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WASHINGTON BRANCH RAILROAD.-On and
after Maiulay nni, the 11 inatant, the can will Wave
the depot in thu city for Baltimore at U o'clock A. M., in
stead of 0 3-4 A. Mas heretofore.
The object of this alteration is to render certain the ar
rival of the train at Baltimore, early enough to afford
ample time for passengers going North to lake the (team
boat, which now departs daily for Philadelphia, at half |>ast
la o'clock.
The afternoon train will, as heretofore, leave tin depot
at a quarter after 3 o'clock, P. M.
80?dOtAcwtf.
(Globe, Native American, Alexandria Gasette, and Po
tomac Advocate.)
STOVES! STOVES! AND URATES.
1HAVE just received from the North a very lane sup
p'y of Stoves, Grates, and double block Tin Ware?
Coffee Biggins, Dressing Boxes, 6lc. I hsve Stoves of
almost all kinds, suitable for wood or coal. In the first
place, 1 have the Rotary Cooking Stoves of all the differ
ent sixes, No. 0, 1, 2, and 3. Ten Plate Stoves of all the
different sixes, both for cooking and plain. Franklin
Stoves of all the different sixes. I have some very splen
did Parlor Stoves for burning food or loam. Coal Stoves
of all sixes. Dr. Spoor's Coal Stoves, fancy and plain
tops, from No. 1 to 5. Coal Stoves of other kinds. Dr.
Spoor's Coal Stoves and the lilobe Stoves are most suit
able for Public offices, largo halls, churches, stores, ai.d
steamboats, or any apartment where you wish a strong
heat. In fact 1 have stoves that will heat any place, either
with wood or coal. 1 have the latest fashion Mantle
Grates,'both low snd high fronts, very cheap?and if f
have not a pattern of Grate on hand that will suit, I can
make it at the shortest notice, to suit any fancy. I am
fully prepared to do any kind of Tin, Copper, Sheet Iron,
Stove, Orate, Lead or Zinc work, at the shortest notice.
Any persou or persons buy ing Stoves or Grates from the
subscriber, or any other thing in his line, will have them
sent home in good order, free of any extra charge. Stoves
will be put up ready for use, free of any extra charge.
All the alwve articles will he sold very low, and all or
ders thankfully received and punctually attended to, with
despatch, as 1 shall have a number of first rate workmen.
Five doors East of D. Clagctt's Dry Good Store, next
door to E. Dyer's Auction Store, Penn. A v.
CLEMENT WOODWARD.
Sept. U. (Intel, and Globe.) 3t8
Gloves, suspenders, stocks, woollen
SHIRTS, AND DRAWERS ? We have today
opened?
30 dox. Suspenders, best kind.
50"do. superior Gldves.
50 do. Stocks, best make.
50 pieces Silk Pocket Handkerchiefs.
50 dozen Gentlemen's Ribbed Woollen Drawers.
50 do. do. do. do. Shirts.
6 do. Raw Silk Shirts.
Also,
50 pieces Irish Linens.
800 do. Sea Island Cotton Shirtings.
BRADLEY ii CATLETT.
?ept- 8- 3taw2w8
NOTICE.
THE New York and Boston Illinois Land Company
will offer at public auction at their office in the town
of Quincy, Adams County, Illinois, on Monday the 27th
day of November next, 100,000 acres of their Lands situ
aled in the Military Tract in said Slate.
Lists of the lands may be had at the office of said Com
pany in Quincy and at It Wall Street, New York.
A minimum price will be affixed to each lot at the time
it is offered.
JOHN TILLSON, Jr.
Agent for the N. Y. <51 B. III. L Co.
Aug. 25, 1837.
lawtNov?8
French lessons.-monsieur abadie has
the honor to inform the ladies and gentlemen of this
city and vicinity, that he continues to give lessons in his
own uative language, at his rooms, or private families and
academies, at a moderate price.
For particulars, apply at this office, or at Mr. Jonathan
Elliot's, Pennsylvania Avenue.
Aluidie's French Grammar, and a course of French
Literature, for sale at all the Bookstores.
Sept. 2. 3t7
? PRINTER'S PAPER.
PRINTING PAPER, with or without sizing, of all
qualifier, made at the Saugerties Mill. Ulster County
New York. Orders will he promptly attended to if ad
dressed tothe Agent, WILLIAM BRADFORD, No. 16
Sprucc street, New York.
HENRY BARCLAY, Proprietor.
Sept. 3. r 2w6
MRS. GASSAW AY has taken the pleasant and com
modious house at the corner of Pennsylvania Ave
nue and 10th street, which she will open for the reception
of Hoarders, on the 1st of SeptembeJ next. Mrs. G. will
take either yearly or transcient boarders.
Aug. 21. 4t7
BOARDING HOUSE.
