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FlushVl with fond joy,
she turns with rapt'rousglance,
To vine-clad hills, and sun-bright vales of trance,
Points to the Theatre with tragic mein,
And marks the passions of the stem liactne
From thoso who pity and who kindly feel,
tihe asks a tear—to shed with Oremt Cornctfk.
Now swift acrois the Atlantic wave she flies,
Wlwe rear'd 'inid wilds, her beauteous domes
arise
Each hill and dale her thrilling voice have heard,
And FOBRESTS echo to the native BIRD:
Throughout our land, where'er she chance to roam
She finds a resting placc—bat here a HOME.
We dedicate tothee,oliOoddes3blost,
This thyjirtl temple in the far, far west
Oh! fondly cherish this fair house of thine,
And shed around thy influence benign:
Let vivid images of by gone things
Defile before oar eyes like "Banquo's Kings
Let Lear agaii enact his fiantic part,
And sweet Ophelia ste.il her hearer's heart,
Let the kind audience fee! ths fond regret,
And weep with ROMEO ovej JULIET:
Let Sparlacut again from bondage freed,
Not like a slave, but like a Thracian bleed
Pict tire the scene whero chaste Virginia fell,
And point to ''freedom in the shaft of Tell."
And may the sylph-like nymphs our joys euhauce,
By myetic trippings of the fairy dance
On arlel's wing, and soft as brooklets flow,
(Their footsteps falling like the flakes of anow,)
Let their litne forms in mazy circles run,
A. graco receive whal Tagliuni won.
-l«t tYioso fair walls with whn« matr prntnug
The dulcet gunnings ot each soul-bom song,
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Lweet as the Euphony of Heaven's bright spheres,
Strike the bland warblingson the listner's ears.
But no—from Earth each silver sound hath fled,
We weep—we wail, for MALIHRAN is dead.
Now to our audience honor'd, learn'd and gay,
The humble speaker has one word to say
If e'er loath'd vice should rear her hideous face,
•Or in this tragic fane find dwelling place,
If e'er this house with scullion jesting rings,
'Or desecrated be to sinful things,
Let the bold actor his presumption rue
Be cursed the player, and his temple too.
'But if the mose enlighten'd never strays
.Farfrom the pleasant path of viuue's ways,
'I'hen shall fair learning sanctify this dome,
And Joy and Science fix their lasting home
The tagic muse shall high her sceptre rear,
The steadiest eye shall glitter with a tear
Mild Thalia too, shall our griefs beguile,
And from tho lip# of toy-row eleal asi. ile!
The rudest hearts shalneel the genial power,
jlild futuie ages blpss the natal hour.
'Then o'er the plaarer be yourkndness shed,
Pour out agoldqpuhow'r upon his head
And may this house b? ever jichly bhst,
AND STABS arise hereafter in the WEST.
ANECDOTE OF COOKE.
Geoigo Frederick Cooke was always fond of a
frolick on his benefit night, declaring that he nov
fcr took liberties with hi#friends at any other time.
It onca happoned, during an engagement at Phil
adilphia, that on such an ocj^gion he was short of
tnoney, and at a los3 to raise the wind for the ac
customed breeze. In this dilemma he started up
4own in a speculative mood, determined to inspirit
himself in some way or other. Having reached
the comer of Callowhill a id English streoti, he
Mtast his eye towards the Delaware,and perceiving
•One of those enticing signs of three golden balls,
hs'turned the corner, and, entering the fatal door,
addressed the man behind the counter thus:—"My
mine is Cooke.—This is rny benefit night. The
manager can't do withoutine, as I am up for Rich
ard III. I want some liquor. I have no money.
$iow I propose to hypothecate my royal person lor
10, ami you may lay me up on ore of your
shelves." The joke was a good one, and the mas
ter of ceremonies paid $10, and Cooke was laid up.
The theatre that night was crowded, and at 7
•O'clock the manager came forward to apologise,
ftating that with the permission of the audience
the performance would commence with the farce.
fia had sent in different directions, but was unable
to find Cooke in the city. He presumed the ira
jedian would be forthcoming in the course of the
jntzt half hour. As the manager retired he was
Informed that a boy wished to see him in the green
room. H* found the lad* who presented a note
written in cyphers, which he at length translated
Jhus:—
"Mr. Dear I am in pawn for $10 send
and redeem me, or it will be impossible for Ilich
Ard .to b« himself to-night.
Yours, COOKE."
The manager started immediately after the first
ftar, and found him nicely shelved, and a plate of
trackers and cheese, and a bottle of brandy by
him. In the button-hole of his coat was a uiece
paper, marked "No. 1473, pawned for $10."
The amount was paid, a hack was called, and
v*oke and the manager rolled to the theatre, where
the former bad just time to dress and commence,
Now ip the winter of our discontent," &c. It is
..said he never played Richard better, or received
greater applause.
