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WINES. ate.?J 8. MORGAN '* CO. are now r?
ceiviag Iroin tbe RuUrl Gordon ami Preaidcnt, ?
fiiia HUorlint-at of wiuea, 4t0.. purity as follow* :
Wines of tk* Rkiiu?H?ckb< oner, viutuge* 1831, 1827,
1825 ; Rudeaheimer Cabinet, 1834. Johanncaliergcr, 1*27,
1834; Marcobruner, 18.'7, 1834 ; Sleinwem, 1834 ; Stuin
berger, 1827. With a nurntwr of low-juiced Hook wine*.
L iamjMgn?t?Of tne Cabinet, (thia I* said to be the
beat brand of Champagnaa imported,) Anchor, Grape,
Bacchus, and Heart, brand*.
CorUialt?Maruchiuo, Curacoa, Abacvnthe, Stomach
Litter, and other Cordials.
Skerries?Pale and Drown, very superior
.Mileiras?From Blackburn At Howard, March Jc Co.
Otard's Pale Brandy, very superior.
London Porter. Brown Stout, and Scotch Ale.
Sardines, trollies, anchovy paste, French mustard,
pickles, Ate. 20,000 superior Havana Segar*.
We have about 20,000 bolt lea of old wines, Madeira*
and Sherries, moat of them very old; with every variety
of wines and Inpiors in wood.
All order* from abroad punctually attended to, and no
charge for packing.
aept 2?-0t J B. MORG AN At CO.
NOTICE.
THE New York and Boston Illinois Land Company
will offer at public auction at their office in the town
of Q'lincy, Adams County. Illinois, on Monday the 27th
day of November next, 100,000 acre* of their Land* situ
ated in the Military Tract in anid Slate.
Li.sts of the lands may la- had at the office of said Com
pany in Quinojr and at 41 Wall Street, New York.
A minimum price w ill be ailixcd to each lot at the time
it is offered.
JOHN TILLSON.Jr.
Agent for the N. V. At B. 111. L Co.
Aug. 2a, 1837.
lawlNov?8
PENSION ET ECOLE I'RANCAISE ET AN
GLA1SE.?Madame DORMAN baa re-open her
French and English Boarding and Day School. She
teaches herself the French school, and a very competent
young lady from New York tenches the English school?
?ttuate on 10th street, four doors from the Avenue.
CONFERENCES ANI) CONVERSATIONS IN FrBNCH.
Madame Dor man will devote three hours in the even
ng to Conferences and Conversations in French, for the
improvement of ladies of mature years, and of young
ladies w ho study or have studied tins language, as it is the
best way to remove and prevent the objections that those
who have loarned this language by study are seldom able
to converse it. At the North, Conferences and Conversa
tion rooms, such as Madame Dorman proposes, are always
crowded; this manner of instruction being both pleasing
and fashionable.
Ladies wishing to attend them will please apply to
Madame Dorman. .
Sept. 12. 2aw3wll
(CONGRESSIONAL DOCUMENTS, JOURNALS,
J LAWS, AND DEBATES.?GEORGE TEM
PLEMAN has for sale at his Book and Stationary Store,
opposite the General Post Office, all the Journals of Con
gress, from 1774 to 18.17. Gales and Seaton'a American
State Papers in 21 folio vols., from tbe brat to the 21lh
Congress inclusive, or from 178'J to 1823.
The Regular Series of Documents in royal 8 vo. vol
umes, as published each Session, from the 18th to the
24th Congress inclusive, or from 1823 to 18:17. The Laws
of Cougress, lit 8 vol*, containing the Laws from the first
to the 2'4d Congress inclusive, or from 1789 to 4th of
March, 1833; the sei ies is m i le complete to the lib of
March, 1837, I>y the pamphlet Laws of the 23J and 21th
Congress. Ttns is the edition used by Congress and the
Public Odices.
Story's Laws ofthc United States, in 4 vols, from' 178'J
to 4th of ?Murch, 1837. The 4th vol. contain* an index to
the four volumes.
The pamphlet or Session Law* of the, United States
from the 5th to'the 24th Conrgesa inclusive, or from 1707
to 1837. Any separate pamphlets can lie furnished.
Gales and Seaton's Register of Debates in Congress.
All Document* on Foreign Relations; Finance, Com
mcrce, and Navigation ; Internal Improvement; Military
and Naval Affairs ; Indian Affairs ; Public Lands, and on
Claims of every description can be furnished separately
in sheets.
