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Wines, He-j b mOrgan & co. ??? no* m
cemng from the Robert Gordon and Preiidcnt, ?
bur assortment ol wines, dec., partly m follows :
iVw/i of tke Rktiu?Hockhcimer, vintages 1031, 1M7,
1823 ; Rudekheiioer Cabinet, 1(04 ; Johanneshargar, 1827,
1334 ; Maroobruner, 1H47, 1834; Sleiuwcin, 1834 , Slein
berger, 18*7. Will* a uumber of low-priced Hock winea. ?
Chuittpagn??Ol' tlte Cabinet, (this is saul to be lite
best brand of Champagnes imported,) Anchor, Grape,
Bacchus, nnd Heart, brand*.
Cardials? Marischuui, Curacoa, Abaeynthe, Stomach
Bitter, and other Cordials.
Skerrirt?Pale and Brown, very superior
Mtdrirui? From Blackburn dt Howard, March dt Co.
Otard's Pale Brandy, ?ery auperior.
i^ondon Porter, Brown Stout, and Scotch Ale.
Sardines, truffles, anchovy paste, French mustard,
pickles, ihc. <0,0)0 superior llavanu Segars.
We have about 30,000 bottles of old wines, Madeiras
and Sherries, most of them very old; with every variety
of wines ani liquor* til wood.
All orders from abroad punctually attended to, and no
charge for packing.
sept JO-Gt J. B. MORGAN 4c CO.
NOTICE.
THE New York and Boston Illinois Land Company
will offer at public auction at their office in the tow n
?t Qunu'y, Admits County, Illinois, on Monday the 27th
day of Novemltcr next, 100,000 srrea of their Lands situ
aled in the Military Tract in said State.
Li>u of the land* may be had at the office of said Com
pany in Qtiincy and at 41 Wall Street, New York.
A minimum price will be affixed to each lot at the time
it is offered.
JOHN T1LLSON, Jr.
Agent for the N. Y. & B. 111. L Co.
Aujl 25, 1837.
lawtNov?8
PENSION ET ECOLE FRANCAISE ET AN
GLAISE.?Madame DORMAN has re-open her
French and English Boarding and Day School. She
teaches herself ihs French'school, ami a very competent
yo.mg lady from New York teaches the English school?
situate on 10th street, four doors from the Avenue.
CoNVBRKXCKS AND CONVERSATIONS IN FlKNCH.
Madame Dot man will devote three hours in the.even
n; to Conferences and Conversations in French, for the
improvement of l.idies.of mature years, and of young
lauies who st'.uly or have studied this language, at it is the
best way to remove and prevent the objections that those
who have learned this language Ivy study are seldom able
to converse it. At the North, Conferences and Conversa
tion room*, such as Madame Dorman proposes, are always
crowd-d; tlm manner of instruction being both pleasing
and fashionable.
Ladi-.'s wishing to attend them will please apply to
Madame Doriuun.
Sept. 12. 2aw3wl 1
CCONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS. JOURNALS,
J LAWS, AND DEBATES.?GEORGE TEM
PLE M AN has for sale at his_ Book and Stationary Store,.
opposite the General Po?t Oifice, all the Journals of Con
gress, from 1771 to 1837. Gules and Seaton's American
Statu Paper.* in 21 folio vols., from the first to the 24th
Congress inclusive, or from 1789 to 1823.
Tnc Regular Series of Documents in royal 8 vo. vol
umes, as published each Session, from the 18th to the
24th Congress inclusive, or from lif23 to 1837. The Laws
of Cjngreas, in 8 vols, containing the Laws from the first
to the 22d Congress inclusive, or from 178!) to 4th of
March, 1833; the sei ies is made complete to the 4th of
March, 1837, by thf pamphlet Laws of the 23d and 24th
Congress. This is the edition used by Congress and the
Public Offices.
Story's Laws of the United States, in 4 vols, from 1780
to 4th of March, 1837. The 4th vol. contains an index to
the four volumes.
The pamphlet or Session Laws of the United States
from the 3th to the 24th Conrgess inclusive, or from 1797
to 1837. Any separate pnmpnlets can be furnished.
Gales and Seaton's Register of Debate* in Congress.
All Documents on Foreign Relations; Finance, Com
merce, and Navigation ; Internal Improvement; Military
and Navul Affairs ; Indian Affairs ; Public Lands, and on
Claims of every description can be furnished separately
in sheets.
