers.
See the card of Messrs. Cortelyou &, Gif
fing, of the New York Type Foundry, in
another column. The Tribune appears in new
type from their establishment, and may well be
appealed to, by them, as an evidence of their
skill in their business. *
(Our 3Jook (Tahir.
‘JThk Glenns : a Family History. It y J. L. McConnell.
New York: Char leu Scribner. [For sale in Charleston
by John Russell.
We have read and noticed all of Mr M’Con
nell’s productions, the two previous ones being
“Talbot and Vernon” and “ Grahame.” To
both of those we objected, upon the ground
that the plot was improbable and the sentiment
exaggerated. “ Grahame ” was exceptionable,
still further, by its moral perversity, and in
both of the works the careful reader could not
fail to discover, among decided indications of
ability, a prevailing feebleness of manner.
“The Glenns” is scarcely an improvement upon
its predecessors Like them, it is a very read
able story—a story of Western life, with some
striking episodes in Texas. The plot, how
ever, lacks unity, and much of its development
i* at variance with that consistency which con
stitutes the charm of moral fiction, as this
purports to he. The character of Fanny Vin
cent, the heroine, is not drawn up to the au
thor's own ideal. She is far too easily de
ceived, and resigns her lover with a facility en
tirely too unfeminine. One of our author’s
chief defects is the too great flexibility of his
fancy, which brings about desired results with
out much regard lo the probable in the action
of his stories. The facility with which “ Billy
Bates” unraveis the whole tangled web of the
plot against Henry Glenn, is certainly very ad
mirable ; but the reader can scarcely help
smiling incredulously as he pursues the narra
tive. Before dismissing this book, we would
offer to its author, who possesses considerable
ability, a word ol friendly advice. It is this.
Strive less for startling effects, and avoid those
exaggerations which never fail to betray the
weakness of the purpose which challenges
their aid.
The Fruit, Flower and Kitchen Garden. By
Patrick Neill, L.L.D., Jfcc. Adapted to the United
State*. Philadelphia: H. Carey Baird.
This work is the production of a most cele
brated British horticulturist, Dr. Neill, of Scot
land, for upwards of thirty years the Secretary
of the “Caledonian Horticultural Society,”
and in every way qualified to make a standard
book upon the subjects it discusses. The care
tul adaptation of the work to the peculiar cir
cumstances and |jeoes.-itieS of our own peo
ple, is a subject of congratulation, since
good books upon horticulture cannot be too
much multiplied. We are pleased with the
comprehensiveness of Dr. Neill’s treatise.—
It is emphatically multum in parvo. We earn
estly counsel our readers to pay all possible at
tention to the culture of fruit and flowers. The
utile et dulce are most happily blended in hor
ticultural labours and products, and our homes
lack nothing so much as they do the beautiful
surroundings of gardens and
- to us 01 me South especially, where
fruits are proverbially luxuriant and flowers in
digenous, that there is so little attention paid to
either. We protest against this negligence and
invoke the aid of all interested in a speedy re
form. Dr. Neill’s hook will he a sale and suf
ficient guide to the judicious experimenter. It
can be obtained at Mr. John Russell’s.
Lord Morpeth’s Lecture*. Travel* in America—
The Poetry of Pope. New York: George P. Putnam.
The two lectures delivered by the Earl of
C&rlysle, before the Leeds Mechanics’ Institu
tion and Literary Society, are too well known
to oui readers, and have already been too
largely commented upon, to render it necessary
for us to review them. The Earl’s impressions
of our country are characterized by a breadth
and comprehensiveness rarely, if ever, surpassed
in the records of an English tourist. His gen
eralizations are large and candid, and if we are
compelled to think lhat he sometimes failed to
see things in their true aspect and relations,
we cannot call in question his sincerity.—
The scrutiny and criticism of men like Lord
Morpeth, cannot fail to benefit us, and we al
ways cordially welcome such to our shores.
