The herald., 1837-05-04


revolution in trade, commerce, currency, and bank
ing, we the first germs Of new spirit beginning
to appear in the world under his auspices
The recent ploughing match got up under the pa
tronage of the American Institute and which General
Talmadge rradatcd with his philosophy and his wit
is only the beginning of new taste-the commence
ment of new era in this country which will not
leave us in distress and excitement like the just
passing. Agriculture is again coming into vogue
Banking, speculation, shaving and the terrible mania
of overtrading passing away like the clouds of
heaven before the north west wind Even in Wall
street people now begin to talk of farming and short
horns and in the fashionable drawing 70 ms, the fur
niture of which has just been knocked down by the
auctioneer, fine ladies' want to study dairy matters,
and wonder if they make good butter in Indiana
The whole fabric banking, credit, towns on paper
and autographed cities, going TO perdton. Real
farming -ploughing-rasng wheat-plantng corn
seed time-harvest-ar broached by many of our
fashionable people.
We trust that General Talmadge and the Institute
will pursue the pian they have hit upon. II mania
for agriculture can be got up it will soon become as
fashionable the mania for speculation | have
some thoughts of getting little farm myself, just TO
plough on the Saturdays, my only leisure days.
capital idea to raise sheep and breed good veal may
yet trundle my own cabbages 10 market, as Martin
Van Buren, did.
PENNY PREes.-The penny press continues te
have varying fortune The "Transcript," if it can
live, will do WE'LL and why should Brandreth's pills,
that are SO powerful on man and beast have not an
opposite effect the longevity of newspapers? An
agent of this quack probably aker of his pills. found
his conscience so troublesome in consequence there
Of that he hung himself up by the bed post the other
day; yet in the Of the Transcript, the effect of
pills may be the reverse. What makes men hang
themselves, and horses die of Ia grippe, and silly wo-
men get new coflins instead of new gowns may have
a happy effect on penny papers. And thus do we
with regard to the prosperity of the Transcript
1t is the first penny paper that took leaf out
of our book of philosophy and made successful ef-
fort at Wall street reporting. The Sun tried it and
faied-but the Sun are pair of convicts. The Era
did not attempt it, for il never sober or d cent
enough to make arespectable effort. The Transcript,
therefore, is fast outstrppng both Sun and Era and
if Quack Brandreh, who has already advanced
s2OO0 all but l2a cents will pat forth S2l67 cents
more we have some hopes of our little mtator, who
struts very elegantly through the street beneath
cloak with the tail stolen of, thinking his legs
Il
Transcript in its funny hablimens, npeins the awful
movements oc the Herald, and its rrodigious jumps
round The race course Of Immortality. II is like a
dustmans donkey Pricking up its tail and ears, and
saying to Eclipse, "dang it, old boy, let us try our
speed" The New Era is the most wretched and mi
serable penny paper of the whole batch. 1t is getting
to look like drunken, bloatcd loafer in second
hand clothes, lclng at the foot of Boydens steps.
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| LITERARY TAsTE.-Therc is a singular degree OF
elegance and good taste about the fifth regular ,east
At the recent New York booksellers dinner
"Editors sfGSc periodical prsss-Guardians of our
literature and seninels on the watch tower of our
liberhes-thcy WELD power which may dcthrone a
monarch or elevate people"
Air" Clare de Kitchen"
This eusien, music and ALL will be found at length
in the last number Of the American Monthly. Itis a
remarkable commentary on the fine tsste-the ex-
quisite rasie-the refined taste-the pure taste-tht
classic taste Of the committee of sdrans who con-
cocted it, and the body of editors who drank it.
"Clare de Kichen!' Bravo What beauty and pro-
priety in the selection! What exquisite sensibily in
the strain
The editors of New York. with the book sellers, al
cooked up in the same pot, would furnish genun,
dish to posterity. As immortal Pope embalmed lht
the ounces Of his age, shall the more numerous
/ and greater ounces of ours. Look to it. We shall bs
ready with utensils in few days
| New LITERARY AGE.-We shall have more or
ginalty wit, and literature in describing the strange
scenes Of the last two years than have had in hall
century. The arts tricks, scenes, incidents, and
singular original characters developed in the recent
speculaions will engage all summer and next win
ter. Weask ali the drummcrs clerks and broken spe-
culators 90 work with their pens Let them give us
amusing sketches, pungent stories, interesting anec.