The Report of the'Secretary of the
made on the 1st inst. exhib
it# the receipt* for the month of June,
if6
Mcertained
*v
and esti­
mated, $893,000, 680,000 of which a
rose from the wla oC public laoda. The
expenditures during ty* aame aonth
jjarert ttbout #2,611,(303.
MR. KAr«f'* 5-TVTSXi-Wf k*TT.
SI MR. WFROA'S FEDERAL. ^RTIKH
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«i (j uj t'f.n.u. ii 'thp onprHUfWf'lht" V'«7"*'h C'.a5Vl''IiJl oft?"}€ 1
J»- »riwwr»» iron -Cl
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fc.uv'ra. 7b. oUiurw.. 1-hf H'fi®bcT Ol white p£T50n 12 crtaf-uroftips oi this Road the sab
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hi:zt\ ftJinr viif nnawiiMf flight
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Thi' lit* im'*: rnuf iHJJtjts a: Kau a«ac
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.tf nrr TttnuBUJ- r"txrt hine M»»j
-G Wrt she v*m af wcL
Tn# Da»» st-- fcslinf Srse.
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Pos.ia zs&ts Tkngrj-
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Litw ro t" ojlr ieiwita TiJM
A~i Evipcisx. m-hroae plfciatiTesaas
K'S"A»ir*» Smwaissc.
]*reiwith the kwan liqaia rt'X*% of -wo.
Steals wi^s 2a«"*t *J»a maiei tic irutod-T*.
e a A
Tne *ma ^2tre a look, of pity thra**.
Fo: there in days of yare hf- anihenu roue:
For then were hsvi in mirth anJ 3*ujn«r
When Pfaufui" muse ai^ressed the Rrwiian ciowd
Wl-.ea Ttrtnxx too, £nh the comic fo.,g,
Asain she ca«ts her seaiching eyesawjnd,
"Betrare"—'tis whispered, "Uiis i» holy grwwd
Whv 'tis on Britain's isle our footsteps stand,
Nay it :s more—'tis Shakspeart't father land:
Here did the Master all o n feelings scan,
Each nook, each recess in the heart of man
Here brilliant S/uridan fame's laurel won
Here Johnson put his "learn-ed buskin on."
arranged that even the bbeks ,,«,• offered" to the public on the
iwere not surfed to go awav "hungry
-e not sunerea IO go ava --..U..s.
1 a thirst." He gave minute orders
and
abo
care
herea
dicatehis final resting plase.
that his partial friends should not
^fter erect the 'storied urn" to in-
HeTeftavery hand^'meesutc, which j*•
he devised by Will to numerous
stives. An anecdoteis toldofhim which
illustrates a prominent tr
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Tne cheen were high, ihe jaagate.-luu-a.w loag. his character, V Z. ruiin.u„ at great
enced in his actions by what the world fenced as soon a* the
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might say of him. It is said, that in
DISCOVERY OF NORTH AMERICA.—
It is announced abroad that the Royal
Society of Northern Antiquaries, at
Copenhagen, are about publishing by
subscription a work which is to throw
new light on the discovery of America
it will be entitled ''Antiquitates Ame
ricana:," or collection of the accounts
extant in Icelandic and other Scandina
vian manuscripts relative to voyagesof
discovery to North America, made by
theScandinaviansin the 10th &follow
ing centuries. It is declared that it
will comprise testimony, the most au
thentic and irrefragable, that North
America was actually discovered by
the northmen towards the close of the
10th century, visited by them repeat
edly during the 11th and 12th, (some
of them even making settlements as
colonists,) re-discovered towards the
close of the 13th, and again repeatedly
resorted to in tlie course of the 14th. It
is^aid, moroever, that what serves in
nc^mall degree to enchance the value
of these ttojfcuments is the great apparent
probability, indeed, almost to
certainty
fn»* tno rr^n fin** inHnnn/ina wn if»n mnVPfl
for the gentler influences which moved
him in his_earlier years^
/•TRADE OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKAN
SAS.—-The Little Rock Gazetto of July
4th, says —"At a time when the com
merce ofthe whole Union is deranged
and paralyzed by the breaking up ofthe
banks, it .is with peculiar gratification
we state that tho Arkansas river, du
ring the present spring, has been the
continued scene of bustle and commer
cial prosperity. During the month of
June alone, we had at Little Rock more
than one hundred arrivals and depar
tures of steamboats, and some of them
of the largest class."
THE SEA SEHPENT AGAIN.—His
snakeship was discovered last Tuesdays
from the Piazza of the Nahant Hotel,
in the water—he is desci ibed as a long,
brown, snaky monster, going ahead at
the rate of a mile in three or four min
utes. With a good glass the bunches
on hiaback were plainly visible, though
his head did not appear above water.
He is supposed to be a hundred feet
in length. Visiters at the hotel state
that he was seen by at least fifty persons
on the preceding Sunday, and exhibi
ted more of his body above the water
than on the present occasion.—[N. Y.
