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[ _—_4 THE NEW YORK HER: “fe Vel. VIL.-Ne. 344 «Whole Ke: 2012 LIVERPOOL PACKETS. NEVE LINE OF the 98th, aud Liverpool om the 19th To sail from New York on teach yster, 13th Nov. Pe nao eC ohn Collins, Saptain E.. B, Cobb, 13th Feb. SipDONS he fiat clageup of 1000tons, built These shitt Now. York, with such wprovementa a9 combine tm the city ith unusual comfort {or pansengers. Every 4 eden in the arrangementol theiraccemmodations. a bec ae vce 18 $100, or which ample stores will be [ants eeikipe are commanded by experienced mas- provides. sillmake every exertion to give general satisiue Oetuither ins of owners ofthese ships will be responsi wages Wasa parcels or igh, tweut by them, wales re Dilla of lading are signet tee Fo armed, and theirpeeu pln sh Sioa given them security not possessed by any other AN, Captain F. A, D SEO ea ptain 1US, Captain romelt Otay paceage anply.te sisi eri FS8"h CO. 56 t., New York, ort Fo CLS CO ea Coe Liverpool” by the packets will be charged 12) cents per single ennet: Socents perounce. and newspapers! centeach. _{2v R NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA END NEW YORK LINE OF PACKETS it is intended to For the better accommodation of shi,pers, ip fe thi t on st, Sth, loth. 15th, goth degpatch wah Tronth, commencing the. 10th October, and continuing until May, when regular days willl be ited tof the. year, whereby grea toe earn aelll'be prevented during the ing ships will commenee this arrangement -— snip dvi Capt. Coruell, 10th Oct. 1841. i QUONEE: Capt. Jackson, 15th Oct Bay Pri on iene Sse apt. Hit, P SHAKSI GARE, Cott, Ming it November, apt. , 5th Nov. ILLE, Gapt Muraford, 10th Nov. Gapt’ Leavitt, 15th Nov. . Dickinson, 20th Nov. pe aaghucasth Nov. ips will be i ek AY ae cet orice Pfiading are taken fortuesame, and ‘Neither the o Se eerie parcel or or Yalless reyular bills ORES . Ke INS & CO. 56 South st.,or JAMES E. WOODRUFF, Ageal in New whowill promptly forward all goods to his addr ips of thie hue are warranted to sail ‘and great care will be taken to have easured. 88. etuly asad] ~ NEW YORE AND HAVE PACKETS. 1e goods SECOND LINE, ie eit er leave New Ist and Havre on the 'éth of each mouth as follows From New York. The new sip ONEIDA, j bee Jaly 7 James Funck. Ship BALTIMORE, at Apri ‘ork onthe Edw: Bip UTICA, Fred’ tt. Row ahi SE NICOLAS Be Rif that may be. require passage is $100, Passengers ew ne Foc Eucne veatela will be Torwarded by the actuals Srrel cn then For fegh ona SRS ‘ a ia s otine Budldtoes. Feduced to #5 cents, ndt street, New York. had ), jewark. ats racy “dt bit u do Wwe Be ee Bronswiek, 78 at Bootes New York and Sx ‘De oe " inthe A. M. train from New Brmewier, and 4 PM. trai ‘New York, has been ween jew York and New Brunswiek to 50 cents. «and Rahway a '’ek Ra ttiks majliine ws through na Brunswickfor e' it jock. bat yathe A.M. tripfrom New Brunswick is omit- she e their tickets at the ticketoffice,re- ( tis. Ticketsarerecei' ‘theconductor Stivon the day when purchased. ride 909 Se it ond NORTH AMERICA, of the Ps 2 "ee: tween cents. cents. PrLine, willbe in readiness to. cominence running be Wow York and Albany, and intermediate places, as eon an vigation ia free from ive. Passuge Ove Dollar. Tis im mn BANDEN i <The steamboat Osrhis, wi ronni cleave Faiton Market ip, en y at 10 o'clock Anhd., 7 Returning, wel Peiey, ‘Sox etery Mcndey morning: ot ives ever 5 at 10 eA: Vocotay, Weduenday, and Friday, at Rel post i hove until further notice, ve ie hn eee News! at CALI LS, WES OL} 'SPRING—The steamboat Hi rE ow PUiseday, Tivrraay nad Saterday’ shergooe's ata S "Returning the High.ancer will “ morning at 6 oe frciteas Tusstsy and Pradey ¢ OF passage. spel to the Captain on board. has i niton bo: Treen ater fi “epr navor th °1 a rnusthe atthe rakor the we theres? unleee a bill ofieding orreceiptis argued for NEw Ye LHP ‘OMMERCIAL LIN (ORK AND LIVEKPOOL COMMi ‘OF PACKETS. sateen Be. 2 P3 ME. BP PABSAGE OFFICE, 9 No 61 Sauth street, New York, HBF, guboerbesin san ane hla arrungercate forthe year is friende with rentimen oath Wie cuir vanport ha bes roaukvou be may seen ‘He likewise wishes te eall the attention of those intendi: tg send fer their frend in England, Ireland, Beodiend. aie, chet ther can a all trea be’ accomodated yh weekly ovpo) verpoo!, an w Gli the well ‘knows diferent lines of pecker chive sailing t> end Liverpool, on the ist, 7th, 13th, 19th, and 25th of each month, throughout the year. It always been the study of the subscriber tohave the jn civility, and dapatched without delay; and for their friendg may rest satished that every pt attention will be riven by the Liverpool ae a any of incon, wnvne paseage’has bore paid, sabepks money refunded without any charge. roe feels leagare im maha kno the difereat bywhich hie Avame out during the last year, whi ven general satisfaction, and that ne has consider- abl: extended and concluded his arrangements for the year following ia Jst of shipa = hi Rorfuson "Bip Osceola Childs : ion Bt Cloud =—-Emerson : fort i * New York Niven : Gover Howes“ Warsaw Griffiths Mion Onwego Wood ; Cheever“ Ocean Welland “ vite RNs poh “ fea Neflempehire Harding = Preutiee™ Roptiae * Yani Thygman “ rope veer Ope chelder + Wile Wate = ake “SEs Teens and thelPrenpective captains, are all well eon hea: RP to send to the old count rae aa ati a Ar ae a every onthe agreed for not ont the will be iret aera NEW YORK, MONDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 28 Literature of the scalpel. We find the following review of Dr. Mott’s Book of Travels in the last number of the Lancet. We present it to our readers as a piece of just, good-hu- mored criticism, and as aspecimen of Dr. Houston’s agreeable style. These surgeons seem to have no mercy on each other:— Travels in Europe and the East, embracing Observa- tions made lawson Sr Tour through Great Britain, Ireland, France, Belgium, Holland, Prussia, Sax- ony, Bohemia, Austria, Bavaria, Switzerland, Lombardy, Tuscany, the Papal States, the Neapo- litan Dominions, Malta, the Islands of the Archi- pelago, Greece, Egypt, Asia Minor, Turkey, Mol- davia, Wallachia, and Hungary, in the years 1834, °35, 36, ’37, °38, 39, ’40, and “41. By Vai tine Morr, M. D., Professor of Surgery, & New York: Harper & Brothers. 