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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
New NOVELS?By the author ofRatllin the Reefer,
Tlx Old Commodore, ii 3 vols.
?bo, the Duke of Monmouth, by the author of " The
Collegians," Hayings and Doing* of Samuel Slick, of
Slickville, 1 vol., are thia day received, for aale by F.
TAYLOR, are for circulation among the auliecnbera to
the Waverly Circulating Library, immediately eaat of
Gadsby's Hotel. dec 13-tf
WTORV OP ROME?Traaalated from'the Ger
man of Heeren and Schloaaer, 1 vol. 8vo., ia just
pobliahed and for aale by F. TAYLOR
? HAVE THIS DAY OPENED
50 ptecea very rich figured Silks,
OU do do do plain Poult de Soie,
30 do do do plain white and col'd Satian
131 do superior black Silks,
50 do indress pattern, rich Shalleya,
80 do dark brown English Meriuoes.
BRADLEY dt CATLETT.
dec 12 3taw2w
LANKETS, CARPETINGS, die.?BRADLEY dt
CATLETT have on hand
100 pieces Ingrain Carpctings,
100 pain large and heavy Blankets,
50 Marseilles Quilts,
300 pair* (mail size Blankets for single beds.
dec!2 3taw2w RRADLEY A CATLETT.
WE have thia day opeaed?100 pieces super Irish
Linens, very cheap,
30 pieces extra tine do.,
150 do. long Cloth Cotton Shirtings.
Also, 50 pieces 8-4, 9-1, and 10-4 Damask Diapers,
100 Damask Table Cloths, all sixes.
BRADLEY dc CATLETT.
dec. 12-dtf
HAIR CUTTING.-Naliomil Dressing Rooms, Gads
by dc Newton's Hotel, Sixth street, No. 2. 8
PARKER, the Hair Cutter at the above rooms, is now
prepared to give the rnvnt fashionable and funcy cut lo
such gentlemen us wilt submit their locks to his disposal.
In his Shavivg Department he haa good, skilful, and care
ful workmen, who are alwuys at hand
Gentlemen who shave themselves would find it to their
advantage to furnish themselves from his stock of Sosps,
Shaving Brushes, dcc., ss he has been particular to select
the best articles possible in his line. He haa a few cases
of common looking English Razors, which he knows to be
first rate, which we purchaser can return if they do not
suit. Price, one dollar each. dec 12-d6t
ILLINOIS IN 1837.
A SCETCH, descriptive of the situation, boundaries.
XX face of the conntry, prominent districts, prairies
rivers, minerals, animals, agricultural productions, public
lands, plans of internal improvement, manufactures, etc.,
of the State of Illinois ; also, suggestions to emigrants,
sketches of the counties, cities, and principal towns in
the State ; together with a Inter on the cultivation of the
prairies, by the Hon. H. L. Ellsworth : to which arc an
nexed the Letters from a Humbler in the West. It also
contains a fine map of the State. Just received and for
sale by F.TAYLOR,
dec 14-tf Immediately east of Gadsby's.
MRS. WIRT'S FLORA'S DICTIONARY,
With beautifully colored engravings, upwards of one
hundred in number.
THIS beautiful edition is Ibis duv received and for sale
liy P. TAYLOR, along with a farther supply of books
of Engravings, Illustrated Books, of various kinds, Sou
venir*, elegantly bound and ornamented editions of favo
rite authors, die.; for sale at the lowest prices, at the
Waverly Circulating Library, immediately east of Gads
by's Hotel. deo 12-tf
CAREY on Wealth, Carey on Wages,
President Wayland's Political Economy,
McCullock's Statistics of Great Britain,
McCullock's edition.of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations,
Condy Kuguet's " Examiner," 2 vols.
New editions of Raymond's Political Economy,
Rae's Political Economy; are lust published and for sale
by F. TAYLOR,
Along w ith many other of the most valuable w riters on
Political Economy, Currency, Finance, Statistics, Inter
nationa! Law, &c., forming the most complete collection
of this class of science to be found in the United States,
dec 12?d
PLUMBER'S BUSINESS.?The subscriber, from'
Baltimore, takes this method of informing the citixens
of Washington and vicinity, that he will remain a few days,
and make arrangements for undertaking any of the follow
ing kinds of work in his line of business, vix. The erect
ing of Water Closets, Force or Lift Pumps, Baths, hot or
cold, fitted in a superior manner, the conveying of water
from springs to dwellings, and through the different apart
ments, draining quarries, or any kind of lead work. He
can be seen at Mr. Woodwaid's.
DAVID BAIN.
N B.?He has with him a few Beer and Cider Pumps,
to be seen as above.
CLEMENT WOODWARD.
Berween 10th and 11th sts., Penn. Avenue.
Oct. 18?23
CHINA, GLASS AND QUEEN'S WARE.
MOSES POTTER.
46 South Charles St., Baltimore,
HAS just received and is now opening, five hundred
and forty packages of the almve description of goods,
adapted for the Southern and Western markets?Con
stantly on hand, English, Iron Stone, and Granite China,
?uitable for extensive hotels and steamlioats?all of w hich
will Jta sold on as favorable terms as can be bought in any
city in the Union.