Also, for sale as above, a large collection of files of
Newspapers published in Washington, and some of the
principal cities in the United Stales.
A|u*23. tf3
Wf E nave for sale, which we will have made up in the
VV best manner?
20 pieces super, black Cloths.
100 do ribbed nnd plain Cassiineres.
20 do plain and figured velvet Vextings,
60 do colored and black Silk Vesting*.
BRADLEY & CATLETT.
Sep 9?3tw2w8
G< LOVES, SUSPENDERS, STOCKS, WOOLLEN
r SHIRTS, AND DRAWERS ?We have to-day
opened?
30 dox. Suspendrrs, best kind.
50 do. superior Gloves.
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 Linen*.
200 do. Sea Island Cotton Shirtings.
BRADLEY <fc CATLETT.
Sept. 8,. 3taw2w8
FOR SALE, OR BARTER, for property
iu the eitv of New York, or lands in Illi
nois, the following valuable property in the
village of Oswego;
The rapid growth of Oswego, its un
surpassed advantages ana great prospects, are too well
and too generally known to require a particular descrip
tion.
tty 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, before they conclude a
bargain. Suffice it to say, that it is among the very best
in the place.
Uy None but lands of tkr. first quality, with a perfectly
clear title, and free of incumbrance, will be taken in ex
change.
ID* 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 Obwbco.?The Eagle Tavern and Store ad
joining, on First street, with a dwelling house and stables
on Second street, being original village lot no. 50, Gft feet
on First street, running cast 200 feet to Second street.
The south half, or original Tillage lot no. 44, being 33
feel on First street, running east 200 feet to Second street,
with the buildings erccled thereon.
The north-east corHer of First and Seneca (late Tau
rus) streets, being 9!) feet on First, and 100 feet on Sene
ca streets, with the buildings erected thereon?comprising
part of original village lot* no*. 41 and 42.
Three lots, each with a dwelling, fronting Second street;
the lots are 22 feet wide by 100 deep, being part of original
village lot no. 41.
Lot, with dwelling ho ise, [original village lot no. 26,]
being Oft feet on First street, miming west aliout 250 feet,
across the canal into the river, so thai it has four fronts.
In West Oswroo.?Lot corner of Fifth and Seneca
(late Taurus) streets, opposite the public square, being on
Scneca street 143, and on Fifth street 198 feet, withdwcll
ing, coach house, stabling,and garden. The latter is well
slocked with the best and rarest fruit, ornauientul shrub
bery, flowers, itc.
A lot adjoining the aliove, being 78 foet on Fourth street
by 58 feet iu depth.
Six lots on First atreet, each 22 feet in 1
front, running east 100 feet to Water I
street, with the buildings thereon.
The Wharf and Ware houses on Wa
ter street, opposite the foregoing, being
132 feet on Water atreet, and running
east about 110 feet to the river. [This j
wharf has the deepest water in the inner
harbor.]
Lot corner of Seneca and Second streets, Itcing 24 feet
on Seneca, and 66 feet on Secondatreets. Five Lot* ad
joining the foregoing to the east, each being 22 feet on
Seneca street, by 66 leet in depth. The above being part
of the original village lot no. 36.
The north half of block no. 63t being 200 feet on Utica
[late Libra] atreet; liy 198 feel on Third and Fourth
atreets.
IE7" Compris
ing the originnl
f village lots no.
3 and 4.
On Van Burkx T? act.?Lot no. 1, Montcalm street,
being 200'fcet deep, aad running north along Montcalm
atreet several hundred feet into the Lake.
Lots no. 2 and 3, Montcalm street, each 66 by 200 ft.
12 " 13 '
13, 14, and 15, being 315 ft. on Bronaon st.
210 on Van Buren st.
300 on Eighth st.
North 3-4ths of lot no. 25, corner of Van Btiren
*?d Eighth streets, being 200 feet on Van Buren, and 148
leet on Eighth streets.
Lot 82, south-west corner of Cayuga and Eighth atreets,
66 hy 198 feet.
Lots 83, 84, 85. 86, 87, on Cayuga St. 66 by 198 ft.
88, a. e. comer of Cayuga and Ontario streets, 198
by 104 feet.
89. a. w. corner of do, 199 by 195 ft.
70, on Seneca st., 66 by 198 feet.
58, s w. corner of Seneca and 8th sts., 66 hy 198 ft.
