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S vTURDAY MORNING, JUNE 28.1851.
I mr-CHAT WITH OUR RKADI AisT
Numerous and widely-seatiered as are our
readers, we feel that such a degree of sympa
thy exists between each one of them and our
self, that we may, without impropriety, indulge
,n an hour’s quiet chat with them,untrammelled
hv an obtrusive formality. We fel that we
speak to friends and not 10 strangers — that, to
a certain ext at, those whom we address have
views, la.'tes and interests in common wiih us.
W'e are sure that there is one point, at least,
on which we ail agree—our love for the Ga
zette.
A tele a tele on the cool and shaded piazza
w! the reader’s plea -ant home, whetiier on the
banks oi the Potomac or the Colorado, among
ibe Apalachian lulls or in the evergreen woods
of Florida, would be far better, on this Summer
afternoon, than a talk ou paper; but as the
former is nut practicable, we must be content
I with the latter.
We desire continually to strengthen, as well
as to extend, those ties of sympathy and con
geniality, at the existence of which we have
liiuied, and without which all union is forced
iu.d unnatural. A certain relationship exists
between the editors and correspondents, and
\\>k readers of our paper. We I wish this rela
tionship to be Ir-lt . While we inform the mind,
we desire also to toueh tile heart, creating an
accord of jetting as well as of thought. Sit
ting here in our poor “ sanctum ” on the corner
ul Uioad-street and East-Buy, we wish to have
tin- assurance that we are en rapport, as the
McMiierizers say, with all our readers, from
.Maryland to Texas. The magnetism of thought
and tiding needs no telegraphic wires, and
every day brings new evidence that the con
iicciion to which we refer is already established.
Our contributors and correspondents, too,have
won lui themselves places in the hearts of our
readers, and die electric chain of sympathy
vibrates at their touch, as well as at ours. Kind
reader, is all this mere fancy? If so, we dream.
Let us dream ou.
But we do not dream. We are awake and
iu our sober senses, and the letters which come
to us from all parts of the country, expressing
the interest ol the writers in the Gazette , its
editors and its correspondents, are real and tan
gible. evidences that the idea we have been
trying, perhaps unsuccessfully, to express, is no
I chimera.
Great curiosity is manifested iu regard to the
I real names ol such of our contributors as use
I noms des plume*. One is dying to know who
I ourjlucnt, graceful and witty New York eor-
I respondent is. Pray who is Flit ! is the query.
I lu other letters we are favoured with sundry
I guesses, more or less shrewd, in regard to his
I name and personnel. Our lively and piquant
I correspondent, Isabel Clinton, for instance,in
I her letter, published iu another column, ven-
I lures her “ guess.” We keep mum, as in duty
I bound IsjaAvinta —the many-sided—learn-
I ed and grave, but full of quiet, genial humour,
I provokes many queries and guesses by persist-
I mg iu his incognito. In this case, also, we are
I compelled to place our finger upon our lips.
W ho is die author of “ Horace in Dishabille,”
and who are Rose du Sun, E. B. C. and Sem
Southland, are questions which are frequently
a>ked of us. We mention these things simply
to show that our readers are not indifferent in
regard to those who wield the pen for their in
struction or amusement. Do writers feel in
different in regard to their readers l Most
surely, no !
We are well aware that, notwithstanding the
common grounds of sympathy which we all
occupy, as editors, contributors and readers of
tlie Southern Literary Gazette, our opinions,
tastes and habits, in many respects, are as
diverse as is possible. In politics, religion and
social pos : jur correspondents and readers
embrace all parties, sects and classes. We arc
neither sufficiently ignorant of human nature
nor sufficiently vain to imagine, for a moment,
that we at all times please or satisfy them all.
One deems us too grave, another too gay.
Mils A. wishes we would print more stories
and longer ones. Mr. B. thinks our first page
should he devoted to more solid reading—to
essays and moral disquisitions. Mr. C. does
not like so much poetry, while his wife (our
private opinion is that she is a woman of taste)
pronounces it “delightful,” and wishes we
would give more of it. Mr. D. wishes us to
publish articles on Phrenology, Animal Mag
netism, Phonography and so forth, and insinu
ate- that we are “ behind the age,” while his
neighbour, Mr. E., objects to an article on
KLctro-Biology, and half suspects us of a de
sire to humbug him ; and so on to the end of
the chapter. But none of these things disturb
u- We know that, on the whole, our readers
like the Gazette and cherish the kindest feel
ing- towards its editors. We reciprocate their
kind feelings and like them none the less, on
account of any diversity of opinion or taste
that may exist between us. In the great va
riety of matter which we lay before our read
ers each week, there must he something for
‘•very one. Are we not right ? Honest and
earnest efforts in behalf of the true and the
beautiful, cannot, we are sure, be unavailing,
or entirely unappreciated.
Kind readers, if the Gazette is exerting, as we
believe, an elevating and refining influence —if
it is anxiously looked for, gladly welcomed
visitor to ji, ui home circle, will you not speak
a kind word iu its behalf among your friends,
and thus aid to enlarge the circle of i's influ
ence ! We aim at nothing le*s than to make
°ur paper the favoured and chosen Journal
m all the homes of the South. Will you aid us
in the attainment of this great end ? *
ETYMOLOGICAL FINDINGS.
Thing is derived from the verb to think.
Any -thing is simply auy-f hidk —whatever it is
p".-sible to think of. The Latin res, a thing, is
derived from rear, I think.
Strawberry. From the verb to strew, be-
C usc the berries lie strawn or strewn upon the
giouud.
Polite and polished are probably derived
from iroAij, a city, though some etymologists
derive them from the Latin polire, to polish.
Analogy favours the first-named etymology,
lor urbane comes from urbs, a city, civil and
civilized from civitas, a city, and courteous
from court.
Wiseacre is supposed to be a corruption of
the German Weissuger, a prophet.
Saucy. According to Johnson, this com
mon word is derived from the Latin salsus,
salted—that is, witty. But Shakspeare uses it
•n the sense of insolent, scornful or contemptu
ous, in the following lines:
“Turn thou the mouth of thy artillery,
A* we will oan, againxt these saucy walls.**
Talbott thinks it a corruption of the French
sour oil.
Pipe is from the verb to reap. Ripe fruits
art> those which are fit to be reaped or gathered.
Witch and wizard are from the Teutonic
wissert, to know.
Eleven is, in Anglo Saxon, endlufon, one
left—that is, taking or giving ten, one is left.
Twelve, in Anglo Saxon, is twelf, and in the
Gothic, tvoa lif, two left.
Almanac is probably from the Teutonic all
nionath, all the months. *
(Dm Gossip Column.
Strawberries.
Our New York contemporaries are luxuriat
ing in Strawberries. We have almost forgotten
that such a fruit is numbered among our sum
mer luxuries, so completely has it disappeared
from our tables. “ Every dog has his day,”
and this is Strawberry day with Gotham. The
“statistics” of the New York traffic in this
delicious fruit are quite surprising. They ex
hibit numbers that make our market records
blush as red as the berries themselves, at their
comparative insignificance. We clip the fol
lowing graphic account from the Herald:
“ Tlie quantity brought to the several mar
kets, up to Saturday evening, could not have j
been less than one hundred thousand gallons, j
but the strawberry trade is not confined to the !
regular market-places. Hundreds of gallons
are daily carried around every section of the
city, in baskets. A large proportion of the
berries peddled in this way, are bought on the
steam-boats and cars, at the several landing
places, by the strawberry girls, and the carl
hucksters, who carry them round to the groce
ries, the saloons, the private houses, and every
oilier place where a pint-basket can be sold.