Oct. 10. tf22
FOR SALE, OR BARTER, for property
in the citv of New York, or lands in Illi
nois, the following valuable property in the
village of Oswego :
I?7 The rapid growth of Oswego, its un
surpassed advantages ana great prospects, arc too well
ana 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 purchasers living
at a distance w ill come and sec, before they conclude a
oargain. Suffice It to say, that it is among the very best
in the plait.
B_r Wonetmt tanrts or tnr firat quality, with n perfectly
clear title, and free of incumbr nee, will be taken in ex
change.
1L/* Letters post paid, addressed to the subscriber, at
Oswego, will meet w ith prompt attention. An ample de
scription of the property offered in exchange is requested.
In East f'swEco.?The Eairlo Tavern and Store ad
joining, on First street, with a dwelling house and staliles
on Second street, bring original village lot no. 50, 06 feet
on First street, running east 200 fcet-to Second street.
The south half, or original village lot no. 44, being 33
feet on First street, runmnir east 200 feet to Second street,
with the buildings erected thereon.
The north-east corner of First and Seneca (late Tau
rus) streets, being 99 feet on First, and 100 feet on Sene
ca streets, with the buildings erected thereon?comprising
part of original village lots nos. 41 and 42.
Three lots,each with a dwelling, fronting Second street;
the lots are 22 feet wide by 100 deep, being part of original
village lot no. 41.
Lot, with dwelling house, [original village lot no. 26,]
being 66 feet on First street, running west al>out 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 Fifth street 198 feet, with dwell
ing, coach house, stabling, and garden. The latter is well
stocked with the best and rarest fruit, ornamental shrub
bery, flowers, &c.
A lot adjoining the above, being 78 feet on Fourth strett
by 58 feet in depth.
Six lots on First street, each 22 feet inl
front, running east 100 feet to Water
street, with thn buildings thereon.
The Wharf and Ware houses on Wa
ter street, opposite the foregoing, lieing
132 feet on Water street, and running
east about 110 feet to the river. [This
wharf has the deepest water in, the inner
harbor.] ' J
Lot corner of Sen era and Second streets, being 21 feet
on Seneca, and 66 feet on Second streets. Five Lots ad
joining the foregoing to the cast, each being 22 feet on
Seneca street, by 66 feel in depth. The above being part
of the original village lot no. 36.
The ntirth half of block no. 63, being 200 feet.on Utica
[late Libra] street, by 198 feet on Third and Fourth
atreeta.
On Van Buren* Tr act.?Lot no. 1, Montcalm street,
being 200 feet deep, and running north along Montcalm
?treet several hundred feet into the Lake.
Lots no. 2 and 3, Montcalm street, each 60 by 200 ft,
12 " 13 * "
13, I t, and 15,being 345 ft. on Bronson st.
210 on Van Buren st.
300 on Eighth st.
North 3-4ths of lot no. 25, corner of Van Buren
"~;id Eighth streets, being 200 feet on Van Buren, and 148
teet on Eighth streets.
Lot 82, south-west corner of Cayuga and Eighth streets,
66 by 198 feet.
Lots 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, on Cayuga st 00 by 198 ft.
88, s. e. comer of Cayuga and Ontario streets, 198
by 104 feet.
89, s. w, corner of do, 198 by 195 ft.
70, on Seneca St., 66 by 198 feet.
58, a. w. corner of Seneca and 8th sts., 06 by 198 ft.
50, n. e. corner of Ontario and Schuyler streets, 198
by 104 feet.
50. on Seneca street, 66 by 198 feet.
75, s. e. corner of Seneca and Ontario streets, 198
by 104 feet.
76, it. w. corner of do. 198 by 130 ft.
64, n. e. corner of do. 198 by 104 ft.
46, 47, 48. 49, on Schnvler st., 66 by 198 ft.
The incumbrances on the whole of this property do not
eicceed sixteen thousand dollars, which may either re
main, 6r if desired, can be cleared off.
J. C. BURCKLE.
Oswego, N. Y., Aug. 22, 1837. 2rn6
VT Compris
ing the original
village lots no.
3 and 4.
SOUTHERN LITERARY ME88ENOER.
PRINTED AND Pi: BUSHED IN RICHMOND, TIROINU.
T. W. WHITE, Editor and Proprietor.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
OF ths December No., which will be issued on Tues
day the 12th inst. This number closes the third vol
ume of tins periodical. The lM No. of the 4th volume
will be ready lor delivery on the 1st January, 1838.
ORIGINAL PlTtHB.
William Wordsworth. By a Virginian.
Steps of a bailor.
Napoleon and Josephine. By a Virginian
Power of the Steam Engine.
Notes and Anecdotcs, Political and Miscellaneous, from
1798 to 1830?drawn from the Portfolio of an Officer of
the Empire; and translated by a gentleman in Paris,
from the French, for the Messenger, vi*. : Count Du
pont; An Anagram; M. B L?, of the trench
Academy ; The Farrier of the 22d Regiment of Chas
seurs ; An Official Journal; The Einotion of M , of
the French Academy; Inoculation for the Plague; The
Law of 8acri!cge.
