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from the (R. I ). Murntng Cmritr.
khodi ulaud uavohTkh*.
?r sol.
Roam where you will, o'er land or sea,
And beauty seek nealh other skies;
Yet still Rhode Island ?till to thee
Reverts the vainly wand'ring eves!
Thy lovelv daughters peerless still,
Enthrall the heart, control the will.
'Tisaot alone the sparkling light
Of eyes through long depending fringe;
'Tis not the brow of spotless white,
Nor cheek, that bears a bloomy tinge;
Nor curving lip, nor dimpling smile
Which doth the heart with love beguile.
But shape, complexion, feature?, all
Combine that witching charm to swell,
Before whose shrine in rev'rence fall
All in whose hearts love deigns to dwell;
'Tis strange such gentle creatures can
O'ercome the strength of stubborn man.
The guardian care of this Ifcir land
Great Jove to Venus doth entrust,
For ne'er were wrought by meaner hand
Such loveliness in iorms of dust;
Too fair for earth, in realms above
They should be bless'd wiih angel's love.
No longer may Circassia boast
Of beauty rival'd not below,
For here upon our sea-laved coast
Where northern breezes rudely blow,
We rear a flow'r so fair in hue,
On fairy ground ye'd think it grew.
Ye'd sayan Eden was your home
If ye poissess'd that luscious flow'r;
'Tis more than bliss to view its bloom,
To grasp'd it, oh I 'tis transport's hour!
The soul immersed in raptures' sea
In fancy seems from earth to flee.
the exploring expedition.
We have been favored with a copy of the f"llow,"?
order, issued by Commodore Jones snd read to tne
crews of the several vessels composing the
under his command, on tho evening of their denture
from this port.?Norfolk HeraU.
General Obdbh?No. 1.
To the Officers, Petty Officers, Seamen and'
composing the crew of the United States South bea
Surveying and Exploring Expedition.
After more than twelve months of most anxious sus
pense, I am st length enabled to announce to you the
pleasing intelligence of the near approach of the day.
when we shall take our departure for the distant and
unknown regions of the Southern hemisphere.
In the prosecution of the voyage we are about to un
dertake, there is every thing to excite 0
aro ise pstriotism, and to grstify ambition. It is not
only a national undertaking, in which the hopes and ar
dent wishes of a great nation arc invoked, but, towards
the United States surveying and exploring expedition,
are turned the eyes of all Europe; and your success
ful labors, it ia fondly anticipated will not onlys
great commercial benfits and enduring hooot? to ;your
country, but will enlarge .he bounds ol knowledge a d
and diffuse the blessings of civilization and Christianity
amonir nationa now unknown. . ...
But tho attainment of the objects of our pursuit, will
only be the reward of strict discipline, perseverance,
patient endurance, and zoalous eflort, in the Proae?
tion of a voyage fraught with difficulty, hardship, toil
and suffering. Of this, however, all of you were doubt
less, aware, before you entered your names, and became
members of an expedition, the successful '"mination of
which will attach high and imperishable honor to tho
name of each and every individual, who shall faithfully
discharge the duties of his station.
To meet and counteract, as far as possible, the -
convenience and suffering consequent to a voyage ol
long duration, in the course of which we may havo to
encounter every vicissitude of climate, every preca -
tion has or will be taken to secure comfort, and even o
fortify ourselves and our ships, so as to be enabled to
resist the effects of the extremes! cold, should we
by accident or choice winter in tho polar seas Ample
supplies of good and wholesome provisions have been
rovided; as also will be a most liberal allowance of
ospitsl stores, and various kinds of anti-scorbutics
these will be issued gratuitously, in sufficient quantities
to preserve health and promote cheerfulness, content,
and alacrity in every department ol the expedition. ?>*?
tra warm clothing of superior quality, designed to be
used in the highest latitudes, have been provided, and
whenever your comfort and necessities require more
clothing than would be drawn on an ordinary cruize,
these articles will be served out without charge or ex
pense to each individual. In a word, I am ?ul^c?
m saying that no pains or expense will be snared in the
completion of our out-fit. to supply each and every ship
with every description of stores, which can tend to per
sonal comfor' and to reward those services, upon .he
zealous and faithful performance of which must depend
the success of this our first great national enterprise ?
The time which has already elapsed since some of yo
signed articles for-the Soilth Sea Expedition, having in
a few instances exceeded one full third part of tho con
templated duration of the voyage, much inconvenience
inquietude, and dissatisfaction would undoubtedly be
found in tho occurrence of the different expiration o
your terms of service in distant seas and remote regions,
where you could neither be paid off, nor be sent home
from want of suitable conveyance.
Under these circumstances I am authorised by tho
Hon. the Secretary of the Navy to say, that to each
and every petty officer, seaman, ordinary-seaman, lands
man and boy, who will sign new articles to serve the
term of three years from the first day of November next
ensuing, a bounty equal to three months pay, according
to the station which each one may occupy on board his
respective vessel at the tune of signing the new articles,
shall be paid to each individual at the time of signing
the said articles, which, however, will not be offered to
you until after our arrival at New \ork, for which port
we shall sail at the close of the present week.