Also, for sale as ahove, n large collection of files of
Newspapers published in Washington, and some of the
principal cities in the United Slates.
Aug. 23. tf.l
WE have for sale, which we w ill have made up in the
beat manner?
20 pieces super, black Cloths.
100 do ribbed and plain Cassimcres.
20 do plain and figured velvet Vesting*.
50 do colored and black Silk Vesting*.
BRADLEY At CATLETT.
Sep 9?3tw2w8
G1 LOVES, SUSPENDERS, STOCKS, WOOLLEN
r SHIRTS, AND DRAWERS. ? We have to-day
opened? ?
30 doz. Suspenders, best kind.
50 do. superior Gloves.
50 do. 3tocks, best make.
50 piece* Silk Pocket Handkerchiefs.
50 dozen Gentlemen'* Rjblicd Woollen Drawers.
50 do. do. do. do. Shirts.
0 do. Raw Silk Shirts.
Also,
50 pieces Irish Linens.
200 do. Sea Island Cotton Shirting*.
BRADLEY At CATLETT.
Sept. 8. 3taw2w8
I^OR SALE, OR BARTER, for property
. in the cily of New York, or lands in Illi
nois, the following valuable property in the
village of Oswego :
IV The rapid growth of Oswego, its un
surpassed advantages and great prospect*, are too well
and too generally known to require a particular descrip
tion.
ID" A very minute description of the property is deem
ed unnecessary as it is presumed that purchaser* living
nt a distance will coine and see, before they conclude a
bargain. Suffice it to say, that it is among the very best
in the plan,
IJ_r iv>imtmt tsmts ?r tnr first quality, with a perfectly
near title, and free of lucuuibr ?ce, will be taken in ex
II./* nenets 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 First street, with a dwelling house and stable*
on Second street, being original village lot no 50, 60 feet
on First street, running east 200 feet to Second street.
The south half, or original village lot no. 44, being 33
feet on First street, running east 200 feet to Second street,
with the buildings erected thereon.
The north-east corner of First and Seneca (late Tau
rus) streets,being 9'J feet on First, and 100 feet on Sene
ca streets. wilh the buildings erected thereon?comprising
part of original village lots no*. 41 and 42.
Three lots, each w ith n dwelling, fronting Second street;
the lots are 22 feet w ide by 100 deep, being part of original
village lot no. 41.
Lot, w ith dwelling house, [original village lot no. 2fi,]
being (if! feet on First street, running west about 250 feet,
across the canal into the river, so that it has four fronts.
In West Osweoo.?Lot corner of Fifth and Seneca
(late Taurus) streets, opposite the public square, being on
Seneca street 143, and on Fiflhstreet 19H feet, withdwell
ing, coach house, stabling.and garden. The latter is well
stocked with the best and rarest fruit, ornamental shrub
bfry, (lowers. Ate.
A lot adjoininn the above, being 78 feet on Fourth street
by 58 feet in depth.
Six lots on First street, earh 22 feet in
front, running east 100 feet to Water
street, w ith the buildings thereon.
The Wharf and Ware houses on Wa
ter street, opposite the foregoinir, being
132 feet on Water street, and rnuning
east about 110 feet to the river. [This
wharf has the deepest water in the inner
harbor.]
Lot corner of Seneca and Second streets, being 21 feet
on Seneca, and 60 feet on Second streets. Five Lois ad
joining the foregoing to the east, each being 22 feet on
Seneca street, by 00 feet in depth. The above being part
of the original village lot no. 3tj.
The north half of block no. 0:1, being 200 feet on 1'tiea'
[late Libra] street, by 108 leet on Third and Fouith
streets.
' IT/ Compris
| inn the original
( village lot* no.
' 3 and 1.
On Van Bcren Tract.?Lot no. 1, 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 00 by 200 ft.
12 " 13
13, 14, and 15,being 345 ft. on Bronson st.
210 on Van Buren st.
300 on Eighth si.
North 3-tths of lot no. 25, corner of Van Buren
*ad Eighth streets, being 2iK) feet on Van Buren, and 118
I eet oil Eighth streets.
Lot *2, south-west corner of Cayuga and Eighth streets,
66 by 108 feet.
Lots 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, on Cayuga st 00by 198 ft.
88, s. e. corner of Cayugn and Ontario streets, 198
by 104 feet.
89, s w. comer of do, 198 by 195 ft.
70, on Seneca St., flflbjr 198 feet.
58, s. w. corner of Seneca and 8th st.? . 66 by I'i8 ft.
50, n.e. corner of Ontario and Schuyler streets, |ji8
by 104 feet.
