New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-02-14
a~-GR.H,u,s MAGAZINE for March is before Us,

onsnine with an engraving OF - acota " oman
and Ass:niboin Girl" which are admirable Indian
n,rrraits. View on the Delaware, near Boz
d.ntown.~ follows. The Lo7e-Letier' completes
the embcll:shmenJs-all good Among The conir!-
bn,o-s are Miss SED6wicK, SIM'fs, TrcKEEMiN,
Mrs. OsGcop, HosMER, GsUND, WALTER Cotton
nc. &c. The Literary Notices are OF a hish or
der, especially an appreciatins but faithful ciuque
q, Towell's new book. The opening paper on
* Ego,jsr, as manifested IN the Works and Lives
If Great and Small Men, IS very much 10 our
liking Try this extract:
.sIT.x after all that can be said IN MS favor IS
m, TrtIe beins-endowed with very respectable
capacities no doubt, and capsule OF u'ucn
h1t st; as he appears the eye N his daily wahs'
lanleniabiy little. What We call great mel elI
great enly in relative sense nell ihtsiieG,aii
5imensions appear colossal from the siunted minus
with which they are compared or contraSten- Put
,h.v ar. NOT great in any absolute meaning OF 1he
,era, and their superiority over the mass woua pei
hsns be hardly discemibe, the mind. eye shouio
obtain glance at the whole scaie OF oeh, -,
/! DEITY. Human Nature, indeed, has every INDUCE
,sn; IN be humble lis raty, lts lmperiectel, is
cor,n,rative heplessn-ss It's insutficlency Tor ITSELF
! are facts which are continually pushing themselves
upon i.s notice. Even the naughty. hi9a;5o, VIZ
pwbsr he stumbled and fell, exclaimed iurIously,
This comes OF walking upon the earth, unc o.,
,,Hi faamed ont lesson on humility. All the
circumstances OF mans being are silent teachers OF
the tooIlshness of pride. Whether we survey the
past or the present. IN the history oilour own ne. %
thai o Inc race iltle is to justify seltexaltation
and much 10 call forth Establishment. The great
rs Of historians is unconscously the greatest OF sa
,irists a satrlst before whom Horace and Juvenal,
| DRYDEN and Pope, dwindlc into lnslsnlhcance.--
There is terrible peItinency many sentence OIL
| Tacitus, compared with which the keenest sarcasm
r.
sonifed as Scorn, pointing her "slow unmovlng
| finger" at the records OF folly and crime which
! have so great prependerance IN the annals OF tis
race. And We, with this long array OF facts TO pro-
duce humility OF sprit, there Is no infrnity OF our
| infrm nature more general, and more difficulty oil
srsdicaton. than Egotisn-personal pride-intense
and all absorbing sei-exaltaton. This sentiment Is
not confined TO the high, TO the low, or TO those
who are unfortunate enough 10 be neither. IL per-
yades and permeaes all 1t falls, like the ram, on
the lust and on the unjust, on the great ana on tne
mean. Il NAV display itself in singular mcthods,i It
NAV lurk under fantastic forms, and al times there
NAV be difficulty of Distinguishing II amidst lis
numerous and cunning DISCUSSES; but whether II be
hid beneath affected modesty, or apparently remorse-
less standardization, or be exhibited, IN the most
ridiculous and sickenIng forms OF self adulatlon, II
Is still found 10 be the spirit, assuming different
garbs-yanlty manliestlng itself IN variety II Is the
| minds magnitylng mirror in which We dellehteGly
survey ourselves. ampied to gigantic size. by
turns, 1t is shield, against whose tonsh surface
| the shafts OF envy, malice and scorn tall harmless
an armor of Milan STEEL through which the shar-
nest axe of criticism cannot hew Its way-the
minds citadel, TO which IT reres when driven rom
every other defence. Or we may call 1t The heart
physician. when diseased with the shame which
| clings TO unsuccessful effort, and unreaiZed eA-
| pectaiions and in lis soothing balm or stmulat-
ing cordial, the soul ls lulled into sweet repose
from restless misg'vings, or reused into stern de-
fance of calumny, calamity and persecution
! The vocabulary OF egotism, too, IS tlme-honor-
| ed and is never worn by wear IL Is gray
with age and god-llke." II meets every tfial OF
pride, every exgency OF impudence, every, check
TO foly The quack, enraged with the public Tor
their strange refusal TO be poisoned with his pills.
and indignant at the conemp;uous epithets applied
10 himself and his discoveries, talks win as much
| confidence OF persecution, nnapprecialeo eNceiI
! lence, and Gallileo as any champion oil pohIcai
innovation or moral reform. Egotism. IN tact,
whether propped bv m5Tal and lntellectrai energy,
or by low chicane and braZen impudence, alters
! lis expression but little. It's loud, clear tones
! OF conscious importance, Its dcrrecatlng whine,
It's bullying and truculent defiance OF opposing opn-
ions. lis ree-masonry Of glanceS, gestures doohs
| invade the eve, ear and heart from all quarters
from the cell Of the aacetic, from the hermitage OF
the deyotee, from the study OF TIE Scnoldr, ron
tie palace of the prince. The hieh-sOulcd and
strong hearted martyr, daring death for opnion's
sdke-ihe great author, hooking the malice OF Is
norance of cotemporary judgment, and prcunly
casting his glance into lar time Tor announcement
and consolation--,hc brsiness bragsart OF Grub
street the obseluious lackey in the train OF B4tlos
vain of his own nonsense and vapldlsm and spend
ng his life IN digging the grave OF his wcrks-haVe
one sentiment al least in common To declare them
to be of one blood-the sentiment OF their own PEI!
sonal importance. Is is star which rises with
them at birth, and only sets in the gloom OF death
Glahams Magazine is published in this City by
VIM H Graham, True Sun Office, 1862 Nassau-st.
where all the popular Magazines azd cheap books
may be had. We bespcsk for our fellow sufferer
by the late fire generous measure OF the public
patronage His loss was almost total, but the
reading public can quickly make hun forget II IN
gratitude ifthey will.
GuAso ITS ORIGIN, PROPERTIES USES, showing it,
importance Farmers with directions for using 1t,
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The title OF this pamphlet tells the story so well,
thai We haze but word 10 say OF ii, viz: that we
would advise agriculiurists and especially gardeners
to purchase and make trial Of Guano This we
would have them do for the purpose of ascertain
ing the economy OF the thing. No doubt the old
fashioned bulky manures must continue 10 be the
main dependence OF farmers, yet they should try
the fertilizers. IT, as is stated in this pamphlet, ac