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>Vmi U. C'mcimmsti MtjmUtau,.
THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM
AND GOMORRAH
!',?? % of morning, and the sun
w*? seated on hia own empyrean throne,
But not m Heretofore, swaikmg the sky
In -auty and ni^uificence; or earth
In light and loveliness - At (hia dread hour
He a* Wd derotd of twew?tiw (mem of heav'n
Worn ? moat ghastly, hideous, tearful whiteneaa.
Looking as does a snow plain in the night?
The world appear'd a hi?ngsrd, shrouded eorpoa,?
rhe woods,? pallid phalanx of gaum apectrea?
The mountains, huge sepulchral phantasms?
I Tie minor weeds, shrubs, lonr'ri and glassv blades
A puny, stilly, IrighlM nyinpholepsy;?
Aud the proud n??r?and the stately lake?
And the Broad ocean, all asem'd sheets of matter
Like to tho white of th' upturn'd eye of one
Enduring life's last fierce convulsive throcs
And universal Nature ahow'd as though
Mantled in an appalling winding sheet:
There was no sound?not e'en n Ureoae was out
MMling the leavee, or aingiag to tho wares,
Nor voice of bird, beast, insect, could be heard.
And them waa little motion, and less life.
J?. W torrents seeui'd by terror stay'd
In their impetuous course?while not a cloud
Pnrsu d its nnimaginaWe way
Upon the flagging pinioua of tho wind?
The animal creation had retir'd
To ebon cares, and deep ehnmerian woods,
?***i?g a horrible wonotony.
Diversified alone by the appearance
In the far centre of a specious plain
Of two vast ek.es, once the pride and raaat.
The glory and the monarchs of the world?
They now were doom'd to wrath, and o'er them hung
A pall, blacker than blackest Erebus i
tfcore, tremendously conspicuous
They stood amid that sickly, aick'mng light.
But lo? athwart the plain, and from those cities
flurrying with trsmulous, unequal pace
Four human Aiiius were spied?and one was that
Of an old, hoanr, venerable sage?
And two were juvenile and comely maidens,
*??[ " things of youth's Hiinny -Imams
And the remaining one was heauteous too.
Albeit churlish Time had scal'd her brow?
And th* moved lamingly-Perchance her heart
was in the place she was compel I'd to shun,
to shun forever?and with an anguish'd spirit
wt!Ti ??? back on that place
Where, in the twinkling of an eye, behold
In her stead, stood a lofty spiral column,
In the same hateful unnat'ral hue,
** *" circumambient atmosphere?
Still, her precipitate companions fled
With undiminiah'd and unheedingspeed
As though no dreadful marvel had been done?
They disappeared?when lo' a hideous change ?
Round the whole circle of the shodd'nng skies
Leap d up a thousaud grun, gigantic clouds,
jagged, horribly misshapen masses,
, "? temiiest^s monstrous pandemonium?
It might be deem'd some supernat'ral pow'r
U*"?) *' *? yf "tern vokauoes
upon the air
& them mi#htiJy-rtheir er'ry peak
And pinnacle, and point, and shaggy cone
WK* L k W,'}V *'?"?>*. crimson flame,
Which chang'd the palorof that scenery,
And substituted a strange, gory tint? ,
So cities, waters, forests, glens and plains
Seem d garmtur'd with blood ?
Anon there wan
A transitory pause?a frightful hush?
And then there came a world-nstounduig thunder.
Whose shout was omnipresent?and appear'd
As it would echo everlastingly
And on that signal all the air grew black,
1 ernbly black?and in an instant sprung
The nimble lightning's from their cloudy homes.
And swift as thought, and simultaneous 'lighted
On a" perceptible and tangible things?
And ev ry object, animate or lifeless?
And ^J7^fCk,nhur^' flaw'r'tre*' mound and hill,
And ev.ry cot, hall, palace, temple, tow'r.
Was in a dot of time crested with flame?
I he puniest did not elude its pow'r ?
The strongest could not for a moment bide it?
It twin'd around Ih. very gossamer
Like a bright bu rning snake. It stood upon
rhe brcm of Ocean s haughtiest wave.
That curl d. and hiss'd and writh'd with bootless rage.
T, f iP"t,?*"Ttti" hahitant? of ihoso high realms
It follow'd with the most vindictive wra?h, '
A - "i* ' ney *ept ???k?y wassailing,
A revelry of luscious luxury,
Th !hTt' andJ?'*h and warm bosoms
yh,< ??rn~for ? ?wift, fleeting atomy.
An indivisible atomy of time
th?Lfi!rhe?ds. ">?t bright fire?
" xlfttl T ' hl"ck*"'d and shrivell'd corses?
A ! tile space, it sparkled 'mid tho tresses
h?'r-and they too perish'd
? & young?the infant and the slige
Annihilated these superior realms
Depopulated this the world's best part.
leaving no trace, sare a wide waste of ashen
Of habitation or inhabitants.
