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FOR THE ADVE.RTiNER. Mount Vernon, May 20, 1839. Mr. Editor: You will oblige us country people by pub. lishing the following attempt at poetry. Al though it is with great deference to the Charles ton perfected taste of our Lords-the Ladies' that we give our consent to the intention, if not to the conclusion of the poet. " Of all the ills the greatest is untold, The book-learned wife in Greek and Latin bold; The critic dame who at her table sits. Homer and Virgil courts and weighs their wits. She climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows Where noun, or verb, or participle grows! She has so far th' ascendant of the Board, The prating pedant scarce puts in a word Let mine, ye Gods! if such must be my thte, No logic learn-no history translate; But rather be an humble, quiet foo. I hate a wife to whom I go to school." ALPHA. THE NJVEL READER. She slumbered in the rocking chair She occupied all day; And in her lap, half opened there, The last new novel lay. Upon the hearth the dying brands Their latest radiance shed; A flaring candle near her stands, ' Witha crown about its head. Her hair which long uncrimpt had been, Was hanging loosely round, A single curl by a crooked pin On the side of her head was bound. aer gown, it had heen white, I ween, But white it was not then; Ber ruffles too had once been clean, . And might be so again. One slip-shod foot the fender prest, The other sought the floor, And folded o'er her heaving breast A dull red shawl she wore. The flickering light is fading fast, Yet cares not she for mortal things, For in her busy brain, The novelist's imaginings Are acted o'er again. But while in this delicious nap Ber willing sense is bound, The book escaping from her lap, Fals lImbering to the ground. - She wakes, but 'tis, alas, to see The candle's quivering beam Nor in the blackened coals can she Revive one friendly gleam. Then groping through the passage far, She steals with noiseless tread, And leaving every door a-jar, !* Creeps shivering to bed. P ET R A. "Also Edom shall be a desolation, every one that goeth by it shall be astonishetd. and shall * hisat all the plagues thereof" "-Jeremiah, c, 49. * verse 17. "There shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the Lord hath spoken it. Obadiah, v 17. '-Silence reigns all around, save when the solhtary owl now and theta utters her plaintive cry." "The bramble sometimes overtops the sum Iuit of the edifices, extenads itself over the corni ces, and covers the base of the columns, while the corrosion of the waters tends to has'ten the progress of decay ''-Journey thrnt:h Arabia Petrcea, &c.,.the excavated city of l'etra, the Edoma of the Prophiecis.-By M. Leon de La borde. Far in the wilds of Araby, A silent desert lies; Rarely a footstep passes by Where only sound the cries Of the wild birds, whose weary note On lonely echo dies. And wide are spread the dreary plains; The pilgrim journeys on, -There a soul-chilling silence reigns, Where ruin rears her throne; And the wild Arab pauses not O'er wrecks of ages gone. And where is Petra--Edotm's crown, Where are her wise, her great, her fair? Long, long ago, to dust gone down, -Are the old dwellers there; And ivy clothes and bramble shades, The dustof things that were! And far the rocky hills divide, A winding path the wanderer treads, Where high above on either side, The caverned homes are spread, . The mystic vale of many tonibs, The empire of the dead!. A time will comewhen Judah's race, Again shall gathered he, And build their ancient dwelling place . *From mount, and isle, and s; Noprmie ivsfor thee. lis The el's cry, the, owl's deep note, Is heaiinthee for ever;-i The raven's plaint, from towers remote, Wherjo revisits never; -No time, no change may sever I In thee the man of many woes -Lamented o'er hiis treasures gone; - While resignation's prayer arose Before the chastener's throne, When the tried shepherd cieftain pour'd . 'Bs melancholy moan! Oh, lonely Sier! the breezes sigh Thy rocky solitudes among,, And mingled with the eagic's cry, Repeat thy funeral song; AndI echoes wild forever there, Agrieltur'al. Froi the Fariper and Gardener. Facts and Calculations Illustrating the importance of the Silk Culture. We find the following article, on a sub ject of-much importance. in a late num her of the "Camden Mail." We com mend it to general perusal as it possesses an interest which should he participated in by every one who his a wish to im prove his fortunes. Mr. Editor.