59. on Seneca street, 66 by 198 feet.
75, s. c corner of Seneca and Ontario streets, 198
by 104 feet.
. 76, *. w. corner of do. 198 by ISO ft.
64, n. e. corut-r of do. 198 by 104 ft.
40, 47, 48,49. on Schuyler M? 66 by 198 ft.
The incumbrances on ilie whole of this property do not
exceed sixteen thousand dollar*,' which may cither re
main, or if desired, can be cleared off.
J. C. BURCKLE
Oawvgo, N. Y., Aug. 33, 1&37. 2m0
Washington branch railroad ?on ami
after Monday next, the 11 instant, the cure w ill leave
thi* Jcpol iu ihi* city for Baltimore at 0 o'clock A. M., in
stead of tt 3-1 A. M , its heretofore.
The object of this alteration is to render certain the ar
rival of the tram at Baltimore early enough to uffonl
ample time for p^iaseugers going North to lake the steam
boat, which now departs daily for Philadelphia, at half pant
|? o'clock.
The afternoon train will, a* heretofore, leave the depot
at a quarter alter 5 o'clock, P. M.
Si>? dGt&wtf.
(Glohe, Native American, Alexandria Gaaetle, and Po
tomac Advocate.)
EOWKN & CO., MERCHANT TAILORS,
? 7 Building*, and near Fuller'* Hotel, reaped fully
!?'? leave to inform their friends and the public in general,
that they have lately fitted up, and juat opened, the large
store formerly occupied hy James & Co., druggi?ts, (or
the accommodation of their putrona in that part of the city
where they have laid in a moat extenaive stock of FALL
and WIN rER goods, consisting of the following choice
assortment of articles for gentleinen'k .wear :
For coats, superfine niece* of broadcloths, wool-dyed
black, blue, dahlia, Adelaide, invisible green, Polish do.,
claret, and all the favorite co'ors of the day.
For pantaloons, su|>erfi?e blinds caxsiinere, London
atiipedao., black ribbed do., gray mixed do., bulT, Victoria
striped buckskin, fancy do , jKC.
For veals, black silk velvet, fancy figured do., Genoa
do., woollen do., striped challa gold tissue, black satin,
figured do., plain ami figured silks.
K. 0. iV Co. have also received a large collection of
stocks, plain, trimmed, and embossed, 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 elastic suspenders, buckskin do., silk, kid, and
buckskin gloves, die.
Sept. 14. lml 1
THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND.
The session of the medical depart
MEN f of ihis Institution, will commence on the
last Monday of October next, and continue until the lust
day of February.
THE FACULTY OF PHYSIC ARE,
H. Wii.ua Bixt.uv, M. D., Pr.fessorof Anatomy and
Physiology.
IIrnisy Howard, M. D , Professor of Obstetrics, and of
the Diseases of Women and Children.
MicHaBL A. Fini.KV, M. D., Professor of Pathidogy,
and of the Practice of Mcdicino.
Robert E. Dorsev, M. D., Professor of Materia Me
dica, Therapeutics .Hygiene, and Medical Jurispruj
denoe.
William R. Fisher, M. D., Professor of Chemistry
and Pharmacy.
John Frederick May, M. D., Profeaaor of the Prin
ciples and Practice of Surgery.
Ellis Huohks, M. D., Demonstrator of Anatomy.
In making this annual announcement, the Trustee* re
spectfully state, that, in addition to a Medical Faculty of
great ability, having high claims to public confidence and
patronage, this Department of the I uiversity of Maryland
offers other and peculiar advantages to Students for the
acquisition of Medical knowledge. Placed iu the most
favorable climate for attending to dissections, and pos
sessing commodious rooms for that purpose, the Universi
ty ol Maryland coimnunds an unequalled supply of Mate
ruil for the prosecution of the study of Practical Anatou? ,
such, indeed, is the abundance of Subjects, that tht t*. j
lessor of Surgery will afford In the Student* an opportunity
"f performing Ihtinnrlvet, under his direction, curry Surgi
cal operation ?'?a great practical wlmintage, not heretofore
furnished, in any of our Medical Schools
This University has also an Anatomical Museum,
founded (jn the extensive collection of the cclebtated Al
len Burns, 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 preparations have been procured from Frnncc 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 with the Me
dical Department, and furnishes every das* of disease for
the practical elucidation of the principles taught, by the
Professors of the Practice of Medicine and of Surgery?
who, besides their regular lectures, will impart Clinical
instruction, nt 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 Laboratory, provided with
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 lor
the University of Maryland the facilities necessary for
the acquisition of a thorough Medical Education.