And the black clouds fled qEickly to their lair
And the majestic sun look'd out again
SiMS**'7' 8ud lif^ul|y- ?"d blandly
Of "7 ' y,eld,n?thp v?lum'd smoke
Of those astounding ruins, till it was
Most gorgeous to look on, e'en as a maze
A, S C!! ion8' and 8,1 ???ra'd
As no horror had been wrought.
M A SOLDIER.
Newport Bakiacks, Ky )
Sept. 13th, 1837. J
KISSING.
There's something in a kiss,
Though I cannot reveal it;
Which never comes amiss?
Not even when we steal it!
We cannot taste a kiss,
?And sure we cannot view it,
But is there not a bliss
Communicated through it 1
I'm well convinced there is
A certain something in it?
For though a simple kiss,
We wisely strive to win it.
Yes, there's something in a kiss;
If nothing else would prove it,
It might be proved alone by this?
All honest people love it!
Dow* east oibi.s.?When the down east girls wish
to threaten esch other with a flogging, they say, " I will
be into you like a thousand of brick." When a wild
lark attempts to steal a kiss from a Nantucket girl, she
says, " Cotuc, sheer off, or I'll split your mamsal with a
typhoon. The Boston girls hold still until they are
well kissed, when they flare up all at once, and say, 11 I
should think you ought to bo ashamed.?Bait paper.
When a young chap steals a kiss from an Alabama
girl, she says, "1 reckon it's my time now," and gives
him a box on the car that bo don't forget in a week.?
trwinlmm Herald.
When a clever fellow steal* a kiss from a Louisiana
girl she smiles, blushes deeply, says?nothing. We
think our girls have more taste and sense than those of
down easrand Alabama. When a man is smart enough
to steal the divine luxury from them, they are porfcctly
satisfied.?Ficaynne.
When a female is here saluted with a buss, she puts
on her bonnet, shawl, and answereth thus?"I am as
tonished at thy assurance, Jedediah : for this indignity I
will sew thee up "?Lynn Kei ordrr.
The ladies in this village rcccive a salute with christ
ian meekness. ' They follow the scripture rule?when
smitten on one cheek they turn the other also.? Bung
town Ckroniclr.
As for the New York girls, thev go the regular spoils
of victory principle. A man must fight for a kiss as for
dear life?head dress, sleeves, <Vc., not taken into ac
count. But if ho takes the citidcl, he csn then enjoy
the spoils lo his heart's conlctit?because the girls never
give up until all their strength is gone.?iV Y. Coni
mernal.
If you kiss a Mississippi gsl she'll flaro up like a
scorched feather, and return tho compliment by bruising
your sky-lights, or may be giving the "quid pro quo" in
the form of a blunder-ou?*?Grand Gulf Adotrliter.
When a young gentleman kisses one of our pretty
rosy-chcekc<1 girls, she receives it without any resist
ance, and then placing both her arms around hia neck
? in a loving embrace?plants a most soul-thrilling kiss
on his lips, and asks?"Wasn't that a sweet 'un
Bristol GatrUr.
? We know not what custom prevails amongst us of
the interior, but we should think that l>cforc a man is so
fortunate as to obtain a kiss from any of our girla. he
must stand up before ? pastor and say, " /, M, take thee
N," Ac.. Avc.?Albany Adv.
The girls in our town are amazingly squeamish about
being kissed ; and no sooner does one of them receive
a buss, than she exclaims,?" Dune lettin me alone !
can't yet"?Lippcntotrn Gaiettt
We'feel it our bounden duty to add our mite to the
above ; for among all the various modes of receiving a
salute, the yoonf d *'? a*c?w>o,.?w; ** T,e'
have lb* Muem Thejr actually ?bill llw wbeu
they see a gentleman about to present hps aliur be Una
given them two or three hearty ainacka, they unclose
tneir pretly orbs, and My, " How dare yon kiss a body
when ? body's fast asleep V'?rMatdwione Obterrer
When a gentle man salutea the neb cbeek of a rtpe
and lovely girl in tbia quarter, lha dear creature, id re
mrn, pours tha thrilling extacy of her ?oul into one
glorioua hearty buaa. U.at wouU prow instant deatlUo
the veriest old bacholor alive.?Dedk*m Fair tot.
When a young gentleman attempts to steal a sweet
kiss from one of tha fair damsela of our village, alto
lumps up, and exclaims with s good deal of pleaaantry,
that abe "dm"! W' to such liberties; and il you at
tempt the like again " M put a rmmk *petl on ye"
HaverkiU tiattlle. ,
The scratched facea of the beaux, show but too
plainly, that a kisa from an Exeter gill coats something,
and ia worth something ; but the creed of the ^#nU '*?
"nothing ventured, nothing got;" and should tt coat
the mailer of a scratch, or thelosa of a dickey, dont be
ufeard, for it ia worth more than either. Exeter A fir?
Letter.
EUROPEAN CORRESPONDENCE.
Iain don, July, 1837.