-In my last communica tion. I promised to furnish some facts to show that very great improvements may be made by changing a portion of the ag cultural and manufacturing products ol this country. Perhaps Your readers wil say that my first looks well 'n theory, bu assertion is not argument; and will stil douht its practicability. Will you, Mr Editor, be so good as to lay before then some extracts from a report of a commit. ree to a meeting held in Philadelphia it 1837, at which the establishment of a com pany for the production and manufacture of silk was resolved upon. The committee say. "The periods of the year in which the silk worm is fed, and when only the attention of the farmer atn his family is required for their care and management, are ihose. in which the tusal labors of the farm are, for a great portiiri of tbose periods, not very great: and the large amount of the attention si inidustry which are required by silk worms wher feeding and mking the cocoon. are mos properly furnished by females. and chal dren from t% 'elve to sixteen years old. In the winter season, the family fire sidt of the farmer, now comp:aratively withoui employment. may be engaged ini reeling the silk from the cocoons, a most agreea ble and profitable occupation for that part of the year." . , "A large amount of free labor will be brought into employ, and the domestic sill trade of the North, will one lay rival thai of cotton, rice, and tobacco at the South.' "Three thousand good cocoons make one pound reeled silk; at that rate, tl reeling being done at the manufactory, thi silk will cost about three dollars per lb - When cocoons are produced in abund:ance the committee are disposed to believe thai at twelve cents per pound. the ,-sising them will be as profitable as the raising oil rotion at at 25 cts." "The estimate is made with confidence, that an establishtent for the manufactur. of silk into plain and ordinary article", will cost no more than about one-eighth of a cotton factory. to turn out the satne nutis her of dollars worth of work, and with equal, if not greater profit." "The present prices of raw silk are. Beneal. $5 25 to $6; Italian $6 50 to $7 per pound." 6Floss and sewing silk, made from flen gal silk would cost-raw material, say $5 25cents-d ying. manufacturing and waste 81 50 per Ih. of 14 oz.-36 7-.. Thee articles are new worth-sewing silk $10 toS l; Floss I1 to 12." "The amount of silk used in the United States is immense. To manufacure e nough of this article to supply the- demand almost any amount of capital might he employed with little cost of machinery. It has been ascertained, one year to be 835.000." Dr. Lardner estimates the annual quan tity of silk used in England alone, at more than four millions of pounds of weight. Owing to the humidity of their climate they are obliged to purchase this vast a m~ount abroad: the amount of silk used in the United States would soon quiadruple even the vast quantity now 'ised in En gland were i to become generally an arti cle otf domestic manufneture. We will tturn our attention to a commu nication of Robert Sinclair, ptubbshed in the Farmer and Gardener, and the re marks of the Editor thereon. The. sub stance of Mr. Sinelair's commtunication is, from the first year's growth of the mortts mtulticaulis "he raised from cut rings of one hud each, about three inches. per acre.10, 080 pounds of leaves, the first seasom from cuttings-and a large pnortion of these lenves were prodtuced in season for teed ing the second crop of worms " The Editor remarks, that as 1000 lbs. feed 201.600 worms, and as 3000 worms will make a pound of silk, so will the ag gregate make 67 1-5 lbs. of silk. .SILK CULTUR E. From a communication of Lomuel Cobb in the New England. Farmer, it appears that Messrs.Cheney, ofConnecticut, rais ed silk at the rate of 50 lbs. to the acre. from the first years growth of 'he mbrus muhticaulis, pla'nted itn layers. Dr- L ard ner, the editor of the Cabinet Cvelopedia. in his history of silk, states that it proved "pot only practicable, but profitable in Connecticut, where land was compara tively high rented, but where careful and intelligent white laborers might he pmo cured." Here then is evidence enough combined to convince the most sceptical, not only that it can be produced, but that by substituting the culttvation of the mul berry tree- for some of our comparatively small crops, we might receive in nett profit at least ten fold.; If, from cuttings we may the first year raise 50 lbs. of silk, in the after years we may generally raise 100 Ibs, as we .tay then gather two crops of leaves in one season. This, as has been showtn by prices of foreign silk, would be from 425 to y00 dollars per aere, or tn sewing, $1000 two-thirds of which must be nett profit. I ask, atgain, farmners.wkhy do we import or buy 25 or 26.000,000 dol lars worth of silk per annum? Why not supply our oen market? Why not, in stead of gazing at a few nabobs with their "gold shining through their silken purses," see ottr entire population of all ages, sexes and classes, as well clad, as those yellow shiners; or as "in the widely spread region raf China, where all from the Etmpermr'on his throtne, to the peasant in his lowly hut, are indebted for their clothing to the labors rif the silk wortt.;" and why nor do some thing toward supplying the foreign mar ket? .From the Silk Culturisit. Tosmwro.