These strawberry dealers can be met with at
almost every corner, w ith their baskets and co
vered carts; and many of those little girls,
dressed iu their simple calico frocks and calico
sun-bonnets, command a quick sale by their
modest expressions of ‘ Please to buy my
strawberries.’ But, notwithstanding the thou- !
sands of baskets that are daily sold by the |
hucksters all over the city, the stock in the !
markets finds abundant purchasers, us is evi- I
deneed by the multitudes of empty baskets to i
be seen piled up every evening.”
The price of this fruit in Gotham is so low j
that all clasps can avail themselves of the
luxury. Think of three or four cents for a |
basket, containing a pint of the luscious ber
ries. We had to pay a shilling a saucer, and j
then it was only half full!
Jenny Lind and Barnum.
Notwithstanding the various newspaper ru- j
mours of a rupture between M’lle Lind and
Manager Barnum, we can discover no good !
grounds for thus characterizing the recent dis
solution of their engagement. We are inclined
to ihiuk that their contract ended as it began, j
with piutual good feeling, and have no sympa- j
thy with that hostility to the great showman,
which seeks to misrepresent, indiscriminately, 1
all his acts. He lias probably made a hand
some sum by his engagement with .M’lle Lind,
and we can ol see why he does not deserve it.
“ The nightingale” has such a hold upon the
popular affection, that she may get along ad
mirably without Baruum, but we venture to
say, that were she less admired and loved than j
she is for ail her noble qualities of heart, her !
popularity would decline from the date of her
independent career. As it is, we are not sur- |
prised to find that her reception in Philadelphia |
was enthusiastic in the extreme, and we believe i
that if she were to repeat her recent tour, she j
would reap fresh laurels wheresoever she went. \
She is at this time iu Boston, confirming there
our expectations.
High Life in Mnlatto-dom.
A friend of ours relates an incident which
occurred under his personal observation, and
which we record for the especial edification of
those psuedo-philanthropic individuals who
think that the “ coloured people ” in our midst
are “ down-trodden and oppressed.” He says ■
that while passing along Wentworth -street, a :
few evenings since, he observed a number of
carriages draw up in front of Grace Church,
and stepping into the vestibule, he enquired of
the sexton what was goiqg on. “ Oh, nothing
much, master, only some folks is going to git
married.” Looking into the church, he saw \
the white-robed minister at the altar and a
small congregation of coloured people in the
pews. At this moment, the bridal party, all i
mulattoes, entered the church, and the eeremo- ,
ny was speedily performed. Our informant
says that the party was elegantly dressed and
the carriages of the best class, and had it been
a shade darker, he might h ive supposed it was
a bridal party from the higher class of white
society.
A Fortunate Editor.
The editor of the Mountain Banner, pub
lished at Rutherfordton, N. C., being about to
start on a ramble in search of “ health and
vigour, both of body and mind and subscribers
for the Banner ,” briefly announces the fact to
his readers, and then adds:
“ During our absence our paper will not suf
fer, but, ou the contrary, will probably be much
bettered. Our better half, who has been pro
nounced by a competent judge “ the smarter
man of the two,” will have jurisdiction over its
columns. She is a staunch democrat, and de
cidedly opposed to the new innovation on fe
male costume ; and our only fear is, that when
we return our readers will insist upon our going
again.”
A fortunate man, that editorial He may
” hang his Banner on the outer wall,” assured
.hat his mountaiu-castle will be successfully
defended against all comers. Such a wife is a
help-meet, indeed. *
Thackeray’s Lectures.
The author of “ Peudennis” is the literary
lion across the water just now. He is deliver
ing a Course of Lectures in London upon the
“ English Humourists,” and we cannot wonder
at their popularity, for who is so well qualified
to devclope the subtleties and beauties of Eng
lish Humorous Literature as Thackeray ? His
course embraces six Lectures, and the price of
tickets for the series is Two Guineas, or Ten
Dollars. It is something new and pleasant
withal, for literary entertainments to rise to a
money parity with melodramatic and musical
festivals. It speaks well for the advancing in
tellectual tastes of modern society. When
Mr. Tnackaray has completed his delightful
Lectures in the great “ Vanity Fair ” of the
‘•old world,” we hope he will pay the “new
world ” a visit.
One good turn deserves another.
By a recent decision of Lord Justice Camp
bell, American and other foreign authors are
entitled to English copy-right upon their pro
ductions, if first published in that country.
This is a most important decision and reverses
a former decree of Baron Rolfe. It can only
be regarded as a most magnanimous conces
sion upon the part of English Law to Common
Justice, and it challenges an equal degree of
courtesy and equity on the part of the American
Congress. We shall we wanting in self-re
spect, as a people, if we do not speedily reci
procate this generous law of England, and
allow foreigners the privilege of copy-righting
their works iu this country. Will justice and
courtesy rule us in this matter ? We shall see.
Will and Would.
One of the common rhetorical errors of the
dny is the use of the indicative auxiliary will
for the subjunctive would. When a reviewer
tells us of anew and excellent work that “ it
will form a valuable addition to the library of
every intelligent person in the country,” we are
amazed at the extent of his faith, and doubt
less the publishers of said work would, if they
only believed his prediction, make him a hand
some acknowledgment. Were he more cor
refctly and modestly to say, “ would ” instead of
“ will his statement would be more in keep
ing with both Rhetoric and Truth.
SOU THE R N LITE KA R Y GAZE TT E.
Miss Davenport.
This talented actress is winning golden opin
ions in the West The Cincinnati papers are
eloquent in her praise, and the editor of Le
Moniteur de l Ouest, of St. Louis—good au
thority in theatrical matters, speaks of her in
the most enthusiastic terms, hut says that she is
no tragedien. He protests against her having
anything to do with poison, daggers, and so
forth, in the following glowing address, which
we forbear to translate, lest its piquancy should
be somewhat blunted by the process: *
“ A quoi bon, du reste, ma jolie comedienne,
vous lancer dans les so mb res profondeurs de
la
che moqueuse, ces tosseites agio; a rites, ce teint
de lys, cette oreille mignonne et rostSe, est ce
que tout cela est fail pour voir, dire, entendre
et com met ire les plus mdchantes actions du
monde ? Kst-ce que ces mains fines et pote-
Ides out die sculptdes par le cdleste statuaire
pour verser le poison ou tenir le poignare l Eh
non! cent fois, mille fois non !”
Moral Power of Swearing
General Jack-oil’s habit of profane swearing i
:is well known An anecdote is told of him
which strongly illustrates the fact. One day he
was travelling, in company with several friends,
on a turnpike road* where he was of course
obliged to pay toll. A gentleman travelling
the same road, came lip soon after the General
and his party had passed, when the gate-keeper
said to him: “Can you tell me, sir, who that
man is, with tin* high white hair, who passed
here a few minutes ago I “Why,” said the
gentleman, “ is it possible you don’t know \Yho
that it?” “I do not.” “ Why do wish so
much to know ?” “ Because,” .tie g;Ue
| keeper, with a look of wonder on his face,
! “ because he has the greatest moral power oj
swearing of any man I ever see’d iu all my
! life ” *
Literary Lines.