THE EXPENSES ARE
1HK FIRST COURSE.
For attending the Lectures of six Professors,
each - ? ? ? ? $15 90
For attending the Dissector and Demonstrator, 8
For attending Clinical Lectures and instruc
tion at the Infirmary, - 5
$103
. THE SECONB COURSE.
For attendance on the Lectures of six Profes
sors, ------- ?90
Graduation and Diploma, .... 20
>110
The whole being only 213 dollars.
But Students who have attended one course of Lec
tures in another K'speetablo Medical School, may gradu
ate here after they nave attended one full course in this
University?where the coursc of instruction is as com
plete as-that of any other Medical School?each Profes
sor being, iu this Institution, required to lecture every
day?and where, from tho facility with which SUB
JECTS are procured, Dissections can be prosecuted w ith
more ease, and at less expense, than at any other place : .
-here too, good boarding can be engaged, on as cheap
terms as in any other Atlantic City.
Tilts OFFICERS ARE,
His Excellency Thomas W. Veaxv, Governor of Ma
ryland, President of the Board of Trustees.
The Hon. Roger B. Taney, Provost.
THE B0AR11 OF TRUSTEES.
Nathaniel Williams,
Vice President.
John Nelson,
Solomon Etting,
Isaac McKim,
I)r. Dennis Claude,
James Cox,
- Bv order,
JOSEPH B WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Baltimore, 26th August, 1837. twtlN5
William Gwynn,
Dr. Hanson Penn,
James Win. McCulIoh,
Henry V. Somerville,
Dr. Samuel VIcCulloh,
and
John G. Chapman.
MRS. OASSAWAY 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 tho 1st of Scptemlie-i next. Mrs. G. will
take either yearly or transetent boarders.
Aug. 21. 4t7.
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TENTH VOLUME OF THE
KNICKERBOCKER MAGAZINE.
ON the first of July, 1^37, 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 u 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 number of copies issued of the Knickerbocker
has been increased from less than five hmulred to more
than four thousand, without other aids than the acknow
ledged merits ol tho work?acknowledged, not more expli
citly by 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, nut one but hns found the work
worthy of immediate subscription. A correct inference
in regard to the intrrett or t/tuutfy of the matter furnished
by the publishers, may be gathered from the foregoing
fact*. Ill relation to the quantity given, it need only lie
said, that it has always exceeded the maximum promised,
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hunilreil }>nnrt. Of the clearness anil beauty of the typo
graphical execution and material of the Knickcrlmckcr,
and the character of its emliellishmcnts?which, although
not expected by its readers, nor promised by its proprie
tors, have nevertheless been given?it is not deemed ne
cctsitry to speak. They will challenge comparison, it is
believed, with any similar periodical, at home or abroad.
It has Iwen observed, that the constant aim of the edi
tors, iu the management ot the Knickcrlsickcr, has been
to make the work entertaining and agreeable, as well as
solid and useful. It us perhaps Owing to the predominance
of these first named characteristics, that it has become so
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know n and popular series of numbers?such us the " Odds
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myra Letters," " An Actor's Alloquy, " Leaves from the
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tic," "Passages from tho Common-place Hook of a Sep
tuagenarian," " Notes from Journals of Travels in Ameri
ca, and in various Foreign Countries," "The Fidget Pa
pers," tie.?liberal space has been devoted to interesting
Pales, illustrating American society, manners, the times.
Sic., embracing, besides, stories of tho sea, ami of pathos
and humor, upon a great-variety of subjects, together w ith
biographies, legends, and essays, upon numerous and if
ried themes, interspersed with frequent articles of poetry,
of such a description as to secure for the Magazine, in'
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vrmii Literature and the Fine Arts; Early History (if
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Molecular Attraction; American Female Character;
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T1IE A3IEUICA.N ANTHOLOGY ?
A Mltgaiine of Poetry, Uf>nr?pUy, nnel CrUicutn, to be pub
lished Monthly, uith splendid illustration* on Steel.
