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-jffl FOR THE PRESS. |f THE PHANTOM RABBIT. %s [CONTTNCKD FROM FIRST TAG E. ] 'V.*? RflfoW, they saw destruction staring »n in the face, but had not the arm ■Omnipotence to avert their late.— Kc the tempest-tost mariner, whose BpV bark is driven within the eddy- Kng waters of the mighty Maelstrom, Rhey saw that they were going down, Ipown, down, but could not ply the oar pvith the strength of even an infant’s I arm, to save themselves from impend* ing ruin. Such thoughts as these would run through the mind of Harry : “My passion for Inez lias seized upon ‘ mv very vitals, and it is now my life and my soul. Take that away, and ihy life is gone. The little bark which I launched upon the stream of life is about to be wheeled/ I know this; and, therefore, as long as I can keep it upon the bosom of the waters, I will even paddle it about amongst the flow ering little isles of my love for Inez, reckless of the gulf which is yawning beneath to receive me.” And Harry acted upon this princi ple. He was like a madman —moody, melancholy and absorbed in what did, indeed,’constitute his very life. His thoughts by day, and dreams by night, were of the object of his love. His passion for Inez had become a mania, and he was a monomanic. lie saw that certain destruction awaited him, but dreaded it not, and prepared to meet it. Somewhat akin to Harry’s feelings were those of Inez. She did not go to the extent, however, that he did. She never could think of letting young Johnson know that she loved him, nor, indeed, could she think of suffer- ing him to become an associate, or even an acquaintance. She knew her father too well, and feared him too much, for this. Sometimes, indeed, the enquiry would spring up in her mind as to the propriety of keeping such rigid distinction between castes, and the idea of an aristocracy based upon merit, rather than birth, blood, or wealth, would intrude itself upon ■ her when her thoughts were turned upon Harry. But the recollection of the anger and the scowl with which her sire would meet such ideas, soon drove her back into the accustomed channel of thought. She remembered that she was a De Burun, and a patri cian, and that the most holy religion of her father, and that which he taught her, was a supreme contempt, aye a bitter hatred, for everything plebian in its character. And yet she was ro se Ived to make one sacrifice for her love for Harry, for she now inwardly felt and acknowledged that she did love him. That was to indulge in looking upon his handsome face when ever she could have an opportunity to do so; and these opportunilies she re solved to make, as often as possible, by her accustomed promenades. And yet, all this time, the lovers, in passing, had never recognized each other. Inez feared her parent too much to do so, and Harry was too proud to make any advances, where he was doubtful whether they would be met with favor. Old De Burun began to notice a change in his daughter’s demeanor, when her passion for Harry had ren dered her taciturn and abstracted. But attributing this change to another .cause than the right one, he seemed to be gratified at it, rather than other wise. Before leaving Cuba, and while his daughter was quite a child, he had betrothed her to Don Al varez, a youth of noble family, and related to the mother of Inez. He had been expected at Kenilworth for the last several weeks, and De Burun attributed the lowness of his daughter’s spirits to her Spanish lover’s absence. Glad, indeed, to find some excuse for her abstractedness, she eagerly en couraged her father’s idea relative to the absence of Don Alvarez. The Don was a fine looking, handsome fel low, about twenty-five years old, and remarkably good,and agreeable com pany. But Inez regarded him with .. . the affection of a friend, and not of a m lover. Iter heart was not in the'eh % gagemcnt, though she had always ex pected to. marry Alvarez, and still cx ggjpected to do so, in obedience to the of her father, though she loved v # Harry. For her father’s wishes, c\s pccially in reference to the bestowal of her hand, vy;ere her only law. It „ was now the, month of June, and, the next fall, Don Alvarez was to leave Cuba, and come and find a bride and a heritage in the mansion at Kenil s, worth. One evening, towards sun-set, as Harry was taking his accustomed walk in the hope of seeing Inez, lie met her, mounted upon a fine and spirited, though gentle steed, while, at her side was a gallant whose dark eye, hair and skin, together with his. curling rnous* ‘ f , tache,- bespoke the Spanish cavalier, gg- It .was Don Alvarez who' had arrived & day or two before, at Kenilworth, ®md was now enjoying the society of dps betrothed. And Inez was enjoy- 9 ii% his company tpo; for she. liked tlw&on very much, though she-loved >• £ o I u ! Q U H < -J II him