We have but one tiling to regret in regard to
them generally. They do not remain long
enough in the South (if indeed they come
amongst us at all) to see the workings of “our
peculiar institution ” closely enough to discern
the principles involved and effects produced.
Mr. Putnam has given these Lectures a dress
which entitles them to place in the drawing
room.
Tuppbr’s Complete Works. Authorized Edition.
Vol. 11. Philadelphia: E. H. Butler & Cos. [Charles
ton= Courtenay & Wienge*.
This volume contains “ An Author’s Mind,”
“ Essays ” and u Probabilities,” under which
various names, Mr. Tupper has published a
mass ot crudities, which have added very little
to his reputation. Among them are to be found
occasional gems of thought and some elevated
sentiment, but they are deficient in unity and
betray the author’s characteristic rapidity and
impulsiveness of utterance—a fault which dis
qualifies him for the task of the Essayist. Two
volumes more,* comprising the Proverbial Phil
osophy and the Poems of the author, will com
plete this very handsome edition, which we cor
dially commend to our readers.
•Received just as we are going to press.
Lul lsk i.a Vallikrk, or the Second Series and Con
clusion of “The Iron Mask.” By A. Dumas. Phila
delphia: 11,I 1 , B. Peterson. [For sale by Courtenay Hi
Wieng. i.
This is a final conclusion, if our readers will
allow the solecism. It is the end ot a previous
end —the sequel of a sequel, or, we may say,
of a series of sequels, for the following list of
works is embraced in the lengthening chain:
“ Three Guardsmen,” “ Twenty Years After,”
“ Bragelonne,” and “ The Iron Mask.” We
incline to think that even the admirers of Du
inas will be glad that he has at length reached
the last end . “LaValliere” is thoroughly
imbued with the characteristics of its author’s
style.
A Treatise on Political Economy. By George Op
dyke. New York: G. P. Putnam. 1851.
Mr. Opdyke’s system of Political Economy
is, in some respect, different from any one ever
before offered to the public, and is worthy of
the attention of those interested in the subject.
He has evidently devoted much time and
thought to the topics involved in his work.
We are not prepared to offer an opinion in ro
gard to the soundness or unsoundness of
theory, but leave it to those better qualified
pronounce a verdict upon it.
Mr. Opdyke advocates the substitutionau
inconvertible paper currency, issued by the
United States’ Government, for the convertible
paper of the banks.
Dealings with the Inquisition ; or Papal Rome,
Her Priests and Her Jesuit*. With Important Disclo
sures. By Rev. Giaeino A chilli, D. D. New York:
Harper & Brothers. [ For sale in Charleston by M’Carte?
Hi Allen.
The author of this volume was twice a pri
soner in the dungeons of the Inquisition at
Rome. His second imprisonment was of six
months’ duration, in the year 1842, and his
hook professes to contain a faithful narrative
of his experience during lhat period, and also
a general view of the Inquisitorial System—a
system so utterly repugnant to Republican feel
ings and principles, tl at the very name of it is
hateful. Dr. Achilli believes, and labours to
prove, that the Inquisition of the Nineteenth
Century, under Pope Pius, is the same in spirit,
in purpose, and in fact, as that of the Sixteenth
Century, under Pope Paul, and we think he has
quite demonstrated the truth of his opinion. His
hook contains a great amount of already fami
liarinformation, but is not altogether without the
charm of novelty, and the spirit in which it is
written seems to be evoid of that bitterness
which, too often, characterizes works expository
of institutions and creeds to which the writer
is hostile. We think it exceedingly important
that the American public should know what
the Papal Inquisition of Rome really is, and
Dr. Achillas book will certainly enlighten them
upon the subject.
A Grandmother’* Recollection*. By Ella Rod
man. New York: Charles Scribner. [For sale by
John Russell.