Godwin’s “ Vala,” or Jenny Lind mytholo
gized, has been translated into Swedish.
! One thousand guineas were the fruits of tlie re
j presentation of Bulwer’s new Comedy at De
vonshire House. “ The House of Seven
Gables” has been printed in England by Bohn, j
lor Is. (id. Miss Bremer was at Richmond I
i on the 17th iust The English booksellers
; propose to carry Lord Campbell’s copy-right
decision up to the House of Lords. Mrs.
Oaksmith has delivered a Lecture in New
York in favour of the new female costume
; Fanny Kemble’s Shakspcarean Readings in
I London, draw crowds, in spite of Prince Al
bert’s “ Curiosity Shop.” Othello has just j
been translated into Bengalee, in which dialect ;
the Moor figures a•• Bahadoor.”
Letters from Europe.
We are very happy to announce that we have
completed an arrangement with a gentleman
now en voyage lo Europe, for a series of let
ters, from w’hich our readers may reasonably
expect much gratification.
The ‘’Bloomers.”
This name is iiuiml a m -noincr,
As shall iua moment be shown:
For the skirts of a lro<-k a !a Bloomer,
In a gale would he only haJf-blown.
(Our 9Sauk (Tnlilr.
Caius Gracchus, A Tragedy, in Five Acts. By Louisa
S. McCord. New York: 11. Kernot. [Charleston:
John Russell.
Dramatic verse is the highest manifestation
of the poetic art, and a successful drama is
therefore a performance of no common merit.
Attempted by perhaps the majority of those
who have acquired a reputation for skilful
! poetical composition, it is achieved with a rare
; ness proportioned to its excellence. The pro
duction before us is certainly entitled to rank
among the more fortunate efforts. It is char
acterized by more than common vigour of style,
and displays, indeed, a masculine energy of
thought and utterance quite germain to the
theme. The characters are drawn with a bold
pen, and yet with such nice tact that delicacy is
rarely sacrificed to strength. W’e must allow
! a few brief passages from the book to convey
their own impression to the minds of our read
~ .
ers. Our first ejftraot shall be the plea of Cor
nelia, when she counsels her daughter-in-law,
Licinia, not to venture out to meet her return
ing husband :
“ And should you chance to meet your husband thus.
What would you gain? With that wild crowd around
you,
I You would not dare to greet him to his home.
A quiet comeliness there is, becomes
A woman’s greeting ; and believe me, dear,
I However daring bold himself may be,
Man never loves, within a woman’s eye,
To see the mimic of his conduct glassed.
’Tis meek endurance, quiet fortitude.
That makes her life and beauty. We may rear
Heroes, whose daumless will shall shake the world,
Or like a moral Atlas, bear its burden,
A universe of care, upon their shoulders.
Butin our bosoms, if too fierce the flame
That feeds such spirit-struggles, we must check,
Or drive it back at least to seeming quiet.
If hard the effort, it is woman’s task.
Her passions, if not smothered, must be hid,
Till in their faintly-beating pulse, herself
Will scarcely know her blood the same which bounds
Through manlier veins unchecked.”
Iu our next extract, Licinia pleads with the
mother of Gracchus to dissuade him from his
noble but perilous purpose:
“We know there’s risk in it. This is enough.
Then mother, stop your son ! Oh ! hold him back !
By all the throes that brought him into being,
By all the hopes and fears that watched his growth,
By all the pangs that even now I know
Must rend your mother-heart to think of him.
Oh! save him to that heart! Save him to me!”
Our last paragraph is the language of Grac
chus himself, when his wife urges him to fly
from Rome and “ make a home elsewhere.”
“Licinia, would you save your husband thus?
If I have erred ambitiously— at least.
Not by a foul desertion bid me swell
My much repented fault. Should Ia traitor—
Recreant—turn cowardly, to shun my friends,
Would you, love, longer own my tarnished name,
Or rather weep for Gracchus as one dead,
With horror shrinking from the counterfeit,
Whose shade could blight his honour. E’en yourself.
With all your gentle cowardice, would shun
And blush to name the father of your boy.
Entreat me not, then, with an early shame
To blot his fair young brow: but rather let
A father* blessing guard his orphaned pillow.
Bear him my parting kiss, and now, farewell.”
The Year Book of Facts in Science and Art. ex.
hibiting the most important Discoveries and Improve
ments of the past year. By George Timba. Reprinted
from the London Edition. Philadelphia: A. Hart,late
Carey & Hart. [Charleston: John Russell.
Such volumes as this are among the indis
pensable demands of the age in which we live,
when every year is marked by discoveries, in
ventions and improvements, numerous and im
portant enough to have graced a century in the
less favoured periods of man’s existence. Here
is a handsome duodecimo of over 300 closely
printed pages, occupied with the results in Sci
ence and Art, of a single year’s study and ob
servation. The work has been compiled with
evident care, and is worthy of public favour to
a very large degree. We sincerely hope that
the publisher will be encouraged to reprint sue
ceeding volumes.
Elements or Chemistry, including a Copious Selec
ti&u of Experiment*. By Alexander Fisher Olmstead,
A. M. New Haven: S. Babcock. [Charleston: W.
R. Babcock.
This new manual of Chemistry is from the
hands of the younger Olmstead, who has com
piled it with the aid and advice ot his father.
We think the compilation a very good one, and
as the Science of Chemistry changes every
year, the newer the treatise the more compre
hensive will it necessarily be, if the editor avails
himself of the abundant material provided to
his hand. The manipulation of the book be
fore us appears to be practical and simple—a
great desideratum in such manuals.
Para ; or Scenes and Adver turea on the Banks of the
Amazon. By John Esaias Warren. New York: G.
P. Putnam. 1851.
Mr. Warren has entered, in the volume be
fore us, upon anew and almost untrodden do
main. He is no gleaner in old and often har
vested fields, and if he h is not returned richly
laden, the fault is certainly his own. Little has
been written, recently, at least, of Brazil—one
of the most magnificent countries in the world,
and to the general reader it is almost as perfect
a terra incognita as the ulterior of Africa. A
book narrating scenes a id adventures iu this
wild and beautiful Summer-laud, on the ever
verdant banks of the broad Amazon, ought,
certainly, to be replete with interest. Our au
; thor—evidently an inexperienced book-wright J
; has, however, neither judicious in the
choice nor skillful iu the use of his materials ;
and his pictures of iife ar- Para, his narratives
of hunts and excursions, and his descriptions of
the vast primeval forests of the country and
their strange and beautiful denizens, are alike
J feeble and taine. That his book, notwith
standing its short-comings, will be read with j
some interest, we do not doubt; but we must j
express our regret, both for his sake and that of ‘
the public, that from fields of such unrivalled ;
fertility he has brought home so meagre a har
vest. * i
The Ballad or Chcrubcbco, and other Scraps in |
Verse. By a Charlestonian. Charleston: A. J. Burke*
A handsome brochure with the above titly
appears on our table, but she inscription upo.Tj
its title, “ Printed U • circulation,’’ *
aveat against criticism, which we
disregard wore wo never so savage in
inood. These poems are the recreations of our |
ex-Editorial friend, Hon. B. F. Porter, and
they exhibit, in a very pleasing manner, the
fertility and facilit) of his pen. We have not
room for extracts, but wi l venture to ask our
compositor to crowd in the auuexed very clever
jeu d'esprit:
ON SEEING TWO LADIES KISS EACH OTHER.
