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10 0t)l’ 6o)tehi)f)ol , {|He|. De Bow's Review, January, 1852. [Charles ton : 13. F. Do Bow.] r J’ho New-Year’s aspect of this important work is full of promise. Its reputation is now fully established, and its success ought not to be doubtful. The Mississippi River is the fruitful theme of the first and second articles in this number, which are followed by the Sta tistical Collections of Louisiana—the Virginia Commercial Convention—the Industrial Regen eration of the South, and other articles. The last named paper, is from the pen of the Hon. Chief Justice Lumpkin, of Georgia, and opens a bright prospective for the South on the great arena of productive industry Very copious records fill the different statistical and editorial departments of the work. This Review is an honour to the South. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, January, 1852. [From John Russell.] This is decidedly the best number of this popular work yet issued. It opens with a memoir of Benjamin Franklin, by Jacob Abbott, illustrated with forty-Jive beautiful wood cuts, from drawings by Chapman. The second paper, is a continuation of John Abbott’s admirable life of Napoleon, illustrated by seven engravings, from designs by Dopier. The other articles are numerous, and varied in character, from “grave to gay.” “My Novel” is continued, and, also, “Maurice Tiernaythe conclusion of the latter is promised in the next number. The feast at the Editor’s Table is substantial and appetizing, the gossip front his “Easy Chair” spicy and agreeable, and the contents of his “Drawer” in the very cleverest vein. Following these is a capital humourous sketch, entitled “Mr. Potts’ New-Year’s Adventures,” with nine illus trations, worthy of Cruikshanks :—“A Leaf from Punch,” with four illustrations, and the Winter Fashions with three, complete the surprising in dex of this number. $3 per annum. The International Magazine, January, 1852. [Supplied by Courtenay & Wienges.] Like its great rival just noticed, the New Year’s number of this work is full of attractions and excellencies. We should be sorry to have to declare which of the two works is more deserving of public favour. They are both marks of the age—both admirable, both worthy of all praise. The chief points of the January International arc a sketch of Kossuth, with life like portraits of hmself and family ; a paper on the Ancient Mon uments of Greece, with thirteen fine illustrations ; a memoir and portrait of Stoddard, the young poet; beautifully illustrated articles on the Amer ican Caves, American War Engines, Colonial Churches in Virginia, and the Winter Fashions. Beside these, there is an original story by Street, and Ariadne, a poem by Ellsworth. The eclectic matter is choice and copious, and the editorial la bours display the usual unwearied diligence, schol arship, and taste of Dr. Griswold. We cordially commend the work to those who would secure the greatest amount of choice reading for the smallest amount of money. Annual subscription, $3 ; sin gle number, 25 cents. SOUTHERN LITERARY GAZETTE. £bei)te it) i\)e 015 JUoHd. Revolution in France.— Louis Napoleon, by a sue : cessful coup d'etat, lias entirely revolutionized France. On the 2nd ultimo, he dissolved the Assembly, decreed universal | suffrage, convoked the people in their Elective Colleges from j the 14th to the 21st December, declared a state of siege in the I entire first military division, and dissolved the Council of State. In his appeal to the people, he proposed, as the basisof anew system, the election of a Chief for ten years, and other features similar to those of Napoleon nearly fifty years ago. | Following these announcements was Ihe military occupation ’ of the Salle de Carton, the arrest of the members of the As l sembly, their imprisonment at Vincennes, and the suspension I of numerousjournals. On the23d, there was some fighting in I the city, hut the barricades were quickly carried bythemili ; tary. The working classes of Paris were hostile to the new ; measures, and on Thursday, the 4th December, there were many insurrectionary movements. Numerous barricades were i erected on the Boulevards, and the loss of life among the in surgents was very considerable. Many were tried by Court j Martial, condemned, and immediately shot. On Friday, the j city was occupied by 120,000 troops, and their numbers and ! prompt, action quelled the insurrection, so that on Saturday ! the city was perfectly quiet and remained so at the latest dates, ! business and amusements progressing as usual. Many towns i had sent in their adhesion to Louis Napoleon, and there seemed no doubt of the complete success of his bold and startling movement Thus has Paris, and France, experienced another sudden and extraordinary turn of the Wheel of Fortune, and Louis Napoleon is nearer the consummation of his wishes and plans. He is now probably the Dictator of France! Death of Marshal Soult. —This illustrious General, the last of Napoleon’s famous staff, died at St. Armand on the 26th of November, in the 82d year of his age. European Necrology.— Besides the death of Marshal Soult, already noticed, we have to record that of Dr. Pness nitz, the celebrated water-doctor of Grafenberg ; of Rev. J. Hobart Caunter, an English author of repute ; of M. de St. Priet,once a Peer of Fiance, and an able historian; of Dr. Paul Erman, a famous Savant of Prussia ; of the Chevalier Lavy, an Italian numismatist of great fame; and of Profes sor Humbert of the Geneva Academy. Irish Emigration.— The Irish Exodus is regarded with alarm by the British Ministry, and measures are being con certed to hold it in check. Religious Toleration in Piedmont.—' The year 1851 is remarkable for the establishment of religious liberty in Piedmont. The once persecuted Waldensians now enjoy ab solute freedom of conscience. Deep Snow in Germany.