Moses' Ten Tables.
Constantine : or, the Rejected Throne. By the Author of
" Sketches of Private Life and Character of William
II Crawford." In Fourteen Chapters. Chaps. XIII
and XIV. (Concluded)
John Randolph and Miss Edge worth.
Singular Blunder.
The Deaerter: A Romance of the American Revolution,
founded on a welt authenticated incident. In Ten
Chapters. Chapters VIII and IX.
Tour to the Northern Lakes. By a citiien of Albemarle.
Literature for the Times. Stones from Real Life : de
signed to teach true independence and domestic econo
my. To be completed in five parts. Part IV. The
Savings Bank and other Stories.
Translation.
Old Age. By a Virginian.
St. Ursula.
An Oration, delivered by John Tyler, at York Town,
October 19ih, 1837.
The Vision of Agib. An Eastern Tale.
Daniel Webster of Massachusetts, of the United Statea
Senate.
The Token for 1838.
The Text of 8hakspcar.
New England Moral*.
The Lyceum. No. IV. On the practice of Applauding
Public Speakers.
Origin of Language in the British Islands.^ Translated
from " La Revue Francaise," by Samuel F. Glenn.
[ Beautiful incident.
Importance of Early Education. [From the Journal of
Education.] [Selected]
ORIGINAL POETRY.
Behold the Dreamer Cometh.
To Murv. By II. Thompson.
Cupid Wounded. Translated from the Greek by a French
Officer.
Lines accompanying a lichly wrought Italian Coverlid,
Presented to General 1-afayette. on his first arrival at
the Eagle Hotel, Richmond, Va., October 1821.
Confounded Bores.
Tamerlane. From the Persian.
Presentiment.
CONDITIONS.
1. The Southern Literary Messenger is published in
monthly numbers, of 64 large supcrruyal octavo pages
each, o.i the best of paper, and neatly covered, at $5 a
year?payable in advance.
2. Or tive new siilwcribers by sending their names and
$20 at one time to the editor, will receive their copies for
one year, for that sum, or at $4 for each.
3. The risk of loss of payments for subscriptions, which
have been properly committed to the mail, or to the hands
of a postmaster, is assumed by the editor.
4. If a subscription is not directed to bo discontinued'
before the first number of the next volume has been pub
lished, it will be taken as a continuance for another year.
Subscriptions must commence with the beginning of the
vol., and will not be taken for less than a vcar's publica
tion, unless the individual subscribing is willing to pay $5
for a shorter period?even if it be for a tingle number.
5. The mutual obligations of the publisher and subscri
ber, for the year, are fully incurred as soon as the first
number of the volume is issued: and after that time no
discontinuance of a suliscription will be permitted. Nor
will a subscription be discontinued for any earlier notice,
while anything thereon remains due, unless at the option
of the editor.
Richmond, Va., Dec. 4, 1837.
TREASURY NOTENANO Sl'fiCIK
WASTED,
THE highest premium paid at the office of T. P. PEN
DLETON, one door east of Gadsby's National Ho
tel, for Treasury Notes and Specie.
N. B. Those holding Newton Ac Gadsby's small notes
will please present them as above, where all will be re
deemed.
December 9?3t
WAVEilLV CIUCViIaTIHO LIBRARY
IMMEDIATELY East of Gadsby's Hotel, Pennsylva
nia Avenue?is regularly supplied with a number of
copteM of every new wort immediately upon publication.
ADDITIONS DURING THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
The Arethusa, a Naval Story, 2 vols?Ernest Maltravers,
bv Bulwer, 2 vols?Davis' Life of Burr, second vol?The
Good Fellow, a novel, translated from the French?Ban
croft's History of the U. S. 2 vols, octavo?fourth vol. of
the Pickwick Club?Lockhart's Life of Scott?Pencil
Sketches, by Mies Leslie, a new series?The Scourge of
the Ocean, a novel, by an Officer of the U. S. Navy?
The Hawk Chief, a novel, by Irvine, 2 vols.?Rory O'
Morc, an Irish novel, by Lover, 2 vols?Pic Nic Stories
and Legends of Ireland, 2 vols.?late numbers of the Mag
azines, Reviews, fir.
Tekms?Five dollars per annum, or one dollar for a
single month.
SPEECHES.
SPEECHES of Mr. Mason of Virginia, and of Mr. Le
Legairof South Carolina, for sale at this office.
Dec. 9?3t
~ "PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES,
JUST published and for sale by I". Taylor, containing
all the Inaugural, Annual, Special, and Farewell Ad
dresses and Messages of all the Presidents, up to Novem
ber, 1837, Veto Messages, Proclamations, &c. &c.
dec 9?40
HOUSE-FURNISHING WARE-ROOMS,
BOTELEB Si DONN, Penntylvania Avenue, South
tide, near 4 1-2 ttreet, nearly njrpotite the Athenaeum,
have received their fall supply of House-Furnishing goods
comprising a more general assortment than they have had
a,t any former period. They have'aimed, from the com
mencement of their business, to collect at one place all
the necessary articles of house-keeping ; and they are
happy to say that they have succeeded in relieving many
persons from the labor of searching our extended city for
such nrticles as necessity required. Our stock is now
large and full as cheap as at any former period to which
they would invite the attention of their friends and tho
pnblie generally.