You may talk of your gems h.d m fathomless ocean,
Os (lowers whose sweetness is wasted on air;
! None of these ever (illeil me w ith half the emotion,
1 As seeing that kiss at. the foot of the stair.
| Love never designed that on lips of the fair.
Where nature has lavished her riches so free,
A kiss should be lost. If you’ve any to spare,
For charity’s sake—divide them with me!
We second the protest of the poet, lor we
have always thought that for ladies to bestow j
their sweet kisses upon each other, as they so
often do, is a great waste of the raw material.
Fresh Gleanings, or a New Sheaf from the Old
Fields of Continental Europe. By Ik. Marvel. New
York : Charles Scribner. [ For sale in Charleston by VV.
R. Babcock, King street.
Anew edition of a very clever and popular
work—one which took the public favour by its
freshness and sprightliness of manner. “Ik
Marvel” is no longer an unknown nom de
plume, since“ The Lorgnette” has covered its
owner with the mantle of fame. Our readers
scarcely need be informed that he is none other
than Mr. D. K. Mitchell. The “New Preface”
of this volume is characteristic and pleasing.
The present edition is very handsomely exe
cuted.
Trenton Falls ; Picturesque and Descriptive. Edited
by N. P. Willis. New York: Geo. P. Puinam.
This is one of the most attractive and re
cherche little volumes ol the elegant press of
its publisher. It is worthy of Murray, whose
“handbooks” are world-known. It is ex
quisitely printed, and the vignettes profusely
profusely scattered over its pages arc beautiful
specimens of wood-eugraving. The text is’
graphic and racy, and to those who cannot see
Trenton for themselves, it will be a compensa
tion to read this pleasant book, while those who
go thither will find it indispensable.
Providence Unfolded. Bj Alexander Carson. New
York: Edward H. Fletcher.
The pointed, vigorous and earnest style of
Dr. Carson, has given a large popularity to his
works, and we are not su prised to see new and
handsome editions springing up. Os the Evan
gelical spirit of the author there can be no rea
sonable question, and the Christian reader will
! find in his writings much to instruct and stimu
| late his zeal. There are several treatises in
this volume, besides that upon Providence, as
unfolded iu the Book of Esther. It is iorsale
at Messrs. George Parks & Co’s.
i The Religious and Moral Improvement of Sea
men. An Historical Sketch of, with a History of the
Port Society of Charleston. By Rev. W. B. Yates.
This pamphlet contains a great deal of valu
ble historical information connected with the
Seamen’s Cause, and cannot fail to gratify every
friend of the sailor. We are particularly in
terested to find from it, that the honour of ori
ginating the Sailor's Home belongs to our city.
The indefatigable labours of .Mr. Chaplain
Yates, maintain the advance position of Charles
ton in this good work, and entitle him to the
gratitude of the community.
Kaltmidt’s Latin-English and Enolisii-Latin
Dictionaries. Philadelphia : Blanchard & Lea. [For
sale by John Russell.
These two elegant ami substantial volumes
supply a want long felt by Latin students, of
something at once comprehensive and yet
portable. The division of the lexicon inti
two seperate volumes, is quite a convenience.
The compiler is the celebrated Dr. Kaltschmidt,
of Germany, and the work has met the ap
proval of many distinguished teachers in Eu
rope. It has also been adopted by the Messrs.
Chambers as a portion of their Educational
Course. Thus endorsed, it can scarcely fail of
a welcome reception by American teachers.
An Address, delivered before he Graduating Claw of
the Medical College of Georgia. Match. 1831. By C.
T. Uuintard, M. D.
Dr. Quintard has sketched with a master
hand the character of the irue physician, and
thrown around his picture ail the light*
honour and beautify his benevolent and merci
ful profession. We can net but hope that the
young men to whom it wa- addressed will go
forth the better and the wiser for its pure ind
judicious examples and counsels.
Meg and Alice. The Girlhood of Shakspeare’s He
roines. By Mary Cowden Clarke. Tale V. 3ew
York: G. P. Putnain. [For sal* by John Russell.
This very graceful and interesting series of
Tales deserves a large meed of public approba
tion. The author executes her delicate tt-sk
with a degree of taste and skill worthy of her
already high reputation a* a devotee of tto
Avon bard. Meg and Alice, “ the Merry
Wives of Windsor,” are the sprightly heroine*
of the present volume of aer series, which is
now one-third done.
The Harmony of Prophecy; cr Scrip to re Illustrate
of the Apocalypse. By the Rev. Alexander Keith,D.
D. New York: Harper & Brother*.
he “ Harmony of Prophecy” is an invalu
able companion to its author's “ Evidence Os
Prophecy,” so well known to the theological
reader. Dr. Keith has perlormed a most ac
ceptable labour, in a thoroughly evangelical
spirit, and we know of no hooks that can well
supply the place of the two treatises wo have
named together.
The Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution
By B. J. Louiug. New Yori;: Harper At Brother*.
Part* XIV and XV.
Mr. Lossing is acquiring for himself a moil
enviable reputation, by tht handsome manned
in which he conducts both the artistic and tof
pographical departments of this interesting
work—one of the most beautiful productions of
the American press.
Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the
Universe. By Alexander Y’on Humboldt. Translated
from the German by E. C. Otte. Vol. HI. London:
H. G. Bohn. New York: Bangs, Brother & Cos. [John
Rowell, Charleston.
We have so frequently expressed our opin
ion of Humboldt’s works, and of his great
“ Cosmos ” in particular, that it is quite unne
cessary for us to say more of this volume thau
that it completes the latter work, comprising
“ Special Results in the Domain cf Cosmical
Phenomena.” The ocean of Space and its
vast stellar worlds are the fields of our author’s
observation, where ihe imaginative reader may
speedily lose himself “ on Thought’s sublimest
wing.”
Shakspkare’s Poetical Works. Boston: Phillips
& Sampson. [Charles’ou: Courtenay & Wienges.
* We have repeatedly commended the Boston
edition of Shakspeare’s Dramatic Works. The
number before us is the fir.-t of three parts in
which the poems of that great author will he
collected, in u style corresponding with the
Plays. They will make au elegant volume
rfaitd greatly enhance the value of the complete
series.
: Littell’a Living Age. Boston: E. Littell&Co.
It is a good proof of the merit of this work
: that its vitality seems to increase under the
(pressure of the strong rivalry which has sprung j
up around it No. 371 (of this instant) is the
last of a volume, which has been particularly
I rich in its selections. May Littell’a shadow |
-never grow less.