We have been quite charmed by this unpre
tending little volume, a id we take pleasure in
cordially recommending it to our readers, as
eminently life-like in its delineations and fitted
to recall with great viv.duess many happy and
frolicsome scenes of childhood. Grandmother
Arlington’s narrative of her childhood is quite
as full oi adventures as could be desired, and
they are told to a group ol children who know i
how to appreciate them to the uttermost. The
style of the book is simple, lively and attractive.
It must become one of the favo ‘rites of the
day, especially among young readers.
The Farmer s Guide to Scientific and Practical Agri
culture. By Henry Stephens, F. R.S. E:, assisted by
John P. Norton, M. A. New York: L. Scott & Cos.
[Charleston: John Russell.
Numbers 17,18 and 19 of this invaluable work
are before us. They indicate its approaching !
completion. The subsequent numbers will he
increased, like the present issues, to 96 pages,
to enable the publishers to fulfil their promise of
furnishing the work entire for Five Dollars. It
will contain 1600 pages, with about 20 fine
steel plates, and is ihe most thorough, compre
hensive and safe “Guide” to farming with
which we are acquainted.
Book ok the Telegraph. Boston: Daniel Davis.
Mr. Davis is well known to scientific men
by his excellent apparatus for illustrating Mag
netism and its cognate branches. This little
manual exhibits, pictorially and graphically,
the operations of the Electric Telegraphs in
use at this time. It also embraces a valuable
price-catalogue of all the instruments made by
him to illustrate the above-mentioned branches
ot Science. His address is 421 Washington
Street, Boston.
tt./'Wc have received from Mr. Babcock,
King-street, a copy of “ Dixon and Kerr’s Or
namental and Domestic Poultry,” which our
readers will recollect we not long since pro
nounced the best work of its kind. It is, truly,
a hook “ most fowl and yet most fair.” Some
reviewer denominated it “ the new //enriade,”
and thought it perfectly allowable that the
publishers should “ crow ” over it. Whoever
O’Notices of White's Natural History ol
Selborne, The Wife’s Sister, The Solitary of
Juan Fernandez, and several other works, una
voidably excluded from our Book Table this
week, will appear in our next.
cT'jjr IVurlii nf Irt.
The Boydeli. Suak^'eare. —We have very
recently expressed our honest opinion that this
work has been vaFtly overrated, an opinion
which called down upon us the objurgations of
a contemporary, hitnself evidently afflicted with
the mania which has bitten so many Editors,
and caused them to loon upon the Boydeli Il
lustrations as thef d’ouvres of Art. Two
prints from the retouelied plates have just been
laid upon our table by Mr. Babcock, who is the
Charleston Agent for the work. We have given
them a close examination,and cannot discover
any reason why we should alter our deliberate
verdict. The pictures are from “ Love’s La
bour Lost,” and are both excellent in design.
The one representing “ IJermione ” as a tableau
vivant, possesses remarkable merit. The en
gravings.however, are far inferior in excellence,
and one of them is so fiat and tame that we
had quite as soon have the paper, upon which
it is printed, blank. If he reengravers could
not bring out the picture better than they have
done, they had better not have spent their la
bour upon it. We have no wish to depreciate
the real merits of Dr. Spoonor’s enterprise. It
is a task of magnitude and of no small cost;
hut we honestly think that the money expended
upon it might have been used far more judi
ciously for Art, though perhaps not so profit
ably fer the projector.
Leutze.—This distinguished artist has pro
duced anew picture, which has excited much
admiration in the Galleries at Diisseldorf. It
is called “ The Amazon and her Children.”
The woman is half recumbent, watching with
intent eagerness the gambols of her two child
ren. The figure of the woman is partially
draped—those of the children are nude. Its
colouring is described as most masterly. Our
readers will recollect that Leutze is employed
upon a picture of “ Washington,” which pro
gresses finely. *
i'jie <olit a3urli
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
(LTLord John Russell is in favour of admit
ting Jews to a seat in Parliament.