not as she loved him upon whom gjaggg . - . • . • • • * • were the affections of her whole heart. And then she had so many enquires to make about her friends, and her old home upon the island. Os course she was enjoying herself. As she passed Harry, the warm blood shot up for a moment into her checks and temples, but fortunately it was not ob served by Alvarez, for it would have told enough to his quick eye to almost burst his jealous Spanish heart. As it was, a pang of jealousy did shoot through his bosom, just from the bare fact of seeing in the neighborhood of his betrothed so handsome a face as that of Harry. They rode on, how ever, and no allusion was made to the young man whom they had met. They were engaged in a aay conversation in Spanish, which was not at all inter rupted by meeting young Johnson. Poor Harry’s heart died away with in him, as lie looked upon the gay Don by the side of his life and his soul, which had assumed the form of Inez. He knew that she could never be his, and still seeing Alvarez by her side made him very unhappy. He guessed the truth at once, and the blood rushed to his head, while his brain became giddy, and he felt as though he would drop in his tracks. He passed on, however, without know ing whither he went, and a profuse perspiration broke out from his fore head and temples; which stitl burned, however, as if he had a scorching fe ver. Presently the light wing of the zephyr began to fan his heated brow, and, as he raised his eye to heaven, he exclaimed, “blow on thou grateful wind of heaven, and cool my poor scorching brain, or it will soon burn up, and be consumed with madness.” By and by he came to a spot where a cold, pure stream of water burst out of the bank of a clear and beautiful little brook, and he stooped down, and, catching the water in his hands, ap plied it to hi« throbbing temples,—« Seating himself upon the bank, and leaning his head against the trunk of a tree which stood near, a stupor came over him, and he fell asleep. 'A sweet but cruel dream paid him a visit du ring the brief interval of rest; sweet, because he dreamed that Inez came to him while seated there beside the spring and applied the cooling liquid, \v ith her own gentle hand, to hi3 ach ing brow :—cruel, because this would be but him suffer the tortures of Tantalus when he should awake. After having slept five or ten min utes he aroused himself from his slum bers, and a slow, heavy headache was upon him. He began to think of his position more seriously, now, than he ever had before. He would have fled away from his misery, but alas the fire was within his bosom and was consu ming his vitals, without any ability, on his part, to quench it. But his res olution was quickly taken. About this time had come the news of the battles of Palo Alto and Bcsaca, and the voice of the drum and the fife were heard in the streets of the village, where he was clerking, calling for vol unteers. An anxious desire to get rid of the life which had become a burden to him, now took possession of him. He did not like the idea of becoming a suicide, and so he resolved to sacrifice his life upon the altar of his country. After passing a restless night, he hasten ted to the village, next morning, and his first act was to place his name upon the muster rolls of a volunteer com pany, which, was to start, in a few weeks, for Mexico. At the end of' ten or fifteen days, Harry was found again at his father’s. There was but a little while ere he would start with his company to the field of battle, and he resolved to spend that little time with his dear parents, for he felt it would be the last that he would ever enjoy with them. Amid the booming of cannon, the shout of contending armies, and the thick smoke of battle, he resolved to die. To have his heart corrode, canker and decay, day after day, and hour after hour, with slow death, was what he could not bear. He longed for death, but it must be a speedy one. There were sweets for him in the soldier’s grave which he could not look for any where else, and under any circum stances, in the whole universe of the Eternal’s creation. When Alvarez came to visit Inez, he brought her, as a present, a fine Arabian courser, which had been first carried from Morocco to Spain, thenco imported' by the Don to Cuba, and brought to Kenilworth, especially for the Senorita. lie was a beautiful, glossy, mahogany bay, with a light, arched neck, small head and ears, and limbs as taper and light as those of the gazelle. He was spirited indeed, But as gentle and docile as a lamb. He it was which Inez rode bn the evening on which Harry had seen Alvarez by her side. The Don had taken his departure for Cuba, a day or two before young Johnson’s last visit to his father’s.