50, n.e. eorner of Ontario and Schuyler streets, 198
by 104 feet.
59. on Seneca street, 66 by 198 feet.
75, s. 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 re
main, or if desired, can be cleared off.
C J. BURCKLE
Oswego, N. Y., Aug. 32, 1837. 2m0
???8 Sfi SS
WASHINGTON BRANCH RAiL1IOAD. ?On and
after Monday next, Ike II inalant, ih*cars vtill tear*
the depot in this eny for Baltimore at 9 o'clock A. M , in
?lead of 9 i-4 A. M ,u hfrrtofuic.
The object of litis -alteration ia to render certain the ar
rival of the iraiu at Baltimore early enough to afford
ample time for passenger* going North to take the (team
boat, which now departs daily for Philadelphia, al half past
12 o'clock.
The aftrrnoon train will, *s heretofore, leave the depot
at a quarter after 5 o'clock, P. M.
sy? dot&wtf. > ?
(Globe, Native American, Alexandria Gaxelle, and Po
tomac Advocate.)
OWEN~i CO., MERCHANT TAILORS,
? 7 Buildings, and near Puller's Hotel, respccllully
beg leave to inform their friends and the public in general,
thut they have lately tilted up, and joat opened, the lawe
store formerly occupied by James & Co., dnigyuts, (or
the accommodation of their patrons in that part of the city
where they have laid in a moat extensive stock of PALL
and WINTER goods, consisting of the following choice
assortment of articles for gentlemen's wear :
Por routs, superfine nieces of broadcloths, wool-dyed
black, blue, dahlia, Adeluide, invisible green, Polish do.,
claret, and all the favorite co'ors of the day.
Por pantalo.ins, superfine black caaaimere, London
striped do., black ribbed do., gray mixed do., buff, Victoria
striped buckskin, fancy do., Ate.
For vests, black silk velvet, fancy figured do., Genoa
do., woollen do., slriitml challa gold tissue, black satin,
figured do., plain anil figured silks.
E. O. Co. have also received a large collection of
stocks, plain, Irumncd, and emluMcd, handkerchiefs,
opera ties, silk shirts and drawers, buckskin do., patent
merino do., shoulder braces, union do., (two excellent ar
ticles for the support of the back and expansion of the
chest,)gum clastic suspenders, buckskin do., silk, kid, and
buckskin gloves, &c.
Sept. 14. 1ml 1
TIJE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND.~
The session of the medical depart
ME NT of ihis Institution, will commence on the
last Monday of October next, and continue uutil the last
day of February.
THE FACULTY OF PHYSIC ARE,
H. Wilms Bailey, M. D., Prsfcssor of Anatomy and
Physiology.
Hknby Howard, M. D , Professor of Obstetrics, and of
the Discuses of Women and Children.
Michael a. Ftnt.Br, M. I), Professor of Pathology,
and of the Practice of Medicine.
Robert E. Dohskv, M. D., Professor of Materia Me
dics, Therapeutics .Hygiene, and Medical Jurispru.
dence.
William R. Fisher, M. D., Professor of Chemistry
and Pharmacy.
John Frederick May, M. D., Professor of the Prin
ciples and Practice of Surgery.
Elms Hl'ohks, M.D., Demonstrator of Anatomy.
In making this annual announcement, the Trustees re
spectfully state, that, in addition to a Medical Faculty of
great ability, having high claims to public confidence and
patronage, ihis Department of the University of Maryland
offers other and peculiar advantages to Students for the
acquisition of Medical knowledge. Placed in the most
favorable climate for attending to dissections, and pos
sessing commodious rooms for that purpose, the Universi
ty of Maryland commands an unequalled supply of Mate
rial for the prosecution of the study of Practical Anaton> ,
such, indeed, is the abundance of Subject*, that the l*. j
lessor of Surgery will afford to the Student* an opportunity
of performing tkemtelvel, under his direction, every Surgi
cal operation :?a great practical atluantare, not heretofore
furnished, in any of our Medical Schools
This University has also an Anatomical Museum,
founded on the extensive collection of the celebtated Al
len Burns, which became its property by purchase, at
great expense; and to Ihis collection numerous additions
have been annually made :?and, of late, many very valu
able preparations have been 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 favorably known as
an excellent school of practice, is connected w ith the Me
dical Department, and furnishes every class of disease for
the practical elucidation -of the principles taught, by the
Professors of the Practice of Medicine nndof Surgery?
who, besides their regulnr lectures, will impart Clinical
instruction, at the Infirmary, at stated periods, in each
week during the Session.