-TIhere is perhaps no vege able of equal value so little knownj and :ukrivated in this country, althoutgh we are bappy to observe that it is rapidly coming nto norie.- T'hcre is no vegetable. - -ie produced, none that better rewards the la bors of the planter. It has been in use as an article of luxu ry, either raw or stewed, in soups or fri cassees, for gravy or catsup, for pickles or sweetneats,-in the Southern part of the European continent. In France and Ita ly.as well -is in many of our eastern cities, the tonatoe or !ove-apple is highly rel ished and extensively employed an various culinary preparations. They are es teetned by all. salutary as an article of diet, and I am acquainted with some instances annag my acquaittance. atid with nany others through the medium of different publications, in which the free use ofthem was followed by a rapid and permanent convalescence from disease of the liver. Indeed as a diet:-tic luxury, its utility is so great and so varied, that few who have once adopted its use, can be prevailed up on to dispense with it. The tomatop plant is a native of the tropical parts of our continent, but will flourish in our latitude on a good soil.with very little expense of time and labor - The plant of the larger varieties grows lixuriantly and bears enormons qoanti ties of fruit. It is stated by the Ohio Far mer that a man nie.ir the city of New York received $1,800 for the tomatoes he produced from half an acre, in 1836 They may be proluced from the seed in the open air on a warm soil, but in order to have them in season. ind the fruit fine atid well matured the seed should he start ed in a hot bed, and transplanaed as soon as the weather will admit. If you sow the seed in the open garden let it be done as early in the sprint as may he without endangering the young plant to injury from frost. Son in rows, or plant in hills a hout two, two and a half, or three feet apart, according to the size'of the variety, or the fertility of the soil. If they come np too thick, thin them out. Three or four stalks are sufficient for each bill. Keep free of weeds, and stir the ground occasionally, and they will grow with great rapidity. As the plant is of thetrail itg kind, they will require to he supported on a frame of some kiud,w 'en the branch es become so large as to settle on the ground, iit order that tle fruit may be more folly exposed to the sun and air. Such exposure will greatly promote the per lertion of the fruit. A few hills on a rich soil will supply a small family. From 7 hills of the large red totnatoe, cultivated last summer on a black muck wheeled in to my garden, I picked one and a quarter bushels of fruit. New Spring and Sunnmer GOOD,. TUi HE Subscriber informs his friends and "the pubhc generally, that he has just re cented iromt New York, a complete assort ment of Stapie and Faaicy, Spring and Sum mer Goods-among which are, 3-4 4-4 5-4 and 6-4 browtn & bleached Shirt ings and Sheetings, * A handsome assortmentlightcol'd Prtnts. 50 pieces tight col'rd Londoik do. French prints and prit.ted Jabtonet, Mourning and half mourning prints and Super printed Lawns, 4-4 and ,-4 Cambrics and cambric Muslins, Swiss and book 11 uslins, Jaconet. plaid anid stripe do. Lyonnaise and brocade do. Ladies and gent's-white and black, silk H. S. and kit Gloves, " "Cotton and thread do. " "Misses black and white nett, Lace and Gauze do. A handsome assortment of gauze and satin, aid Mantua Ribbons. Best Italian sewings, black, blue biack, and assorted by the quantity, llem-siichaed, an-i super linen camabric Hkfs. Men's and boys Pongee do. Ladies' gauze, Hernani, gro-de-nap and sew ing silk Hkf's. 4-4 Irish linens and linen lawnt, Plain, itnserted and fillted bosoms and linena collars, 8-4 and 10-4 table diaper, 3-4 birds eye and Russia Diaper, 6.4 84.4 and 10-4 damask table covers, French napkins & towels, French brownm and grass Linens. White and brown linen Drillinigs Super rib'd do. A variety of Cotton do. col'd. and striped for Pants. Oisnaburghas, Cases of palm leaf ad willow Hoods, Entglisha Devon straw Bonnets, A large assortmtent of silk and cotton hose and half H ose, 3-4 and 4-4 plaid and stripted domestic, Silk, satin, and Marseilles Vesting, Parasols and Umbrellas. Furniture, ditaity atad fringe, Blac~k bombazines antd mermnos for Coats, Parih needle wttrkdl muslin cape's & collars, t'rench baskets. bleached Russia Sheetines. Any thing like a aeneral enumeration ofar ticles is impt1racticaxble; but these in additiotn to his. t ortner stock, make it sufficiently extensive, and he trusts his prices are sutfficiently moder ate to be worthy the attention ot all who wash to sumpply thaemselv'es with artic-les in his line. His former ettstomers and all who btuy in than atrket, will do hitm, tatnd perhtaps themselves a favor, by examining his assortment before purhasng. JOHN 0. B FORD. Hambura. March 1:4. 