To the marines, who, like the hardy sailor, have ever
been found true to their country, and their duty, I would
sav, no discrimination will be made to their prejudice ,
every indulgence and every extra allowance granted to
the seamen will in like manner be extended to the ma
rine. The only discrimination which I shall tolerate,
will be that of deciding on the character of men accord
ing to their conduct. Were I to say, that discipline is
to be relaxed or punishment excluded from the ships
and vessels of the squadron, I should lead you into
error, and excite expectations which would surely lead
you astray. In squadrons composed of vessels of ditler
ent rates and descriptions, it is not uncommon for many
to feel, or suppose themselves, degraded by a transfer
from one vessel to another, or from a larger to a smaller
vessel. This impression is erroneous, and must not be
entertained ; the crews of each and any vessel of e
South Sea surveying and exploring expedition, are all
upon the same footing,-all have signed the same or
similar articles.?all will be fed, clothed and laa'?i
alike, arid, as 1 before said, tho only discrimination will
be in the rewarding of merit and the punishment ol
c"to you gentlemen, whoso commissions, the reward
of long and well tried services, afford such ample gua
rantee for the faithful discharge of your several trusts in
whatever new situation you may be placed, I am sorry
to sa -, our Government has not followed the example
of those of Europe which have sent out similar expedi
tions To you no additional pay or emolument has yet
been offered, but believe not that your privations will be
unrequited or your labors unrewarded. Although 1 am
not authorised to offer the officer any allowance at a I
commensurate with the extraordinary expenses whicli
an outfit for this long, arduous voyage, must necessarily
subject hiin to; still, I cannot for a moment suiter my
self to entertain the most remote supposition, but that,
should the results of our voyage only come up to rea
sonable expectation, a generous people and a liberal
Government will bestow upon us all, honors and re
wards commensurate st least with the hardships we
shall have endured, snd the objects we shall have at
' Thare said, that in tho voyage wc are about to un
dertake, there is every th.fig lo excite ?n'^e^- o
arouse patriotism?and to gratify ambition. Such is tho
universal sentiment. Throughout the world, a new
spirit of enterprise seems to bo awakened. 1.tig an ,
France, and Kussis, have each expeditions afloat, and
whether the results of the voyage now being made, shall
be to enlarge the Iwunds ol knowledge, science, Chris
tianity or commerce; in every point of view, whether
of a moral, political, or philanthropic character, the
rivalry which hss been excited is worthy of all praise,
and that nation which wins the prize by pushing her
discoveries farthest, by opening the paths by which tho
benefits of knowledge and tho blessings of ( ImstKinity
snd civilization insy be extended throughout the isles
of the ses," besides reaping the rich hsrvests of present
and contingent commercial sdvantages, will acquire the
proud distinction of " benefactor* of the human race
'Tis true, our competitors in this laudable rivalry
have got the start of us, but let not this discourage, but
rather animate to increased exertion. In tho wide field
of polar discovery there is amplo work for all. It
may be, that tho squadrons of nations situated at the
opposite quarters of the world may meet in sess now
navigated but by the frail canoe* of savage Indian*, or
Cr rc banco eaat their anchor* on coaata which aa yet the
niiMui e\e haa never reatcd on, and we ahall hail aa a
friend and aaaocrate, every atranger ahip, whether aha
unfurla the cagtea of Ruaaia, the lion banner of England,
or the tri-colored flag of France ; perauadcd aa we are,
with equal cordiality will each noble, generous ally
great the aiar-ajiangled banner of our own republic.
In auch a cauae, then, aa oura, who would be a l*g
gard, or who would not take pride tn having hia name
enrolled among those employed in Una, our first national
expedition! I truat none will be found ao wanting in
enterprise or patrioliam ; but, animated by one feeling of
devotion to our couutry, the only rivalry among ua ahall
be, wbo will beat perform hia duty, and moat promote
the honor and glory of the republic ; and thia being
done, if we do not win success, we ahall have tried to
deaerve it, and individually, at leaat, will enjoy the aweet
reward of an approving conacience.
Such, then, la a brief outline of the courae, I intend
to pursue, in controlling the destinies of thoae whom the
law* and conatituted authoritie* have placed under me,
aa commander of the United State*' South Sea Survey
ing and Exploring Expedition.
Feeling, aa I do, entire confidence in each individual
who haa voluntarily embarked in the noble enterprise,
and knowing that without harmony and perfect concert
of action in every department, my individual exer
tion* muat be unavailing, and that, without mutual con
fidence, and hearty co-operation, we muat not hope for
even partial tucctti, it will be henceforth, and to the
end, aa it heretofore haa been, my anxioua care to anti
cipate your wauta and provide for your comfort*; and
then, to a wise and mott merciful Creator, we will com
mend our country'a cauae, and commit.ourselve* indi
vidually to Hia keeping, whoae command "the wind
and aeaa obey."
On board the frigate Macedonian. off Craney island.
(Signed) Tuoa. Ah Catesbv Josh*,
Com'g S. S. S- and E. Expedition.
October 5th, 1837.
From the New- York Evening Star.
VISIT TO THE BXPLORIHO SQUAOROlf.