[Li’The Italian Opera House in Berlin has
been pui chased by the king, and is to be closed.
(LTA Durham paper says that two black
eggs were laid by a black duck lately, near
Sutherland.
(Lr’ln taking the census, the police found
dwelling in one house, in Limerick, two hun
dred and seveuty persons.
(LTSoyer has fitted up Gore House most
magnificently. There are. Chinese rooms, Apol
lo rooms, Arctic caverns, Bowers of Ariadne,
and many others too numerous to mention.
O”Meyerbeer is now living in London. He
is much admired, as a composer, by some, and
not much admired by others. There is noth
ing strange in this; even Beethoven had his
enemies.
O’Jules Janin, in a letter of three and a half
columns to the Debats, describes the opening
of the Exhibition. He says, “ Hurrying is a
disease of this city of London.” What would
lie say of New York ?
prThe huge hydraulic machine and cylin
der that lifted the Britannia bridge entire, and
is of sufficient power to lift the crystal palac*
and its contents, will form a leading feature in
the Great Exhibition.
ILTSontag, the singer, was engaged in Rus
sia for five hundred thousand francs for the
summer ; but the Czar broke up the engage
ment, saying that he would not have a woman
whom he had received at his Court as the wife
of au Ambassador, appear as a Prima Donna
at the Opera.
• o*Several cases of plague have occurred
at Genoa, the malady having been introduced
by means of skins and hides.
ICTltis reported that Liebig, the distinguish
ed Professor of Organic Chemistry in Giessen,
will accept a call to the University of Heidel
berg.
IITIii Hamburgh, the Jews and Christians
i have, for the first time, united in the erection
of a building for lodging poor Jewish and
Christian families who have no home at the
end of the quarter.
O"A motion was lately made in the Cham
bers of Darmstadt to forbid music and dancing
in the public places on Sundays and festival
days. On a division, it was rejected by forty
five votes against two.
HfThe French authorities are in tne habit
of transporting bad and troublesome charact
ers, especially foreigners, without the means of
subsistence, to England, England sends hers
to America.
U*The military band of the Ninth Regi
ment of Dragoons, formed iu Paris for playing
on the newly-invented sax instruments, will,
with permission of the French Minister of War,
visit London this season.
(EpCuneo, in Piedmont, was, on the 25th
ult., visited by a cloud of butterflies of various
colours. They settled in myriads on walls,
trees, etc. They are supposed to have been
gathered together by whirlwinds in Africa, and
to have befit driven over to Europe by the
same agency.
(Dur iCaiitraiprarirs.
The International. [Courtenay &
Wienges, Agents,Charleston.] The June num
bo* the monthlies, opens with a
biographical sketch of Henry William Her
bert—“ Frank Forrester,” with a portrait and
several fine piscatorial illustrations. This num
ber also contains a portrait and a biographical
sketch of Henry R. Schoolcraft, and miscella
neous articles of great variety and interest. *
Harpers’ Monthly Magazine for June.
j This popular and beautiful miscellany has
reached us barely in time lor acknowledgment.
It is the initial number of anew volume, and a
good starting point for ten thousand new’ sub
scribers.
<Dnr prinatt pnst-3Ga{j.
[Under this head weshallreply to many letters, contain
in queries or suggest ions upon suhject-sof general interest
: instead of answering them, as heretofore, by post. This
will save us time, and “time is money.” We are very
glad to receive letter* from our subscribers, and it only re
quire* that the postage be paid to ensure prompt attention
Kds.J
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well-written lines. Their political bearing ren
ders them inadmissible.
A Story. We have in our drawer, an ex
cellent original tale, entitled “ Leila Forester,”
and written by an esteemed female correspond
ent, which we shall soon present to our readers.
Isja Avinta, Rose du Sud, and others, will
please accept our thanks for their much-es
teemed favours.
Electro-Biology. We will reply to your
queries in due time.
C. F. L. Received. Thank you!
3Breaits.