I said the disposition of the Queen was of
some moment to the political parties. She is
not, in other words, a mere machine?figure
head on the prow of the State. A sovereign
may be so. Many of them hare been. 1 oor
George IV. was as blind as a beetle for years
before his decease, and he lost his mind, per
haps, as much as his father before him.?
Even William, what with his year#, and his
easy disposition, and full habit of body, was
gelling to be " the semblance " more than the
substance, " of a King," at the last, for you
know he was 72. But it is different now.
The new dynasty has arisen out of the ruins
of the old one, like Minerva out of Jupiter's
head?" all armed and perfect "?as Preston
said of nullification in the Senate. The
Duchess of Kent is in the prime of life ; vi
gorous, courageous, fresh, and stern. I he
Queen is of her mind and spirit, I do not doubt.
Indeed, those who counted upon her gullibili
ty, have found already, it is said, that they
reckoned without their host. I heard it ru
mored yesterday that when .she was told the
other day, that etiquette would not permit the
admission of her mother into a meeting cham
ber of the Privy Council,?aa her attendant
even?she prorogued the Council in a twink
ling, and walked out of the hall with a haugh
ty grace that Elizabeth might not have disa
vowed. This may be true. Other things,
quite like it, are so. We know her attach
ment and respect for the Duchess are un
bounded ; and we know also, that she has an
old Hanoverian Georgian spirit of her own. It
is not Elizabethan, neither. It is not a mat
ter of mere political principle?of education,
or habit?of policy, at all. It is no Queenly
superciliousness or aristocratic hauteur. It
is simply the temperament which her ances
try has given her ; warm, quick, and firm?
sometimes todoggedness it may be; to the
point of deciding for herself, I do not doubt,
very often, in despite even of the Duchess.?
She has an amiable, affectionate disposition,
at the same time. The proofs of this, in the
trying scenes she has recently witnessed, and
been the heroine of, were most manifest, and
have greatly enhanced the popular feeling in
her behalf.?U. S. Gazette.
An Eccenthig Chahctbr?Some very curious an
ecdotes have been collected and published in France,
respecting the occentric Mr. Egerton, who succeeded to
the title of Lord Bridgewater. The writer says, " those
who hare once seen, nay, those who have never seen
this meagre personsge drag himself along, supported by
two huge lackeys, with his sugar loaf hat slouched
down over his eyes, cannot fail to recognizo biui An
immense fortune enables him to gratify the most extrav
agant caprices that ever passed through the head of a
rich Englishman. If he be lent a book, he carries his
politeness so far as to send it back or rather have it con
ducted home in a carriage. He gives orders that two
of the most stately steeds be caparisoned unto one of his
chariota, and ihe volume, reclining at eaae in milord'a
landau, arrivea, attendod by four footmen in costly livery,
at the door of ita astounded owner. His caniage ia fre
quently to be aeen with his dogs. He bestows great
care on the feet of these dogs, and orders them boots,
for which ho psys aa dearly as for ilia own. Lord
Bndgewalcrs costume is an excellent one for the boot
maker ; for besides the four feet of his dogs, the supply
of his own two feet must give constant employment to
several operatives. He puts on a new pair of boots every
day, carefully preserving those he haa once worn, and
ranging them in order: be cominauda that none shall
touch ihein, but takes himself groat pleasure in observ
ing how much of the year ho has each day passed, by
viewing the atato of his boots."
Civil war in Portooal?Tho ship Constitution,
at Boston, sailed from St. Ubea on the 30th of August,
and brings intelligence that a civil war raged in Portugal
at the Uine of her departure, and akiruuahes daily took
place between different portions of the military, with
much blood shed, and many lives lost. A great portion
of the populace and military were dissatisfied with the
Constitution and Administration of the government,
and were deterininod to bring about au alteration of both,
for the belter, by force. To this end, Gen. Saklana,
one of the oldest generals in the Portuguese service,
was marching, with a large force, upon Lisbon, not
however to depose the Queen, as all parties were in her
favor. Ill consequence of this slate of affaira, martial
law had been proclaimed throughout the kingdom.
The Conatilution brings despatches to Government,
from the American Secretary of Legation at Lisbon.?
Baltimore American.
MRS. UASSAWAY has tuken the pleasant and com
modious house at the eorner of Pennsylvania Ave
nue and 10th street, which she will open for the reception
of Hoarders, on the 1st of Saptambei next. Mrs. G. will
take either yearly or tranaeieut boarders.
Aug. 21. *'7.
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printed, to meet the demands of new stiWribors.
A few brief notices of tho Knickerbocker, from well
known journals are subjoined :
" The progress of the Knickerbocker is still onward. It
is conducted w ith decided ability, is copious and varied
1:1 its contents, and is printed in a superior style. At ibis
season we have little space forliterary extracts, and cannot,
i therefore, enable those of our readers who mav not sec
this Magazine, to jml^e of its merits, otherw ise than upon
our nssurancn that they are of a high order."?Mru> 1 ?rk
Ainrrtcan.
" We have found in the KnickerWker so much to ad
mire and so littlo to condenm, that we can hardly trust
ourselves to sneak of it from first impressions, as we could
not do so without hemir suspected of extravagant praise."