1842." 8vo. pp. 452. There’s no chance now-a-days for the untravelled chirurgeon. How, indeed, can a poor devil who has never left his own fireside and the wife of his bosom, for more than four-and-twenty hours at a time, enter the lists of ‘surgery with surgical and pathological anatomy,’ in competition with the man who has made the ‘grand tour,’ hob-nobbed with the king of the Cannibal Islands, and enjoyed a ‘pic-nie’? on the top of the Pyramids? Dr. Morr has been one of the most fortunate of these surgi- cal peripatetics, and with a generous kindness, that does him infinite honor, he now condescendingly takes those who have staid at home by the hand, and shows them the kingdoms of the earth, with all the power and the glory of them, for the trifling sum of two dollars a head. In order to afford our numerous readers an opportunity of participating in the favors, of which we have thus been the humble and gratified recipients, we will introduce to them our venerable confrere, in the full spirit of the mer- ciful advice of dear, old Isaac Walton, about im- paling a live frog— Treat him tenderly as a bro- ther? The titlepage of this volume is exceedingly inte- resting in a philological point of view. ‘Travels, embracing Observations during a Tour.’ Very ex- traordinary travels indeed! ‘The geographical an- nouncement which follows, is somewhat startling at first sight, and when viewed in connection with the chronological statement, produces a very im- posing effect, and, under no ordinary excitement, the believing reader turns to the precious pages which contain the observations of a man of science during a sojourn of eight years, in the most inte- resting portions of the Old World. After a ‘Preface,’ in which, with a modest and characteristic dignity, the author describes his gra- cious ‘acceptance’ of a Professorship in the Stuy- vesant Institute Medical School, we have an ‘In- troduction,’ which lets us at once into the secret of the manufacture of the book. Long before the ap- pearance of the volume, it was currently reported that the ‘editing’ of it had been entrusted to the hands,—we are not sure that we can say the head,— of a newspaper paragraphist in this city, who had attained a very respectable mediocrity in accurately recording “Catastrophes most awful— Houses in as) e fall of stocke— Births, death rriages—” and who, we feel in justice bound to say, is shrewd- ly suspected to be the veritable author of two of the very best ale-house puffs that have ever appeared in print. The name of this ‘Editor’ does not appear on the titlepage, but the ‘ Introduction,’ as we have yeou nara, 1¢tS the cat out of the bag ¢ Petar Sian- ple’ does not play a more conspicuous part in the excellent novel that is known by his name, than does the penny-a-liner aforesaid in this ‘Introduc- tion.’ In the imposing grandiloquence—the turgid style—the bewildering imagery—the novel gram- matical construction of the sentences, the real au- thor ‘stands confest.’ We give a few specimens :— To pluck out these ideal sorrows from the mind, no other alternative remains but that of severing, for the time, all connexion with those associations, scenes, or pursuits which have been the fostering and insidious source of the mischief. In exchange for these, the mind is renovated and tefreshed by the tonic influence of those ever- changing novel scenes, which the tableau of human life in'‘the Old World is constantly unfolding to our observation. New ideas, and feelings, and impres- sions arise, upon the ruins of corroding thoughts, that have been suspended or crushed ; and while the intellectual repast is thus constantly being of- fered to our acceptance, in some more and more grateful excitement, none are permitted to imprint themselves so deeply upon the mind as to fatigue or weary by their monotony or insipidity. The magic wand of health is in our own hands, and may be called to dissipate all morbid fancies, orsummon to our aid whatever is most pleasing. What mysterious beauty! What startling uma- gery! What delightfully novel grammatical con- struction of the sentences! Whoo! ‘Eureka’! We have found it! What? Why we couldn’t for the life of us make out the meaning of the initial *P’ standing in solitary grandeur after the Author’s name—but our eyes are now opened—we now know what ‘VaLentive Morr, M. D. and P.’ means—it means ‘ VaLentINE Mort, Doctor of Me- dicine and Poet. But here is another remarkable sentence :— To my own beloved country, then, I gladly and frie y return, with attachments tenfold stronger, if possible, to her matchless institutions, than even those which I felt pressing and crowding around my thoughts as I lingered on the last crimson gleams of the twilight, fading behind the blue hills of the Neversink, and bade my native land adieu! This is rather too poetical. The worthy Doctor says he ‘lingered on the last crimson gleams of the twilight.’ Just imagine, gentle reader, the venera- ble surgeon gliding on a sunbeam! With all our love for him, we cannot help saying thatjin our opi- nion, he would make rather a clumsy sort of a cherub. The same genius shines throughout the volume. Here and there, full of that amiable feeling and tender sensibility which every one knows Dr. Morr to possess, we have a few sentences which the ‘Editor’ has luckily failed to emasculate, but, as the wise man hath it, they are ‘like jewels of gold in a swine’s snout,’ and only render the ‘additions, emendations, and corrections’ of the paltry para- graphist more abominable. In the composition of these four hundred and fifty- two octavo pages, it is perfectly evident, there has been a terrible massacre of all the Guide-books, *Pencillings by the Way,’ and ‘ Incidents of Tra- vel,’ that have appeared within the last half dozen years. Author or Editor, with most praise-worthy perseverance, has hunted up his predecessors, “ And plundering snug, Has sucked allo’er like an industrious bug.” Had they ‘sucked’ to any purpose we could forgive them. But the book has not even the equivocal merit of being a good compilation. We will un- dertake to read the work over again, from begin- ning to end,§ Introduction’ and all, without the help of Glenlivat, if a dozen ‘ milliners’ cannot be found in Division street, any one of whom, placed in a cireulating library, with the help of her scissors and & pot-full of paste, will make a much better book. Apropos of those artistes—there is one passage in the book, which presents an unrivalled specimen of the true ‘milliner’s style’ of description. There is an illustrious name, that of one who sustained the character of compagnon du voyage to the author, of which we are pained to find no men- tion in the book—we mean that of the too fascina- ting E.priner. The remarks of Dr, Eupniper on men and manners—the particulars of his intercourse with the Maecenas, whom he was wont so affec- tionately to address “O et presidium et dulce deces meum”— the tragic scene amid the ‘gloomy fortresses of the Rhine,’ when the injured patron exclaimed “ Odi profanum vulgus et arceo”— the abrupt ‘making himself scarce’ of the protege: these and a thousand kindred reminiscences would have added an indescribable interest to the volume. We are truly sorry that the ‘ Travels’ did not ‘em- brace’ these ‘ observations.’ The respected publish- ers, however, will remember our suggestion when preparing the second edition for the press. It has been hinted, indeed, that Dr. Morr’s former asso- ciate will himself probably supply this lamentable. and unaccountable omission. Hoping that we incur no risk of robbing the vo lume of its “freshness,” we will immediately pro- ceed to present our readers with the sum and eub- stance of Dr. Mort's medical ‘ observations’ in ‘Europe and the East, in the years 1884, 35, ’36, °S7, "38, ’59, 40 and *41:— LThe Lancet then gives a number of extracts con- taining chit-chat about distinguished medical men in the countries visited by Dr. Mott.] Some carping, cravirg creatures may here whine the remark that the author, after a sojourn of eight years in ‘Europe and the East,’ might have favored his brethren with a few original and interesting ob- servations on the climate—natural history—and dis- eases prevalent in the countries which he visited, But we're not unreasonabie—not we. There are more leeches than the ‘ horse-leech’—and that our author knows—which never cease crying ‘give! give!” But we are unlike them all. Without one idle murmur, we accept ‘the gifts the gods provide,” and with grateful hearts receive the precious informa- tion that, after an interval of five-and-thirty yearss Sir Astley Cooper recognised Dr. Mott—that Roux has extracted six thousand cataracts—and that Vel- peau received our author as a brother—we would have despised him if he hadn’t—that Larrey wears Napoleou’s old hat—and, most interesting of all, that Civiale, happy dog, has amassed a princely fortune! But here is a fragrant extract, to which we will prefix an appropriate motto—one that combines both rhyme and reason, according to our author:— « What pleasure cam exceed The smoking of the weed!’ DR MOTT’S OPINION OF TOBAECO. If thia ‘good creature’ and ‘precious weed,’ as it was called when first brought into vogue by Sir Walter Raleigh, were 20 extremely deleterious as some would have us believe, it appears to me incon- ceivable how we should find the most vigorous con- stitutions and well-developed forms amongst those very people where it is so profusely employed, chiefly in the form of smoking. _ f r In France its consumption is certainly on the in- crease, and in England we should judge that it is getting more and more into vogue. It is not our intention to dilate upon this disputed question ; but our experience Jeads us to the conclusion that much more censure has been cast upon our American Vir- ginia plant than its merits. In one very fatal and distressing form of disease, to wit, Laryngeal Phthi- sis, and Bronchitis among public speakers, the fact is very clea? established, that the moderate habit of smoking, by the drain it accomplishes and i anodyne qualities, has been eminently useful, at least as a preventive for that peculiar malady ao fre- quent in northern part of the United States, es- pecially among the clergy. But our gradually diminishing space admonishes ws that we must tear ourselves away from this amus* ing volume. One more extract and we have donc : DR. Mort 1s A THEOLOemN. {Here follows a passage in which the werthy Doctor expresses his views respecting the salvation of the disciples of Mahomet.} This passage demonstrates, accerding to our way of thinking, that Dr. Morr is about as sound a theo- logic n as he ia a good poet. But the discussion of this point would lead us to violate a most sensible maxim—one which the good doctor in leaving the walks of operative surgery, in which he has gained something more subetantial than empty fame, for the purpose of writinga book, has most foolishly and wantonly despised—that maxim is, reader, as youal- ready guees, Nx £UTOR ULTRA crEPIpAM! We have rather more of the ‘milk of human kindness’ than usually falls to the lot of critics, and in the full glow of our charitable disposition, we reiterate this salu- tary proverb, and say, in the name of all the gods, let such a surgeon stick to his knife! In operative surgety, Dr. Morr,the world knovws, isa hero— but in syntax, he is a very dunce: in the demains of ‘surgery with surgical and pathological anatomy,’ he is, to use his own simile, a Narotxon—in the fair fields