1939. 7 tf NEW GOODS. 'I HIE Subscribers uave jutst received frotm ..New York. a general assortment of Sprotg and Suammer Goods, otf the latest and most fashionable articles in their litne. - They consist in part of: Gros d'etats, Thibet, French cloths, Gain .bro,.ns, Grass lineta and linen drillings, for Sum .mer Wear, Cassimere, Chally Vestings, Stocks, Collars, Bosoms,.Gloves, Suspenders, Fine Hats, nad Umbrellas. -They keep constantly ott hanad, a general asstortment of M ILITA RY TRIM MINGS, of all kindst and they ate prepared to execute all orders with despatch. They invite thIeir customers, and the public generally, to call and examnine for themcselves HARRINGTON & BRYAN. Edgefiead C. H. A pril 1, 1839 tf 9 New Spring & Summner 'MJODS.-The subtscriber having just re .Jturnted from Charleston, ist now receiv ing a.id opening a general and complete assort ment of l' ancy and' Staple DRY GOODS, which have beetn selected with gretat care, and 'will be disp..sed of, on as reasnable tetrms, as anty in this mnarket H" re'spectfully invites hais otld enstomters, anal all whto amay fe~el dispo sed, to call nad e amino his Stock. S. A. DOWD. PROSPECTUS. ill be published in Augusta, Ga. on the fist Saturday of October, 1u3J, the Jirst number of a ieeldy Journal, to be called The Nontherns Pioneer: Devoted to the Liieratur. , institiun and Amu-e...euts at the . ouni. Baows e, UUsHXEY& .M CCAFFE RTY. Publislers, CHARIES %YATT RICE, Lditor. HE South is the naturalhome 01 Literature. She has ever been so. Heomer strolled and sung under the rays of tile feirvid suit; Ita ly and Greece, have, from thi ir first waiemnng iIto being as civilized niMons, ancordeni their Poets and Orators. The Literary pilgrim ever bends his step to the South of* Luropt, as his most favored shrine; while there, fond me iories throng to his mind, of the epic strains of Homner, the soothing me-asures of th Mantuan $%%an, the exulting odes of' Horace and the biting sarcasms ofJuvenal. While in later times reeling to the memory of' the fearflul strains of Dante, the epic measures of the mad. man Tasso, the soft strains, of Petrauch, and the pleasieg im- ges of i'occacio. And while thus fondly recallii.g to memo:y all these. e remeinbe'rsthai thr- diewtnaeir inspira;io r- om the fervid sun of ftaly and Greece. He feeds in the balmy air lie breathes, in tue brilliant heavens that form the canopy above im. in the brilliancy ofthe sun-set thatglows in the noi zoni,and in the tints that iie air and eaime spread over the earti. the inspiratien that formed and developed the genius of tiose whom he now so fondiy regrets. duch food for inspiration does the Literary pilgrim find on the classic shores of Italy and Greece, and under the fervid sun of the Sooth. And is it puss'ible that a kindred cime in the Western Hemisphere presents no paralel to this? Do the same vun. the sane brilliacy of the canopy of the clouds. the same glorious sun-set. the-ame rich tints upon the landscapre aftford no inspiration herei A wilder, a more abrupt scenery than Italy or Greece can boast. speak in living tones to their behoiders. While with these an Italian softness of landscape upon th- Ashley. the Savannah, and other favorite treams, gloIous waterfalls and streaming eass cades, tire every where claimii:g their worship pers in those who dwell among them. And do all these afford no inspiration? They do in spire; they have sp oken in the eloquent teanes of' the Rutledges and Pinckneys of the Revolition; they have spoken in the iilished pages of n Grimke; they are now speaking in the stratis of a Charlton aGillman, Wilde. Simms.Meek. Butt, Pendleton, Tickior. Wittick. in the fhtith ful scenes of a Longstreet, and in the vivid sketehes of a Strong. Ware, lIorrow, and Mi. ragne. Aye, more, they are speaking ii the thousands of the young, who cast back to the mountains, the waterfalls and the streams,their inspirationt in living tones, and whose ivild songs through rare publications sometimes star the the public ear. They do speak in these thousand who with a proper medium