" It is not surpassed by any of its contemporaries at home
or abroad." " It sustains liigli ground in all the requisites
of a Magaasinc, and we nre pleased to see that its merit*
are appreciated abroad as will as at home.?A/ij Argit*.
" This monthly periodical is now ao well known that it
hardly needs commendation, havin* established for itself
a character among the ablest and most entertaining publi
cations in the land."?/V. Y. Jimrnnl of Com
"The Knickerbocker seems to increase in attractions aa
it advancea in age. Il exhibits a monthly variety of con
tributions unsurpassed in number or ability."?A'nt Int.
"The work ia ir. the highest degree creditable to the
literature of our couatry."?Hf?s*. iilobt.
" We have read aeveral number* of this talented pe
riodical. nnd rejoice in them. They would do credit to
any country or to any state of civilization to which hu
manity has yet arrived."?Marrt/att'i London Metropolitan
Mn^mine.
" We hope it will not lie inferred, from our omission to
notice the several numbers of the. Knickerbocker as they
have appeared, that we have there lost light of its charac
ter aiwi increaaina exc?lh-nce. It haa become'' decidedly
one of the l>est Masaxinea in America. The proprielora
have aucceedcd in procuring for its pages the firn! talent
of this country, as well aa valuable aid from dialinguished
foreign sources."?.Yew York Mirror.
" We have on aereral occasions adverted to the srnrit
and tone of the article* contained in thia periodical, aa
being radically .4mrr?c?>i, nnd aa highly honorable to our
literature." " I? ww the spirit ol ?b? Urns*, wid d?il*
with it boldly and ably."? Bolltawre Amtncan.
" Tlmi* i? no publication the many w?? receive
from lb* old country, and frpui tbu? IWuUiumU, to U* re
ceipt of which Me Uiok forward with higher eifei'lutwn
rtui the Kiuo4*rfx>rkrr ; and it Mw lUMppoiMs our an
ticipations."?Quebec Mircvry
" Ita content* are of real excellence and variety. No
dniiartincul to permitted to decline, or to appear 1m kfcd
contrast with ailother."~ Philadelphia Inquirer ,
" This American Magasine ?.ida fair' to rival some of
our beat English month!?* It ?-Uin? mnny v.iy excel
lent article*."?London Allot.
" Ita contrnU are spirited, well oonceived, and well
written."? U. H. Uazrtte.
t* In our humble opinion, thia ia tlie beat literary publi
cation in the I'niteJ Stales, and deserves ?h? extensive
patronage it has reoived."?'-CohmUm (&? 0.) JcUscmpt.
Tkhh*.?Five dollar* per annum, in advance, or three
dollara for ?tx months. Two volumes are completed with
in the yew, aoMWtol wilh theJsnuarysud July num
bers. Everv Postmaster in tlie United States i* autho
rised to receive subscription*. Five oapi<-? forwarded for
twenty dollars. Addrts* Clark 4 EtUon, Proprietors, ltol
Broadway. .
THE AMERICAN ANTHOLOGY;
A, Magazine of Pot try. Biography, and CrilicUm,to be pub
lished Monthly, with splendsd lUuslratiotu on Alerl.
WHILE nearly every country of ihe old world can
bousl of its' collected Ixxly of national Poetry, on
which the seal of a people's favorable judgment has been
set, and which exhibits to foreign nations in the most
striking light the progress of civilization und library re
finmncnt among its inhabitant* . hugUm!, c?p*?iiil
ly, proudly displays to the world a corpus poetanun the
lustre of whose immortal wreath has shed s brighter glory
upon her muue than the most splendid triumphs wiuch
her statesmen and her soldiery have achieved, our own
country seems destitute of poetic honors. Apvrnrs, we
say, for although no full collection of the chef J vuvres of
onr writers haa been made, yet there eiist, ami are occa
sionally to be met with productions of American pools
which will bear comparison with the noblest and most
polished effort* of European-genius, and w hich cluim for
America as high a rank in the scale of literary elevation
as is now ceded to older und in some respects more fa
vored lands.
Impressed with the correctness of this judgment we
pruiwse to issue a monthly inagaaine which sliall contain
in a perfect unmutilated form, ihe most meritorious and
lienutiful efI\i*ions of the poets of America, of the pant
and present lime, with such introductory, critical, and
biographic noticesas shall be nccessary to a correct under
standing of 4lie works presented to tho reader, and to add
interest to 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 thai we
are already in possession of more lhau two hundred vol
umes of tlie production of American Imrds, from shout the
year 1030 to the prescnl dny. Nor is it from these sources
alone that materials may lie drawn. There arc but few
writers in our country who pursue authorship as a voca
tion, and whose works have been published in a collected
form. Our poets, especially, have generally written for
particular occasions, with the remeinbrauoe of which
their productions have gone to rest, or their effusions have
been carelessly inserted in periodicals of slight merit and
limited circulation, where they were unlikely to attract
notice to themselves, or draw attention to their authors?