MRS. TAYLOR can accommodate Members of Con
gress, or other gentlemen, either with or without
families, at her house, pleasantly situated, near the north
east corner of 10th and E street; being from thence ?n
agreeable walk to the Capital or to the public Depart
ments.
? Aug. 30. tn>
FOR SALE, OR BARTER, for property
in the city of New York, or lands in Illi
nois, the following valuable property in the
village of Oswego :
ID* The rapid growth of Oswego, its un
surpassed advantages and great prospects, arc too well
and too generally known to require a particular doscrip
ID* A very minute description of the property is deem
ed unnecessary as it is presumed that purchasers living
at a distance will come and see, liefore they conclude a
bargain. Suffice it to say, that it ia ilmong the very best
in the place.
K7* None but lands of the first quality, with a perfectly
clear title, and free of incumbrance, will lie taken in ex
change.
1LT Letters post paid, addressed to the subscriber, at
Oswego, will meet with prompt attention. An ample de
scription of the property offered in exchange is requested.
In East Osweoo.?The Eagle Tavern and Store ad
joining, on * irst street, with a dwelling house and stables
on hecond street, being original village lot no. 50, 60 feet
on hirst street, running east 200 feet to Second street.
The south half, or original village lot no. 44, lieing 33
feet on First street, running east 200 feet to Second street
with the buildings erected thereon.
The north-east earner of First and Seneca (late Tau
rus) streets, being 99 feet on First, and 100 feet on Sene
ca streets, with the buildings erected thereon?comprisinit
part of original village lots nos. 41 and 42. ?
Three lots ew-h with a dwelling fronting Second street;
the lots are 22 feet wide by 100 deep, bcimrpart of original
village lot no. 41. 8
Lot, with <1 welling house, [original village lot no 26 1
being 66 fect on First street, runniug west alsuit 250 feet
across the canal into the river, so that it has four fronts! '
In West Oswego.?Lot corner of Fifth and Seneca
(late 1 aurus) streets, op|>osito the public square, lieing on
feeneea street 143, and on Fifth street 198 feet, withdwell
mg, coach house, stabline.and garden. The latter is well
stocked with the best and rarest fruit, ornamental shrub
benr, flowers, &c.
A lot adjoining the alpove, being 78 feet on Fourth street
by 58 feet in depth.
Six lots on First street, each 22 feet in 1
front, running east 100 feet to Water
street, with the buildings thereon.
The Wharf and Ware house* on Wa
ter street, opposite the foregoing, being
132 feet on Wafer street, and running
east about 1)0 feet to the river. [This
wharf has the deepest water in the iniier
harbor.]
Lot corner of Seneca and Second street*, being 24 feet
on Seneca, and 66 feet on Second streets. Five L.ts ad
joining the foregoing to the east, each being 22 feet on
Seneca street by 66 feet in depth. The alwVe l?eing part
of theoncmal village lot no. 36.
The north half of block no. 6.1, lieing 200 feet on Utioa
[late Libra] street, by 198 feet on Third and Fourth
atreets.
On Van Boh en Teaot.?Lot no. L Montcalm street,
being 200 feet deep, and running north along Montcalm
street several hundred feet into the Lake.
Lots no. 2 and 3, Montcalm street, each 66 by 200 ft
12 " 13 ?? u
13, 14, and 15, being 345 ft. on Bronson st.
240 on Van Buren st.
.. ? , , 300 on Eighth st.
North 3-4ths of lot no. 25, corner of Van Buren
and Eighth streets, being 200 feet on Van Buren, and 148
feel on Eighth streets.
^f?*',XLUi"Wwrt cornPr of Cayuga and Eighth streets,
r?6 i>v 19?* fret.
Lots 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, on Cayuea st 66 liy 198 ft. v
88, a. e. corner of Cayuga and Ontario streets, 198
!>y 104 feet.
89, a. w . corner of do, 198 by 195 ft.
70, on Seneca St., 66 by 198 feet.
58, s. w. corner of Seneca anil 8th sts., 66 by 198 ft.
50, n.c. corner of Ontario and Schuyler streets 198
by lot feet. ,
59. on Seneca street, 66 by 198 feet.
75, a. e. corner of Seneca and Ontario streets, 198
by 104 feet.
76, s. w . corner of do. 198 by 130 ft.
64, n. e. corner of do. 198 by 104 ft!
46, 47, 48,49, on Schuyler st,, 66 by 198 ft.
The incumbrances on the whole of this property do not
exceed sixteen thousand dollars, which may either rcr
main, or if desired, . i be cleared off
_ M . C. J. BURCKLE.
Oswego, N, Y., Aug. 22, 1837. 2m6
IE? Compris
vmg the original
village lots no.
3 and 4.