At Castle Garden, Jenny Lind is sing
ing Coinin’ thro’ the Rye.
Texas receives its name from an Indian
word, signifying beautiful.
Among the latest curiosities is a wet
stone to sharpen the water’s edge.
A Catholic priest, 110 years old, preach
ed at Dayton, Ohio, a few weeks ago.
Martin F. Tupper, the English poet,
was a passenger in the Arctic, which sailed on i
Saturday. nlg[||jJ „y- ,
.inuill s r.eij „,oom O
necticui has been sold for a Waicr Cm- <*-
tabiishmrnt.
forace Greeley is one of the chairmen
of Juromvho are to make the awards at the
grand, Lotion Exhibition.
Onlit, that a literary production, from
the. pen of|n editor prominent in the political
world, is ijeourse of preparation.
Tl:Morning Chronicle describes the
opening cihe crystal palace, in three lan
guages, inkiglish, French and German.
JohL. O’Sullivan, one of the parties
arrested asking implicated in the Cuban ex
pedition, clgis the ow nership of the Cleopatra.
said a Cathie to his wfife. “I am content,”
she replied provided you get me anew bonnet
with it ”
his horse in 4 bar room with the intention of
treating hinibut the horse said neigh, and
backed out.
A morological phenomenon has just
taken placd Lardabourgh, in Calabria. A
luminous mjor was perceived to fall on a
ham, whiehpeton fire.
Theiinese Ambassador, who made
such a figijat the opening of the World’s
Fair, turnedtt to be a sailor from a Chinese
junk lying ihe Thames.
* m i
(Ejiptus nf tjjr Dnq.
French Gtra/ihical iTtcavery. —W e learn
tha'. Cnptaiiuesilon, commanding the French
whaler, ihe larnamlre, just arrived at Havre,
gives anacimt of the discovery of a cluster
ot islanls well is not marked on any of the
charts. Th lie in 172 deg. 5(1 min. west lon
gitude o’ thheridian of Paris, and 9 deg. 38
min. souh litude. They are from 25 to 30
in uunibr, tee of them of some extent, and
all covifid fith cocoa trees. On the same
day he (scared the lie Clarence.
Mori Stineix —Another great line of
ocean stuns is soon to be added to the Ame
rican flel. Four first class vessels are now
building/Hladelphiato run from New York
to Nortil !d Richmond. The first is to be
!‘u. ilV uUc in July next, and the others
to hold Ebarrels, with accommodations for
40 cabin >4O steerage passengers.
The 0 f America. —Mr. Poore,
wishing ta m a perfect collection of Ameri
can newsp, r 9 tor ,h e City Library of Paris,
requests aCy 0 f every daily journal publish
ed on tht4 a f j u ly, 1851—and of the next
published m,| lt , r 0 f every semi-weekly and
weekly }urq j irecle d to the “ American
SentinelJlosi. \[ a gg”
Editotf will ‘^ }tge cop y the above notice.
A Deeded Nation. —A lady, with the
Turkish Jantaloch niac | e her appearance in
Chtsnut-hreet, Phylelphia, on Saturday eve
ning, antjereated a sensation among the
staid demons of thv.jhlegmaiic city. The
Ledger ays that as tr oe at little lasting boot
threadedlts way throng* t he crowd, the uni-
versal egression was, “ ij C idedly pretty.”
Indiat News. —A dispffch has bee| receiv
ed at the War Departmcnt*riving an account
of an interview between thefndian chef Wild
Cat and Cls. Cooker and ‘fiemple, thdAmeri- I
can eoramisioners in Texts. Wild Cat ex
pressed great friendship, andgpoke walmly of
his old friends, Gens. Worth tnd Broote.
Louistille and Nashville Railroad —The !
Board of Aldermen of Louisvil©
an ordinatce for subscribing sl,tfto,oodto the
Nashville and Louisville railroad corobany ;
$500,000 to be paid by taxation, andtheibonds
of the city, having 30 years to run, tt he given
for the balance.