They have a irood assortment of?
Cabinet Ware and Chairs.
Also?Of Fancy Goods,
Crockery and Glass Ware,
Looking Glasses,
Tin, Iron, and Wood Ware,
Beds, Bedsteads, Mattresses, &cc.
N. B. All articles purchased of us will bo sent home
by a careful porter to any part of the city.
dec 1?3t
POTATOES -J. B. MORGAN & CO. have for saU
at their grocery store, Varnum's Row, Pennsylvania
avenue, 1000 bushels of the best quality Mercer potatoes.
To families who want eight or ten bushels they will be
sold low. nov 28-3t
PROPOSALS (or publishing a Second Edition of the
Militakv Laws oe the United States, by
George Templeman. Tho first edition was compiled by
Major Truoman Cross, of the United States Army, and
published under the sanction of the War Department in
1825. It contains the most important of tho resolutions
of the old Congress, relating to the Army, from 1775 to
178!)?the Constitution of the United States, and all the
acts and resolutions of Congress relating to the Army and
the Militia, from 1789 to 1824.
The second edition, now proposed to be published, will
contain all the matter embraced in the first, carefully re
vised, together with all the laws and resolutions of Con
gress, bearing upon the Army, Militia, and Volunteers,
which have been enacted from 1824, down to the close of
the present session. The corrections and additions will
be made by Major Cross, the original compiler.
Officers of the Ariny and Militia, and others, who have
used the first edition of this work, have, testified to its
great usefulness.
In a country like ours, where the authority of the law is
paramount, the necessity of such a work is at all times
manifest; but it is especially so at present when a large
and mixed force of regulars, volunteers, and militia are
callcd into active service.
The ivork will lie of royal octavo size, and will lie fur
nished to subscribers at 82 50 per copy, bound in law
sheep.
MRS. PAGE'S BOARDING HOUSE, on Pennsyl
vania Avenue, opposite the Centre Market. Per
sons visiting Washington can be comfortably entertained
by the day or week.
Oct. 5. tfl9
Manufactures and machinery of
GREAT BRITAIN, by Babbnge and Barlow, in
1 volume quarto, is just imported from London, and for
sale by F. TAYLOR, containing also, a Treatise on the
Principles of Manufactures. dec 5?38
SAMUEL HKINECKE informs his friends and the
public, thst he has taken a room four door* north of
Doctor Gunton's apothecary store, on ninth street, where
he will carry on his business. He feels confident, from
his long experience in cutting all kinds of garments, that
eneral satisfaction will be given to such as may favor
in with their custom. scp 33 3taw3w
WINES, *C.
J. B. MORGAN 4t CO. ar? now receiving in addition
to tbeir former stork of old wines, amounting u> 15,
000 bottles, snd perhaps the oldest and best collection to
be found in the United States, Otard, Dupuy dt Co'*.
Pals Brandy. of very high flavor, and very old; dark
colored Cognac from the same house, with every variety
and brand of Champagnes, Scotch Ale, London Porter,
and Double Brown Stout.
Oui Madeira Wines, we import direct, and will guar
anty them to be equal in quality and flavor to any import
ed in the United states.
We have antOIMam Pale] Sherry on hand, pronounced
by Judges to be as delicate and as pure a flavor of the
grape as they have ever seen in this country.
All orders from Members of Congress and stranger*,
as well as our citizens, will be punctiiully attended to.
At the old stand of tiowen At Jacobs, corner of 7th at
and Pennsylvania Avenue.
J. B. MORGAN & CO.
dec 9?3t
DEMOCRATIC UK VIEW.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the above Periodical will be re
ceived by F. Taylor, bookseller, immediately raat of
Gadsby's Hotel, where the first number (just published)
may be exanuued.
Among the earliest subscriptions to this Magazine sre
to be found the names of Andrew Jackson, M. Van Bu
ren, Levi Woodbury, B. F. Butler, L. Cass, Ainos Ken
dall, dec. dtc.?price five dollars per annum.
The work will be forwarded strongly enveloped to any
part of the U. S. 40
Exchange office and general agen
cy.?The subscriber has opened an office imme
diately opposite the Treasury, and adjoining the General
Post Office, for the transaction of business with the se
veral Departments of the Government, And for the pur
chase and sale of all kinds of stocks, &c.
He will si ways give the highest price
For SPECIE,
TREASURY NOTES.
TREASURY DRAFTS, and
LAND SCRIP.
W. W. CORCORAN.
n21 3taw 4w
NEW GROCERY STORE.?The ,?ubscril.*r?
having associated themselves together in business,
under the firm and style of CLEARY it ADDISON, beg
leave to announce to the citizens of Washington and the
Public generally, that they hove just reee.ved from New
York, Philadelphia, und Baltimore, a well selected as
sortment of choice Groceries, which they sre now open
ing, at their store on Seventh street, nearly opposite to
the Patriotic Bank, to which ihey respectfully a*k the at
tention of families and dealers generally, ut wholesale or
retail, viz.