T
THE UNIVEK8ITY OF MARYLAND.
iHE SESSION OF THE MEDICAL DEPART
.a. MEN I' of this Instilulion, wilt commence on the
liut Monday of October next, Mid continue until ths last
day of February.
THE FACULTY OF PHYSIC ARE,
H. Willi* Baxlry, M. D., Profeaaor of Anatomy and
Pbywlofy.
Henry Howabd, M. D, Profoaaorof Obaletrica, and of
the Duuaaea of Womeu and Children.
Michael A. Finley, M. D., Profoaaor of Pathology,
and of the Practice of Medicine.
KaitiT E. Doiitr, M. D, Profeaaorof Materia Me
dio*, Therapauuca .Hygiene, and Medical Juiiapra
dence.
William R. Fisher, M. D.; Profoaaor of Chcinialry
and Pharmacy.
John Fbedebice Mat, M. D., Profeaaor of the Prin
ciplea and Practice of Surgery.
Ellis Hughes, M.D., Demonstrator of Anatomy.
In making thia annual announcement, the Truateca rc
apectfully atate, that, in addition to a Medical Faculty of
great ability, having high claims to public confidence and
patronage, thia Department of the I mveraily of Maryland
offers other and peculiar advantage* to Students for th*
ac*|uiaition of Medical knowledge. Placet! in the moat
favorable climate for attending to diasections, and pos
aeaaing commodious rooms for that purpose, the Universi
ty of Marylaud commanda an unequalled supply of Mate
rial for the prosecution of the atudy of Practical An Atom .
aucb, indeed, la the abundance of Subjects, that the l'i J
feasor of Surgery will alford to the Students an opportunity
of performing thtmstlvrs, under his direction, nwry Surgi
cal operation :?a great practical atlvantaee, not heretofore
furmahed, in any of our Medical Schoola
Thia University has also an Anatomical Museum,
founded on the extensive collection of the celcbtated Al
len llurns, which became its property by purchase, at
great expense ; and to this collection numerous additions
have been annually made :?and, of late, many very valu
able preparatious have bean procured from France and
Italy?which together afford ample means to make a great
variety of illustrations of healthy and diseased structure.
The Baltimore Infirmary, long and fuvorably known as
an excellent school of practice, is connected with the Me
dical Department, and furnishes every class of disease for
the jiructical elucidation of the principles taimht, by the
Professors of thf Practice of Medicine and of Surgery?
who, Iwaides their regular lectures, will impart Clinical
instruction, at the Infirmary, ut stated perioda, in each
week during the S?*aion.
The Chemical and Philosophical Apparatua of thia
University, ia of great extent and value, much of it having
been selected in Europe, by the late distinguished Pro
fessor Dc butts. And to a Lalioratorv, provided wjth
every thing necessary for a Course of Chemical instruc
tion, are united the numerous and varied articles required
to illustrate the lectures on Pharmacy und Materia Mo
dica.
Neither expense nor care has been spared to secure for
the University of Maryland the facilities necessary for
the acquisition of a thorough Medical Education.
THE EXPENSES ARE
THE rtBST COURSE.
For attending the Lectures of aix Professors,
each ..... f15 90
For attending the Disaector and Demonatrxlor, 8
For attending Clinical Lectures and inalruc
tiou at the infirmary, .... 5
9103
THE SECOND COURSE.
For attendance on the Lectures of aix Profes
aors, ....... (00
Graduation and Diploma, .... 20
$110
The whole being only 213 dollars.
But Students who have attended one course of Lec
tures in another respectable Medical School, may gradu
ate here after they have attended one full course in Ihia
University?where the course of instruction is as com
plete as that of any other Medical School?each Profes
sor being, in this Institution, required to lecture every
day?and where, from the facility with which SUB
JECTS aro procured, Dissections can be prosecuted with
more ease, and at less expense, than at any other place :
?here too, good lioarding can Ikj engaged, on as cheap
terms us in any other Atlantic City.
T1IR OFFICERS ARE,
Hi* Excellency Thomas W. Veazy, Governor of Ma
ryland, President of the Board of Trustees.
The Hon. Roger B. Taney, Provost.
THE BOARD or TRUSTEES.
Nathaniel Williams, William Gwvnn,
Vice President. Dr. Hanson renn,
John Nelson, James Wm. McCulloh,
Solomon Etting, Henry V. Somemlle,
Isaac McKim, Dr. Samuel McCulloh,
Dr. Dennis Claude, and
I James Cox, John G. Chapman.
By order,
JOSEPH B WILLIAMS. Secretary.
Baltimore, 26th August, 1837. twtlNS
BANK OF WASHINGTON.
29th August, 1837.
AT the regular meeting of the Board this day, present,
the President and nine of the Directors, it was una
nimously
RnolvtH, 1st. That on and after the first of September
next the notes of this Bank be redeemed in specie.