The Chemical and Philosophical Apparatus of this
University, is of great extent and value, much of it having
been selected in Europe, by the late distinguished Pro
fessor De Butts. And to a Lnborjtory, provided wilh
every thing necessary for a Course of Chemical instruc
tion, are united the numerous and varied articles required
to illustrate the lectures on Pharmacy and Materia Me
dica.
Neither expense nor care has been spared to secure for
the Uuiversily of Maryland the facilities necessary for
the acquisition of a thorough Medical Education.
THE EXPENSES ARE:
THI FIRST COURSE.
For attending the Lectures of six Professors,
each $15 00
Por attending the Dissector and Demonstrator, 8
For attending Clinical Lectures and instruc
tion at the Infirmary, .... S
$103
THE SECOND COURSE.
For attendance on the Lectures of six Profes
sors, - $90
Graduation and Diploma, .... 20
$110
The whole being only 813 dollars.
But Students who have attended one course of Lee*
tures in nnolher respectable Medical School, may gradu
ate here after they have attended one full course in this
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 are procured, Dissections can lie prosecuted w ith
more ease, and at less expense, than at any other place :
?here too, good lioarding can be engaged, on as cheap
terms as in any other Atlantic City.
THE orrtCKRS ARE,
His Excellency Thomas W. Voazy, Governor of Ma
ryland, President of the Board of Trustees.
The Hon. Roger B. Taney, Provost.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTER*.
Nathaniel Williams, William Gwynn,
Vice President. Dr. Hanson Penn,
John Nelson, James Win. McCulloh,
Solomon Etting, Henry V. Soinerville,
Isaac McKitn, Dr. Samuel McCulloh,
Dr. Dennis Claude, and
James Cox, John G. Chapman.
By order,
JOSEPH B WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Baltimore, 2Gth August, 18J7. twtlN5
MRS. GASSAWAY 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 Boarders, on the 1st of Septeinbei next. Mrs. G, w ill
take either yearly or transcicnt boarders.
Aug. 21. 4t7.
NEW VOLUME OF
THE NEW YORK MIRROR:
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Literature mid the Fine Arts, embellished with mag
nificent uml costly engravings on steel, coppcr, and wood,
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the pens of well known and distinguished writers, upon
every subject that can prove interesting to the general
reader, including original Poetry; Tales and Essays, hu
morous and pathetic; critical notices; early and choice
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next volume of the New York Mirror. The times, in
deed, are gloomy ; but, widely as our commercial distress
is extended, the Mirror has shot the roots which nourish
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he thought presuming in aiminir at so hirh a' mark. I .ft
those who would carp at the expression but look back to
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fourteen volumes which, year after year, have been pro
duced with an increase of toil nnd expense that has ever
kept in advance of the support wc have received, liberal
undoubtedly as that support ha* been. I,et them weigh
the improvements upon it* predecessor in each successive "
volume, and we fearlessly assert that they cannot with
hold their approval from our past labor*, nor deny the rich
promise with w hich our publication is still rife.
The Literary Arrangement* for the coming year must
secure a great improvement in this department of the
Mirror ; for white Mr >o??rn?l will ooiiUnus to ba mainly
?upporiedby Mr. Mor~kr. Willi., and Mr. Fay. M.
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sity to the paper j while, in order to promote that unity
of purpose which is ao desirable in such a journal, and
which can only be seemed by us having one acting bead,
the Mirror has been placed under the immediate editorial
charge of a single person ; and the proprietor is happy to
announce that lie has made a permanent arrangement with
Mr C. F. Hoffman, who hoa lor the laat two months had
charge of ihis department.
The Steel Engravings now in thecourae of preparation
for the coming year, are aiich as we shall be i.ruud to lay
before our countrymen. They commemorate the romantic
scenery and the illustrious characters of our land. The
landing of Jamestown, painted by Chupman, will appear
among the historical landscapes; arul our series of Por
traits, which began with llalleck, will be followed up by
thnae of Bryant, Sprogue, Cooper, Irving,and Verplanck,
making, when finished, a most valuable portrait gallery of
Americans of literary celebrity, while they illustrate the
genius of Stewart, luman, Weir, and other nutive artist*,
of whom our country is justly proud.