We visited, on Saturday, the gallant little fleet
iu which the country takes, at this moment, on the
eve of their departure, so lively a pride and deep an
interest. We embarked at Castle Garden in a ten
oared barge, commanded by a spirited young middy,
scarcely younger, however, than the hale and harty
looking youths who comprised the crew. The air
was bracing and pure, wiih a clear blue sky; the
white caps flung their spray upon us, and somewhat
moistened our black civilian dresses, spite ot the
tars " rowing dry," as the nautical expression is.
But we did not mind the sprinkling, l'or it was a
heavenly day, and the distant woods of our supetb
bay tinged in the golden and carmine livery ot an
American .autumn, never presented a scene more
gorgeous and picturesque. And there, too, cleaving
gaily through the foaming blue waters in every
direction, were the craft of steam and canvass ot
every description, (hat always forms so cheering and
delightAtl a panorama on our magnificent harbor.
Three of the squadron only are now lying off the
Battery, the Macedonian having hauled round to
the Navy Yard. The first we caine fo, was the sub
stantial store-ship called " The Relief," and as we
mounted up her bulwarks and landed on the polish
ed quarter-deck, where we were politely receiv
ed by the officer of the day, we could not help
being struck with the neatness, discipline, com
fort, and security which she presented, and which
looked, in truth, as if she was most rightly
named, and every way calculated to furnish
to the hardy crew, when in their most perilous
excursions, all the good things of this earth
which they may chance to stand in need of.?
An admirable hospital aiid store-ship aho is calculated
to make, and a moat essential and indispensable ac
companiment is aho to the squadrou. For when men,
like our brave aeamcu, atand ready to do all that men
dare do, they should at least have at hand every solace
which can be procured for them on the spot, to reward
them with a auug berth, good nutriment and raiment,
and good nuraing, whero the toils they mint neceaaarily
be exposed to may inako those comforts desirable. Thia
vessel, too, though li#r model is more for strength, and
frieght, and accommodation, than for speed, in a good
breeze, is no mean sailer, and showed her powers in this
respect, we learn, most advantageously, incoming round
from Norfolk. Fiom the Relief we soon re-descended
into our barge again, and proceeded to the 1'ioneer,
hard by, one of the stout little brigs which, with her
companion the Consort, close to her, and the verv fact
similie of her, are to be the van ^uard, to do all the
most heavy and dangerous duties in battling the icc
bergs and sea-monsters, animate and inanimate, that
may obstruct their path in tho discovery of the great
problems left for American courage to solve in the
dreary regions of the Polar Seas. When wo looked at tho
fine model* of these craft, and their neat rig, and then
examined their interior construction, we could not have
believed that so much grace of exterior could, by the art
of man, have been combined with so much solidity and
strength. At the water line on the bows,they form in thick
ness a wooden bulwaik of seven fcot of massive beams,
and intervening layers of plank, all closely seamed and
clamped and braced together; strengthened still more
by stauncheons that pass throughout tne sides of the ves
sel to tho kelson, to prevent compression, if, haplessly, as
they must expect to be, they are occasionally wedged in
between moving masses of floating fields of ice. Even
if the outward plankings are torn up and shattered, there
remain heavy wooden walls yet impermeable to water,
and impregnable to renewed attacks. Every otio of the
company was delighted with the whole arrangement of
these vessels, and the perfect adaptation of their form,
structure, and equipment to the purposes for which they
are to lie employed. Much conversation also naturally
passed on the means of protection against intense cold
and floating ice, the valuo of furs, of the portable soups
and white wines used by Parry, &c., and a variety of
other matters. Lieut. Claiborne, the officer of the day,
politely explained every portion of the vessel, as had,
ulso, Lieut. Piukney, of the Relief, and on reaching the
Consort, wo were treated with the sainc marked civility
by Capt. Glynn, her worthy commander.
At the Navy Yard, which we soon pulled round to
with our spirited oarsmen, wo passed the dapper little
brig Active, the last and fifth vessel, least in size, but
not by her rakish look destined, we think, to be the least
efficient of the gallant flotilla, We now readied the
noble frigate Macedonian, the flag ship of Commodore
Jones, commander-in-chief of tho squadron. This ship
is built entirely anew, and of the strongest construction,
anil with scarcely a timber remaining of the less elegant
British vessel, whose name she bears. We wero con
ducted by the Commodore and his first lieutenant, Mr.
Magruder, into every part of the Frigate, and must, for
want of space, be excused from entering into all the ad
mirable details of her arrangements for the scientific
corps, officers, and crow, by remarking in general terms
that every thing to tho utmost minuteness is perfect and
complete. To tho Naval Department, and to Commo
dore Jones more especially, is due the consummation of
details embodied in this fiigate, to carry out with entire
and, we hope, triumphant success, the noble task of ex
ploring the unkuown regions and resources of the vast
Pacific, where other nations for centuries have, it is
true, made imperfect examinations, and brought much
valuable matter to light, but never, we believe, have un
dertaken the investigation on so perfect and extended
a plan as that which is now about to set out from our
shores.