2d. That all deposites remaining undrawn, (the same
having nearly all been received since the suspension of
specie payments,) and all future deposites, other than
such as limy be made in specie, and lie at the time so en
tered, lie payable in notes current in the District of Co
lumbia.
3d. Thst all collections for Banks and individuals, and
all curtails, be received in notes current as aliovo ; and
that all sums so collected be paid in like funds.
W. GUNTON, President.
JAS. ADAMS, Cashier. Gtcod6
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TENTH VOLUME OF THE
KNICKERBOCKER MAGAZINE.
ON the first of July, 1837, commenced the tenth volume
of the Knickerbocker, or New York Monthly Msga
zine. Tho publishers, mindful of the favor with which
their efforts have lieen received at the hands of the public,
would embrace the recurrence of a new starting point, as
a fit occasion to " look backward and forward" at the paSt
and prospective character and course of their periodical.
Within tho brief space oi a littlo more than two vears and
a half, the number of copies issued of the Knickeibocker
has been increased from less than Jive hundred to more
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ledged merits of the work?acknowledged, not more expli
citly bv this unprecedented success, than by upward of
three thousand highly favorable notices of the Magazine,
which, at different times, have appeared in the various
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bers, and to whom they have been sent for examination,
previous to subscribing, not one but has found the work
worthy of immediate subscription. A correct inference
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by the nublishers, may lie gathered from the foregoing
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and in the numliers for the last year, by more than four
fomtlred pages. Of the clearness and beauty of the typo
graphical execution and material of the Knickorliocker,
and the character of its embellishments?which, although
not expected hy its readers, nor promised by its proprie
tors, have nevertheless been given?it is not deemed ne
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To tho foregoing particulars, the publishers would on
ly add, that at no period since the work passed into their
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amide and auspicious as at present; and that not only
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Back numbers have been re-printed to supply Volume
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A few brief notices of the Knickerbocker, from well
known journals are subjoinrd :
" The progress of the Knickerbocker is still onward It
is conducted w ith decided ability, is copious and varied
in its contents, and is printed in a superior style. At this
season we have little space for literary extracts,and Cannot,
therefore, enable those of our readers who may not see
thts Magazine, to judge of its merits, otherw ise than upon
our assurance that they are of a high order."?AVw I or*
American.
" We have found in the Knickerbocker so much to ad
mire and so little to condemn, that we can hardly trust
ourselves to sneak of it from first impressions, as we could
not do so without lieing suspected of extravagant praise."
it is not surpassed by aov of its contemporaries at home .
or abroad." " It sustain* high ground in all the requisites
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" This monthly periodical is now so well known that it
hardly needs commendation, having established for itself
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it advances in age. It exhibits a monthly variety of con
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" Wo hope it will not be inferred, from our omission to
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have appeared, that we have there lost sight of its charac
ter and increasing excellence. It has become decidedly
one of the liest Macazines in America. The proprietors
have succeeded in procuring for its pages the first talent
of this country, as well as valuable aid from distinguished
foreign sources."?j\'ew York Mirror.
"" We have on several occasions adverted to the spirit
and tone of the article* contained in this periodical, as
being radically American, and as highly honorable to our
literature." " It setxc? lbe spirit oi the tunes, Bod deal*
with it boldly and ahjylialtimori American.
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from the old country, and from thia continent, to the re
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TIIE AMERICAN ANTHOLOGY;
A Magazine of Poetry, BUtgraphy, and Criticism, to be pub
tithed Monthly, with eplendid illustration* on Steel
WHILE nearly every country of the old world can
boast of its collcrted laxly of national Poetry, on
whioh the seal of a tide's favorable judgment has la-en
set, ami which exhibits to foreign nations in the most
striking light the progreaa of civilisation and literary se
fuieiuenl among its inhabitants ; while Engliuid, especial
ly, proudly displays to the world a corpus potior*?? the
lustre of whoso immortal wreath has shed u brighter Kjory
upon her name than the moat splendid triumphs which
her statesmen und her soldiery have achieved, our own
country seems destitute of poetic honors Appears, we
say, for although no full collection of the chef <f isuvres ot
our wntera lias been mode, yet there exist, and are occa
sionally to be met with productions of American poet.
which wilPbear comparison with the noblest and most
polished efforts of European genius, and winch Claim lor
America as high a rank in the scale of literary elevation
as is now ceded to older and in some respects more la
vored lands. ... ? . . .....