The grans of the field or flowers of tho wilderness are
growing over the ashes of many of the highly gifted who,
through the wild and romantic regions of our republic,
have scattered poetry in "ingots bright from the mint of
genius" and glowing with the impress of lieauty and the
spirit of truth, in quantities sufficient, were it known and
appreciated as it would lie in other countries, to secure
to them an honorable reputation throughout the world.?
Such were Harney, author of' Crystalina' and the ' r ever
Dream,' Sands, author of 'Yainovden;' Wilcox, author
of the ? Age of Benevolence Robinson, author of 'The
Savage Little, the sweet and tender poet of Christian
feeling, the lamented Bruinard, and many beside, whose
writings are almost uninown, save by their kindred asso
ciates and friends.
With the names of those poets who within the last few
years have extended the reputation of American lite
rature beyond th? Atlantic, Bryant, Dana, Percival,
Spraguc, Sigouruey, Whittier, Willis, &c. ihe public are
familiar ; and we can assure them that ihcre exists, though
long forgotten and unknown, a mino of jioetie wealth,
rich, varied and extensive, which will amply repay the la
Itor of exploring it, and add undying lustre to the crow n
which encircles the brow of American genius. In the pub
lication now promised we shall rescue from the oblivion
to whiehtliey have long lieen consigned, and embalm in a
bright and imperishable form the numlierless ' gems of
purest ray,' witn which our reaearches into the literary an
tiquities of our country have endowed us ; and we are con
fident thut every lover of his native land will regard our
enterprise as patriotic and deserving the supjiort of the
cilixens of the United Stales, as tending to elevate the
character of that country in the scale of nations, and as
sert il? claims to the station to which i? children entitles
it. Wilh this conviction we ask the patronage of ihe com
munity to aid ns in our undertaking, conscious that we
are meriting its support liy exhibiting to tlie world a oroud
evidence that America, in ihe giant strength of her Hercu
lean childhood, is destined ere long to cope in the arena of
literature with those land* which tor cciiiurics have lioast
ed iheir civilization and refinement, and justly exulted in
their triumphs of their cherished sons in the noblesl field
which heaven has cqiened to the human intellect.
The American Anthology will contain complete
works of a portion of the following?the most jiopulor of
our poetic writers?and of the others, the best i>oems, and
such as are least generally known:
Adams, John Quiucy Gould, Hannah F.
Allston, Washington Hallack, Fit* Freene
Barber, Joseph Harney, John M.
Barlow, Joel Hillhouse, John A.
Benjamin, Park Hoffman, Charles F.
Bogart, Elisabeth Mellcn, Grcnville
Brainerd, John G. C. Neal,John
Brooks, James G. Pealwdy, B. W O.
Bryant, William C. Percivul, James G.
Clark, Willis G. Pierponl, John
Coffin, Robert S. Pinckney, Edward C.
Dana, Richard H. Prentice, George D.
Doane,George W. Rockwell, J. O.
Drake, Joseph R. Sands, Robert C.
Dwight, Timothy Sifr>urney, Lydia H.
Ellet, Elizabeth F. Sprague, Charles
Embury, EminaC. Sulermeister, J. R.
Everett, Edward Trumbull, John
Fairfield, Sumner L. Wetinorc, Prosper M.
Fnmeau, Philip Whittier. John G.
Gallagher, William D. Willis, Nathaniel P.
In addition to the poems of the above named authors,
selections, comprising the best productions of more than
four hundred other American writers, will lie given as the
work progresses.
The American Anthology will be published on the first
Saturday of-every month. Each numlier will contain
seventy-two royal octavo pages, printed ia the most beau
tiful manner on paper of superior quality, and two or more
porlraitson steel, wilh other illustrations.
Price, Five dollars per annum, payalde in advance.
The first number will lie published in December.
Subscriptions received in New-York, by Wiley &. Put
nam, 181 Broadway, and Griswold & Cambrelcng, 118
Fulton street. All letters to be addressed, post oaid, to
RUFUS W. GRISWOLD,
Sec. N. Y. Lit. Antiquarian Association.
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mittances may be made at our risk, addressed, until the
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od lo nuMhingluH City. If we may bie permitted to give
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PROSPECTUS OK
THE UBTITED HTATES MAGAZINE
AND DEMOCRATIC REVIEW.
ON the 1st of Octobki, 1837, will lie published at
WashinotoiV, District of Columbia, and delivered
simultaneously in the prinri|ml cities of the United States,
a new Monthly Magaaine, under the above title, devoted
to the principlea of the Democratic party.