London Labour and London Poor. New York :
, Harper & Brother*. Part VII.
j The interest of this serial increases. The j
) present number continues the account of Street j
Literature and Art, perhaps the most curious i
features of the small trading of the modern j
Babylon.
UjTWehave received, and shall notice as
soon as possible, the following new hooks:— ;
Lord Campbell’s Lives of the Chief Justices;
HitchcockV'Geologyand Religion;” Eastbury, :
by Mrs. Drury; Caleb Field, a Tale of the!
Puritans ; Not so bad as we rfeem, by Sir K. ,
L. Buiwer; Yeast, a Problem, by the Author
of Alton Locke, and some others.
i'riusfiajirriifliii.
Southern Republic. —Under this title we
welcome anew and handsome weekly paper j
published at Camden, S. C. It i:s edited by
our triend, C. A. Price, Esq., and published by I
him at $2 a year. We heartily wish him
success.
The Augusta Constitutionalist —This pa
per has donned anew and very handsome suit
of the best material. We are glad to see it
can afford to dress so well.
The Southern Herald, of Athens, Ga., has
changed its proprietor and editor—Mr. J. F. !
Christy, instead of T. M. Lampkin, now being
in charge of it.
Le Moniteur del ’ Ouett. —We take pleasure
in placing upon our exchange list this lively
and judiciously conducted Franco-American 1
Journal. It is published weekly, at St. Louis,
Missouri.
%miitifs.
James A. Nesbit has been appointed ;
Postmaster at Macon.
Fights in a grog-shop are now called
spiritual knockings.
When does a man look like a cannon
ball ? When he looks round !
You can gofiom New York to Cleave- j
land, Ohio, in one day and three-quarters.
Notlazoinahnitztespixcatzin is,says Ham- !
boldt, the title of respect given to the priests of
Mexico.
A grain of carmine or blue vitriol, will
tinge a gallon of water, so that in every drop
the colour may bo perceived.
—*—An Artesian Well has been made at
Cahaba, Ala., 350 feet deep, which discharges
eight gallons of water per minute.
Some rich dresses of Eastern costume
were worn by natives of the East attending the
levee of Queen Victoria on the 28th ult.
A deaf and dumb man in Connecticut,
who married a deaf and dumb woman, has had
five children, all of whom hear and speak.
Country cousins are a good deal like
fits of the gout—the oftener they visit you the
longer they stay. To get rid of either you
must resoit to thin diet.
The New York Merchant's Day Book
does not believe in the water cure. It says
Webb, of the Courier, has been lying in damp
sheets for twenty years, and is worse now than
ever.
A letter from Hamburgh, dated May
20, announces the departure, for the United
States, of thirty families from Mecklenburgh,
whose intention is to lay down the foundation
of a socialist phalanstery in lowa.
The M&nnons have made their way
into Italy, and number a great many converts
among the Piedmontese. They call them
selves the Waldensian church. Elder Snow
was the person who propagated the new faith
in the ancient home of the Waldenses.
sailed from Sheerness on his dangerous expedi
tion, and the chances of his safety at the pre
sent time are slight indeed. Still his hopeful
wife, hoping against hope, is active in her
efforts to promote attempts for his discovery.
(California.
San Francisco, May 12. —San Francisco
in Ashes. —The world will be astonished at
the intelligence which this conveys. San Fran
cisco is again in ruins! Stockton lays a pile
of smouldering ashes! Property to the amount
of Ten or Fifteen Million Dollars have been
destroyed here, and between One and Two
Millions in Stockton. Every printing office
in San Francisco, except the Alta California,
was burned. The Pacific News, Herald, Bal
ance, Standard, Picayune, Courier and Sun,
all lost nearly their entire offices The Herald
and the News have alone been revived.
The fire commenced about 10 o’clock ou the
night of the 3d, Saturday, and swept like a
whirlwind over the city, defying every effort to
stay its progress. Block alter block was en
veloped in flames. Substantial brick buildings,
from one to five stones high, supposed to be
fire proof, could not resist the terrific heat sur
rounding them, and the walls now stand as
foot-prints on the path of the destroyer. Our
beautiful planked streets, for squares and
squares, still smoke in the general rum.
The amount of goods destroyed is immense.
Hundreds ol thousands of dollars worth were
removed from the wood tenements to the brick
buildings, and were burned there. Clothing to
the amount of .-everal thousand dollars was
destroyed. Liquors, oil, butter, lard, lumber,
and most kinds of provisions, have advanced.
Os lumber, however, there is an abundance,
though holders braced up considerably.
San Francisco, May 15 —Shock of an
Earthquake. —About half-past 8 o’clock this
morning, our city was startled by the shock ot
an earthquake! Men issued from “the shaking
houses into the streets in consternation.
Hundreds were without meat and money,
almost without clothes. The boarders at Jones’
hotel and the Oriental were at breakfast, and
so violent was the shock, that they rushed from
the table into the street, overturning everything
in their way.
The wharves trembled like aspen leaves, and
the frame buildings adjoining vibrated some
eight or ten inches. The brick buildings were
so violently shaken a9 to induce the belief that
they would fall to the ground
The shock lasted but one instant, but that
was long enough to cause the most exciting
Marriage Ceremony in Alabama, Mississippi, Florida and Ceosgia, three hnndreo , ears as „
THE HISTORY OF ALABAMA,
AND INCIDENTALLY OF GEORGIA AND MISSISSIPPI, FROM Tllß
EARLIEST PERIOD;
BY ALBERT JAMES PICKETT, OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA.
| In Iwo vols., 12 mo.—Now in the Press of Walker <t James, 101 East Bay , Char
lesion , S. C. — To be out in a few weeks.
This interesting Work will give an account of the Invasion of Florida, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi
t> Oe Soto. in • :{), 1549 and 1541 —0f the Aborigines of these States for three hundred and eleven years back
; describing their appearand, :anuu, amusements, wars,and religious ceremonies—or th
! Ancient Mounds and Fortifications in those States, the mail ner in which they were constrncieu, ium m. wiint r u r
j poses —Os the Modern Indians of those Slates, the Creeks’ Chickasaws, Choctaws, Alabama.-, lichees, Cherokees
! and other tribes, describing also their manners and customs, and when each of those tribes migrated to those
I Slates, and from whence they came —Os the discovery and settlement of Alabama and Mississippi by the French,
| and their occupation until 1763, a period of 03 years—Of the occupation of Alabama and Mississippi by the”
British for 18 years—Of the Colonization of Georgia by the English—Of the occupation of Alabama and Missis
; sippi by the Spaniards for thirty years, and of the occupation of these States by the Americans from 18(H) uuti
; 1323. One whole chapter is taken up with an interesting account of the *• Arrest of Aaron. Burr in Alabama in
j 1807.” All the exciting controversies between Georgia, the Federal Government, Spain and the Creek Indians
: are introduced at length. The w ork reviews all the Creek wars from 1777 to 1814. It will be illustrated b the
j best Engravings, none of which are imaginary pictures, but till drawn from life. The curious custom* and
commerce Introduced by the French and English, and early American traders, their modesof travelling through
1 the wilds, Ac., w ill also be described.