of literature, he is the very incarnation of dull- ness. Oa glandular swellings and burrowing fistu las he gazes with an experienced eye—on the face e{ Nature, and the scenery of the moral world, he looks with the interesting ignorance of a blubber- ing boy. Long may Dr. Morr live to bless us with his surgical dexterity—but never, oh! never, let him again visit our sins with a Boer! Late From Froniva. tine News of the 19h The U. S. steamer Col. W. S. Harne: Augustine, bound to St. John’s Bluff. troops on board, 60 of whom were sick. Col. Gates left St. Augustine on the 16th inst. for Palatka. Thence he is to proceed with his com- mand to Pensacela, his future station. The buildings at Fort Peyton have been de- stroyed by fire—supposed to be done by some evil OG person or persens. ‘he Navy force destined for the Everglades, commanded by Lieut, Rogers, embarked at Fort Dallas, in canoes, on the 13th inst. taking the inland passages. They are to concentrate at a point be- tween the Okachobee and Caloosahatchie, whenee ehave the St. Augus- was at St. She had 250 beg! w our the Everglades, for Indians. he | guide mentioned in the following para- graph as ing been wounded, is a brother of the celebrated Haleck-Tus' in the thigh by two rifle An Indian, who was brovg! as a guide, attempted to make hi: Smyrna, and was weanded by th From the southern posts we gather t! intelligence : The post at Lauderdale was aban 4th ipst., and the troops of the 3d_ Artille tioned there, under the command of Major proceeded direct to New Smyrna—thenee they are te march in three columns, to scour the country between Smyrna and Volusia, and finally to con- centrate en Volusia. Captain Vinten, from Fort Pierce, will reach Smy: in boats, up Indian River Lagoon. Capt. Wright of the 8th Infantry, with mounted men and co-operate immediately with the Navy, ee and Tohopkalika. Ali the treops were tobe in the field on the 18th inst , and thus the whole face of the country will be thoroughly gee. He was wounded juct and perseverance of Major Childs, repeate brilliant success of hie Regi- the capture of Indians, lead us to antici- ble—may we not hope final—resual rom the contemplated movemente ; doubtless will be, by eorrespondii the part of Col, Worth, advancing from thi side. Sam Jones, Tigertail, and ae jurreunded on all sides, and p rection, willbe mighty apt to get into a eg Sy Ary can fix it.” Col. Worth, it is said, will establish his head quarters at Palatka. The following is an extract of a letter received in this city, dated Fort King, E. F., Feb. 14:— “This evening, two companies of the 8th Infantry will arrive at this post, out six days from Tampa Bay, distant 100 An exprees arrived from them lai night, b inging the news of their being at- tacked by Indians on their march here, at the Wi nt and one pri' Swamp. One te1 ‘of red skins t were no doubt plent: companies. Stron, tack two large ymptoms of the war all over igen when they now hunt up our troops fora it. Since writing the above, the com rived here; one of them goes to Pala to St. Augustine. The private mentioned as killed, ia not, but his ps Ae well pierced with balls that there is very little probability of his recovering. eee balence ot ee it is said, will be herv on their way coast. Two companies are now cithes at Dallas or Fort Pierce.” Dickens at his Home in London---His Writings_Their Origin—His Views, Feel- Ings and Desires in relation to this Coun. try. ‘The following letter, giving a most admirable ac- count of Boz, was written by Mr. Lester to Wash- ington Irving, sometime during the last year. Lt will be read with great interest at the present time, especially us Mr. Dickens is now on the eve of making the tour of the principal States of the Union:— Lospox, July —, 1840. aToN Invinc, Es. To Was 81 f Understanding that you have often expressed your ad- miration for the genius and character of Charles Dick- ens, I have thought that some account of this celebrated author might not be uninteresting to you. I have had the pleasure of visiting Mr. Dickens at bis house, and | trust that this letter will not be considered an ill return for his kindness to one whose only claim upon him was an introduction from Thomas Campbell. I believethere is no Englieh author now liviog who is so much admir- ed and read by our countrymen as Mr. Dickens, and con- sequeadly. no ‘ene respecting whom Americans may be supposedto have so great adesirefor information. I will therefore give a brief sketch of some of his conversa- tions with me, and spsak of his character and history, so far as I may be permitted to do so, with proper regard to ings. If he should ever write his autobi- og iving afull picture of his early history, it would probably be one of th- most interesting books in language. The lastinjunction I reeelved from seve- an: ral of my {tiends when I parted with them in America, was to tell them in my letters something about “ Boz.” There were many persons in our country who could not be prevailed upon to read his works for a long time after the publication of the Pickwick Papers. So many vulgar represe: jonsof Sam Weller had appeared on the theatre bills at every corner of the street, that the of “ Boz” became ted with all that was of- e in the burlesque and low farce of the American stage. Th this feeling Tonce participated. But e year ago a friend brought Oliver Twist to my room, to help while away anight of ilincsr. He had not read many pages before my prejudices oe inst the author all gave way ; and aftur my rrcovery,! was glad to read that charming book by myself, where icould enjoy the fall pleasure of those teelings which the kind hearted writer so well knows how to excite. On closing the Work, I felt an interest in the “ Work-house Hero,” which no ficti- tious character ever awakened in my heert. Immedi- ately I collectedall the writings of Dickens, and read them withanew and strange delight. There was no gloom which