It has long been apparent to many of the reflecting mem
bera of ihe Democratic parly of the United States, that a
periodical for the advocacy and diffusion of their political
principles, similar to those in such active and influential
operation in England, is a dttideratum of the highest im
portance to supply?a periodical which should unite with
the attractiona of a eouiid and vigorous literature, a poli
tical character capable of giving efficient support lo the
doctrines and meusure* of that party, now maintained by
a large majority of the People. Discussing the great
quostions of polity before Ihe 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 elaliorate research,
and more elevated tone than is possihlevfor the newspaper
press, a Magazine of this character becomes an instru
ment of inapprecialile value for the enlightenment and
formation of public opinion, and for the support of the
principles which it udvocatea. By these menus, by thus
explaining snd defending the measures of the Democratic
party, nn<T by always furnishing to ihe public a clear and
powerful commentary upon those complex questions of
policy which so frequently distract the country, and upon
which, imperfectly understood as they often are by
friends, and misrepresented and diatortcd as tliey never
fail lo be by political opponents, it is of the utmost impor
tance that the public should lie fully and rightly informed,
it is hoped that Ihe periodical in question may lie made lo
exert a beneficial, rational, and lasting influence on the
public mind.
Oilier considerations, which cannot be tw o highly appre
ciated, w ill render the establishment and success of the
proposed Magazine of very great importanee
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 thf world as the deposito-'
ry and exemplar of those cardinal doctnnea of political
faith with which the canst of I be People in every age and
country ia identified. Chiefly from the want of a con
venient means of concentrating the intellectual energies
of its disciples, this party has hitherto been almoat wholly
unrepresented in the republic of letter*, while the views
and policy of its opposing creeds arc daily advocated by
Ihe ablest and moat commanding efforts of genius and
learning.
In the United Statks Mauazink the attempt will be
made to remove this reproach.
The present is the tioie peculiarly appropriate for the
commencement of such an undertaking. The Democratic
liody of the Union, after a conflict which tested to the ut
termost its stability and its principles, have succeeded in
retaining possession of the executive administration of
the country. In the consequent comparative repose from
political strife, the period is auspicious for organizing and
calling to its aid anew and powerful ally of thia charac
ter, interfering with none and co-operating with all.
Co-ordinate with this main design of The United Statea
Magazine, no care nor cost will be spared to render it, in
a literary point of view, honorable to the country, and fit
to cope in vigor of rivalry with ita European competitors.
Viewing the English language aa ihe noble heritage and
common birthright of all who speak the tongue of Milton
and Shakspcare, it will be lhe uniform object of ita con
ductors lo 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.
In this department the cxclusiveness of party, which is
inseparable from the political department of auch a work,
will have no place. Here we all stand on a neutral
ground of equality and reciprocity, where those universal
principles of taste to which we are all alike subject, will
alone he recognized as the common law. Our political
principles cannot be compromised, but out common litera
ture it will lie our common pride to cherish and extend,
w ith ? liberality of feeling unbiassed by partial or minor
views.
As the United States Magazine is founded on the
broadest basis which the means and influence of the De
mocratic patty in the United States can present, it is in
tended to render it in every rcspeot a thoroughly Nation
al Work, not merely deaigned lor ephemeral interest and
attraction, but lo continue of permanent historical value.
With this view a considerable portion of each number will
lie appropriated to the following subjects, in addition to
the general features referred to above :
A general summary of Political and of Domestic Intel
ligence, digested in the order of the States, comprising all
the authentic important facts of the preceding month.
General Literary Intelligence, Domestic and Foreign.
General Scientific Intelligence, including Agricultural
Improvements, a notice of all new Patents, &c.
A condensed account of new works of Internal Im
provement throughout the Union, preceded by a general
view of all now in operation or in progress.
Military and Naval News, Promotiohs, Changes, Move
ments, dtc.
Foreign Intelligence.
Biographical obituary notices of distinguished persons.
After tno close of each session ol Congress, an extra
or an enlarged nuinlier will be published, containing a ge
neral review snd history of its proceedings, a condensed
abstract of important official documents, and the acts of
the session.
Advantage will also be taken of the means concentrated
in this establishment from all quarters of the Union, to
oollcct and digest such extensive statistical observations
on nil the most important interests of the country as can
not fail to prove of very great value.
This portion of the work will be separately paged, so
as to admit of binding by itself, and will be furnished v. it h
a copious index, so that the Unitiul States Magaaine will
also constitulc a Complktk Annual Rkoistkk. on a
scale unuttempted liefore, and of very great importance lo
uff claanct, not only as affording a current and combined
view, from month to month, of Ihe subjects which it will
comprise, but also for record and reference through future
years; the value of which will increase with the duration
of Ihe work.
Although in its political character the United States
Magazine addresses its claims lo the support of Ihe De
mocratic party, it is hoped thnt its olher features referred
to above?-independently of the desirable object of Incom
ing acquainted with the doctrines of an opponent thus
advocated?will recommend it to a liberal and caadid
support from all parlies, and from the large class of no
party.
To promote the popular objects in view, ami relying up
on the united support of the Democratic party, as well as
from others, the price of subscription is fixed at ihe low
rate ot five dollar t per annum; while in mechsuieal ar
rangement, and in size, quantity ol matter, &c., the Uni
ted Stales Magazine will lie placed on a par at least with
the letting monthlies j>f England. The whole will form
three forge octavo volumes esch year.