Walkur tfc James, 101 East Bay, and John Russell, King-street, will attend to all orders (or
| the work. 4 April 12
MOULTRIE HOUSE, SULLIVAN'S ISLAND.
fllH IS delightful Establishment i* now ready tor the reception of visitors. Possessing in climate and locati on
■ (directly fronting the ocean,) all the advantage- of the most celebrated Watering places of the North, it
1 l>as the additional out- of furnishing to the Southern people aM( >ST AG RE EA BLE RESORT HUM E. The
; Ustahli-hment is in thr > u gn order, and no pains or expense will he spared to render it equal, in every res pact, to
I any similar one in this country
The com fort of Ladies and Families will be particularly cared for, and all such amusements provided as will
1 contri<>ute to their pleasure and their health. In addition to the opportunity for Surf-Bathing, a complete suite ol
: Plunge and Shower Baths have been erected. Every delicacy that the season and climate can afford will be sup
plied, aid it willheoilv necessary, on this subject, to say that the Culinary Department will be under the charge of
j John Lee, so long and favourably known as a Caterer in our community.
An extensive Livery Stable has been established on the premises by Mr. B. Carroll, who will afford every facility
! for enjoying rides and drives on the extensive and beautiful Beach. A tin. Band will be in attendance to furnish
; Music for Evening and Dancing Parties. With such advantages, and a determination to leave nothing undone on
i li is part to ensure comfort and pleasure to his visitors, the proprietor hopes for the patronage of those who are desirous
of euioving, m our own Southern land, all the benefits which can be afforded by a journey to the North.
May 3 JAMES PAINE, Proprietor.
alarm. The effect seemed to be from south
east to north-west, and wa3 sensibly felt for a
distance of two or three miles.
San Francisco seems indeed to be a doomed
city! What with fires and earthquakes, she
may find it a difficult matter to make head- j
way, even with her natural advantages and the ,
energy of her citizens.
Conflagration in Stockton. —Fast on the
foot-teps of the fire in San Francisco, is re
corded another in Stockton, which consumed
more than half that city. It appears from the
Extra Stockton Journal , that the fire is sup
posed to have been the work of an inceudiary.
SINGLE M MURKS.
Single Numbers of the Gazette may always be obtained
at the Book Store of Courtenay & Wienges, under tlie
office of the Gazette WALKLR A RICHARDS.
Jan. 4,185’
THE GERMAN LANGUAGE.
A GERMAN PROFESSOR will be happy to give
lessons in his native language. Apply at Mr. Rappel*
matin’s German Book Store, 119 Meeting-street, or at the
Moultrie House, Sul ivau’s Island. June 28
AGENT* WANTED,
TO canvass, for the Gazette and Schoolfellow , the Stale
ot South and North Carolina,Georgia and Alabama.
Young men of good character and address can make
from SSOO to SIOOO per annum at the business. Apply
e-.lherpersoually or by letter, to
WALKER & RICHARDS.
References as tocharacter will be required.
TO THE LADIES OF CHARLESTON.
NOVEL AN I) CURIOUS INVENTION,
FOWLER’S A B C method of DRESS CUTTING,
the knowledge of which enables a Lady to make a per
fect fit for herself and friend, and can be acquired in a
few hours application.
Ladies wishing to become acquaiated with this simple
and accurate method, will please apply to Mrs. Egan, at
No. 209 King-street, next door to Dr. Cleveland’s Drug
Store, where terms can be ascertained, and satisfaction
given or no pay required. A child of twelve years of
age may be taught and made competent, so simple is the
! process. Ladies not wishing to learn can have a perfect
j fit cat in ten minutes. 3 May 31
PROPOSALS
For publishing by subscription
A POEM.
By David L. Roath, of Augusta, Geo.,
In one volume of 164 pages, handsome binding, gilt
edges and backs. Subscription, One Dollar, payable on
delivery of the work. Lists at the Book stores of George
Oates and Courtenay & Wienges. 2m May 31
COURSE OF LECTURES ON THE CLAIMS
OF TEMPERANCE.
AT TEMPERANCE HALL.
PROGRAMME OF THE COURSE.
1. Introductory Address, by James Tupper, Esq,;
March 31.
2. To Mothers, bv Rev. Samuel Gilman, D.D.; April 7.
3. To Masters, by Rev. VV. H. Barnwell, April 14.
4. To Seamen, by Edwin Heriot, Esp.; April2l.
5. To Literary Men, by William C. Richards, Esq.;
April 28.
6. To Merchants, by Jas. 11. Taylor, Esq.;May 5.
7. To Mechanics, by B. C. Pressley, Esq.; May 12.
8. To Patriots, by Thus. Y. Simons, Jr., Esq.; May 19.
9. To Fathers, by Rev. W. Wightman, D. D.; May26.
10. To Young Men, by Rev. S. K. Cox : June 3.
11. To Christians, by Rev. J. R. Kendrick ; June 9.
12. To Legislators, by John G. Bowman, Esq.; JunelG.
13. To Physicians, by Dr. F. M. Robertson; June 23.
14. To Clergymen, by Rev. J. Bachman, D. D.; June3o.
15. To Lawyers, by Hon. John B. O’Neall; July 7.
Each Lecture will be specially prepared for publication,
as well as for oral delivery.
Aprils DONALD MACKINTOSH, Secretary.
Mkßßßs. Editors : You are authorized to renounce
J. D. YATES, Esq., as a candi&tts’ for Sheritt of
Charleston District, at the approaching election in July
next. March 8
Messrs. Editors : P “ease announce Mr. W. PINCK
NEY SHINGLER as a candidate for Sheriff, Charleston
District, and much oblige MANY FRIENDS.
March 8
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Executive Department.
To all and singular the Managers of the General Elec
tions for the several Districts for the State of South
Carolina. „ „ ,
11THEREAS the Legislature of South Carolina, at
H its last session, did pass an Act to provide for the
election of members of a SouthernC iftffwsi and whereas
said Act requires the Executive Authority to issue writs
of election to the Managers of Elections : I do hereby re
quire you, and each of you, after giving legal notice, and
being duly qualified, to proceed to hold an Election on
the second Monday’ of October next, and the day follow
ing, for TWO DEPUTIES to represent your respective
Congressional Districts; and. after hav.ng determined on
persons dulo elected, you will certify the same, according
to law, to the Governor lor the time being.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State, .at to ura
bia, this, the tir*t day of June, in the year of our .ord
One Thousand Eight Hundred and Filly-One.
J. H MEANS.
Governor and Commander -in-Chief.
W. K. Arthur, Deputy Secretary ol State.
t-T All papers in the State are requested to copy.
June 28
TO PRINTERS.
NEW YORK TYPE FOUNDRY.
61 ann-btreet, sear william.
HE subscribers having purchased the Type Foundry
JL of Mr. George B. Lot ham, (established in 1823,)
are prepared to furnish to Printers and Stereotypers his
well-known and superior Music, Greek. Hebrew and
other Printing Types: also Presses. Cliases, Composing
Stick*. Brass Rules, Stands, Galleys, F urniture, C a*e.
Quoin*. Parchments and Ink. METAL and WOOD
TYP ES from all the different foundries, and every am
cle required in a printing office, at the lowest prices, for
c " h or *‘ > P rov “ l P* P ’c O RTELYOU & GIFKING.