5 hhds prime Sugnrs
7 do retailing Molasses
2,000 lbs Family und Loaf Sugar
20 chests and half chests TEA, Gunpowder, Im
perial, Young Hyson, Hyson, and Pouchong,
superior quality, and late importation
31 bags Java, Rio, St. Domingo, and Havana
Coffee
3 do burnt Coffee
50 barrels Family Flour, Doddrige and Rochester
brands
8 half barrels Buckwheat Flour, (extra quality)
75 choice Bacon Hums, (District cured)
50 Middlings und Shoulders do
WiNES.
I half pipe "Murdoch's" old LP. Mudeira
23 quarter and half quarter casks Pale and Brown
Sherry, Teneriffe, St. Lucar, F. Madeira,
and Sweet Malaga
1 pipe superior old Port, (genuine)
12 baskets Champagne, Anchor, Key, Orange,
and other brands
8 dozen "Medoc" Grape-juice, and other kinds
5 half pipes French and Domestic Brandy, "llen
nessy" and other brands
5 barrc Is Apple Brandy
1 pipe Holland Gin, "Straw berry"
5 barrels domestic do
2 hlids old Whiskey, of extra quality
10 bbls common do
2 puncheons W. India and Jainaca Spirits
1 i'arret pure old Irish Whiskey
10 boxes Sperm Candles
10 do Mould and Dipt
10 do Brown and Yellow Soap
3 do Patent Lubor-saving do
10 do best Chewing and Plug Tobacco
10,000 superior Havana Sctrars
40 dozen Brooms and Whisps, various qualities
3 casks Goshen Cheese
3 boxes Pine Apple do
3 dozen Painted Buckets
2 do Alicante and Manilla Mats
1-2 do Tanned Sheep-skin do
55 whole, half, and quarter boxes Bunch Rasins
1 cask fresh Rice
Together w ith a general assortment of?
Spice, Mustard, Saltpetre, Alum, Copperas,
Race and Ground Ginger, Tabl^ Salt in boxes
Olives, Olive Oil, Chocolate, Cocoa, Cocoa Paste,
Currants, Cranberries, Preserved Ginger,
Anchovies, Sardines, Capers, Pepper Sauce,
Marachino, Macaroni Vermicelli,fc uncy Soups,
Brushes, Blacking, BedConis, L. Linen, Coil
Kope, Sugar Boxes, Can Tul<", Demijons, English
" ulnuts, Filberts, Dates, 6ie. &cc.
, D ' Wm. CLEARY,
dec. 8?w3w A. ADDISON.
FRENCH I.KNSONS.
MON. ABAD1E, pupil of the Normal school in Paris,
has the honor to inform the Ladies and Gentlemen
in this city and vicinity, that he continues to give lessons
in his own native language, at his rooms, or in private
families or academies, at a moderate price, which will be
reduced to those formed in classes, according to the num
be open from 5 till 7, and from 8 till
10 o clock, P. M.
Apply at Dt. VVatkin's cornerof4 1-2 street and Penn
sylvania Avenue, or at Fossett's, lately Mrs. Letourno's.
opposite Gadsby's Hotel.
Abadie's French Grammar and Course of French Lite
rature for sale in all the book stores in this city,
dec 5?3taw3tn
PA' W' BORLAND begs leave to inform his friends
? i public, that he has taken the store lately occu
pied by James Richey, where he will, at all times, be
pleased to wait on customers.
??-^MAM, manufacturer of Copper, Sheet-iron,
and I in ware, will always be found at the above store,
ready to execute orders for any article in his line.
A large assortment of Stoves, Grates, Lamps, and Tin
Wnj^1 P' con,"antly on hand. Zinc Roofing, Spouting
'?"lttcnn?,t'one 'he shortest notice.
Pennsylvania Avenue, 5 doors east of 9th street.
Nov. 10.
PROSPECTUS
OF THE
NEW YORK REVIEW
AND
4l'ARTERLY CHURCH JOURNAL.
THE plan of this Publication embraces extended ro
. view s of important works, and discussions of impor
tant subjects in every department of literature and think,
ing, similar in form and manner of those which make up
the contents of Quarterly Reviews generally.
It proposes, also, a lirief analytical survey of the literary
productions of every current quarter, w ith short critical
indications of their character and value in their respective
departments. *
it embraces, likewise, a register of the most important
events and farts in the literary nnd religious world, par
Church rcnce t0 thc s,u,c and progress of the
The object of the whole work is to exhibit, as far as
possible, every thing most important to a just estimate of
the character of the times, und of the intellectual and
moral movement of society; to promote the interests of
good literature, sound thinking, religion, and Christian
order. In this general tone and spirit, it will Ik- con
formed to the principles of thc Protestant Episcopal
church. 1 he conviction of the truth and importance of
these principles, as they are held in the unity of the Church,
maintained in a free and uncompromising, yet liberal,
candid and conciliating spirit, will constitute thc unity of
thc work.
Ariangements have been made to secure the aid of the
best writers throughout the country; nnd no pains or ex
ensewill be spared to make this publication a work of
the highest character.