WII1LK nearly every country of the old world can
boast of It* collected Uidy of national Poetry, on
which the neat of a people'* favorable judgment ha* lieen
Met, and which exhibit* to foreign nation* in the moat
striking liulit the prog reus of civilization and literary le
finement among it* inhabitant* ; while England, especial-,
ly, proudly display* to the world a corpus part arum the
lustre of whose immortal wreath has shed u brighter glory
upon her name thttjl the most splendid triumph* w Inch
her sluteamen and her soldiery have achieved, our own
country seem* destitute of poetic honor*. App"ir?, we
aav, l?r although no full colled inn ol the chtf ?I nvvrr, ol
our writer* has been made, yet there exist, and are occa
sionally to lie met with productionaof American i?>eta
which will liear comparison with the noblest and most
polished effort* of European nonius, and which elulin tor
America as high a rank in the scale of literary elevation
as is now ceded to older and iu *oine respect* more fa
vored land*. . ,
Impressed with the correctnes* of this judgment we
propone to issue a monthly magazine which slijill contain
in a perfect umnutilaled form, the most meritorious and
beautiful effusions of Hie [met* of America, of the past
an 1 present time, with such introductory, critical, and
biographic notice*ns shall be necessary to a correct: uuder,
standing of the works presented to the reader, and to add
interest to the publication. Those who imagine that
there exist* a dearth of material# for such an undertaking,
who believe that the Aonuin Maids have confined their
richest favora to our transatlantic brethren to the exclu
sion of native genius, will be surprised to learn that we
are already in possession of more than two hundred vol
umes of the production of American bards, from about the
year 1030 to the present ?>?*)?. Nor is it from these sources
alone that materials may tie drawn. There are but lew
writers in our country who pursue authorship as a voca
tion, and whose works Imve lieen published in a collected
form. Our poets, especially, have generally written for
particular occasions, with the remembrance of which
their productions have gone to rest, or their effusions have
born carelessly inserted in periodicals ol slight merit and
limited circulation, where they were unlikely to attract
notice to themselves, or draw attention to their authors?
The grass of the field or flowers of the 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 l??auty and the
spirit of truth, in quantities sufficient, were it known and
appreciated as it would l<e in other countries, to secure
to them an honorable reputation throughout the world.?
Such were Harney, author of' CrysUilina' and the ' * ever
Dream,' Sands, author of ' Yanioydon ; W ilcox, author
of the ? Age of Benevolence Robinson, author of ' I be
Savage ;' Little, the sweet and tender poet of Christian
feeling, the lamented Bruinard, and many beside, whose
v* ritint:s un* almost unknown, nave l?y their kintlreu asso
ciate* and friends.
W ith the name* of those poets w ho w ithin the last lew
years have extended the reputation of American lite
rature liey mil the Atlantic, Bryant, Dana, Percival,
Spraicue, Sigourney, VNliitticr* NViliis, dto. tlio puljlie are
familiar ; and we can assure them that there exists, though
long forgotten and unknown, a mine of poetic wealth,
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
lication now proposed we shall rescue from the oblivion
to w hich they have Ions been consigned, and embalm in a
bright and imperishable form the numberless ? geins of
jiurest ray,' w ith which our researches into the literary an
tiquities of our country have endowed us ; and we are con
tinent that every lover ol his native land will regard our
enterprise as patriotic and deserving the support ol the
citizens of the United States, as tending to elevate the
character of that country in the scale of nations, anil as
sert its claim* to the station to which its children entitles
,t. With this conv iction 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 oroud
evidence that America, in the giant strength of her Hercu
lean childhood, is destined ere Ions to cope in the arena of
literature w ith those lands which lor centuries have last
ed their civilization and refinement, and justly exulted in
their triumphs of their cherished sons in the nobleat field
w hich heaven has opened to the human intellect.
The Amkric.vn Antholooy will contain complete
works of a portion of the following?the most popular of
our poetic w riters?and of the others, the best poems, and
such as are least generally know n :
Adams, John Qtiincy Gould, Hannah F.
Allston, Washington llallack, Ht* Greene
Barber, Joseph Harney, John M.
Barlow, Joel Hillhouae, John A.^
Benjamin, Park Hoffman, Charles F.
Bogart, Klixabeth Mellon, Grenville
Krainerd, John l?. C. Neal.John
Brooks, James G. Peabodv, B. W O.
Bryant, William C. Percival. James U.
Clark, Willis G. Pierpont, John
Coffin, Robert S. Pinckney, EdwardI C.
Dana, Richard H. Prentice, George I).
Doane, George W. Rockwell, J. O.
Drake, Joseph R. Sands, Robert .
Dwight, Timothy Sigmirncv, Lydia H.
Eliot, Elizabeth F. Sprague, Charles
Embury, F.mmaC. Sutermeister, J 11.
Everett. Edward Trumbull, John
Fairfield, Sumner L. Wetmorc, Prosper M.
Frenenu. Philip Whittier. John G.