Eve. Post.
Lundablr Spelacution.
SINGE HALL RAIL ROAD.
ri7f ?w AT*IL 1
:ja!rom loOu 13 bei.iSes 'aadaKKithaahalfia keeping it in ,«.
:jj«mitrei blait*. When It IS rfcccuiecled s^a.-Uy—S*-,eiv to we passenger*. No SKI-
o£ These persons nvusl lure 2ea: can occur w thein 01 a serious nature. inr
1337.
HIS impmani taTtr.tiOa is noxr sub.n.H«d to V ..
paWie KT »u «3Bim»n*tJon« and for
examination. ana
2 disjau^e, soase idea may S«wh£hU«nte£ Ibea^Kliin and pressure of the wheel, from _tcar
!i». farcied cf lise ressnlioa :n wh:ch ^^ps^ca w.ut eqiLi u y on the double tract.
iiae W~a* held bv the people of Warren,
i
jit is ano'iiwr evidence of the good cess
of Mr. Mtcon's heart, that by his cx
Thirdly—By canTyinc the weight below :-ie sur- o
ofth#
audaiauon is destroys,
el. above, »nJ th, 5-Kic wheels below, r-nd« n.
one ih=!rJ of-M tsi
hich'i9 alreadv
Ut fcss sotermenl, and took especial share- is ressrved to the =^r^I
This iimortaut iniprovcmsn: is now offered for a
iura that will be saved in the construction of ouly
te hundred miles of road.
For the benefit of the Company, and to satisfy
E»"°"**c°'
7 v e O e infi'J- Krk lXbo"c™- i^e main track, as well as the turnouts, so that the
We give the opinions of the following
relative 10 the practicability of the MNOLifc.
RAIL RAIL ROAD. Mr. Strickland is known
at the north a9 one of the Principal Engineers
and Architects.
that it was a knowledge of these facts! give you my opinion of its merits. Where cheap
.that
K„* .-.I .1 Ul„ ness of constructs or great speed is an object, it
possesses advantages over any oihor. I would es
timatc the cost of construction at less than one half
the expense of building a double track embanked
prompted the ever memorable ex
pedition of Columbui himself! We
give
this report'as it reaches us in a Paris
paper, and look eagerly foT further in
formatiryi.—[Nat. Gazette.
AGISTER.—He who has never known
a sister's kind ministrations, nor felt
his heart warming beneath, the endear
ing smile and love beaming eye, has
been unfortunate indeed. It is not to
be wondered if the fountains of pure
feelings flow irf his bosom but slug
gishly, or if the gentler emotions of his
nature be lost in the sterner attributes
of manhood.
"That man has grown upumongkind
•and affectionate sisters," I once heard
a lady of much observation and expe
rience remark.
"And why do you think so?" said I.
"Bocausc of the rich development
of all the tenderer and more refined
feeling of the heart, which are so ap
parent in every word."
A sister's influence is felt, even in
manhood's later years and the heartof
him who has grown cold in its chilling
contact with the world, will warm and
thrill with pure enjoyment, as some in
cident awakes within him the soft tones
and glad melodies of his sister's voice.
And he will turn from purposes which
a warped and false philosophy has rea-
A!Klt^.J^,
Principal Engineer on ....
Rail Road, is well known at the south having
for some time acted as Principal Engineer on
the South Carolina Rail IJoad.
Philadelphia, May 13th, 183/.
To Uri Emmons &Co:
Gentlemen—-1 have examined your plan of an
ELEVATED SINGLE RAIL ROAD rRACK,
which is upon the origin.il invention of Mr. 1 aimer
of London, with improvements of your own and
I have no hesitation in saying that it is perfectly
practicable, and may be constructed (or about one
half the cost of the Rail Roads now in use. As an
auxiliary, or laterel means of transporting goods
or passengers to the main Lines of DOUBLE RAIL
RA/I. ROADS, I conccive that it will be eminently
useful, where horse power may with ease be ap
plied, and if proper Locomotive Machinery bo
introduced successfully, the plan will be better
lhan the Rail Roads now in use, in consideration
of tho track being less liable to interruptions from
the vicissitudes of weather, and from other acci
dents so common and fatal upon the present plan.
The method which you have introduced of attach
ing the guide rails, and fixing the posts in a vertical
position, by means of longitudinal guide# and logs
inserted in'the ground, is good and will secure per
manency to the whole fabric. With great respect,
Gentlemen, your Obd't Scrv't.
W. STRICKLAND.
Uri Emnione, Esq.
Dear Sir—I have examined your plan for a
SINGLE TRACK RAILWAY, and cheerfully
Road and from tho peculiar arrangement of the
Track and Cars, it is barely within the bounds of
possibility that any fatal accident could occur.