This great work has been protected and fondly che
rished by all parlies and classes in our country as its
most endeared and favored projoct, as one which is to
eternize the reputation of our naval Hug, and open to us
incalculable resources of commercial wealth. In the
same proportion then to its magnitude and importance
the tribute and homage are due to him Whose indefati
gable and unflinching moral courage first suggested,
some ten years since, and has "left no means untried
which strong powers of mind, and persuasive eloquence,
could supply, to bring to the proud state in which it now
is, this great expedition, fully and most amply equipped
and provided for tho objects intended. We scarcely
need add, what all must anticipate, that the individual
alluded to is J. N. Reynolds, Esq. Whatever may be
his designation or destiny?whether a place worthy of
him has been assigned to htm or not, he at least will have
the proud satisfaction of saving, that, in whatever part
of the earth he may be, his name will for ever be insepa
rably associated with this splendid national eutorprise, as
the chief of its founders and promoter*; and that he
inay, with no vanity, inscribe on his shield, from now,
henceforward to all lime so come,
" Jamqnc opus exegi
Cujus magna pars fui."
A LOST ISLAM).
The ab."?de of Alexander Selkirk is no more to be
found. The island of Juan Fernandez has vanished
from the ocean. Yet, though blotted from our maps,
it is green and beautiful in the verses of Cowper, and
the Narrative of Defoe. The following is from an
English Journal.?N. Y. Evening Post.
" The Isle of Juan Fernandez has recently disap
peared from the South Sea. It was, doubtless, pro
duced at some remote period by a volcanic eruption,
and it has b?en destroyed by an earthquake. Between
the double catastrophe which marked its origin and
its disappearance, no history in the world has made
so little noise as the history of this island. If coun
tries, like men, have their personal glory, the Lie
of Juan Fernandez has certainly bad it* share, in
having afforded an asylum to the shipwrecked mari
ner to whoin Daniel Defoe gave the immortal name
of Robinson Crusoe. The island took its name fruin
Juan Fernandez, a pilot of the ltith century. He
was in the habit of sailing along the South Ameri
can coast from Peru to Cnili, meeting with no ene
mies but the south winds. These were, however,
such redoubtable ones that they became a rude, al
though sufficiently severe, school of navigation. It
occurred to him on one occasion, whether or not, by
putting out farther to sea, he might not avoid these
terrible winds.
" He made the trial, and found that it was crowned
with success; his vessel glided over the sea as if by
enchantment. During one of his voyages, about the
year 1752, Fernandez discovered a coast which he
knew could not be that of Chili, and happier than
Christopher Columbus himself, he immediately
called it aAer his own name. He found that it was
an island, and on his return recounted the wonders
of the place; but when he proposed taking a colony
out there, the Spanish Government showed no dis
position to favor his design. Fernandez, however,
established himself there; but alter some time be
abandoned the island, leaving behind him only a few
goats, which became greatly multiplied. It is by
some doubted whether Spain allowed him to retain
quiet possession of the place; but it is more proba
ble, that the cause of bis quitting it was a return of
his passion for the sea, and the life to which he had
been so long accustomed. To his adventurous life
he then returned, and it is by some authors asserted
that he was the first to discover New Zealand."
Pleasures of a Tropical Climate.?Insects are the
curse of a tropical climate.?In a moment von are
covered with ticks; chigocs bury themselves in your
flesh, and hatch a large colony of chigoes in a few hours.
The will not live together, but every chigoe sets up a
separate ulcer, and has his own private portion of pus.
Flies get entry into your mouth, eyes, and nose. You
eat flies, drink fliea, and breathe flies. Lizards, cocka
trices, and snakes, get into your bed, ants eat up the
books, scorpions sting you on the foot, and every thing
bites, stings, or bruise* ; every secund of your existence
you are wounded by some piece of animal life that
nobody has ever seen before, except Swaininerdam and
Merrion. An insect with eleven legs is swimming in
your tea cup ; a nondescript with nine legs is struggling
in the small boar; or a caterpillar with several dozen
eyes in his belly, is hastening over the bread and butter.
All nature is alive, and seems to be gathering all her
entomological host to eat you up, as you are standing,
out of your coat, waistcoat, and breeches. Such are 'he
tropics. All these reconcile us to our dews, fogs,
vapor, and drizzlo?to our apothecaries, rushing about
with gargles and tinctures ; to our British constitutional
coughs, sore throats and swelled faces.?Iberville (La-)
Ambassador.
A Plkasino Compliment.?The compositors in the
oflice of the late New York Times hare published a
Card, tendering their thanks to Messrs. Davies.At Hol
land, conductors of the paper, for their uniform, kind,
and gentlemanly treatment, and punctual payments, and
regretting the necessity that compels thein to relinquish
their situations. We look upon this as a higher com
pliment than a public dinner. For employers to de
serve and receive kind expressions from the employed,
is the highest possible evidence of an honest, correct,
and gentlemanly deportment towards them.?Boston
Advertiser.
The Courier des Etats Unis, a French paper pub
lished in New York, says;
" We have heen officially requested to announce
that the Government of the United States is desirous
of forming two companies of French and German
volunteers, of 150 or *200 men each, for a campaign
of six montlis in Florida. These companies will be
commanded by officers of the respective nations.
Men who have already served will be preferred. If
there are in New York any former lieutenants, sub
lieutenants, or sergeants, French or German, who
may desire to enrol themselves, they will be pro
moted one or two grades.
" The pay of volunteers will be the same as in the
American Army, that is to say: for captains $90 a
month, first lieutenants $70, second lieutenants $0*2,
sergeants $15, corporals $8, and privates, drummers,
and fifers $G: equipments to be provided by the go
vernment. At the expiration of their term, tho e
who may desire it will be reconveyed to New Yoik
at the Government's expense."
