The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-08-23

of very Interesting characier-onc IN particular,
the attack Of the young Indian Chief. John Brsni,
on Gen. Scott, after his surrender al Queension, N
Oct. 1872. Such engravings cannot but Interest all
lovers Of their country and admirers Of the great
teats Of their patriots. The other TWO plates are
more Of domestic nature. at III same time equal
ly pleasing IN their way. The paper upon the
Foreign Quarterly Review" is a very able and jus,
one, and deserves the attentive perusal OF every
admrer Of truth and justice The other papers arc
OF a very interesting character.
"REMINISCENCES OF THE LAST SixrY.FwK NrAns,
commencing with the Battle OF Lexington slso.
Sketches OF his own Lite and Times. BY l.. s.
Thomas, formerly editor OF the Charleston 6 CT
City Gazette, and lately OF the Cincinnati Daily
Evening Post. 2 vols. Hartford printed Ion the
Author, 1910. Dedicated TO the editors 81 the Uni-
ted States.
These books abound in interesting incidents. an
ecdotes, and observations Of an old editor, who
has travelled over the United States, and great
portion of Europe, and has been personally oonver-
SAINT with many Of the great men OF has DAY ia both
hemisheres. Where edi or ,urrs author. a. -
unnecessary TO say that he has become superannpa-
ted in the Service and that II q incumbe ugon the
esprit du corps" TO give bm hoist" For the
last three years, we believe, Mr.. Thomas has bsen
traversing the States, directing The sals 81 biz
work We are gratihed TO learn that be has dis
posed OF several thousand copies, and thai be de-
signs another work If the kind, IN addition "a the
present, should his age and failing strength psfml
Mr.. Thomas, from personal obss rvaton, gives
the following account Ut Washii ston's style in
travelling:
"Waship gton's STYLE OF travelling compor,sd IN the
marked dignity Of his chsrscter ON the occssion above
mentioned il follows tit was has pisc'se
enter his chariot, and leave on hois.bsek
His post chariot draw BY four beautiful b, losss
aad drove by Positions in bsnkstcoat hvtis cksy-
oas COLI Lear DH1 and Il. ss Mser
Next came a iieh, bsegsge wagon dIswn ., two hns
jacket glazed hat bnckskns and boots whilst faithful
Billy brought the rear mounted on fine blood hoise
him by Charles the tour,h Of Spain lives pre-
cisely in that style saw him enter worcester followed
| by cavalcade Of gentlemen on horseback" &C.
Christmas! What would the Subterrauean say. if
President Tyler, (~ho is successor OF Washing
| ton in ofiice,) were to make his appearance IN
! Broadway with such retlnue, as his private ira
yelling equipagel Pursuing his account, how
| w ashington on visit 10 Trenton, had his way
strewn with flowers, and how in passing under an
| arch, a crown Of flowers dropped upon his head
What glorious old times to be sure.
The following from his notes OF visit TO York,
England:
an the castle saw the skull Of Clarke who
novel 81 by Bulwer. There also fne ruin
Of old abbey, and another Of King james Palace in
The celebrated grammarian Lindley Murray, living
just out OF the city at the time was there" sc.
Passing over his European tour, abou.dlng in
| interesting "reminiscences, and returning with our
author 10 the United States, he takes up his recol
ections Of the great names OF the past. Speaking
OF John Hancock, he says:
Hancock, before the revolution, a man Of vest
fortune, although he permitted it to
OF his country like water he bad still enough etio sup
port splendid establishment and lived entertained
| like prince His generosity was unbounded ] well
remember that one evening in each week. during sum-
front OF his venerable msnsion the head the
common to entertain the citizens who were promenadg
Contrast this with his account Of the members OF
Congress. as he found them at Washington al the
session of '40-'4l.
~ had several letters to members Of Congress- which
Of value than as many pieces Of old news
papers. One was to gallant gay Lo,hsro" from
Maine who was 80 exclusively taken up win the ladies',
letter from his irisnd This gentleman generally makes
short speech once year for home consump'ion-'hat,
and occasional stump speech at log cabin Rising, is
| about the amount Of his satesmsnship
| From another member. and he one OF our Western
stars received glass Of water and segar So much
for Congressional hospitality. went into the gallery,
and looked dopn upon them; decent would look
Intelgencer gave a cordial and hearty welcome"
The old Governor sacrifices here little of the
dignity Of the historian TO the slang whangDg OF
| the newspaper press. Bully-wragging ought to be
| dispensed with in serious work OF history, and
small personal grievances entirely laid aside. In
| another chapter, he charges that members OF Con-
gress are bad set OF leeches on the people
spending most Of their time IN the groggerles, bro
| thes and gaming houses, casting OIL the mask OF
| morally which they were compelled 10 wear at
| stance, how the author imprisoned in Charles
| ton for a bel-how he was treated with baskets
Of wine, (ike Watson Webb) and how, like
/ more sensible man, he called his friends around
| him every day, and held evee upon The good
things received, and how he was set at liberty by
the Governor, and escorted home by band Of
music, and all that.
! THE FoREIGN QUARTERLY REVIEW FOR July
| l.. Scott az CO., New Y ork.-Ths number, we be-
| eyc COMPLETES the July issues OF the Foreign Pc
riodicals. They have been republished with untx-
amped rapidly, and we trust The pIoprletcTs are
| now Ieaping the fruits OF their exerlons. These
reprints certainly got out quicker al IN better
style than they ever were before. The present num-
Der OF the Foreign Quarterly contains several ar-
name "Balzac and George SAND" "Fcntaner's
Mission 10 the East" "The German Newspaper
| Press" and "Rtcent Revolutionsi in Hayt." The
number closes with a short review OF American
| Theological Books" in which the works OF many
Of our celebrated Dlvines are highly commended,
and in which also few whitening REMARKS ale sp.
the Rev. Samuel Hanson Cox, d. d. This last
article will doubtless be eagerly read by our yeIl-
| gious friends throughout the cosntry.
Musrc-A.well, New York.-No want OF variety
from this rpirlted publisher OF all that is sweet and
excellent in music. The song. "Oh no, III ns'er
forget thee = the "Portobello Waltz" and " Mis-
| Lucy Neale or the Yaller Gall" ali excellent IN
their way. The last mentioned IS q new and cheap
edition of the celebrated Ethiopian Melody assuns
| by the Congo Melodiss.
| LrrTRL's LIVING AGE No. IA Carter q CO.,
Boston.-A very interesting number, containing
some excellent papers from various standard works
RrroRr or DELEGATES IN THE GENERAL CONFER
yncg or THE METHODIST EriscorAL CHURCH by
Robt A. West, official reporter. Lane u Jppeti,
New York This work does. infinite credit for
correctness, nc, to the gentleman from whose
men i has issued and no doubt will be sppre cated
accordingly by those in particular who are more
interested in the matter. We believe il TO be the
most correct and volumncus report ever furnished
ofihe proceedings OF this body II is well printed
and got up.
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