From my acquaintance with the Southern States,
I consider it peculiarly adapted to the construction
of lateral roads in that section of tho country.
Steam Power can be applied and used upon your
Road without any difficulty whaiever.
Yours, EZRA K. DOD.
Bordcntown, May 20, 1837.
Dircctiona for Building.
Make a survey of the route, get a level as nesr
as possible allowing certain high ground to be
removed. Thin level is at the baso, or six inches
above tho levelling or foundation ol the road, and
called tho base level. Then strike another level
three foot six inches above, and place signals at
lino.
The posts or piling being thus set in a straight
line, a ditch is to be dug along the base of them,
on both sides, of sufficient depth to sink long logs or
sticks of timber being two continued courses em
bedded and close to the posts, with pieces of tim
ber locked across from one to the other, to keep them
snug to tho base of the posts: before embedding said
timbers, key seats or places for wedges are cutout
directly against each post the posts are to be flat
soned into exnedionrv and even ween ted opposite the key seats, so as to receive the wedg
soneu into expeuiency, anu even weep
os Thetimbei.,beil,gfirniIyembe(|,iedintheground,
1 x.
1 u i.
the wedgos must be driven on cach side of each post
or piling, until they are perfectly tight and plumb
this being done, fill in the earth ao as to keep the
horizontal timbers and wedges from the air, which
will prevent their rotting —pound in the earth
solid.
Where the ground is low the piling of course
becomes elevated to secure them cross timbers
are locked into tho horizontal logs, at tho bottom,
reaching off far enough for lateral brnces on each
side of the posts or piling, these braces reaching
from tho ends of the said cross timbers up to the
base level, or three feet six inches below the lops
ofthe poet. When the posts are thus set, keyed up,
bracci, squared off at the top, and hewed down on
two sides, three and a half feet from the top,
leaving at least eight inches solid timber, observe,
3k feet below the top of the post make a saw cut,
farming a shoulder for the guide rails to rest upon.
Tho posts are now ready to be mortised or
throated for the reception of tho main or upper rail,
which should be about threo inches thick, by ten
inches wide of hard strung wood: Therefore the
tops of the posts should be throated three inches
wide and seven inches deep, to secure the rail
without cutting any ot it away, drive it down firm
ly to its place, and pin it there through the tops of
the posts it should then be dressed off level, and
square with the perpendicular line of the posts.
Now for the guide rails beluw, which should be of
hard smooth wood, about two and a haif inches
thick by six wide these should be dressed on one
side, the dressed side out, and fastened on both
sides of the piling three and a half feet front the
top railing, the ends to fit sntv Lh* centre of the
posts like making fence. Care should be taken
that they retail, the same distance apart, from
outside to outside, on all points of the road, that
the guide wheels of the locomotive and cars run
smoothly ovet them. It is not necessary that these
guide milt should be ironed for in all eases the
surface of the guide wheels should be smooth,
wide and nearly flat on their peripheries, as they
.only occasionally come in contact with the guide
and then onlv witn a nignt bearing*
,i or wear will'be but little, at the same time.
ie.ideriog it safe to run upon with almost unlimi
ted speed. The iron on the top rail may be
«rnUin«l to fon different roads) according to the wish of the]
con or
str01,g
,ippi and Louisiana, .« a proper nisi
of.) One thinl of the j»h°",d
fo ed
:n i when completed it may be at the option of the
company l0 take he works
his last illnes5, he insisted upon know- model of the road and car is now exhibiting
in^ from the attending Physician, the at the Philadelphia Exchange, for inspecuo
100 iron u.u.f i where the books will be open for subscribe ,,
amount of his bill, remaining that ^1^.30.1-37 URI KMMON& &. Co.
dead men were always charged more
thanlivingones."—[Raleigh Register.
vf"ie''M
to the
,ess
weisht
"0,
aceording
the
!ihis Road the Ribsenbj ,he
jro„ but if light and thin must he
vrjdth
of ths railing, three inches. The rail,
!as before obsctved, must not only be of hard wood,
but of eron lempernturc, free of knots or sap.
the rails must be at the ends, be las-
n.jth large
woK, in the middle, coun-
Th.g
.g
up the ends iruui the wood. If the iron be
may be of different shapes, and fastened
ood in any conveiiiont manner, allowing
1 doubie flanged wheels to run thereon. Less e.ire
-J your iron be
used for the
fl
at j»r. ranliagand !is necessary in selecting the wood, if y
need i» prevented. ffte Do^je 1 iangea jf
ca« iron should be u
increased to the 'railing, wood may be dispensed itlt, and thc
v neni i ^'he turi,oul8
are
mprnvemeot is
lilowing terms:
United States.
rail5
wjlh
iv u* halted dsrecllv o:*. the tcp o* i**z posta.
ma^e
principally in the form
a roper .listancc^m main uacw the:e
',
bB^f
1_ffo.f,frlr,
sufficient length to retain a large
chile the opposite train is passing
ate the first train resumes its position
ihva similar'gal.
on the main track. These gates or turnouts are
hung with strong hinges, and open and shut by a
moving lever up or down, at the same tims push
the gate in or out by hand. The front of the
„i i ,,ates being made of strong timber, with the ends
6
at appraisement, or not.
resting on this bed work, will sustain the same
weight as the other parts ol the road.
