Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-12-25

We received yssisrd,y, says the National
Gazette, he London Quarterly RI view for las,
| Month-'be sad number. II consists Of MAE
articles, most Of which are seriou. and prae,i-
cal disquisi'ions, on the In noes Of Grra, Brit.
aini the An'i-Pauper System. the Co operative
System; S's'ms and methods in Ma ural His
tory, and 80 forth. The FIRST 10 . review Of the
Poems Of Luer.ria Davidson, who died at
Plat'>burg, New York, in Angus, 1875, a, the
age Of sixteen. The critic (Mr. Sou,hy. We
presumed is kind 20 these remains. A, tn end
Of the article he savs-
10 those parents who may have the fearful
charge Of 4 child like Lu, retia Davidson the
mem'ir OF her life will hav, deep and pain.
full in'rres' They clearly indicate the dam
ger, bu' sford no clew 10 the means Of a.
ver'fng u. /, is as peiilous u fepress The arr
dor OF such mind as 10 encourage it. The
Quaker lecipline, which for the m.iori,y Of
women, is the best Of which experience has
ever been mAde, produces deplorable eft IS
upon those whose consli L'ion Of mind i, TOO
ensa,ive. The diff ulty IS 10 indulge such .
mind without pamprring l., TO regulate it wrh
ou' forcing i, from us natural and proper
bent"
The two most interesting articles are those
on European Turkey aid he United State Of Nm.
icG Frr,he latter, he Travels Of Dnkr Ber.
nard Of Saxewemar * Captain Ba il Hail have
been adopted a. TEX books. Wba, is flvora
BILE in he Duk-'s testimony is attempted 10 be
accounted f,r aud exclaimed away; Captain
Hall God save he ,.... s!is created as an oracle,
aud he reviewer outdoors hin in s,llv mis-,
judgmeu, aud harshnass Of representa- ion
Tex rs samples.
"Of canals, rail roads, highways, bridges.
steam engines, and other improv. W.T.
nav sffirm thai he extension has been mo'e
than tea times as great within one ffth Of the
space, in Grt at Bril- ain a, in America"
"Ca2'aip Hall has some excellent remarks on
he sxtreme ignorance which prov ails IN Am
erica respecting England and pice .uUsa "
For disquisi,ion On all subjects Connected
with ,he government aud the administration {
law, we look (not al the D"ke) but exclusively
TO Captain Hail; and fortunately, the common
sense views ne has taken OF tnem, the ptnera-
ton he has exhibited in sifiIng fac'.. and the
commune ions a very uncommon character,
both Of in, crest and importance"
81 here is considerable interval between The
QenerI ,one Of feeling in the Uni'ed S arcs, and
wis, has long beer established il Eogls nd. -
The sprcuia,ions Of ndjobner,, b. kers, man.
ufaoiurers, merc hants and dealers in funds, con.
influence a great par of the ptopl in degree
far n~yond ary hing ,ha' can be conceived 5y
those acquainted rvn win ne organising
mars Of commerce in Europe TT passes
sion or he appe 4rance of wealth, alone can Civ.
oonseuuenre TO individuals who do no. aim al
publ .fhces, and he on y mea"s of b aiming
such off, es are viruleni sbuse, inflat'd declas
nation, loud Drelen,ions, and spirit 1t Eager,
busting, m risulDg i'm ud"nce."
"Little Of what is The charm OF EUROPEAN SO
ciery-,he cheerful and delicate in ercou,sr be-
tween the sexes,-is known in Ans RIGA
"From th- uusocial nature nf the meals in
America. where par les appear at able and van
ism with incredible expedition, there ~eems %
b. less nf that drinking which arises fiom the
,piri, at good fellow ship, and which within
moderate bounds, inspires and nourishes k'"d-
" feeling than is INDUCED in Enrope, nc an
nGni civ gre ater portion OF tina, soli'a'S and
bru al dram drink ny, which is known with US
only among the rudrs and most dissol"te pare
of the w gar. Dram.drinkine has ben qnsin''
II called he natural child and 'he bo"n c"m>
panion Of democracy and is probably moi less
hur,ful 10 heath Of body than that system OF
Cove nn,en, appears TO be to he intellectual
pawers Of the mind; the whole of the Amer'can
revolutionary. system has been,and is hos:;l" to
the drvelo2ement OF public employment OF en-
inen, lualne,. for any thing ba' intrigue and
bluster. "Ths indie 2s"de"ce, OF which h A.
mericans If they yo on as at pres1ni, seem ikr-
" TO obtain perfect fruiiiion, is another term
for downright sei6shness
In spite of demacra'i'al rrInein!es and
degrading practices. tie people Of he United
S a,es have no, wholly abandoned either tbs
lessons or the exsmplesof their ance 'tcrs II
is to them they are siedebrd for Whatever o. a
humsn zed aspect theyexh'oit, when compared
10 the emsncipated colonies of other nations.
However roree,foI, or scornful, "r even abusive,
, en-, m. " brrome to q piyiu0as anc in'elhgeu'