WASHINGTON BRANCH RAILROAD?On and
after Monday next, the 11 instunt, the cars will leave
the depot in this city for Baltimore at 9 o'clock A. M., in
stead of i) 3-1 A. M., as heretofore.
The object of this alteration is to render certain the ar
rival of the train at Baltimore early enough to afford
ample time for passengers going Nortn to tnke the steam
boat, which now departs daily for Philadelphia, at half post
12 o'clock.
The afternoon train will, as heretofore, leave the depot
at a quarter after 5 o'clock, P. M.
S9?d6t?Stwtf.
(Glolie, Native American, Alexandria Gazette, and Po
tomac Advocate.)
EOWEN & CO., MERCHANT TAILORS,
? 7 Buildings, and near Fuller's Hotel, respectfully
f>eg leave to inform their friends and the public in general,
that they have lately fitted up, and just opened, tho large
store formerly occupied by James & Co., druggists, for
the accommodation of their patrons in that part of the eity
where they have laid in a most extensive stock of FALL
and WINTER goods, consisting of the following choice
assortment of articles for gentlemen's wear :
For coats, superfine pieces of broadcloths, wool-dved
black, blue, dahlia, Adelaide, invisible green, Polish do.,
claret, and all tho favorite colors of the day.
For pantaloons, superfine black cassimere, liondon
striped do., black ribbed do., gray mixed do., buff, Victoria
striped buckskin, fancy do., Sic.
For vests, black silk velvet, fancy figured do., Genoa
do., woollen do., striped challa gold tissue, black satin,
figured do., plain and figured silks.
E. O. & 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 tho back and expansion of the
chest,)puin elastic suspenders, buckskin do., silk, kid, and
buckskin gloves, &c.
Sept. I t. 1ml 1
RS. GASSAWAY has taken the pleasant and com
modious house at the corner of Pennsylvania Ave
M
nue and 10th street, which she will open for the reception
of Boarders, on the 1st of Septembe-i next. Mrs. G. will
take either yearly or transcjent boarders.
Aug. 21. 4t7.
WE have for sale, which we will have made up in the
best manner?
20 pieces super, black Cloths.
100 do ribbed and plain Cassimeres.
20 do plain and fitrured velvet Vestings.
SO do colorod and black Silk Vestings.
BRADLEY & CATLETT.
Sep 9?3tw2w8
G1 LOVES, SUSPENDERS, STt^^WOOLLEN
r SHIRTS, AND DRAWERS. ? We lmve to-day
opened?
30 doz. Suspenders, 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 Linens.
200 do. Sea Island Cotton Shirtings.
BRADLEY &i CATLETT.
Sept. 8. 3taw2w8
WINES, &c.?J. B. MORGAN fi CO. are now re
ceiving from the Robert Gordon and President, a
fine assortment of wines, &c., partly as follows :
JViw* of the llhinr?Hockheimer, Vintages 1831, 1827,
1825 ; Rudcsheimer Cabinet, 1831; Johahnesberger, 1827,
1834; Marcobruner, 1827, 183-1; Steinwein, 1834 ; Stein
tiereer, 1827. With a number of low-priced Hock wines.
Champagne*?Of the Cabinet, (this is said tube tho
best brand of Champagnes imported,) Anchor, Grape,
Bacchus, and Heart, brands.
CorrliaU?Marischino, Curacoa, Abseynthe, Stomach
Bitter, and other Cordials.
Shrrrirt?Pale and Brown, very superior
Madeiras?From Blackburn & Howard, March &. Co.
Otard's Pale Brandy, very superior.
London Porter, Brown Stout, and Scotch Ale.
Sardines, truffles, anchovy paste, French mustard,
pickles, &c. 20,000 superior Havana Segars.
We have about 20,000 bottles of old wines, Madeiras
and Sherries, most of them very old ; witli every variety
of wines nnd liquors in wood.
All orders from abroad punctually attended to, and no
charge for packing.
sept 26?tit J. B. MORGAN & CO.
~ NOTICE.
THE New York and Boston Illinois Land Company
will offer at public auction at their office in the town
of Qiiincv, Adams County. Illinois, on Monday the 27th
day of November next, 100,000 acres of their Lands situ
ated in the Military Tract in said State.
Lists of the lands may be bad at the office of said Com
pany in Quincy and at It Wall Street, New York.
A minimum pricc will be nffixed to each lot at the time
?t is ofTered.
JOHN TILLSON.Jr
Agent for the N. Y. At B. 111. L Co.
An*. 25, 1837,
lawtNov?8
PENSION ET ECOLE FRANCAISE ET AN
GLAISE.?Madame DUKUAN bun re-op?n her
French and English Boarding and Day 8cho->l. She
teaches herself the French school, and a very competent
young lady from New York trachea the English school?
aituale on 10th atreet, four doora from the Avenue.
CONFERENCES AND CONVERSATIONS IN FRENCH.