For tinning round a locomotive or car at the end
of the road, or any where else, a piece of track is
made long enough for eithertotum upon^ which is
turned on a centre or post firmly set. Tho wings
of said pieces of track are supported by friction
wheels underneath, running on a circular ailing,
thus turning part or all round, as may be necewary.
Any power may be used for this road. II you
ish to go ahead, put oil a steam locomotive, and
and Amboy with perfect safety the speed may be carried to
forty miles an hour. If horse—a sort of tow path
and with a rope attached, as with
is necessary,
the canal boats, go on. This path need not be
level, but along the ground as you find it: let your
rope be long enough, is all that is necessary.
This road passing through forest would of course
cost much less than to have the timber brought to it,
but in no case will cost inore than half of the pre
sent Rail Roads. Besides it can be built in less
than half the time, with the same number of hands
—and of course nearly pay for itself, before the
other could start.
Philadephia June 1 5 1,
NEW STORE.
SCOTT & TitLOR
Wholesale Retail Grocers,
HAVE
just opened, in James Tanning's new
house, Main street, a full and complete as
sortiiieut of every thing in thoir line, ol which
tho following form apart, which they offer for sale
low for cash.
Ilavanna and Rio coffee, N. O. sugar, ITavan
na and loaf do., Gun Powder, Imperial and Y. II.
teas, soft and hardshell almonds, rasins, prunes
currants, chocolate, West India preserves, tama
rinds, assorted candies, cloves, cinnamon, nutmegs,
ginger, allspice, pepper, mustard, pepper sauoc,
glass jars, bottles and flasks, glass tumblers, lemon
syrup, I'aoli vinegar, sweet oil, empsoin salt",
salt petre, allum, salaratus, hops, linseed oil, kegs
white lead, 8 10 and 10 12 window glass, pipes,
can oysters, lard by keg or cail, tar, rice, dried
apples, superfine flour, molasses, mackerel, her
ring, beans, ground allum salt, table salt, dried ve
nison hams, prime pork, Western Reserve and
pine apple cheese, rosin and fancy soaps, mould
candles, sperm candles, blasting powder, Inks, ru
led and letter paper, quills, ink powder, Collins'
and Nason's axes, scythes, drawing knives, trace
and halter chains, L. &. S. Handle shovels, Sock
er shovels, spades, hay forks, hoes, foot adzes, au
gais, coffee mills, hand axes, smoothing irons, sho
vels and tongs, squares, assorted iron, steel and
castings, with every other article in the hardware,
line, too tedious to mention.
Also, rectified and old Monongahela whiskey
Jamaica and N. E. rum, Holland and Aincr. gin,
Cog. and Amer. brandy, pale & gold Sherry wines,
Malaga and common wines, old Port wine, Sicily
Md. wines, Burgundy Port do., Marsailles Md.
wine, chcrry bounce, Champaigne wines, Claret
and Muscat wines by box, Newark cider, do., bar-
proper distances to preserve a straight and level I relied vinegar, Bonn's tobacco, cut paper do., as-
This line is the guide foi setting the posts,
SORT(
,,| JAINE*River tobacco,
or piling, and by which the same are squared oil Spanish and melee cigars, snuff, 4, 6, 8, 10 nails,
on their top ends. Tho poots or piling are set or penny brad=, 40, 50, 60 spikes, assorted shot,
drivon, according to the nature of tho ground, and
their length* determined by the variations of the
ground, from the last described level. The posts
or piling should be of durable wood l'rom twelve to i
sixteen incho? diameter, (round) nid placed
about five feet apart in a direct lino with each
other. When set as posts they should be put
down from three to four feet according to the hard
ness of the earth. In soft ground they should be
driven as piling until they reach hard bottom.
assorted
common
do.,
Manl. bed cords and plough lines, painted bucket*,
stone jugs, brooms, assorted chairs, &c.
They hivo also on hand, and will keep a gencr-
nltuuitl be or durable wood l'rom twelve to RRaQftmcnt of
ffiL&IDSl OS.dD'miiaSSrcEl-a
OF EVERY KIND—ALSO,
Gents, fine and coarse boots, shoes and pumps, la
dies'heeled and spring prune lie shoes, ladies'kip
shoes and bootees, brogans, thick shoes, children's
leather shoes, men's black and white silk and fur
hats, boy's silk hats.
Persons wishing to purchase will do well to call
and examine our stock.
