New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-08-12

/ lips, and the change from easy potcneSS TO the
/ dlgnlhed department OF one entitled t. give adj
vice, evlnced, at once a determination not to en-
gage in the game. Excuse me, gentlemen
sad he, i have not played game of any kind
OF hazard for more than twelve years, and take
this occasion TO warn you all TO avoid practice
destructive OF good name, and drawing after 1t
evil consequences of incalcuablc magnitude In
earlier days it was my misfortune, owing to a
lively and ardent temperament. to fall into tE5
vice, and TO a considerable extent, and no one can
lament more sincerely the evil and the conse-
quences of it. than do. These have followed
me into nearly all the walks of life, and though |
have long since abandoned the pernlclous prac
tee which led TO them, 1t seems that they will
never abandon me- y
u" The EDINBURGH REVIEW for July, Just re-
printed by Mr.. J. Mason, appears on new type,
and opens with very able Free Trade essay,
which would make six or eight leaders for the
Herald, better than any it has stolen for some
time. 1t contains a great deal of undoubcd
truth, skluy mixed with and making plausible
greater amount of error, and is defective nam
ly in dexterously assuming the grounds 1t chooses
TO make battle upon and keeping out Of sight
those which lie at the base Of the question. We
hope our Free Traders who pretend that the Bri-
fish Duties arc now remarkably low. will read
and heed IT.
The Review has articles on Partisan Morals,
North Polar Voyages, Scrope's Salmon Fishing
Mad. de la Barca's Mexico, Farnham's Travels in
Oregon; Lucy Atkins Life of Addison, &c. 1t
is d good number.
THE Practical CHRISTIAN: or The Dcvout
Penltent a Book of Devotion, containing the
whole duty OF Christian, IN all Occasions and
Necessities Fitted to the Main Uses of Holy
I Liie by Z. Sherlock, D. D. and Thomas VIII
son, D. D. has just been printed from the sew
cnth English edition by Appleton & Co. 1t forms
beautiful u mo of $40 pages
D." " PHlLIr IN SEARCH OF !, WIFE. By a Gen
tleman Butterfly was published yesterday by
]. Winchester. As we are no longer in the same
category with Philip we apprehcnd we shall not
find time to read his adventures, but the I'M
welded Will doubtless find them stored with IN
structon and amusement.
NlcCuLLocHs GMErrEER.-The Harpers have
/ published No. H. of the 4" Dictionary, Geographl-
I cal, Statistical, and Historical" by McCulloch.
the Justly celebrated author of the Commercial
Dictionary. To he completed in IS numbers at
/ % cents each.
u \ PIcroRlAL HISTORY OF TIE UNITED
STATES, by JOIN FROST, A. NJ" No. V. has
just been issued by Burgess s. Strnger The
Illustrations are fair, the Typography beautiful.
IL TIE PlsRlAN, or Youths Fountain of
Literature and knowledge, edited by Mrs. Anna
l.. Smelling No. ". for August, is Just issued by
Lott Il Chapin, l56 Futon-st
e." The VILLAGE DocroR and Other IT ales
BY t. 5. ARTHUR" have Just been issued in
neat shilling pamphlet by Burgess Il Strnger
u Ii any body wants to see PuScyisH stirred
up with very long pole, they are advised 10 buy
o-day'S NEW WORLD. We don't participate IN
these amuscments ourselves, but have no thought
OF interfering with other peoples enjoyments.
Those who cont fancy this viii find abundance
OF lighter reading in the World
u TIE BROTHER JONATHAN of to day con.
tains vigorous sketch { Ruth Elder by John
Neal, powerful story of The Students Wife by
c. D. Macleod; The Polish Boy,' by Mrs.
Stephens, Poem BY Mrs. Sigourney, Sc, &c.
Surely the half of tins ought to be worth six-
pence,
II The New MIRROR this week is full Of
Willis, and excellent of course He reprints his
story OF Born to Love Pigs and Ch:ckens'-one
OF the best trifies Of the day-and gives two or
three original Sketches-one of Saratoga in his
happiest VEN.
MuRpER,-A man name not known was
murdered near Athens, in Bradford county, Pa.
on Wednesday last, by an Irshman and his wife
He had torty-fve dollars IN money, for which tn
wal amount his life was taken. The murderers
have been arrested and lodged in Jail a. Towanda
10 await trial
u Steamship Caledonia, hence Ist instant,
arrived at Halifax, noon of Sd, took ON board nine
additional passengers and left again at 8 P. NJ,
FOR Liverpool. Boston Bul.