Tnmt?The work will contain an average of 250 pages
x" c,,l,'h number; and will lie furnished to Subscribers at
Five Dollars a year, payable on deliver)' of the first num
ber. Any person becoming responsible for $it copies,
shall receive the seventh copy gratis.
All communications on the business'concerns of the
Review, to be addressed to the Publisher, George Dear
born & Co., 38 Gold st. New York. Other communica
tions to be addressed to the Editor, care of George Dear
lK>rn' Oct. 5.
WASHINGTON BRANCH RAILROAD?On and
after Monday next, the 11 instant, the cars will leave
the depot in this city for Baltimore Hi 9 o'c lock A. M., in
stead of 9 3-4 A. M., as heretofore.
Thc object of this alteration is to render certain thc ar
rival of the train at Baltimore early enough to afford
ample time for passenger* going North to take the steam
boat, which now departs daily for Philadelphia, at half past
12 o'clock.
The afternoon train will, as heretofore, leave thc depot
at a quarter after 5 o'clock, P. M.
89?dfii&wtf.
(Globe, Native American, Alexandria Gazette, and Po
tomac Advocate.)
NOTICE.
THE New York and Boston Illinois Land Company
will offer at public auction at their office in the town
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The session of the medical depart
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laat Monday of October next, and continue until the lout
day of February.
THE FACULTY OF PHYSIC ARE.
H. Willis Baxlkv, M. D., Prsfesnor of Anatomy and
Physiology.
Henry HowaBD, M D., Professor of Obatetrica, and of
the Diseases of Women and Children.
Michael A. Finlby, M. D., Profeaaor of Pathology,
and of the Practice of Medicine.
Robert E. Dorsby, M. I)., Professor of Materia Me
dica, Therapeutics .Hygiene, and Medical Jurispruj
deuce.
William R Fishbb, M. D., Profeaaor of Chemiatry
and Pharmacy.
Joh* FBBDBBICB May, M. D., Profeaaor of the Prin
ciple# and Practice of Surgery.
Eu.li Huohes, M. D., Demonstrator of Anatomy.
In making thia annual announcement, the Trustees re
apeotfully stale, that, in addition to a Medieal Faculty of
great ability, having h.gh claim, lo public confidence and
patronage, thia Department of the University of Maryland
offers otner and peculiar advantages to Students for the
acquisition of Medical knowledge. 1 laced in thei most
favorable climate for attending to dissections, and poa
(caaini commodious rooms for that purpose, the tuiveral
ly 0f Maryland commands an unequalwo supply of Mate
rial for the prosecution of the study of Practical Anatoiv
such, indeed, is the abundance of Subjects, that the I i J
feasor of Surgery will afford to the Siwlents an opportunity
of performing themselves, under his direction, every 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 Burns, which became U? property' by purchase, at
urrat expense; and to thia collection numeroua additions
have been annually made :-and, of late, many very valu
able preparations have lieen procured from J1 ranee ami
Ituly?which together afford ample means to make a great
variety of illustration 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?
w ho, 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 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
d'Neither expense nor care has been spared to secure for
the University of Maryland the facilities necessary lor
the acquisition of a thorough Medical Education.
THE EXPENSES ARE :
THK FIBST COl'RSK.
For attending the Lectures of six Professors,
each - - - * " clJ JU
For attending the Dissector and Demonstrator,
For attending Clinical Lectures and instruc
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$103
THE SECOND COURSE.
For attendance on the Lectures of six Profes
sors, -
Graduation and Diploma, -
$90
20
$110
The whole being only 213 dollars.
But Students who have attended one course of Lec
tures in another respectable Medical School, may gradu
ate here after they have attended one full course in this
University ?where the course of instruction is as com
plete as that of any other Medical School?each 1 rotes
sor being, in this Institution, required to lecture every
day?nnd whttro, from the facility with which SUB*
JECTS arc procured, Dissretion* can beprcwecoted with
j more ease, arid at less expense, than at any other place .
1 ?here too, good boarding can l>e 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,
By order,
JOSEPH B WILLIAMS, Secretary.
r,ih Aumist. 1837. twtlNS
William Gwynn,
Dr. Hanson Penn,
James Wm. McCulloh,
Henry V. Somerville,
Dr. Samuel McCulloh,
and
John G. Chapman.
Baltimore, 26th August, 1837.
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TENTH VOLUME OF THE
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N the first of July, 1837, commenced the tenth volume
of the Knickerbocker, or New York Monthly Maga
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their efforts have been received at the hands of the public,
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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 the seal of a people's favorable judgment has been
set, and which exhibits to foreign nations in the most
striking light the progress of civilization and literary re
finement among it* inhabitants ; while England, especial
ly, proudly displays to the world a corpus poctarum lhe
lustre of w hose immortal w reath has shed a brighter glory
upon her name than the most splendid triumph* which
her statesmen and her soldiery have achieved, our own
country seems destitute of pontic honors. Apixart, we
say, for although no full collection of the chef d ctuvres of
our writers has been made, yet there exist, and are oeca
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
Amcrica as high a rank in the scale of literary elevation
as is now ceded to older and in some respects more fa
vored land*. ... . .