—- Before he left, he had received a pro mise from his betrothed that she would often ride the Arabian, for ,his sake. Every morning, and every evening, when the weather would permit, she. was taking - exercise, upon horse-back, in compliance with a promise which was so congenial with her own feel ings. On the f|rst evening after IIar : ry’s return to his father’s, he had taken his accustomed stroll in the hope of again seeing the" object of his love. He did see her, mounted upon her gal lant steed, and looking more beautiful than ever. She had on a rich velvet riding dress, a cap of the same mate rial, set off with a beautiful white plume. Her feet were ensconced in rich satin boots, and the end of her toe just peeped out from beneath her robe, while the very stirup seemed to embrace it with a zealous idolatry.— To Harry, she appeared the very queen of beauty, and to him she was as the unrivaled sun to the naked eye. When she met Harry, she displayed more perturbation than she had ever done before. Unconscious of what she was doing, she gazed upon his pale, haggard, and care-worn face so intensely, as to cause her a deep pang of mortification when she saw that, in her abstraction, she had forgotten to guide her horse, and that he had actu ally turned out of the path, and ap proached the young man. Quickly recovering herself, she struck her steed a tap with her golden-handled riding-whip, and loped off rather briskly. Well for thee, Inez, could’st thou have left behind thee the feeling that was preying upon thy bosom, as easily as thou casted’st behind thee, him who was the cause of that same bitter feeling. Inez not only loved Harry, but now she pitied him. She had heard through her maid Antonia, who had learned it indirectly, by means of some of the other negroes from Harry’s mother, of his contemplated expedition to Mexico. Mrs. Johnson did not dream of the real cause of Harry’s becoming a volunteer. She saw that her son’s health had suffered, -but he had encouraged the idea she had taken, that it was from arduous labor behind the counter. She thought that her son was threatened with the consumption, and nothing but the hope that camp life might restore him, par tially reconciled a mother’s heart to his going away. But Inez knew the cause of Harry’s decline better than any one else, save himself. When she lay down that night, it was not to sleep, but to toss in feverish restlessness from one side of her couch to the other. If she opened her eyes, she imagined she could see before her Harry’s pale face, and now emaciated frame. If she shut her eyes to try to sleep, bloody visions of hard fought battles crossed her mind, and she could see Harry’s noble locks clot ted with blood, and his pensive eye looking upon her, as if beseeching her to save him. Morning at last came and as she arose to dress herself, she exclaimed, “ Would to God, I had been born in humble life, a simple maiden, without wealth, distinction, or title!” tier maid heard these words and gu'essed her meaning, but dared not open her mouth upon this subject, for she knew her master too well. At breakfast the Senorita was moody and silent. Her father expressed fears for her health, but she assured him that, after she had taken her morning’s ride, she would feel better. Her Ara bian was saddled, and she proceeded to ride through the grove where she knew she would see Harry. As she rode on, she perceived young Johnson corning through the woods, and not in the path as usual. She turned her horse’s head in that direction, seeing that Harry had not ns yet had his at tention directed towards her, and pre tending to be unconscious that any one was near, rode gaily on, chaunting a Spanish love-ditty. This was done in order to make Harry believe she was not aware that lie was near. Harry was going along with his eyes cast down moodily upon the ground, and was so abstracted that it is no wonder he did not see the object of Besides this, a large oak tree, with low hanging branches, intercepted his vision. lie was awa kened from his revery by the shrill shriek of a female voice, as if in great distress. The next instant, and an Arabian courser was about to dart past him, rearing, plunging and snort ing, as a female form dangled from the saddle, under his belly, in danger "ol being trodden beneath his iron heels at everv step. As Inez rode under the oak, some hornets which were disturb ed in building their nest, upon one oi the branches, darted upon her horse’s head and ears, and inflicted several se vere wounds with their stings. Stung to madness by this unexpected attack, the noble steed suddenly reared upon his hind legs, and; the beautiful rider fell off. She was not, however, en tirely disengaged, but her foot, encum bered by the length of her riding skirt, got caught in the stirup and she was thus suspended head downwards from the worse, and he was about to dash off at full speed through Urn woods, brains knocked out against some tree, would have,, been