New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-09-20
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

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US with good array Of contributors The engrsy.
ngs are in the usual style. A Picnic in the Oldeu
Time wants character, and the Unmarried Belle s
OF certain age which explains the title. In the Liter
airy contents, " Graham. as usual, il unsurpassed
One OF the best things in the number is Tale Of the
Peniteniiary by L. Fitzgerald Tasstro in which the
wrongs often pracsed under the guise Of law, are told
with singular effect Mrs. Osgoods " Farewell 10 a
Happy Day. and Buchanan Reads Night Thought
possesses unusual merit Among the other contributors
are Hickerman Hosmer G. 6. Foster, Mayne Reid and
Bayard Taylor. Mr. Graham, in editorial card an
nounces his intention Of devotng his energies in future
70 the improvement OF the Magazine. ). K. Chandler
ESQ viii also be connected with the Editorial depart
ment With such strength al the helm, and all the
authors Of the country board Graham cannot ia 70
make prosperous voyage.
t-73- THE CNIoN MACAzINE' for October, con
tans two very handsome engrsvings the Bitter Nom
ing Mezzetint in sadds best style and view Of the
Hotel de Vile Paris Mrs. Kirkland gives us some OF
her London Experiences containing several good prac
teal hints Henry d. Thoresu takes to the top OF
Ktaadn where he fnds-not sermons but the most de
Bghtfnlv descriptive iancies in stones We can think
of nothing in this style which surpasses tone feels As
if the air of the topmost rock sweeping around
him A. he reads This article is the pearl Of the mum
Der but there arc also good poems and stories by Mrs
Ospood Miss Lynch, Mrs sigourney, Mrs Horton and
Mira Whitman, and by w. A. Jones' L. c. Hine and
Bavard TAYLOR The wood engrayngs are well designed
~ ALBAN THE PIRATE A ROmauDt OF the
Metropolis. BY WILLIAM WALLACE Author of The
Gods of Old sc has at length been fairly issued by
Berford & Co , Astor House. Though read at Col
lege Anniversary is not stupid the reader would
naturally suppose-very far from it, 1t has rare merit
and whoever neglects reading ii misses profitable
pleasure The story is indeed dark sad one-'he
common tale of neglect injustice and misery npenng
the seeds of Crime to be followed by aterrbe reribu'
ton But its philosophy goes behind the TACT OF CRIME
TO s primary causes reading the Pharsac and denun
catory lesson fiji break the crust of all but the
most iron hearts The poem has many iaults-ior
some of which the author is not accountable-but 1t
hos FAR Greater meritsWe gave liberal extracts when
the Poem was pronounced-but here is one more
Atlast the Law is ready Lo. the STATE
I'm awful pomp decides the " Outlaws fate
saws 10 the prisoner" Go, enjoy Esrth's bloom ~
or Take thy slumber in the shroud and tomb
So crowned by statutes il upliits the rod
Points 10 the scaiiold and affects the God.
How grand the sway how ample the domain
Nine hundred millions make mighty train
Then toll the desth-bell ope the bloody list
Some surely can be slain and never missed
So all il ready: and stormy day
IL lowering fifty on the Courts array
Grave is the scene-the Hall noble pile
For dark. shrewd speeches and back-letter vile
Fair spring the arches in graceful row,
And Jl-srrcF towers above, her scales az glow
Oh that the goddess would but deign to step below
Vet holy memories cling around that place, grace,
And bright names hallow, though some deeds dis
There EMMETT gave to us the mighty soul
Which England banished from her ample roll;
There ANPsoN led the Passions lofty choir
with GRArrAN's grandeur and with CuRRANs fire;
There JAY and HAMILTON supetbly shone-
The kings of thought on an unchaIenged throne
And see what broad and solemn gories burn urn
Through those long rooms from hENT's majestic
The hour has Come How Expectation peers
Al every sound and lifts its curious ears
How thousands crowd within the heartless HAN
How thousands press to see their fellow thra!l'
And Beauty. sparkling in the concourse there,
Asks if the criminal IL dark or fair
For Beauty only can afford to gaze
ON CRIME ilumined with romantic rays
There in the Bar with that eternal smile
The nowerihat wresihes the serpents deadly VILE
The Prosecutor sits, the PAID per day,
For subtle words that spirit lives away
The cold. gray eyes that chill the generous vein
The frm square brow that holds the steady brain
The palhd skin that tells of midnight thought
BY line and compass under order brought
The close curled hair, the low. but bony frame
Behold the things that step the throne to Fame
In youth, I is sed. that pleasure starred the houri
VENUS not BLACKSTONE, ruled the secret bower
But tired with conquest DARCY formed to shine
/ Left Paphian worship for Ambitions shrine
And he who lOated on the warm, blue wave
Now builds his column DER the Doomed Ones
grave.
| Bnt look around on that vast crowd and see
The ready bow the smile Of leyliy,
The whisper burrOwing for some paltry news
| "Who ia elected -" What are lNLERs views
"How stand the stocks ''-"ls that bank roooer
found ~
r5se "PRIpr AND PREJUDICE. Novel; BY