The Wood Engravings, to which we have ever paid
great attention, as the branch of art to which they belong
la one which our countrymen are rapidly carrying to a
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un early number.
The Musical Department for the coming year w ilt tie
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our journal has received from the discriminating and the
tasteful on both sides of the Atlantic, than add any thing
here in furtherance of the claim which the New York
Mirror has upon the support of the American public.
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with a popular piece of music, urrangid for the piano
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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 Maga
zine. The publishers, mindful of the favor with which
their efforts have been 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 the brief space of a little more than two years and
a half, the numlier of copiee issued of the Knickeiliocker
has been increased from leaa than five hundred to more
than four thousand, without other aids than the acknow
ledged merita of the work?acknowledged, not more expli
citly by this unprecedented succeas, than by upwurd of
three thousand highly favorable notices of the Magazine,
which, at different times, have appeared in the various
journals of the United Slates, embracing those of the first
and most discriminating cli.ss in every section of the
Union. Of many hundreda who desired specimen num
bers, and to whom they have been tienl for examination,
previous to subscribing, not one but has found the work
worthy of immediate subscription. A correct inference
in regard to the inlerett or quality of the matter furnished
by the publishers, may be gathered from the foregoing
facts, fn relation to the quantity given, it need only lie
said, that it has always exceeded the maximum promised,
and in the numbers for the last year, by more than four
hundred paget. Of the clearness and beauty of the typo
graphical execution and material of the Knickerbocker,
and the character of its embellishments?which, although
not expected by its renders, nor promised by its proprie
tors, have nevertheless been given?it is not deemed ne
cessary to speak. They will challenge comparison, it is
believed, with any similar periodical, at home or abroad.
It has been observed, that the constant aim of the edi
tors, in the management of the Knickerbocker, has been
to make the work entertaining and agreeable, as well as
solid slid useful. It Ls.perhaps ow ing to the predominance
of these first named characteristic*, that it has become so
w idely hnown to the public. In addition to several well
known and popular aeries of numbers?such as the " Odda
and Ends of a Penny-a-Liner," " Ollapodiana," the " Pal
myra Letters," " An Actor's Alloquy, " Leaves from the
Blank Book of a Country Schoolmaster," " Wilson Con
worth," " Life in Florida," " Loaferiana," " Tlie Eclec
tic," " Passages from the Common-place Book of a Sep
tuagenarian," 11 Notes from Journals of Travel# ^in Ameri
ca, and in various Foreign Countries," "The Fidget Pa
pers," &c.?liberal space haa been devoled to interesting
Talcs, illustrating American society, manner*, the limes,
Sic., embracing, beside*, stories of the sea, and of pathos
and humor, U|ioii a great variety of subjects, together w ith
biographies, legends, and essays, upon numerous and va
ried themes, interspersed w ith frequent articles of poetry,
of such a description as to secure for the Magazine, in
this department, a gratifying preeminence apd celebrity.
But neither the scientific nor the learned, the solid nor
the useful, has been omitted, or lightly regarded. Origi
nal articles, from distinguished writers, (which have at
tracted much attention in this country, and several of
which have liecix copied and lauded abroad,) have appear
ed in the rcccnt numbers of the work, upon the following
subjects:
Past and Present State of American Literature; South
American Antiquities; Inland Navigation; Geology and
Revealed Religion; Insanity and Monomania; Liberty
vergit* Literature and the Fine Arts; Early History of
the Country; Connexion of the Physical Sciences ; At
mospheric Electricity, a New Theory of Magnetism, and
Molecular Attraction; American Female Character;
Pulmonary Consumption ; Pulpit Eloquence ; The Pros
pects and Duties of the Age ; Health of Europe and
America; Literary Protection and International Copy
Right; Poetry of the Inspired Writing* ; Chinese Na
tions and Language^; Chemistry (Laboratory of Nature)
The Past, the Present, and the Future; Otir Country,
with Comments on its Parties, Laws, Public Schools,
and Sketches of American Society, Men, Education,
Manners and Scenery; Philosophy of the Rosicrucians ;
Intellectual Philosophy, Philology, Astronomy, Animal
and Vegetable Physiology, Astrology, Botany, Mineralo
gy, and'Phrenology ; Progress of the Age, and of Modern
Liberty; Christianity in France; American Organic
Remains ; Historical Recollections, the Nature of Co
mets; Discussion on Scriptural Miracles; Sectional Dis
tinctions of the Union ; Peace Societies ; Periodicity of
Diseases ; Essays on Music, Fine Writing, &c.; toge
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season we have little space for literary extracts,and cannot,
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our assurance that they arc of a high order."?iWw I urk
American.