his wit and humor could not drive away; no hilarity which [ was not glad to exchange for the scenes of snfering, sadness, and triumph, in the histories of the generous but unfortunate Oliver; the proud spi- rited, kind hearted Nicholas; the eonfiding Madeline ; the beautiful Kate; and above sll, swest Jittle Nelly, that child of heaven. Ipromised myself ahigher grati- fication in seeing the author of these works than from intereourse with any ether man. T was expressing to Campbell, whom I met last evenin, at Dr. Beattie’s, my admiration for Dickens. He inquir if [had ever seen him. I answered [ had not, and that I should consider it a misfortune to leave Englard with- outseeing him. Immediately Campbell left the room, and returning in a few moments, took my hand and said, “T am glad you like Mr. Dicke! Bere is a letter troduction to him. I you to read it, and then I will Tconaider it ark of ill-breeding to present d letter; and the one to be introduced may | some desire to glance over it : this he should ermitted to do, and then it should be sealed.” Camp- bell persisted, and I readit. It was warm hearted and generous, like every thing that comes from Thomas ampbell. I gave back the letter with many thanks.— “Qh, don’t thank me, sir; of what use would it be to live in this world, if we could not gratify our f by ence in awhile, at least, doing som This morning | galled en Mr. D.cke! ice for the hist i . I felt the same was Sir Walter. 1 thought | would withhold Campbell's letter until after my reception. I felt assured that the heart of Charles Dickens had not been so chilled by the cold spirit that reignsin the higher circles of English society, as to prevent him from receiving me with genu- ine kindness. I sent in my card, after writing on it with a pencil,“ An American would be greatly obliged could see Mr. Dickens.” In a moment or two t! vant returned, and shewed me to the library. 7" sitting in a see arm cheir by his table, w: r Humphrey’s Clock” before him. familiarly, and offered me ac! t I an American, and hoped he would pardon me for calling without an invitation, and,if he was not particularly engaged, I should be much gratified with & short interview. He begged ma to make no apologies; he was always glad to see Americans; they had extend- ed such rous hand to the oppressed of England, thet they ought to ferl no ¢elicacy i1 introducing them- ‘lisamen. I atonce felt at home, end re- hat I trusted 1 was prompted by a better motive re curiosity in coming tosce him. I wished to see the man who had so faithfully delineated t! heart, and shown so much sympathy for the poor andthe suffering ; it wasthe [pga apg 8 even more thanthe author I was anxious fo see. He replied, nothing could to him than to receive demonstra- be more gratify in, Bye merican tions of regard praise,” said he,“ is the best praise in the world, for it is sincere. Very few reviews are writtem inthis ceuntry except under the influence of some faites feeling. Do not understand me tocomplain of reatment I have received from the reviowers ; they awarded me more praise than I deserve.” I ex a desire to know something of the history of hie juthorship, at the same time saying that, of course, | did not expect him to communicate to a stranger anything he would not freel make known tothe world. “Ob, sir, i as many questions as you pices your inalienable rights to ions; T fancy, isthe reason why the Yankees are so intelli- gent.” T enquired if, ia portraying his characters, he had not, in every instance, hiseye upon some particular tein he had known, since I could not conceive it possible for an author to present such graphic and natural except from real life. “Allow me to ask, sir,” I sa! the one eyed Squee: good John Browdie,the tiful Bally Brass, Swiveller, the demo- and intr: euing ip Cheerbly Brothers, the avaricious Fagia, an di jelly, are mere fam- cies “No, alr, they are not,” replied he; they are eopies.— You will not understand me to say, of course, that they are true histories in all respects, but they are real like- nesses; nor have! in any of my works attempted any- thing more tham to arrange my story as wellas I could, and give atrae picture of scenes | have witnessed. My past history and pursuits have led me tea fumiliar ac. quaintance with numerous instances of extreme h: edness and ef deep-laid villany. Inthe ints of peverty I hav. d many a broken heart too good for this world. Many such persons, now in the most ab- ject condition, have seen better days. Once they moved in circles of friendship and sfluenee,from which they e been hurled by misfortune to the lowest depths of wantand sorrow. This class of persons is vey large. “ Then there are thousands in eur parish workhouses and in the lanes of London, born into the world without afriend except God and a dying mother. Many, too, who in circumstances of trial have yielded to impulses of passion, and by one fatal step fallen beyond recovery. London is crowded, and, indeed, so is all England, with the poor, the unfortunate, and the guilty. This descrip- tion of persons has been generally overlooked by au- thors. They have had none to care for them, and ha com American readers. jear lit fled from the jic gaze to some dark habitation of t! great city, te curse the celd charities of a selfish world, anddie. There are more broken hi London than in any other inthe world. T unt of crime, starvation, ni a8, misery of ry soit in the metropolis all calculation. I thought! could render some service to Laminin, 4 hy 3 bringing these scenes befere the minds of those who, from never havin; witnessed them, suppose they cannot exist. Io this e! fort I have not been wholly unsuccessful ; and there is nothing makes me happier than to think that, by some of my representatio: have increased the stock of hu- man cheerfalnesi 'y s, the stoek of human sympathy. I think it makes the heart better to seek out theaffering sod relieve them. [ havespent