— ln the month of November, snow fell in various parts of Germany to an almost unparal leled depth, and some of the drifts in the deep cuts of the Si lesian Railway were fifty feet high. Scientific. *** A composition has been made by a New York Chemist , named Friend, which he calls Ligneous Marble, because when spread upon wood it imparts to it the appearance of marble, is equally hard, susceptible of polish, and of colouring or veining to represent cornelean, jasper, lapis lazuli and other stones. The practical value of such a composition in building and in the manufacture of furniture, can hardly be estimated, An interesting fact is mentioned in connection with Mr. Friend’s process—that nearly all his workmen are Hungarian exiles. The composition laks now only one thing to be in universal demand,and that is to be called Kossuth Marble. ***The difficult process of batching a turtle’s egg by artificial means, has been accomplished byM.Vallee, in the Jardin des Plantes at Paris. The process was effected in just five months. This is the first successful experiment of the kind on record. ***That perpetual motion is a perpetual notion, is evident from the constant claims which appear in various parts of the world for its discovery. The last assumption of any pretension is that of a French Engineer of Bordeaux, who hasexhibited there a model machine, put in and maintained in motion by a force found in a mass of water at rest and em braced within a given compass, capable of replacing all other motive powers. The theory of it is about as correct as this statement of it is lucid. *** Among the ruins of Nineveh, there has been discovered, it is said, a perfect bas relief repre senting a number of balloons. Alas! for the claims of mo dern discovery to novelty! ***A foreign savant (of Lodi) has been amusing himself, and the public, by making artifi cial mountains and volcanoes. He melts together certain sub stances known only to himself, aud when the mixture cools it exhibits the upheaval and stratification of mountain ranges, with slight touches of volcanoes and earthquakes. Hence he reasons, that the inequalities of our globe are the result of a gradual consolidation of a melted mass—an hypothesis not so novel as his practical illustration of it. ***Youman’s Chart of Chemical Equivalents, recently published by Messrs. Ap pleton of New York, is a sine qua non to the teacher or de monstrator of the wonderful Science of Chemistry. We shall say more of it hereafter, ***The coast survey is pro gressing with vigour on the South Atlantic seaboard. £bci)fs It) 1l)c Keb ADot*ld. Library of Congress Destroyed by Fire.— The most disastrous national event of the past year, was the de struction by fire of the Congressional Library on the 24th ult The library room was in the west front of the Capitol and con tained the greater part or the 55,000 volumes embraced in the collection. It was destroyed with nearly all its contents, in cluding stationary, paintings, cabinets, and other valuable works. The “ international exchanges,” so highly valued, w’ere involved in the ruin, and much of the loss is probably ir reparable. By indefatigable exertions only, was the fire con fined to the library, and the halls of Congress saved from in jury. The weather was so cold that the water froze in the engines, and greatly retarded the operations of the firemen. Telegraph Suit Ended. —The differences between Morse and Bain of the great Telegraph lines, have been ad justed by compromise, Bain selling all his right to Morse for $83,000, payable in stock of the Morse company Smithsonian Institute. —The embellishing of the grounds of this Institution is carried on with spirit. In a few days the gas pipes will be laid from the city, and as soon as the Lecture Room can be lighted with gas, the winter Lec tures will be commenced by Dr. Kane. Professors Agassiz, Silliman, Felton, Rogers, and Doctors Hopkins and Dewey, will deliver other lectures of the course. Retirement of Henry Clay— This distinguished states man has resigned his seat in Congress. He is so ill that great apprehension of his speedy decease prevails. Great Fire at Gainesville.— The beautiful village of Gainesville, in Georgia, waslaid waste by fire on the 20th ult. The desolation is almost universal, and the consternation which prevailed indescribable. Vera Cruz Threatened.—A British squadron is hover, ing about Vera Cruz, with the declared purpose of enforcing the payment or satisfaction of the Mexican bonds held by Great Britain. DJwM ikiMs. ***The Italian Opera season has just closed in New York. Brilliant in effect, it has nevertheless been a pecuniary failure, a fact attributed to two causes—the want of capacity in the Opera House to accommodate large numbers at reasonable prices, and the extravagant salaries paid to the principal sing ers —salaries vastly exceeding, it is said, the usual rates in Italy. The next engagement of Maretzek’s troupe is at New Orleans, where all the members will concentrate. ***The Swedish nightingale will take her flight for Europe in a few days. Meanwhile the people of New York are permitted to enjoy her farewell notes. With her departure, the sweetest sound of melody in the New World will be hushed. tharine Hayes has commenced her Southward tour. She closed the past year by a series of very successful concerts in New York. We may hope in a few xveeks to have her amongst us. ***A gi and Complimentary Concert was given in Baltimore on the night of the3oth ult. to that favourite and accomplished vocalist, Madame Eliza Biscaccianti. It wa highly and deservedly successful. £siloHt)l ikebitie^. ***The British Solicitor General has declared that pew holders in English Churches have no right to exclude persons from seats vacant after the service has commenced. ***Two over-curious Americans were killed in the recent emeute in Paris. ***The cholera, which recently raged at’Mazatlan, disappeared suddenly. ***A mountain in Tennessee recently ‘caved in’with a tremendous noise. ***The Philadelphia and 1 Charleston steamships have been withdrawn from that route. ***The receipts of the American Tract Society in November were only $12,532, while the expenditures were nearly twice that sum. The friends of this noble cause should arouse themselves. ***The aggregate amount of the tonnage of ships built in New York during 1851 is 80,761 tons. ***The nett profits of the New York Press Dinner to Kossuth, amounting to $558, were generously’ added by Messrs. Cole man & Stetson, of the Astor, to the Kossuth fund. ***A drove of cattle crossed the Hudson River on the ice on the 20th ult. ***Seventy-three newspapers were suppressed by Louis Napoleon in the last revolution. ***There are 200,000 persons in New Y"ork who are not in the habit of attending church, and the average number of temples is only one to 2100 of the population. *** “ Order” [that is the order of the bayonet!) “ reigns in Paris.” [ Jan. 3,