Impressed w ith the correctness of this judement we
propose to issue a monthly magazine which shall contain
in a perfect unniutilated lorm, the most meritorious and
beautiful effusions of the poets of Amcrica, of the past
ami present time, w ith 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 iinaeine 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, w ill lie surprised to learn that we
are already in possession of more than two hundred vol
ume* of the production of American bard*, from about the
year 1030 to the present day. Nor is it from these sources
alone that materials may lie drawn. There arc but few
writers in our country who pursue authorship as a voca
tion, and w hose 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 cnrelessly 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 flower* of the wilderness are
grow ing 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 beauty and the
spirit of truth, in quantities sufficient, were it known and
appreciated as it would be in other countries, to secure
to them an honorable reputation throughout the world.?
Such were Harney? author of1 Crystalina and tiK? * Fever
Dream,' Sands, author of ' Yainoyden 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 beside, whose
w ritings are almost unknow n, 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, lirynrit, Dana, Percival,
Sprague, Sigouniey, Whittier, Willis, &<?. the public are
familiar ; and w e 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, nnd odd 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 thev have long been consigned, and embalm in a
bright and imperishable form the numberless ' gems of
purest ray,' with which our researches into the literary an
tiquities of our country have endowed us ; and we arc con
fident that every lover of his native land will regard our
enterprise as patriotic and deserving the support of the
citizens of the United States, as tending to elevate the
character of that country in the scale of nations, and 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 i?s support by exhibiting to the world a r.roud
evidence that America, in the giant strength of her Hercu
lean childhood, is destined ere long to cope in the arena of
literature w ith those lands which for centuries have Iniast
ed their civilization nnd refinement, nnd justly exulted in
their triumphs of their cherished sons in the noblest field
which heaven has opened to the human intellect.
The American Antholooy will contain complete
works of a portion of the following?the most popular of
our poetic writers?and of the others, the best poems, and
such as are least generally known :
Adams, John Quincy Gould, Hannah^r.
Allston, Washington Hallack, Fit* Itrecne
Barber, Joseph Harney, John M.
Barlow, Joel Hijlhouse, John A.
Benjamin, Park Hoffman, Charles t.
Bogart, Elizalieth Mellen, Grcnville
Brainerd, John O. C. Ne.il, John
Brooks, James G. Peabody, B. W O.
Bryant, William C. Percivsl. Jnmcs U.
Clark, Willis G. Picrpont, John
Coffin, Robert S. Pinekney, Edward)U
Dana, Richard H. Err""c<',', (."'"r?e D"
Doane, George W. Rockwell, J. O.
Drake. Joseph R. Sands, Roliert C.
Dwight. Timothy Sigoun ey. Lydia H.
Ellet, Elizal>elh F. Sprague. Charles
Embury, EmmaC. Siitermejs.er, J. R.
Everett, Edward Trumbull, John
Fairfield, Sumner L. Wetmorc, Prosper M. -
Freneau. Philip ^ hjtticr. John G.
Gallagher. William D. Willis, Nathaniel P.
In addition to the poems of the above named authors,
selections, comprising the best productions of more than
four hundred other American w riters, will be given us tho
work progresses. ,
The American Anthology will be published on the f?*t
Saturilav of every month. Each numlier will contain
seventy-two royal octavo pages, printed in the most iwau
tiful manner on paper of superior quality, and two or more
portraits on steel, with other illustrations.
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kob 1837.
five doi.lars pkk tea*.
ON the first of January was published the first nimUr '
the ninth volume of the American Monthly Ma mi ,
1 lua Mill commence the aecond year of " the New r,
of the American Monthly.- One year ha* pass, ,| ???
by the union of the New England Magsxme wlU, ,
well established periodical, the resource* of a inihlicat
which had previously absorbed those of the Aim ,
Monthly Renew and of the United States Ma^u,.,"'
were all concentrated in the American Monthly Ma
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stamp its national character and ensure its permariene'v
'Ihe number of pages, which have each month excc'd. ,<
one hundred, was at the same time increased, to make
room for an additional supply of original matter ; anil i ?<
number of the work throughout the year has been om*
mented with an engraving, executed by the first artist,
the country. How far the literary contents of the M?
line have kept pace with these *e condary improvem,.,,'.
I the public an: the best judges. The aim of the propm ?
has been from the first to establish a periodical w>
*hould have a tone and character of its own ; ami whti ?
while rendered sufficiently amusing to ensure its cim
tion, should ever keep for it* main object the promotion
Rood taste, and sound, vigorous and fearless thinking i
| on whatever subiect it undertook to discus* ; which'Y/s
word, should make its way into public favor, and estate.-,
its claims to consideration, rather by what should u
found in its pages than by any eclat which the nan ?
popular contributors, or the dissemination of laudatory
paragraphs, could confer. Norhas the American Muntt v 1
had any reason to regret having adopted and followed !ut
the course prescribed to itself from the first It has
deed lo*t I Kith contributors and subscribers bv the tone'.!)'
some of its papers ; but by the more enlightened who haw
judged of the tendency of the work in the aggregate and
not by its occasional difference of opinion w ith them..
it has been sustained w ith spirit and liberality It
been enabled to merge from infancy and dependence in, ,
extrinsic circumstances; and the quickening power Jf
many minds, laboring successively or in unison, has i.
fused vitality into the creation while shaping it into l< r
until now it has a living principle of it* ow n. It has '
come something, it is hoped, which " the world Would n,.t
willingly let die,"
But though the suliscription list of the American Month v
has enlarged with the publications of every number dun
the last year, it is not yet sufficiently fuli to justify tn.~
publishers in carrying into effect their plan of lil*ra!!i
compensating lioth the regular contributors and every w
ter that furnishes a casual paper for the week. N'ort.i
literary labor in every department of a periodical is ad..
quately thu- rewarded, can it fully sustain or merit t',e
character which an occasional article from a well na;d
popular pen may give.