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mire and *o little to condemn, that we can hardly trust
ourselves to speak of it from first impressions, as we could
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it advances in age. It exhibits a monthly variety of con
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" The work is ir. the highest deeree creditable to the
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" We have read several numbers of this talented pe
riodical, and rejoice in them. They would do credit to
any country or to anv state of civilization to which hu
manity haa yet arrived."?Marryatt'i Lomlon Metropolitan
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" We hope it w ill not lie inferred, from our omission to
notice the several numbers of the Knickerbocker as they
have appeared, that we have there lost sight of its charac
ter and increasing excellence. It haa become decidedly
one of the best Magazines in Amenta. The proprietors
have succeeded in procuring for its pages the first talent
of this country, as well as valuable aid from distinguished
foreign sources."?Xeie York Mirror.
" We have on several occasions adverted to the spirit
and tone of the article* contained in this periodical, as
beinf radically American, and as highly honorable to our
literature." " It ae?MS ^ ?P^ ?? fc *?a d*mU j
with it boldly and ably."?Baliimtr* Ammca*.
.. There ie no publication among the ??i?y we receive
froin ?lie uld couiftry, ?iwi from tb& eminent, loth, re
ceipt of which we look forward with Blgher expectation
than the Kiuckertweker; arid it never disappoints our an
ticipatione."?QtuUe Mtrcurj).
"It. content* are of real esceUeaee awl variety. No
department i* permitted to decline, ? tow bttJ
contrast with auothcr."?Pkdadtlpki* lmpartr.
u Thi? American Magazine bids fair to rival some lit
our beet English monthlies. It containa many very ett*i
lent articlea."? London Atlas.
'? |t? conical* are spirited, well conceived. and well
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? In our humble opinion, this ia the beat literary publi
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Tbbms.?Five dollara per annum, ill advance, or three
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bin! Every Po.tma.u r in the United Stale, la aulho
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Broadway.
THE AMERICAN ANTHOLOGY';
A Magazine of Poetry, Biography, and Criticimm,* be pub
luhed Monthly, with epletuhd dhutratione on Slrtl.
WHILE nearly every country of the old world enn
boast of it. collected body of wflkonal Poetry, on
which the *eal of a people', favorable judgment ha. been
act, and which exhibit, to foreign nation, in them"*
striking light the progre*. of civilization and ! ?2., .
finem. nl among it. inhabitant ; while England,_e*pe'cia1
lv, proudly di.piays to the world a corpvt poetarum the
lu.tre of whoae immortal wreath lis* shed a brighter g!or*
urun her name than the most splendid triumph, whi
her "talesmen and her soldi. ry have achieved, our own
country aeein* destitute of poetic honors. ^1"'" f
?uy, for although AO full col lection of the chefd wm>re.'of
our writem ba. been made, yet there exist, and are occa
.ionully to be met with production, of Ameneu1 ports
wlueh will liear eompar.*on with th.noble.t.ndmo?t
policed effort* of European genius, and which claimi for
America a* huh a rank in the wale of literary elev.turn
H* i* now ceded to older and in lome re.pect. more ta
'Tnprasssd with the correctness of this J"4?"*"1/'?
I pro|>o(ic to I woe a monthly magazine which .hall WWtain
"n a perfect..mutilated form, the most meritonou. and
beautiful efru.ions of the poet. of Ameriea.oftl^ pant
ami present time, with .uch introductory,
biographic notice, a. .hall be necessary to a eorreet ui'der
?iMiiding of the work, presented to the reader, and to add
'interest to the publication. Those wlio imagine . j?*
there exists a dearth of material, for .uch an undertaking,
wbobtdieve th.it the Aon.an M ,d. have confined their
richest favor, to our transatlantic brethren to Hie exclu
sion of native geniu., will he .urpn*ed to learn that we
.re already in po*?e**ion of more than two hundred vol
ume. of the production of American bards, from about the
year 1030 to the present 'Wy. Nor 1* it from these jwurre.
ulono that materials may be drawn. There are but Uw
w riters in our country who pursue authorship
tion, and whqse works have been published in a collected
form. Our poets, especially, have generally written for
particular occasion*, with the remembrance of which
their production, have gone to rest, or their effu.ion. have
been eurdesslv inserted in periodical* of slight merit and
limited circulation, where they were unlikely to attract
I notice to themselves, or draw attention to their nut nor*
The eras* of the field or flowers of the wilderness are
Krowing 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
.emus" and glowing with the impre.. of beauty and the
spirit of truth, in quantities sufficient, were it known and
appreciated a* it would he in other countries, to secure
to them an honorable reputation throughout the.world.?