many de ights in the most wretched districts of the met: tudying the history of the human heart. There we must go to find it. In high circles wesee every- thing but the heart, and learm everything but the real character. We must go to the hovels ofthe poor andthe unfortunate, where trial brings out the eharacter. I have in these rambles seen many exhibitions of gener- ous affection and heroic endurance, which would do ho- nortoany sphere. Often have I discovered minds that only wanted a little of th ih velop the choicest a(ter these adventures witheut rand a better man. In describing ‘asters | aim no higher than to feel in writin, ma sd to feel themselves. T spoke of the immense marked that I believed where one in England. y, sir, the popularity of my works has surprised me. For some reason or ether, | believe they are some- what extensively read; nor is it the least gratitying eir- cumstance to me, that they hi been so favorabl fA re ceived ia yourcowntry. trying to enjoy my fame while it lasts, for I befieve I am not so vain as te suppose that my books will be read by any butthe men of my own times.” I remarked that hi “¥ consider himself alone in it poralarity of his works, and re- e had ten readers in America that id bably be no easy matter Ii comelde with kim, He snewered, Il probably not je any very seri. It happened, as, indeed, it always hae in my conversa- Uone Bith Iikerary men’ | have met in England, that your name was mentioned. It is scarcely necessary to say that Mr. Dickens is no lesejan admirer of your wri tings than we ere ourselves. Nor ts it unpleasant to yeur esuntrymen abroad te hear the same epinions ex- ressed by foreigners of vey? works, that we havo so fe ‘cherished. No man has done so much te win from the kuropean world respect for our literature as your- 1842. ‘self; and for it you deserve our gratitude. [vis inthe memory of many that, before the Sketeh Book was writ)’ literature was treated with utter con til of great surprise to Eoglish be dies and bishops to learn that we speak English, and even write “ Sketch Books,” Thanatopses,”, * Odes on. Marco Botzaris,” live in framed houses, and manifest other symptems of civilization. Said Lady —. sister to a celebrated noble authoress in London, * Pray tell me ifyou have not such aman in America as Irving ‘Wsshingion, who has written a beok? thoy call it # ketches, I think : he must be a son of the gene- t name. Or was rge Washington? Beay something about these men : I suppose you must. uainted withthem” I had the impudence to er ladyship in the face before I told her some la thing about “these men,” and then read her @ chapter upon American history, and another upon American au- thors. Mr. Dickens spoke on every matter about which we | Frontrtreet Theatre for t conversed with a freedom and kindness that showed he poke from the heart. The windows of his library leok out upon agardeo. [saw several rosy-cheeked childr.a playing by a water fountai , a8 the little creatures st occasional glances up to us while we were wateh- heir sports from the window, Ithought, I large, clear, blue eyes, golden hair, and hew ile, the image of Cha ickens. They w fact, young Bozzes!! I fo never heard that there think Dickens incomparably the finest looking man leversaw. The portrait of him in the Philadelphia edi. tion of his works is a good one ; but no picture can, dq, justice to his expression when he is engaged in. anda: teresting conversation. There is something about his imes which eannot be copied eyes at such ti he is perhaps a little abo bearing is noble, and is. t His Ggure is’ very tout. The face is handsome. rather pale generally; but when his. feeli: Ls are kindled his countenance is overspread with @ rich | low. [presumehe is somewhat vain of his heir, and e can be pardoned for it too. It reminded me of words ii Sidney's Acadia: “ His fair auburn hair, which he wort in great length, gave him at thattimea most-delightful show.” His forehead, a phrenologist would say (espe- cially if he knew haracter beforehand), indicates, a lear and beautiful intellect, in whieh the ergons of per- mirthfulness, ideality, and comparisop, predomi- T should think his nose had once been,almost de- termined to be Roman, but hesitate! just long enough to settle into the classic Grecian outline. But the charm of his person is i n eyes, which catch an expression from every passing ob- ject ; and youean always see wit, halfsleeping in und them, when it is not shooting its wonted ickens has almost mado us feel that puptl of the soul’s clear eye, man’s world, the only shining star.” 2 And yet I think his conversation, except in perfeet aban- don among his friends, presents but few striking exhi- birions of wit, Still there is a rich’ vein- of -humor aud good feeling in all he I passed two hours js house, and when J left was more impressed than ever with the goodness of hig heart. Campbell's letter; it produced not the slightest change in his manner. {expressed, on leaving. the hope that little Nelly (in whose fate I confessed I felt a deeper ii- terest than in that of most real characters) migh: allher wanderings, finda quiet and happy home. same hope, he replied, “has been exervesed to ane .by others; and [hardly know what todo. But ifyouever: hear of her th ina future number of the Clock, you: shall say th e died as she lived.” Wor. Dick: is certainly one of the most lovely men! w; and1wish that they whe have formed the n idea that his works are destitute of high moral ent, and written merely to amuse the vulger; uld only look inty Oliver Twist or Nicholas Nickle- by. I wish, too, thatthey whojrefuse to read his worke because they are fictitious (fer a novel is not necessarily a vicious book—sometimes they are the best books Pilgrim's Progress, Paradise Lost, and the Vicar of, Wekefield, could be but poorly spared), had as.much of the milk of hnman kind:.essin their hearts as he. Z Tbelieve there is no author doing so much for him sey, in the Biitish empire. Nor am J alone in this jon. Cuantrston Races.