If these views lie just, there is no impertinence in up.
pealing here to the public to assist in furthering them A ?
promoting the prosperity of the American Monthly .Ma u
*inc.
The work which is under the editorial chagre of F
Hoofman and Park Benjamin, Esq. will continue to 1*
published simultaneously on the first of every month, in
New York, by George Dearborn & Co., in Boston by Otis,
Broaders &i Co., communications received at the Otlicc,
No. 38, Gold Street, New York.
PROSPECTUS OF THE
SOUTHERN LITERARY MESSENGER,
THOMAS W. WHITE, EDITOR AND- PROPRIETOR
This is a monthly magazine, devote!
chiefly to literature, but occasionally finding room
for articles that fall within the scope of Science ; and n<it
professing an entiro disdain of tasteful selectiont, though
its matter has been, as it will continue to be, in th? main.
original.
Party politics and controversial theology, as far as jm*
sible, are jealously excluded. They are sometime s ..
blended with discussions in literature or in moral science,
otherwise unobjectionable, as to gain admittance fort!.,
sake of the more valuable matter to which they adhere
but whenever that happens, they are incidental only , ti.it
primary. They are dross, tolerated only because it can
not well be severed from the sterling ore wherewith it ,s
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
cmliodied in the works reviewed,?to direct the reader's
attention to books that deserve to be read,?and to warn
him against wasting time and money upon that large num
ber, which merit only to lie burned. In this age of puKi
cations, that by their variety and multitude distract and
overwhelm every undiscriminating student, impartial
criticism, governed by the views just mentioned, is one of
the most inestimable and indispensable of auxiliaries, to
him who does wish to discriminate.
Essays and Talcs, having in viewutility 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 o r
country.
1 he times appear, for several reasons, to demand such
a work?and not one alone, but many. The public mind
is feverish aiul irritated still, from recent political strifes
The soft, assuasive influence of literature is needed, to
allay that fever, and soothe that irritation. Vice and foiiv
arp rioting a!.rood : They should be driven by indignant
rebuke, or lashed by riilicule, into their fitting haunts.
Ignorance lords it over an immense proportion of our
people. Every spring should lie set in motion, to arouse
the enlightened, and to increase their numl>er; so that the
great enemy of fiopiilar government may no longer I>ro<?>).
iike a portentous cloud, over the destinies of our countn.
And to accomplish all these ends, what more power! :!
agent can be employed than a periodical, on the plan of
the Messenger; if that plan lie but carried out in practie.
The South, peculiarly, requires such an aucnt. In all
the Union, south of Washington, there nrc but tw o liter .rr
periodicals! Northward of that city, there are probablv >t
least twenty-five or thirty ! Is this contrast ju?tiliid hy
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 tas'c,
we may justly claim at least an equality with our bre
thren; and a domestic institution exclusively our own,
lieyond all doubt affords us, if we choose, twice the leisure
for reading and w riting, which they enjoy.
' It was from a derp sense of this local want, that the
word Sopthern was engrafted on ihe name of t i?
periodical; and not with any design to nourish local pre
judices, or to advocate supposed local interests. Far lr",n
any such thought, it is the editor's fervent wish to see the
North and South bound endearingly together forever, n
the silkeu bands of mutual kindness and affection I >r
from meditating hostility to the North, he has alre?..v
drawn, and he hopes hereafter to draw, much of his choicest
matter thence; ana happy indeed will he deem htmsi ;.
should his psees, by making each region know the "ti.' r
better, contribute in any essential degree to diN ' 1 ' '
lowering clouds that now threaten the peace of Isith, nt. '
to brighten and strengthen the sacred ties of fraterna
love.
The Southern Literary Messenger has now reached the
fifth No. of its third volume. How far it has acted out tbe
ideas here uttered, K is not for the editor to s*v II''
believes, however, that it falls not further short of th<m
than human weakness usually make* practice fall shot! ".
theory.
The Messenger is issued monthly. Ench numl>er of t'.e
work contains 61 large super-royal pases, printed in t e
very handsomest manner, on new type, and on pyr
equal at least to that on which any other periodical '?
pnnted in our country.
No (i.tiscription will lie received for less than a volume,
and must commence with the current one. The price k
85 per Tolnme, which must be paid in all esses at the time
of subscribing. This i* particularly adverted to now to
avoid misapprehension, or future misunderstanding??*
no ordrr will hereafter lie attended to unless accompanied
with the price of subscription.
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