for commmicating their thoughts to the public, would electrify the world by their eloquent notes. Nor does the South lack for inspira tin)ii in her historic incidents. A briefreference in the mind of each individual to the strikintg itcidents in the early history of each of the Southern States, will convinece him that they afford rich matetials from which the ready pen may draw for amusement aid instruction. But more than till these do the leisure and oppor tunities for mental cultivation that her domestc institutions afford her citizens, presenr strone grounds of belief that the South is des tined to becomue the centre of lit' rary interest. As this leisure and this opportutity for me'ntal cultivation find no parallel in sanyother country it is nitiral to believethatthe South is destined to beceeme to the world in a new era whi, Greece was to the world in the old. This is our profession of faith. We believe in a word, that no part of the world has greater literary resources within herself, or is better calculated from her natural scenery, the pecu liarities of her climate. the leisure of her citi zens, and her general advantages, to become an eminently literary community, than the .outh era States of this confederacy. This is the platf'orm oin which we intend to raise a IFeekly Journal, to which Southere writers shall delight 'o contribute, and which the whole South shall be proud to claim as its own. Believing most firmly that success will attenid our exertions, no effort will be spared to deaw from evemy portion of' the Seutth, contributieons UPON Cve'ry suibje'ct which, while they shall be of a lhigh character, shall ever range "From grave to gay, from lively to severe." We believe that the institututions of the South are founded in the immutable laws of' the God of 'eatuere. We believe that on them will be built a fabric of glory aned greatness to thme South. We believe especially thaut they af ford to the Seeuthern States the mean. of' otut strippiing the rest of' the n oeh in their literary career. And we kneew that these are times of lpeculiar danger to these institutions; we know thatthey are'now aittacked Iby the insidions foe' as well as by the op en enemy. We shall there fore place our Journal as a sentinel on the watehi-teower eof Seouthiern institutions, ever watchifui for attacks, and ever ready toe repel them. We delight in the amusemeits and holidays of the South. We gleory in :heem as fit aemuse ments for a people generous and brave, quick ini their impulses, and shtuimo sluggishness. We delight in the gun and chase. We hail merry old Christmas aned its cheerful .sports as old friends anid triue, '-etting the brow free from care, making the bosoms of men to glow with cheerfutl anid friendly emotions, calling friends teo the festive bioard anid to the excheange of' kind thoughts tand sentiments, aend sending till away to run en joyfulness theeir cocurse of duty until the inevitations to joy and mirth tare again re newed. Tne pages of' the l'mosfEER will, there fore be enlivened with lively cherotnicles of' ex pleoits in the spoerts of the field, aiid withspirited skeices of dee fun and frolic that merry olid Clam istmas lers loose upon us. Wee will nelso, in eorder' tee please all, give ai weekly abstact of die most importanct news of the day. And for the fair practisers upon the Piano oe Guitar, shell occasionally embe'llish ocur pages with original and selected Ml uit. It is a fortunate circuemstanc'e for the interest of a work of this nature, that the field of Litera ture at the ~South is, as yet, compairatively tin triodden. The Literary resources of the South great as they are acknowvledged toe be. are as)y et comparatively unmdeveleoped. E'very greave, river, dale and mountain has vet its tale to tell. We therefore send our J ournial forth as a Pio nteer to gather the riches Orthis nw country. From every hill, date, river and moutntain, he will return laden with rich stores. These stores, original and varied in their eanter, as they mast be, he will be proud to displsey for the amusement aiid instruction oif heis re'aders. We ask for him a kind reeptieen at the hands of' all frends of the cause in which he has em barked. Having thus detailed the plan of our future operations, we commend our hiebdomnedal to (we trust) die favorable tnotice oefithe d'outhern public. We devote ourselves toe the neork. as our proefession. One the verge of mauehood, ae:d of a liberal education, we hlad a proessiioin to chose; after mature dlelibe'ratione we have chosen this, because wL delight in the ernip-oymne .t, anid are devotedl to the cause for the fiurthieranice nf which the work is established. No cnueoemo obstacle, therefore, will tun ns aside from our inourse. Btc havineg chiosetn the editin:: of te Pioneer, and through it the promeoetion of~ South ern Literature, us the work of our lif'e, we shall relhnquish it onaly wvithe our breath. Th'le public nay therefore d epeend on having a peermanent svork. And wvhilewi wecoiumen'd our she~et to 0in favor nf the public, ge..ralny. wc, c......