Impressed with the conwctnei* of this judgment we
propose to issue a monthly magazine which "hall contain
ill a perfect unmullisted form, the most meritorious und
beautiful effusiona of the poets of America, of the past
and present time, with such introductory, critical, and
biographic notices as shall be necessary to a correct under
standing of the works presented to the reader, and to iidd
interestto the publication. Those who imagine that
there exists a dearth of materials for such an undertaking,
who believe that the Aonian Maids have confined their
richest favors to our transatlantic brethren to the exclu
sion of native genius, will be surprised to learn that we
are nlready in possession of more than two hundred vol
umes of the production of American Imrds, from aliout the
year 1630 tp the present day. Nor is it from these sources
alone that materials may be drawn. There are but few
writera in our country who puraue authorship ss ai voca
tion, and whose works have been published iu a collected
form. Our poeta( especially, have generally written for
particular occasions, with the remembrance of which
their productions have gone to rest, or their effusions have
liccn carelessly inserted in periodicals of "light merit anil,
limited circulation, where they were unlikely to attract
notice to themselves, or draw attention to their authors
The grasa of the field or flowers of the wilderness arc
growing over tlie ashca of many of the highly gifted *f"?'
through the w ild And romantic regions of our republic,
have scattered poetry in "ingots bright from the mint of
Kcnius" and glowing with the impress of beauty anu the
spirit of truth, in quantities sufficient, were it known and
appreciated as it would l? in other countries, to secure
to thcin an honorable reputation throughout tho world.?
Such were Harney, author of' Cryatalina and the 1"ever
Dream,'Sands, author of ? Yamoyden ; Wilcox, author
of the ' Age of Benevolence;' Robinson, author of lhe
Savage Little, the sweet and tender poet of Christian
feeling, the lamented Brainard, and many beside, whose
writings arc almoat unknc vn, save by their kindred asso
ciates and friends.' . ....... r
With the names of those poets who within the last few
years have extended the reputation of American lite
rature beyond the Atlantic, Bryant, Dana, 1 ercival,
Sprague, Sigourncy, WhitUcr, Willis, <Vc. the public arc
familiar; and we can assure them that there exists, though
long forgotten and unknown, a mine of noetic wealtn,
rich, varied and extensive, which will amply repay the la
bor of exploring it, and add undying lustre to the crown
which encircles the brow of American genius. In the pub
lieation now proposed we shall rescue from the oblivion
to which they have long been consigned, and embalm in a
bright and imperishable form the numberless 4 gems ol
purest ray/ witn which our researches into the literary an
tiquitics of our country have endowed us ; and we arc con
fident that every lover of his native land will regard our
enterprise as patriotic and deserving the support of the
citizens of the United States, as tending to elevate the
character of thnt country in the scale of nations, and as
sert its claims to the station to which its children entitles
it With thia conviction we ask the patronage of the com
munity to aid us in our undertaking, conscious that we
are meriting its support by exhibiting to the world a proud
evidence that Amcrica, in the giant strength ?r her Hercu
lean childhood, is destined ere long to cope in the arena of
literature with those lands which for centuries have boast
ed their civilisation and refinement, and justly exulted in
their triumphs of their cherished sons in the noblest field
which heaven has opened to the human intellect.
The American Antholqov will contain complete
works of a portion of the following?the most popular of
our jKietic writera?and of the others, the best poems, and
such as are least generally known :
Adams, John Quincy Gould, Hannah r.
Allston, Washington Hallack, * iti h reene
Barber, Joseph Harney, John M.
Barlow, Joel Hillhouse, John A.
Benjamin, Park Hoffman, Charles r.
Bogart, Elizabeth Mellen, Orcnville
Braincrd, John G. C. * Neal, John
Brooks, James O. / Pcabody, B. W 0.
Bryant, William C. Percival, James O.
Clark, Willis O. Pierpont, John
CoIRn, Ri>bert 3. Pinckney, Edward C.
Dana, Richard H. Prentice, George D.
Doane, George W. Rockwell, J. O.
Drake, Joseph R. Sands, Robert C.
Dwiirht, Timothy Sigourncy, Lydia H.
EUet, Elizabeth F. Sprague, Chnrles
Embury, Einina C. Sutcnneistcr, J. It.
Everett, Edward Trumbull, John
Fairfield, Sumner L. Wetmore, Prosper M.
Frencau, Philip ,^'1?,lttleS\ J?hn ? , o
Gallagher, William D. Willis, Nathaniel P.
In addition to the poems of the above named authors,
sclectious, comprising the best productions of more thun
four hundred other American w riters, will be given as the
The American Anthology will be published on the first
Saturday of every month. Each number will contain
seventy-two royal octavo pages, printed in the most beau
tiful manner on paper of superior quality, and two or more
port raits on steel, with other illustrations.
Price, Five dollars per annum, payable in adrancc.
The first number will be published in December.
Subscriptions received in New-York, by Wilev & Put
nam, 181 Broadway, and Griswold & Cambreleng, 118
Fulton street. All letters ^^^I^ToLd!
Sec. N. Y. Lit. Antiquarian Association.
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exceed, the pi ice of our annual subscription.