Madame Durham will devote three hours in the even- !
ngto Conferences and Conversations in French, for the
improvement of ladiea of mature yeara, and of young
ladies who atudy or have studied this language, iu it ia the
beat way to remove and prevent the objections that tliose
who have learned thia language tiy atuuy are seldom able
to converse it. At the North, Conferencea and Conversa
tion rooma, aueh as Madame Dormaii proposes, are alwuya
crowded; this manner of instruction being both pleasing
and fushiouabla.
Ladies wishing to attend them will please apply to
Madame Dorinau.
Sept. 12. 2aw3wll
THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND.
The session of the medical depart
ment of this Institution, will commence on the
last Monday of October next, and continue until the laat
day of February.
THE FACULTY OF PHYSIC ARE,
H. Willi* Baxi.ey, M. D., Prsfesaor of Anatomy and
Physiology.
Henry Howard, M. D., Professor of Obatetrica, and of
the Discaaea of Women and Children.
Michael A. Finl*Y, M. D., Professor of Pathology,
and of the Practice of Medicine;
Robert E. Dorsey, M. D., Profeasor of Materia Me
dica, Thorapeutica ,Hygiune, and Medical JurispruJ
deuce.
William R. Fihher, M. D., Professor of Chemistry
and Pharmacy.
John Frederick May, M. D., Profeaaor of the Prin
ciples and Practice of Surgery.
Ellis Hughes, M. D., Demonstrator of Anatomy.
In making this annual announcement, the Trustees re
spectfully stale, that, in addition to a Medical Faculty of
great alulitv, having high claims to public confidence and
patronage, this Department of the University of Maryland
offers other and peculiar advantages to Students for the
acquisition of Medieul knowledge. Placed in the most
favorable climate for attendant to dissections, and pos
sessing commodious rooms for that purpose, the Universi
ty of Maryland commands an unequalled supply of Matt
rial for the prosecution of the study of Practical Anatoii> ,
such, indeed, is the abundance of Subjects, that the l'i j
feasor of Surgery will afford to thr Student* an opportunity
of performing themtrlvrt, under his direction, rwry Surgi
cal operation :?a great practical advantage, 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 Iiurns, which liecame its property by purchase, at
great expenso; and to this collection numerous additions
have been annually made :?and, of late, many very valu
able preparations have U-en procured from France and
Italy?which together afl'ord 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 class 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, at the Infirmary, at staled periods, in each
week during the Session.
The Chemical and Philosophical Apparatus of this
University, is of great extent and vnlue, much of it having
lieen 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
dics.
Neither expense nor care has l>een spared to secure for
the University of Maryland the facilities necessary for
the acquisition of a thorough Medical Education.
THE EXPENSES ARE :
TUB 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
THE SECOND COURSE.
For attendance on the Lectures of six Profes
sors, -
Graduation and Diploma, -
$103
890
20
8110
The w hole being only 213 dollars.
But Students who have attended one course of Lee*
tutus in another respectable Medical School, inay 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, squired to lecture every
day?and where, from the facility with which SUB
JECTS are procured. Dissections can lie prosecuted with
more ease, and at less expense, than at any other place :
?here too, good boarding can lie engaged, on as cheap
terms as in any other Atlantic City.
THE OFFICERS ARE,
His Excellency Thomas W. Veazy, Governor of Ma
ryland, President of the Board of Trustees.
The Hon. Roger B. Taney, Provost.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.
Nathaniel Williams,
? Vice President.
John Nelson,
Solomon Etting,
Isaac McKim,
Dr. Dennis Claude,
James Cox,
William Gwvnn,
Dr. Hanson Penn,
James Win. McCulloh,
Henry V. Soinerville,
Dr. Samuel McCulloh,
and
John G. Chapman.
By order,'
JOSEPH B WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Baltimore, 26th August, 1837. twtlN'S
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THE AMERICAN ANTHOLOGY;
A Magazine of Poetry, Biography, and Criticism, to be pub
lished Monthly, with splendid illustrations on Steel.
WHILE nearly every country of the old world can
boast of its collected body of national Poetry, on
which Ihe 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 and literary re
finement among its inhabitants ; while England, especial
ly, proudly displays to the world a corpus poet arum the
lustre of whose immortal wreath has shed a brighter glory
upon her name than the most splendid triumphs which
her statesmen and her soldiery have achieved, our own
country seems destitute of poetic honors. Ajmears, we
say, for although no full collection of the chef d amvres of
our writers has been made, yet there exist, and are occa
sionally to be met w ith productions of American poets
which will bear comparison w ith the noblest and most
polished efforts of European genius, and which claim for
America as high a rank in the scale of literary elevation
as is now cedcd to older and in some respccts more fa
vored lands. ... ?
Impressed w ith the correctness of this judgment we
promise to issue a monthly magazine which shall contain
in a perfect unmutilated form, the most meritorious and
beautiful effusions of the poets of America, of the past
and present time, with such introductory, critical, and
biographic notices as shall be necessary to a correct under
standing of the works presented to the reader, and to 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 that we
are already lit possession of more than two hundred vol
umes of the production of American bards, from nliout the
year 1030 to the present day. Nor is it from these sources
alone that materials may be drawn. There are but lew
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 remembrance 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 grass of the field or (lowers of the wilderness are
growing over the ashes of many of the highly gifted who,
through the w ild and romantic regions of our republic,
have scattered po?-try in " ingots bright from the mint of
genius" nnd glowing w ith the impress of beauty and the
spirit of truth, in quantities sufficient, were it known and
appreciated as it would lie in other countries, to securc
to them an honorable reputation throughout the world.?