_d it particularly to tha kind charities of that band who havalinked the- se.ves together for the aJ vancement of that cai.se towhich we devote the work. They have acted with us in the past; we trust they n i.1 act with us in the future. \o exertioms will be slared te make the w% ork such an ne as they will look up..n with delight. It ma\ he wel to add that th. nterveni g tame bei w, en tIis date ano the day of puiblica tio. , will be spent in collcting materials foa the n ork. The PIONEER will be printed on an imperial sheet, in quarto form, and will contain a g eater quamity of read in matter han any work of the kina, published ai the South. 'erus.-Five dollars per annum, payable on the issuing of the 1st No. Peroins sendiny its ten subscribers, will be entitled to one year's subscription. gratis. \gents allowed the usual per rentage. Augusta Ga., May, 1839. PROPOSALS FO IEVIVINti THE Southern Review. T itiL 8tiscriber, im jroposii:g the re-es tabliSianem of tiw Soutiern Revi- w, deems it unnecessaRy to refer to the history of tnat work, which is alread m tie poss-ssion of the public, or to dwell on the high estimation in which it was field both at home and abroad du rang ilhe period of its continuance. Sutlice it to say, thartts career, though brief, was, as all adnt, brilliant-creditable to the .iouth and to the whole wmnerivan Union. Its fIailure- the subject of universal regret-was owing, it is well known. nut to a destituton off talent and public spirit, but arose 1st, front its limited cir culatiota, which was by no means adequate to sustain a work of such magnitude, and 2ndly, froum the politicaiuiflierences which agitated the countr% about the time of its discominuance, dividitag the friends of Southern Literature in to two great parties. and preventing that har imony of opinion and -o-operatioin in the dis cussion or leading questions. which is desirable in a work professedly devotetd to the cause of the South and the whole South. It is proper to consider first, the utility of Reviews, regarded as torgans of the literary'spi rit and opinions of the age. and se.-ondly, the importatice and necessity of establishing such - work at the Sou:h. at the p: esent time. On the first point, it is scarcelv taccessary to say much, in the present advatied stage of period ical literature. Ably conducted lieviews are the offspring of a high state or rivilization. and are the best evidence. now-a-days. that can be furnished of intell--etual advancement, and the prevalence of a pire and elevated philosophy. rhe last hahf centur, has produced few ai thors of emini.ce. either in Great Britain or America, tm comparison with the half c. iury that prece-ded it, and the reasoii probably is, not that there has been a want ofgenin, talent and scholarship in this confessedly intellectual age. but simply because distinguished scholars have f'iund a readier and a better oraan through which to act directly on the public mind in Re vie ws, than through the medium of books-the old. more tedious and more expensive method. If therefore, it be asked, what evidence is or can be furnished of the superior intelligence and progress of the present century-a pro gress of which wa- are so apt to hanat- the re ply is that it is to be found in the high character of the .uarterly Revie-ws abroad and at bome. It it be affirmed, that we have no native liteia ture in this country, aid therefore no materials to furnish the rolinld work for Reviews, the an. swer is. that our Reviews constitute- our native literature, and that if learning and scholarship are-sought for, they are to be found in our Re. views, which therefore should be warmly and firmly sipported, as an evidence, and a fair one, of our literary pretensionis tand our national character. liesidaes, no one cause. it may be safely aflirmed, has contributed so much to eli eit talent, to awaken literary ambition, and to produce the highest order of fine and powerful writing, as the estnblishment of hRe'views; ani namay individuals have been stimulated to ex traordinary efforts, and have been subseqnently known far and wide to fame, iai consequence Of the opportmities they have enjoyed and imp ro ved, of contributing successfullv to works of so influential and highly respaectable a charactet individuals. who, otherwise, in all probabilitv. would never have been tempted to test the'ir