—There was no racing ves- terday, the purse of $200 having been taken’by Cof. Singleton’s ch {. by Rowton, out of Phenomena, by galloping round the conrse. The regular races commenced today. Purse, $1000, 4 mile heats. The following horses have been entered:. fue Col. Hampton’s ch. m Fanny, 5 year’s old, by Marion. Rider’s dress—blue and white- W. H_Sinkler’s br. f. Kate Converse, 4-years old, by Nonplus, out of the dam of Santa Anja. Ri- der's dress—green and gold. Iuportart Dectsiox—Banxaurt Law.—The followivg important decision respecting the Bi rupt Law is contained in the Pittsburg Chronici Usirep Srares Distaier Count. Habeas Corpus.—The United States, upon the re- lation of Jonathan Ramaley, vs. J. W. Debbi eonstable.—On motion of T. Mellon, Esq. and sentation of the proper petition in the Court, Honor, Judge Irwin, granted a writ of habeas ied returnable at three o’clock P. M. «n Satu last. tom By the return of the habeas corpus, it appeared that the relator, Jonathan Ramaley, was arrested on an execution issued by an Alderman of the city of Pittsburg ; that previously to said arrest, the ré- lator had filed his petition in due form in ho i# |. Bally Dear Sin ¥ ofthe F; principal streets of United States, characters; it. wi tice; the othe: least equal, if-nnt this countr: age, who was cler! | Wharf, was taking to h last and, and no elerk, hé not trémely dull here, of them and wel tee-totaler: mer. Ice, e, ice, while Rail Read or discount. the Astor House, . them. sponged off jors—whether fools, eal? Thy weiss: Us is ‘no reward honesty. tive to ‘acknowledge my: * Fen? on Washington’ for the season, The Price two Cents r but lite wag done in the wa hary msde a grand dis our ¢ Baltimore, [Correspondence of the Perald Battimone, Feb. 23, 1942, '# Birth Day— Embe Iee-~Business Money, Se. was pret- among the” eras Paymaster General ‘of: the in fall uniform; he looked re: vi bly well; Boz did not attend, nor was eyaled . any” ~ by made for the same. As rezards Mh aoe the faney @ humbug, none worthy of no- to d by the City f. nage sis kc but a book-keeper ‘uct there is a great mi in thi Dave ltaned oivealf abere ine Deere books, and they have att R_D. Yerdict,).so it appears by the laws of this been kept. out one hundred. ani jusine: sealveeatner uncommonly mild b imcipal conversation: held at our liquor shops (andT assure you there ig esha ended, notwithstanding the about the supply of julaps next sum- Burps, of Bowl: Court yesterday own use about $1100, in Septethber acquitted yard ground that he was ‘ing book.. , the indietment ‘atqting that he waee lerk to na Benn te ; , at Washington Hall ‘(w large and). spacious robm) given by the 1 Baltimore ityGuards, « fine military company of this'city : crowded by the fair sex and f iy | shiecity.and tle county; it passe style, every one apparently highly delighted, and ‘ e¢med as though you could read in nances that the'middle class of societ ment— Being one of your constant readers I hereby take the liberty of writing a line or twe Tespecting mat - ters and things as they are in the Monumental City, estorday being thé 110th anniversary of the Birth ‘ather of this great and glorious Republic, y of business—the mil play by parading through the ity; two balls, one at the he benefit of its manager, Weymess (a fancy one at hai rey ‘ty weil attended, eay about 1600 . number Gen, Towson, aa, itizen aoldiers of d off in splendid their counte- is at jor tothe would beretite of Dunn, dad abou: 17; years of Tor jt State 'SS If that ‘bé the is ex- isthe continual ery. One of the + dealers has had a poff put in th ting ‘inthe has iid A So inches thick; and |: 50,00) bushels—so: w. Ishould mention that during my visit 1 handed him } it. Bankable mone; ers are plenty at 20 per cent \’ Whedebts are scattered over Thus far, the creamof.my debtors have applied:for the benefit of the act, and 1 expect that 1. shall have from: the most distant : pointe, Without the least cli - ini 4 taller No distinction fet be Say pining ane ‘ The Bankrupt Law, ' + We give the following. at the request of an old subsctibér; but we do not endorge its sentiments:— Japs G? Bexnerr— sails P + Dean Sin—T have $50,000 of suepended debts— ‘eome ‘of them I knew miust be good af a'fature ‘day, * | andl. therefore put them’ in judgment. “A’inimber of ” the debtors had wealthy parents and relat'vee—come had rich wives in their own right—some now. live in made among debt- rascals, spendthtifis, ' Xe’ se: The effect is:that scarcely. done, I shall discharge all expensive move to « cheap store, or let a part of the one I ery ina pete house—diseharge a se! f 5 and economize where econom: Eclipse, out of Maria West (dam of Wagner); by practiced before:. My friends und ney * di ng the same—and I predict that that villainous Bankrupt Law will be the day.~ Who will sell goods under such laws? Whet cheek have we on the careless extravagant of ras-* barrier of an oath isa barrier of Jnder such a Jaw, and. in this country, there for common prudence or, common tion of this Bankry elf any eredit bu: (now y has always’ been bors ate all. of @ eure of (he moon- ~ I denounce, in the broadest terme, the retrespec- pt Law--and am ashamed . A Native Bonw Awenicas. Court of Common Pléas, Before Judge Ulshoeffer. ~Jémes B. Clayton vi. John B. Dickii F and Richard Jennings, Jr —The plaintiff “(whois pio a erat of the Bower ion to recover seven, hundred doll Court | following singular circumstances He puter the Theatre) brings ac- for the benefit of the Bankrupt Law ; that the sche- | this amount to Dickirson & Jennings, ‘clothiers, dule annexed to said petition contained the nadie and amount of the debt, &c. of the arresting ¢re+ ditor ; that the said Court had made an order, ap- pointing the 12th day of March next, for the h ing of relator and his creditors, and that notice of this order was published according to law. “ The Court decided that th lator, livi according to law—brought wi he Court, and being bound ai and decrees in the matter of his petition— titled to ite protection, by being pfivileg ed from arrest in the case before them, P [ope his i ont for relie! ® jankrupt Law, and it therefore ordered that the, said relator be discha from his said grrest, atid that the arresting creditor pay the cost of thé pro- ceedings on the writ of habeas corpus. Tur Mortneens or tHe San Anremo.