They will also attend to Storing, Forwarding
and Commission Business. Any such entrusted to
them, will be attended to with promptness and dis
patch. AUGUSTUS W. SCOTT,
THE
THOMAS J. TAYLOR.
Du Buque, Jtine 10, 1837. if
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& Butterworth,
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o e i e s
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Loaf Sugar, Dried Peaches,
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Cloves, Ginger, Nutmegs, Starch, Indigo,
Soap, Candles, Flour, Com Meal, Corn,
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Writing and Letter Paper
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3,500 lbs. well cured Bacon.
Du Buque, May 11, 183G. ltf
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Junp.17,1837. E. LOCKWOOD.
TENTH VOLUME OF THE
KNICKERBOCKER MAGAZINE.
•A NATIONAL periodica! Li'erstnr*.,' says a dis
tinguished American statesman, 'is the graceful or
nament of civil liberty, and a happy restraint up
on the asperities which political controversies some-,
times ocasion.
It
red,
lf) preveiU the
is an embellishment of society,
and diffuses positive good throughout the whole ex
tent of its influence.' And one of scarcely less
eminence, both as a man and a patriot, has decla­
that'Leisuie and Money bestowed upon in
structive and entertaining periodical reading, can
never be abused or misapplied and it is honorable,
he adds, to thousands in our country—of our young
population especially—lhat both (often obtained
by much labor and self-denial,) are liberally and
worthily applied to this object. Ihe good effects
of this propensity are not confined to present intel
lectual enjoyment they pervade the future, with
an influence alike salutary and poworful.' Such
a native literature as is here alluded to, it has been
tho purpose of the Magazine, a new volume of
which is herewith announced, to render honored at
home and respected abroad. Its editors ha\e aim
ed to suit their periodical to readers of every de
nomination—to make it generally entertaining and
useful. They have endeavored to blend instruc
tion with amusement—to pass from light and gay
effusions to stem disquisition to mingle erudition
with wit: to allure and please the studious and the
grave, as well as the lover of light reading to the
lormer suggesting matter for reflection and remark,
infusing into the latter the love of knowledge, and
affording to both a not inelegant nor uninstructive
relaxation and amusement.
On the first day of July 1337, will commence
the tenth volume of the KNICKERBOCKER,or ^EW
YORK MOXTTLY MAGAZINE. The publishers,
mindful of the favor with which their efforts have
been received at the hands ol the public, would em
brace the recurrence of a new starting point, as a
fit occasion to 'look backward and forward' at the
past and prospective character and course of their
periodical. Wi-hin the brief space of a little
more than two years and a half the number of co
pies issued ofthe Knickorbockor lias increased from
less than five hundred to more
than
four thousand
without other aid than the acknowledged merits of
the work—acknowledged, not more explicitly by
this unprecedentod success, than by upwards of
three thousand highly favorable notices of the
Magazine, which,
at
different times have appeared
ill the various journals of the United Statss, embra
cing those of the first and most discriminating class,
in every section of the Union. Of many hundreds
who desired specimen number?, and to whom they
have heen sent for examination, previous to sub
scribing, not one but has found the work worthy of
immediate subscription. A correct inference in
regard to the interest or quality of the matter fur
nished by the publishers, may ije gathered from the
forgoing facts. In relation to the quantity given,
it need only be said, that it has alwsys exceeded
the maximum promised, and in the numbers forthe
last year, by more than four hundred pages. Of
the clearness and beauty of ths typographical ex
ecution and material of tho Knickerbocker, and
the character of it? embellishments—which,altho'
not expected by its readers, nor promised by its
propriotors, hove nevertheless been given—-it is not
deemed neccssary to speak. "I hey will challenge
comparison it is believed, with any similar period
ical.