straength on the literarv arena with such compet itors as they would be' likely to meet there. The great aim of Reviews is. to discuss innb jects leatrnedhy,thoroughly,procitdidy-.in such a mannier as to bear upon the whole social sys tenmand pro.:mice a broad. dee p and permanenlt imphressiona upon the general character of a peo tale: In one word, their object is to ditffise know ledge, not to foster prejudices-ro crea -. direct and control-nut to .echo opinilons-to produce beneficial echanges upon a large scak --not to perpetuate or 'een tolerate existing a buizms. It as obvious, therefore, that wvhile, ini the infincy of Amearican literature, a spiirit aof indailgenr-e has beeni felt and extended to the faults of our linthter periodicals, which are rap idly issued from the pr.'ss, anad whichl have setved as vehicles often for the attempts of the amere lite ry debuitant, Quarterly Reviews, havuing higher aims to accomplish, and intend ing to represent amnd embody, i h otpw eran and attractive frteopinions oily oaf fte most enlightened minads should he con dhucted with a scrupa!ous regard to the purest priaiciples of tiaste, nnd to the elevation ai'id ad vancemenit of otir literary and national char acter. In respect to the importance and necessity of "stablishitng such a work at the South at the present time. thyre can be little doubt in lie minds of ouir-discerning amid pubhlic spirited citizens. We must have such a work, or full behinad the spirit of the age. which is of a pre e'minently ingmaistive' anal ente-rprising chiarac ter, and the Soutah should have such a wvork,mot on front nmotives of literary pride and enmila iion, in order to keep pace iith the respectable aidvances afthe aither wide, inutelligeni, and thri ving sectins of the A merican republlic, bitt also heriause the South has. a: thme preseant perioid es pecmilly, cert ain great amnd leading interests of its owna to promote, which ecan be most effectu ally subserved through the instrumenatality of such a periodical. It is not necessary to riuise the wvar cry against other portions of ihae Union who may 'feel disposed, as they ofleni do, to dif fer from us in their views of our agricultural, comminerc-ial and political itnterests, but it is im portanat, highly so. that we should take our southern position firmly in the presenat attitude oa'our national afiairs: that our piosition should be clearly known and understood, both att home anad abroad; that we should be reamdy to defend ourselves aid our institutions friam till covert or open anaits; that we shiould mnaintaint the prin ciples of the Federal Constiitutioni ini its origin al iamentioni, with ai firm and unflinching spirit, umnd puromote the cause oif a puire anid eleviated literature by all tihe itnducemnents that can lie held out to stitulate the amibition and pride of intelligenf and chivalric people. * Propositions have been frequently made here tnfore for the revival of die Soumtha-rn Review, which amnfortunmately have not beent crowvned withI the success thai was hoped or anticipated for the'm. Differeni causes have heeni assignaed ror the fai'iure of these pro ects, lbmt the le-aditis amne mundoubtedly is, the neglecting ito avail our selves of a very havorable state of dhe public flaeing by folhinitg map wvell digested pltans Lytha vigorous and contcerted action. We have' mt stilt-folded our hanads anal closed our eye's, ind then have complamed oaf unive-rsal aipathy,. [a is believed, that at tha present tnomnent,a veiy feeip. general and earniest de aire. pervades thie Soutthern commutnity. or at any rate. th. most oinflential-tiortiont of it, tat re-establish and phice m a:mpertmanentfotnndation, a ttuarterty Review if the highest order. If the subscriher can eni ist this feelinte in his hant li winl hma ..c.. son to aiticipate the most flattering succes, otherwise his - forts will be vain. It is proposed thai each number of the con temlatedl work shall contain at least two hun dred and filly octavo pages of original matter, printed in the best style of the American res. Twenty-nfv- hundred or three thona~ suh. scribers at five dollars annually, the mnney be i, g paid. would yield an amount suffiicient to establish the 'vork, and af'ord a handsome re. muneration to writers for literary labor. A strong appeal is made to the public spirited citizens of the South, and also ofthe West and Sonth West, already united to us by strong ties in a commercial and agricultural point of view -in behalf of the proposed work. DANIEL K. WHITAKER. Charleston, S. C., April 14). 