her certain doom. Ilarry, startled from his dream by the noise which he heard, as the steed was about to dash past, rushed at the bridle, and hold the charger with the gripe of a giant. lie knew the courser at once to be that of Inez, and this knowledge gave his arm the strength of steel. With one hand he held on to the bridle, and with the other, he soon released the Senorita from her perilous situation. “Oh! God, arid the Holy Virgin be thanked,” said Inez, in a tremulous voice, “and you, too, Mr. Johnson, who have so nobly saved my life— how can I repay your kindness? All in my power would I willingly be stow on thee, for thy generous deed.” This was the first time Harry had ever heard the voice of the fair lady. So sweet, so tremulous with emotion was that voice, that every chord in his heart vibrated as if it would be bro ken into ten thousand fragments.— Never had he experienced such in tense excitement. He tried to speak, but his voice choked. Finally he made out to say in faltering accents : “Oh lady! but one thing would I have of thee, and that I dare not ask. This heart longs, aye, even dies, for thee. I dare not ask thee to love me, but for thy love would I brave hell, and forego the pleasures of heaven!” As he spoke, he pressed his lips to the small, and delicate hand of the Senorita, who, entirely overcome by feelings of love and gratitude, freely allowed the boon, and replied: “My heart, Harry Johnson, has long been thine, and freely should my hand go with it, but for tlie pride of my haughty sire, who would rather see me in my grave, and who would lay thee in thine, ere he would consent to our union!” “And to his grave now shall the vile plebian go,” thundered an enraged voice, as the form of an aged man rushed from behind the large oak tree, which at first concealed Inez from Harry’s view. “Accursed dog that thou art,” continued the same voice; “thou hast indeed saved my daughter’s life, for a little distance hence, have I wit nessed all. And the voice of Inez have I heard, telling thee of her love. For saving my daughter’s life, thou hast my thanks ; but for daring to kiss her hand, and to speak to her of love, thou shaft die.” Uttering these words he rushed upon Harry with a brightly-gleaming stilletto, and would have sheathed it in his victim’s heart, but for some brushwood which tripped his feet, and caused him to fall, full length upon the ground. Quick as thought, Harry pounced upon the old man, who was still ma king an effort to rise, and effect his ob ject, and pinning him to the earth, wrenched the weapon out of his hand. The next instant, and the burnished steel was raised as if to strike it into De Buruu's bosom. Tic eyes of the old man gleamed like those of a ser pent, as lie fairly hissed out words of defiance. “Strike!” said he, —“strike thou whelp of an unclean kennel. John de Burun can die by the fangs of a mangy cur, and not quail even at that deep degradation.” “Oh Harry! wilt thou kill my fa ther ? ” —now shouted Inez in an agony of distress, who, from conflicting emo tions, 7 could not speak ere this. “ Call me not father, girl! thou who hast dishonored my name and my lame, by loving this cowardly poltroon.”— So spake De Burun before Harry could reply to the appeal of Inez. “ Kill thy father, Inez,” said her lov er, as soon as he could speak when old De Burun had finished. “No! sooner would I cleave my heart: and thou John de Burun, know that for thy daughter ’s sake, and for thy gray locks, I will not harm a hair of thy head.— But let thy thanks be to her and thy white hairs, for, but for her and them, the wrath which thou hast kindled in my bosom by thy vile epithets, seven times hotter than that furnace to which the three -Israelites were condemned, should be slaked in the blood of thy deepest heart.” “I defy thee, cur,” answered the haughty old man. “I reply not to "thy abuse,” said Harry. “ And now” coutinued lie assisting the old man to rise, and re storing him his stiletto—“go in peace, and for the sake of thy daughter, may the blessing of lmayen be upon thy gray head. Remember, ye both owe me your lives.” Ilarry wended his way towards the house of his father, and the lord of Kenilworth and his daughter, walked slowly, and sullenly towards their Home. As Be’ Burun left Ilarry, lie gnashed his gums, and muttered as he went, ‘‘Revenge! Blood! 