P C CORTELYOU, of the late firm of Geo. Bruce
& Cos.. respectfully solicits the patronage of his friend*,
at his present establishment. Old Type received at nine
cent, per pound, in ehgf!&
Jane 7 WILLIAM H. GIFFING.
CHARLESTON PRICES Cl RRENT.
CORRECTED WEEKLY FOR THE GAZETTE.
articles. Pricks.
Bagoinq— Kentucky Vyard |} (Si H‘ a
Dundee “.. 11 (Si M
Gunny “.. 14 @ 14>*
Bacon—Hams (plfc @ H
Hides 16 @ lU> 4
Shoulders “. ® (Si £ ! 4
Balk Rock . b>£@ *
BKKF—Mess qpbhl. <*)
Prime “... oo 00U
Bread—Navy “.. 6 @ 0
Pilot “.. 4'41Si 4>*
Butter—Best aril*. - b @ 21
Country 60 @ 01
Beeswax— **. |7 @ 18
Candles—Tallow 14 @ 15
Sperm **. 38 @ 40
Cheese—Northern “. 9 (si 10
CoKKEK Rio i H (Si 11 &
Cuba “. 10i(Si 11
Copperas 2 @ 3
Cotton—Upland—lnf. to Ord “. 00 @ 8
Mid. to good mid 8*. 4 @ 9
Middling fair •*. 9) 4 @ 9 J h
Fair 9> 4 @ lo
Choice ® 00
Fish—Mackerel, No. i tpbbi 00 00 (®6O 60
No. 3 •* 60 @OO 00
No. 3 *?SO @ : 00
Flour—Baltimore .**. *> 00 @ 5 12
Western 000 @0 00
Belmont @ 0 00
Feathers %>*||, oo @ 00
Grain—Corn (Md) ambush 65 @ 09
Oats 48 @ 50
Peas 04 @ 05
Gunpowder s>>keg 5 . oo @ 000
Glass, 10x 12 Am. 100 feet vbox 600 @0 00
9xlo ‘ . :. 3B @ 300
Hay—Northern isJ*loo lb* w 9O @ 0 93
Iron—Swedes %% 4 @ 4‘ a
Hoop | 5 @ 00
Sheet 6 @ 0
Nail Rods 5> a @ 0
Lard **fh . 9, l a @ lo 1 *
Lead—Pig VloOlbs b 6O @0 00
Bar ** 650 @0 00
Sheet 5 25 @ 000
Lime fphbl 695 @ I 10
Molasses— N. O 35 @ 36
W.l 21 @ 22
NAiLB,4d to2o 3 7 @ 4
Oil—best Sperm %?£al 1 12 @ 1 25
OSNAUUROS tpyd 12 @ 13
Rice—Rough, Southern wloOll* „75 @ 83
Fair 300 @ 3 31
Choice 325 @0 00
Rosin apbbl 100 @2ou
Spirits—Gin (Am.) Vgal 32 @ 33
Ruin (bbls.) •*. 00 @ 00
Whiskey, Northern “. 23 @ 24
N. O 23 @ 24
Sugars—Muscovado qp>!b 5* 4 @ 6
Porto Rico 0 @ 00
Havana “. Bl a @ 8. 4
Loaf and Lump “. 00 @ 00
Salt—Coarse Liv tpHinsli 70 @ 57
„ Fin® “ psatk 111};® 11
Soap—Yellow 4 @ 8
g“OT “■ 6 @ 0
rußpENTiNE— Virgin qpbbl 1 90 @ 5 25
Spirits Vgal 35 @ 40
TIB TRAVELLER’S g! IDE.
ROUTES FROM CHARLESTON.
From Charleston to New- York. Leaving daily at 3> a
o’clock p. m. By Steamer to Wilmington 180 miles.—By
Railroad to Weldon 162 miles.—To Petersburg 63.—T0
Richmond 22.—T0 Acquia Creek 70. —By Steamer to
Washington 55.—8 y Railroad to Baltimore4o.—To Phil
adelphia92.—To New-York 87. Total distance 771 miles.
Time 60 hours. Fare S2O.
From Charleston to New-Orleans. Leaving daily at
10o’clock a. M. By S.C. Railroad to Augusta 136 miles.
—By Georgia Railroad to Atlanta 171.—8 y Macon and
Western Railroad to Griffin 42. By Stage to Opelaka
95.—8 y Railroad to Montgomery 65.—8 y Steamer to
Mobile33l.—To New-Orleans 166. Total distance 1,006
miles. Fare $39.50.
From Charleston to New-Orleans, via. Savannah .daily
at 9a. m. By Steamer to Savannah 140 miles.—By Cen
tral Railroad to Macon 190.—8 y Macon and Western Rail
road to Barnesville 49.—8 y Stage to Opelaka 100.—By
Railroad to Montgomery 65.—8 y Steamer to Mobile 331.
To New-Orleans‘l66. Total distance 1,032 miles. Time
77 hours. Fars $39.50.
MISCELLANEOUS TABLE.
Distances. Fare. Time.
To Athens, Ga., 251 m. $7,96 20 h.
“ Chattanooga, Tenn., 445 13,12 31
“ Columbia. S. C., 130 4.00 8
“ Camden, S. C., 142 4.00 9
“ Hamburg, S. C., 136 4.00 8
“ Memphis, Tenn., 740 23.00
Passengers for either of the above places leave Charles
ton, daily, by S. C. Railroad, at 10o’clock a. m.
TO TEACHERS AND TRUSTEES.
The subscriber offers for sale a very superior
FOUR INCH CONDENSER MAGIC LANTERN,
with Rack-work adjustment and Solar Burner. He will
sell it alone orin connection with the most complete as.
snrtment of
ASTRONOMICAL SLIDERS
ever imported into this region, comprising
SIXTY FIXED AND TEN ROTARY DIORAMAS.
The Lantern is perfectly new and warranted to be unsur
passed by any in the South. The whole[orpart] will be
sold at a great bargain if early application is made.
Address, post paid, W. C. RICHARDS.
Charleston, May 31.
SO. CA. STAINED- GLASS W ORKS AND
TR ANSP AREN'T WIN DOW SHADE FACTORY.
8. SAMSON begs to inform the citizens of the
Southern States generally, that, at considerable cost and
labour, he has established the first ** Southern Fac
tory” in the above line, and feels continent, with the
alent he can command, the energy and perseverance he
will use. the punctually he will observe, that he will
be entitled to public patronage. S. SAMSON,
186 King-street, Charleston, S. C.
PAINTING and DECORATING iii the rm.st superb
style* of ancient and modern schools.
N.B.—SKETCHES furnished for Public Buildings.
April 2b ly
.1. <; WILLI*,
BOOTS,SHftES. THUjVKS , CARPETBAG S,4-e.
King-street, corner of Horlbeck’s Alley.
DUNN At DI R YEA.
FASHIONABLE CLOTHING EMPORIUM.
238 KINM-STREET, IN THE BEND.
Always in store, a large assortment of Clothing and
Furnishing Article*, wholesale and retail, whivh they
warrant to give satisfaction.
tjf A call is respectfully solicited.
JjijjDiutiiirnts.