Such were Harney, author of-* Crystalina' and the ' Fever
Dream,' Sands, author of ' Yamoydcn ;' Wilcox, author
of the 'Age of Benevolence ;' Robinson, author of 'The
Savage ;' Little, the sweet and tender poet of Christian
feeling, the lamented Brainard, and many lieside, whose
writings are almost unknown, 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 the Atlantic, Bryant, Dana, Percival,
Rprague, Sigourney, W'hittier, Willis, dec. the public are
familiar ; and w e can assure them that there exists, though
long forgotten and unknown, a mine of poetic wealtn,
rich, varied and extensive, which will amply repay the la
bor of exploring it, and add undying lustre to the crown
w hich encircles the brow of American genius. In the pub
lication now proposed we shall rescue from the oblivion
to w hich they have long been consigned, and embalm in a
bright nnd imperishable form the numberless ' gems of
purest ray,' w ith which our researches into the literary an
tiquities of our country have endowed us ; and w e are con
fident that every lover of his native land will regard our
enterprise as patriotic and deserving the support of the
citizens of the United States, as tending to elevate the
character of that country in the scale of nations, nnd as
sert its claims to the station to which its children entitles
it With this conviction we ask the patronage of the com
munity to aid us in our undertaking, conscious that we
are meriting its support by exhibiting to the world a nroud
evidence tlrnt America, in the giant strength of her Hcreu-.
lean childhood, is destined ere long to cope in the arena of
literature w ith those lands which for centuries have boast
ed their civilization and refinement, and justly exulted in
their triumphs of their cherished sons in the noblest field
which heaven has opened to the human intellect.
The American Anthology will contain complete
works of a portion of the follow ing?the most popular of
our poetic w riters?and of the other*, the best poem*, and
such as are least generally known :
Adams, John Quincy Gould, Hannah F.
Allston, Washington Hallack, Fitz Greene
Barber, Joseph Harney, John M.
Barlow, Joel , Hillhousc, John A.
Benjamin, Park IJofFiwuii Charles F.
Bogart, ElUabeth Mellen, Orenvillo
Brainerd, John G. C. Neal.John
Brooks, James O. Pealiodv, B. W O.
Bryant, William C. Percival, James G.
Clark, Willis O. Pierpont, John
Coffin, Robert 3. Pinrkney, Edward C.
Dana, Richard H. Prentice, George 1).
Domic, George W. Rockwell, J. O.
Drake, Joseph R. Sand*, Robert G.
Dwight, Timothy Sigouri ev, Lydia II.
Ellet, Elizalieth F. Sprasue. Charles
Embury, Emma C. Sutcrim is.er, J R
Everett, Edward Trumbull, John
Fairfield, Sumner L. Wetmoro, Prosper M.
Frencau, Philip Whittier John G
Gallagher, William D. Willis, Nathaniel P.
In addition to the poems of the above named authors,
selections, comprising the Itest production* of more than
four hundred ?>ther American w riters, will be given as the
work progresses.
The American Anthology will lie published on the first
Saturday of every month. Each numlicr 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.
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PROSPECTUS
TO THE
AMERICAN MONTHLY MAGAZINE,
KOK 1837.
riVK DOLLARS PKR Till.
ON the first of January was published the first numlsr of
the ninth volume of the American Monthly Magazine
This w ill commence the second year of " tlie New .Si ru s
of the American Monthly." One year ha* passed sine,.
by the union of the New England Magazine with i;. <
wetl established periodical, the resource* of a publics!
which hud previously absorbed those of the Auiern .i i
Monthly Review anil of the United State* Maga/uu,
were all concentrated in the American Monthly Maga
zine ; giving at once so broad a basi* to the work u* to
stamp its natioiiitl character and ensure ita permanent
The number of pages, which have each month exceed' J
one hundred, was at the same time increased, to make
room for an additional supply of original matter ; and em a
number of the work throughout the year has tiecn orna
ineuted with an engraving, executed by the first artists .a
the country. How far the literary contents of the Maga
zine have kept pace with these secondary improvement,
the public are the best judges. The aim of the proprietors
has Iteen from the first to establish a periodical whii\,
should have a tone and character of its own ; and which,
while rendered sufficiently amusing to ensure its cireula
lion, should ever keep for its main object the promotion of
good taste, and sound, vigorous and fearless thinking. up
on whatever subject it undertook to discuss ; which, in a
word, should make its way into public favor, and es tit bin-:,
its claims to consideration, rather by what should l.r
found in its pages than by aiiy eclat which the names "l
popular contributors, or the dissemination of laudatory
paragraphs, could confer. Nor has the American Monthly
had any reason to regret having adopted and followed out
the course presorilied to itself from the first. It has i
deed lost both contributors and subscriliers by the tone i.f
so,tie of its papers ; but liy the more enlightened who ha'. i
judged of the tendency of the work in the aggregate and
not by its occasional difference of opinion with themselves,
it has been sustained with spirit and lilieraltty. It hi.s
been enabled to merge from infancy and dependance tipm
extrinsic circumstances; and the quickening power of
many ininda, laboring successively or in unison, has in
fused vitality into the creation while shaping it into form,
until now it has a living princiide of its own. It has in
come something, it is hoped, which " the world would not
w illingly let die,"
But though the subscription list of ihe American Monthly
has enlarged with the publications of every number diirni.'
the last year, it is not yet sufficiently full to justify tlir
publishers in carrying into effect their plan of liberally
compensating both the regular contributors and every wri
ter tnat furnishes ? casual paper for the week. Nor till
literary lalior in every department of a periodical is ail. -
quately thu* rewarded, can it fully sustain or merit tl..
character which an occasional article from a well paid
nnilar pen may give.
f these views lie just, there is no impertinence in ap
pealing here to the public to assist in furthering them by
promoting the prosperity of the American Monthly M ??
zine.