Gallagher, William D. Willi*, Nathaniel P.
In addition to the |?ems of the above named authors,
selections, comprising the best productions of more than
four hundred other American w riters, will be given as the
work progresses.
The American Anthology will be published on the first
Saturday of every montn. Each number will contain
seventy-two royal octavo pages, printed in the most lieau
tiful manner on paper of superior quality, and two or more
portraits on steel, with other illustrations.
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PROSPECTUS OF
THE VM1TED 8TATEH MAGAZINE
AND DEMOCRATIC REVIEW.
ON the 1st of October, 1N37, will be published at
Washington, District of Columbia, and delivered
simultaneously in the principal cities of the United States,
a new Monthly Magazine, under the above title, devoted
to the principles of the Democratic party.
It has long be< n apparent to many of the reflecting mem
bers of the Democratic party 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 desideratum of the highest im
portance to supply?a periodical which whould unttc 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 parfv, 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
i Icnjfth, more condensed force, more elaborate research,
I and more elevated lone than is possible for the newspaper
press, a Magazine of Ibis character becomes an instru
ment of inappreciable value for the enlightenment and
formation of public opinion, and for the support of the
principles which it advocates. By these means, by thus
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 upon
which, imperfectly understood as they often are by
friends, and misrepresented and distorted a* they never
lull to lie by political opponenta.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 twohighly appre
ciated, will render the establishment and success ol the
proposed Magazine of very great importance
Ill 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 us the deposito
ry and exemplar of those cardinal doctrines of political
faith with which the cautr of the Peojile in every age and
country is identified. Chiefly from the want of a con
venient means of concentrating the intellectual energies
of its disciples, this party has hitherto been almost wholly
unrepresented in the republic of letters, while the view>
and policy of its opposing creeds are daily advocated by
the ablest and most commanding efforts of genius and
learning.
In the Uniteb States Magazine the attempt will be
made to remove tin* reproach.
The present is the time peculiarly appropriate for the
commencement of such an undertaking, l'he Democratic
lardy of the Union, after a conflict which tested to the ut
termost its stability and lis 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 this charac
ter, interfering with none and co-operating w ith all.
Co-ordinate w ith this main design of The United Slates
Magazine, no eaie nor cost will be spared to fender it, in
a literary |s>int ol view, honorable to the country, and fit
to cope in vigor of rivalry with its European competitors.
V iewing the English language as the noble heritage and
common birthright of all who speak the tongue of Milton
and Shakspeare, it will he the uniform object of its con
ductors to present only the finest productions in the vari
ous branches of literature that ean la- procured, and to
diffuse the benefit of correct models of taste and worthy
execution. -
In this department the exclusivcness of party, which is
inseparable from the political department ol such 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 be recognized as tfie common law. Our political
principles cannot lie compromised, but our common litera
ture it w ill be our common pride to cherish and extend,
with a liberality of feeling unbiassed by partial or minor
views.
As the United States Magazine is founded on the
broadest basis which the means and inH'.ience of the De
mocratic party in the United States can present, it is in
tended to render it in every respect a thoroughly Nation
al Work, not merely designed for ephemeral interest and
attraction, but fo continue of permanent historical value.
With this new a considerable portion of'each number will
be 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, <Ve.
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, Promotions, Changes, Move
ments, hie.
Foreign Intelligence.
Biographical obituary notices of distinguished persons.
After the close of each session of Congress, an extra
or an enlarged number will be published, containing a ge
neral review and history of its proceedings, a condensed
abstract of important official documents, and the acts of
the session.
Advantage will also lie taken of the means concentrated
in this establishment from all quarters of the Union, to
collect and digest such extensive statistical observations
on all 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 ith
a copious index, so that the United States Maeazine will
also constitute a Complete Anni ai. Reoistek. on a
scale unattempted before, and of very great importance to
all clause*, not only as affording a current anil combined
view, from month to month, of the subjects which it will
comprise, but also for record and reference through future
years; the value of which will increase with the duration
of the work.
Although in its political character the United States
Magazine addresses its claims to the support of the De
mocratic party, it is lioned that its other features referred
to above?independently of the desirable object of becom
ing acquainted with the doctrines of an opponent thus
advocated?will recommend it to a liberal and candid
support from all parties mid from the large class of no
party.
To promote the popular objects in view, and relying up
on the united sup|K?rt of the Democratic party, as well as
from others, the price of subscription is fixed at I fie low
rate of five dnlhrt per annum; while in mechanical ar
rangement, and in size, quantity of matter, Arc., the Uni
ted States Magazine will be placed on a par at least with
the leading monthlies of England. The whole will form
three large oclavo volumes each year.