H-7 Tkrns; $5 in advance,or (?li on the deli very of the
third numlier. In return for a remittance of $00, five co
pies will be sent; of 860, thirteen copies will lie sent;
ami of >100, twenty-nine copies.
TE? All communications to lie addressed (poet paid) to
the puUislicia.
TAMMANY HALL.
At a recular meeting of the Democratic Republican Gen
eral Committee, of the city and county of New-York,
held at Tammany Hall, on'Thursday evening, April 6,
1?:?7,
The prospectus issued by Messrs. I.angtree & O'Sulli
van, for the publication, at the city of Washington, of a
monthly magazine, lo lie entitled the United Stales Maga
zine and Democratic Review, having lieen presented and
read, it was thereupon,
Resolved unanimously, That, in the opinion of this
Committee, Ihe work referred to in the prospectus will
prove highly useful to the Democratic Party, and lienefi
eial to the community; that the plan of the work npi>esrs
to be indi?ioti?ly adapted to lite attsmment of the impor
tant objects announced by the publishers, awl we cordially
recommend it to the snpport of our f< I low citizens.
An extract from the minutes.
Kpw\?t> SanptoKP Secretary
ADVERTISEMENT*
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Medium for library ?nd general adv,, for ^h,.'h u
thorough circulation ra every State of tie Imon
abroad, will render it very ulvMlifooui.
Ad>ferti?*mw.ts will be inserted the ever of it.
United Mtate* on tb. followiug lerj ^ U"
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'? 'or *2 50; ? paces, tlo , ic
1*'.^ . ^Weiis will he inserted otily iu tbe copies J..
ivered by hand in the Urge cities, and 3000 of each will
be required The other advertisements are published in
every copy. A Magazine being genrrally preserved, and
retained for perussffor months on the family table, re.,
ders it a much more desirable agent for impropriate sdver
tising than newspapers or other evanescent periodical*
Advertisements will be received by all the Agents
Y Bll,? "JJ?*ndad Cur stitehing with the cover, if deln.
erud at the following places, tree of expense, will be ? .
gularly forwardedBoston, and Eastern States, 0t(?
Brorfere. * Co. .gent*; New York, at the office of
Mr. O oullivan, No. 03 Cellar street; Philadelphia, K I'
Demlver, Market atreet; Baltimore, F. Lucas. Jr. Th. ?
should be sent not later than the I Oth day of the month
previous to that required for insertion.
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^Washington, D. C.. March 4. ?t?37.
PROSPECTUS
TO TUB
AMERICAN MONTHLY MAGAZINE.
roK 1837. '
rtv? DOI.LAKS PEE YE*E.
ON the first of January was published the first number 0f
m| the ninth volume of the American Monthly Magazine
lltn will commence the second year of " the New fieri.,
of the American Monthly." One year has passed sine,
by the union of tbe New England Magazine with this
well established periodical, tbe resources of a publication
which bad previously al*orbed those of tbe American
Monthly Review and of the 1'nited States Hagaiine
were all concentrated in tbe American Monthly M?*a
xtne ; giving at once so broad a baais to the Work as tu
stamp its national character and ensure its permanency
The number of pages, Which have each month exceed. |
one hundred, was at the same time increased, to iiiak"
room for an additional supply *f original matter ; and cam
number of tbe work throughout the year has been orna
?nented with an engraving, executed by the first artists m
the country. How far the literary contents of the Mann
tine have kept pace with these secondary improvement,
the public are the best judges. The aim of the proprietors
has been from the first to establish a periodical winch
should have a tone and character of its own ; and which
w hile rendered sulficienUy lunusing to ensure its circuU
tion, should ever keep for its main object the promotion .,[
good taste, und sound, vigorous and fearless thinkin* n,,.
on whatever subject it undertook to discuss ; which", 11, ?
word, should make its way into public favor, und establish
its claims to consideration, rather.by what should j
found in ita pages than by any eclat which the names of
popular contributors, or the dissemination of laudatory
paragraphs, could confer. Norlias the American MouthlV
had any reason to rcirret havjnir adopted and followed out
the course prescrilied to itself from the first. It has m.
deed lost liolli contributors and subscribers by the tone nf
so.ne of it* papers ; but by the more enlnrfitened w l? ha..
judged of the tendency of the work in I fie aggregate and
notliy its occasional difference of opinion withlbeuiselvcs
it has la-en sustained with spirit and liberality It ha*
been enabled to merge from infancy and dependsnee upon
extrinsic circumstances; and the quickening power 01
many minds, laboring successively or in unison, has in
fused vitality into the citation while shaping it into form,
until now it has a living principle of its own It t.?
come something, it is hoped, which ?? lit* world would not
willingly let die,"
But though the subscription listofthe American Monthly
has enlarged w ith the publications of every numlxr ilnrin ?
the last year, it is not yet sufficiently full to justify the
publishers in carrying into effect their plan of liberally
compensating Iwth the regular contributors and everv w ri
ter that furnishes a casual paper for the week Nor till
literary labor in every department of a periodical is ad.
quately thu? rewarded, can it fully sustuin or merit the
character which an occasional article from a well paid
popular pen may give.