—-We are surprised to learn that the Captain of the San Antonio is throwing obstacles in the way of the ex- amination and trial of the mutineers, by the proper ies of the city, and that a formal demand made for their delivery. upon the Mayor. | We can by no means understand this—murder hes leang, and the perpetrators, having been appre- hended by the authorities, should most unquestion-, ably receive their trial by the tribunalz of the piace where the murder was committed. We do not know what course the Mayor intends to pursne; but we certain'y think that he should not deliver the prisoners up without a trial under our laws. Algi js within the limits of New Orleans. do not know that the fact is material to the qu above mooted, that the murder was committ anchor without the boundar, ur corporation i the accused we: in our bound: ould certain! id upon it but if it be, Capt. nrt be blamed for basing wher that grave judges will the said testimony and the law authorize in the case. —New Orleans Bulletin, Feb. 17, Iratram Trovure ar New Oaceans —It is yn- believe, that the Italian opera corps jebutat the St. Charles Theatre, New! tant, in one of Donizetti’s Beconpas Donnas, Signore Asunta Perdine. Marozzi. Sete Treenat Donnas Sign ora Marietta Barbetti. Signora Louisa Bulgarelli. Texonns. ; 1. Signor Cerilo An' inti, Ist tenore absolut. ignor Luis Parozzi, 1st tenore, ; 2, Signor Frederico Badiali, ist Tenore o digettore di Bassos Signor Celestino Salvatori, ist Basso Absolute. Signor Aniva) Statuti, lst Basso. Signor Alessandro Cecconi, Ist Basso. Signor Adolphe tem Signor Alberto Terri, Ist Bufo Absoluto. jansrmo Dingrrore x Comrositor ot Mus: Signor Laure Rossi. Dinetrone ot Onchestna. Signor Miguel . Aruntapon. Signer A- Beckerini. Dinerronr ve ta Sastaenta. . Signera Ester Meuca, ke. Signoras Megdelena Sercice, ulementina jel Lt rietta Barbetth, Loaiea B reli ¥ Avertas barre! os Ame, v Gassiner, Onieenere, ‘Alvarer, Alvertaszi, Part ladina, Rabino, (snibernew, Frontaloni, Montegre, nes. Poluguiore Signer Poble te Plaintiff € earnings, and the had> obtained ft by etore. |“ ‘Mice. The defendants were bro miade in substance, the following at plaintiff had been detécted in’ ard wearing apparel, fancy articles, &o." Btofe, and was threatened with a proseoution... He offered'to give up the note in case proceedji not instituted against him, which was ace: Imorder to make the other clerks think that a pay- ment-had really been made to him, and to. sespicion on} their part, he requested defendants to ! t through the form of a srttlemont, which been committed within the precincts of New Or J'did.’ Hegave up the note, and they gave the “ had Parker, but that worthy f have yet to learn that a vessel at anchorat | looked’ like six of one and by d that it would be “love thing but “ready mon , and handed im ahnrry, (as some per- hand writing, f being ji DBs: ght statem ‘cab biagin, accumulate re ‘ ice, adviced that the easeto der the Texas flag on board a gery vessel, at | before a civil court, and, in consequence, rheps,as to hav ” of their course, tion is brought. As in every thing Ling affords sb fine a I lady in tho case,”and if so vith one, surely so with more. ‘The defendante, however, went on the ‘‘booty” as well as ‘“beau- ty” principle in respeet to them. Besidés the uarnes made against the plaintiff, in exténuation tthe Police office, they asserted + that he boarded at the heuse of Mrs, Mungoo, where a‘pretty young tidoio (with a husband som: where) also resided, and that a stronger in'tmacy than vestale ween:of”tock place het wees thems hat the lady went from Mrs. Munson’s to how; 0 by on to believe that h arti¢les from their * before Justice ary, thinking it a dozen of the labs (10 im) did not at the time subsequently found it to be and hve were led to. ‘vent a “ker” check, which settled the matter, and ina day * Oritwo the plaintiff loft. Besides th », they declared it impossible for him t the carried | Ld ice, p imore Sun,sta- in about 10,000 bush last season he sold up: eipate a hot ti and specie almost sighthess; cotner Catherine and Cherry streets, with whom, for several years, he kept as clerk, Being abou, as he says, to change his situation, he asked them to take'up the note, which they pro: “ ‘A short time afterwards Mr. Jenn to'the desk, took, from him the: ni him back a check, which he asserted to be for the ‘Of and made affidavit and complaint at the Police: . di fal ladié” witha.view to Ms hing biecharacter. Bat th whole of it amounted to nothing—the goods: yerted to been taken:dwin beforethe it of the testimony to two articles+.(and t ad be arned)—-Mrs Munson and ikerloaicd ‘declared. the plaintiff to be @ cleverfelinw and “aboutas good as hi ought to be,” several gentie- meh spoke highly in his favor—one witsess stated that he saw hint have several hundred deilars:s few yearrago, when he came from -butan- ‘other, on the eontrary, said he bad been obliged to ‘nay @ bill of $16:0f some years standing gloth—the respec and implied arene , velling” the ‘keotty” righ tha to theju hands intend of that mech caution was tive coumeel did thi ditdy the able manner in which the ‘oabject, Judge Ulehoefter ¢ tt renmetances—on wi handled their by_ reviewing that the notre esary in mover and the testimony—agddecide - et 3, Z AL a] Pair ‘%, Court Calendar—This g te 1,4 pita found for plain on—Me Whiliam K. ow ip 04,68) 98, OR main sta ore ‘ almost-everg State... ©