New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-01

HISTORY OF lHL lNlllAN lhirA- VT ~ >" 81
AHFRlCA with Rocrspllcal sse' hes tn1 Acc
f.,es ol Tho prirrigaI Chiefs Illustrated by one
Hundred and Twenty p0r'-et- from n' DT's""'
Painting in the WA Department ~ N@'H,n-.
Complete in Thirty Number n- i"f'' $500
go.4ues-Dy 1lfoNAs J.. NchENNkt ana JAMES
HAIL
Vs.. Commend tbs national aui magnificent
u,,k to chose who have taste 20 appreciate the
peri.rf,,n Of the arts, with mere tian ordinary
pleasure. Il wil compare iayoraby in all respects
with the choicest and most expensive puohcRuons
o London aud PARIS r. possesses an additional
charm with us-iti American IN rs fabrication in
every particular.
The Aboriginal tribes aud races are fast dissp-
peadng before the more thrifty end energetic white
people. Their Wild habits and curious customs
esnon'y be preserved by taxing note of them now
a. they are passing away - is a melancholy
theme. lull OF deep interest TO the Christian and
Philsnthropist:
o., the poor Indian whose untutored mind
seos q "a iu clouds aud hears Him iu the wind
rhsreis fearful accountability resting some
where for the wrongs ipflotedou the poor Indians
q lar,s share ri winch belongs to the Genera
Government.
col Mckinney, who is extensively known as
,ae author Of several works on kindred subjects,
was for nearly twenty years at the head OF the
Indian Bureau and IS eninently qualified t. depict
the manners and customs OF these people.
Mr Bowen IF Philadelphia. the eminent ltho-
rrapher and who executed the pictorial part Of
aadubons Quadrupeds is the publisher
roo1Pslsrs. ByR II sropDARD sPaldng shepard
We have here the first collected venture Of
Young poet whose We have frequently noticed
In the columns Of the Knick0Jock0 and Union Mega
,fre There il graceful and easy flow in the poems
contained in this little volume which denotes great
facility OF composition In the author The ePithets are
choice and descriptive and the images with few excep
uons appropriate end pleasing. Some OF the poems
have cold transparency Of style which reflects the
images they describe lac st mountain lakeciesr in
outline. though somewhat cold in coloring. We find
many quuint beauties Of expression in Mr. Stoddafds
pascs he appears 10 have keen appreciation Of the
picturesque Ia Nature and 70 have drawn his earliest
Inspiration on the fathers OF English song This is
pure fountain and exercises healthy influence on the
mad Oi a young writer. There Ii vein oil poetry 10
the following sonnet which may be very successfully
worked with little care aud patience
AUTUMN
HAIL Autumn Monarch OF the mellow year
steward of Natures bouuties scattering round
WIN liberal hands TO ", poor amsmen cheer
Making our hearts with jOytulness abound
Fantastic Masker IN how many shapes
Dost thou appear 20 us in vlney ards now
A wreath Of faGeless ivy thy brow,
And in thy hand bunch of purple grapes
A thresher notified DER with Dust of gold
That rises from his hail--s reaper old,
Reside the sheayes asleep the noonude hours
With Plenty orphan OF the Summer sweet,
Thy little Nephew sitting at thy feet,
Weaving cOronct Of osten straw and howors
The poems entitled The Church OF Rheims The
Indian Wood" and The Deserted House" best dis
plsy the authors peculiar talent The Gods contains
many beautiful lines but the subject is not so fresh and
the poem consequently though possessing high merits
does the author less credit than the former ones We
copy several stanzss from Harley River In which he
shows nice perception Of landscape, but let him not
forget that the Poets best study Is Man
HARD by the bridge and over the dam,
The little mill siandeih messed and gray
The gates are up, and the water falls,
And makcth a sleepy noise All day
The heavy old wheel is turning round,
Grinding the farmers whes, and corn
And the chat doais out and the yellow meal
Like golden mist from the fields at morn
little way from the pcbbly shore
Flags wave and the watercresses nost
And whitest hlles that look like tents,
Or folded sails of fairy boat;
The sand at the bottom is slvery bright
And shines through the water pure and clear,
And watering brckenly weeds and stones
AID wrecks of the fallen bridge appear.
The boys OF the village often here,
Beg quilting In play their leisure houisi
launching their argOties dug from chps
Laden with pebbles and weeds and flowers
Wading in for calamus roots,
And lilies and shells that pave the sanui
And sailing away crazy planks,
stoned by the shouting lads ON land