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Department. .VM c. tUCHAHDS, E l.tor D. H. JACQUES. Associate Editor. £lmrlfstnn. ?. 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 nil Ml I'll lit A LITER AH 1 GAZETTE IS PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY WALKER k RICHARDS. OFFICE OVER COURTENAY AND WIENGES’BOOK STORK Entrance. on Broad-street. TERMS.— Two Dollars per annum, to bepaidstrictly advance. If payment is not made within the first si* months of a term of subscription, the price will be 7to OtUars and Fifty Cents — and if delayed until the end o the yea., Three Dollars. Advertisements w iU be published at the customary rates. Business y.'akps, (of tour lines and under.) wil be inserted one year lor Five Dollars, including asub script ion to the paper. A SOUTH Lit N HOME JOt KNAL. 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 ART,SCIENCE, LITERATURE AND INDUSTRY i faithfully and speedily obtained. The ftazrlfris inde pendent in criticism, and in the discussion of every legiti inat.o topic, but strictly NEUTRAL IN POLITICS AND RELIGION. It will contain well digested abstracts of FOREIGN ANDDOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE, together with REPORTS OF THE MARKET AND GENERAL PRICE 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.