Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-08-06

b;.,or, Of the Methodist Church. and the yea
and successful exertions OF tire two brothcrs III
the cause which they espoused, are instructive 10
all who take direct interest in concerns u ""'e"
they dedicated their lives.
The present work is, we infer from lis preiaee'
a condensation of the various accounts nVes'
biographies, anecdotes, sc. OF t~ "eseys' no"
thrown into form highly lnterest'ng' OF course
to the members of the Methodist Church, anu III
structive and gratifying to every person 'ond %
that most attractive species ofwrltins' biography
The style in which the book is "got up" IS
crodiable to the taste of the publishers, and VIII
enhance ;,s attractions with general readers.
IT, S. Gazette.
p6aolerian anil Peithologian Soeiefies.-lhe
Hon. Z. P. Livingston delivered the annual ora
ton before these institutions Of Columbia Co'-
lese. The address, which was on the snojcct OF
Oratory, was an unaffected and lorcibie exh'o.'
ton of the great ends to which the art may De ap
piled, and the Importance of cutivating It l" d
country where opinion is so much influenced oy
its powers. The speaker then adduced the ce'e-
brated occasions, when eloquence has happily
nreyailed in popular assemblies. both in this and
other countries, and glanced at the lllust'lous IN
diyiduais to whom different ayes have accorded
| the parn Of Ocatory. Tie discourse next leu MIN
to speak of those whose distinguished services to
their country have conferred the highest honor on
their .fina Mailer, and upon these his most emf
nent fellow alumni, he passed appropriate and
discerning eucomiums. The Grafton was deli
vered with dignity and feeling, and rendered pc.
cuiiarlv interesting by the introduction oil rent
niscences Of some OF his most distinguished com
peers by the Lieutenant Governor. The bench
cial effect of such an address, however, arises
chiefly from causes independent OF its merits as
literary composition. The orations which are
delivered before collegiate societies throughout
the Union by the most distinguished public men,
have value extIinsic Of their worth as specimens
of learned eoquencc.
1t is good thing in a country like ours, where
literary men as a class are almost unknown, to see
the able and accomplished, finding time IN spite
of professional calls and the cares Of business.
come forward, and by tribute to the cause Of
letters, show that their interest in Its advance
ment, is not swallowed up in necessary atten
ton to the less enobIing pursuits Of life lts'
good thing IN country like ours, where the paths
politics seem the only paths to reputation which
men care about travelling, TO see active and emit
ncnt partisans pausing in their jarring career t.
meet once more upon the tranquil field ofemuou:
scholarship, and unbiased by political differences
Weld its need of praise, to each name that theI'
country honors.
1t is a good thing-it is a republican thing-tt
see those high in Office. leading men in their pro
fession, Or otherwise distinguished by public favor
conserving to become competitors for such an un
obtrusive distinction as an assemblage Of your:
men who have not yet received their academic no
nors, can confer. 1t evinces healthy apprecia
ton of the different awards of society to merit; j
preserves wholesome interchange of sentiment
and of courtesy, between the young and the old
the distinguished, and those who arc as yet bu
candidates for honors: and it impaIts dignity to
these literary exhibitions. and ensures public res
pect to the objects they arc designed to promote
| ". y finer
A new publication, the germ probably of all
annual production, which may be made very use
full indeed to the Manufacturing and Trading in
terests. has lately attracted our attention. II is
entitled - The American Advertising Directory,
for Manufacturers and Dealers in American
Goods: for the year 1881 - and it is published
by Joscelyn, Darling & Go. No. Sc Wall Street
New York. The work, in its present form, does
not pretend to be perfect: in the nature of things
it could not be SO; but it is very credtabe to the
industry of its makers, and, as far as they have
been able to procure information, to their careful
accuracy. 1t consists of three Directories and
an Index, with an Appendix containing variety
of notices Of late discoveries and improvements in
Arts and Manufactures. This work, the compiler