New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-03-18
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&,e publications.. lne NdaseH'ne ha' Hs1 VI
:. DISTINGUISHED contributors than any ether in
. /. country and nearly ell of them have furnished
6 present number with original papers. Mr..
g,orsR finishes his Autobiography of a Pocket
%adkerchief and Mr.. PAULDINe contributes a
I.oyaluable and interesting article on the Missis-
lini River He gives a racy and pleasant account
is voyage up that noble river with sketches of
asw Orleans and other notable places upon it and
,sdents Of personal adventure told with the same
.1st humor characteristic of all he writes. The
FLOWING sketch of Western original is not much
s,Hnd that by Boz:
I. the dead Of the night large floating log got
.,nscd with the wheel and broke some of the
.,idles, making grea, noise, which reused most
/ .ot all he passengers. 1t was the general i'm
r..son that we had run snag, and such &C
S,nts are almost always fatal TO the boat, well
| ;, many of the passengers. Yet l heard no
bsechines or screenings, though there were a
..ra Of ladies on board. Inquiries we're made, and
.oon as the cause was ascertained all was quiet
ITS, only exception to this was singular and
rr.,erious man who had come on board in the
4 r;,bt somewhere from the coast of Arkansas, and
wSo among all the originals and aborig inals con-
srerared in this ark, most excited my curiosity
He was amazingly tall, and amazingly thin, with
mneas,irabe spindle legs, narrow shoulders. little
owe, of the color of skinned milk, light haxen
hair. wee-bit apple head, and the smallest pos
ible coon.skin cap, which he made point OF
s,onscience never to take off, except at meals,
when he did SO with manifest unwilliugness He
aalked about like ghost, and like ghost never
] .Doke word TO any living soul-but measured the
t,ck with his spindle shanks with countenance
q imperurbable gravity, one leg of his Pantaloons
i,.ide, the other outside of his boots felt an
pDextipguishabIe curiosity to fahom this original,
b1, no one could tell his name, his occupation, or
bis destination The captain at my instance, sent
/ Of one of his people to sound him, with view
n entering his name in the list of passengers His
answer was, "We, I'll be shot if thought the
captain was such an old coon as to take man on
ward without knowing his name" and this was
all that could be got out of him.
noticed, however, that he was greatly agita,cd
at the occurrence Of the log, and mistook passen-
ger, who was boiling out with his rough head fore
most from his berth, for snag protrudng through
The bottom of the boat. Early in the morning. as
We came alongside of the bank, repairing the
wheel, he came stalking up TO one OF the officers,
gave his saddle bags and pocket-book to his charge,
and announced his intention of making the remain
Der of his journey by land. The man attempted
iopersuade him to remain, as the damage was
ufog, and would soon be repaired
aNo," replied he, ''this is the last time | ever
mean TO put my foot in one of these etarnal con,
lriyances. I have been FIVE times run high and
dry on a sand. bank, four times snagged, three
times sawyered, and twice blown up sky-high.
calculate have given these creturs pretty talr
trial. and darn my breaches if ever trust my car
case in one again. Take care of my plumber;
will call for it at St. Louis !"
Saving this, he walked deliberately ashore, and
making tracks for the forest quickly disappeared.
Mrs Seba Smith, one of the mos: gifted female
writer's in the country, contributes briet and beau
tiful sketch of the witch of Endor, and Mrs FL
leta German tale titled The Erntefest.' The
Deeayed Family is the subject of fine tale by
the author Of A Marriage of Convenience, and
H. H. Weld pleasant story in his usual easy VEIN
The Student with some little afiectation but more
good sense and truth Speculateth upon the Will
There are great humber of fine Poems of which
che OF the 6nest and best is ballad by HERBERT
upon the Murder Of Jane McRea. 1t isannounced
as the first OF a series of American Ballads-which
We are sure will be worthy the fine field the author
has selected. "The Island Home by w. W.
STORY, The Lady of Larlei' by Mrs. c. M. SAW
YER, and Death of the Child of David by WILLIS
are the most prominent among the remaining
Poems. LoNGrELLow gives TWO brief TRANSACTIONS
from the German and r. H. WILDE one from the
Italian, which we copy on the last page. We copy
tue following fine sonnet from our own CORES
pondent:
anue.... BY WIN II. BURLEIGH.
DEAR ANNE it were common wish, though vain,
That al! thy days might glide in sunshine by,
AMI life no shadow know of misery:
IT is well the cup Humanity must drain
Is dashed with bitter, though the lip weuld fam
Turn from the draugh,-ter they are strong alone
To LIVE and ACT, whose spirits oft have known
The stern and wholesome discipline of Pain
Therefore say not may no grief be thine"
But, whether JOY or sorrow mark thy way,
Oh, be thy strength sufficient to thy day.,
And cloudless sunlight gid that days decline
So shalt thou know, Life's load at last LAID down,
Who Ineekes, bears The cross is wor,hiest OF the
crown! ~
First il the Editorial Department is long and
excellent review of the works OF HERBSRT-an
English Poetwhose works have never been repub-
lished in this country. The catalogue OF literary
novelties for the coming season is copious and IN
teresting. BY the way, we noticed in a late hum
Der of the New World very lna,ured and unjust
attack upon Mr.. GRlswoLp, one of the Editors Of
this Magazine, from the pen of correspondent.
MIR. G. has many peculiar and emincst qualifca-
,ons for the Edi,orshp OF work like this, and in
connection with the enterprise and lteralisy of
Mr.. GRAHAM has made it by far the most popular
Of American Mosthlies. Blu, the taste of rejected
contributors usually differs from that of the Ed-