1 Murder!!!” At this moment Col. Graham was called oft' tqsee a gentlemen who wish ed to transact some business with him. As lie was broken off in his narration, .the.said to Frank and Jack, ’ “ Fortunately for you, young gentle men, I shall not be at leisure again un til after dinner, and then, if you have rested from the here, which I have giv- I ,eji you. this morning, I will proceed with my tale ” Prank ai)d .Jack assured the Colonel they would not know how to pass their moments in the interval of his narrative, and hoped th at time might put on another pair of wings until the hour should arrive for him to coutinue his story. “An everlasting plague upon the man who interrupted us in listening to Col. Graham,” said Jack, after the Colonel was gone. “Amen” replied Frank; “but we must be patient, and hope for a happy termination of the love-scarpc between Inez aud Harry, for tnarry they did, I have no doubt.” “So mote it be” said Jack ; “but it doubts me much, judging from Dc Bu run’s character, about this matter. — Nous verrons.” TO BE CONTINUED. Coiiirattkitfcii. FOR THE INDEPENDENT PRESS. Mr. Editor:— You accuse me of be ing lazy, and of violating my promise “to drop you a few lines,” occasionally, for the “Press.” Now, I could satisfy you by an easy process of reasoning— simple and convincing—that you are mistaken--that lam not lazy. But to do so, would cost me a little effort, and, rather than undertake that effort, on so hot a day as this, I will plead guilty to the “soft impeachment,” and abide your judgment in the premises. But, by way of mitigating the sentence you may be already prepared to pronounce, permit me to say, (and I give it as my candid oninion) that in such weather as this, no man should tax his nature, either physical or mental, with, any effort, beyond what is necessary for his wards, or what will keep him in the coolest part of the house, or on the shady side of a tree. “ Keep cool” is with me, a Mvorite motto, and I regard it as utterly impossible to “ keep cool” and labor, now, even if that labor con sists in writing for the columns of a newspaper. If you are in a position where you are obliged to work, or fare worse, it is your misfortune. I pity 3’ou, but cannot help you, without vio lating the above cardinal principle,— When the thermometer ranges from 90 to 98 degrees, to think is wearisome and laborious. How much more so, to write out one’s thoughts, and that, too, wit i such particularity as is required to make a respectable appearance be fore your readers! Now, sir, is not this true ? If so, let if bespeak your clemency in my behalf. And I would sav further, that when the “times and the seasons” are more comfortable and more favorable than at present, I will furnish you a semi-occasional contri bution, and this shall be your “security for the future,” As to “indemnity for the past,” I cannot render it. Ah me i How I commiserate your condition, Mr. Editor, doomed from day to day to pour over your dull ex changes—to sweat and toil over edito rials, which, it is absolutely too hot to read—to cull paragraphs of “latest news,” “foreign items,” &c., &c., —to decipher illegible manuscripts—to read proof, and in short, to attend to “all and singular” the details of duty that at tach to an Editor’s office. If one could" sit out in his bones, and feel the wind whistling through his naked ribs, how exquisitely plea sant would it be on such a day as this,' when it seems that Fahrenheit’s tubes will have to be elongated to accommo date the rising mercury. When no friendly breeze fans the parched and aching brow, and when the sun comes down with relentless heat, scorching like an agency of Tophet, with what complacent disdain could I then look upon the toiling, sweating suflerers, less favored, puffing and blowing like an o’er charged engine. But this can not be. Our bones are clad with flesh, and that flesh is sensible to heat, and we must submit with the aid of an oc casional indulgence of the luxury of an ice cream or an ice lemonade. It is a biblical injunction that we arc to eat bread by the sweat of the brow. This of course was not designed to be literally true. Its meaning is, that la bor and sweat are to be the price of the staff of life. 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It contains a much greater amount of reading matter than any sni.ilar publication in the South—embracing, in au dition to the current agricultural topics of the day, Valuable Original Contributions from many of the most intelligent and practical Planters, Farmers and Horticulturists in every section of the South and South-west _ TERMS. One copy, one year in advance, *1 00 Six copies, ...5 00 twenty-five copies,. 26 00 One hundred copies, 75 00 . The_Cash system will be rigidly adhered to, and in no instance will the paper be sent unless the mo ney accompanies the order. Tlie Bills of all specic paymg Banks received at par. All money remitted by mail, postage-paid, will be at the risk oftho Pub lisher. Address WM. S. JONES, Augusta, Geo., THE SATURDAY EVENING POST.. .UNRIVALED ARRAY OF TALENT. ! The Proprietors of the 'Post’in again coming be lorethe public, would return thanks for tlie gener ous patronage which has placed them far in advance ot every other Literary Weekly in America. 