New-York daily tribune., 1845-05-30
THE TRIBUNE.

~, g>rcxrRBocKrR MAGAZINE for June Edited by
i rwIs GAYcRD CLARK. Published by John Allen
New.York.
This number OF the KaickerJocker closes the
,,sentyffth volume of the Oldest and best Magazine
;o,be country 1t is n very various and good mum
h.r ,poLYGoS opens the ball with article upon
,bc characteristics OF tho old English poets. from
soeucer to Cowper whom he considers better wor
,v of earnest attention than Scott and Wordsworth
with their contemporaries and successors. who gain
cd 50 large honors for England and who found them
solves in the possession OF so wide, so immediate,
ood so noisy a renown. In the Grandiathers Port
Folio there is vivid sketch Of n pous hypochoI-
driac victim 10 iancics which make their leadGuar
tiers in the stomach and take possession of the dges
tive organs those neglected and abused parts. which
eycr so commanding an influence apon the citadel OF
life II strikes us that no good man. such this char
ac,eri is described 10 be could argue like advocate
,onroye that he was wretcled and worthless That
man has indeed Il "maady of soul who talk4 of
pothne else but his miscres; who is bent to-
menting himself and yet makes virtue of his self
casiga,ion. My Early Love, By ALFRED TESNY-
son is a very fine poem Ii has al! the fcrvor and
much of the pathos of The May Queen: The
Friends. Il Cooguy, reminds US OF the pure flow
ing style ot "The Palmyra Letters so much So in
deed that we are tempted 10 ask whether these pa
yers are not by the same writer We subioin pas
.age of the 'Colloquy; The writer of the paper
on the Received Laws of Planetary Motion con
tends that the received theory OF perfectly balanced
centrifugal and ceniripeta forces can have but little
TO sustain ii save assumption alone. He asks some
puzZline questions and by the aid of an engraved
diagram increases the difficulty Of answering them.
The Lines the memory Of the young and lovely
Mrs PARKER of Utica who was lost liz the Swal-
low are simple and touching, and in Mr.. Rock
WELLS best style, as may be gathered from Stanza
Ortwo:
They II look for thee more
No more when Spring amid the woods Is singing
And on the hillside and the fountains shore
Wild Gowers are springng.
June through his dime bUc haze
Shall softly smile ocrieid and plnc-lnng peak
But thou shalt not with ms golden days,
Nor with ltis sunshine meek.
Nor when the smoky air
Of Autumn films the distant mountains head,
Shall he have uucht in which thou too can st share
Save garlands for the dead.
The late Mr.. ABBo1r's papers furnish forth an
other amusing chapter of the Gossip of Player;
and the historian of "'rle Scalp Hunter in 4 late
number, gives another fragment of family history,
not less stirring and full of incident The Story OF
JoHS JOHNSON the first OF Z series Of Guard
House Tales, we shall copy i'll The Tribune. Ii is
an sDadmirube auxiliary 10 the cause of Temperance.
and we hope 10 see ii widely circulated There is
some good poetry and some that is indifferent in the
No. but We have no time 10 particularize. The ori
giualdepartmcnts are very full. A nephew of JOIN
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has sent an elaborate notice, with copous ex-
tracts of the English Poets and Poetry ofthc pres
enldayp-TENSysoS, BARRETT, PATMoRE, HORNE.
and the rest-a well written and readable article.
The Editors Table is literally spread, we viii
proceed 10 show Dueists, in nine cases out OF ten.
are moi as brave physically speaking even, those
who decline the honor of being shot al and this
isctspeasanty illustrated in the following anecdoc:
THE DUEL by JESSE = cmbodies IL good story
but the pcecal garb il which is clothed is not much
to speak Of In justice III our readers. therefore We
cannot give them Jesse literally The prose OF The mat
Ter however Is this: Napoleon, when he told that
cannon ball had killed sailor who had hid himself IN
col oirope in the hold OF man.owur observed. Anan
can never avoid his fate IA iact well illustrated by the
following circumstance An Ensi>hmun. brave julius
Cesar challenged Frenchuan 10 mortal combat. |
hlowing John Bull 10 be dead shot; the Frcnchinan
being the challenged party and having the choice Of place
He ard weapons selected night, large dark apartment
au pistols The seconds Were 10 remain outside and
sSe the word after receiving which, each fire
"hen he pleased Fire cried the seconds, when the
cGrnbG,ans had been locked n and declared themselves
ready But no sound was heard. Johnny Bull could
nhd no hnt for aim: and his adversary hearing hlm
g'ole round the fired at random. John safe
enough now; nrd after searching every OF the
nom In vain for any indication OF the whercaboui of
us antagonist he NJ length cSclaimcd Come, I'm tired
OF This fun; beside I'm satisfied He had groi'cd his
way 10 the fireplace and placed The ruzzlc OF his
pistol up ,hc mouth OF the chimney and fired. There
vas snrleh, !cl and down the Frenchmau,
ceat as door.na.l!"
The following refers to the execution of Eager ut
the Tombs:
Reader, did you ever see II man. the tide Of life ami
aea'a running free the while IN his veins, take capto
,ae abyss OF DEATH 1t is awful spcctace-yrt we
s'e seen II or the FIRST and only timc) within the last
a0as From the same gloomy halls where but IA few
months since badc farewell condemned die
We aaye just led forth anolhcrU the Laws wreched
.Tius' seen HIM walk with firm step the scUitcd,
mere ne took his last stand How many str;tninc eyes
now many trembling lips, how many pall faces aitcsei
M Ie horror OF the unhappy mans stuaiou God help
Ihai God help hi,nl all that could utter. Like
1e victim the italian tale, who every morning found
uNe !css window III the slowly enclosing prison winch
n@ hfaly 10 crush nm TO death he had arrived the
inevitable hour which could lead but the grave Few
oe the shudcUns spectators heraded by nothing
UNi upon the rope. and sound like tbuG2 from the
ecoii ol It's osclins hurheI From this moment we
W oPPosvu 10 hanging. /; Is relic of burharisnn nd
s.' ~ I"olsHSe The author of Eojhcn tells Of an
'o'o" vi tooc';,HS which he bched IN his travel, i'm
hea,hcn land 9nd is only Il short remove, from, Tho
mauinan custom o hanging He saw In, romans M
thee or ionr poor fellows who had been im,acd u,on
s Poes' ana 80 oppcu up by The spoke, ne.
aeaih them that their skeletons Clothed with soe ,,
ssh still 1 iatt..