The southern press., 1850-09-10

Ely TO express a grand idea The House Of Re-
representatives. was the theatre of his greatness
and his glory: there, his emphatic manner, his
feryid eloquence, his earnest, though unchasten-
ed thought, gained him an admiration amount
!. ing almost to enthusiasm. Polish of style or
accuracy Of expression, was unnoticed or for
given, in the abandon of feeling which his bold
imagery, his vehement denunciation, and passion
ate appeals produced. AS a popular speaker,
he has had hardly an equal, certainly, no superior.
+ How different in manner, in thought, and in
diction, Mr.. CALHOUN appeared! The fertile
brevity OF his expression, his power OF thought,
and the severe simplicity of his manner placed
him in violent contrast to his sometime rival
His speech had all the terseness of Tacitus,
without his obscuritY. 1t was illustrated more
by axioms than imagery. Yet his language was
so wel-selected, so appropriate so full ofdecor-
Gus words, that it required no other ornament"
Upon the whole, this work will well repay the
reader for an attentive perusal.
Through Messrs. TAYLOR g. MAURY, the
agents at this place, we have al>o received the
July Nos. of the British Quarterlies, well stored,
as usual, with interesting and instructive matter.
The Westminster contains a very elaborate
and painful expose of the condition Of large
proportion of the female population of the larger
cities, as well as the depth tf degradation into
which thousands fall by the pressure of circum-
stances over which they have no control, and the
social organization of which they constitute
disregarded part. Born to an inheritance of
hopeless misery-exstence is but a struggle for
the bare means of sustenance with thousands Of
these hapless beings, and vice necessity not
the result of inclination, but resorted to with re-
pugnant horror.
In the images of wo and pain conjured up by
the stern imaginations of the old Hebrew Pro-
phets, when denouncing doom, or in the horrors
Of Dantes Vision of He'll and Purgatory, can
alone be found the parallels to the unimagina-
BILE suffering, sin and shame, which the reviewer
drags to light from the cellars, and moral cess
pools of Liverpool and London.
1t is revolving thing to probe such moral ul-
GERS to the quick, and expose them to the public
view-but the skilful surgeon can only apply
the cure and teach the true character of the dis
ease by thoroughly investigating it, Hence arti-
cles like this alluded to, in the Westminster,
though they may jar our sensibilities subserve
most useful sanitary purposes. ..
The Edinburg and the Quarterly, present
very attractive bills of fare, but as we have not
yet had time to test the quality of the cookery,
we cannot say how the dishes are served up
though the ability of their contributors always
secures some good articles for each number
along with what is technically termed balaam," !"
by the publishers put in to fill up the interstces
between their leaders.
One article in the London Quarterly, we
would especially commend to the serious deglu-
ttion and digestion of the head of the Post Office
Department--tha entitled "Me:hanism of the
Post Olfice,"-snce some screws are out of Or
der in its mechanism here, the mails from North
and South not following each other of late days
in "Indian tile," but tumbling in, pe-me two
or three of each at time, in most admired dis
order
If "Qrder" is "hcayen's first law," as Mr..
Pope says, it certainly is the last law that gov
erns the delivery of the mails to the citizens of
this country, whose complaints are loud long,
and universal. Therefore we advise the study
of this English system, that happy deliverancc
from the present mail delivery may be had with
the least delay.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine for August,
has also reached us through the same channel
1t has some spicy and some spiteful articles
but who ever knew Blackwood to be dull? The
leader is devoted to the high Tory doctrine of
protection, and plea put in against Free trade
81, a. .k.It t.><
Gus exploits in Africa of II Scotch gentleman,
who hunted nothing larger than Elephants, and
nothing more dangerous than Lions. A stirring
and thrilling narrative he has made of his pers
by flood and field, ample extracts from which
Biackpood gives.
A review of Ledru Rollins work on England
proves the possession Of poetic fancy on his
part, as he has drawn on his imagination for
many of his facts-thc Reviewer roasts him
well, yet his extracts prove that Ledru has dealt
some facers" to the friends who have afforded
him shelter in his exile "The courtship in
the time of James lst" is like the restoration of
an old painting-it Gu ries us back to those days
of primitive simplicity, when the parents did the
arowedly pecuniary, not as is now often the
case secretly so and it is refreshing to see
the naivete with which the matter of money is
canvassed between those, literally the contract
ing parties. BY the way, the new volume Of
T Blackcood commenced with the July number
and those who have not already subscribed for
it and intend doing so, had better commence
with that number. The price of the reprint is
but SO 90 year, and in fact the whole series
can be had at a very reasonable rate OH applica-
ton to the agents here.
No YELLOW FEVER AT New ORLEANs-The
New Orleans True Delta of the 3lst ult., de-
nies that there is any yellow fever in that city
5 though. there had been sixteen cases reported
5 for the previous week, by persons unknown. 1t
says also that from the GOODNESS of the weather,