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third number. In return for a remittance of hve co
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and of ?IO0, twenty-nine copies.
BTT" All communications to lie addressed (post paid) to
the publishers.
TAMMANV HAM,
At a regular meeting of the Democratic Republican Gen
eral Committee, ol .the city and county of New-York,
held at Tammany Hull, on Thursday evening, April 6,
is:i7,
The prospectus issued by Messrs. I.angtree A: O'Sttlli
van. for the publication, at the city of Washington, of a
monthly magazine, to lie entitled the United States Maga
zine and Democratic Review, having been presented and
rend, it was thereupon,
Resolved unanimously, Thai, in the opinion of this
Committee, the work referred to in the prospectus will
prove highly useful to the Democratic Party, and benefi
cial In the community ; that the plan of the work appears
to be judiciously adapted to the attainment of the impor
tant objects announced liy the publishers, and we cordially
recommend it to the support ol our fellow citizens.
An extract fiotn ihe minutes
EmvARD Sanbford Secretary.
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ilnmii Kh circulation ui ?*ery State of the I'nian, *ud
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every copy. A Magazine being generally preserved, im !
retained for perusal (or monlhs on llie faintly uMc, r> u
ders it u much more desirable agent for appropriate advi r
Using than newspapers or other evanescent penoduuU
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PROSPECTUS
TO THK
AMERICAN MONTHLY MAGAZINK,
eok 1HJ7.
nvl DOI.LAKi PKR YEAH.
ON the first of Jauuary was published the first num'>er i.f
the ninth volume of the American Monthly Mag.aui)<
This w ill commence the second year of " the .New Si rio
of the American Monthly." One year has panned since,
by I lie union of the New Kngland Magazine w lib lit >
well established periodical, the resources of a publication
which had previously alisorbcd those of the Aim in .m
Monthly Review and of the l ulled States Magazine,
were all concentrated in the An>rrican Monthly M naa
ziiic ; giving at once so broad a basis to the work its to
stamp its national character mid ensure its permanent
The number of pages, which have each month exceeded
one bund red, was ut the same tune increased, Ui make
room for an additional sujiply of original matter ; and ea< ii
number of the work throughout the year has liecn ortut
tnented with an engraving, executed by the first arlisis in
j the country. How far t^ie literary contents of the Mujm
! line have kept pace with these secondary improvcini i t-,
the public are the best judges. The aim of the proprietors
has-been from the first to establish a periodical which
should have a'tone and character of its own ; and whir ,
while rendered sufficiently amusing to ensure tU.eirculu
tion,alioiiltl ever keep for its main object the promotion of
good taste, and sound, vigorous ami fearless thinking, up
on whatever subject it undertook to discuss ; which, in a
word, should make ils way,into public favor, and establish
its claims to consideration, rather by what should be
found in its page* than by any eclat which the nuhies of
popular contributors, or the dissemination of laudatory
KantL'rupha, could confer. Norhas the American Monthly
ad any reason to regret having adopted and followed out
| the course prcscnlied to itself from the first. It has in
: deed lost bolli contrilmtors and subscribers by the tone of
! some of its papers ; but by the more enlightened who hav?
i judged of the tendency of the work in the aggregate anil
I not by its occasional difference of opinion w itli theuisi Ives,
it has been sustained with spirit and liberality. It Ins
1 been enabled to nterc'C from infancy and dcpendance upon
i extrinsic circumstances; and the quickening power of
many minds, lalsiring successively or in unison, lias in
fused vitality into the creation while shaping U into form,
until now it has a living principle of its own It has lie
come something, it is hoped, winch "the world would nut
willingly let die,"
Hut though the subscription list of the American Moutl.lv
ha-s enlarged Willi lite publications of every number ?lnr
the lasl year, it is not yet sufficiently full to justify the
publishers in carrying into effect their plan of liberally
compensating Iioth the regular contributor* and every wr
tcr that furnishes a casual paper for the week Nor till
literary labor in every department of a periodical is aili -
quately thu" rewarded, can it fully sustain or merit !??
character which an occasional article from a well paid
popular pen may give.
If these views lie just, there is no impertinence m ap*
pealing here to the public to assist in furthering them ' v
promoting the pros(?erity of the American Monthly Mn_
seine.