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Southworth, author ot the “ Lost Heiress,” etc. And last, but not. least, we are authorised to announce a series of articles trom one who has rapidly risen vray high in pomdur, la\ or. lhey will bo entitled a Few Series ot Sketches, by Fanny Fern , author of “Fern Leaves,” otc. ■ m i,.. We e&poet to commence the Sketches* of Fanny tern as well as the series by. Grace Greenwood in the early numbers of the coining year. Engravings, Foreign’ Correspondence,—Agrieiil tural articles, The News, Congressional reports, the markets, etc., also shall oe regularly given. “ Fbeap Postage.—The postage oil the Post to any part ot the United States,—when paid quarterly in advance, is only 26 cents a voar. " rp, • • TERMS. 1 lie terms of the Post are 52,00 in advance. 4 eopies (and 1 to the getter up of the club).. $5 00 ' 44 1A Afi H “ “ “ “*' ir> 00 rp, -S' . ; u , <4 20 00 mo money .(or clubs olvvuys mustbo sent in ad vance, subscriptions may bo sent at our risk. When lin If kviSl V!™ 11 s tonld bo procured if possi- Z.frf' Ulld ’ "-yl''’ d<xW|l«d lliioi tUo (Mitral gMiKrtistinnib, J. G. Rankin, \Vm. Murdock/Geo. L. g tllM SUCCESSORS TO A. ATKINSON, & qq'*' I THIS Establishment has bien in successful on tion for a number of yoars. The Quarri*., well opened, and tne Marble/is superior to aiiVin Unitea States. / • tll « We have so perfected our facilities for getting 1 and finishing work, that we furnish Mouuniem 11 Tombs, Tablets, Headstones, ana everyt u “ S ’ our line of business, m belter style and at rates, than any yard in Olio country. When it is considered that we saw our own ble, pay no jobber’s profit, and no high freight tw the North, it will be seen that we do possess maw 1 advantage over all competitors. ‘ I#l We cordially solicit! our friends and the public* oxaminc our work, and compare our prices with tl, « of other yards, before ordeiing Marble. We have on hand in our yard at Marietta, H W assortment of finished work—Monuments, Tomb? &c.—where our agent, Mr, G. W. Summers, will sell at our prices. Our principal work is done ,* .1, . mills. Address . J. G RANKIN, & Cos. T Marble Work P. o '’f May 9, 1854: ■ 3 GEORGIA IIOMr (Al lTieT A Southern Literary and Family Journal, publish, edat Augusta, Geo. James M. Smythe, and E ot ! Ki:r A. VvvTEj Editors. The Home Gazette is devoted to Literature! Art, Science. Agriculture, General Intelligence, i*oa Southern interests. The aim of the Ethtois i» t 0 make a useful and interesting paper, to blend tin instructive und the entertaining together, in such h way as to secure a high degree of interest, undyetut the same time elevate both the Intellect end flic Affections. The columns of the paper contain Historical Domestic Romances, Pictures of Social Life, Sketch-' 5 ' es of Biography, Choice Poetry, Entertaining .AueeJ dotes. Scientific Memoranda, Agricultural o4ld Ini dv.strial articles, the General news of the cWy,. and! all Political Intelligence of any hnportuXoc. it,., sides a great variety of articles on all dies* subjects the Gazette will w particularly adapted,for Fntnilv Reading:., it is published for the liomeCirCle, uni the Editors feel tnut they- have fully redeemed tini r pledge to make it all a Home Ncwspa Jr should he —entirely free from Political bias, utfe. high-timed in character. • / Grateful for the liberal encouragement which, has been extended to our efforts to fuild up ut the! South Literary and Family Journo/ of hign char acter, we shall increase our exertions to ju&dfy tins public confidence, and make the Gazette still ‘more worthy ot general patronugo, TERMS, j Single copy, oue year, in advance] *0 w Two “ “ “...I. ‘.’.’soe Five “ “ “‘...J Yu,, Ten “ « . \l,, Address Smyth & Whyte, Edi'tfc YlomeGazetre Augusta, Georgia. The Southern Eelectic. rTMIE TfCLECTIC will be composed of carefully JL selected articles, from the leading Periodicals Ox Europe, with one or more original papers in each number from the pens of Southern writers. We will be in regular receipt, by Will, among others of the following standard Foreign Journals: The Edinburgh Review, The North British Review The Westminster Review, The London Quarterly Review, The Eclectic Review, The Retrospective ik view, Chamber’s Edinburgh Journal, Efiyu Cook's Journal, Household Words, United -Service Journal, Colburn’s New Monthly, Dublin University Mag azine, Blackwood’s ..Edinburgh Magazine,' Ains worth’s Magazine, Fraser’s Magazine, Hood’s Mag azine, Sharp’s Magaz-ine, Tait’s Magazine, Gentle man’s Magazine, Blackwood’s Lady’s Magazine. The Repertory of Arts and Inventions, Bentley’s Miscellany, Revu les deux Monds, Hogg's In structor, Annals of Natural History WeiserZeitung, London Literary Gazette, The Spectator, The Critic, The The Examiner, The Times, Punch, &c. These rare and costly publications which sel dom, in their original-form, find , their way into the hands of American readers, and yet are know ledged to embody