It has been observed, that the constant aim of
the editors in the management ofthe Knickerbock
er, has been to make the work entertaining and
agreeable as well as solid and useful. It is per
haps owing to a preponderance of these first named
characteristics, that it has become so widely known
to the public. In addition to several well known
and popular series of numbers—such as the 'Odds
and Ends of a Penny-a-Liner,' 'Ollapodiana,' tho
'Palmyra Letters,' 'An Actor's Alloquy,' 'Leaves
from tho Blank Book of a Country Schoolmaster,'
'Wilson's Conworth,' 'Life in I'lorid.i,' 'Loafer
iana,' 'The Klectic,' 'PasjHgcs from the Common
place Book of a Septuagenarian,' Notes from the
Journals of travels in America, and various Foreign
Countries, 'The Fidget Papprs,' etc.—liberal space
has been devoted to interesting Tales, illustiating
Americac society, manners, the times, etc. embra
cing, besides, stories of the stories of the sea, and
of pathos and humor, upon a great variety of sub
jects, together with biographies, legends, and es
says, upon numerous and varied themes, inter
spersed with frequent articles of such adiscription
as to secure forthe Magazine, in this department,
a gratifying pre-eminence and celebrity. But nei
ther the scientific nor learned, the solid nor the
useful, has been omitted, or lightly legarded. Ori
ginal articles, from distinguished writers, (which
have attracted much attention in this country, and
several of which have been copied and lauded n
broad,) have appeared in the recent numbers of
the work, upon the following subject:
Pnst and Present state of American Literature
South American Antiquities Inland Navigation
Geology and revealed Religion Insanity and Mon
omania .Liberty versus Literature and Fine Arts
Early History of the Country Connexion of the
Physical Sciences Atmospheric Electricity, anew
Theory of Magnetism, and Molecular Attraction
American Female Character Pulmonary (. on
sumption Pulpit Eloquence T\ic Prospects and
Duties of the Age Health of Europe and Amer
ica Literary Protection and International Copy
Right Poetry of the Inspired Writings Chinonc
Nations ami Languages Chemistry (/.aboratory
of Nature) The Past, the Present, and the Fu
ture Our Country, with Comments on its Parties,
Laws, Public Schools, and Sketches of American
Society, Men, Education, Manners, and Scenery
Philosophy of the Roscictucians Intellectual Phi
losophy, Philology, Astronomy, Animal and Ve
getable Physiology, Astrology, Botany, Mineralo
gy, and Phrenology Progress of the.Age, and of
Modem Libert}' Christianity in France Ameri
can Organic Remains Historical Recollections
the Nature of Comet Discussion on Scriptural
Miracles Sectional Distinctions of the Union
Pcace Societies Pcriodicsty of Diseases Essays
on Music, Fine Writing, etc. together with many
articlesrf a kindred description, which it would
exceed the limits of this advertisement to enumer
ate in detail.
Allusion has not been had to the Literary Re
views of new works—which have embraced all the
current Literature'of the day, with copious an(f in
teresting extracts—nor lo the editorial division,
in which are chronicled all interesting matters ol
a local and general nature, with Original Miscel
lanies, Notices of the Drama, the I* ine Arts, &c.
In short, in all things, it has bean the steady pur
pose of the publishers and editors—Americans by
birth and in heart—40 present a magazine thor
oughly American in its tendencies, free from po
litical or party bias, and wide and various in its
scope, in which all should find something to inter
est or Instruct, and none, any thing offensive to good
taste, or subversive of sound morols, pure patriot
ism, or true religion.
Among those who have contributed papers of A
learned, scientific, or solid and useful character—
including two or three whose articles are in pre
paration—may be mentioned the following:
J. K. Paulding Prof. Anthon, Col. College
Prof. Ed. Wm. Johnson, S. C. Henry R. School
craft, ltev. Calvin Colton, President Duer,
Columbia College Noah Webster, Conn. Dr.
Samuel L. Metcalf, Rev. Dr. Brantley, Penn.
Hon. D. D. Barnard, N. Y. Prof. Barber, Mrs.
Sedgwick, Mass. G. W. Featherstonhaugh, Hon.
R. H. Wilde, Geo. Prof. Rafinesque, and M.Ca
rey, Philad. Rev. Orville Dewey, Rev. H. Clinch,
Mass. Dr. Rush, Phi!»d., Dr. Brig'mni, Conn.
Geo. Griffin, Esq. N. Y., James Brooks, Maine,
Hon. Lewis Cass, Prof, Daponte, Professor O. B.
Wolfe, Germany, Rev. Gilbert Morgan, O. Hon.
Chas. Miner, Pa. Rev. Dr. Beasley,N. J. W. A.
Rogeis, Esq. Del. Rev. Mr Gannett, Mass. Prof.
Holland, Conn. Rev. Mr.Schoeder,Frof. Felton,
Cambridge, Rev. H. J. Whitehouse, Hon. B. W.
Richards, Pa. Rev. B. W. Peabody, Mao. J.
N. Bellows, and B. W. Thatcher,Esqrs.
In the department of Tales, Essays, Sketches,,
Biographies, Legends, etc. the subjoiaed
among others, have been conspicuous:
Rev. Walter Colton, Prof. LongfelW \r
Dr. Bird, l'enn. J. K. Paulding, J. P. "1
Miss Le-!i«, W. L. Stone, Esq. Mrs.
S. C., The Author of 'Pelham,' N. Haw.r,
Mass. Gen. Ducoundray Holstein, W
Esq. H. R. Schoolcraft Mich. W E
1
Phi lad., J. Barber, N. Y. Miss C.