Travelling Agents for the Gazette.—
ilev. William Richards, Mr. Robert E.Seylc,
Vlr. Matthew J. Wroton, J. J. Rickards, S. P
Richards.
Mr. E. W. Jones has been appointed Agent
at Savannah, and we commend him to our
riends there and on the sea-board ol’ Georgia
generally.
Mr. Thomas P. Walker of Columbia, S.
C., is our duly authorized agent for our publi
cations in Richland District. He h s also a
commission as travelling agent, and
Iwe commend him cordially to our friends
wherever he nay come.
O” All Postmasters are authorized to act as
Agents for the Gazette, and the same commit
sion will be allowed to them as* to other L>
Agents
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Entrance. on Broad-street.
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PROSPECTUS FUR 1851,
OF THE
SOUT’tEIUt UTKIiAUV GAZETTE,
The only Weekly Journal of its class now pubWHtu
South of the Potomac, and pronounced by its contempo
raries, both North and South,
THE HANDSOMEST FIRE SIDE NEWSPAPER IN AMERICA
Published every Saturday, in Charleston, S. C., by
WALKER & RICHARDS,
At 7\co Dollars a Year, in adranee.
The Gazette is now permanently established, aud its
steadily advancing reputation and popularity, afioid evi
dence that such a Journal is both needed and appreciated
by the Southern people. It is a paper of the larger class,
containing weekly tour columns more matte the
Home Journal of New York, and printed from beautiful
type, on paper of the finest quality. It is conducte b
Mr. William C. Richards, who is aided by Mr. I>. H
Jacques, a gentleman of high attainments and cultival
ed tastes.
Many of the best writers of the entire South are regu
lar contributors to its columns, and it has a well regulated
corps of
HOME AND FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS,
through whom all intelligence of interest, in every de
partment of
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pendent in criticism, and in the discussion of every legiti
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CURRENT,
The publishers deem it unnecessary to extend this Pros,
pectus, further than to pledge themselves that the Ga
zette shall not be second in
ELEGANCE, INTEREST. OR EXTENT OF IN.
FORMATION.
10 any weekly family newspaper in the known world.
They invoke the patronage and support of all those who
desire to see the intellectual resources of the South de
veloped, and who feel a just pride in every token of her
progress. Moving show 11 that a Southern family news
pauer may be
“ AS CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST, AND AS GOOD AS
THE BEST,”
they are willing to confide their enterprise 10 the patriot
ism and generosity of their lellow-citizens ot tue Southern
States.
TERMS TO CLUBS*.
It will be furnished to persons becoming responsible for
the whole number of copies, and liavit sent to one
address, on the following terms:
Three copies, $5
Five copies, 8
Ten copies, 15
t'if All orders must he accompanied with the money
and adtlressed, yost-puid, to
WALKER & RICHARDS.
* Charleston, S. C.
N. B.—Editors w*ho will copy, or notice fully,this Pros
pectus, shall receive the Gazette regularly, and also a
beautiful Juvenile Magazine, entitled “The Schoolfel
low.”
NEW VOLUME FOR
THE HLST A\D CHEAPEST JI YEMLE
MAGAZINE IN THE UNITED & FATES.
On the Ist of January, 1851, will be published at
Charleston, S. C., the first number of the Third An.
nual Volume of
THE SCHOOLFELLOW,
which has been pronounced by some of the ablest presses
and best judges, “The best and cheapest Juvenile Mag.
azine in the United States.” The success of this beauti
ful little work during two years has been so flattering
that the Publishers have resolved to continue it and make
it permanent, and they therefore call upon parents, teach •
ers, and all interested in the rising generation to aid them
in their efforts to make the Schoolfellow all that its mos
flattering judges have pronounced it.
It will be published in the name form as heretofore and
under the same editorial care; and will contain chiefly ori.
ginalarticles from the pens of Mrs. Caroline Gilman, Mr*.
Joseph C. Neal, Mrs, VV. C. Richards, Mrs. C. W. Du
Bose, MissTuthill, Caroline Howard, MissC. W. Ber
ber, Clara Morcton,Maria Roseau, Jennie Elder. “Grand,
mama Hoary Head,” ‘‘Mary E.” ** E. B. C.’* the
Editor, and many other well known writers.
ITS PICTORIAL EMBELLISHMENTS
will be more numerous and beautiful than before ; it will
be printed upon finer paper, and no pain® will be spared to
make it a most charming companion tor all good girls and
bops. It will be published on the first of each month,
and will make a volume of about 400 pages and 100 en
gravings,
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 S2O !!
THE FIRST AND SECOND VOLUMES,
beautifully bound in gilt muslin, will be furn bed in con
nection with the third Year for Three Dollars. To
clubs, they will be supplied at One Dollar 1 .r ich vol
ume.
All order* must be accompanied witht .neash —
if by mail, post-paid.
C3F” 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 snitablo
notice, shall receive a copy of the work without an ex
change. They will pleas send marked copies ot _bei
papers containing it to the ‘ Gazette.”
GENERAL AGENCY
IN LITERATURE, ART and SCIENCE
AT THE
Office of the Southern Literary Gazette.
Corner of Broad-at. and East-Bay, (upstairs.)
Charleston, 8. 8.
The Undersigned, Editor of the ‘‘Southern Lite
rary Gazette,” begs leave to inform the public that
be has opened a General Agency for the transaction o I
any business connected with Literature, Bcience and
Art. He will correspond with authors concerning the
publication of book* and pamphlets upon their own ac
count, or otherwise ; execute any commission for gentle
men forming libraries ; forward subscriptions for any peri
odical work, American or European; receive and execute
promptly commissions for any work of Art; supply acco?
rate estimates of the cost of Philosophical Instruments,
orderthem at his own risk and guarantee their efficiency
-All communications pi ust he addressed, prepaid, to
WM. C. RICHARDS.
tZt?~ No charge will he made for any service required
by his brethren of the press, who will oblige him by pub
lishing this notice.
BENJAMIN l\ PORTER,
(LATE OF TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA,)
Has opened an office in this city, and respectfully offers he
services to the public as an j! TTOREfE. Y and C O CJV
SELLOR AT LAW and SOLICITOR UVCHA EC
CEH Y. llis extensive acquaintance with the populatio
of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Georgia, and
wuh the local laws of those States, will enable him not
only to impart important information to merchants, but to
n trod nee customers.
He will take claims on persons in those States and for
ward them to responsible agents,tor whose fidelity he wil
answer.
Office on Boad-street, in the holding occupied by
Messrs. V eadon & Macbeth.
Cahrlecton, May 4, 1860.
CABINET PORTRAIT*.
Mr. EGAN, Artist, begs most respectfully to inform th
Ladies and Gentlemen of the City of Charleston an
vicinity, that he proposesremaininiug a short time in pur
suit of the above-mentioned branch of the Art, togetbe
with a view of hem--fitting his health; and in aduition
would say that as he has l*een successful, hitherto, in his
professional career, he confidently hopes to give satis!
lion to those who may honour him with their paironag
Studio above the store of Mr. Eppmg Chemist, No.
King-street.
N. B. Life size PORTRAITS Painted if required.
Nov. 23
AND BLANK 800 KRof* vw y
description, ot th* I***t kinds.
JOSEPH WALKER. 10 ail Bay.