Pardoned. —The President of the United I
States has pardoned Thomas H. Burk*, who
has been confined in jail in Raleigh, North ‘
Carolina, for some time past, and liao been
sentenced to an imprisonment of ten yearn for
robbing the mail in Greenville county last year.
Copper Boilers. —It is stated that copper
boilers are henceforth to be used on board the
steamers of the British Royal Navy, as their
greater durability has been found to render
them cheaper in the end than iron boilers, ol
which the first cost is small.
Marriage Ceremony in Alabama, Muainippi, Floritla ami Georgia tb
THE HISTORY OF ALABA
AND INCIDENTALLY OF GEORGIA AND MISS]
EARLIEST PERIOD;
BY ALBERT JAMES PICKETT, OE MONTGOMEI.
In two vo/s. } 12 mo.—Now in the Press of Walker & James,
leston , S. C. — To he out in a few weeks.
This interesting Work will give an account of the Invasion of Florida, Georgia,
by De Soto, in 1539,1549 and 1541—0f the Aborigines of these Stan s for three hundi
describing tln-tr appearance, manners and customs, games, amusements, wars.and rein
Ancient Mounds and I ortitications in those States, the manner in which they were const,
poses iif the Modern Indians of those States, the Crocks, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Alabtu
and other tribes, describing also their manners and customs, and when each of those ti
States, and from whence they came—Of the discovery and settlement of Alabama and Miss
and their occupation until 173, a period of G.'f years—Of the occupation of Alabama an
Iti dish for 18 years—Of the Colonization of Georgia by the Kugiish—Of the occupation of A
sippi by the Spaniards for thirty years, and of the occupation of these States by the America.
1820. One whole chapter is taken up with an interesting account of the “Arrest of Aaron Bu.
1807.“ All the exciting controversies between Georgia, the Federal Government, Spain and tli
are introduced at length. The work reviews all the Creek wars from 1777 to 1814. Jt will be ill,
best Engravings, none of which arc imaginary pictures, but all drawn from lifm The curious
commerce introduced by the French and English, and early American traders, their mode sos traveli
I he wilds, dec., will also be described.
Wai.klr tfc James, 101 East Bay, and John Russell, King-street, will attend to all or,
the work. 4 April
MOl LTUIK 1101 88, HI 1.1.1 VA X’H IHLA.\I>
re * dy ,or reception of visitoi*. Possessing in climate ami locali“
i~\i (diret tlj frontmp the ocean.) all the atlvantape* of the most celebrated Watering'places of the N>rtli and
hastheaddiUonal oneot t uriiishing to the Southern people aM< )8T AGR EEABLE R ESORT AT IK >\J F The
a,HI 1,0 Paiu “ ° r wiU be to render it in ever^^ictTt
The comfort of Ladtes ami Fan i l i e # wiU be particularly eared for. and all such amusements provided as will
contnhote to their pleasure and their health. In.addition to the opportunity for Surf- Bathing, a complete suiic of
P lunge and Shower Baths have been erected. Every delicacy that the season and climate can afford will be sun
pl ed and it will he only necessary, on this subject, to say that the Culinary Department will be he charge of
John Lee, so long and favourably known as a Caterer in our community. ** 01
An extensive Livery Stable has been established or. the premises by Mr. B. Carroll, who will afford every facility
fur enjoy,nr rides and drives on the extensive and beautiful Beach. A tine Ban.) will be in attendant to Kir ih
Mnsic for Lve.ung and Dancing Part.es. YVith.ucl. advantages, and a determination to leave nothing undon™on
his part to ensure comfort and pleasure to us visitors, the proprietor hopes for the patronage of those who ae le ou
ot eujoying.ii, our own Southern land, all the benefits which can be afforded by a journey to the North
Miy u JAMES PAINE, Proprietor.
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