the latest aud choicest pro ductions of the best writers of'Europe, will be care fully examined, and their most attractive and valu able articles will be reproduced in the pages of the Eclectic. Thus, for a mere fraction of the cost of any one of these works, the readers of the Eclectic will obtain the select portions of all of them: With the . ample resources thus at our command, in the British and Continental Journals, together with sueh assistance as we expect from our native writers we hope to publish a Periodical which shall prove, in every respect, acceptable to the cultivated reader: y. The Eclectic is tlw ’.only Magazine of the class eVer attempted in the 'South, and is designed to supply an obvious void in our literary publica tions: We need scarcely add, that it will be con ducted with a special regard to the sentiments, the institutions and interest of the Southern people: While no topic will be excluded from its pages that conies properly within the scope of literary journalism, particular attention willbe given to such subjects as are of praetbKd; upd permanent im portance:: - * "■> ‘: : The Eclectic will bo published at Augusta, Ga., the first of every month—each number eontainin-g 80 large octavo pages, in double columns, on good paper and new type, making two. volumes, of 480 pages, each, in the year:- TERMS for one yean One copy, $3 00—Six copies, SI 500: always in advance: The first volume can be had at the reduced price of One Dollar, by early application to the Fuit:ur D. K. WHITAKER, Augusta Gu. SOIL OF THE SOUTH FOR 1854. An Agricultural & Horticultural Journal, Published at Columbus, Georgia, on the first of every month. JANES M. CHAMBERS, Agricultural Editor. CHARLES A. PEABODY, Horticultural Editor One Dollar a Year in Advance. One Copy, one year 11 Six Copies, one year ,1 !> Twenty-Five Copies, one year,! 2>t One Hundred Copies, one year.; la All subscript ions must commence zeith the volume This Journal, now entering on its Fourth volume, is two well known to heed any panegyric from the publishers. This much we will say —we intend to enlarge, and beautify it. Eacli number will have a handsome cover, upon which advertisements can be inserted, without taking up the reading matter of the paper. editors will each,'in his department, give a re-cord of the progress and advancement of agri culture and horticulture, especially, as adapted to the Soil and climate of the South. Each number will contain plans for the month, for the farm, orchard and garden ; new plants ana seeds adapted to Southern culture will receive the careful atten tion of the editors, and a faithful report made thus saving thereon, thepublic from much imposi tion. " To our patrons, we appeal ; how large an edi tion slinll wo start with, sor 10,000 ? We know there are more than 10,000 reading farmers, gaid ners, and thirsts around us, who would save money by taking the Soil of the South. But it is not confin ed exclusively to this class* Every man that plants cotton or corn, a cabbage, or a turnip, keeps a horse or a cow, raises nn apple, pear, plum, peach, grap l ’* fig or strawberry ; every laciy that cultivates a rose, geranium or pink : every house-keeper that makes a loaf of bread, or a pot of soap, will find in the Soil of the South, for 1854, something worth ten times' the subscription price. _ „ LOMAX & ELLIS- Publishers—Columbus, Ga. sJirti'J'iiiaiiiii'r QUAItTERLY_ REVIEW. rpHIS Periodical is the ouly one of its class in the X entire region of the South: and its pages are referred to ns the best evidence of the ability ot the South, nnd its capacity to give expression to the feelings, the interests and intelligence of tins see tion of our country. Its purpose is to tairiy repres ent ourselves, aud not to misrepresent others. 1 aims to maintain the truth as we understand it, an . to assert the intellectual equality ot our seetiou, while, at the same time,it will free the mind ot the nnnd of our people from that state ot literary thru - dom nnd dependency under which they have too long labored. Wo claim, then, from all lovers of the South and friends of a truly home htWftt'ire, that support for our work which will enable us to give it a free course, and thus make it eminent j worthy of the world's admiration and our own pride.* C. MORTIMER, Publisher, Offlco Southern Quarterly Review. April 1854. Law Runge, Broad st., Charleston A • The following resolution was Adopted by the Southern Commercial Convention, held in Charles ton in April, 1854. 4 Resolved That the Southern Quarterly Review, unhlished in the City of Charleston, by a native of Virginia, and edited by one-ot the mi»t *. £_ ■ tincrniched literarv gentlemen ot the South. , onfy Periodical of that character, pn<> and published in the Southern States mg always defended the institutions a» d of the South, is entitled to the "jp YviVia:' “