1839 - tate of -outh Carolina EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. IN THE COUMON PLEAS. Win. Brunson, vs. Foreign AUachtcent. William Drum, Debt. T H. Plaintiff iii this case having,onthe 11th of September, filed his declaration in the Clerk's Office, and the Defendant having no wife or at'orinev,known to be inthis State, upon whom a copy of the said declaration may be served: It is therefore ordered, that the said De flendant do ap ar and make his defence within a year and a day, from the filing of the said dec laration, or final and absolute judgment will be awarded to the said Plaintiff. GEO. POPE, C. C. P. Clerk'spffice. Sept 11, 1838 eq 33 State of South Carolina. EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. IV THE COMMON PLEAS. Robbins & Conner, ? vs Assumpsit Attachment. Wm. Yarborough. i T HE Plaintiff, in this case, having this day filed his declaration, and the Defendant having neither wife nor attorney within this State, upon whom a copy of said declaration can be served; Ordered, that the Defendant. plead thereto within a year and a day from thia publication. or the said action will be taken pro confesso against him. , GEO. POPE, c. c. r. Clerk's Office, Oct 24, IN8 daq 43 State of --outh C"arolina. EDGEFIELD DISTRICT. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. John Middleton. - vs. FoREIGN ATrAcHiENT. LorrainGeddingigs I H L Plaintiff in the above case having . this day filed his declaration, and the De fendant having no wife or attorney known to he within the State, upon whom a copy of said declaration, with a nile to plead could be serv ed: It is Ordered, that the said Defendant do appear and make his,defence in the aforesaid action, within a year and a day, from this date, or final and absolute judgment will be awarded against him. GEORGE POPE, c. c. v. Clerk's Office, Nov. 1, 1838 dq 40 ftate of mouth C'arolina. ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. - IN THE COMMON PLEAS. Wade Speed. surviving partner of Watkins& Speed, for the .-Attachment, use of John Watkins, in vs - Debt. Ado'phts J. Sale. -.. . John Watkins, Adrnr. of H.If. Attachment Watkins, in vs. Same. Assumpsit, F. Plaintiffs, in the above stated case, TEhaving filed their declaration' in imy fice, on the twenty-second day of November, 1838, and the defendant having no wife or at torney known to be in this State, upon whom a ropy of the said declarations can be served: therefore Ordered, that the said defendant do appear and make his defenee within a year and a day from the filing of the said declarations, or final and absolute judgments will be awarded against him. JNO. F. LIVINGSTON, c. c P. Clerk's Ojfice. . Feb 14. 1838 ~wa& $10 age 3 Stater of outh (Carolina. ABBEVILLE DISTRICT. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. - iuak S. Anthony vs Attachment: Debt.. idolphuns J Sale. Drury Callawvay, vs Attachment: Assumpuita Adolphus I. Sale. Speed & Hester, ' .ttrvivihg partners, 1,Attachment: vs - ( Debt. \dolphus J. Sale.J Thle Pluaintifs in the above cases having, aon thte twenty-second of November, 1638, fWed their declarations -in my Office, and the defeadatnt having no wife or attorney known to lbe in this State, upon whom a copy of'the dec Iaration. with a special order of the Court en dorsed thereon, can be served: therefore Or dered that thec said Adolphus J. Sale, do appear and make his defence, within ayear and a day from the filing of the declaratior -s aforesaid,' or final and absolute judgment will be forth with given and awarded against him. JNO. F. LIVINGSTON, c. c. v. Clerks Office rebl14. 1839 a $10' age 3 . EDG3EFIELD DISTRICT. IN EQUITY. J W. W~imbish-, Admr. David Cobb, Thomas Cobb. et al. UT appearing to my satisfaictio:n ta John C. .UBerginer and wife Eliza, formerly Eliza Cobb, defendants in this case. reside without' the limits of this State:- On motion of Bellin ger. solicitor for complainant, Ordered that saiid~ absent flefendants do plead, answer, or dear to the -comnplainant's btil. within three month. from the publication of this order, or the said bill will be taken pro confesso, aainst them. Co~4onr's J. TERRY, c.n E .D. Edgefield. March 8. 1839 6 875 ttc 6. FOR SALE. ADESIRABLE resi -denice in Pottersville, of ahont 14 acres of good "i p.mss Land-a part nt cleared. On ry and a half high, with five rooms-a large framed Kitchen and Smoke-house--ah. excel. lent Well of pure water. For particulars en qutire at this ','flice. Feb 14, 1839) tf 2 For Sa~le. MY HOUSE and LOT. in ie Village o IV1dgefield,nupon terms to suit a purchaser In my absence,apply to Col. Bauskett. JAMES JONES. A pril 19 if 10 Notice. AjL L persons inudebted to the Estate of iri] eyH !Jcrry, deceased, are requested toa muake immediate payment: and those hving do mands against thie said Estate, are requested to present them dtuly attested. Fbl.SAS'ilEL. STEVENS, M4m'.