The work which is under the editorial chagrc of ('. F
Hoofman and Park Benjamin, Esq. will continue lo he
published simultaneously on the first of every month- ia
New York, by George Dearborn & Co., in Boston by (it is
Broaders & Co., communications received at the OHio,
No. 38, Gold Street, New York.
HUM
PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER,
THOMAS W. WHITE, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
This is a monthly magazine, devoted
chiefly to literature, but occasionally findinc room
for articles that fall within the scope of Science ; and not
professing an entire disdain of tasteful ttlection*, though
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 s >
blended w ith discussions in literature or in moral seie'm r,
otherwise unobjectionable, as to gain admittance for the
sake of the more valuable matter to which they adhere
but whenever that happens, they are incidental only ; not
primary. They are dross, tolerated only because it can
not well be severed from the sterling ore wherewith it is
incorporated.
Reviews and Critical Notices occupy their due space
in the work; and it is the editor's aim that they should
have a threefold tendency?to convey in a condrnsul
form, such valuable truths or interesting incidents as are
emtiodied in the works reviewed,?to direct the reiuh i -
attention to books that deserve to lie read,?and to warn
him agarnst w asting time and money upon that large num
ber, which merit only to be burned. In.this age of publi
cations, that by their variety and multitude distract an l
overwhelm every undiscruninatiug student, impartial
criticism, governed by the views just mentioned, is oni of
the most inestimable and indispensable of auxiliaries, to
him who docs wish to discriminate.
Essays and Tales, having in view utility or amusement,
or both,?Historical Sketches,?and Reminiscences nt
events too minute for history, yet elucidating it, and height
ening its interest,?may be regarded as forming the staple
of the work. And of indigenous poetry, enough is pub
lished?sometimes of no mean strain?to manifest and to
cultivate the growing poetical taste and talents of our
sue
country.
The times appear, for several reasons, to demand i
a work?and not one alone, but many. The public min i
is feverish and irritated still, from recent political strih >
The soft, assuasive 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
Ignorance lords it over an immense proportion of our
people. Every spring should be set in motion, to arouse
the enlightenccf, 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 country
And to accomplish all these ends, what more powerful
agent can be employed than a periodical, on the plan of
the Messenger; if that plan be but carried out in practice.
The South, peculiarly, requires such an agent. In all
the Union, south of Washington, there arebut two literary
periodicals ! Northward of that city, there are probably at
least twenty-five or thirty ! Is this contrast justified by
the wealth, the leisure, the native talent, or the actual
literary taste of the Southern people, compared with those
of the Northern ? No: for in wealth, talents, and taste,
we may justly claim at lenst an equality with our hp
thrcn; and a domestic institution exclusively our own,
beyond all doubt affords us, if we choose, twice the leisuie
for reading and writing, which they ernoy.
It w as from a deep sense of this local want, that tie
word Southern was engrafted on the name of tins
periodical ; and not w ith any design to nourish local pn -
judices, or to advocate supposed local interests. Far from
any such thought, it is the editor's fervent wish to see the
North and South l*>und' endearingly together forever, in
the silken bands of mutual kindness and affection Far
from meditating hostility to the North, he has already
drawn, and lie hopes hereafter to draw, much of his choicest
matter thence; nno happy indeed will he deem himself,
should his pnges, by making each region know the other
better, contribute in any essential degree to dispel the
lowering clouds that now threaten the peace of ImiiIi, and
to brighten and strengthen the sacred ties of fraternal
love.
The Southern Literary Messenger has now reached the
fifth No. of its third volume. How far it has acted out ti e
ideas here uttered, it is not for the editor to say. lb'
believes, however, that it falls not further short of them
than human wcukness usually makes practice fall short of
theory.
The Messenger is issued monthly. Each number of the
work contains 64 large super-royal pages, printed in the
very handsomest manner, on new type, and on paper
equal at least to that on which any other periodical r
printed in our country.
No sulmcription w ill be received for less than a volume
and must commence w ith the current one. The price i<
%.'> per volume, which must lie paid in all eases at the tin <
of subscribing. This is particularly adverted to now n
avoid misapprehension, or future misunderstanding?*
no order will hereafter l?e attended to unloss accompamed
with the price of subscription.
The postage on the Messenger is six cents on any sm
gle No. for all distances under 100 miles?over 100 miles
ten cents.
?All communications or letters, relative to the Mes?en
ger, must lie addressed to Thomas . W hitf.
Southern Literary Messenger Office, Richmond, \ ?
THE MADISONIAN
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