Such were Harney, author of' Crystalina and the r ever
Dream,' Sand*, author of ' Yamoyden ; W ilcox, author
of the ? Age of Benevolence Robinson, author of I he
Savage;' Little, the sweet and tender poet of Christian
feeling, the lamented Brainard, and many beside, whose
writings are utmost unanown, suve by their kindred asso
i ciate. and friends. . , . ,
With the uaiiie. of those poets who within the last lew
years have extended the reputation of American lite
rature bevmd the Atlantic, Brvant, Dana, Percival,
Spraguc, Sigou.ney, Whittier, Willis. &c. the puUic are
familiar ; and we can assure them that there exists, though
long forgotten and nnknown. a mine of noetic wealth,
rich, varied and extensive, which will amply repay the la
bor of exploring it. and add undying lustre to the crown
which encircle* the brow of Americsn genius. In the pub
lication now proposed we .hall rescue from the oblivion
to which they have long been conmgned, and embalm in a
bright ami imperishable form the numberless 1 gcini of
purest ruy,' with which our re?earche? into the literary an
tiouities 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 ol the
citixens of the United State., as tending to elevate the
character of that country in the scale of nations, and as
sert its claim, to the nation to which it. children entitles
it With this conviction we ask the patronago of the com
I munity to aid u. in our undertaking, con*ciou. that we
are meriting it* support by exhibiting to the world a proud
evidence that America, in the giant .trength of her Hercu
lean childhood, is destined erelong to cope in the arena ol
literature with those lands which for centuries have boast
ed their civilixation and refinement, and justly eXulteu in
their triumphs of their cherished sons in the noblest field
which heaven has opened to the human intellect.
The American Antholouv will contain completo
works of a portion of the following?the most popular of
our poetic writers?snd of lbs others, the best poems, anil
such as are least generally known :
Adams, John Quincy Gould, Hannah F.
Allston, Washington Hallack, Fitz Greene
Barber, Joseph Harney, John M.
Barlow. Joel ' Hillhouse, John A.
Benjamin, Park Hoffman, Charles r.
Bogart. Elizabeth Mellen, Crenville
Brainerd, John G. C. SeaJ,"?,0''nn w n
Brooks, James G. Pealiodv, B. W O.
Bryant, William C. Percival, James l?.
Clark, Willis G. Pieroont, John
Coffin, Robert 3. Pinckney, Edward C.
Dana, Ricl.ard H. J re"lic''' D
Doane, George W. Rockwell, J. O.
Drake, Joseph R. Sand*. Robert C.
Dwight, Timothy Sigourney, Lydia U.
Ellct, Elizabeth F. Spraguc, Charles
Embury, EmmaC. Sutermeiater, J. K.
Everett, Edward Trumbull, John
Fairfield, Sumner L. Wetmore, Prosper M.
Freneau. Philip JVh" o
Gallagher, William D. Willis, Nathaniel P.
In addition to the poems of the above named authors,
selections, comprising the l>est productions of more than
four hundred other American writers, will bo given as the
W The'America* Anthology will Ik: 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
portraits on steel, with other illustrations.
Price, Five dollars per annum, payable in advance.
The first number will Ik- published in December.
Subscription* received in New-York, Iw W iley iV Put
nam, 181 Broadway, and Oris wold & Cambreleng, 113
ruiw au mm.
Sec. TV. Y. Lit. Anliqwtrian Atsociation.
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ON the first of January was published the first n,?mh,'!' "f
the ninth volume of the American Monthly Maga/me.
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of the American Monthly." One year has pa^dsince
by the union of the New England Magaxine w th this
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HI "us national character and ensure its P^manen^
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PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER,
THOMA* W. WHITE, *DITO? AND PBOrtlCTOK.