The work which is under the editorial chatrre of (' K
IIiHifnian and Park Benjamin, Esq. will continue to In
published simultaneously on the first of every month. i i
New York, by George Dearlsjrn Si Co., in Boston by (iti?,
Broaders & Co., communications received at the Uliin ,
No. 3s*, Gold Streei. New York.
PROSPECTUS OF THK
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER,
THOMAS W. WHITE, EDITOR ASP PROPRIETOR
npH,s 18 A MONTHLY MAGAZINE, devot.d
X chiefly to literature, but occasionally finding room
for articles that fall within the scope of Science ; and not
professing an entire disdain of tasteful irlrction*, though
its matter ha* been, as it will continue to be, in the main,
uriginul.
Party politic! and controversial theology, as far as pos
sible, are jealously excluded. They are sometimes so
blended with discussions in literature or in moral scu m ,,
otherwise unobjectionable, as to gain admittance fort:."
sake of ihc more valuable matter to which they adhere
but whenever that happens, they are inrtdenlal 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 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 incidents as are
einliodied in the works reviewed,?to direct the readei's
attention to I looks thai deserve to be read.?and to wain
him against wasting time and money upon that large mini
1st, which merit only to lie burned. In this age of publi
cations, that by their variety and multitude distract and
overwhelm every undiaenminating student, impartial
criticism, governed by the views just mentioned, is one ? :
the most inestimable and indispensable of auxiliaries. :o
hi in who does wish to discriminate.
Essays and Tales, having in vicwutility or amuseini nt,
or both,?Historical Sketches,?and Reminiscences ol
events too minute for history, yet elucidating it, and In iali
ening its interest,?may be regarded as forming the Map ?
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 inn
country.
The times appear, for several reasons, to demand sn.-'i
a woik?and not one alone, hut many. The public mind
is feverish and irritated still, from recent political stnii
The soft, a.ssuasivc influence of literature is needed. to
allay that fever, and soothe that irritation. Vice and I" *
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 molion, to arouse
the enlightened, anil to increase their number; so that the
j great enemy of popular government may no longer brood,
I like a portentous cloud, over the destinies of our country
i And to accomplish all Ihese ends, what more poweiltil
: agent can be employed than a periodical, on the plan ul
! the Messenger; if that plan be but earned out in practiei
The South, peculiarly, requires such an agent. In all
| the Union, south of Washington, there an' but two literary
! periodicals 1 Northward of that city, there are probably at
| least twenty-five or thirty ' Is this contrast justified h>
! the wealth, the leisure, the native talent, or the actual
| literary tasle of the Southern people, compared with those
| of the Northe.rn ? No: for in wealth, talents, and taste,
! we may justly claim at least an equality with our bre
| thren; and a domestic institution exclusively our own,
beyond all doubt affords us, if we choose, twice the leisuie
for reading and writing, which they enjoy.
It was from a deep" sense of I Ins local want, thnt the
word Southern was engrafted on the name of this
periodical ; and not with uny design to nourish local pr
judices, or to advocate supposed local interests Far from
any such thought, il is thu editor's fervent wish to see tin
North and South bound endearingly together fori vet. i
the silken bands of mutual kindness and affection I "
from meditating hostility to the North, he lias alrea >
draw n, and he hopes hereafter to draw, much of his choio -t
matter thence ; a no happy indeed will he deem hiins<
should his pages, by making each region know the otb? r.
better, contribute in any essential degree to dispel f
lowering clouds that now threaten the peace of Iioth. and
to brighten and strengthen the sacred ties of fraternal
love.
The Southern Literary Messenger has now reached ' ?
fifth No. of its third vulume. How far it has acted out
ideas here uttered.it is not for the editor to say lie
believes, however, that it falls not further short of tin; i
than human weakness usually makes practice fail shoit el
theory.
The Messenger is issued monthly. Each number ol ' <?
work contains 01 large super-royal page*, printed in ti.<
very handsomest manner, on new type, and on | .sper
equal at least to that on which any oilier periodical .'
printed in our country.
No subscription w ill lie received for less than a volim '.
and must commence with the current one. The pric< "
#5 |kt volume, which must be paid in all esses at the tin ' ?
of subscribing. This is particularly adverted to iium to
avoid misapprehension, or future misunderstanding *
no order will hereafter lie attended to unless accompanied
w ith the price of subscription.
The postage on the Messenger i? sit cents on any "in
gle No. for all distances under 10<) miles?over 100 im ?'.
ten cents.
All communication* or letter*, relative to the Me??' r
ger, must be addressed to Thomas W \\ utti
Southern Literary Messenger Office, Richmond. I 1
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