Hon. Judge Hall, Ohio, Capt. Marrmtt
Prof. Barbei, Miss E. B. Clarke, J. Jfen0L^ TL
Caruthers, Va., Timothy Flint, Miss, j' ft
Gould, Col. M'Kenney, Theodore S. Far tv
Dunlap, E. T. Throop Martin,
W. F. Clark, Philad., Mrs, Frances A. Burl'''
W. P. Palmer, Stacy G. Pons,N.
J.Robirt nmr
U. S. N., John Inman, Esq. N. Y.,James Dmn.!l
Samuel L. Knapp, Esq. Joseph C. Neo]
F. Ellet, S. C., R. S. Mackenzie, EM.ERE. M_
A. J. Graves, Md., 'Algernon Sidney,' M,« .J
A. H. Riley, N. Y. ».*•»«.W
The names whice follow, include but few of A,
many who have contributed, from first to last
to th«
poetical department:
J. G. £erceival, W. C. Bryant, Rev.
John pie,.
pont, Mrs. L. H.bigourney, R. Soothey, En*
G. AVhittier, Mass. Mrs. E. F.Ellett,S C?W'
G. Siuinis, do. Miss E. E. Langdon, Eng. iLJ,
Barber, E. E- Bulwer, Eng. Miss H. F. Gould
Mass. Mrs. S.J.Hale, W. E. Burton, Penn.,Mn'
E. C. Embury, Rev. Dr. Pise, MissE. B. Clarke!
Geo. Lunt, Mass. W. P. Halmer, N. Y., Miss
V. Browne, Eng. W. G.Clark, Philad.,MissF»n
ny Keinble, J. H. Bright, Esq. Mrs. K. A.
Robt. Morris, Philad. Miss H. L. Beasley,N.J.J
W. D. Gallagher, Mrs. Duponte, Timothy Flint
Miss., Miss M. E. Lee, S.C.
To the foregoingpartiruiars, (ho publishers would
only add, that at no period since the work pawii
into their hands, have its literaiy capabilities and
prospects been so ample and auspicious as at
pres.
ent and that not only the same exertions be con
tributed, which have secured to their
subscription
tist an unexampled inciease, but their claims upon
tiie public favot will be enhanced by every mum
which increasing endeavor, enlarged facilities, and
the most liberal expenditure can command. Back
numbers have been reprinted to supply Vol. 9,
aB(j
5,000 copies of Vol. 10 will be primed, to i'nm
tho demaadsof our new subscribers. I'.^e work is
now so fully established in the public re^nrd as to
be beyond the reach of any contingency which can
affect its permanence. Increasedencoura-emeui
however, would still enable the publishers to ndrt
to the enjoyment of their readerB. And iliey
readily promise, that in an equal ratio with ihe
eil_
haiicement of their ability, through the liberality
of the public, shall be their effective labors, if
each subscribe! to the work, who has derived pleas
ure from its perusal, would send us one or more
names, (a not difficult task, it is con&deuty b*.
lieved,) the publishers can 6afely affirm, that no
periodical, foreign or domestic, will be permitted
to exceed in variety and interest the Kuiciorbockc*
Magazine.
A few brief notices of the Knickerbocker, from
well known journals are subjoined
'The progress of the Knickerbocker is still on
ward. It is conducted with decided ability, it co
pious andvariediil its content).', and is printed ina
superior style. At this season, we have little spacjc
for literary extracts, and cannot, therefore, enable
those of our readers who may qot ice this Magi
zinc, to judge of its merits otherwise than upou
our assurance that they are of a high order."—
[New Yoik American.
'Wo have found in the Knickerbocker so much
to admire, and so little to condemn, that we hardly
can trust ourselves to speak of it from first imyrt
sion?, as we could not do so, without being expect
ed of extravagant praise.' 'It is not surpassed by
any of its cotemporaries at home or abioad.' 'It
sustains high ground in all the requisites of a
Magazine and we are pleased to see that itsmerin
are appreciated abroad as well as at home.'—[Al
bany Argus.
'This monthly periodical is now so TtcWtoms,
that it hardly needs commendation having estab-^
Iished for itself a character among the ablest anW"
most entertainyig publications in the land.--[New
York Journal of Conimeoce.
'The Knickerbocker seems to increase in^ttrac
tions as it advances in age. It exhibits a monthly
variety of contributions, unsurpassed ill number or
ability.—[Nat. Int.
'The work is in the highest degree creditable to
the literature of our„couiitry.—[WashingtonGlobe.
'We have read several numbers of this talented
periodical, and rejoiced in them. They would do
credit to any country, or to any state ol civiliza
tion to which humanity has yet arrived.'—[Mar*
ryatt's London Metropolitan Magazine.
'There is no publication among the many we re
ceive from the Old Country, and from this contin
ent, to the receipt of which we look forward with
higher expectation than the Knickerbocker Bit''
it never disappoints our anticipations.'—Quebte
Mercury.
•Its contents are of the real excellence and
riety. No department is permitted to decline, or
lo appear in bad contrast with another.—fI nil.
'This American Magazine bids fair to rival some
of our best English monthlies. It contains many
very excellent articles.—London Atlas.
'Its contents are spirited—well conceive
well wiitten.'—[U.S. Gazette.
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June 10, 1837.
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rie_
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