If these views be just, there is no impertinence in an.
pealing here to tbe public to assist in furthering then. by 1
promoting the prosperity of the American Monthly Magi
cian.
The work which is under the editorial chagre of C 1'
Hoofman and Park Benjamin, Esq. will Continue to U
Dublished simultaneously on the first of every month in
New York, by George Dearborn A Co., in Boston by < hn..
Broader* & Co., communications received at the Offic.
No. 38, Gold Street, New York.
PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER.
THOMAS W. WHITE, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
TH[S IS A MONTHLY MAGAZINE, devoted
A chiefly to literature, but occasionally finding room
for articles that fall within the scope of Science ; and not
professing an entire disdain of tasteful ttUctiow, tho.ith
its matter has been, as it will continue to be, in the main
original.
Party politics and controversial theology, as far as pos
sible, are jealously excluded. They are sometimes >o
blended with discussions in literature 0/ in moral sctene.
otherwise unobjectionable, as to gain admittance for the
sake of the more valuable matter to which they adlier.
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 m
incorporated.
Reviews and Critical Notices occupy their due spac
in the work; and it is the editor's aim that thev should
have a threefold tendency?to convey in u co'ud. used
form, such Valuable truths or interesting incidents as ate
emliodied in the works reviewed,?to direct the reader's
attention to books that deserve to be read,?and to warn
lum against wasting time and money upon that larne num
ber, which merit cmjy to be burned. In this age of publi
cations, that by their variety and multitude distract ami
overwhelm every undiscriminating student, impartial
criticism, governed by the views just mentioned, is one ..1
the most inestimable and indispensable of auxiliaries, to
him who does wish to discriminate.
Essays and Tales, having in view utility or amusement,
or both,?Historical Sketches,?and Reminiscences
events too minute fof 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.
T he times appear, for several reasons, to demand such
a work?and not one alone, but many. The public mind
is feverish and irritated still, from recent political strifes
11 ' nssuusive influence of literature is needed, to
allay that fever, and soothe that irritation. Vice and lolly
are rioting abroad ; They should be driven by indignant
rebuke, or lashed by ridicule, into their fitting haunts i
Ignorance lords it over an immense proportion of our
people Every spring should be set in motion, to nro.1-1
the enlightened, and to increase their number; so that the
great enemy of popular government may no longer brood,
like a portentous cloud, over the destinies of our countn.
And to accomplish all these ends, what more powcrlul
agent can be employed than a periodical, on the plan . f -
mi o?en^'r' if that plan be but carried out in pr!icti<'< ?
rhr South, peculiarly, requires such an went In ?!! I
"?on, south of Washington, there are but two literary
periodicals . Northw'ard of that city, there are probably :it
least twenty-five or thirty ! Is this contrast justified t y
the wealth, the leisure, the native talent, or the acttn.l
?Bstc of the Southern people, compared with t In ?> e
of the Northern ? No: for in wealth, talents, and la>;'. 1
we may justly claim at least an equality with our ki.
tliren; and a domestic institution exclusively our own, ;
beyond all doubt affords us, if w e choose, tw ice the|ei?urc
for reading and writing, which they enjoy.
It was from a deep sense of tnis local wsnt, that tl.c
word SotTTttEFW was engrafted on the nsme of tin
periodical; and not w ith any riesicn to nourish local pre
judices. or to advocate supposed local interests. Far from
any such thought, il m.the editor's lorvint wisfcfct" ?< <?
North and South bound endearingly together for. vcr, in |
the silken bands of mutual kindness and affection l',.r
from meditating hostility to the North, he has already
drawn, and he hopes hereaflertodraw, much of his choicit
matter thence; ano happy indeed will he deem him*. If.
should his pages, by making each region know the oth. r 4,
better, contnlaite in any essential degree to dispel tt '?
lowerin* clouds that now threaten the prncc of tioih. and ?
to brighten and strengthen tbe sacred ties of lr.it. rn-1 i
love.
Tlie Southern Litersrj" Messenger has now readied the
fifth No. of its third volume. How far it has acted out the j
ideas here uttered, it is not for the editor to sav II
lielieves, however, that it falls not further short, of th' ui j
than human weakness usually makes Met ice fall short "I f
theory. ,1
The Messenger is issued monthly. Each numl^r of tin' J
work contains 04 large super-royal paves, printed in the '
very handsomest manner, on new type, and on piipT
equal at least to that 011 which any other periodical i> I
printed in our country.
No subscription will be received for less than a volun... j
and must commence with tbe current one. The pric ?? |
$3 per volume, which must lie paid in all cases at the tin" M
of sulisrtilling. This is particularly adverted to now : > |
avoid mi?apprehensi.m, or future misi.nderstan.ln * -??" ?
no order will hereafter lie atteruled to unlsss ?cepinj.si.ieii J
with the price of sul*cription.
The fKistage on the Messenger is six ecpts on any *
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