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 disdsin of tasteful ttlrclum', ihoueli
fta matter has been, a* it will continue to be, in the main,
farty politics and controveraial theology, as far as pos
sible are jealouslv excluded. They ace aometimes so
blended with discissions in literature or in moral scienre,
otherwise unobjectional.le, as to gain admittance for the
sake of the more valuable matter to which they adhere ?
but whenever that happens, they aw only , not
r>nmnru. They aro dross, tolerated only because it can
not wcfl be severed from the sterling ore wherewith it is
'" R(rvtewa'and Critical Notices occupy their due space
in the work; and it is the editor's aim that they should
have a threefold tendency?to convey in a condensed
form, such valuable truths or interesting iMi^nts as are
e.nlxjdied in the works reviewed,-U> direct 0w. rr.de
attention to books that deserve to be read,?and to warn
him against wasting time and money upon that large num
ber, which merit only to l>e burned. In this age ofpubl?j
cations, that by their variety and multitude ^ract and
overwhelm every undiscriminating student, impartial
criticism, governed hy the views just mentioned is one of
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 <M
event, too minute for history, yet elucidating it, and heu t
enins its interest,?may be regarded as forming the st.| e
of the work. And of indigenous poetry, enough is pub
lished?sometimes of no mean strain-to msnje*t andjo
cultivate the growing poetical ta?te and talents of our
country ^s for several reasons, to demand such
a work?and not one alone, but many. The public mind
is feverish and irritated atill, fnxu recent ^
The soft, assuasive influence of literature is needed,
allay that fever, and soothe that irritation. Vice and folly
are noting abroad : Thev should Ik- driven by indignant
rebuke, or lashed by ridicule, into their fitting haunt*
Ignorance lords it over an immense proportion of m'i
neonlc Every spring should be set in motion, to arou*t
enlightened. and to increase their numberr; u>, thaUhe
ureal enemy of popular government may no longi r brood,
fike a tmrtrntoua Xu<l, over the destinies of our countr) .
And ti accomplish all these ends, what more poweI
agent can be employed than a periodical, on the plan of
I he Messenger; if that plan be but carried out in prarti
The South, peculiarly, require, .uch an agent. In
the Union, south of Washington, there_arc but two literary
periodicals! Northward of that city, there are probably at
least twenty-five or thirty ! I. thi. rontraat jujUfierf by
the wealth; the lei.ure. the
literary taste ofthe Soutliem people, com,.ared wiiih iho. ?
of the Northern T No: for in wealth, uVnts and i^.
we may justly claim at least an equality with our hre
thren; and a domestic institution exclusively,
beyond all doubt affonl. us, if we choose, twice the Icisu
for reading and writing, which thry .??"???. _ th(., ,he
It was from a deep .en.e of tin. local want, that the
word SotiTHBKM wa. engrafted on the name ol
peno.lic.al; and not with any design to nourish
judices, or to a.lvocate auppoac.1 local tn'ere.t. J .r f^ro
any such thought, it i. the editor s f"\cni^'*hfn
North and South bound endearingly K?r
the silken bands of mutual kindness and ^
from med 1 luting hostility to the North, he,ba. alres.'y
drawn, and he hopes bereaftertodiaw mwehaf ku.eh? . H
matter thence; ana happy indeed will
should his page", hy making each region know thejMh. r
better, contribute in any caaential ^ ?nH
lowering clouds that now threaten the peace of l?lh, anfl
to brighten and strengthen the sacrei IW of fraternal
10 The Southern Literary Monger has now reached the
fifth No of its third volume. How far it haa acted out the
idea* here uttered; it i. not for the editor to ?ay. ?'
believe., however, that it fala no* further.hort0flt''n
than human weaknesa uaually makea practice fall ahoii
'^Thc Messenger is iaaned monthly. Each number of the
work contains 04 large super-royal page., printed in
very handsomest manner, on new type, and on paper
equal at least to that on wh.ch any other periodical ..
and mnat commence with the eurircnt ^ , e
^:rh^a^ : u^r^n,,
,rnAUrmmun,c.t.on. ?r letter.,
C&TMe^enrer Office. Riehmond. V.
THE MADISONIAN.
Th? Madisonian ia published Tri-weekly during the
sittings of Congress, and Semi-weekly during the re
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Advertisement* intended for the Tuead.y psper,
should be aont in early on Monday?thoae for the
Thurad.y paper, early on Wednesday, and for the Sa
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