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J^1* 5''^ * R#ries which commenced in Septem
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PROSPECTUS OF
THE UNITED BTATES MACMZINE
AND DEMOCRATIC REVIEW.
ON the 1st of Octoukk, IKJ7, will lie published at
Washington, District of Columbia, and delivered
simultaneously in the principal cities of the United States,
a new Monthly Magaxinc, under the above title, devoted
to the principles of the Democratic party.
It has long been apparent to many of the reflecting mem
bers ol the Democratic party of the United States, that a
periodical lor the advocacy and diffusion of their political
principles, similar to those in .such nctive and influential
operation in England, ia a desideratum of the highest im
portance to supply?a periodical which should unite with
the attractions of a sound and vigorous literature, a poli
tical character capable of giving efficient support to the
doctrines and measures of that party, now maintained by
a large majority of the People. Discussing the great
questions of polity before the country, expounding and
advocating the Democratic doctrine through the most able
pens that that party can furnish, in articles of greater
length, more condensed force, more elaborate research
and more elevated tone than is pouible for the newspaper
press, a Magazine of this character becomes an instru
ment of inappreciable value for the enlightenment and
formation of public opinion, and for the support of the
J principles which it advocates. By these means, by thus
I explaining and defending the measures of the Democratic
party, and by always furnishing to the public a clear and
powerful commentary upon those complex questions of
policy which so frequently distract the country, and uiKin
which, imperfectly understood as they often are by
friends, nnd misrepresented and distorted :is they never
fail to bo by political opponents.it is of the utmost impor
tance that the public should be fully and rightly informed,
it is hoped that the periodical in question may be made to
?exert a beneficial, rational, and lasting influence on the
public mind.
Other considerations, which cannot be two highly api.re
ciated, will render the establishment and success of the
proposed Alugazine of very great importance
In the mighty struggle of antagonist principles which is
now going on in society, the Democratic party of the Uni
ted states stands committed to the world as the deposito
P".a," ?en>pl*r of those cardinal doctrines of political
faith with which the came of the People in every age and
country is identified. Chiefly from the want of a con
venient means of concentrating tlic intellectual energies
of its disciples, this party has hitherto been almost wholly
unrepresented in the republic of letters, while the views,
and policy of its opposing creeds are daily advocated by
learning nio*t commanding efforts of genius and
In the United States Magazine the attempt will be
made to remove this reproach.
The present is the time peculiarly appropriate for the
commencement of such an undertaking, the Democratic
! y ?' th? ''"'on. sfter a conflict which tested to the ut
termost its stability and its principles, have succeeded in
retaining jiossesaion of the executive administration of
the country In the consequent comparative repose from
political strife, the period is auspicious for organizing mid
calling to its aid anew and powerful ally of this charac
tei\ interfering with none and co-operating with all.
Co-ordinate with this main design of The United States
Maeazine, no care nor cost will be spared to render it, in
a literary point of View , honorable to the country, and fit
v,^r ? "?1> 'is European competitors.
V iewing the English language as the noble heritage and
?n,iTt>ni. ng ?olwh? sl'euk lhe o (Milton
and hakspeare, it will be the uniform object of its con
ductors to present only the finest productions in the vari
ous branches of literature that can be procured, and to
diffuse the benefit of correct models of taste and worthy
execution. 3
In this department lhe exclusiveness of party, which is
w,1?PK "! fK>Il!Urttl department of such a work,
will have no place. Here we all stand on a neutral
ground of couality and reciprocity, where those universal
alone 1hT ^ arC 8,1 aIikc ""bjcct, will
, alone be recognized as the common law. Our political
F,^C1.P i.?nn0t compromised, but our common literm
with i! lY If O"1- common pride to cherish and extend,
views y of fecl,nS unl>'a*?ed by partial or minor
Magazine is founded on the
! !" "l 'he means and influence of the De
le ndr*! T ? '" .'t10 1 nlte<l States can present, it is in
t Wnir n"' " '? CJCry rc1'';ct " 'horotighly Nation
attrsetinn' h *, de,t^ far.ephemeral interest mid
W,.K . continue of permanent historical value.
With this view a considerableportion of each number w ill
be appropriated to the follow ing subjects, in addition to
the general features referred lo above :
A general summary of Political and of Domestic Intcl
Kk f in the order of the States, comprising all
the authentic important facts of the preceding month
liencral Literary Intelligence, Domestic and Foreign.
General Scientific Intelligence, including Agricultural
Improvements, a notice of all new Patents, Ac.
A condensed account of new works of Internal Im
provement throughout the Union, preceded by a general
V"u i now ln operation or in progress.
Military and Naval News, Promotions, Chances, Move
ments, otc. c *
Foreign Intelligence.
Biographical obituary notices of distinguished persons.
Alter lie close of each session of Congress, an extra
nend ^ K n\"?^r wilV* I,">'li"hcd, containing a ge
neral review and history of its proceedings, a condensed
The sessionlmportMt ?<r'clal doeumenu, and the acts of
indST TU al"?rb0 Uk.?n of means concentrated
in this establishment from all quarters of the Union, to
on .K? dlrl *UC ef,cn,"vo statistical observations
not fli . "" lmP?r,ant "nterem of the country as can
not fail to prove of very great value.
?JnL7T71Of.,h0r,rk wi" ^ "epnratcly paged, so
as to admit of binding by itself, and will l?? furnished w ith
a copious index, so that the United Stales Magazine will
also constitute a Complete Annual REGisTE^ a
scale unatteinpted before, and of very great importance to
all clayrs, not only as affording a current and combined
view, from month to month, of the subjects which it will
comprise, but also for record and reference through future
of'the' work.8 Wl"cl' '"crease with the duration
Although in iU political character the United States
Magazine addresses its claims to the support of the De
rnocratu: party, it ih honed that its oilier features referred
to alsive independentfy of the desirable object of l?.com
in? ncqnainterf with the doctrine, of :in o,,,Wnent thus
recommend it lo a liberal and candid
support from all parties, and from the large class of no
pnri).
I o promote the popular objects in view.ind relying up
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IStTnf pnC? of ""Ascription is fixe.l at the low
rati orfirrdaltnr* per annum; while in mechanical ar
r""<?cment, and in size, ouantity of matter, Ac., the Uni
ted Mates Magazine will I* placed on a par at least with
he leading monthlies of England. The whole will form
tlirte lartje octavo volumes cuch year.
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the^publisheni!m'ln 'r*'i0r" '? ^ 1"1"1)??
, TAMMANY JIALL.
At a regular meeting of the Democratic Republican Oen
eralCommrttee, of the city and county of New-Vork
held.at Tammany Hall, on Thursday evening, April B,
The 'prospect!,* issued 1-y Messrs. Lanrtree AO'Sulli
van, for Hi.-publication, at the city of Washington of a
monthly magazine, to Ijc entitled the United Sutes Mag*
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nmve hivhlv ^ ,0 >n the pro)?pertiis will
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cial to the community ; that the plan of the work appears
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J . ""'"jnccid by the publishers, and we cordially
recommend ,? to the snp^r, ?/ ,mr f. Mow citizens Y
An extract irom the minutes.
Kdward Sandforii. Secretary.
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ON the first of January was puhluritrd the first number of
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This will commence the second year of " the New Serfs
of the American Monthly.** One year has passed sinri,
by the union of the New England Magazine with this
well ealobliahed periodical, the resources of a publication
which had previously alstorbed those of the American
Monthly Review anil of the United States Magazine,
were all concentrated in the American Monthly Maea
zinc ; giving at oncc so broad a basis to the work an in
stomp its national character and ensure ita permanent
The uumlier of pages, which have each month exceed) .1
one hundred, was at the aaine time increased, to make
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number of the work throughout the year has been orna
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has been from the first to establish a periodical which
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good taste, and aounil, vigorous and fearless thinking. up
on whatever subject it undertook to discuss ; which, in .1
word, should make its way into public favor, and establish
its claims to consideration, rather by what should ! <
found in its pages than by any eclat which the num. s of
popular contributors, or the dissemination of laudatory
paragraphs, could confer. Nor has the American Monthly
had any reason to regret having adopted and followed out
the course prescribed to itself from the first. It has in
deed lost both contributors and aulwcribers by the tone of
some of its papers ; but by the more enlightened who haw
judged of the tendency of the work in the aggregate ami
not by its occasional difference of opinion withthcmselir*,
it has been sustained with spirit and liberality. It tux
been enabled to merge from infancy and depeudancc up<m
extrinsic circumstances; and the quickening power ol
many minds, laboring successively or in unison, has m
fused vitality into the creation while shaping it into form,
until now it has a living principle of its own It has In
come something, it is hoped, which "theworld would not
willingly let die,"
But though the subscription list of the American Monthly
has enlarged with the publications of every numlier durin.
the last year, it is not.yet sufficiently full to justify tin
publishers in carrying into effect their plan of liberally
eomiiensating both the regular contributors and every u ri
ter that furnishes a casual paper for the week. Nor till
literary labor in every department of a periodical is a>l> -
quately thu* rewarded, can it fully sustain or merit t!><
character which an occasional article from a well paid
popular pen may give.
If these views be just, there is no impertinence in ap
pealing here to the public to assist in furthering them l.v
promoting the prosperity of the American Monthly Mat.i
zine.
The work which is under the editorial chagre of ('. K
Hoofinan and Park Benjamin, Esq. will continue to In
Sublished simultaneously on the first of every month, m
lew York, bv George Dearborn 6t Co., in Boston by Otis,
Broader* & Co., communications received at the Offict,
No. 38, Gold Street, New York.
PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER,
THOMAS W. WHITE, EDITOR AND PR0PR1ET0B.
This is a monthly magazine, devoted
chiefly to literature, but occasionally finding room
for articles that fall within the scope of Science ; and not
professing an entire disdain .of tasteful irlectimu, tlioucii
its matter lias been, as it will continue to be, in the mam,
original.
Party politics and controversial theology, as far as pos
sible, are jealously oxcluded. They are sometimes so
blended w ith discussions in literature or in moral science,
otherwise unobjectionable, as to gain admittance for the
sake of the more valuable matter to which they adhere
but whenever that happens, they arc incidental only ; not
primary. They are dross, tolerated only because it can
not well be severed from the sterling ore wherewith it is
incorporated.
Reviews and Critical Notices occupy their due spare
in the work; and it is the editor's aim that they should
have a threefold tendency?to convey in a condense d
form, such valuable truths or interesting incidents as are
embodied in the works reviewed,?to direct the reader's
attention to books that deserve to be read,?and to warn
him against wasting time and money upon that larpe num
ber, which merit only to lie burned. In this age of publt
cations, that by their variety and multitude distract and
overwhelm every tindiscnminating student, impartial
criticism, governed by the views just mentioned, is one of
the most inestimable and indispensable of auxiliaries, to
him who does wish to discriminate.
Esssys and Tales, having in view utility or amusement,
or both,?Historical Sketches,?and Reminiscences o|
events too ininnte for history, yet elucidating it, and height
ening its interest,?may be regarded as forming the staple
of the work. And of indigenous poetry, enough is pub
lished?sometimes of no mean strain?to manifest and to
cultivate the growing poetical taste and talents of our
country.
The limes appear, for several reasons, to demand such
a work?and not one alone, but many. The public inind
is feverish and irritated still, from recent political strifes
The soft, assuasive influence of literature is needed, to
allay that fever, and soothe that irritation. Vice and folly
are rioting abroad : They should be driven by indignant
rebuke, or lashed by ridicule, into their fitting haunts.
Ignorance -lords it over an immense proportion of our
people. Every spring should be set in motion, to arouse
the enlightened, and to increase their numlier; so that the
great enemy of popular government may no longer brood,
like n portentous cloud, over the destinies of our country
And to accomplish all these ends, what more powi rl"l
agent can be employed than a periodical, on the plan of
the Messenger; if that plan be but carried out in practice
The South, peculiarly, requires such an agent. In all
the Union, south of Washington, there are but two literary
periodicals ! Northward of that city, there are probably :it
least twenty-five or thirty ! Is this contrast justified b\
the wealth, the leisure, tho native talent, or the actunl
literary taste of the Southern people, compared with those
of the Northern ? No: for in wealth, talents, and taste,
wo may justly claim at least an equality with our bn ?
thren; and a domestic institution exclusively our own,
beyond alldoobl affords us, if wo choose, twice the leisure
for reading and writing, which they enioy.
It was from a deep sense of this local want, that the
word Southern was engrafted on the name of this
periodical; und not with any design to nourish local tire
judices, or to advocate supposed local interests. Far from
any such thought, it ia the editor's fervent wish to see the
North and South hound endearingly together forever, in
the silken bands of mutual kindness and affection Fin
from meditating hostility to tho North, lie has already
drawn, and lie hopes hereafter to draw, much ofhischoici ?t
matter thenc!o ; ana happy indeed will he deem himsi If,
should his p^iges, by making each region know the oiliei
better, contribute in any essential degree to dispel the
lowering clouds that now threaten the peace of t*>th, and
to brighten and strengthen the sacred ties of fraleunl
love.
The Southern Literary Messenger has now reached tin
fifth No. of ita third volume. How far it has acted out 111
ideas here uttered, it is not for the editor to say.
lielievcs, however, that it falls not further ahort of them
than human weakness usually makea practice fall short "I
theory.
The Messenger is issued monthly. Each number of the
work contains 64 large super-royal paves, printed in tl>''
very handsomest manner, on new type, and 011 p?|* r
equal at least to that on which any oilier periodical is
printed in our country.
No aiiliecription will lie received for leas than a volume,
and must commence with the current one. The price is
9S per volume, which must lie paid in all cases at the tin ?
of subscribing. This is particularly adverted to now to
avoid misapprehension, or future mifttindenrtandim' as
no order will hereaflerlte attended to unless accoinpsim I
with the price of suliscription.
The |M>*tagc on the Messenger is six cents on any ?m
gle No. for all distances under 100miles?over 100 mil'"i
ten cents.
All communications or letters, relative to the Messen
ger* most be addressed to Thomas W. White.
Southern Literary Messenger Office, Richmond, V a
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